Catalyst Castle

I just saw the premier this morning on NBC.com. There certainly were a lot of surprises.

Overall, the feel of the show was really great. It was very exciting and moved at a nice pace. The scene where Sylar attacked Claire in her house was definitely one of the most intense moments ever in the series. There was a lot of intrigue going on, as we've all come to expect from the show.

Now, I'll just comment on a few of the surprises (Spoiler Warning!!):


Future Peter shot Nathan. This surprise was somewhat spoiled by the fact that I read a rumor to this effect somewhere online about a month ago. It was still an interesting plot twist, and I wouldn't have seen it coming if not for that spoiler. It's interesting how much Future Peter remained involved in the story for the rest of the premier, essentially replacing the regular Peter in the present day while the regular Peter is trapped elsewhere. I wonder how long that will continue. Having two Peters around is just more of good thing in my opinion.

I liked the whole "butterfly effect" idea, and I think they did a good job of showing how that played out with Claire. They also seemed to confirm that time travel in Heroes works much like it does in the X-Men comics, that is, traveling to the past to change the future creates an alternate universe with a different future. I say this because Future Peter demonstrates no knowledge of how his actions in the present/past have impacted the future until someone else points out the repercussions of his actions to him, implying that according to his knowledge nothing in the future has changed. This seems consistent with the events of season 1.

Nathan got religious. Who saw that coming? It seems kind of weird, but I guess dying might do that to you. And now he has Linderman in his head. I wonder how that will play out.

Mohinder was kind of weird in this episode. I had to laugh when he became Spider-man. Apparently he's a venom-enhanced Spider-man, though, as his behavior has become more, er, aggresive. I'm enterested to see where they're going with this, but right now it almost feels like a bad joke. Are they ententionally making fun of Spider-man 3? I think Ando having powers in the future is supposed to be a result of Mohinder's serum and/or the formula Hiro's trying to protect.

Speaking of Hiro, that first scene of him in his office was hilarious. What would it be like to have so much time on your hands, literally? Imagine if you get tired in the middle of the day, you could sleep for an hour and then just rewind time so that you didn't lose any. That would really reduce stress. Hiro letting his victories go to his head and wanting another quest to pursue seemed in character. Although, he did seem a little too reckless in light of his past experiences. He seemed very serious at the end of season 2.

Niki/Tracy was interresting. Are they emplying now that she manifests different powers with each of her split personalities? It seems like that could be the case, although she was able to use her super-strength as both Niki and Jessica. Perhaps her Niki personality will eventually be able to access all of her super powers, whatever they may end up being, turning her into another character on the same power level as Peter and Sylar.

So, Angela Petrelli is Sylar's mother? I guess that makes Sylar a half-brother to Nathan and Peter. Could be interesting.