I have recently started with this series. The Japanese actor Masi Oka is fabulous. I am watching the show for him. He is the funniest character in the show and he acts well. Even in the scenes when he has to do some serious acting he stands out. I am enjoying this fast moving story. It is indeed a thrill ride.
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Heores: Better Halves is a bit slower but still moves plot along
tavm31 October 2006
Warning: Spoilers
As the last episode ended, Peter has answered Issac's phone with Present Hiro on the other line. Peter's message to him, "Save the cheerleader, save the world." This was the same one Future Hiro had said to Peter previously. Peter also relays to Present Hiro and Ando about Hiro's future self. After he hangs up, Peter asks Issac if there are any missing paintings. Issac mentions Simone taking them to the art gallery to be sold. In Las Vegas, as Hiro and Ando try to drive away, they are stopped by the cowboy-hatted gambler that Ando and Hiro had defeated some hours before. He challenges them to another game. Hiro once again stops time during the card game and changes the cards position. Ando later notices a gun under one of the players' side and excuses himself and Hiro to the bathroom. While there we hear some violent sounds and see the bathroom door get dented. As Hiro and Ando get out we see all of the players dead on the floor full of blood. Claire agrees to meet her "bio-parents" and asks if there was anything in either parents history she should know about. The bio-father mentions some of his family having diabetes. After meeting is over, Claire's current dad is asked by bios if they'd done well. Also during this time, he gets a call from Eden, the young lady who's been with Mohinder, and she tells him about Peter and Hiro as well as the "Save the cheerleader" phrase. Meanwhile, back in Vegas, Niki gets a surprise visit from her ex-husband who tells her that it was a woman, not him, who took a suitcase containing millions of dollars and killed his ex-cohorts. After making love with him, Niki sees her reflection as well as that of her different self. She later confronts her alone as this different self confesses to both killing those thieves associated with her ex and the gamblers that Hiro and Ando met. Niki's bad self then finds the hidden suitcase, confronts ex as she tries to kill him, and finds herself knocked out by him when he phases his fist through her body. Ex then takes Micah who cries when he sees his mother down. Back in New York, Issac answers the door. It is Eden...A bit slower than previous episodes but still compelling enough to move some plot lines along. So Eden is in cahoots with Claire's dad. Whether this means there's something evil going between them or what may be answered in future installments. And what's going on with Matt the cop at the convenience store where we found him last week having took the potential robber's gun and then fainted as he keeps hearing fellow customers' thoughts on him being the robber. Maybe we'll find out next week. I can hardly wait...
The One With The Biological Parents...
taylorkingston19 August 2015
Warning: Spoilers
I really enjoyed this episode. It's pretty good.
In this episode, Claire decides that she's ready to meet her biological parents, so her Dad sets up a meeting between the two. Claire talks with them, and discovers that they are normal, surprisingly. Meanwhile, Niki has issues with her husband, as he's wanted by the police. Hiro and Ando make another attempt at cheating whilst gambling, which doesn't end well, as anyone would expect. And Isaac keeps getting confusing calls from Hiro.
Overall, I give this episode is a 7 out of 10, which in my ratings book is: Great.
In this episode, Claire decides that she's ready to meet her biological parents, so her Dad sets up a meeting between the two. Claire talks with them, and discovers that they are normal, surprisingly. Meanwhile, Niki has issues with her husband, as he's wanted by the police. Hiro and Ando make another attempt at cheating whilst gambling, which doesn't end well, as anyone would expect. And Isaac keeps getting confusing calls from Hiro.
Overall, I give this episode is a 7 out of 10, which in my ratings book is: Great.
Chapter Six 'Better Halves'
Prismark108 December 2020
It gets said again. "Save the cheerleader, save the world." This is going to become a theme as the message spreads.
Mr Bennett finds Claire's biological parents and arranges a meeting. It is a rather awkward meeting made worse that Claire finds out from her adopted mother some information that these people may not be who they seem.
It is like Mr Bennett made a rookie error when he set things up.
Hiro and Ando are roped in by the high roller who they fleeced to play a game of cards and use his system. Only for Ando to realise they might be both in danger.
Most of the episode belongs to Niki and her Jekyll & Hyde personality. She also meet her husband DL again and he also has special powers. He also finds out who betrayed his crew's previous job.
This was a topsy turvy episode. Claire's reunion with her obviously fake biological parents was badly written.
Niki's revelation had less impact as the viewer knew previously what she is capable of.
Mr Bennett finds Claire's biological parents and arranges a meeting. It is a rather awkward meeting made worse that Claire finds out from her adopted mother some information that these people may not be who they seem.
It is like Mr Bennett made a rookie error when he set things up.
Hiro and Ando are roped in by the high roller who they fleeced to play a game of cards and use his system. Only for Ando to realise they might be both in danger.
Most of the episode belongs to Niki and her Jekyll & Hyde personality. She also meet her husband DL again and he also has special powers. He also finds out who betrayed his crew's previous job.
This was a topsy turvy episode. Claire's reunion with her obviously fake biological parents was badly written.
Niki's revelation had less impact as the viewer knew previously what she is capable of.
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