Heroes: A Clear and Present Danger

If you're not watching "Heroes", I suggest you go to HULU right now and watch the latest episode.  It's the start of Volume 4 (rather than seasons, Heroes reads like a good book, in volumes!) and you don't have to know the show to get into it, but you need to start now.  After you watch it, come back and read the rest of my blog.

One of the biggest reasons I love "Heroes" is every week the theme is good verses evil.  The evil is always something different, but it's always a moral challenge.  Volume one was all about power and how you use it.  Will you abuse your power, will you use it for personal gain, or will you use it for the greater good?  Volume two, which was cut short thanks to the writer's strike, was trust and betrayal and the demons of the past.  Volume three was my favorite so far and it was about the evil within.  What makes a person an angel or a demon.  Volume 4 looks very promising.  All about dealing with the potential for evil, the hardest thing of all to deal with really.  Of course, Nathan has gone straight to the wrong way.  

Obviously, this is commentary on our own fears and the US Dept. of Homeland Security.  Profiling and the racism that followed 9/11, hysteria after 9/11 when people noticed middle eastern people on their flights, and the up in arms attitudes we all had when we felt threatened.  Looking back, our fears weren't absolutely necessary.  Who knows how many disasters were diverted by the drastic actions, but there were also scores of people mistreated.  

Back to the "Heroes" episode from last night, I thought it was excellent.  Milo was in top form, his best acting job this season.  Hayden too, for the first time I wasn't annoyed by the overly dramatic cheerleader and saw a young lady who can avoid cheesy lines and crying about being different.  I also loved seeing Sylar has grown from his experiences in Volume three.  I loved seeing him show restraint because he wanted to show restraint.  I also loved seeing he is STRONGER than ever!  Amazing.  I only hope that Peter will also come back just as strong.  Nothing better than a good showdown between these two except seeing them work together.   The only other thing I have to say about last night aside from the great ending, is I'm glad they FINALLY added a little dimension to Tracy's character.  She was a sidekick to Nathan the last volume and hardly had any substance at all and became a throw away character.  Last night they gave her a brain and some gumption and wrote to Ali's strengths.  I hope they continue to improve the character, Ali was so good in the first two seasons.  Oh and I heart Matt, Daphne, Hiro, and Ando, they just didn't have much going on besides Matt's new power, but I'm sure we'll learn more about that later.  I like this idea of a prophet.  Interesting.