Boxed Set, Vol. III: "That Can't Be Good..."
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No, just 1.5 months. See? Much. better.
I LOVE Peter's hair -- it's perfect comic book hair. There was a scene in the cell where he was in profile and the forelock fell across his face in perfect comic book tufts. Love.
So, the general consensus is that Peter is undergoing overload? So his vision/nightmare at the beginning where Nathan/Sylar tells him he doesn't understand power and the vision at the end where all the Heroes are around him are related to his inability to deal with everyone being there at once?
I'm wondering, if the first "super" Peter's actually touched other than his brother is going to affect him more than normal....
He's touched them all, Theodosia. I missed when he and Matt made contact, but I'm sure they did. Someone kept track; Isaac touches his shoulder (or the other way around) before he goes and draws the rooftop scene, and he grabs Claire right before he plummets off the school. It's all very Rogue.
So, the general consensus is that Peter is undergoing overload?
Er, this is the first I've heard of it. I've assumed he simply absorbs Radioactive Man's powers and can't control them. Power overload is interesting, although it does make me wonder again about the touching aspect.
I wonder if he got sick because his body couldn't handle massive healing like Claire's can.
Actually, it's not the style of hair that bothers me so much as the occassional brush of the hand to get it out of his eyes.
The past two eps have had some very awesome comic book scenes:
Ando: "You'll die"
Peter (looking classicly over his shoulder): "I know"
Claire: "I'm just the cheerleader"
Can't remember the more recent ones, oddly.
Now, if the theory that he's overloading on too many powers is true, then perhaps the only one that can save him is the Haitian Sensation and his power-smothering ability?
And why does he consider it important for Claire to remember? I can get that he and Mr. Bennet possess the same information, but that Claire's dad is so concerned about protecting his daughter that he's lost sight of the larger picture?
I wonder if he got sick because his body couldn't handle massive healing like Claire's can.
Or did Claire's power wear off before he'd completely healed?
Or did Claire's power wear off before he'd completely healed?
but he was able to snap his leg back into place well after she'd left him, and then she was in the cell with him and he just seemed to be getting sicker.
Maybe when Claire's mom said she'd been sick as a baby it was actually relevant?
I just heard that SPN is available on itunes -- it's the first CW show to be available on itunes.
the theory that he's overloading on too many powers
This is my take. Bennet told Sylar that taking on two many powers was "degrading" him, making him insane. Peter's been around a lot of people with abilities in a relatively short period of time, and I think his body can't handle it.
Alternatively, all that hacking and looking wan might have been the prelude to that prophetic vision he had. Still can't figure out where that came from. It's like the mix of Isaac's precognitive ability and his own ability to dream empathetically.
also just wanted to say how much I'm really loving Nathan and Peter's relationship.
From the six-months-ago flashback when they were closer, to walking down the steps and Nathan snarking "I wish you would walk straight for starters" to him cradling Peter. Just love the physicality. Very, I don't know, I guess...
Italian?
Now mind you, I've not gotten the full season, what with my travel and all, so correct me if I stray.
Mr. Bennett said Sylar's powers wouldn't work.
I definitely think Eden disabled whatever the blocking mechanism was when she tapped out whatever on the security panel. Because she didn't then open the door, so she wasn't unlocking the door to go in to Sylar, she was just trying to use her power. I don't know why it didn't occur to her that his power might be stronger. And I didn't interpret her suicide as a noble sacrifice, I thought that Sylar had already absorbed her powers, and was turning her power of suggestion suicide idea on her.
But because I haven't been all up on everything, I didn't know the whole eat the brains/get the brains thing, so I must have misinterpreted.
I don't know why Peter is sick, but I wish he'd get better.
I wonder what Claire's dad thought would happen the next time she heals herself after she'd had her memory wiped? Or maybe he's successfully done it to her before, and this is just from when her powers started this cycle?