A great show, I think, and consistently entertaining, but ultimately shallow and occasionally fluffed altogether. I didn't loath the finale by any means, but parts of it felt like a misstep compared to other shows which wrapped up the same week - Lost, for instance. I only predict great things for the future though, I think bigger budget and established fanbase will make the next series much better.
1) Why could Peter get the nuclear business under control when he met Ted before, but not now? What was the point of his training with Claude if it didn't work?
My theory is that there was such a conflux of abilities in Kirby Plaza that he was overwhelmed. Maybe Sylar alone would have been enough to do that. This is total conjecture, though, as the show was frustratingly fuzzy about this.
2) Why couldn't Peter fly himself up? Why get Nathan involved? I'm sure we've seen Peter use more than one power at once before - though admittedly, the only definite example I can give is of the hotter, less pathetic, more skilled future Peter.
Connected to number one: he was too busy not exploding to fly.
3) Are we seriously expected to believe that, prats though they may be, either brother died? The get-out clause is too obvious for words - Nathan got up speed and chucked Peter, Peter melts down but then regenerates.
Peter is almost certainly alive as he was never in danger himself from the explosion. Just like Ted was, he's immune to it. In the future continuity, where Peter had never met Claire, he blew up New York with no ill effects to himself. As for Nathan... we can hope. Classic "if you don't see it, it didn't happen" rules apply.
I know villains escaping at the last minute, but surely Sylar has no powers which would enable him to recover from a katana through the vitals? And isn't it a bit weak to let him survive when 'the Walker system' has already foreshadowed the existence of someone even scarier?
Sylar had faked death before - to escape Mr Bennett's glass cell. And we don't know the full extent of the skills he's learned! In terms of the scary person little Molly sees looking back at her... Is he only scary because he can see her? In which case, isn't it likely to be Peter, duplicating her power when it interacts with him?
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Date: 2007-07-09 09:17 am (UTC)1) Why could Peter get the nuclear business under control when he met Ted before, but not now? What was the point of his training with Claude if it didn't work?
My theory is that there was such a conflux of abilities in Kirby Plaza that he was overwhelmed. Maybe Sylar alone would have been enough to do that. This is total conjecture, though, as the show was frustratingly fuzzy about this.
2) Why couldn't Peter fly himself up? Why get Nathan involved? I'm sure we've seen Peter use more than one power at once before - though admittedly, the only definite example I can give is of the hotter, less pathetic, more skilled future Peter.
Connected to number one: he was too busy not exploding to fly.
3) Are we seriously expected to believe that, prats though they may be, either brother died? The get-out clause is too obvious for words - Nathan got up speed and chucked Peter, Peter melts down but then regenerates.
Peter is almost certainly alive as he was never in danger himself from the explosion. Just like Ted was, he's immune to it. In the future continuity, where Peter had never met Claire, he blew up New York with no ill effects to himself. As for Nathan... we can hope. Classic "if you don't see it, it didn't happen" rules apply.
I know villains escaping at the last minute, but surely Sylar has no powers which would enable him to recover from a katana through the vitals? And isn't it a bit weak to let him survive when 'the Walker system' has already foreshadowed the existence of someone even scarier?
Sylar had faked death before - to escape Mr Bennett's glass cell. And we don't know the full extent of the skills he's learned! In terms of the scary person little Molly sees looking back at her... Is he only scary because he can see her? In which case, isn't it likely to be Peter, duplicating her power when it interacts with him?