Fiery end to a way-cool season
May 22, 2007
BY DOUG ELFMAN Television Critic
'Heroes" paid off big like it promised. The prophecy that superhero Peter kept seeing all season was half-right. He did blow up like a nuke in New York.
But in network TV's most anticipated finale of the season, the exploding man made his fireworks high over the city and New York was saved.
If you're unaware: Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) and Sylar (Zachary Quinto) spent the season collecting powers, including the ability to generate nuclear-reactor-strength energy. They had a fisticuffs showdown in a New York square.
Hiro the time-traveler (Masi Oka) stabbed Sylar with a sword. Peter still couldn't stop himself from going boom. Claire the cheerleader (Hayden Panettiere), crying, was about to shoot Peter (her uncle) to stop his bombness.
But Peter's flying brother Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) swooped in, grabbed Peter and soared, and they blew up. Peter will survive; he has that ability. So did all the best-intentioned heroes, apparently.
There was no annoying cliffhanger, though Hiro was last seen time-traveling to a 17th century battle in Japan during a solar eclipse.
I could wax poetic about why the character-based show about super people is great. But let's cut the crap: "Heroes" has been sooo cool. You can say it was cool in dorky ways. But dork is the new cool or something.
The best dorky-cool moment on Monday came when Hiro saved his little buddy Ando from Sylar's evil mind grip, then time-traveled Ando safely back to Japan. Ando has no power, so he would have been toast trying to slay Sylar.
"Your whole life," adorable Ando told adorable Hiro, "you talked about your favorite stories. 'Star Wars.' 'Star Trek.' 'Superman.' 'Kensei.' All the heroes you wanted to be. One day, people will tell the story of Hiro Nakamura."
So sweet. So dorky. So cool. Then Ando described Hiro the way many viewers would like to be described (since "Heroes" is vicarious transference): "You look badass."
"Really?" Hiro said. A big smile dawned across his happy face. He closed his eyes, teleported to the scene of the crime and helped save the world.
delfman@suntimes.com
BY DOUG ELFMAN Television Critic
'Heroes" paid off big like it promised. The prophecy that superhero Peter kept seeing all season was half-right. He did blow up like a nuke in New York.
But in network TV's most anticipated finale of the season, the exploding man made his fireworks high over the city and New York was saved.
If you're unaware: Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) and Sylar (Zachary Quinto) spent the season collecting powers, including the ability to generate nuclear-reactor-strength energy. They had a fisticuffs showdown in a New York square.
Hiro the time-traveler (Masi Oka) stabbed Sylar with a sword. Peter still couldn't stop himself from going boom. Claire the cheerleader (Hayden Panettiere), crying, was about to shoot Peter (her uncle) to stop his bombness.
But Peter's flying brother Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) swooped in, grabbed Peter and soared, and they blew up. Peter will survive; he has that ability. So did all the best-intentioned heroes, apparently.
There was no annoying cliffhanger, though Hiro was last seen time-traveling to a 17th century battle in Japan during a solar eclipse.
I could wax poetic about why the character-based show about super people is great. But let's cut the crap: "Heroes" has been sooo cool. You can say it was cool in dorky ways. But dork is the new cool or something.
The best dorky-cool moment on Monday came when Hiro saved his little buddy Ando from Sylar's evil mind grip, then time-traveled Ando safely back to Japan. Ando has no power, so he would have been toast trying to slay Sylar.
"Your whole life," adorable Ando told adorable Hiro, "you talked about your favorite stories. 'Star Wars.' 'Star Trek.' 'Superman.' 'Kensei.' All the heroes you wanted to be. One day, people will tell the story of Hiro Nakamura."
So sweet. So dorky. So cool. Then Ando described Hiro the way many viewers would like to be described (since "Heroes" is vicarious transference): "You look badass."
"Really?" Hiro said. A big smile dawned across his happy face. He closed his eyes, teleported to the scene of the crime and helped save the world.
delfman@suntimes.com
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