Sounds suspiciously like a Smallville meteor rocks thing, just not as Monkey's Paw about it.
It's not a particularly new idea, though, the correspondence between powers and personality. Peter David probably explored it best on his original run on the comic book "X-Factor," when he had the team members sit down with super-shrink Leonard Sampson. The part with the perpetually testy Quicksilver was the best: "For me, the entire world is filled with people who can't work ATM machines." Still one of my favorite single issues.
One imagines, in some way, there's a level where the power manifests in a way that responds to immediate need. But, as much as they dress it up in pseudo science (and poorly, at that) it seems impossible to escape the idea that it's not purely science at work, that there's some bigger, mystical or seemingly-mystical hand at play.
And that is a view that's been espoused on the show, but always by minor characters such as The Haitian, who aren't framed for us to be taken as seriously as, say, Mohinder. (As if we're supposed ot take Mohinder seriously. Please.)
But still, there are places where the science just doesn't exist: The eclipse, the oddly-specific comic books. The show likes to hide behind its comic book science, but the then again, the show itself tends to reveal how inadequate that really is to what's happening, when sometimes it seems almost impossible that there's not some guiding hand behind it all.
I thought this episode was more entertaining than most this season. It didn't make any more sense, but it was fun.
The powerless heroes were a hoot. I loved everyone making their signature poses with no special effects. "Why are you tilting your head like that?"
Hee. That was really funny.
I loved this episode! And I fell in love with Hiro again.
Daphne on the crutches broke me for obvious reasons.
My stoopid DVR cut off the end. What happens after Elle resets Sylar's arm?
Ack, mine too. Go here and skip to the last 2 minutes: [link]
If you'd rather just know:
Elle says (in reference to their lost powers), "we can't just take what we want anymore." and Sylar responds, "who says." and takes her face in his hands and passionate kissing ensues. Then pan out, and HRG is on the rooftop across with a sniper rifle with Sylar, still kissing Elle, firmly in the crosshairs. To Be Continued...
I love Sylar. Heroes good. That is all.
Five Thanksgiving Specials We'll Sadly Never See:
Heroes
The episode starts with a flashback to the eclipse that gave everyone their powers, while Mohinder gives us a boring monologue about how everything changed that day... and not only for humans. We see a turkey in a slaughterhouse suddenly gain increased intelligence, the power to speak and superspeed. After giving a short speech about why he doesn't want to die, the turkey escapes, and is pursued by HRG... but why is he working solo? We find out in a climactic final scene where the turkey's life is saved by Sylar, Peter and Nathan, who reveal the shocking truth: The turkey is another lost Petrelli! Cut to Angela looking at a bowl of stuffing and saying "My sweet little boy... Soon we will be together again."
The accompanying picture is pretty awesome, too.
How long is this fucking eclipse?
