Heroes

[Tullaryx]

Amyral and I were talking about this in chat and there's a good chance no one really died in the episode. *laughs*

Spoilers There's a chance the cockroach that we saw in the end going into the sewer might be Sylar. I mean we relaly don't know all the powers he has. Maybe he has the ability to change into a roach in order to survive. lol.
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[Ley]

[Ujitsuna]

SPOILERS:

Where better than to end in feudal Japan? :P I certainly don't think Peter is dead, in fact we should technically know he isn't, as he survives the explosion the first time. Nathan is a different story however, I liked him but he probably died, they were both good characters. Unless he can fly away from the blast or something before hand...

Hiro Nakamura - easily my favorite character ends the series in a way which obviously interests me. With him seeing Kensei, looks like we'll get a little backstory on the samurai himself. Although time travelling heroes always leave the "why didn't he?" questions in the plot, I especially like where he has ended up after all this, with Ando still alive. :D

Nikki and DL are interesting, I don't think DL is dead, as he was last shown alive. Matt though, he could be alive, but I don't see him coming back. Heroes seems to be the kind of series where the writers don't hesitate to have a character killed to advance the story, just so long as it isn't Hiro, Ando or the Petrelli family, I am happy. :D

[Ley]

*POSSIBLE SPOILER*

You may want to read the online comics. They answer a few questions, though the question of whether D.L is alive or not isn't answered, as it's only said the doctor's are trying to help him.
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Can anyone tell I'm bored?

[Ujitsuna]

Where are these comics?

[Tullaryx]

They are located at NBC - Heroes.
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[Dragonstar13]

[Amyral]

[Ujitsuna]

SPOILERS:

Nathan and Matt seem to me to be the most likely to have died, but even those are blurry, so it's hard to tell really. Sylar "dragging" himself or being dragged into that manhole seemed a bit cliché, but I suppose without him theres not a lot going on.

[Tullaryx]

Which might explain why even though Volume One just ended the show still ended with a "To Be Continued...."

I see the entire run of the series (not season) as the main storyline. The Volumes themselves only marks a particular point in the storyline. Season Two will actually be split into two volumes (Two and Three). Seems there's also someone even scarier and more powerful than Sylar who will probably be the one to challenge all the heroes and probably any side villains that pop up. He seems to be a character being set-up as the Heroes version of Sauron.
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[Ley]

Heroes has returned and is currently on it's fifth episode.

I'm fairly suprised at the choice of death(s) from the end of the first season, but it's their show. Just thought I'd bump this up a bit and remind people it's back.
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Can anyone tell I'm bored?

[Timbo]

I recently bought the first series and watched the whole thing in two days. My TV gets horrible reception, so I don't get to watch the show regulary, but I thought i'd bounce a few theories off of all of you.

*Spoilers*

1.) Considering that Peter has two powers unaccounted for, his dreams and empathy powers, there are two people with unconfirmed powers as of yet. I think these two are Peter's mother, empathy, and Charles Deveaux. There's one other possibility, which I will get to next.

2.) Since Charles Deveaux appears to have powers and powers seem to run in the family, it's very possible that Simone also had powers. Peter's empathy powers may come from her. Since Peter loved her, she was often on his mind and in his feelings, meaning that he would have usage of the power a majority of the time. She was also emotionally attached to almost every character she contacted, giving further evidence to her possible empathy power.

Sage can save the world with a 12-inch piece of string, jar of miracle whip, and a gardening magazine, depending on the issue!
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[Hawk Thanatos]

Empathy isn't unaccounted for, it's Peter's born power. However, off the top of my head there are 3 people Peter's encountered that he could have powers from, his mum, his dad (not sure on this one since it may only be people he's been near since his power developed) and Charles Deveaux.

[Timbo]

Absorbing powers is his born power, although it could be argued that the empathy stems from that (since he absorbs the feelings of those around him and 'gains them') , I don't think it's official that it is another part of his natural power.

Sage can save the world with a 12-inch piece of string, jar of miracle whip, and a gardening magazine, depending on the issue!
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[Tullaryx]

Well, his power is officially called empathic mimicry which only worked in the beginning as somethng temporary. In some of the episodes in Season One he could only use powers he mimicked from another superpowered individual he was in close proximity with. In the beginning of the first season we see him dreaming of being able to fly. I always wondered why he was having these precognitive dreams when I finally realized late in the season that this dream was similar to the ability Charles Deveaux had.

By the middle part of the first season we see instances where Peter recalled abilities he previously mimicked and I think this is where his powers have begun maturing. Anyone who has read comic books will know that most superheroes and villains with powers rarely remain with an ability that never matures or evolves to a more advance version. The more Peter becomes comfortable with his mimicked abilities the easier it is for him to recall them. Though it seems extreme emotional stress continues to be a stumbling block for Peter to fully master his ability.

Peter is similar in ways to Marvel's Rogue and DC's Parasite. The only difference between these two comic book characters and Peter is that in order for Rogue and Parasite to retain permanently the abilities they're mimicking/absorbing beyond a temporary time limit is to completely drain the target superpowered individual until that person loses their ability. It almost happened with Parasite draining Superman and happened when Rogue completely absorbed Ms. Marvel's flight, strenght and invulnerability powers. Peter's ability to mimic and absorb other powers is less active and more passive in that it doesn't harm the person whose powers he's mimicking.

As for the current season, I was a tad disappointed how slowly it began. It almost acted as if they were back to rebooting things and reintroducing characters we already knew. But the last four episodes of this truncated season (due to the writers' guild strike) got Heroes back to the level of what made it a fun show. The new characters of Adam Munroe and Elle are rather quite good and both got some very good characterization given to them despite being only in half the episodes of the season.
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