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[Lexgirl33]

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[unsafe]

If there isn't even a hint at Peter gaining his original ability of empathic mimicry by the end of the episode I'm done. There is not much motivation for me to watch the show any longer. Especially with non-cohesive writing related to this. An example is when Mohinder said a power is "hard-coded" into the person's DNA. Much like your DNA defines your eye color, ear shape, nose size, etc. - it doesn't change. Yet, they've changed him from the character that caught my intrest, I mean who doesn't secretly covet being "the most powerful of us all"? Part of this show's true power is allowing us to be special & unique through them.

It's really sad to see that he's been reduced to...Heroes Wiki: "Ability replication (synthetic)". That last word, "synthetic", just reduces him to 3 inches tall. I don't like it at all. I figured when his mom, Angela, told him that he was "the most powerful of us all" that he'd have a future finding out how that status helps him save the world by the end of the show's run.

Anyway, I hope there will be a hint of it to look forward to next season otherwise I think i'll pass.

:(

[Ginx]

uhm so the first half was awesome then all of sudden it started to not make any sense very quickly..... I mean I'm glad Peter stepped up and all but it ended so abruptly with Peter snagging Sylar and then the whole fake-Nathan scenario. I just found it to be...odd towards the end. Almost like two different people were writing the episode. Anyway, overall not bad, 9/10 for me, but I wish it would have kept the momentum of the first half...

[warriorrenegade]

This episode was boring to say the least. It just didn't have the impact you'd expect from a season finale. I didn't like it.

[super_j_man]

I really enjoyed this episode! Granted, the ending was odd but it was still a very good ending to a pretty good volume. So we didn't get to see the battle b/w Sylar and Peter and Nathan, but the part where Peter tricks Sylar and stabs him with the needle was awesome! I totally didn't see that coming. And even though it wasn't as action packed as it could be, it just goes to show you that you don't need a whole lot of action to make an episode great.

So the fans who were watching for the action got disappointed, and I can understand that (sorta). But everything else, characterization, story-telling, and suspense were top-notch. Volume 5 looks like it's going to be awesome!! GO HEROES!!! :D

[Clois4eva89]

I enjoyed it the first part was predictable with Nathan showing off his power.Claiming that he would make everything right,then he gets killed by Sylar.His death was a little too graphic for it to be on Heros,but then Sylar is erased and replaced as Nathan. So techincally Nathan died but didn't die,with Sylar taking his place. It was a good way to write out Sylar because he's been the villain for 3 years. So I guess this means Tracy is the new main villain.

[Karafan1]

I thought it was pretty good..I was surprised at how Nathan was killed..That was kinda graphic..I don't think Ali Larter will ever leave the show:lol: They kill her but she keeps coming back:lol: I didn't like how we weren't able to see the fight between Sylar, Nathan and Peter though:( I'll give tonights show a 9..

[Imzadia]

If there isn't even a hint at Peter gaining his original ability of empathic mimicry by the end of the episode I'm done. There is not much motivation for me to watch the show any longer. Especially with non-cohesive writing related to this. An example is when Mohinder said a power is "hard-coded" into the person's DNA. Much like your DNA defines your eye color, ear shape, nose size, etc. - it doesn't change. Yet, they've changed him from the character that caught my intrest, I mean who doesn't secretly covet being "the most powerful of us all"? Part of this show's true power is allowing us to be special & unique through them.

It's really sad to see that he's been reduced to...Heroes Wiki: "Ability replication (synthetic)". That last word, "synthetic", just reduces him to 3 inches tall. I don't like it at all. I figured when his mom, Angela, told him that he was "the most powerful of us all" that he'd have a future finding out how that status helps him save the world by the end of the show's run. Anyway, I hope there will be a hint of it to look forward to next season otherwise I think i'll pass. :(

You Must be happy, now! :D I know I am. At least, now the 'Possibilities' are back ...even if we don't know for how long. :\ Oh, I gave it a 10!

[jsith99]

was not impressed was ok for an episode but not season finale worthy

[Melekith]

Cold Snap would have made a better season finale.

[targis]

It was a good episode. I liked it better than the other Heroes finales that I have seen.
I give it a 10. only thing I didn't like was Peter not getting all of Sylar's powers

[Joe Key]

I loved it, even up until Nathan was "killed" by Sylar. Even the thought of Parkman erasing Sylars memory was intriguing. But knowing how next season will (most likely) play out kind of ruined it. They conveniently made Angela and Noah forget Claire can cure people with her blood, just so that next season she can find out Nathan is dead and the new "Nathan" is Sylar. She will simply find Nathans corpse and resurrect him, and once Sylar realizes what going on they will have to deal with him wanting revenge.

[Who]

8 - Nice to see another Star Trek alum on Heroes. Is that President Worf? Good conclusion to a good chapter. Left me with a lot of questions. Can't wait for the next chapter.

[jsith99]

8 - Nice to see another Star Trek alum on Heroes. Is that President Worf? Good conclusion to a good chapter. Left me with a lot of questions. Can't wait for the next chapter.

Too bad they can't give him a better role both times he has been on the show he has had like 2 lines of diolog

[Lilah]

Hated it.

[DavidM2]

I thought it was solid. I actually liked the second half better than the first.

[Litle bit more bizarre]

One of the worse episodes in volume i gave 5 only because its final episode of volume:mad::mad::(:(

[onibaka]

ok i liked it till the last 5 min or so

i guess i get why they had to hide nathan's death but this they way they go about it makes no sense to why did they need to keep slyar alive? couldn't they just bring nathan back with claire's blood? i mean it fixed a bullet to HRG's head long after he died didn't it? if not that then why didn't peter just change into his brother? he took slyars shape changing power right? (that also brings up the question of how dead slyar change into nathan when peter took that power?) i get the fact that he would not want to live as him for ever but i don't think slyar as nathan is a permanent fix either. oh and how would anyone not in that room know what slyar killed nathan? why not just get rid of the body? a missing person is not a person killed by slyar. and i don't think they were going to let anyone find his body so they must have done something with it right??

i just think there were a lot of options besides letting the super villain live i was so pissed when they brought HRG back with claire's blood because they were basically saying that no one ever really has to die and if that's true why the hell did nathan stay dead? besides a reason to keep slyar alive that is...

[Xanderman]

10/10 Great episode, lots of fun despite the gaping plot holes/inconsistencies/absurdities. I had no idea it was the finale until "End of Volume Four" popped on screen. That explained the sudden spike in quality compared to the last couple of eps they put out ("1961" and "I Am Sylar" - both duds).

Heroes is regularly ridiculous and often lamentably lame, but it can be a lot of fun when it wants to be and that's what keeps me coming back. Bring on volume five.

[GuardianAngel]

I've never been so disappointed with a season finale in my whole life!

I could see Nathan being killed by Sylar, I mean Sylar was way too powerful, but Angela and Noah deciding Parkman had to fabricate a new Nathan from Sylar was absurd. Gosh!

It's obvious Sylar will be back. He had too many powers and was too complex to be wiped out from Parkman.

Sorry guys, Heroes has definitely jumped the shark, as far as I'm concerned. I won't bother watching this show when it comes back in September.

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ok i liked it till the last 5 min or so

i guess i get why they had to hide nathan's death but this they way they go about it makes no sense to why did they need to keep slyar alive? couldn't they just bring nathan back with claire's blood? i mean it fixed a bullet to HRG's head long after he died didn't it? if not that then why didn't peter just change into his brother? he took slyars shape changing power right? (that also brings up the question of how dead slyar change into nathan when peter took that power?) i get the fact that he would not want to live as him for ever but i don't think slyar as nathan is a permanent fix either. oh and how would anyone not in that room know what slyar killed nathan? why not just get rid of the body? a missing person is not a person killed by slyar. and i don't think they were going to let anyone find his body so they must have done something with it right??

i just think there were a lot of options besides letting the super villain live i was so pissed when they brought HRG back with claire's blood because they were basically saying that no one ever really has to die and if that's true why the hell did nathan stay dead? besides a reason to keep slyar alive that is...

I completely agree with you. This is just atrocious writing, IMHO, and not wanting to let any actor go.

[HowardFilms]

Anyone who voted higher than 5 is in denial, and just can't let go, haha.

I thought maybe with the recent changes, Heroes was back on track. Not in the slightest! This episode may have really done it for me. For god sake, I miss season two!

Hiro worthless. Peter is pretty worthless. I mean even Claire isn't tasering anyone anymore...and don't get me started on Nathar...It's so creepy and ridiculous and if it's because Quinto's return is in question (I don't know that it is, I'm not up on all that, but) I'll be pissed, because I would rather see Quinto go down in epic battle...with Peter(end of season one does not count...punching him peter, really? And lights behind a closed door is really starting to irk me now as well)...rather than carry on as a shapeshifted Sylar.

Lame. 4, at my most generous.

[Xanderman]

Anyone who voted higher than 5 is in denial, and just can't let go, haha.I gave it a 10 simply because it was well done from a mindless entertainment standpoint... I acknowledged the stupidity of the episode in my review, so not exactly total denial for me. I mean if I can't roll with "stupid", I couldn't possibly be a fan of Smallville. heh

[Lilah]

Smallville has had its ups and downs but they haven't done this astrocity.

[Bluegemini]

Gave it a 5 just for the fact the Nathan said that Peter just had to touch sylar to do what he can do, so i thought cool Peter going to get more powers. Ended up Peter only took 1 power of his (so lame).

[thejazonshow]

i give it a 6 out of ten. the whole show hints at some big battle to stop sylar, and what do we get? a ten second battle literally behind closed doors. and then peter still has his crap power. and HRG comes up with the brilliant plan of keeping NATHAN DEAD when HE HAS A DAUGHTER THAT HAS ALREADY BROUGHT HIM BACK FROM THE DEAD WITH HER BLOOD. i think that was just an obvious work around by the writers because any dumby that has been watching the show since the beginning was prolly like me sittin there waitin for claire to show and just cut herself and throw some blood on him. or whatever. but they rather keep sylar alive and let him eventually remember himself next season, which will happen, and just take his revenge on everyone, unless they finally give peter his power back. we'll see. depends on if quinto is coming back.

[gja1926]

i enjoyed all the seasons so far but however i felt like season 3 wasn't that impressive and i'm going to let everybody see what am talking about:
1) Sylar:mad::mad: was too powerful this season and i didn't feel the character true purpose on the last 5 episode on season 3 the show writer put him another level, it felt like he had become his own competition.(sylar vs peter) would it been nice:lol::lol:
2)peter spent half of the season 3 running around like a guy that don't have a purpose for example; his character should it been more focus how to get his power back so he can fix that butterfly effect:rolleyes::rolleyes:
3) the last five minutes was really interesting ok sylar kill nahtan where is claire get her blood simple inject nathan bring him back to life just like mohinder did for Noah on the previous episode,instead causing Sylar to forget everything about himself and become Nathan, and changes his appearance to look like Nathan. Noah, Angela, and Matt agree to keep Nathan's death a secret.
p.s angela need to use claire's blood resurrect nathan and keep him on the low soon or later sylar will take full control.:eek::eek::eek:

[thejazonshow]

i enjoyed all the seasons so far but however i felt like season 3 wasn't that impressive and i'm going to let everybody see what am talking about:
1) Sylar:mad::mad: was too powerful this season and i didn't feel the character true purpose on the last 5 episode on season 3 the show writer put him another level, it felt like he had become his own competition.(sylar vs peter) would it been nice:lol::lol:
2)peter spent half of the season 3 running around like a guy that don't have a purpose for example; his character should it been more focus how to get his power back so he can fix that butterfly effect:rolleyes::rolleyes:
3) the last five minutes was really interesting ok sylar kill nahtan where is claire get her blood simple inject nathan bring him back to life just like mohinder did for Noah on the previous episode,instead causing Sylar to forget everything about himself and become Nathan, and changes his appearance to look like Nathan. Noah, Angela, and Matt agree to keep Nathan's death a secret.
p.s angela need to use claire's blood resurrect nathan and keep him on the low soon or later sylar will take full control.:eek::eek::eek:

i agree completely. peter was lost for about 3/4 of the season.:confused:

[gja1926]

yea man they need to start reading those blog so they can get it right next season.......
:mad::mad:
i agree completely. peter was lost for about 3/4 of the season.:confused:

[thejazonshow]

yea man they need to start reading those blog so they can get it right next season.......
:mad::mad:
haha yea we'll see about that. they just need to get peter back on track, get his powers right again, bring in some new threat. keep sylar out of the picture for a bit so people will remember again why he was the man bak in season 1. another thing that really bugged me was how they introduced that whole story line of hiro and his nose bleeding and all that, and just left as is. why did they introduce that in the season finale? everyone is waiting for the big fight with sylar at the end and they start screwing with hiro's powers again by introducing...... headaches. wow. :confused::confused::confused:

[gja1926]

i enjoyed all the seasons so far but however i felt like season 3 wasn't that impressive and i'm going to let everybody see what am talking about:
1) Sylar:mad::mad: was too powerful this season and i didn't feel the character true purpose on the last 5 episode on season 3 the show writer put him another level, it felt like he had become his own competition.(sylar vs peter) would it been nice:lol::lol:
2)peter spent half of the season 3 running around like a guy that don't have a purpose for example; his character should it been more focus how to get his power back so he can fix that butterfly effect:rolleyes::rolleyes:
3) the last five minutes was really interesting ok sylar kill nahtan where is claire get her blood simple inject nathan bring him back to life just like mohinder did for Noah on the previous episode,instead causing Sylar to forget everything about himself and become Nathan, and changes his appearance to look like Nathan. Noah, Angela, and Matt agree to keep Nathan's death a secret.
p.s angela need to use claire's blood resurrect nathan and keep him on the low soon or later sylar will take full control.:eek::eek::eek:

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yea hiro storyline was pure bull this guy more like a comedian now !!!

[GottaLoveHotSuperHeros]

it was weird.... just weird.

I'm sticking with it though. Just like Smallville, it's gotten ridiculous, but it's come back, it's a cycle & I just stick with my shows if I make it past 2 seasons.

[devs711]

Guys stop with the whole "why didn't they just use Claire's blood" thing. They couldn't use it. Both times they used it to heal someone it was not to bring them back from the dead. Nathan was alive just with very bad scars. HRG was most likely was given the IV very soon after being shot. And he was most likely not dead, just very close to it. Claire's blood only works if the person has a heart beat to distribute the blood throughout the body. By the time Angela had found Nathan (in this episode) there was no more blood flowing out of the gash in his neck meaning that his heart had stopped. Still, don't get me wrong, I am hoping they use this as a way to write Sylar out of the show soon. I love Quinto and I look forward to seeing Spock and others portrayed by him on the Big Screen, but Sylars end on heroes is overdue. LET QUINTO MOVE ON TO DO THE GREAT PERFORMANCES IN MOVIES THAT WE ALL KNOW HE IS CAPABLE OF.

[super_j_man]

Guys stop with the whole "why didn't they just use Claire's blood" thing. They couldn't use it. Both times they used it to heal someone it was not to bring them back from the dead. Nathan was alive just with very bad scars. HRG was most likely was given the IV very soon after being shot. And he was most likely not dead, just very close to it. Claire's blood only works if the person has a heart beat to distribute the blood throughout the body. By the time Angela had found Nathan (in this episode) there was no more blood flowing out of the gash in his neck meaning that his heart had stopped. Still, don't get me wrong, I am hoping they use this as a way to write Sylar out of the show soon. I love Quinto and I look forward to seeing Spock and others portrayed by him on the Big Screen, but Sylars end on heroes is overdue. LET QUINTO MOVE ON TO DO THE GREAT PERFORMANCES IN MOVIES THAT WE ALL KNOW HE IS CAPABLE OF.

That makes a lot of sense and I agree. :)

[Bluegemini]

Its a shame tho, he never really left in style, as in big battle style.

[onibaka]

Guys stop with the whole "why didn't they just use Claire's blood" thing. They couldn't use it. Both times they used it to heal someone it was not to bring them back from the dead. Nathan was alive just with very bad scars. HRG was most likely was given the IV very soon after being shot. And he was most likely not dead, just very close to it. Claire's blood only works if the person has a heart beat to distribute the blood throughout the body. By the time Angela had found Nathan (in this episode) there was no more blood flowing out of the gash in his neck meaning that his heart had stopped. .


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you don't know that HRG was not dead your assuming he was not, he was clearly not breathing untill he woke up with a gasp and as an EMT i can tell you the only way to keep his blood pumping would have been to be doing cheast comperssions the whole time and i don't know about you but i didn't see anyone doing that, the heart can only beat on it's own for a few min before it will stop.

thats all beside the point, you can't just assume something that they didn't cover in the show, no one ever said that only living people can be healed by her blood and if the writers wanted us to know that they should have made it clear at some point not shown a DEAD HRG suddenly start breathing again.

[devs711]

Oh, I know full well it's not perfect. The "clothing rule" (or watver you call it) was tossed out the window after a whole episode where it was of almost vital importance. I don't get that. I don't get how Matt can go from loving Daphne to wanting to be with his Ex-wife again in less than 4 episodes. I don't get why Peter forgot about Caitlin. I don't get why Sylar was made invincible and I would love to see him off the show (mainly so Quinto could do more movies as he is an actor capable of that and I think hes great). I just don't like people trying to make a plot-hole where there isn't one, especially when the show makes enough of the by itself. Also, as much as Volume 1 was outstanding and almost perfect, I have realized that Heroes will never get back to that and I just stick along because its a fun show to watch. I liked when you could nitpick it and find a solid story where everything fit, but those days are gone so I just watch for a bit of light sci-fi with a fairly coherent story and some cool elements. Also, they still manage to make some moments that are just perfect and make you smile or cringe or something like that.

[Dar'el]

someone needs to send Davis over there to heroes and take care of business. I'm sorry i take the good with the bad. i've never said a bad word against writers/producers/directors. because at the end of the day I get it. I really do get it. and like I said faults I look past them. UNLESS....it absolutly sucks. Nathen is Sylar. Sylar is Nathan. WTF WTF WTF. I did like most of the episode but this is worse than the ending of Knights of the old republic 2. 50 hours of game play to defeat a floating lightsaber. anyways..... ali larter is back thats okay. Worf as Pres. thats really cool. but yeah claires blood should have worked this is a plot device that i don't know what to say. I'm lost. can anyone tell me how to get back to Smallville. they know how to do season finales. btw I did like the season it was enjoyable, watchable, and had a really crappy ending bye bye

[Goldenfoxx]

HRG was most likely was given the IV very soon after being shot. And he was most likely not dead, just very close to it.
I'm sorry, but wasn't HRG shot through the eye? The dude was dead.


Anyway, sounds like my opinion is the same a lot of others'. Peter still doesn't have his real power, and that's a major hangup for me. Not a huge fan of the fact they killed off Nathan (the character's complexity made him my favorite), and even less of the way they did it. It was anti-climatic, and the character at least deserved a better death than he got. Sylar being turned into Nathan is interesting from a philosophical perspective (are we more than our memories?), but in the long run all it's going to do is tick me off.

[gja1926]

yes that is the way to end a season i agreed with you but yet i'm not satisfy with the whole nathan's death that's what irate me a lot because we need more sylar next season and as far nathan goes should been the on sticking on politics.....the show need some fresh writer that can get the job done well.....



I really enjoyed this episode! Granted, the ending was odd but it was still a very good ending to a pretty good volume. So we didn't get to see the battle b/w Sylar and Peter and Nathan, but the part where Peter tricks Sylar and stabs him with the needle was awesome! I totally didn't see that coming. And even though it wasn't as action packed as it could be, it just goes to show you that you don't need a whole lot of action to make an episode great.

So the fans who were watching for the action got disappointed, and I can understand that (sorta). But everything else, characterization, story-telling, and suspense were top-notch. Volume 5 looks like it's going to be awesome!! GO HEROES!!! :D

[Krypto_marcus]

Awesome episode, I really liked it. Though, the ending felt a little I don't know... The whole Turning Sylar into Nathan thing was a little weird. I'm really sad that Nathan's dead.

I can't wait for Volume 5, I think it's gonna be awesome!

[thejazonshow]

Guys stop with the whole "why didn't they just use Claire's blood" thing. They couldn't use it. Both times they used it to heal someone it was not to bring them back from the dead. Nathan was alive just with very bad scars. HRG was most likely was given the IV very soon after being shot. And he was most likely not dead, just very close to it. Claire's blood only works if the person has a heart beat to distribute the blood throughout the body. By the time Angela had found Nathan (in this episode) there was no more blood flowing out of the gash in his neck meaning that his heart had stopped. Still, don't get me wrong, I am hoping they use this as a way to write Sylar out of the show soon. I love Quinto and I look forward to seeing Spock and others portrayed by him on the Big Screen, but Sylars end on heroes is overdue. LET QUINTO MOVE ON TO DO THE GREAT PERFORMANCES IN MOVIES THAT WE ALL KNOW HE IS CAPABLE OF.
:confused: what? Hrg wasn't dead? really? he was shot in some parking lot type place that wasn't near the company building for all we know. and he was shot through the EYEBALL. that means that the bullet took some brains on the way out the other end. so i think he was dead. sure, his heart coulda kept beating for a few min after...but come on... he was put in the truck, taken to the company building, and by the time they had him actually strapped in his bed several floors down from the paper company, they put in the blood. def dead.

[Bluegemini]

Just looking at the poll result, don't think I've seen it so mixed before.

[InactiveUserID]

They're trapped regarding what they can do with Syler, or Sylvester as he's commonly referred to at my place seeing as how we call people by their full names around here. Anyways that weird guy is the show, so they can kill him off but they'd just have to bring him back. This way, he can be stopped for the summer so we can all rest easy as we catch rays, then he'll re-emerge as a problem in the late fall of '09. Quinto. Semi-resolved. Like a sex addiction. Always lurking in the background. Waiting to reassert itself.

[9-SOSIHTWB]

Awful 1/10!
It was really slow and boring! I found myself flicking through other channels in some scenes because I got so bored! And Sylar getting turned into Nathan WTH! I don't have high hopes for season 4!