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Discussion Thread: Heroes Season 3 Episode 6 (3.06) Dying of the Light

Written by Sam | October 20th, 2008 | 288 Comments |

No one ever stays dead on Heroes. It’s become almost a joke when the show “kills” off a character. Even when we just hear about a character having died in the past, inevitable that person shows up alive and well in the present. Such is the case with Arthur Petrelli, father of the Petrelli brood (and villain Sylar, as it turns out), who is very much alive, and plotting some nefarious plans that involves bringing together some devious heroes, one of whom is … Hiro? Yup, Hiro. After having “proved” himself by shoving a sword into buddy Ando, Hiro is now part of the gang. Or is he? What is Arthur Petrelli’s evil plan? And will anyone ever stay dead on this show? Maybe we’ll find out in the sixth episode of Season 3, titled, “Dying of the Light”.

AS HIRO (MASI OKA) AND OTHERS SEIZE UPON OFFERS TO JOIN RIVAL COMPANY PINEHEARST INDUSTRIES, PETER (MILO VENTIMIGLIA) IS FOREVER CHANGED BY A MEETING WITH ITS SHOCKING FOUNDER — CLAIRE (HAYDEN PANETTIERE) AND HER MOM SANDRA (GUEST STAR ASHLEY CROW) TEAM UP TO SAVE MEREDITH (JESSALYN GILSIG) FROM DOYLE’S (DAVID H. LAWRENCE XVII) TWISTED GRIP

Impressed by his sudden ruthlessness, Villains Knox (guest star Jamie Hector) and Daphne (guest star Brea Grant) bring Hiro (Masi Oka) — among others — into the Pinehearst fold, and give him an assignment. With Angela (Cristine Rose) and the Company paralyzed by recent events, Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) goes directly to Pinehearst for answers, and irrevocably changed by the shocking meeting. Meanwhile, Claire (Hayden Panettiere) and her mother Sandra (Ashley Crow) attempt to free Meredith (Jessalyn Gilsig) from the thrall of escaped Villain Doyle (David H. Lawrence XVII), who has the ability to take mental and physical control of others. Later, Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) brings Tracy (Ali Larter) to Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy), hoping he can shed light on the surprising origin of their abilities.

David Anders, Alan Blumenfeld, Robert Forster and Blake Shields guest star.

Links of Interest:
Complete Episode 3.06 Preview, including Promo images and videos
Heroes Forum Discussion Thread

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enlightened by heroes on October 20, 2008 | Reply

first post! :)

let’s wait and see..

 
Kocureq on October 20, 2008 | Reply

Personally I start having enough of people dying, comming up again and bunches of new heroes popping up everywhere.

 
SnakeHead on October 20, 2008 | Reply

Isaac and Ted Sprague stayed dead. Wonder who’s the next one to stay dead. Adam? Maya? Will they be REALLY dead?

Chara on October 20, 2008 | Reply

Well u forgot: Eden,Linderman, and Niki, since she is tracy now and Linderman is dead, it’s just Maury doing visions of him. Also DL has died, kaito has died.

Also im a bit confused by some of the Heroes “fans”. They hate that no character ever dies, then when Adam and Maia(probably) are about to die everyone starts whining how it sucks that they are gonna kill off 2 characters.

Jesse on October 23, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email | Reply

Its not that no character ever gets killed off, it’s more that theyve cheapened death on this show to the point that there is no shock to it anymore. When they kill someone its like ahh they’ll probably be back in a few weeks or next epsiode or maybe not but oh well I hated them anyway. The only real shock Ive ever gotten from a death on this show was Edens and Simones and maybe Adams, a little, because there is NO coming back from turning to dust. Death is nothing more than a cheap trick anymore on this show and theres no real emotion or tragedy behind it any more, at least not enough to make me or most of the viewers to give a s***. Most importantly they leave out the most important part of a death on television, the grief. They seem to just skip right over that which is just bad writing.

P.S. Not knocking Heroes, I love this show but c’mon. Dont just pick people off, sure have some people die but make it mean something when they do and show some people caring about it and not just getiing over it in an ep or two.

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fred on October 20, 2008 | Reply

I don’t want Adam to stay dead :(
I want Maya to stay dead :O her storyline with Mohinder has been so unproductive, same with Mohinder! He better start rampaging New York City soon, so we can have the pleasure of viewing a “new villain” :)

 
Michael on October 20, 2008 | Reply

Ha Ha. I think Mohinder will turn into godzilla :)

enlightened by heroes on October 20, 2008 | Reply

Nope, i don’t think so. Godzilla’s japanese. If Ando was injected by that, then Ando will turn ito Godzilla. :D

Heroes Fan on October 21, 2008 | Reply

I’m pretty sure that they were joking, buddy…

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HawdCoor on October 20, 2008 | Reply

it’s to bad because I was starting to like the character of Adam

 
That which resides in your nightmares on October 20, 2008 | Reply

Adam is dying ? since when ?

 
Genesis on October 20, 2008 | Reply

Mohinder is turning into beast like from X-men if you watch the future episode look at his hands and tell me if im wrong. and i think maya should stay dead so should claires adoptive mom sandra

intenseprod on October 21, 2008 | Reply

Mohinder is turning into the fly.

 
Nick on October 21, 2008 | Reply

I think we need another topless seen from Maya. She is smoking

 
 
Rhi on October 20, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email | Reply

When they say Adam I think they mean Ando from when Hiro stabbed hiM! :O
and since when is Sandra dying?

 
HawdCoor on October 20, 2008 | Reply

nope I don’t mean Ando… i mean Adam

 
MidnightSun on October 20, 2008 | Reply

For the last time. Ando isn’t dead. It’s a plan Hiro has. He had a fake sword, and a packet of blood. He froze time, and planned it with Ando. I think it’ll be shown either this episode, or the next episode.

You’ll see lol. It kinda makes me laugh when people make predictions and don’t know all the facts :P

Do I sound like an asshole? :S

 
HawdCoor on October 20, 2008 | Reply

oh i Know Ando isnt dead, but I’m pretty soon Adam soon will be

 
MidnightSun on October 20, 2008 | Reply

It really does sound like Adam and Maya are gonna die. I’d like to see someone die. I don’t really like Maya, although she’s slightly growing on me. Adam, I never really cared for. He looks too much like that other dude, and it bothers me that he looks too much like him, and is not actually him [The gay dude who plays the womanizer from How I Met Your Mother].

 
HawdCoor on October 20, 2008 | Reply

yeah he does look alot like Neil Patrick Harris

 
divinesynder on October 20, 2008 | Reply

I think he’s a lot hotter than Neil Patrick Harris! I don’t want Adam to die. I was kinda hoping he’d get to interact with Claire. :-(

 
MidnightSun on October 20, 2008 | Reply

OMG!! That was intense!! I think I was right!! haha. That’s crazy! Did everyone else see it!? :P

intenseprod on October 21, 2008 | Reply

what the hell peter is no longer the most powerful hero anymore. He better get his powers back!! Gabriel is going to square off with his pappi.

Rex on October 21, 2008 | Reply

actually, im not sure arthur is sylars father. Angela slept with Kaito, right? I mean, why else give away Sylar?

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alfi on October 21, 2008 | Reply

where did you get angela slept with kaito? i dont think so.. it will ruin the family things….i think angela give away sylar because she want to hide him from arthur…maybe she already see the future that arthur will be bad… so she give away sylar as a secret weapon..im just guessing, but its logic rite?

 
Shadow on October 21, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email | Reply

No, you’re just predicting.

It’s a fact that Angela slept with Kaito.
She herself implied it in season 1 when being interrogated on whether or not she was the one set to kill him.

 
 
 
 
xerox on October 20, 2008 | Reply

whoa! arthur is dangerous. a sylar/peter true killer.

 
Rightprice on October 20, 2008 | Reply

Let it be known that its 9:11 PM on October 20, 2008 and they just killed Adam Monro. Christ Arthur is like Rogue from X-Men! How did you people gurss that?

Todd on October 20, 2008 | Reply

They probably have sprint phones.

 
 
xerox on October 20, 2008 | Reply

anyone notice that no one pays attention to a crazy blonde chick who talks to herself, AND who just disappears.

alfi on October 21, 2008 | Reply

i know, Elle right? she will be back to joins claire’s family on the next episode…

 
Tarot on October 21, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email | Reply

I’m more interested in someone else who can disappear.

 
 
andrew on October 20, 2008 | Reply

i know it like hey look a girl talking to herself and can run really fast

 
MidnightSun on October 20, 2008 | Reply

Ahahahahahahaha!! I was right! :D

And I love Daphne! She’s awesome lol. I’m also starting to like Matt a lot more too lol
“High five turtle!”

:P

enlightened by heroes on October 21, 2008 | Reply

yeah. the turtle actually worked. hahaha.

 
 
andrew on October 20, 2008 | Reply

poor hiro lol

 
MidnightSun on October 20, 2008 | Reply

Eric Doyle is soooooooooo creepy!! haha..

And I love Hiro trying to fight the Terrorist! haha

 
Michael on October 20, 2008 | Reply

Why did Daphne freeze when Hiro stopped time? I thought she was inmmune to that?

wtfing on October 20, 2008 | Reply

she needs to be running

 
 
Rightprice on October 20, 2008 | Reply

Its about time we saw Peter mixing up his powers in a fight.

 
Michael on October 20, 2008 | Reply

I agree! Poor Hiro :( HA HA :)

 
andrew on October 20, 2008 | Reply

oh hell peter lost his abilities to his dad this is abd

 
xerox on October 20, 2008 | Reply

What the hell!!!! Powerless perter???? that is nuts! Damn it! that is what he get’s for being such a stupid ass… It just keeps getting better and better.

I have hope that hiro will get smarter, and mohinder will get his ass kicked, and maybe seek help. Maybe things are starting to turn around.

ryan on October 25, 2008 | Reply

I disagree that it is getting better and better. I’ve been watching Smallville for awhile, and it seems Heroes is now taking a (very bad) page from Smallville–hero with the lost powers of the week. This is definitely a bad sign.

 
 
Rightprice on October 20, 2008 | Reply

Holey S–T! He took Peters powers! It looks like its all up to Sylar now.

johnmac94 on October 21, 2008 | Reply

I just saw the trailer for e7 and it looks pretty cool, especially the bit with sylar and arthur. someone is shown with their head sliced off and sylar throwing someone around with his telekinesis. Is it possible that sylar has (another?) change of morality and defects to pinehearst?!?!? I dont think so tho because if he is on pinehearst’s side and peter is powerless then who is gunna fight for the company….
THE HAITIAN IS GONNA COME BACK AND DOMINATE EVERYONE ROFLCOPTERSOISOSIOSIOSIOSI!

 
 
Mr N on October 20, 2008 | Reply

OH MY GOD x 100000

 
Rightprice on October 20, 2008 | Reply

Peter has to get his powers back at some point, they can’t not have Peter as a hero.

DMANSMAN120 on October 20, 2008 | Reply

He will oh he will

 
 
HawdCoor on October 20, 2008 | Reply

so thats prob how future Pete gets his scar seeing how he has no powers now

Shadow on October 21, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email | Reply

This was my guess as well when I saw it.

It was inevitable that he met his father, seeing how the claire clicke of heroes/villains in the future still got together through peter’s dad.

Plus, how did peter from the future die?
He had Claire’s ability, didn’t he?
Or maybe not~

Maybe he lost his powers no matter what and he has to regain them all over again.

 
 
saintjust21 on October 20, 2008 | Reply

oh man,i totally called papa patrellis powers and how adam would die. sick!
peter with no powers is a problem, but then again peter this season WITH his powers didnt do much either. he’ll get em back somehow, just like everyone comes back from the dead,…well except adam now.

its going to fall to sylar, hiro, parkman & claire to save the world…what a screwed up team of good guys.

sylar did say though he nor peter are ready to face pinehearst…maybe that means sylar will go on a much needed ability hunting before taking on the big baddies. he needs his sick powers back like freezing, and going nuclear, super hearing, melting metal,…etc. all he has now is telekinesis, super scream and regeneration. really hope he reactivates his powers from season 1. i want to see him back on top of his game again.

Soulless on October 20, 2008 | Reply

So are you saying that he doesnt have those powers (freezing, and going nuclear, super hearing, melting metal,…etc.) but still retained his telekinesis? How does that work?

Giga Hertz on October 21, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email | Reply

I think he’s talking about when he couldn’t do anything because of the Shanti Virus.

But since he already exploded in the future, I think it’s okay to assume he’s still got it.

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the brain on October 21, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email | Reply

Is it just! me are did syler have invisiable powers too. After peter meet the invisable guy and fought syler syler said cool power he could not wait to try it out. then the end of season 1 he appeared out of no where. Then in season 3, while he was attacking claire he kept dissappering.

the brain on October 21, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email | Reply

anyone agree with me

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Nick on October 21, 2008 | Reply

Nope, the invisiible guy is still alive, sylar never took his power. He probably was floating form telekinis or soemthing

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Tarot on October 21, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email | Reply

Claude is in the latest GN. He’s alive and I hope he stays that way.

 
 
 
alfi on October 21, 2008 | Reply

dont forget, he also have Bridget power… the women that Angela let Sylar to ‘eat’. the women that can know whoever has touch you.

 
Shadow on October 21, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email | Reply

There’s gotta be a reason why he got telekenisis back.

Maybe he still has all his other abilities but is still unable to unlock them.

After all, telekenisis wasn’t even his ability. His original ability was understanding how things worked.

the brain on October 21, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email | Reply

i heard someone say that he used that ability so much that it is as much a part of him as him knowing how to fix things

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shadow on October 23, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email | Reply

That sounds too ideal >_<;;

That’s just as good as saying that he forgot how the other powers worked. But with his ability, re-understanding shouldn’t be a problem.

 
 
 
 
Rightprice on October 20, 2008 | Reply

That would explain it nicely.

 
DMANSMAN120 on October 20, 2008 | Reply

HOLY CRAP!I hope peter gets his powers back. now it’s up to sylar to be a hero.”make mommy proud”. =)

 
DMANSMAN120 on October 20, 2008 | Reply

It just keeps o getting better and better

 
Tracy on October 20, 2008 | Reply

I cannot beleive Arthur took Peter’s powers.
If Peter doesn’t get them back next episode, or if Adam stays dead,
I’ll refuse to watch it.

wtfing on October 20, 2008 | Reply

peter should have known by now not to trust anyone. especially a dead father and he goes on to hug him.

also shouldn’t future peter have warned him about that?

intenseprod on October 21, 2008 | Reply

No duh, shouldn’t future peter have been like, “oh yeah and watch out for dad, he came back after mysteriously leaving for pizza and oh yeah he steals powers.

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Giga Hertz on October 21, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email | Reply

Bare in mind that Future Peter’s future ended up different because of Nathan’s speech. No doubt the event never happened in his time, and if it did, he would have assumed it wouldn’t happen after his meddling.

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Bito on October 20, 2008 | Reply

I agree! Peter is the show. If he doesn’t get his powers back I’m gonna be so pissed.

 
 
andrew on October 20, 2008 | Reply

maybe that didnt happen to future peter?

 
DMANSMAN120 on October 20, 2008 | Reply

But they changed history so.. future peter didn’t know yet idk time/space is confusing?

 
DMANSMAN120 on October 20, 2008 | Reply

Ya didn’t happen to future peter

 
xerox on October 20, 2008 | Reply

people! stop freaking out about peter. (the father can take and give) this whole episode explains a lot about the future episode. I don’t know for sure how peter will get a scar, since scars don’t stick around. (nathan has no scars from burning) but it will explain possibly how future sylar gets all of his powers back. Sylar will be going for some ass kicking… Can’t wait for war(episode 13)… and season 4 starts in january/febuary??? Awesome. FRicking Awesome.

 
PEYE on October 20, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email | Reply

That is why it is entitled “dying of the light” peter is the light. and now with peter whose ability is taken the light dies. :(

caribbean hero fan on October 25, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email | Reply

If peter is the light I really hope he dies… he is sopposed to be the most powerful hero and he never really does anything useful to help except in season 1 he means good but come on use your head

 
 
andrew on October 20, 2008 | Reply

are the heroes screwed? they only have hiro, sylar, and claire left. And ummm a powerless peter

Soulless on October 20, 2008 | Reply

Well they also have Noah, Meredith, and a rarely seen but tremendously important Haitian.

intenseprod on October 21, 2008 | Reply

they haiten should swoop in with Noah.

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Ashhh on October 21, 2008 | Reply

OMG I TOTALLY FORGOT!!!

We still got the Haition. Arthur is completely powerless with him.

WOOT!!

 
 
 
alfi on October 21, 2008 | Reply

why everyone is forgetting that we also still have Nathan, Tracy, Haitian, and powerful ELLE. They can fight it! Plus maybe Ando will got his power to help them…

 
 
Al on October 20, 2008 | Reply

powerless peter is crazy…mr. petrelli is peter and sylar all in one now…sylar vs. dad next eps…. can’t wait til next week!

 
HEROESCRAZY on October 20, 2008 | Reply

PEYE , that was a very smart comment , that makes so much sense , and why would arthur do that , I mean his own son , it was all very OMG and that Peter and Sylar fight was so cool :)I can’t wait for next week!!!

So is Adam really dead ?

My part in this episode was Hiro’s part , didn’t anyone find when Hiro said “Mr.African Issac” to be so funny ,lol , when will he learn ?

wtfing on October 20, 2008 | Reply

and how bout Ando’s “They all look the same to me”

jeremeamia on October 21, 2008 | Reply

yeah, that was hilarious. Especially since my friend and I had a discussion about that the other day.

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caribbean hero fan on October 25, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email | Reply

yes i did I was laughing when he said it