Episode 08 - "Seven Minutes To Midnight" - Discussion Thread

[Advocate05]

but you must also be aware that we're not being shown the whole picture here

Like a Issac painting.

Oh the irony!

What PLAS said is true we are not being shown the whole pic. Theres more to this than meets the naked eye.

 

[Superman79]

I'm thinking Bennett is a special branch of the CIA...I mean who else would hide out in a paper factory???

 

[PLAS]

I'm thinking Bennett is a special branch of the CIA...I mean who else would hide out in a paper factory???

he said it himself, they don't work for any agency with initials on it

 

[Abaddon]

Where was Niki this ep?

 

[PLAS]

Where was Niki this ep?

in Vegas

 

[Abaddon]

Wiseass.

 

[PowersOfMind]

Nowhere to be seen.. but then again she was in the last two episode so they had to devote some time to other characters.

 

[PLAS]

Wiseass.

well, she was in vegas, wasn't she?

 

[Abaddon]

On the bright side, now when I here Clea Duvall speak I don't immediately think back to the invisible girl from that one Buffy ep.

 

[Easter Lily]

I do feel Claire is the weakest, but mostly because she's the youngest and has not developed much baggage other than her being adopted and the confussion brought by her newfound abbilities

to understand Nikki, you just have to be a parent

I'm a parent and I still don't care for the character. In fact, I think Micah is more the parent in this relationship.

Claire, I like. She's a teenager and a lot of her behaviour is much more understandable to me in the context of what is going on in her life.

So, no... I don't have a natural dislike for blondes...

 

[Abaddon]

Ive found Niki boring since her dark side was exposed.

 

[SouLeSS]

Errrr. No one else noticed that the file in Suresh's drawer was the name

S____ Iylar? Or something like that (last name) Forgot how to spell it but it was basically drop the first letter of the last name and put the first letter of his first name in there and you had Sylar.

 

[Advocate05]

Errrr. No one else noticed that the file in Suresh's drawer was the name

S____ Iylar? Or something like that (last name) Forgot how to spell it but it was basically drop the first letter of the last name and put the first letter of his first name in there and you had Sylar.

I thought about that idea too, but then he doesn't look like Sean Bean .

 

[ragdus]

he was taken in by Eden to get him clean

apparently, Mr Bennett, Eden, Haitian dude and Godknowswhoelse are working to activate and test these people's powers

according to what Eden said, they were working on getting Isaac clean so that he can paint the future without the use of drugs

but you must also be aware that we're not being shown the whole picture here

okay, but none of that answers anything i asked

 

[SouLeSS]

I thought about that idea too, but then he doesn't look like Sean Bean .

He's also like 10 in the dreams Mohinder is having...

BTW the full name says SANJOG, Iyler

Iyler S. Siyler. Syler. Sylar. Bam.

 

[ken smith]

Did anyone hear about earthquakes, when Mr bennet said these is an earthquake. do you think they are trying to bring another hero with the power to create earthquakes or it is just another disaster

 

[primemover]

I thought it was nice to see Claire just be a teenage girl and not dreading her existence as a 'super'.

Anybody notice that the one and only Shaft is in two episodes this season!

 

[primemover]

He's also like 10 in the dreams Mohinder is having...

BTW the full name says SANJOG, Iyler

Iyler S. Siyler. Syler. Sylar. Bam.

That's a bit of a stretch, and too convenient, I'd be dissapointed if this happened.

 

[The Hill]

Cool, Niki is goin huntin with an Assult Rifle next week.

 

[Superman79]

he said it himself, they don't work for any agency with initials on it

good point. I missed that line. my bad.
UNLESS that's what he wants you to think, and then he's faking!! t:

 

[Dread]

After two episodes that seemed to drag a little, this one started to kick things into faster gear and was better, probably because it was focusing on some of the more interesting characters; Matt, Mr. Bennet, Mohinder and naturally, Hiro (with Eden & Isaac thrown in, too). I am wondering if Ted, the new "uncontrollable Radiation Man" is a key to the "bomb" that Isaac forsees; as in, does Ted cause that blast, or is he destined to? And if so, is it on purpose? Radiation-channeling is rarely used in a heroic character and naturally the ability to slowly burn and give cancer to everyone you know doesn't make for happy fellas.

Matt and Ted seemed to have the same experience; going to a bar, being mysteriously TKO'd by Mr. Bennet's "slave Haitian" and then their powers have now flared up with more intensity; Matt claims his telepathy (which comes forth more often now) is painful, and naturally is getting him in hot water (he's suspended from the force for decking the man who's sleeping with his wife). Still, considering that Mr. Bennet seems to work for your obligatory "secret gov't agency", I wonder if Matt's convient allaince with the F.B.I. is more than coincidence, especially where the Haitian is involved.

Mr. Bennet also gets more time as we see more of Eden's backstory; apparently she is "special", too, and he trained her in her powers (which may be a form of psychic persuasian). When he talks to Isaac about Claire, he smelled simular to Lynch from GEN 13; who raised Fairchild as the daughter of her parents, dead "Gen 12's" (super-soldiers). He also obviously isn't connected to Sylar as he wouldn't need Isaac if he were; Bennet also may be simular to Agent Bishop from TMNT or Xanathos from GARGOYLES; not a straight up hero, but not a villian either. He simply has his aims and seeks to attain them by any means required. This comes into form when he and Eden clash about how best to unleash Isaac's gifts; keep him clean and be patient or push him with heroin.

And naturally Matt's dialogue with Ted reveals stuff, but after the "Save the Cheerleader, Save the World" bit, they could do without another catchphrase like, "Find the Haitian", which sounds like a GTA side mission. We can see the pieces come together from different sides, though, which is good; most seasons have 12-13 episodes, so with maybe 4-5 episodes left I'm glad some filler may be over.

But for me Hiro's bit was the highlight of the episode. Naturally his meeting and interaction with the waitress with the super-memory was cute, but I am usually impressed by his nobility, eagerness to do right by his power and his integrity. There are far more confident characters on HEROES who are at a loss to what to do with their powers (Nathan is an example), and it was cool seeing Hiro want to put everything on the line for a girl who actually liked him. Apparently he was able to go back in time, as suddenly he was seen in that b-day picture. But does he prevent her death? And how much is he going to screw the timestream? I mean we already saw "Future Hiro", hopefully it doesn't become too much of a due ex machina, like a lot of time stories.

Sylar naturally makes a return performance, and is obviously a telekenetic; I just wonder how that keeps you alive after being shot a few times.

Lastly, Mohinder grieves for his dead father in India, and has odd dreams about this one "special boy" that his dad seemed to find, whose name can be condensed into Sylar (but, we've known that Mohinder's father knew Sylar for a while now). That computer screen asking him WHETHER TO QUIT was one of those "obvious like a sledgehammer" sort of plot ploys, kind of like stating a movie's title in the dialogue.

If I have two concerns, it is that I hope the season finale is satisfying and doesn't needlessly drag us along too much, and they get a handle on the characters; it is starting to feel like an X-Men movie keeping everyone in line.

 

[SouLeSS]

That's a bit of a stretch, and too convenient, I'd be dissapointed if this happened.

Out of the hundreds of millions of name combinations they could of come up with, they had to make something thats that similar to Sylar?

 

[GNR]

So the little indian kid is Syler. Good to know.

Nope.

 

[rdh007]

(since I'm convinced Eden has powers too)

Yeah, she's a siren. Did you see the closeup of her whispering to Ike? I think that's what they wanted to get across, that her words are persuasive to the point of hypnotic.

 

[Majmun]

He's also like 10 in the dreams Mohinder is having...

BTW the full name says SANJOG, Iyler

Iyler S. Siyler. Syler. Sylar. Bam.

Too bad it actually says Iyer and not Iyler.