Then there’s the small matter of internal logic. For example, when I saw Samuel’s year-long scheme crumble because of Claire’s inane speech to the sheep-for-brains carnies, there went the trumpets in the back of my head: womp-womp-womp. Womp-womp-womp is the sound you hear in your mind when you’re thoroughly underwhelmed. The first problem is the womp-womp-womp factor. Ironically, Samuel’s scenes are by far the weakest. It’s hard to fathom why the Heroes Powers That Be even bothered bringing him back this season. I like the idea that this is just another adventure for him, and his buddy-cop banter with Noah at the end is a great way to cement the notion. Does he give Emma a big smoocheroo in the end? No, as the folks over at Heroes Wiki put it, “the two share a hug, Emma having forgiven Peter for breaking her cello as she now knows the truth of why.” Brilliant. Having mentioned that, I appreciate the writers resisting the urge to give Peter’s story a dramatic or even romantic finish. You know that scene in every Harry Potter movie when two wizards stand on opposite sides of a room and wave their arms about while special effects litter the screen? Take out the nifty light show to get an idea of Peter and Samuel’s “epic” duel. Anyway, that’s pretty much when the awkward staging kicks in.
Sylar’s vast arsenal at his disposal, Peter dashes to the carnival and leaps on Samuel, copying his ability in the process. Harry Potter and the Lousy Special Effects Of course, one could also call the whole thing a cop-out, but then I wrote it was clever, not interesting, so there.
Having established three weeks prior that the character switches identities like Victorian hotties switch dance partners (floozies!), the writers have given themselves a well foreshadowed out, should the series get renewed. It’s as if Sylar cared more about his exciting new persona than the heroic acts themselves. Yet there’s something off about Zachary Quinto’s performance. I’m not sure we needed Sylar pointing out every instance–“I could’ve killed Doyle, but I didn’t!”–but I guess the idea is to emphasize the appearance of closure in case this is the end.
At first glance, Sylar seems to have fully reformed, saving Emma while avoiding every expected pitfall such as killing Doyle (really, who doesn’t want to kill Doyle?) and snacking on all that super-powered carnie goodness.
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