Review: Episode 3.09, “It’s Coming”

Arthur messes with Hiro’s mind, making him think he’s 10 years old again. Ando teaches/helps him relearn how to use his power.

Gabriel is brought face to face with Elle, in Arthur’s attempt to teach him empathy and help him learn that he doesn’t need to kill to gain powers.

Claire deems herself Peter’s protector

Mohinder figures out there’s a missing piece to the formula

Matt finds Angela and pulls her from the mental prison Arthur put her in. He barely makes it out, Arthur’s influence is still strong, but Daphne’s change of heart  gives him strength to overcome it

Saving the Cheerleader bit Peter in the butt. Hard.

Whoof, chills going down my spine over it. Mesmerizing, luring, quick, and mysterious.  But when all was said and done, where was the eclipse?! All the hype, and we have to wait one more episode for it?

The  title crawl was ingenius. And the amazing electricity effect, it’s like the world exploding  picture that we’ve seen.  The  sound effect like a taser to the brain, when Matt tried to get in Angela’s head. How does Daphne run in the heels? Eclipse shape on gas pipe.

Arthur possibly been erased some of Hiro’s mind to the point his brain has gone back to his 10 year old years.  But he’ll get to relearn his powers, perhaps even learn something new on the way. However Ando was right, he has a lot of work to do.   I found it interesting that when Hiro teleports for, in his mind,  to a bowling alley, where they serve American Syle” waffles and chicken. This nod at the Westernization in other countries just reflects Hiro as a character, his roots in Japan, but his life in America. I was ecstatic to see the adorable comic book lover in Hiro again, running around the comic book store. One of the big questions for the week:  Who’s writing the 9th Wonder’s comic books? Isaac didn’t write the one Ando showed Hiro?

Daphne obviously cares about Matt, but not enough to learn how not to be stupid about Arthur.  She keeps saying she doesn’t want to go back to how she was,  and that Arthur is the one who can do it.  I think evidence suggests heavily that perhaps Daphne was a serum baby, and Arthur can take the ability away. I think it was incredibly sweet, how Matt forgave her at the end. This episode dealt heavily with the them of forgiveness, Matt and Daphne, Gabriel and Elle. Killing is too easy. Saving a life is hard. Forgiving one’s self. Forgiving.

Bringing Elle and Gabriel together,  déjà vu except Gabriel and Elle aren’t eating pie, Sylar’s not trying to steal her power, and Gabriel get’s fried.  Gabriel knows what Elle feels on a personal level, all the  pain he’s caused himself, and understands the want for revenge, in a way, he’s almost cleansing himself by letting her take it all out on him.  He was completely stripped of layers and layers of skin, shedding and regrowing.

Nathan’s definitely grown a spine since season 1 and it’s a great improvement.  Legacy. Petrelli Legacy. Father. Powerful words that would have swayed him to Arthur’s side in earlier.  The strong Nathan figure we saw in the flashback last week  seemed out of place, because after that time, the early episodes of Season 1, we saw Nathan in the light of someone trying to climb the ladder.

Tracey knows where the power will lie. She’s a sociology aptitude who knows where to stand to stay alive. When the dust settles she wants to be on the winning side, and as is usual in these cases,  it’s not going to end well for her. With this act of a mercy killing, does Mohinder actually get better as a character? It’s becoming apparent that he’s realizing just how bad his work is.

Despite the “Heroes” coming together and the “Villains” grouping up (where will Hiro fall?)  I don’t think things will remain as we see them now. The eclipse will put things in shadows, shed a new light on many things perhaps including where true loyalties will lie..

I find something off about Claire being as important as a catalyst. She’s seemed the main player of the show, switching off with Peter, and we’ve seen much of both their lives. The great role Peter has played leads me to believe that his large role might not be over.

It’s Green week. Recycle. Don’t pave over old fishing spots to build shady genetic research companies.