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onomatopoetryWell, objectively, I suppose they weren't very good. There was a lot of promise, and then no fulfillment. I'll do some sort of expanded bullet-view here:
:: Hiro: Ok, so I know a lot of people found his thing annoying, but I rather enjoyed it. Nerdery is funny, and his naivete was getting really in the way. With fucked-up brain function it's easier to justify, and it complicates his quest a bit.
:: Samuel. You know, I read an interview with the actor, in which he said he doesn't know, isn't told, much at all about the future episodes and the plotline of this character. Which makes me say a) That's probably because the writers don't know either and are just pulling it out of their asses at this point and b) that explains some of the character inconsistencies; much of the "future" is in fact backstory, and how the hell is he supposed to act without knowing anything about his character? Case of point: newly invented Love of His Life, never mentioned before. First he wanted family and revenge for Joseph's death. Then he killed Joseph and want more mutants to fuel himself. Now he just wants some Vannessa chick.
Still, funny line from Joseph about people coming to see some kid not move a rock.
:: Sylar. It was so promising! He was back at the carnival! He was going to kick some ass. and... plop. Nothing happens. It could be epic! There could be a mix of dirtstorm and electricity and random shit melting! There was... some talking, some Lydia-smooching (I mind her a lot less now, but she still doesn't have a goddamned personality) and tattoing. NOT HAPPY CAMPER! Except for the prt where he wasn't wearing a shirt. I liked that. But "I don't need to kill, it's just something I like to do." was cool.
:: Claire and Peter. Ok. Here is where it gets interesting. They still have chemistry. Which is amusing, but was very effective in terms of the episode. I need to write more about it, but this needs to be posted before it's time for the next ep, so meta is upcoming. Peter's drama, his fragile psyche, his weird way of remembering a brother who wasn't ever who Peter wanted him to be is... annoying. At least Claire's "stupid jerk" comment was to the point. Claire's pissedness is actually a lot more understandable, at least she puts the blame where it partially belongs instead of channeling it elesewhere (and honestly, Peter needs to get the fuck over his messiah complex or find a way of doing something useful with it. We still need a Good Guys group ofmutants people with abilities, form it, Pete! Esp. since Noah shows no inclanation of sanity.
:: Noah and Edgar. Edgar made sense! I am slightly shocked. Noah is of course wrong, there needs to be no dissolution of the carnival, there needs to be a way of killing Samuel (he's surprisingly weak-spotted, though, if they can get him away from the carnival they're mostly good.) and getting rid of creepy people like Eli (HONESTLY creepiest part of the entire episode, counting puppetmaster. What annoys me about Noah is that he's the epitome of privileged I-know-what-is-best-for-you, please-abandon-any-independence. Which was fucked up when it was about his whole family, and still weird when it was his teenaged daughter, but getting very old when it's about his adult daughter, and really dumb when it is about strangers.
In summary: Samuel is annoying, the writers could have done a better job, Sylar needs to kill people, Peter and Claire amused me (and Milo was a lot less of a sucky actor than previously) and Claire is doing great, and Peter needs to pull himself together in general.
:: Hiro: Ok, so I know a lot of people found his thing annoying, but I rather enjoyed it. Nerdery is funny, and his naivete was getting really in the way. With fucked-up brain function it's easier to justify, and it complicates his quest a bit.
:: Samuel. You know, I read an interview with the actor, in which he said he doesn't know, isn't told, much at all about the future episodes and the plotline of this character. Which makes me say a) That's probably because the writers don't know either and are just pulling it out of their asses at this point and b) that explains some of the character inconsistencies; much of the "future" is in fact backstory, and how the hell is he supposed to act without knowing anything about his character? Case of point: newly invented Love of His Life, never mentioned before. First he wanted family and revenge for Joseph's death. Then he killed Joseph and want more mutants to fuel himself. Now he just wants some Vannessa chick.
Still, funny line from Joseph about people coming to see some kid not move a rock.
:: Sylar. It was so promising! He was back at the carnival! He was going to kick some ass. and... plop. Nothing happens. It could be epic! There could be a mix of dirtstorm and electricity and random shit melting! There was... some talking, some Lydia-smooching (I mind her a lot less now, but she still doesn't have a goddamned personality) and tattoing. NOT HAPPY CAMPER! Except for the prt where he wasn't wearing a shirt. I liked that. But "I don't need to kill, it's just something I like to do." was cool.
:: Claire and Peter. Ok. Here is where it gets interesting. They still have chemistry. Which is amusing, but was very effective in terms of the episode. I need to write more about it, but this needs to be posted before it's time for the next ep, so meta is upcoming. Peter's drama, his fragile psyche, his weird way of remembering a brother who wasn't ever who Peter wanted him to be is... annoying. At least Claire's "stupid jerk" comment was to the point. Claire's pissedness is actually a lot more understandable, at least she puts the blame where it partially belongs instead of channeling it elesewhere (and honestly, Peter needs to get the fuck over his messiah complex or find a way of doing something useful with it. We still need a Good Guys group of
:: Noah and Edgar. Edgar made sense! I am slightly shocked. Noah is of course wrong, there needs to be no dissolution of the carnival, there needs to be a way of killing Samuel (he's surprisingly weak-spotted, though, if they can get him away from the carnival they're mostly good.) and getting rid of creepy people like Eli (HONESTLY creepiest part of the entire episode, counting puppetmaster. What annoys me about Noah is that he's the epitome of privileged I-know-what-is-best-for-you, please-abandon-any-independence. Which was fucked up when it was about his whole family, and still weird when it was his teenaged daughter, but getting very old when it's about his adult daughter, and really dumb when it is about strangers.
In summary: Samuel is annoying, the writers could have done a better job, Sylar needs to kill people, Peter and Claire amused me (and Milo was a lot less of a sucky actor than previously) and Claire is doing great, and Peter needs to pull himself together in general.
