Heroes (SPOILERS)

[HaemishM]

Why doesn't DL just ghost the bullet out of his shoulder?

I kept expecting him to do that, but it might have taken too much concentration with a light head from blood loss. Or he just might not have thought of it like us geeks.

[schild]

Micah is Forge as a child.

The Haitian (which, btw, is the best superhero name ever), is one of the few super heroes with a completely passive power. It seems he doesn't even have to do anything to be a dampening field. That's pretty goddamn huge. Interesting though? Not so sure.

[Daeven]

So, someone explain to me why Peter is sick?

He was in custody in the same building as radioactive man....?

[Bunk]

*sniff* 

It was a good death scene though.

On Peter's sickness, I'm going with something to do with Peter absorbing Radioactive Man's power. I'm curious as to who he leached off of to pick up the psychic dream though.

[Tale]

I think Micah is super fucking smart + good with electronics.  I don't think it extends past that though.

Did you miss the episode where he fixed a broken payphone, just by looking at it?

[Tale]

On Peter's sickness, I'm going with something to do with Peter absorbing Radioactive Man's power. I'm curious as to who he leached off of to pick up the psychic dream though.

He was just in contact with Mr Bennet and the Haitian, who had recently been in contact with Isaac.

He was just in contact with Matt and Audrey, who had recently been in contact with Radioactive Man.

Maybe as he learns more about his own power, he is becoming more sensitive to powers and picking them up second-hand?

[Mazakiel]

Part of it is side effects from other powers, probably.  Like how he head a splitting headache as soon as Matt walked into the room, and then there was all the interference as their telepathy interfered with each other's.  Mostly, though, I bet it's just that he's gone from not accessing any more power than his brother's, and not using it, to suddenly finding himself with what, 10-12 powers all at once, or in a very short period of time, with several he was using.  He made physical contact with Sylar, so he's got however many powers Sylar has in his system, then Claire's, then Matt's and the Haitian's.  His body may not be coping too well with that, as he's not used to how his power works at all.  I think his body attunes to powers even if he doesn't know he can use them yet.  Once he's got a better hold on his powers, he may be able to use the powers before they're used on him to let his mind know "Oh.  I can do that now too." 

As to the dreams, I think his dreams are somehow tied with his core mutation, much like Sylar's abilities outside of what he's absorbed.  Peter had a dream about his brother way before he came into contact with Isaac or the girlfriend.  He seems to be able to form empathic bonds with people that somehow carry over into his dreams which seem prophetic, but not in the sense of Isaac's power.  Isaac can literally show what the future holds, Peter's visions appear to be full of more symbolism than that.  Also, somehow he seems to have been able to share that dream with the girlfriend's dying father before he died. 

[Tale]

BTW don't forget the "graphic novels" which add more details to the story: http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/novels/

[schild]

I look at Peter as a battery. He doesn't know how to shut off the intake though and it's fucking his shit up. The radioactive thing that a combination of Hiro and Claire will fix, is the result of sucking in the radiation along with all the other shit brewing inside.

Also, once again, Micah is Forge.

[stray]

Damn.

Eden was just getting cool too.

[Zetleft]

Why doesn't DL just ghost the bullet out of his shoulder?

I kept expecting him to do that, but it might have taken too much concentration with a light head from blood loss. Or he just might not have thought of it like us geeks.

When he went temporarily ghostman when she shot him in the head it probably did drop out but hell he still has a hole in his chest from a large caliber rifle :)

[Quinton]

He seems to be able to form empathic bonds with people that somehow carry over into his dreams which seem prophetic, but not in the sense of Isaac's power.  Isaac can literally show what the future holds, Peter's visions appear to be full of more symbolism than that.  Also, somehow he seems to have been able to share that dream with the girlfriend's dying father before he died. 

Or perhaps the dreams were the first power he picked up -- perhaps with enough exposure things stick?  He apparently spent a lot of time with the dying father...

- Q

[Reg]

When he went temporarily ghostman when she shot him in the head it probably did drop out but hell he still has a hole in his chest from a large caliber rifle

I'm surprised he hasn't had to run to the dentist half a dozen times to get all his fillings replaced. :)

[Furiously]

Here's my thought.

Claire's father has a power. He's immune to other's powers.

Eden couldn't effect him, maybe his power screwed with Peter a bit.

I also like the theory that with all the other heroes around him it's overloading him and it's too much power.

[HaemishM]

Claire's father has been protected from others' powers by the Haitian. Notice Sylar did nothing while Mr. Bennett was there, but used his powers in force on Eden, when the Haitian was at Clarie's house not mindwiping her.

[Furiously]

Claire's father has been protected from others' powers by the Haitian. Notice Sylar did nothing while Mr. Bennett was there, but used his powers in force on Eden, when the Haitian was at Clarie's house not mindwiping her.

Are you sure? I don't recall the Haitian being there when Eden used the "Let me go" suggestion to HRG. I recall him saying something about being the one man that could resist her.

[MrHat]

I'm still of the opinion that Mr.Bennet's glasses aren't for seeing things better.  They're to protect him against powers.  Same with that crazy room they had Syler in.  I think that Eden pushed a button at some point and deactivated whatever was holding Syler in, so she could use her power of suggestion to get him to shoot himself.  But he realized that the null field was gone.

Maybe the Haitian can imbue shit with his null power?

[HaemishM]

Claire's father has been protected from others' powers by the Haitian. Notice Sylar did nothing while Mr. Bennett was there, but used his powers in force on Eden, when the Haitian was at Clarie's house not mindwiping her.

Are you sure? I don't recall the Haitian being there when Eden used the "Let me go" suggestion to HRG. I recall him saying something about being the one man that could resist her.

I'm going on the assumption that the Haitian is ALWAYS with Bennett unless he's got something else to do like wiping Claire's mom's mind.

[Bunk]

I'm going to go with the idea that the Haitian is a red herring. I think he's always around when HRG is to make us assume that its the Haitian who is dampening things, when its really HRGs power.

Or maybe not. Maybe Sylar was just waiting for a juicy meal to come by before he tk'd his way out. Who knows.

I did forget that Peter had dreams about Nathan in the earlier episodes.

On a total tangent, since I forgot about mentioning it when I noticed it weeks ago. The earlier episodes that were in the Casino - anyone else notice it was the Montecito Casino? That happens to be the fictional casino that the series Las Vegas is based around. I thought that was a nice touch.

[Jobu]

Consider this...

Bennett said that they've never encountered someone with more than one power when talking about Sylar.

So how can the Haitian have a nullification power AND a mind wiping power?

[HaemishM]

The Haitian's power is the ability to suppress certain things in the brain, whether that be memories or the triggers that cause powers to be activated.

[MrHat]

The Haitian's power is the ability to suppress certain things in the brain, whether that be memories or the triggers that cause powers to be activated.

Could he surpress things that aren't mind related then? Like Claire's regen?

[tazelbain]

Could he surpress things that aren't mind related then? Like Claire's regen?

Are you even watching the show !?!

All powers are brain-related.

[MrHat]

I thought they were all genetic mutations...

[tazelbain]

That also.

[Miguel]

I don't get the whole thing with the 'DNA tattoo'.  Obviously Mrs. Dual Personality clearly has one, and there was the situation with the Cop and Radioactive Man that they both had markings.  It gave me the impression that powers could be given to others, and I thought that was what HRG guy was responsible for:  inflicting the genetic mutations then tracking each person to see what happens.

But what do I know!

[Tale]

I don't get the whole thing with the 'DNA tattoo'.  Obviously Mrs. Dual Personality clearly has one, and there was the situation with the Cop and Radioactive Man that they both had markings.  It gave me the impression that powers could be given to others, and I thought that was what HRG guy was responsible for:  inflicting the genetic mutations then tracking each person to see what happens.

But what do I know!

There are two different "DNA tattoos" and Mrs Dual Personality only has the one you're thinking of when she's in badass mode. The other is the "two dots" on the neck/shoulder of Parkman, nuke man, etc.

[HaemishM]

According to what I'm seeing in the Heroes graphic novel issue that accompanied the latest episode, Sylar doesn't escape after Eden killed herself. HRG and the Haitian show up and shoot him with tranqs.

[MrHat]

According to what I'm seeing in the Heroes graphic novel issue that accompanied the latest episode, Sylar doesn't escape after Eden killed herself. HRG and the Haitian show up and shoot him with tranqs.

Ya, I saw that too.  It was a good death for her.

[Furiously]

I would have prefered it naked in a shower for her...

[Quinton]

According to what I'm seeing in the Heroes graphic novel issue that accompanied the latest episode, Sylar doesn't escape after Eden killed herself. HRG and the Haitian show up and shoot him with tranqs.

Ya, I saw that too.  It was a good death for her.

I liked the character and was sad to see her die, but it was nice to see that her last act was to ruin Sylar's little moment of triumph.

-Q

[SnakeCharmer]

So I am watching the Heroes episodes again on nbc.com....I'm in the middle of the first episode (which I missed on its original air date), and when Peter and his mother are leaving the police station, they mention that Peter and Nathans father is dead.  So, all through the episodes that I have watched since, I don't remember it being mentioned until the second last episode (I think) that their father dies when Nathan is going to spill the beans about his illegal activities.

I'm confused...

If it is mentioned in the first episode that he is already dead, how can he die again later in the second to last episode?

[Chenghiz]

That episode takes place 6 months prior to the current events.

[SnakeCharmer]

Was that the episode that they sort of went back an reintroduced everyone?

[NiX]

Yeah, that's the one.