This post relates to: San Diego Comic-Con, Jeph Loeb, Sylar, Nathan Petrelli, Peter Petrelli, Mohinder Suresh, HRG, Claire Bennet
Heroes is back better than ever
The Heroes panel was the first one in the big hall at Comic-Con today. I knew I had to get there early. Especially since LOST and Terminator Salvation would be in the hall right afterwards (the hall is not cleared out in between panels. I got to Comic-Con about 45 minutes before it started and a huge line was already there. It actually took be close to ten minutes just to walk all the way around the convention center to reach the end of the line. I had no idea if I'd make it in but I was going to give it a shot.
I did make it in. With about 3 minutes to spare. The amount of people waiting (some people actually slept out all night for a spot in line) made me think that Heroes might need its own convention.
It started with a 'commercial' for the Create Your Own Hero online. Basically you vote between two heroes to decide which gets their own online comic. Okay. Then we got to see Webisode 3 of "Going Postal." It picks up right where episode 2 ends. Should be online Monday. There's a surprise appearance by (SPOILER) Angela Petrelli.
Finally Jeph Loeb comes out. Gets the crowd chanting for Heroes. Tells us this season will be "completely off the hook." Next come the entire cast (I'll just name character names for sake of time): Matt Parkman, Niki, Sylar, Angela, Peter, Maya, Claire, HRG, Nathan, Mohinder, Hiro and Ando. Tim Kring comes out later with a briefcase literally handcuffed to his wrist. Inside? A dvd copy of Heroes Volume III: Villains, Chapter 1: The Second Coming.
I hate giving away spoilers but let's face it, if I don't, most likely someone else will somewhere online. I'll save you from having to search it out. It was an incredible episode. Blows away the entire last season. I would rather you wait to see it when it returns on September 22 but if you can't wait, continue reading.
Absolute and complete SPOILERS below
You've been warned...
Peter is running in the streets of Manhattan. It turns out it's four years in the future. Ducking inside a building, it turns out he's being chased by a future, dark-haired, gun-totting Claire. SHe tells him, "It ends here" and holds the gun to Peter. Peter tells her he can go back to the day "they" all found out and fix things. The angry Claire simply shoots at Peter. He stops time, takes her gun and teleports out of there.
Future Peter arrives in the present. He grabs a trenchcoate and ball cap. Nathan is about to make his announcement about his powers at the press conference. Future Peter shoots him twice. Present day Peter just sees the shooter duck back and takes off after him. Future Peter hides the gun, ducks in a bathroom and disappears moments before Present day Peter, Matt and some officers arrive.
Nathan is taken to the hospital. It doesn't look good. Claire calls Peter in the ambulance wanting to go out there to give Nathan her blood. Peter tells her she's too far away and to stay there. In the hospital, Peter is forced to wait outside. Finally a doctor comes out. Nathan is dead. Peter slowly goes into the room to see Nathan lying there, already pale from death. Suddenly...he sits up and gasps.
In Japan, Hiro is sitting in his new office as head of his father's company. Ando walks in and Hiro tells him he's not happy. He doesn't care about the money. He wants a destiny to fulfill. He doesn't want to sit around and wait for opportunity to knock on the door. At that moment, there is a knock on the door. Hiro's father's lawyer comes in with an envelope. A dvd message from his father.
Claire, watching the news, decides she can't wait around. She starts packing and heads for her bedroom door. Opening it, she discovers Sylar standing out there. She bashes him in the head with a cheerleading trophy and runs out of the room. Downstairs, all the windows and doors slam shut. She's locked inside. She grabs a knife then decides to hide in a closet.
Mohinder arrives in his apartment where Maya almost clobbers him thinking Sylar has returned. Mohinder is gathering his papers and says he's returning to India. He's failed to complete his father's work. Maya gets upset that he's just giving up and isn't going to try to cure her. Her powers start to kick in but she calms herself. Mohinder asks her what she just did. He figures her powers (and the others) must be triggered by the adrenal glands.
The dvd tells Hiro of a sacred duty he must continue. In his personal safe there is a dangerous secret that could destroy the world. He tells Hiro no matter what, he should never open the safe. End of video. Hiro won't just sit back and do nothing. He figures out how to open the safe. Inside is an envelope that says "Press Play." It's his father again saying, "I told you not to open the safe!" He then tells him there is a formula that must be protected. It needs the 'light' to protect it from the darkness. It's only for the pure blooded. Out of nowhere the formula disappears in a gust of wind. A speedster has just swiped it. Hiro stops time and follows the speed trails left by the thief. He finds a female at the end of the streak. Looking at her, her eyes suddenly move. She asks him if he's a speedster too and Hiro tells her no, that he stops time. She tells him that he doesn't stop it completely. Then she punches him and leaves, with the formula.
Back where Nathan was shot, Peter goes into the storeroom where Future Peter stashed the gun. It's not there. Matt walks in with it. He wants to know how he knew the gun would be there or even that the shooter stashed the gun. Peter's appearance changes into the scarred Future Peter. He tells Matt he's from the future. Now that Matt knows, he can't be there. He gives him a little shove and Matt is gone.
Future Peter (looking like Present day Peter again) goes to the hospital and finds Nathan's bed empty. Nathan walks into the hospital chapel. He tells a praying woman, "I saw God today." God gave him a second chance. He's there to do great things. He's there to do His bidding. Future Peter walks in and listens while hiding. Nathan says "We're all connected. Our hopes and dreams..." Only together can they do great things. He collapses in Future Peter's arms.
Mohinder gets a sample from Maya. He manages to isolate the source of her powers. Overjoyed he tells her that the syringe can give powers to anyone. He has to go to his lab to do more work.
Sylar taunts Claire while she's locked in the closet. While talking, he finds a folder filled with files from her dad of other people with powers (like a menu). He wants to start with the best, Claire. Turning back towards the closet, Claire is there and stabs Sylar in the chest. Sylar is still able to slam and pin Claire against the wall. He starts his cutting at her head. Claire is then laid on a table as Sylar is poking around her brain. She is still conscious but can't move or feel anything. Sylar finds what he's looking for. Claire asks him, "Are you gonna eat it?" Sylar responds, "Eat your brain? Claire, that's disgusting." He pulls out the knife from his chest. The wound heals. He takes HRG's files and starts to leave. He then picks up the top of Claire's head and places it on her. Claire is now able to heel, herself. Sylar leaves but Claire yells out "Wait!" She wants to know why he's not going to kill her. Sylar tells her there's so much about herself she doesn't know. She's not like the others. She's special. He says he couldn't kill her even if he wanted. "You can never die. And now...neither can I."
At Mohinder's lab, Maya asks if the syringe can cure her. Mohinder says nothing, knowing that it can't. She tells him he needs to destroy it. It's a curse. It's evil.
Nathan is back in his hospital bed. He tells (Future) Peter that they can be angels. They are all there to do God's bidding. (Future) Peter asks him about his announcement. Nathan says they can't be angels if everyone knows about them. Peter walks out. Mr. Linderman comes in, back from the dead, himself. Nathan now knows that he healed him.
The governer is watching the news. He sees the story of Nathan "miraculous" recovery. He tells a woman getting dressed in the bedroom, "We found our guy." Out walks Niki.
Matt wakes up. He's in the middle of the desert.
Ando is arguing with Hiro. He tells him he should go into the past to talk to his dad. Hiro says he's done going into the past. He's never going back because he messed things up too badly. He decides to go to the futrue to see what will happen. Tokyo is in a state of panic. Sirens are blaring. Hiro sees Future Hiro and Ando arguing. They're actually arguing over the formula. Futrue Hiro pulls out his sword. Ando gets in a stance and blasts Hiro with a bolt of red energy. Future Hiro doesn't get up. Tokyo starts getting destroyed. Hiro teleports back to the present just in time. He tells Ando, "We have to find that formula."
Mohinder is at the docks. He's going to toss the syringe into the water. He then decides to inject himself. He starts convulsing and passes out.
At the hospital, Angela Petrelli corners (Future) Peter and asks him what he's done with her son. She says she had a dream that he was coming. Future Peter says he's somewhere safe and that he's fixed things. Angela tells him by shooting Nathan he's screwed up everything. Now something else is going to happen.
In Level 5, a man is banging on the window. He yells, "I'm not who you think I am! I'm Peter Petrelli!" Over and over. Other people with powers are locked up. HRG is seen in a cell himself.
Matt walks through the desert. He passes by a rock with a certain symbol in it.
Sylar is on the hunt for more powers.
Mohinder is found by two guys that start to take his money. One pulls a gun to "finish him." Mohinder grabs the gun, bending it at the same time. He punches the guy. He's super agile and strong now. On the building behind him, a certain symbol can be seen again.
End of SPOILERS...
The Question and Answer portion wasn't too thrilling. Jeph did announce that the dvd for Season 2 (out on August 26) will contain the unknown lost episodes that were not aired.
To end with, here's a clip from NBC.com of Matt giving some tips about Comic-Con.
