Heroes - Seven Minutes to Midnight

I've been looking forward to this episode since my re-watch started. The episode at the diner is one of the most talked about moments and Charlie the waitress (played by Jayma Mays off of Glee) is one of the most memorable characters. She just has something about her that gives off a friendly pleasant vibe, its good casting as we care about this character before she meets her fate despite the short amount of screen time. On the other side of things this is the first episode where Sylar is played by Zachary Quinto and we get our good first proper look at him.

Mohinder being back home in India adds a worldy feel to the episode and his situation is intriguing. He's got a lot of decisions to make and the dream sequences are visually interesting. Matt Parkman continues to be infuriating as he keeps screwing up any chance of forward progression in the plot by being a clunker head. The interrogation scenes are done very well with added frustration that red tape is keeping the police from knowing whats going on.

Bennets part of the episode is so satisfying, we see his base of operations and some of the facilities he has on tap although we don't know who he works for. We get a vague explanation, but its one to take with a pinch of salt. Very much like last week we get another character seen from anothers point of view - this time Claire through Bennets eyes. We also see more of Eden who seems to have the power to influence people (Maxwell Lord!) which explains what Mohinder is doing back in India and how she nabbed Isaac so easily.

 

Something that this episode has that no other has had is that every group of characters has a solid location to base there actions around this episode. Most other episodes have characters drifting from one set to another with no solid base while this episode has the diner, Mohinders office, LA Police HQ and the paper factory. Sometimes one character will have this but not all and its a TV basic that Heroes largely doesn't do and suffers from.

In short this is my favourite episode so far, characters are growing, new ones being introduced and I'm invested in their fates. Also another blooming brilliant cliff hanger and it looks like Hiro very much like the TARDIS off of Doctor Who takes the scenic route instead of the quickest one.