Heroes slowed down again a great deal in last night's episode, "Hiro's." There wasn't a whole heck of a lot of forward narrative momentum, but as usual with this show, some good character moments. A high point came early on when Congressman Machiavelli was cornered by Cancer Man-Wannabe and his telepathic sidekick. Machiavelli flew off, and it was a pretty darn cool effect--especially the implication that he broke the sound barrier in doing so. Stripper Chick is still the weakest of the "heroes," but I'm seriously thinking her alter ego is the one who committed the crimes her husband was convicted of. If so, then I do think she really is the supervillain (or one of several) in this story. Hiro is still the most interesting character of the bunch, and his soul-patched, sword-carrying future self only serves to highlight that fact. The big development is that several of the heroes have finally gotten in contact with each other, and recognized their powers for what they are. They also know about the future destruction of New York and the threat to Wolverine-as-a-Cheerleader, but whether or not this leads to some sort of action next week remains to be seen.
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