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There is much debate over the television show Heroes from NBC. One thing is clear. And that is the story had no true end. Here at FHTI I will attempt to give you my own conclusion to the series. I have had some cool ideas of how the series should have ended. And needless to say it had little to do with any type of carnival or having Sylar turn to a good guy. We all have our own opinions. Some may have thought the show did no wrong. While other thought differently. This is Heroes Season 5 Volume 6: A Brave New World. 2 hour movie

Change is inevitable. We Grow. We Learn. We Evolve. The Most Ordinary People, Discovering They Can Do The Most Extraordinary Things. The World Has Become An Amazing And More Dangerous Place. All That We Know Is At An End. Yet, We Find Hope. It’s A Brave New World.

After Claire’s insane reveal to the local news of her abilities, many of our “heroes” go underground. HRG does what he does best. Protect Claire by any means necessary. With the help of Angelia Petrelli, HRG and Claire are brought into government protective custody. Once again working for the government they are tasked with finding others to join the cause, of creating “stability” between humans and specials. HRG agrees but Claire is now his new partner. Her “Company Training” begins.Tracy Strauss and The Haitian also work with HRG, as shadow agents. Meaning the government doesn’t know of her involvement.

Samuel is taken in to custody. Of course he will be the prime test subject. Most of the carnival specials find a way to make a new life. Many are brought in by HRG and his New Company. Hiro and Ando head back to Japan. They hope to use there powers in secret. Shutting down their little heroes for hire building. Although things are going well for them Hiro worries about the other. Especially Peter and Sylar. Hiro’s sister disappears and Ando takes it upon himself to find her……without Hiro’s help. With no one else to turn to Hiro teleports back to ancient Japan to visit Yaiko.

Meanwhile Peter Petrelli visits his mother to discuss what will happen now that Claire has outed them all. Angela is finished explaining things to Peter. He must grow up and move beyond Nathans shadow. “Nathan is dead. And you are the only man left in the Petrelli family now. Grow up, Peter. And fast. Or we’ll all soon be dead.” Angela presses him to take control of himself and his abilities. “You are the only one who can stop what is to come.” Furious Peter departs. Teleporting from the home he once grew up in. And Angela cries silently not knowing if she has sent her last son to his destiny or his death.

Matt Parkman is the first to be recruited by HRG. The New York detective will make a great asset to his new team. With mind reading and manipulation Parkman will keep the government officials in place while the New Company works. Having worked with HRG on a few occasions, Parkman is worried he will be forced to do something he will soon regret. But it’s better to have more control by working for the Company. That will keep his family safe. He hopes.

Gabriel Grey…..that is what he has been calling himself these past few months. It’s hard to think that he can go back to his old life again. He was given another chance. HGR had told him, “Go back to your old life, Sylar. You can still fix watches, can’t you?! It would be unfortunate to have another incident, don’t you agree?” He was given a bank card and all the help needed to open a new clock repair shop. Very upscale. As Gabriel looks out onto the streets of Manhattan,fondling the glasses he no longer really needed,  he could still hear the low ticking that has always been in sync with the beat of his heart. He knows how things work. The Power. The Hunger. But he was Gabriel Grey again. Despite that, the ticking of his mind was not off set by the ticking of the many clocks and watches of his shop. He stared out at the city and knew that eventually, someone would come. To seek power. To control it. Or to try and destroy it. It was only a matter of TIME.

Micah Sanders stands in his new apartment looking over the various monitor screens that make up more than half the space of the over-sized loft. The quiet hum of computers is the only sound in the room. He watches. His teammates of Rebel. He watches. All of the specials he has been able to track down. He watches. The New Company as they begin to round up other specials. Recruiting some. Incarcerating much more. Few actually go free. But they are set free. Micah knows not to get involved. Team Rebel has it’s own goals. Noah Bennett(HRG) contacted him recently. Rebel would be a way of  keeping a small number of specials out of government hands. Save them and ask them  to join to help others like themselves. Unlike the New Company, Rebel only asked. If they declined they were given a new identity, and asked to make themselves scarce. Micah thought, “I’m the Special Harriet Tubman. She probably was a special also. Who knew????” But he had other problems. Ando had gone on a rescue mission, alone. And Hiro had disappeared, again. Team Rebel had their own hands full. And his cousin Monica pretty much took care of New Orleans by herself. If only he could find Peter Petrelli. He was like Sylar. But a good guy. A real Hero. So many powers in one person. He could send him to help Ando. Again, if  he could find him. Micah called out into the air,” Angela Petrelli”. Somewhere in the room a phone dialed. He thought to himself,”Who needs a bluetooth”.

Nothing can stop Claire Bennett. With a body that will repair from virtually any wound, she becomes a machine of fear and balance in the hands of HRG. Even though he hates having her fight by his side, she’s a great weapon. Noah continues to train her. With guns and small arms. Close quarters combat and knife training. And of course her favorite. Demolition. She pretty much becomes a Kamikazi. She has become hardened by her training and the dozen or so missions she’s been on. But Claire does fear for her father. He’s not powerless, but…….. After an intense sparring session Clarie meets HRG in the New Company ready room. Nothing more than a room filled with a huge 10 foot monitor with a ever moving digital map. Tables over flowing with boxes of files. A few desks with computers and a bulletin board with hundreds of faces on it. Some crossed out. HRG waits for her,alone. “Claire, I hope you had a good work because you’re not going to like this”, Noah says. “I never will like it, dad. Who’s the victim this time?” The monitor switches from map display to a file read out with various pictures of one person. Peter Petrelli.  Claire knows what Peter is capable of. She knows that in reality she has no choice. Why does it always come back to him.? All he ever wanted to do was help people. But it was her job to help the world. Not just one person at a time. Keep the balance between the specials and the regular population settled. Looking at the monitor and her father she says, “What about Sylar? Isn’t he the real threat.” Noah says nothing. They’ve gone through this before. His answer has and always will be the same. Even though this time it is different. Finally Claire says is, “How many powers does he have”? Noah turns the monitor off and walks toward the exit. ” He can only have one ability a time. Shouldn’t be any problem at all. You know he would never hurt his niece.” She glares at him, but remains silent. “Sometimes”, she thought. “I really do hate him”.

Peter Petrelli had no idea what to do. “As usual”, he thought to himself. Back in his apartment, still fuming over his mothers words Peter sat down and just thought. Of Everything. “These powers, what good are they? Every time I try do something courageous or good it always turns out wrong. Powers I have no knowledge of. Or can’t control. Exploding in New York. Being tricked by Adam Monroe. Jumping through time and losing Caitlin. Caitlin!??!“ After all this time. Peter remembers the one person that stood with him and never wanted to do anything but love him. “How could I have forgotten her?!? Adam. The Shante Virus. The return of my thought dead father. Being stripped of my powers. Only having to give my self the shot to save Nathan. Now I can only use one ability at a time. Nathan’s dead. Sylar gets a new lease on life. Claire has let the world know about us. And my mother, trying to manipulate me again. Maybe this time she was right.” He didn’t believe her. He was always weak. Always looking for someone to lead him. Tell him what to do. “Maybe Claude could help me get the answers.” Lost in thought he did not hear the foot steps near his door. Or see the three red dots trained on him. But he felt the sharp pain of the darts that pierced his arm, leg and neck. The last thing Peter remembers are the men in black masks with rifles and stun batons. And the exploding pain as electricity raced through him, until he fell into the blackness of unconsciousness.

TO BE CONTINUED………

SEASON 5: VOLUME 7: SECOND GENESIS

I will be writing more of this. If you guys want to read more. let me know if you want to hear what happens to Peter. Where has Ando gone? And all the other characters that I know you’re curious about. Everyone wants to hear a good story about St. Joan (Monica Dawson) the muscle mimic, right.

Leave your comments please.

From the first episode of season one we could all tell this show is different from the others. The power. The humor. The excitement. And the joy Heroes has brought us has undeniably left the show. Season one was, and still is the best. it gave us something new and different to look forward to every week,. All the way to explosive finale. Season two brought us to a new level. All  new characters, and powers. And even more mysteries to unravel. The Writers Guild Strike cut the show in half. Even through that Tim Kring was able to pull through. After nine months Heroes returned in season three with a two hour premier. Villains was fantastic. The only thing that really disturbed me was Author Petrellis’ near omnipotence. And the prolonged return of Peter Petrellis’ powers. Fugitives was just a waste of space. A weak story line. One character “Sylar” carrying the show. The uneven handling of abilities. Matt Parkman and Peter Petrelli in particular. There was no flow to the plot. And really no character development. it was a great disappointment. They can blame on the budget, some of the executive producers, and the viewers general lack of understanding. But really there is no excuse. Jeph Loeb should not have been fired. He was the shows connection to the comic fan base. And an awesome writer also. Please don’t say that there aren’t many comic fans. PLEASE!!!!!!!!! Go to a convention, then we can continue this conversation. I collect comics and my entire family watches Heroes. Yes I’m that “rare” comic collector that actually has a woman in his life. Anyway the show could have been much better. Fear of doing something new, when you know it will break through to the audience is crazy. The answer to Heroes problems is exactly what the sow is about. POWER. Powerful writing. Powerful characters. And powerful promotions. “Save the Cheerleader Save the World”. Are You on the List”? “How Do You Stop an Exploding Man”? These are the themes that propel the show. How long will Peter and Hiro remain silly frightened characters. Taking hold of their abilities only to lose them and their purpose. We’ve seen what they may grow to become. Even if it isn’t that exact future self. Let the characters grow. Not every show can last for eight and nine seasons. Go hard or Go Home. Tim Kring created a series that was indeed special. Now it has grown to be lack luster. In the special features of the season two DVD you could see Kring almost come to tears because of the writers strike. I felt that. I wish I were a part of his writing team. No one wants there dream to fail. And a series such as Heroes just shouldn’t. Let us pray that Volume five will bring the show back to the place that it deserves. But something tells me I shouldn’t get my hopes up. And this is why.

Volume five of Heroes started filming yesterday, June 8th. This chapter is titled Redemption. We will see how the characters start to assimilate back into society. Should they hide what they are? Or should they show the world what they can do? Obviously some will choose one or the other. And maybe go back and forth between.

Claire: She’s off to college and trying to deal with her parents recent divorce. Poor HRG. we all knew he had that coming. And why do children have to deal with something that goes on between their parents. As much as Claire has gone through, she can’t handle that. Well she’s only human. And that will hopefully push her character to develop more.

Peter: Once again he’s going to attempt to be a hero. Saving one life at a time. And to do that he need to isolate himself. Or so he thinks. He finds a love interest in a “powerful” woman. Aren’t all women powerful in one way or another. Ha Ha. thats a way to say she’ll have an ability. he sees that to be a hero he has to stay connected to people. Oh boy. This is exactly what I was talking about.  Does anybody remember season two?!?! Has anyone heard of continuity!?!? What ever happened to Caitlin? His irish girlfriend, stuck in the future. I guess we can just write that off because of the strike. Right?! And Peters Power? The last person he touched was Sylar. What power does he have to save anybody with? Can he even hold more than one ability at a time now? Too many aggravating questions. And the funny thing is. That they may not even be answered. Even a little. Oh well.

Nathan(Sylar): He’ll be discovering many different things. Mainly because he’s really Sylar. This seems to be the best plot line in a while. It ties directly to season one. That is one of the only things I’ll be looking forward to seeing. Nathan being Sylar. Nathan politician. Nathan and his wife, Nathan and his children. Peter vs Nathan. Will we witness any of this? Guess we’ll have to stay tuned after all.

Hiro: The last time we saw Hiro he was becoming quite sick. As far as the ” Future” is concerned there will be no more time travel. They believe that to be an outdated course within plot lines. And Hiro will be getting a new ability?! He’s an important part of the show I think. As a Time displaced hero as well as being just misplaced and misunderstood. He should time travel. Many lessons to be learned in that. It’s not always about changing something that has gone awry.

Matt: Parkman must live with the guilt of transformer Sylar into Nathan. I also hear he will be getting a mentor. Matt has become one of the best written characters on the show. This can only get better.

Noah Bennet(HRG): One of the most powerful characters on the show without an ability. HRG proves to be entertaining at all times. He will be reestablishing the Company with Angela Petrelli, and Tracy Srauss among others. This time they plan to help people with abilities. Not just bag and tag like they used to. And the company must deal with another organization using those with abilities.

New Cast:

Madeline Zima (Californication)

Robert Knepper (Pison Break)

Deanna Bray (Sue Thomas F B Eye)

Ray Parks (Star Wars, G.I. Joe)

Amid the lack luster volume four of Heroes “Fugitives” and declining ratings the show has gotten a season four. Volume five is entitled “Redemption”, and the show is in dire need of it. I would have to say that I was very disappointed in how Fugitives was handled. They fired Jeph Loeb. Made Peter go completely backward. And just couldn’t really decide what direction they wanted to go in. Micha returning as Rebel. HRG finally on the run. And Sylar becoming a killer with a multiple personality were great points in the show. But these awesome plot point were sideline by no follow through. What is missing from this show that had so many of us dying for Monday nights? Character growth. A very integral part of story telling. Everyone wants their show to stay on television forever. But lets face it. The show is really about superheroes. No matter how ordinary you make them to be. The outrageous and fantastical can only be drawn out for so long. You need that big mystery. That amazing climax. And the ultimate finsh. In season one we were given a glimpse of the future. Future Hiro, and Peter were wonderfully crafted from their Present counter parts. We all had hopes of seeing these two guys grow to something resembling those future iterations. Alas, no tough guy image for either character. Instead, time and again Peter and Hiro are made extremely powerful only to be pulled down and PUNKED.  What in the world is going on. Volume four should have been called Sylar not Fugitives. In a series as big as Heroes one character should not be whats holding the show together. A strong group dynamic is what propelled the show to world wide fame and it’s the only thing that will put it back on top. Complaining about the budget of the show and the lack of ratings isn’t going to fix the show. Yea the writers strike threw a major monkey wrench into Tim Krings grand design. BUT, there’s always a way out. Go extreme. A show such as 24 pushes the bounders of the characters and the situations they face. Shows like Fringe and Lost make it impossible to figure out what is going on, but always keeps you intrigued. Powerful writing, with a strong arm guiding the course of events throughout the series is needed while having an idea exactly what you want from the show. A goal is nice to have because it’s what drives the series. Keeping the viewers interested, keeps the ratings up, and that keeps the show on. Everyone is happy. NBC, Tim Kring, the actors of the show, and the viewers deserve better. Maybe the entire inner workings of the series is in need of a little restructuring. I don’t believe that would hurt at all.

Heroes season 3 will be available on DVD and Blu Ray on September 1st. Season four volume five will begin on September 22nd. At it’s new earlier time. Mondays at 8pm.