420blogging: Heroes, "Unexpected" (ep 16)
I'm hanging out at home tonight, getting high and watching the latest three episodes of "Heroes," which NBC is re-running tonight in anticipation of new episodes starting again on Monday. (I'm recovering from oral surgery right now, which is why I'm doing something so pathetic with my Saturday night; that's my official story, and I'm sticking with it.) Anyway, thought I'd throw up smartass remarks about each episode as they happen in real time; if anyone else is following along and would like to add some smartass remarks themselves, just send them via ilikejason [at] gmail.com.
:10 -- See, now here's one of the things about this show that I like so much, that redeems it from the writing mistakes it's often making; how the pace of the plot is just out of control, yet they keep coming up with enough compelling story to let it continue to be that fast. A lot of other shows, I think, would've waited until the very last episode of the season before having Sylar (the big villain) and Suresh (the main hero) confront each other, and to tease that coming confrontation to within an inch of its life; the "Heroes" people, though, decided to buddy them up seven episodes before the end, by Sylar pretending to be another hero and Suresh not being any the wiser. That way, not only is the kill ratio sped up exponentially, but we have the delicious irony in the audience of knowing that Sylar is the bad guy, and that the good guy is palling around with him without knowing any better.
:21 -- By the way, nice to see that dude from Coach still getting work, even if it's an entirely pointless subplot regarding Hiro and Ando stumbling ass-backwards into a con job in Las Vegas.
:35 -- "You know what I'd do with us? I'd stick us in a lab on a deserted island in the middle of the ocean." Nice Lost reference!
:54 -- Well, okay, this wasn't as fun as I thought it would be. I think I'll put an end here to my Lost marathon experiment. Not a very fun show to live-blog to, it turns out.
