Cautionary Tale

Getting pretty good at some of this prediction stuff huh? I correctly called that Hiro would actually allow his father to die. We of course find out who the killer was, and it was, as many of us suspected, Adam Monroe. Hiro allows his father to die, because it must happen. It is not the place of Heroes to play god, and preventing Kaito's death would be akin to playing God. Ironically, I got the picture wrong, as the person in the photo was in fact Ando, and not Hiro, but I still reached the correct conclusion.

This is direct contrast to what is going on with Parkman, who is slowly gaining control of his powers. I like this storyline a lot. I've stated it before, it frustrates me to no end when shows drag on the development of it's characters. Parkman has potentially one of the best powers in the show. Telepathy is not a trivial power. Professor X has shown just how powerful telepathy can really be. The show is portraying the path that Parkman is going down as the same as his father, and said as much as he forced Angela Petrelli to reveal the name of the missing twelve, Victoria Pratt.

Noah attempts to save his family, and joins forces with Wes to rescue Claire. While being held captive, they take Claire's blood, informing her that it has the ability to so many people. Noah captures Elle, and exchanges her for Claire. He is subsequently shot by Mohinder, right in the eye, right as the painting showed it.

By the way, Mohinder has not "flipped" to being a bad guy for killing Bennet. He did this very deliberately, with full knowledge that he would be able to bring back Noah. This must be true for the following reasons

• Mohinder is one of the good guys.
  
• Mohinder is just not a killer, and the way he killed Bennet was pretty cold blooded
• Noah spared Mohinder's life. Very doubtful he would return the favor by shooting him in the eye.

I think it's very fishy by the way he let Mohinder go in the first place. Either Bennet is being very sloppy, or those two are up to something. By the way, did anyone really think Bennet was dead when he was shot? I knew events would play out as they happened, because I knew A) Isaac's painting would come true. B) It would not end exactly as the painting would make it seem C) they wouldn't kill Bennet.

Only two left! Bummer about the strike, Heroes was finally taking shape.

West- An Unhealthy Attitude

West worries me a little bit. While I like him as a character, and I hope it works out between him and Claire, I have to admit that his attitude about his powers is not always the healthiest.

He said two things that really worried me. First, when Claire asked him, "I have to listen to my parents, don't you?" He responds, "I can fly, that makes the whole parental guidance thing a non issue.
" To further illustrate my point he states, "you have a power. By definition, you're better than she is."

Now think carefully about these statements. He very clearly relishes his powers. Time and again, he tells Claire how she should embrace her power. This is actually very eerily similar to the attitude of Magneto. Magento fully embraced his power and thought that humans were beneath him because his abilities made him "better" than them.

Is West going to be able to walk this fine line? I'm not so sure. It seems to me that this is clearly the direction that the writers are gong to take this character. He is unlike almost all other characters in the show in that he fully understands and enjoys his power. This is actually further enforced by the comic this week, Team Building Exercise, when Mr. Bennet describes how most people fear or don't understand their powers. Is West destined to lead his people like Magneto lead his?