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aunt_zeldaSorry I've been so absent of late, guys. After the play ... well, school seemed to get instantaneously busier. I HATE dashing from one class to another and being so frenzied that what I WANT to do (i.e. watch and review TV episodes, type Shakespeare stories, write fanfic, reply to comments, etc.) gets crammed into impossibly short periods in which I am, more often than not, waylaid by tvtropes.org and distracted from my personal writings.
Anyhoodle, the Lost WAZTs are coming, I have two-thirds done already (though they aren't as in-depth as this one, see again 'pressed for time') and am making good headway on various personal writings of my own. However, due to the sheer ferocity and insanity that has become my schoolwork, expect my updates to be few and far-between until further notice. I mean, the WAZT will be prompt (ish) and there may be some sparse fanfic here and there, but I simply DO NOT HAVE TIME.
And I hate it. I'm sorry. I miss all of you. I wish I could be lazy again. But I can't. Even now, there are four different things pressing into my over-wrought brain. Not to mention that That-Guy seemed a tad too familiar with A-Girl over the weekend, and spurred such overwhelming feelings of jealousy that I had to leave the room for fear that I'd bash the poor woman over the head with ... something. I despise jealousy. 'Tis a feeling I've rarely felt. That outbreak over the weekend gave me a rather scary insight into Othello, however, which is fortunate, as I'm expected to write an essay on the play soon. (Gah, Iago is so EEEEEEEEVIL! It was so insanely fun to read his parts!)
Anyhoodle, this is the WAZT for 'Cold Snap:'
(aka: Bryan Fuller returns and wows us once again, shaming all the previous - if fantastic in their own right - episodes of this volume with his comeback episode.)
Previously on Heroes... there is no previously on the version I'm watching! NOOO!
First off, Governor Danko shaves ... dramatically. I liked this scene better in S1, when it was Sylar doing it. I do not feel comfortable with the camera this close to Zeljiko Ivanek's face. He is not a comfortable person. No offense meant to Mr. Ivanek (dude, I wikied your name to make sure I spelled it right, I don't even do that for Sendhil) but seriously, form a club with Evil Eric Roberts and scare the planet into your control or invent the segway or something.
Hearing his robotic security system announce that the front door is open, he wipes the shaving cream off of his face, grabs a gun (wow, is his house like the Punisher's or something?! Has he got guns and knives stashed all over the place in case a giant freaky semi-Russian assassin bashes in through the wall?!) closes the door, and finds ... Doyle, strung up like a marionette (not strung up as in ... just suspended in the air, ok, with rope and stuff. He's alive) with a big red bow tied across his chest. I admit it. I laughed for the rest of this scene. As creepy as that was, it was HI-LARIOUS and means that Sylar is going for more dangerous and foe-yay-licious boyfriends these days. I hope he still has room in his heart for his Momo, though, because if he doesn't, I might leave the SARMY.
Rain. Traffic-jam. NYC. (I might go there in a few weeks.) HRG races into a cab to meet with Angela, soaking wet, because Spy Daddy forgot an umbrella. Angela says this will be their last meeting, it's getting too dangerous, and is a tad uneasy with having all her hopes riding on a man too distracted to bring an umbrella on a day like this, or use a Creepy Close-Up Razor of DOOOM. She then laments (heh heh) that it's terrible to have to give up family for what they're doing. I dunno ... I'm sure some of you out there miss all the Petrelli Bad Touch shenanigans, but I for one welcome actual spy work, unhampered (kind of) by family intrigues. Blah blah, spy banter. Angela thinks that Nathan will forgive her, but that Peter has said his farewells. (Nice twist!) She tells HRG to get Danko to trust him, by giving him 'one of us.' HRG smiles at being included. Angela suggests REBEL, and hands over her umbrella. "Don't say I never did anything for you." Heh. Noah tells her not to go home. "Don't say I never did anything for you." Hee ...
At the He-Men-Mutant-Haters Headquarters, Danko leads Mohinder (uncuffed, I might add ... sorry, girls) into a room full of drugged heroes (and villains, I suppose.) We spot Matt and Daphne. Mohinder is bitter. Danko says it's 'gun control.' *kaSNORT* Mohinder finds Daphne, says she needs to go to an emergency room (WTF, show? NOW you decide to be semi-realistic with gunshot-wounds? CHOOSE A SIDE! It's Firefly vs. magical soap opera land, mmmmkay?) Danko says he didn't bring Mohinder to help Daphne ... he brought him here because it was easier than carrying him. Then a Mook tazers Mohinder and hooks him up to the drugs. OOOOOOooooooo! BURN! (And very, very scary. Danko is a bit of a sadist. *files that away for future ficcage*) Danko orders his Mooks to "make up a bed for Miss Strauss."
Cut to Tracey, in her Cell of EVIL
Heroesclipse!
Danko and HRG have dialogue that, in more casual circumstances, could be construed as flirtation. Danko claiming that he caught Doyle by being "smarter than the average bear" made me LOL and is not to be missed. Then HRG offers a plan to get REBEL ... and then I see Noah Gray-Cabey's name flutter across the screen and I SQUEAL. More banter. Swoosie Kurtz's name flickers across the screen as well, and I keel over in shock and awe.
In
Angela, still stuck in traffic, has a useful precog-dream. Seconds later, it happens, but the agents waste time manhandling her driver and give her a chance to escape. (It seems that her power would only be useful if one could take naps, and since I can't really take naps unless I'm sick, in a play, or on a long, long road trip, I can't say I fancy Angela's power.) Angela slowly walks away from the limo, finds a guy with an umbrella, and cutely and badassley gets a cover to walk away with him from the scene, looking from behind like a non-suspicious couple. HA HA HA! Angela makes flirting her way under an umbrella with soaking hair BADASS! The He-Man-Mutant-Hater's club will never ever catch her!
REBEL shuts down the HMMHC for a while, letting Tracey out and guiding her into the room where all the heroes (and villains) are being kept. She wakes up Mohinder, then Matt, dismisses Daphne as someone who will 'slow them down' and leaves without the gang. Guards burst into the hallway, but Matt (carrying Daphne in his arms, with Mohinder - superstrength man didn't offer to carry her? Oh, wait, he wouldn't carry the girl who stole his man from him, nevermind ...) Jedi-mind-tricks them away.
Danko tells HRG that an escape like this won't be allowed again and says that if Tracey leads them to REBEL: kill them both.
Later, Tracey shoplifts using her power to freeze those alarm strips. Heh. She gets silly stiletto heel boots for shoes though, stupid woman. You have nitrogen powers, not super-feet! HRG slips into the changing room, and the two of them have awesome, incredibly tense banter with almost claustrophobic camera work, waving off the attendant rather cutely, and Tracey agrees reluctantly to lead HRG to REBEL in exchange for a chance to run.
Matt storms a hospital with Daphne in his arms, spins a rather convincing lie, and gets the doctor to NOT report the gunshot wound to the police. Mohinder looks sexy and worried. Matt just looks worried. GAH, I usually hate hospital dramas, but if Dr. House is around the corner, I'm willing to suffer through this plotline ...
Hiro wants to take Oswald away. Ando thinks this is a little extreme, and what about the kid's mommy? Hiro says they'll leave a note, calling Oswald 'Baddo Baby' for making all the toys turn on and make loud noises. Hee. Oswald's toddler years are gonna be HELL for Janice, or whoever has custody of him at that point. It could be the ménage á trois joint effort of Monica, Doctor Who, and John Locke for all I know. Ando calls Hiro out on his childhood issues. *wibbles* (I don't think I would have SURVIVED if George Takei/Sulu/Kaito was my daddy. Just sayin' ... perhaps we should be a little more understanding of poor Hiro's numerous pitfalls on his Hiro's journey?) Oh my god. Hiro didn't tell Ando about meeting his mommy during the time-travel, and her dying in his arms. *wibbles majorly* They bicker about crying and not crying and don't you cry or I'll cry too and I sniffle in the background. Then Janice arrives! Hiro and Ando hide behind the stuffed animals in a clumsy, silly homage to E.T., my least favorite movie in the universe. (Ok, ok, not my least favorite, but it traumatized me as a child just the same.)
Micah (guys, it's totally Micah. I haven't even SEEN HIM and I know it's Micah) manipulates an ATM (HURRAY FOR CALLBACKS!) into giving Tracey money, and a message on her recipte. There is no other word for that other than: COOLIO.
Tracey gets a cab ... and then TallerGhostWalt ... I mean, MICAH with a broken voice and a haircut, calls a cab as well. Tsk, tsk, my dear. If you can MANIPULATE MACHINES, do so from BEHIND THE SCENES. Especially if you ARE NOT YET OLD ENOUGH TO SHAVE and ON THE GOVERNMENT'S MOST WANTED LIST.
Then Angela stops in for some lunch with Aunt Lily. Even though she's not wearing an eye-patch, has more eyeshadow on than a raccoon at a rave, and is unaware of Angela's hero-ness, it's Aunt Lily just the same. I watched the whole scene and did not stop to type until it was over. That is how much I love and respect Swoosie Kurtz. She is awesome. She has the potential to be even more badass than Angela herself. She gives Angela her money and lets Angela steal her umbrella. Heh heh YAY and SQUEE!
It was a dark day indeed when Pushing Daisies was cancelled ... but for we Heroes fans it was also a bittersweet day. We did indeed get Bryan Fuller back ... and now, it seems, we got Swoosie Kurtz too! Huzzah! *huggles the Pushing Daisies DVD sets I wish I had*
Janice gets things explained to her by Ando and Hiro. The only reason I am tolerating her being back on MY show is that she makes Hiro and Ando look ten times smarter, and ten times more responsible, and ten times more heroic. Janice tries to waylay the agents, then they search the house. With GUNS. For a BABY. I'm sorry, but ... the Applied Phlebotinum isn't working on this. Ando stuns a guy with his pink lighting. He grins, then gets knocked out with the butt of the gun. Hiro crouches down with Oswald in his arms ... and then TIME STOPS! Huzzah! Hiro cutely tries to get Oswald to do the 'Yatta!' pose (hee hee hee!) but then realizes that his power only worked because of the 'Toddler Touch and Go' powers of Oswald. He tries to get Oswald to use his power, but can't. He puts Oswald into one of those baby-halter things, dumps Ando in a wheelbarrel (still frozen in a fallen position) and trudges out of the house. HEE HEE HEE! That was worth every second of infuriating-Janice!
Even better: to get Daphne a better room, Matt convinced everyone that she is Gwen Stefani. HEE HEE HEE!
Then ... it all comes crashing down. Daphne realizes that the writers were taking some kind of drugs when they wrote her storyline with Matt, and wants out. She gets dressed, says she was sincerely happy to have met him, plans on running too fast to be caught by anyone ... even Matt ... and leaves. *wibbles* I'm sure Mohinder is waiting out in the hall doing a jig of triumph at this point, but even the mental image of that is not making me any happier.
Tracey finds a passport and a ticket in a locker, and Micah comes up behind her and says they're riding together, if that's ok. Tracey is horrified that REBEL is Micah. Micah says he knows she isn't his mom, but she - Tracey - doesn't have anyone else, and they can help people 'like them' together. [What the hell happened to the Monica/Molly/Hana parts of REBEL we envisioned?! Oh, wait, this is a good plot, I'm going to shut up and get on my knees and worship at the alter of Bryan Fuller ... 'never leave again, Mr. Fuller!'] She apologizes, saying she didn't know it was him. He, in turn, is horrified that she'd agree to be bait for someone. Anyways, he planned that she'd be followed, and uses a SPRINT PHONE BUY A SPRINT PHONE USEFUL TO TALLERGHOSTWALTS ACROSS THE NATION to active an emergency alarm in the station.
Angela gets trapped in an elevator car. She remains composed, but looks about a smidge as terrified as I feel. Her car is pulled back to the ground floor, but PETER RESCUES HER AND FLIES HER AWAY YAHOOOOOOOOOOO!
In a PARKING GARRAGE ARE THEY IDIOTS OR SOMETHING?! Micah proves that he is more of a hero than Tracey has ever been. He says that his mom was a real average American, and a hero to boot, and that Tracey is just a politician. Tracey retorts "Who are you, Che Guevara?" Micah fires back with "Che Guevara led a revolution. This is a rebellion. So whose side are you on?" Oooo, Tracey! You just got SERVED! He adds "And 'mine' isn't an answer." Hee hee hee. (Comic-book smart, smart-smart, and history-smart he may be, but clearly Micah didn't read the Evil Overlord List. I swear there's something about the dangers of parking garages and/or dealing with evil twins in there, and if there isn't there SHOULD BE!) Soldiers are coming. Tracey gets Micah to get the sprinklers going, tells him to flee, and continue his work, and states that she can't go with him. She warns him to stay ahead of the ice, and Micah flees.
Cue tragic, haunting music. In slo mo, Tracey is surrounded, she freezes everything (like, TOTALLY freezes. Even herself.) Micah escapes just in time, and then Danko arrives and SHOOTS TRACEY IN THE CHEST. We see him point his gun, and then see Micah whirl around in the hallway, then continue onward. She shatters. In real time, HRG says of Tracey "She said she had one hell of a cold snap." Danko asks of REBEL, hears that there was nothing, and leaves HRG to ponder the odd LotR music. Just as I'm thinking 'Two Ali Later characters down, one more to go ...' we see a shard of Tracey's frozen head WINK AT US. EEEEEEEEEEW! DO NO WANT! Please, Tim Kring, let Tracey die a hero, just like Micah's mother and father before her ...
Hiro, Ando, and Oswald reach a bus station. We pan across shots of extras who are very, very good at standing very, very still. Hiro gets over his child issues (or starts to, I hope) and then unfreezes time. Ando's reactions are hilarious. Apparently Hiro pushed Ando TWELVE MILES. Boy's gotten in SHAPE! I think Oswald's power means that he ok'd Hiro's time-stop ability, but not his teleporting or time-traveling. I think that's ... good. For now. I am content with that. Hiro and Ando resolve to find and save Matt Parkman more money on his car insurance.
We check in with Daphne, getting a sweet view of the
Daphne asks Matt to fly her to the moon. He does. And then, to the tinkly, romantic music ... Daphne flatlines. I yelp and start crying onto my cat. REAL TEARS, PEOPLE! Matt holds Daphne's dead, dead hand, and Mohinder has his hand resting on Matt's shoulder. I can't even summon up a happy thought of slashy goodness right now.
*sniffles* I needed a moment to compose myself ... ulp ... ok, here we go ...
Peter, Angela standing behind him, glowers into the distance with the dramatic music. "So what do you want to do next?" he grits, the camera zooming back to reveal that they are in the head of the Statue of Liberty. WOW. [Make an X-Men reference and I will skewer you.]
That is ... that was ...
When the promo-man said that this episode would prove Heroes was back to its former glory ... he wasn't lying.
Let me repeat that: the promo man DID NOT LIE. He TOLD THE TRUTH.
*checks out the window for flying pigs, hell freezing over, and Republicans and Democrats hugging in a pasture full of milk and honey*
NEXT WEEK: It's all about Sylar. Sylar stalking Danko, Sylar engaging in gunporn with Danko, shots of Mohinder and HRG trying to get in on the slash-fest, etc. Claire has another bad wig on, and Danko says to Sylar "You'd be the only one left" to which Sylar retorts "Funny how that works."
Dudes, I cannot WAIT!
