| Heroes Episode 14 - Distractions |
Heroes Episode 14 - Distractions
“Distractions” picks up in New York, with Hiro’s quest to save the world sidelined by the appearance of his father (guest star George Takei), while sidekick Ando thinks Hiro’s sister is hot. Still attempting to control his powers, Peter is having doubts about Claude the Invisible Man’s mentorship, but a literal leap of faith may dispel all that. As Peter struggles with his responsibilities, Simone enlists Isaac’s help to find Peter, but Isaac’s paintings keep coming up empty? Sylar has escaped the custody of HRG, and continues his obsession with acquiring Claire’s powers at the Bennet household, where he entertains Mrs. Bennet and intrigues the tastes pallet of Mr. Muggles. As for Claire, she has snuck off with Zach for a reunion with her biological mother (guest star Jessalyn Gilsig.
The reunion between Claire and her mother is as expected, tense in the beginning, kind of awkward. Claire shows her mother how she thinks she survived the fire which she was supposedly killed in. Her mother then shows her powers of her own, being able to start fire. How will Kring write this in future episodes?
Claude the Invisible Man continues to entertain and almost toy with Peter. He goes around New York stealing pretzels, bumping into people and actually enjoys being bitter. He is trying to show Peter how to release the powers he has within. Thus far, Peter thinks he can only mimic powers of others when they are near by, Claude obviously knows otherwise. A striking revelation comes from Horned Rim when he finds our that “Claude really isn’t as dead as we thought he was”. What could this mean?
An all-around excellent episode, delivering on just about every area with great action, character progression, and most of all, it continues to put the screws on the upcoming nuclear plot. At this point, I’m sure every “Heroes” fan is feeling the same pent up anxiousness that Peter feels about the finale of the Nuke New York first season storyline.
