Fugitives

After a month of anxious waiting, Heroes is finally back. This time, it is back with a whole new and more exciting storyline. Our heroes of the previous volumes have now all , except probably one or two, turned into "fugitives" and are trying desperately to runaway and combat the evil scheme of Nathan to round up people with extraordinary abilities.


While the first episode of volume 4: Fugitives was nonetheless exciting and, as always, filled with shocking surprises, I find that there are still many issues in Heroes that need to be properly addressed.


The sudden and abrupt change of Nathan's personality is one of my major concerns. Why has the man, initially thought of granting everyone ability in the previous volume, suddenly morphed into the now heartless and cold person who is so against his own kind, by own kind I mean people with abilities, and is willing to do almost anything, even harming and betraying his own brother, to achieve his self-proclaimed noble aim to save the world?

If people with abilities are indeed dangerous, then why did the government not capture Nathan? Did the government know that Nathan can fly?

Why would Noah help out Nathan? Did Noah make a pact with Nathan to not harm Clarie and involve her in the operation? Could this explain the special treatment that Nathan has given to Claire? Or is Nathan really having a genuine love and concern for Claire?

Why did the team capture Hiro? Hiro has lost his power to bend time and space, and so technically he should not post any harm to society. Perhaps they still had no idea that Hiro has lost his power when they captured him. I wonder.

Why the hell would Morhinder become a pathetic taxi driver. I mean, come on, he is a professor. He should have a decent degree to get him a really nice job, like a professor in university, scientist, etc.

The fact that Matt Parkman can suddenly paint the future is simply ridiculous. I think that it is just a way the writers trying desperately to introduce back the Precognition ability, without adding in new characters.

Why is Sylar still alive? Though we all know that he can regenerate himself, but hasn't Clarie put something at the back of his head at the end of volume 3, before the whole company building collapsed and burned into ashes?

Besides all the above mentioned questions, some other minor questions include, what happened to Claire's mother and brother? They seem to have disappeared near the end of volume 3. What happened to Molly? Isn't she the adopted child of both Morhinder and Matt? What happened to Micah and Monica? What happened to West? These characters seem to have vanished from the show completely, without any proper explanation.

I know that I have many questions and I believe that some of them would be answered in the coming episodes. But seriously, I think that the production team should be more aware and careful in the way they write off certain characters from the show.

Despite all that, Heroes is still one of my favourite shows thus far and I am really looking forward to the coming episodes.