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Secrets revealed and EVERYTHING changes on tonight's Heroes
On the last episode on NBC's Heroes, Peter and Nathan/Sylar discovered that the real Nathan Petrelli was dead, something we've known since last season. Well, the gravy is going to really hit the fan on tonight's pivotal episode, "Thanksgiving," when it's all about turkey, pumpkin pie and family drama. Many of our Heroes will discover the truth about the secrets that have been marinating all fall. (Big spoilers ahead!)
"Growing up, Thanksgiving was a time that all the family got together, and all the peccadilloes that have been simmering all year all come out, 'cause everybody drinks a little bit too much and eats a little too much, and then it all comes out," said executive producer Adam Amus. "That's the idea of what this was. All these secrets that people have been keeping to themselves, they all reach a boiling point at Thanksgiving." Amus co-wrote the episode with his writing partner, Kay Foster, so we're thinking Thanksgivings at his house must have been fun.
"We're going to have three Thanksgiving meals: one at Peter Petrelli's apartment with Peter [Milo Ventimiglia] and Angela [Cristine Rose] and Nathan [Adrian Pasdar], One at the carnival, and one at the Bennet family." At the Petrellis, "Peter and Nathan are going find out what their mother did last season," said Amus.
Well, we can just imagine Angela spilling the beans on that ... "Yes, Peter, after Nathan was murdered by Sylar, I had Matt put his memories in the most vile, evil serial killer you can imagine and forced Sylar, your brother's murderer, to shape-shift into your brother. ... Please past the stuffing, Nathan dear?"
But the Petrellis aren't the only ones having issues. Carny Samuel (Robert Knepper) has some secrets of his own, which we're guessing will also bubble to the top for his own carnival family. "All that stuff that all comes out at the carnival. In the Bennet family it all comes out. ... All the secrets that everybody's been holding are all going to come out at Thanksgiving."
Don't you just love the holidays? Well, after tonight, there's just one more episode before the explosive Heroes midseason finale, "The Fifth Stage." It's already been teased that one of the characters you know and love will die, and that the actor will be leaving the series for good. We're guessing the midseason finale, which is episode 12, is going to be the episode where all the fireworks happen. And then Heroes will return in January for its last run of original episodes of the season.
"Our plans are to end this year, whether it's the last year or not, in a world-changing way," Amus said. "Whether or not we continue the next year, it will lend to future inspiration for whoever thinks about these characters, whether they exist on other platforms or whether they exist on television or whether it doesn't exist at all any more. It will lend your imagination to 'Oh, my goodness, the world has changed now, and what does that mean?'
Amus added: "We don't have to be saved from an island. We don't understand what the future fast-forward means. We don't have a central question to answer. What we have are people who have to live their lives and accept their lives and have to move on with their lives. And whether we keep telling their stories or not, as far as I'm concerned, these people will continue to live on in people's imaginations, because they are people who live with abilities, and that's both a blessing and a curse in our world. Those are stories that can continue to be told."
Heroes airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
By Ilaam at 9:29 AM ON 11/23/09
Is Adam Armus saying that is Heroes last season? I really hope not.
By GrammarGrandma at 9:37 AM ON 11/23/09
Too many spelling and grammatical mistakes. If the author can't be bothered to proofread, I can't be bothered to read the whole thing.
What happened to this website? :(
By stopthemadness at 9:42 AM ON 11/23/09
Heroes ratings isn't as high as it used to be. Though, they are not lowest either. There is no guarantee NBC will renew it. Hopefully they will, this season has been good so far.
By jgsugden at 10:10 AM ON 11/23/09
No central question? There are a lot of unanswered questions that are pretty central in my mind. A lot of inconsistencies, too. If this might be the last season, address the parts of the show that floated off into nothingness...
By IronOre at 10:22 AM ON 11/23/09
Does this mean the show will be interesting again?
By GrandmaPuncher at 10:22 AM ON 11/23/09
GrammarGrandma, you should probably take a look at your own grammar and sentence structure before commenting on this story. Are you really starting a sentence with "Too"? Idiot.
By Doh! at 11:14 AM ON 11/23/09
"Are you really starting a sentence with "Too"? Idiot."
Are you really going to end your rant with a sentence fragment, idiot?
By Venomous Soul at 11:30 AM ON 11/23/09
Christ cant you kids be quiet I'm trying to read here!
By cfolliot at 11:35 AM ON 11/23/09
Umm, this is the age of texting, and it's also the internet. Grammar and spelling are dead.
By W0lfm4n at 12:05 PM ON 11/23/09
Amus added: "We don't have to be saved from an island. We don't understand what the future fast-forward means. We don't have a central question to answer. What we have are people who have to live their lives and accept their lives and have to move on with their lives. And whether we keep telling their stories or not, as far as I'm concerned, these people will continue to live on in people's imaginations, because they are people who live with abilities, and that's both a blessing and a curse in our world. Those are stories that can continue to be told."
This is part of the problem with Heroes. I've stuck with the serries since the begining and it was a great risk that to me had a huge pay off. But I feel starting to feel like that highshcool outcast being strung along by the popular girl that gave me a kiss back in my Freshman year. I keep looking forward to seeing her every year, hoping things will get back to where we left off, but being dissapointed more and more.
There is simply nothing to look forward to. The first season we saw something, a big explosion destroying New York and the stakes included the world. "Save the cheerleader, save the world." had meaning. Now its more like, Help the cheerleader survive rush week and save the bake sale.
Heroes isn't going anywhere, and there is nothing to look forward to. Which really dissapoints me cuz I like the show.
By tati at 12:28 PM ON 11/23/09
...and if NBC cans this show, what are we gonna get in its place? Likely nothing better. Oh wait, maybe LENO can expand to a two-hour show--better yet, three hours. May as well turn all their viewership over to another channel :)
By DohKiller at 12:56 PM ON 11/23/09
Doh!, I'm guessing you don't know what a sentence fragment is? It's probably best you Google as to not make yourself look like an idiot further.
By Dohnuts at 12:59 PM ON 11/23/09
Don't mind Doh!, she's on her period and is out of bon-bons.
By Dohemer at 1:01 PM ON 11/23/09
Doh, the biggest douchebag this side of the pond.
By Doh! at 1:04 PM ON 11/23/09
STOP IT!!!! All of this meanness is making me cry! :( I don't want to be fat from eating bonbons all day but it's what I'm reduced to! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!
By Doh! at 1:16 PM ON 11/23/09
Real mature. Your respect for women astounds me, GrammaPuncher, Dohnuts, Dohemer, or Dohkiller...whichever you prefer to be called best.
Here's my advice, turn off your computer, leave your mom's basement, and go meet women. Really, we aren't so bad.
By prospero at 8:55 PM ON 11/23/09
No the internet didn't kill grammar and punctuation, it gave some lazy writers the excuse not to use it. I am much more concerned about the death of common courtesy, I was really hoping it would hold out a little longer.
By seangripes at 9:01 PM ON 11/23/09
Put a fork in that turkey .... it's done
By seangripes at 9:11 PM ON 11/23/09
OK, I actually have a real question, not a gripe.
Last week, Peter touches Nathan/Syler and absorbed the power to fly. Since Nathan/Sylar has multiple powers, though, did Peter absorb all of them? if not, how does he only absorb that particular power? Nathan/Sylar wasn't flying when Peter touched him.
By Gilveron at 12:30 AM ON 11/24/09
actually, "idiot" was not a sentence fragment, it was an interjection, which is perfectly grammatically correct. idiot! Just kidding, I don't have a dog in this fight.
By zzzzzzzzman at 6:58 PM ON 11/24/09
TOTAL CRAP.
looks like something from eric kripke.
By Zeph at 7:03 PM ON 12/01/09
Peter can take only one ability at a time. Sylar presents him with many choices when they encounter but he can still only have one. my guess for why he doesnt take sylar's own ability is because he has been down that road and doesnt want the bloodthirst.
By Jade at 8:25 PM ON 12/07/09
Zeph, when Peter absorbed "the Hunger", that was in the future...but Peter, in this timeline, has no idea that that happened, right?
He wouldn't know the consequences of absorbing Sylar's power now.
Maybe I have something mixed up, but I see what Sean means.
By vegeta at 2:54 PM ON 01/10/10
The Peter we seen finally unlocking Sylar's power IS the same Peter that now has Power Replication, so he knows the danger of trying to use Sylar's main power.
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