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Oct. 9th, 2007 03:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skygiantsI was supposed to go to a Career Fair today during my lunch period instead of doing my usual Tuesday Lunch Break Activity, which is watching Heroes. And I did! I was good! And . . . then it turned out pretty much all the represented companies were looking for either techies or Econ majors.
Yeah, not so much. After about the fifth "You're a what major? . . . oh. Um, good luck!" exchange with potential employers, I gave in and went back to watch Heroes instead.
Okay, the thing about this episode is that all the things I knew I was going to be really DO NOT WANT about (D.L.'s grave, Candice's death, West/Claire) I was spoilered for in advance by various promos. So, going in with extremely low expectations, I actually enjoyed the episode more than I thought I would. Specific reactions:
1. Most importantly: West, you even start with the turning Claire against Mr. Bennet and I will SMACK YOUR PUNK ASS DOWN. I already think you're a jerk and a creep and this episode's acting-up-in-the-only-class-this-high-school-offers shenanigans did NOT endear you to me any further - not to mention that telling a girl to shut up when she is RAISING LEGITIMATE CONCERNS so you can sweep her away in your freakishly strong arms is not calculated to win my heart. And Mr. Bennet owns my love, so seriously: DO NOT MESS.
2. That being said . . . Mr. Bennet you are kickass please don't die.
3. Letters from the past! I love that Hiro managed to think up a way to communicate with Ando, and while I am really not crazy about Hiro Magically Guiding Kensei to herotasticness, I have to admit I giggled a few times - most notably, at Hiro's description of Kensei punching EVERY EVIL IN THE FACE. And the end of this episode gives me hope that Hiro is going to rebel against the role he initially took on as Magical Guiding Sidekick, so we'll see how that goes.
4. M-CUBED. Oh, Triple-M, you are every bit as fantastic together as I thought you would be. Mohinder and Matt and married-couple bickering and Molly-hugs! And Matt totally shares the general opinion that Mohinder attempting to outsmart evil is sweet but really not plausible, which . . . pot kettle, Matt, but HAH.
5. I also laugh at the show pretty much making it canon that Peter just enjoys taking his shirt off at every opportunity - I mean, for more effective power practice, clearly. And Peter trying to shazam lightning out of his fingers. As for the rest of the Ireland storyline, I am ambivalent, but Caitlin is cute, and - okay, Peter getting the tattoo makes him family, right? Like, Caitlin's new pseudobrother? Just sayin'.
6. Although I was eyerolling at the beginning of this week's Wonder Twins storyline (seriously, Alejandro, you had to break into a car in the middle of a street in broad daylight? GENIUS.) I am actually now kind of excited. Maya attempting to intimidate the guards with her poster and then taking them out with black oil shows movement towards badass! I am all in favor of this. So Maya has pretty much won me over. And I have high hopes for Wonder Twins + Stoned Car Thief + Car Of Claire in terms of entertainment value, so I think that storyline will be picking up.
7. I am positive that we will see DL at least once more this season - probably in the Four Months Ago flashback episode, at least, because there is no way they can take us from last year's finale to this episode without some kind of transition. I would really really really really like to believe that he's secretly not dead, but I am probably fooling myself with this. :(
And in conclusion . . . a lot of the annoying stuff that we knew was going to happen is now out of the way, and I am pretty much relieved to have it done with. Bring on next week!
Yeah, not so much. After about the fifth "You're a what major? . . . oh. Um, good luck!" exchange with potential employers, I gave in and went back to watch Heroes instead.
Okay, the thing about this episode is that all the things I knew I was going to be really DO NOT WANT about (D.L.'s grave, Candice's death, West/Claire) I was spoilered for in advance by various promos. So, going in with extremely low expectations, I actually enjoyed the episode more than I thought I would. Specific reactions:
1. Most importantly: West, you even start with the turning Claire against Mr. Bennet and I will SMACK YOUR PUNK ASS DOWN. I already think you're a jerk and a creep and this episode's acting-up-in-the-only-class-this-high-school-offers shenanigans did NOT endear you to me any further - not to mention that telling a girl to shut up when she is RAISING LEGITIMATE CONCERNS so you can sweep her away in your freakishly strong arms is not calculated to win my heart. And Mr. Bennet owns my love, so seriously: DO NOT MESS.
2. That being said . . . Mr. Bennet you are kickass please don't die.
3. Letters from the past! I love that Hiro managed to think up a way to communicate with Ando, and while I am really not crazy about Hiro Magically Guiding Kensei to herotasticness, I have to admit I giggled a few times - most notably, at Hiro's description of Kensei punching EVERY EVIL IN THE FACE. And the end of this episode gives me hope that Hiro is going to rebel against the role he initially took on as Magical Guiding Sidekick, so we'll see how that goes.
4. M-CUBED. Oh, Triple-M, you are every bit as fantastic together as I thought you would be. Mohinder and Matt and married-couple bickering and Molly-hugs! And Matt totally shares the general opinion that Mohinder attempting to outsmart evil is sweet but really not plausible, which . . . pot kettle, Matt, but HAH.
5. I also laugh at the show pretty much making it canon that Peter just enjoys taking his shirt off at every opportunity - I mean, for more effective power practice, clearly. And Peter trying to shazam lightning out of his fingers. As for the rest of the Ireland storyline, I am ambivalent, but Caitlin is cute, and - okay, Peter getting the tattoo makes him family, right? Like, Caitlin's new pseudobrother? Just sayin'.
6. Although I was eyerolling at the beginning of this week's Wonder Twins storyline (seriously, Alejandro, you had to break into a car in the middle of a street in broad daylight? GENIUS.) I am actually now kind of excited. Maya attempting to intimidate the guards with her poster and then taking them out with black oil shows movement towards badass! I am all in favor of this. So Maya has pretty much won me over. And I have high hopes for Wonder Twins + Stoned Car Thief + Car Of Claire in terms of entertainment value, so I think that storyline will be picking up.
7. I am positive that we will see DL at least once more this season - probably in the Four Months Ago flashback episode, at least, because there is no way they can take us from last year's finale to this episode without some kind of transition. I would really really really really like to believe that he's secretly not dead, but I am probably fooling myself with this. :(
And in conclusion . . . a lot of the annoying stuff that we knew was going to happen is now out of the way, and I am pretty much relieved to have it done with. Bring on next week!
