Heroes Season Finale

[fenchurch]

I've said it before and it remained true through the entire season... this show just never fails to deliver.

I still need to read through my flist to see what other people thought... but for me? Wow.

Sure, we got a cliffhanger, but the finale was still incredibly satisfying on many levels... answering some questions, leaving others hanging, posing new ones. I might even go looking for "Heroes" fanfic this summer, rather than simply being content with the stuff I stumble upon.

So... the big question, did anyone other than Linderman die?

At the very least, Sylar lived long enough to pull himself into the sewer. It looked like DL was going to pull through, and I suspect Parkman will, as well. The big question marks, of course, are Peter and Nathan... or, more accurately, Nathan (since we already know that Peter can survive going nuclear). I'm wondering if we'll start next season thinking Nathan is dead, with all the characters believing that too, only to find out later that he managed to get Peter far enough away and then dropped him.

I'm guessing I'm not the only one who was asking "Why doesn't Peter just fly away?" when he started going nuclear... When I called rackham after the show was over he said, rather matter-of-factly, that we'd actually already seen Peter lose control of the nuclear ability and be completely unable to use any of his others. Which works, but I really wish they'd been a bit more obvious about it before the ending.

I'm still rather disappointed with the way Mama Petrelli is being portrayed now. She used to be brittle and brusque, but at least still likeable. Now she's just a manipulative, evil bitch. Yeah, disappointing.

I'm wondering who Molly will end up with next year. Mohinder? They actually work pretty well together. Or will she go with Niki, DL and Micah? Or possibly Parkman?

I love where they left Hiro! What a fun twist!

Overall, I'm just so totally in love with the comic-bookishness of it all, which is probably why I find the show so satisfying, and I hope they can keep it going next season. Wonderful stuff.

Now to go see what everyone else thought!

In other news, staying at a hotel in downtown LA? *Not* quiet.

Comments

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

(And possibly Claude, although that happened offscreen, and I assume it because Sylar can turn invisible.)

Did he? I don't remember that... and I can't watch the episode again until I get home!

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

It was actually, I THINK episode before last, we see Sylar disappear (after he turns Ted into the FBI). Either that, or he just moved really fast. I'm hoping somehow it was the latter, since we really can't be sure just how many powers Sylar has gotten ahold of.

And I'm also assuming he got away...

I'm eager for the DVD release, so I can watch it all again in one big chunk!!!