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[graculus]

First off, is it International Let's Try And Out-stupid Mohinder month or something? Jeez.

Secondly, the plot twist de jour seems to me to have a major blindingly obvious problem. You know the one, the whole 'let's inject Claire's magic blood into dead people and it will miraculously bring them back to life' thing that's been used twice over (though I'm not quite sure why they had to bother with Maya but still...).

I'm not sure how that's supposed to work when people are actually dead because the thing that would be circulating the magic blood isn't working any more, so how does the magic blood get to anywhere in the body that it needs to heal in the first place? In theory, I suppose if you stabbed someone in the heart with a needle and injected the magic blood straight into the heart then that could kick-start the circulatory system, but I don't get how the needle into the arm is supposed to result in anything other than a puddle of magic blood.

Theories, anyone? I know there's at least one medical person reading this, so any thoughts from them or is it just suspend-my-disbelief-from-a-crane time? ;)



In other news, not like you care, the cold is definitely settling in for the long haul. Need more aspirin. *sigh*

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[sg1scribe.livejournal.com]

I so hear you - Mohinder, so pretty but so, so dumb. *sigh*

Good point about the magic blood thing. I was somewhat bemused by the emphasis on 'only a shot to the head will kill Adam' thing when next thing we know Noah Bennet is shot in the head but revived by Clare's magic blood. I guess Adam's blood isn't quite so magic as Clare's then or something.

Actually there's quite a lot of things that don't make any sense whatsoever. It is a good job the cast are all very pretty ;-)

[graculus.livejournal.com]

I so hear you - Mohinder, so pretty but so, so dumb. *sigh*

And this year he had much more competition from Maya (oh, my brother has just wandered off and I haven't heard from him but he must be okay, and meanwhile let me trust this self-confessed murderer) and Peter (oh, nobody trusts this guy who tells me he's 400 years old, but I need to be persuaded he might be lying to me because my mind is so fixated on a girl I've only known for five minutes).

I guess Adam's blood isn't quite so magic as Clare's then or something.

I guess it depends what you shoot Adam with - if he's shot in the head with a shotgun at short enough range, there's not going to be much left to heal from. ;)

Actually there's quite a lot of things that don't make any sense whatsoever. It is a good job the cast are all very pretty ;-)

I'm sure that's why Mohinder got to be all bashed up this season, because otherwise the combined power of pretty between him, Peter, Nathan with his new hairdo, and Adam would have been shorting out televisions across the planet.

[nialla]

because my mind is so fixated on a girl I've only known for five minutes

And here's a question... what happened to Irish chick? It appeared that Peter couldn't go back to the future to find her. He thinks he's destroyed the virus, and if he has, what happened to her? Are their two of them in the timeline in the future, or did she reappear back in Ireland if the timeline corrected itself?

I think the shooting Adam (or Peter) in the head thing is similar to when Claire had a tree branch impaled in her head and Peter a piece of glass. When they've got something lodged in the brain, their power doesn't work. Also, Adam said beheading would kill him too, so I'm desperately trying to refrain from making Highlander jokes, but the katana is really making it difficult.

Shooting them in the head doesn't kill them per se, but it stops them. Remove the bullet and they'd still heal. Leave it in, and either they'd eventually start decomposing or they'd stay "preserved." I'd think the only way to truly be rid of them is to stop them by shoving something into their brainpan, then destroying the body by fire.

I think the writer's strike may turn out to be a good thing. The writers can rethink the direction of the show and possibly redirect it in a totally new fashion after seeing how things have gone this season. I think the mass stupidity effect is the worst thing, but there's also been no "purpose" for our heroes either.

Last year, they were learning about their powers, finding Sylar (from different POVs too, such as Mohinder searching for his father's killer and Matt working with the FBI, while the company searched for him too), and ultimately heading towards New York to save the world. This season, they were... what? I know we probably would have seen some grand storyline eventually, but so far, we kept going nowhere.

Last season was about them making connections between this generation. I really expected those connections to continue, but most were separated. D.L. died. Hiro was stuck in the past. Peter was missing. Sylar was... wherever the hell he was. The only one that really did continue was Mohinder and Matt being Molly's two dads (which still cracks me up, because I'm convinced she's raising them *g*).

But still, the pretty makes me tune in each week. And there were some fun bits, such as the last episode's:

Matt: Okay, we don't talk about that ever again!
Nathan: Agreed.

Nice bookend to Nathan's earlier remark to Matt about not being a cargo jet. ;)

[graculus.livejournal.com]

And here's a question... what happened to Irish chick? It appeared that Peter couldn't go back to the future to find her. He thinks he's destroyed the virus, and if he has, what happened to her? Are their two of them in the timeline in the future, or did she reappear back in Ireland if the timeline corrected itself?

Wasn't there also a scene with Nathan turning up at the bar in Ireland, which just cut with him getting out of the taxi outside and that was it? In theory, if Peter took her out of the existing timeline into a timeline that now isn't going to happen, has him taking her into the future actually happened? And if not, then does he ever actually meet Adam?

The big storyline this season was supposed to be the virus, I guess, but they admitted to making a mistake in bringing it in so late. I assume Nikki is still dying, given the fact nobody has bothered to go and save her yet? And Ando needs to come back from Japan, because it's just not the same without him trailing around with Hiro, even if the guy who played Adam was smoking. :)

Meanwhile I have to say that Nathan was just super-hot in season 2, regardless of his interactions with other folks, but the whole Matt-Nathan thing was excellent in so many ways. If they've killed Nathan off, I shall be very cross, but wouldn't Peter also theoretically have the magic blood (if he wants!) because of his encounter with Claire?

[nialla]

The big storyline this season was supposed to be the virus, I guess, but they admitted to making a mistake in bringing it in so late.

They went for a slow build again, introducing new characters we really didn't need at the time, when they should have hit the ground running. I wouldn't have minded the new characters (and do like Monica, even if I don't know where she fits into the "big picture"), if they'd been woven into the storyline and not just there. Did we really need to see a demonstration of Maya's powers over and over? We kind of got it the first time.

I assume Nikki is still dying, given the fact nobody has bothered to go and save her yet?

I've heard rumors the actress wanted out of the show, but that's just speculation. If that's the case and TPTB knew it in advance, it really bothers me they killed off D.L. too and now Micah's an orphan. But I have to wonder about the whole "virus = death" thing. Apparently the company injected Sylar with it too, but if they knew it would kill him, why'd they save him in the first place? Was it just to buy time for a cure, thinking they could learn to control him?

And Ando needs to come back from Japan, because it's just not the same without him trailing around with Hiro, even if the guy who played Adam was smoking. :)

At least they did figure out a way for Hiro to communicate with Ando, but it just wasn't the same. What would have been really amusing is if Ando had managed to hitch a ride back to the past with Hiro.

Matt and Nathan have been the sharp cookies this year, figuring out they had really, really bad parents and getting over the daddy/mommy issues. And the snark doesn't hurt either. Now if they can just get Peter and Mohinder to wise up, I'll be happy. After what they went through last season, I just can't believe how those two are acting, especially Peter. But snaps to Mohinder for trying to stab Sylar. I also really like it when Mohinder and Matt go all overprotective dad with Molly, but I'd like to see them working on that together please, and not just because it makes my slashy heart go squee. Molly is not a timeshare.

I do think Peter's blood would do the same thing, but I think he's probably in shock and wouldn't think about it. I'm thinking maybe Matt should call Mohinder after they get to the hospital (or vice versa) and Mohinder can give them the idea to try it. Claire's power will end up saving both of her dads, if only indirectly.