"Heroes" Chapter Eleven 'I Am Sylar' (2009)

Note Générale:

7,7/10   

Réalisateur:

Allan Arkush

Scénaristes:

Tim Kring (creator)
Adam Armus (written by) ...

Série TV:

"Heroes" (2006)

Date de diffusion originale:

20 avril 2009 (Saison 3, Episode 24)

Genre:

Drame | Science-Fiction

Intrigue:

Sylar begins to feel confused and more uncertain about himself when his new shape-changing powers begins to get out of control...

Plot Keywords:

Mental Blackout | One Word Title | Insane Asylum | Regeneration | Psychic

Avis des utilisateurs:

Creepiest episode ever

Ensemble

Jack Coleman	...	Noah Bennet
Greg Grunberg	...	Matt Parkman
James Kyson Lee	...	Ando Masahashi
Masi Oka	...	Hiro Nakamura
Hayden Panettiere	...	Claire Bennet
Adrian Pasdar	...	Nathan Petrelli
Zachary Quinto	...	Sylar
Sendhil Ramamurthy	...	Mohinder Suresh
Cristine Rose	...	Angela Petrelli
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Peter Petrelli
Noah Gray-Cabey	...	Micah Sanders
Ellen Greene	...	Virginia Grey (also archive footage)
Elizabeth Lackey	...	Janice Parkman (as Lisa Lackey)
Gabriel Olds	...	Agent Taub
Clint Howard	...	Tom Miller

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Japonais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,78 : 1

Classification:

USA:TV-14

Société:

Tailwind Productions

Guillemet:

Mohinder Suresh: [voice-over] For every being cursed with self-awareness, there remains the unanswerable question: 'Who am I?' We struggle to find meaningful connections to one another. We are the caring friend, the loving father, the doting mother, the protected child. We fight and we love...

Creepiest episode ever

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Oh my god, this episode had me completely in shock... And I'm going to have to spoiler-tag it, because there is no way I can convey why without spoilers, though I'll try and keep it at least slightly non-specific.

It's not like Sylar's parental issues didn't occasionally seem a bit Norman Bates-ish even before this, but this episode, which basically centres on him gradually losing his sanity (such as it was), took that to its ultimately conclusion. At first I thought his conversations with his dead mother were just hallucinations... But when what was really happening became clear I just about screamed out loud -- while at the same time being in awe at just how well they played it.

Heroes has always been at its most interesting when it delves into the psychology of the characters, and Sylar has a more twisted psychology than most to delve into. But this really took it to new heights... or depths, maybe. It's like a walking tour through a particularly fascinating and disturbing madhouse, and the result is both incredibly creepy, and really amazing.

This episode is easily tied with Cold Snap for most impressive of volume 4, which I already found to be overall the best since the original season. Anyone who stopped watching Heroes due to volumes 2 and 3 being a little lackluster really, really needs to get back into it. Now.

The only flaw in this episode is that there was no way the season finale could top it... and it didn't. Otherwise, this was an absolute triumph, and an excellent reminder of why this is pretty much the only series on North American television that I'm really, truly addicted to.