Some Reviews Two Weeks in

From the Balitimore Sun:

..after an hour of Claire stamping her feet and being whiney, the teen
angst finally pays off with one of the best moments of the new TV season. While
giving herself a pedicure with Mr. Muggles, Claire decides it’s totally a good
idea to cut off her pinky toe — just to see if it will grow back. The gross-out
factor is coupled with a mini-freakout moment of "I’m never wearing open-toed
shoes again" before the computer graphics kick in. Of course, her floating
stalker is peeping through the window. Claire chases after him, but only Mr.
Muggles is smart enough to realize he’s overhead. No one ever heeds Mr.
Muggles.
It was Heroes at its best. If I had her powers, I would totally do
that. But with my luck, it wouldn’t grow back.

Full article here: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/critics/blog/2007/10/what_were_watching_heroes.html

From ew.com:

And now, it seems everyone's favorite ex-cheerleader isn't the only one
blessed with insta-heal. After Hiro, posing as Kensei, ticked off some Japanese
warlords, they sought revenge by shooting a bunch of arrows into the real,
utterly wussy Kensei (played by Alias' Yankee-once-again-posing-as-Brit David
Anders). But no sooner had Hiro removed one of the arrows than the bloody wounds
closed up — a sight that made our time traveler very happy indeed. Now it's
possible that Hiro won't have to assume Kensei's identity after all. He'll just
teach him to embrace his power. Still, I'm convinced Hiro's gonna get the girl —
or at least steal a smooch or two. The way he looked at the lovely Eriko
Tamura's princess just made my hopelessly romantic heart melt. (And how he
stopped time to let fall a gorgeous cascade of cherry blossoms reminded me of
his equally breathtaking trick with the origami cranes for Charlie last season.
Oh, and I also loved it when Hiro asked a villager: ''Have you seen a scary
white man?'' Ha!)

Full article: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20091102,00.html

(Personal note to all liberal talk-show producers: Hiro saying "Have you seen a scary white man".....PERFECT sound drop....you know where to put it.....!)

Ad little baba bing from the NJ Star Ledger:

Also, given the amount of time Milo Ventimiglia obviously spent in the gym
on hiatus, I'm sure shirtless, sweating and bound Peter wasn't an unpleasant
experience for a certain segment of the audience. After all the Nikki webcam
scenes from early last year, it seems only fair.

http://blog.nj.com/alltv/2007/10/heroes_toetally_awesome.html

And from TV with MeeVee....whatever the hell that is.......

Few characters in the world of "Heroes" have inspired as much fascination and curiosity as the Haitian. At first a mute enemy, then an unexpected ally for Claire, he's a perfect example of what the show does best. Perpetually mysterious, each answer about the character provides another handful of questions. In other words, he's pretty spiffy.

http://blog.meevee.com/my_weblog/2007/10/totally-frakked.html

Week 2 Ratings UPdate!

Made-Up Heroes Beat Real Ones

New York Overnight Ratings: NBC’s Heroes Tops PBS’ The War

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/2/2007 1:43:00 PM

The real heroes of Iwo Jima were no match for the Heroes over on NBC, where the cheerleader cut off her little toe Monday night.

According to overnight ratings from the No. 1 market, New York, NBC's one-hour science-fiction drama averaged 740,000 viewers Monday night versus 322,000 for Ken Burns' World War II documentary, The War.

Burns produced the project in part to educate the next generation about the sacrifices made and lessons learned by the last one.

In what was one of Burns' key target demos -- the 18-34 crowd he wanted to educate about the war == the difference was stark. Heroes averaged 196,000 18-34s, while The War averaged only 6,000.

That average for The War included "hashmarks" for the 18-34 demo in the 8 p.m.-9 p.m. hour Monday in New York, when viewing in the demo was not recorded in the ratings because it was below reportable minimums.

© 2007, Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA6486225

Primetime Ratings: ABC Dances to the Top Again...but last half-hour beaten by Our Favorite Show!

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/2/2007 12:53:00 PM

ABC won Monday night in the 18-49 demo in the Nielsen Media Research overnight rankings with a 4.7 rating/12 share, thanks to a two-hour Dancing with the Stars, which built every half-hour, from 8 p.m. (4.6/13) to 9:30 p.m.-10 p.m. (5.6/13).

NBC's Heroes was the top-rated show of the night at a 5.6/13 from 9 p.m.-10 p.m., but it only just barely beat the last hour of Dancing. NBC's new dramedy, Chuck, from 8 p.m.-9 p.m., averaged a 3.1/8 for third place in the hour, growing by a couple of rating points from its first to second half-hour. Going the other direction was time traveler Journeyman, which traveled back from a 3.5/8 from 10 p.m.-10:30 p.m. to a 3.1/8 from 10:30 p.m.-11 p.m.
NBC and CBS tied for second at a 4/10. CBS was led by CSI: Miami, which won its 10 p.m.-11 p.m. time period with a 4.6/12, and Two and a Half Men, which averaged a 4.6/11 from 9 p.m.-9:30 p.m. up against Heroes and Dancing.

Fox was a distant fourth at a 1.7/4, with new New Orleans drama K-Ville failing to make any headway at an average 2/5.

The CW averaged a 1 rating/2 share for the premieres of Everyone Hates Chris, new show Aliens in America, Girlfriends and its highest-rated debut, a footballers' wives/girlfriends series, The Game (1.4/3).

© 2007, Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA6486170

Heroes Recap (Sea 2 ep. 2): Lizards

The guys looking for the iPods slap Peter around some. He tells them he doesn’t know how he got in there, but they don’t buy it.

Claire complains (again) because she doesn’t want to be normal, and her father tells her his job isn’t a normal 9-5 job but rather keeping his family safe.


Then his wife pulls out the paper showing the photo of Hiro’s father, and she makes him tell her what’s going on. He knew it was going to happen because Isaac painted it. The painting was 1 of 8, and he wants to find the other 7.

Parkman just so happens to get assigned to the case and pretends he doesn’t know the person who died. A witness saw someone push him off the roof, yet there’s only one body. Ando stops by and tells him the mark on the photo is the crest of Takezo Kensei.

Back in the 1600s, Hiro’s still trying to smack some sense into Takezo. Unable to get anywhere, he puts on the mask and fills in for him.

In school, Claire’s learning about lizards capable of cellular mutation. She asks whether it’s possible for people to be able to heal themselves. West gets (more) suspicious.

Bob finds a man with abilities who’s got a virus, the one that killed Suresh’s sister. The only cure for the virus is Suresh’s blood, so he goes to meet him.

Maya and Alejandro find someone who says she will help them without needing money.

Peter’s tied up and bloody. Caitlin walks in to try a kinder way of getting something out of him, rather than just letting her brother beat him up more. She asks his name, but he can’t even remember that. Eventually, he heals himself, and neither can figure out why.

When he arrives, Suresh is told the hero he went to save (the Haitian) doesn’t want the cure, but he insists.

A woman says she’s a healer and offers to help Maya. Alejandro says no, but she insists, only to find out that Maya can’t be healed. She thinks she’s been cursed.
Hiro confronts the enemy. He says he doesn’t need a sword, then takes all theirs. So they gets out the bows, and he makes all of them come to him as well. The swordsmith’s daughter is impressed by this display.

Peter breaks free of his ropes. Someone comes to shoot Caitin. By this time, though, Peter’s figured out how to use his abilities and defends her.

West waits for Claire after class and brings her Suresh’s book. She blows him off and tells him she was just bored in class.

While trying to flee to America, Maya kills again, but Alejandro is able to reverse the damage and return the woman to life.

Claire’s car gets stolen after she left it unlocked, which her dad uses as a metaphor for the larger problems at hand. He warns her that she’s freer there than she would be if she were to be found out.

Mrs. Petrelli is being questioned by the police, and Parkman learns the motive for the murder of Hiro’s father was revenge. She then gets attacked out of nowhere and hands over the photo of herself, which contains the same symbol.

Peter gets blackmailed into helping settle the score over the problems that will be caused by him attacking the guys who came after Caitlin. In exchange for his assistance, he’ll get everything that was on him when they found him.


Hiro promises to make Takezo the hero the swordsmimth’s daughter sees. As soon as they step outside, Takezo gets shot and dies. Until Hiro figures out how to heal him that is.

It doesn’t take the Haitian long to find Claire’s dad.


Thinking about what her teacher said about pinky toes not being necessary, Claire cuts hers off, hoping it will regenerate, which it does. Obviously, she does this in front of an open window with West watching. He leaves the book he had earlier and takes off, and that’s where chapter 2 ends.

MASSIVE FINAL PRE-SHOW SPOILER ALERT!

Ok....these have been sent to me by a reliable source.....






* In perhaps another nod to Watchmen, somebody gets killed in 2.1 and the first half of season two is a murder mystery. (Hiro's dad and Claire's grandma seem to believe they are targets as well. I'm guessing the worse-than-Sylar boogieman little Molly referenced last season is the culprit.)








* Peter stars the season locked away, and with amnesia.





* Nathan, believing Peter dead, has descended into alcoholism and starts the season with a giant beard. (I had this one pegged, from the beard Pasdar was sporting at events, and his seeming inability not spill the beans!)







* In sunnier Costa Verde, Calif. (which doubtlessly neighbors Neptune and Sunnydale), Claire comes to date another superhero (played by Nick D'Agosto, who also played Jana's assistant on The Office). (This one is old news, and its a character that, I beleive, was created to cool down all that Paire shipping going on the 'net)



* Papa Noah Bennet is going after his old bosses. (Possibly with the help of Sylar??) (Not a good idea.....)





* Mohinder, Matt and Molly the little mutant-finder are all living together. (With Matt's pregnant wife?) (She hasn;t had that kid already?? Dear God, the gestation period on freakin' Days of Our Lives is shorter...that's usually two years!)





* Jessica/Niki gets a virus that only affects superheroes, presumably the one that killed Mohinder's sister and vexes Molly. (This scares me for many reasons. Ali Larter said that she was going to be off air for awhile to "fix things." The first two things that come in to my mind: marriage and contract negotiations. I just hope they don't kill the kid off. It's enough Jessica's off my TV for most of the year, but Niki too??)



*Molly's worse-than-Sylar boogieman is identified in 2.5.



* Hiro, who gets busy with a princess, may not return to the present until 2.8. (lucky stiff! Ya....tahhhh!)





* Many questions about the season-one cliffhanger will be answered in 2.8, titled Four Months Ago. (hopefully like what ever happend to our favorite illusionist Candace, now that she seems to have morphed into a record store empoyee named Andi on the CW's Reaper.)

* Sylar leaves the series around 2.16 to play Spock in the movies but is expected to return at season's end.

* We'll discover that several mutants share the same superpowers. (which is what I expected to happen, anyway)

* Stephen Tobolowski (Ned from Groundhog Day) is introduced as a Primatech boss. (Praise the Lord! What a casting coup! Tobolowski is a Tony-winning actor with a penchant for portyaing Everymen in unique situations. Mostly humorous, he can turn that effect to pure evil if need be. If he IS the new boogeyman, he's a great choice!)

* The characters introduced in next April's spinoff , Heroes: Origins, could join the mother show or be spun off into their own series. For those who overlooked Harry's post on Saturday (or Kring's announcement on G4's Attack of the Show earlier in the week), big-screen writer-directors John August (The Nines), Michael Dougherty (Trick or Treat), Kevin Smith (Clerks, Silent Bob..) and Eli Roth (Hostel) will be among those creating Origins episodes.Nikki getting a virus?

Season 2 of HEROES begins tonight on NBC @ 9/8C.

Hayden Threatens to Go All "Jessica" on Reporter!

Heroes beauty Hayden Panettiere shocked journalists at the Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 16 when she allegedly threatened to ''kill'' a reporter for publishing articles about her love life, reports IMDB.com.

The 18-year-old star was attending the Los Angeles awards ceremony when she lashed out at a writer from Us Weekly, reportedly over her split from boyfriend Stephen Colletti earlier this month.

Panettiere was so infuriated that she lost her temper and had to be held back by her publicist, who warned her, ``Not on the red carpet.''

Two More Days!!!!!!!!

A reminder, the chat room opens Monday night at 9 Eastern/6 Pacific!

hmmm.....Bennet's a perv?

Audio Blog 9.4.07

Gabcast! Heroes F!RST! #1 - Heroes Audioblog1