Yes, I have a Heroes fatigue. So much, that I can pretty much multi-task during it. Liveblogging is pretty much believed to be an art of capturing a live event in text on a blog post. We would explore the other side of Liveblogging –deconstructing with extra precision. And yes, we are treating the latest Heroes episode with that. Here we go. (* For the extremely ignorant, this is gonna be spoiler-free..NOT!)

00:33: Nathan Petrelli gets confused to be doing Claire in Mexico, and as Nathan as escaping, he is unshaved.

01:32: claire is a prick as always: she wants to go out

01:50: new york, angela rescued by peter, it rains, angela: this is where i am supposed to be—- in a church. damn th

02:39:virginia; damn this switchin geography is makin me feel as sick as tht guy who just throwed up

03:35: danko n hrg debating, blah blah blah, rebel–nathan–more blah blah

04:27: sylar enters, wtf!! he is negotiating with danko..WHYYY..he cud just kill him! and title credits: yea its still TIM KRING’s

06:34: some mutant killer’s pic pinned on the board. the pic has a barcode. hrg comments on dankos speech

08:20: aww…claire n nathan…dad n daughter…cute conversation…F that!!

09:46: angela in the church, peter is wet. angela needs to sleep, needs to dream, me too. The History of the church in the petrelli family,

11:33: nathan plays hard-ass last man standing…whts the point?

13:00; a seven moment…oh yes, its a head, shape shifter is here, apparently, shape shifting is painful remember; minority report

16:30: nathan still drinking, claire joins the drinking game, but is it legal?

20:00 sylar challenges danko, why the hell is he still negotiating?wht happened to the power of the lady who could hear everything
so loudly?

21:15, we r half way thru the episode, is this episode going to be the worst in the history of the series. peter speaks to jesus.

23:30 lousy investigators turn up at the church.

25:01: detective sylar n watson discover the motive of shape shifter….he is a WOMANIZER WOMANIZER…silly silly thing..matchstick…

26:34; claire is the bad ass drinker…tissue regeneration..coz she has 19 kidneys, her blood is techkeyla…the guy gives up..claire wins the money…is this the high point of the movie..

27:37: angela confesses to peter…i agree…angela is really enigmatic…but i really dnt get her…oooh hrg…!! ALL CLEAR.

29:00..club music..sylar n danko vs shape shifter..in a crowded club….wht were they thinking?

32:00 nathan n claire..daddy n daughter cute talk…aww claire gettin misty eyed…F that!!

36:40: claire sez to nathan: you can fly..you’re supposed to be superman….buy him the underwear

37:55: angela had a sweet dream about family reunion and peter believes in it.

38:48: nathan gets back claire’s necklace. officially, i am sick of the petrelli drama. and I am sick of Heroes.

40:00 hrg deceived abt sylar’s death.
we gotta get out of this place, did sylar just cum..?

41:40 will sylar be the only one left…aka last mutant standing!!!

So what did you thik of my first attempt at Liveblogging. More stuff to come; until then, watch this space.

It’s official. Heroes SUCK!!!! 

Episode after Episode, I keep questioning myself why I still keep on watching this show. The entire Fugitives thing just fell flat, pretty much like Matt Parkman sat on the face of Nathan Petrelli. Frankly, with the way things are turning out I could be least bothered about the turn of events in the ‘Heroes Universe’. Since the last time when we discussed Peter, Hiro, Claire, Angela, Mohinder and HRG, the plot hasn’t progressed much, even after 4 episodes. Hiro didn’t feature in the latest episode. What has he been busy with? Breaking some random Indian lady’s marriage. Angela got questioned by Nathan if she was “REBEL”. Mohinder is in captivity and HRG just seems to be such a mysterious character. I really don’t know and don’t care on which side is he playing his game. Of course protecting Claire and Peter and supporting Nathan in a very secretive way. Someone just pull the trigger on him. BTW, Claire has found romance in the form of Aquaboy. Ugh!!! And well Daphne isn’t dead. As for the other remaining characters, let’s discuss their future in Heroes, and why I’m JUST NOT BOTHERED.

SYLAR AND PARTNER: That wannabe Kid has to go. He has stuck around for way too long for no good reason. Just seems like an annoying male version of Claire, but with microwave radiating powers. Sylar’s quest for his Dad and realization of his mother’s murder by his beloved Dad, all of which flashbacks to Sylar’s brain (which by now is a mix-fruit jam of donno how many mutants) when he and partner come across a dried up hot-dog joint. Jeez!!! Sylar had family issues, who would’ve imagined? And why does he keep tolerating that useless piece of shite, and not tear up his head wide open. Even though I am well psyched that Sylar is back to being on the dark side, this arc of his story is just getting on me nerves.

Matt Parkman: The dude who was all powerful and could bend free thought. God knows what came upon the writers to just screw up with this character and give him the most useless power of all – Yes, Isaac Mendes’ forecasting eyes of the ‘heroine-high’ Oracle, only sans the heroine. I seriously don’t get the point in someone painting shades with perfect hues in times of crisis, especially when the government’s secret service is hunting their asses. And oh oh, HRG reveals Parkman’s inability to focus in presence of audio distortion. Hmm!!! Parkman’s search for Daphne still goes on, but in turn, due to a well crafted blunder by the Petrellis ( yeah all 3 of them ), Matt is now standing in front of the White House, and as predicted in his own paintings, has explosives tied tightly to his belly.
P.S. Parkman’s vision is complete B.S. compared to Isaac Mendes’ in terms of long-sightedness.

Nathan Petrelli: The prick of all trades, and the bollocks of none. Yes, that’s what I call him. He deserves to be called the “Father of Claire”, coz we can clearly see where Claire gets her irritating genes from. Nathan argues with Angela, and accuses her of being REBEL who hacked into their “database” and leaked the footage. Angela instead whispers something into Nathan’s ears. Only these two know what joke they shared, but I am NOT BOTHERED. Nathan does realise that his original plan has failed miserably, and his control over the operation has been shifted to that other dude. So basically, Nathan is now reduced to just another flying dude in suits. But well, I would like to have that power, but we’ll discuss that some other day.

Final Thoughts: Just a few questions.
Is there any chance that this show can be revived? I AM NOT BOTHERED. The puppeteer entered in the last scene of the Episode and asked Claire to help him, coz the REBEL said so. Now, the Rebel surely seems like a guy who can stay anonymous from Mobile Networks and hack into Computer networks. Last seen, I remember Jessica/Niki’s son- MIKA had the power to talk to machines.

So, is MIKA the REBEL? WHATEVA!!!!

Will Sylar kill his Dad, and will that involve HRG in the Flashback scene?

What did Angela whisper into Nathan’s ears?

Will Matt Parkman fart or will he explode?

Where are Hiro and Duracell-Ando?

Heroes: Villains disappointed all of us a lot. The characters were going haywire, and the time lines were getting jumbled up. Clearly, it felt like the writers were on strike. While the entire battle of Pinehearst vs. Primatech and Company is over ( I guess ), we saw one of the strongest characters/villains of the entire series: yes, Papa Petrelli ( Arthur ) and he was killed. Sylar went to the goodie-goodie side and then came back to being even darker and with the filthiest dialogue. Claire became more and more irritating and useless. Angela was left in a coma. Suresh, Tracy, and the bunch that just do not matter kept us all on the brim of errupting like Ted ( Volume 1: Genesis). With just an hour of the new volume: Fugitives, I can already get a good vibe about it. It is where everyone is together  and focussed and working towards/against one single thing – Nathan Petrelli’s pathetic and egoistic war against the ‘Others’. I am happy though, to see everyone in the same time line, same room. Let us have a quick round-up of what we can expect from this Volume of Heroes – FUGITIVES. And we’ll do it character wise, one by one. 

Peter Petrelli: He has always been one of the key characters of the series, kinda like Rogue meets Superman. Peter has gone through a lot. Exploded, Battled amnesia, travelled through time, been sucked all of his powers, rescued by Sylar, betrayed by elder brother. Phew! Now that he has some ‘power’ injected  we are not fully aware of his capabilities. But we did see him fly and also, in this first episode of Volume 4, we see him absorb power from Tracy and Mohinder. What this means is that he could have his original power restored. However, he had to physically touch them to get their powers, unlike before when he could get the powers by being in the vicinity. So, this could mean, that Mutation or getting ‘Power’ from the ‘Formula’ has its limitations and is not as powerful/effective as an original power. 
Further, the entire fight against his moron elder bro Nathan is what makes me take sides with Peter. He is definitely the one to watch out this Season.

Hiro Nakamura: He is one of the cutest characters on TV since Teletubbies. But Hiro has been facing some major problems in characterization. The story just went so absurd when he started travelling through time, time and again. The “Catalyst” arc was totally unwanted and now that Hiro has no time and space bending powers, he is forced to stay in the same place. However, his best friend Ando was injected with the power of being a “Super-Charger”. This means he can boost anyone’s abilities, much like a Super-SideKick. Does this mean that, the Formula would bring out the powers which is pretty much inherent in someone’s natural character? I remember Daphne saying once, that she always wanted to run and hence, got the power (presumably from Arthur Petrelli). Coming back to Hiro, he has a GPS tracker installed in his body and Ando’s. What remains to be seen is that if Hiro can still remain as one of the key characters of Heroes without his powers and power-grin!!

HRG (Noah Bennet) and Mohinder Suresh: These two are the one of the most unwanted characters of Heroes fighting a neck to neck race with Ali Larter’s Jessica/Nikki/Tracy and Claire Bear. Mohinder was first the Indian genius doing his research on genetic mutation and stuff, talking about chromosomes and enzymes. Then he meet Maya and all hell broke loose. He tried his defective formula and evolved into the unhygienic monster. But all of a sudden, the Solar Eclipse happened ( which btw, has a deeper significance in the Heroes mythology, conidering the title sequence has it, and every time a solar eclipse happens, a major event takes place; Takezo Kensei and all that) and Suresh lost his power and again got it back. But his skin marks didn’t go. But in the current volume, we can see he has perfectly clear skin and he is back to driving cabs. Also, he has retained the powers and so he has the strength of Hulk sans the slimyness of Shrek. 

On the other hand, HRG aka Noah aka Mr.Bennet is outright cocky. He has got no powers at all, and he believes way too much in the power of his little electric charger gun. In the words of Russell Peters, “Where the F@#k did he find the Balls to..” fight the fierce mutants like Sylar just with the help of that shitty little thing. He is one of the most boring characters as well, and to watch him saying “Claire-Bear” makes me giddy. Just KILL him I say!

Angela-Claire: Angela Petrelli was portrayed as one of the master minds in the previous Volume. Then she was sent to coma by Arthur (sorta revenge for poisoning him), and then she managed to wake up and then she just got all the more annoying. I have some real problem with the way she talks. Even if no mutant touched her, I think she would die of her old-age problems like arthritis or something. 

Claire: She is one of the most useless characters since the volume Generations and Villains. The first Volume-Genesis was all about ‘Save the Cheerleader’ and Sylar getting the healing power from Claire. Hence, it all made sense. But now, Claire is the one who can heal herself and that is it. Pretty much like Wolverine but no metallic-claws or metal skeletal system. So everything about her is human- she can’t run faster, or jump longer distances, and she even experiences pain, but well she can heal. How the hell is that exciting at all? Oh yeah, her blood can be of help to other folks. So she should be given the premium membership of the Mutant Blood Bank. Apart from that, just keep her away. Yeah of course, Nathan and Noah have a soft corner for her (she being their daughter), but that doesn’t necessarily mean that she can be of any help. And the bad thing is that she CANNOT be killed. Darn!!

Nathan’s global security policy, Tracy’s chance at leaving the show, and what is up with Sylar will all be answered in the next post on Heroes. I shall call it – Heroes Fugitives- the Sequel Post. Until then, watch this space.