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[nolly]

My name is Hiro Nakamura. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

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[postrophe.livejournal.com]

You forgot the "Hello."

[nolly.livejournal.com]

So I did. Ah well.

[edgreen86.livejournal.com]

Please don't get me started on just how much I hated this last episode. In a show that had some great writing last season, they have managed to muck up *everything* this season!

[nolly.livejournal.com]

Did you see the EW piece where Tim Kring acknowledged they'd messed up, apologized, and promised to do better?

This was also the emergency backup episode they came up wih right before the strike; I don't know how different the original plan was, though I believe this was always intended to be the end of volume 2.

[edgreen86.livejournal.com]

I read it, and give Kring some props for understanding the problems.

But, after apologizing, we got that final episode!

Sorry, I'm *so* disgusted over Hiro's solution to the dealing with Adam.

Killing him, I could buy. Stranding him in the distant future, where he's like the only human left, I could buy. Cutting his frickin' head off, I'd get it.

But *that* solution? So totally evil and out of character!

*grumble*

[nolly.livejournal.com]

IIRC, that ep was being shot around the time of the Kring piece, or very shortly thereafter. Hiro's "solution" was lame -- my first thought was "that trick never works". I'm sure we'll see the return of Adam eventually, and that's why Hiro didn't actually kill him, but there were better ways to not kill him.

I'm not 100% on the "oput of chracter" though -- Adam betrayed Hiro twice, first in the past and them by killing Kaito. I think we saw that hiro was not thinking alogether clearly following his father's death. There's a certain poetry in burying Adam as he did.

[ellienihon.livejournal.com]

I just have to say that this helps me to feel justified in my decision to quit watching the show after the first three episodes of the season. (My rationale was that I wasn't interested in watching everyone get romantic, and there was no collective direction for the show.)

[nolly.livejournal.com]

The romantic element didn't stay dominant, but yeah, this half-season has been a stumble all around. A couple of decent eps, but nothing outstanding, and the online presence has really gone downhill, too. They're just feeding us videos now, not putting up actual thought-required puzzles like they did last year.

[sinanju.livejournal.com]

Don't forget Mama Petrelli telling someone they've opened Pandora's box.

"Hello. My name is Angela Petrelli. You killed my son. Prepare to die."

[nolly.livejournal.com]

She wasn't actually about to run at anyone with a sword, though, unlike Hiro; the line would be a stretch for her. Hiro actually saying it to Adam is pretty plausible -- you know he's seen Princess Bride.