Heroes - Collision

 Beware spoilers...

One of my favourite tropes when reading comics was the crossover or when two characters who didn't often meet crossed paths. This is the theme of this weeks episode as our cast of characters who have mostly been kept isolated from each other begin to intermingle. We get everything from teases as some regulars pass each other in corridors and full blown meet ups. Bar Mohinder and Nathans brief altercation I enjoyed this aspect of the episode in particular the ending which was a surprise. We get another good cliffhanger which leaves the viewer cursing the time they must pass before viewing the next episode and one of the best compliments I can give this show is that its rivalling Lost with the cliffhangers.

Claire gets a lot of action this episode, I enjoyed seeing last episodes cliffhanger from a different point of view. After escaping from the morgue she decides to take down her would be rapist/killer Brody - who I only just realised this episode is played by Matthew Lanter off of Timeless. Its good to see a character using potentially passive powers so aggressively. There's a lot of character stuff as she's reluctant to make a fuss and is only moved to so by hearing of another victim.

We get answers about Nikki's powers this episode - she's a Jekyll and Hyde character by the look of it. She takes on a stronger grittier persona when she blacks out - think Hulk without the CGI. We also get more teases regarding Linderman who remains tantalisingly off screen yet is connected to the Petrelli family.

Mister Bennet continues to be of interest despite remaining low key this week, despite the theme of the week involving characters crossing paths he has done the most interacting as of this point. He still does a bit but its hidden in the shadows and doesn't get much screen time.

Isaac does some more painting this week and what we see is mostly related to Claire which creates a good bit of tension in Claires scenes. We see a good little bit of plotting this week, its been established he needs to shoot up with heroin to paint the future so it takes him out of the picture (do you see what I did there) when Peter comes knocking at the door.

I love the juxtaposition of this episode where the one person who can't turn their powers on in Peter finally meets up with Mohinder and can't prove himself genuine when almost everyone this episode is going big on using their powers.

I really enjoyed this episode and its getting a 9/10. I've not seen any of Heroes since the initial broadcast and I got excited near the end because I thought Hiro was going to say THAT line. But I'm still excited because the ending reminded me of an episode yet to come that I'm really excited for now.