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As the title of this episode suggests, this was when things started to come together. The Niki-Jessica-DL  storyline began to develop, Hiro and Ando realised that they needed each other, Mohinder and Eden ‘came together’ despite his departure and Claire gets to meet her not so biological parents.

This was a good episode..it didn’t necessarily blow me away, but it gave the season a greater sense of direction.

One of the best moments has to be when Eden tell’s HRG about Peter being able to fly – “Really? That’s cool”  - and about Isaac’s premonition concerning a cheerleader. The pieces began falling into place - thus giving new meaning to the coined phrase “Everything is connected”, particularly in light of Jessica’s involvement in the Hiro/Ando shootout scene.

Is it bad of me that one of my standout moments from this episode was Hiro saying “That hurt more than I thought it would” , after he gets kicked out of the van!? Perhaps it’s just my (strange) sense of humour, but that so cracked me up! As did Ando who took Hiro’s word’s too literally by going to spend time with his ‘stripper girlfriend’..laugh out loud, Ando!

I didn’t learn too much from this episode during this re-watch, but it was great to watch it again nevertheless. One thing which delighted and bugged me was Nathan’s landing (observed by a delighted Hiro)..sure it was a cool scene(!), but surely the soles of his feet literally burn off, leaving him unable to walk for weeks on end?? Heck, he’s not Claire..no regeneration for this Petrelli! Ah well, perhaps i’m being too cynical?..but hey, I love this show and I want it to be as ‘tight’ as possible (plus I dislike Nathan ;)).

Speaking of things that I love..Greg Grundberg..how hard does this guy rock!? As a Big LOST fan it’s such a shame that he got killed so early in that show. Anyway, his portrayal in the convenience store was so on the money – it was great acting and such a well written piece. It really hit home that having his gift ain’t all that..plus it gives him headaches, poor man!

Other moments which I gained further appreciation for was HRG’s little Brody visit – HRG is a difficult man to predict at this stage..every time I think he’s gonna lose his cool, he acts so calm and collected – rather like his plea to Isaac in a few episodes time. But yeah, I have little time for Brody, but what Claire did was still wrong wrong WRONG.

Another great moment was Future-Hiro giving Peter the now overdone “Save the cheerleader, save the world” message (Man am I sick of that line, lol) – which played seamlessly with the final scene where Peter tells present-day Hiro that he has a message for him – what a great piece of direction, bravo Kring and co!

So yeah, this was a fine episode..and from what I recall the show really gets started from episode 6 onwards..so let’s roll!

Next episode tomorrow,

Peace:)

Quite a powerful episode, however I didn’t really notice anything new or come out of it with any new perceptions.

I did however enjoy the opening scene – great choice of music!

I felt yet more contempt towards Simone..I just can’t believe how disconnected she is from the pain that Isaac is going through. Whatsmore I don’t really sense much chemistry between her and Peter. I’m not sure whether it’s down to the acting or the script, but the chemistry between Milo and Tawny is literally non-existent, in my opinion (or perhaps their relationship was all about one thing..and not love as Peter professed it was..?).

Actually, one thing which I did notice upon re-watching (and this goes for the previous episodes too), is that Mohinder’s story is ALOT more interesting at this stage than I previously recognised. Along with Peter, his scenes have kept me interested and I feel a greater sense of investment to his character than I did when I first saw these early episodes. Though perhaps Eden’s presence has also helped? You can’t ever have enough Eden! Speaking of Mohinder, it was a great moment when he was trying to inform Nathan of the ‘abilities’ that he might be experiencing, and then the ranting and raving tramp (I assume he was homeless?) walked past - it was like looking in the mirror for Mohinder, because he saw how he must look to Nathan, with all his ‘mad’ theories of human evolution and such. I think this really hurt Mohinder and turned him once again into a hardened cynic..at least until Peter showed up at his door.

The most memorable scene was when Claire got her revenge on Brody by slamming the car into the wall. I thought that what she did was disgusting – yes, Brody is a **** but ‘an eye for an eye’ mentality can’t work. Whatever happened to the phrase: “With great power, comes great responsibility“? Hmm..but then I guess this is one of the themes of season 1, in that people like Claire didn’t ask for this power and are (at times) simply not ready to use it wisely. At this stage, she is still finding out about herself, let alone this ability that she has, and so morals and ethics don’t really come into it for her yet?..I guess this is a comment from the creators showing us that these people are not perfect and have flaws just like ordinary people. Infact they are ordinary people aren’t they…that’s kinda the point..

So yeah, that was definitely the most interesting part of this episode..like I said i feel for Claire and would never support what Brody did to her, but to attempt to kill the guy when she knew she wouldn’t get hurt..well, it’s a shocking act and one which opens many talking points.

Overall, this was a good episode to re-watch, with some interesting themes coming to the fore.

Oh and Nathan still sucks..:P

‘One Giant Leap’ is, in my opinion, without doubt a better episode than ‘Don’t Look Back’, and it’s moments like this which make it so appealing:

There’s Peter, feeling good about himself – and why not, he can fly and he’s got a fairly hot babe digging him. So he’s just told this ‘babe’ that he fell in love with her the moment he laid eye’s on her..and what does Nathan go and do..yup, he announces to the world that Peter is suicidal! Erm..nice one bro! Poor Peter..I guess no-one said being a Petrelli was easy..

Speaking of Simone (who is the ‘babe’ in the above paragraph in case anyone is wondering), is it just me who can’t stand this woman!? She knows the pain and suffering that Isaac is going through and yet she let’s him stew and not only flirts with Peter, but kisses him (and that’s just the start). Poor Isaac..his love is so wasted on her, in my humble opinion.

Speaking of love, it was quite funny seeing Matt getting effectively booted out of his own home by his wife. But what I don’t understand, is why instead of using his powers to cheat at poker or something fun (like Hiro and Ando), he goes to a bars, reads the minds of the drunk and raises glasses to fellow losers? Whats up with that Matt(!?)..it’s not like you’re not above using your powers for personal gain.

Something else which kinda bugged me about this episode (in retrospect), was his encounter with Sylar. Now after he put several bullets in Mr. Elusive, why did the creators make it look as if Sylar escaped by flight or some-kind of Spiderman climbing ability, when we later (in the series) see no other reference to ‘this’ particular ability – including in situations where it would be advantageous for him to use it? I mean, Matt turned his head for a second and before we know it Sylar’s scaled a building and disappeared. It would seem to me that they either didn’t exactly ‘know’ what to make Sylar or they changed his story arc somewhat, because there are also more ‘continuity’ issues which later appear.

Speaking of continuity, they definitely changed their plan for DL’s mom – in this episode they built her up with strong screen direction which appeared to be heading somewhere only to never again come back to her. Unless we catch-up with her in Season 2, of course).

I think all this indicates that once they realised how big the show actually was, they altered things slightly (from around episode 6 or 7 i’d say).

I’m being a bit critical here, but I actually did enjoy this episode. One of my favourite parts was Mohinder and Eden coming across Sylar’s hidden room, which had ‘Forgive Me Father’ etc written all over the walls. Question – were they planning on making Sylar a religious man? I only ask because we see little indication of religion or faith in Sylar in the whole of Season 1. Though I should point out that his mother was religious, so perhaps this was more an indication of him letting go of her hold on him and the values that ‘she’ had instilled in him. I guess this could be our first foreshadowed pointer of ‘Gabriel Grey’ becoming ‘Sylar’. Or, it’s another continuity error ;)

I can’t end without saying how Hot Eden is. Yes, this deserves a paragraph all of it’s own :)

I realise that I’ve hardly mentioned Hiro and Ando in any of my re-watch items so far, but i’ll address that by saying how utterly fantastic the scene where he stopped time to save the little girl was! Man, that is what I’m talking about – it was the sort of scene that makes Heroes so darn cool. It was also great seeing Ando begin to believe in Hiro’s ‘space-time continuum’ bending lark. Always nice to see a cynic believe.

I’m not Claire’s biggest fan, but I so wanted her to kick that Brody’s butt! What a SCUM BAG he is! The thing is his nice guy act was so convincing, poor Claire – thank goodness she can regenerate though, because she doesn’t half get killed alot all of a sudden (and that’s not including her intentional suicide leaps!). I have to give it to Hayden, her episode stealing “Holy Shii..” was just classic..bravo bravo!