Heroes – Once Upon a Time in Texas – Recap

Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 12:55 AM | TV
Tags: Heroes, Once Upon a Time in Texas, Recap

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Hiro goes back in time to save the life of Charlie, played by Jayma Mays who is also Emma Pillsbury from Glee. We get to see some flashback scenes from Season 1 but with a lot of additional footage in the diner.

It was also nice device to introduce HRG infidelities — which unfortunately felt like filler to me. This season however has mostly been about characterizations so at least the writing is consistent. It was also an excuse to replay a scene which included Isaac from Season 1. Woohoo.

After in fact saving Charlie’s life with the help of Sylar of all people, Samuel tricks Hiro into going to the carnival with him in the future. It got a little convoluted at the end since I’m not sure if Hiro disrupted the time space continuum — and Samuel “kidnapping” Charlie didn’t quite make sense. And then Hiro started acting like an idiot again looking for Charlie in the carnival.

But before I could get a chance to take this all in and rant, Samuel tells Hiro that he needs him to fix a mistake he did 8 weeks ago. And then we get a reveal from “8 weeks ago”:

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Gasp.

Mohinder! We must fix this wrong.

And just in case you guys missed the news, Adrian Pasdar was just kicked off the cast. Well, Nathan Petrelli is dead anyway, so that was not a surprise.

The pacing of Heroes has really slowed down these days and feels like a lazy drama now, but I’m not hating it anymore. This is a good thing right?

6 Comments for Heroes – Once Upon a Time in Texas – Recap

1

I really liked this episode. The idea of Hiro tweaking the past until he got it right was intriguing. I especially liked when he sent his other self back in time. I thought he was really going to reveal some major secrets to Sylar instead of just telling him that he’s going to die alone.

DonMI on November 4, 2009 at 2:32 am
2

heroes has been great this last 3 episodes, with this one being the best for me.

this one also reminding me of how i fell in love with heroes in the first place.
1st season *sigh*, homecoming, scary sylar, save the cheerleader save the world! *SIGH*

keechblush on November 4, 2009 at 4:10 am
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Mohinder! The whole magical carnival concept, manipulating the heroes thing to join them thing, is a bit annoying, but I do like the season so far, and the return to characterization. I think it was great how they revisited those scenes from season 1, this time showing more details about what happened that day in the diner. I think this season is bringing up more interesting paradoxes to explore. Just glad that the show is back to it’s roots and exploring those things that made it a great show to begin with.

G on November 4, 2009 at 5:37 am
4

i loved how everyone asks hiro about his sword! what happened to that again?

The World on November 4, 2009 at 1:07 pm
5

Nathan’s departure was a foregone conclusion. He will still remain one of my all-time favorites. I loved flawed characters that take the viewer through a rollercoaster of hate and like for the character.

Also.

Zachary Quinto keeps getting hotter and hotter — I started off not thinking he was attractive at all, and now he’s just, well, hot damn.

What gives? Haha.

Maven on November 4, 2009 at 2:32 pm
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If they didn’t waste almost half the episode on Noah and the recon with the pointless agent, it would have been good. That killed it. I have no idea why they would take out Nathen when they have the ever anoying Claire and boring Nikki version 10.0 ever present. I guess comic geek fanboys like their generic bleach blondes to wank off to, lest they look a little too long at Mohinder and get scared. Zzz….

MaxFactor on November 4, 2009 at 3:25 pm