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And finally, Nathan redeems himself for all his fucking assholiness shown throught the whole damn season.
Uh huh. But I thought he would. Little clues were strewn around about how he's actually a real softie and a decent guy underneath that gruff exterior. His mother even remarks upon it when Nathan first finds out that Claire is alive. Saying something along the lines about him having to sacrifice his loved ones and stop being so sentimental and soft. Later, Nathan even tears up when he receives a picture of Claire from his ex-girlfriend (Claire's biological mother). Also, there was much ado made out of how close the Petrelli brothers were and how Nathan, the elder, always looked out for Peter. Hence, Peter's need to seek Nathan out and ask for his help in the finale.
It's strange. I can't quite say what I liked about the finale. There's a lot NOT to like. Fuggin' Hiro's take-on of Sylar, all that instruction by Daddy Sulu was a simple stab and nothing else? Sylar practically stood there while Hiro ran him through. Utterly anti-climactic for all that they'd been building lo these many months.
Yes, I felt a little disappointed too. The Heroes all finally converge and fight the Big Bad and it's all so...pedestrian. I thought there would be more of a good ol' fashion all out comic book fight, instead we get a little skirmish that is low on action and effects. When Nikki stepped in, there should have been more of a bad ass fight. But all she does is whack Sylar with a parking meter, allowing Peter to catch his breath for the very mundane fisticuffs that follows. Incidentally, I don't recall Sylar picking up invulnerability powers, that whack from Nikki should have killed him or, at the very least, shattered his torso. Nikki's super strong - one punch from her knocked morphing girl a few feet back and unconscious. A blow from a steel parking meter with all of Nikki's strength behind it should have pulverized Sylar's organs into jelly. Meh. I suppose it can be fanwanked away by saying that Sylar used his TK abilities to slow and mitigate the blow.
As for Sylar's brain eating bit...it reminds me of a character from the Wild Cards books: Dead Head, a guy whose ability was to retain and capture all the knowledge and skills of someone by eating their brains. However, Dead Head's ability was offset by the fact that the more brains he ate, the more unstable and schizophrenic he got. |
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