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Heroes (2006)
comic book comes to life.
a very impressive series, which fulfills every boy's dream by being the incarnation of a living breathing comic book. But it also makes a decent go of creating real characters to place in this awesomely hyper rule-free universe. Whilst Peter Petrelli strikes me as a slight Dr. Jack from Lost in his bland heroic heroism, other characters such as Hiro, the writers surrogate, who turns from comic book nerd to comic book hero. Masi Oka does a great job of making him human and likable when he could have so easily been a one-note caricature. Similarly villain Sylar, who's development held together the slightly shaky second half of the season, and despite the writers best efforts Zachary Quinto makes him more interesting then a hissable, snarling villain. However other characters do not work quite as well. Some characters seemed to exist to simply pad out the ensemble. And their inconsistent, forced plot-lines diminish from rather then add to the overall effect. Ali larter's multiple personality storyline seeming a bit meh, and Sadly after the cheerleader had been saved it seemed she had nowhere to go apart from a forced Darth vader style 'my real father is' storyline. Both actresses gave good performances, but there characters didn't seem to be the writers main concern. Ditto Mohinder and Parkman. And ironically it underused characters that had great potential, Christopher Ecclestone's Claude was becoming a series highlight before disappearing, and Ted Sprague also, who had great tragic potential lent to him by the under-appreciated actor who played him, best seen in the series highlight Company man sadly in the end just became a narrative device. Still, this aside, Heroes main plot line held its own, and an underlying darkness which is present from episode 5 onwards is very impressive and allowed it a more mature audience.
Lost: The Cost of Living (2006)
powerful episode- ps major death spoiler, don't read if don't wanna know
or to be known is the one where Eko dies, and the entire tailies plot line is made redundant,But nonetheless it has its moments. Eko is a very strong character, and his departure is moving. Agbaje carries the story well, and nails his final monologue evoking sympathy for a man who is essentially a murderer. Also well executed was the subplot with Elizebeth Mitchell's wonderfully chilling Juliet, who propositions a sinister deal with Jack. But the main gripe is with the two new characters, Paulo and Nikki, who are not only badly acted but seem to get more screen time every episode. They're bland and annoying please make them go away. But on the whole a memorable episode
Lost: Live Together, Die Alone: Part 1 (2006)
finale
a very good episode, although not as devastating a finale as the end of season 1. The idea to make it a Desmond flashback worked very well, and Henry Ian Cusick was fantastic, perhaps putting in the best performance of this entire series, but my only complaint would be the Michael plot line felt very much like a subplot, and after three minutes the previous episode, i thought it would feature more. But the strength of Cusicks character and performance pulled it through. the plot developments, as always, left more questions then answers, like who are the others, something we still don't know, and where are they taking jack, Sawyer and Kate. What was the white light, what impact has it had? Are Locke, Eko and Desmond dead? as the hatch destructed around them. If they are it would be a major mistake, because these three are the most interesting characters and the series would suffer without them and Terry O'Quinn has been fantastic throughout both series as Locke. A fitting finale to a better series then the first.