Finally, after weeks of dithering, we have an explanation (or at least, the beginnings of one) for Edgar’s role in the story. And could it be that they’re actually going to explain how, exactly, all those premonitions of the planet splitting in two came to pass? Exponentially amplifying the powers of a man with soil-moving ability could arguably lead to that level of disaster, after all. I’m just glad that, finally, we understand our villain’s agenda. That said, Heroes isn’t exactly back on the logic train. Having relied, yet again, on time travel to get stuff accomplished, it also has Hiro making a completely bizarre decision to ‘disappear’ Mohinder by…shoving him in an asylum. Call me a killjoy, but if I had time travelling powers and wanted someone to disappear for eight weeks, I’d just dump them, well… eight weeks in the future. Or, what the hell, nine or ten weeks just to be on the safe side. The asylum image made for an oddly disturbing one, given the usual tone of the show, but it didn’t worry too much about making sense. One has to wonder, though, whether the writers who wrote her scenes with Gretchen noticed that there was more chemistry in her appearances with Tracy than any of the supposed ‘lesbian’ moments they wrote. Well done, Heroes writers. By trying to write a lesbian relationship, you actually managed to get the level of gayness lower than the series’ baseline. If nothing else, this proves that Hayden Panettiere should not be allowed to suggest her own storylines. Check out our review of episode 9 here.
