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

October 20th, 2008

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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bringbackMrisaac

just watched the villains episode and noticed something that didnt make sense. Noah and Elle turned sylar in to a monster then Noah got in to Mohinders cab as per episode 1. But Mohinder didnt drive the cab until his father died, and sylar didnt kill his father until after he became a monster. doesnt make sense to me

Opel

This may have already been posted on here but Peter automatically absorbs powers, he takes Nathans flight ability and Claires healing ability in series 1 without even knowing he can.

This means that as soon as he walked in to Pinehurst he took Arthurs powers and when they touched he absorbed and stole Arthurs powers at the same time as Arthur stole Peters, this means they effectively swapped powers, but as Peter absorbed all of Arthurs then Athurs powers will remain unchanged and Peter would just get a different set (ie loose the lightening abiliy). This means that once he realises he can steal powers he can get his original ones back from Arthur again later on.

Also, someone mentioned before about Peter taking the Haitians powers; no can do, Peter has to be in proximity to the person to take their powers and if you are in proximity to the Haitian then you cannot use powers, so Peter would never be able to take the powers from the Haitian as every time he gets close enough he loses his ability to mimic.

Giga Hertz

I actually like your theory, even if it does sound like a paradox. =P

bringbackMrisaac

I think the 4th villain is sylar. if you have seen this weeks episode, at the beginning Hiro is looking at some paintings of the villains and 1 of them is sylar removing someones head.

Philly

yeah I think the 4th villans is yet to be introduced does look like nathan or syler it is probably a new character and because it doesnt show parkmens dad he will probably die soon. But I am looking forward to tonight! I'm on the west coast.

Heroesfan2000

the problem with Heroes writers is that they attempt to get the story so complicated that they themselves could not untangle the knots that keep the story boring and out of touch. many characters have appeared that they dont know how to interact with others so they just have them killed off.

also it is very disconcerting to have the characters change sides (good/evil) so easily that you lose your "connect" with them. some consistency is needed to propel the story line. evil in long novels, characters do not switch sides as easily. that would be like cheating the readers/viewers.

caribbean hero fan

OK this is just my own theory after just seeing a spoiler.....

maybe the reason claire gets her head chopped of and does not heal is due to the fact of her going to pineherest with elle to see if they can take away there abilities....

but than again she is alive in the future... which means we need more insight to her power after all sylar did say she can't die and how he saw it all in her mind

also while I'm writing i believe what most ppl are saying that Angela does have more than one power that would explain her getting out of whatever muarry put her in

can anyone shed some light here

Jason D.

Demetrius Grosse plays another L5 villian Samedi, and we havent met him yet. Hes a pretty scary dude, and i dont think it is the guy in the painting but i wonder when we will meet him.

uncleppl

Talking about level 5, does anyone remember the dream Angela had where the level 5 villains were on the loose and one of them ripped Claires head off? Well one of the people there was Ali Larter. Anyone else think that was Barbara who was kept locked up in level 5 after all when Nathan took Tracy to see Angela to ask about Zimmerman Angela looked at Tracy and asked " what's she doing here " maybe thinking it was Barbara??

I Love Claire

The fourth villain looks like an Indian. Must be Mohinder having a good hair day.

singh

but sylar is gettting beat up my mohinder so i guess he is not a villian but who knows

singh

here is the link to the four villains
i cant identify the fourth
its Arthur Knox and flint(fire guy)
the fourth is it mohinder or sylar
or a new character we haven't seen
and also pay close attention to Arthurs eyes
hes got one closed and the other one he is staring at the fourth villain i mentioned
seems like he doesnt trust that guy

http://heroeswiki.com/Image:Four_villains.jpg

Lando

maybe sylar is that 4th villian but is only pretending to be for the time being so he can plan a way to kill off Arthur. possibly?

Sjaak

Looking at that picture, I don't believe it's Sylar at all. Sylar has no mustache or beard, the guy in the painting does. The only things that resemble sylar in that picture are eyebrows and hair, but those could be from someone else just as easily.

Sjaak

Just got this theory, but what if Nathan was the guy on the picture? His children recommended him to get a beard, he's being manipulated by Matts father, which puts him close to the company, and he was earlier involved in a conspiracy to blow up new york. There's not much keeping him from getting to that position with whatever motivation, and it would be a powerful companion for Nathans father.

caribbean hero fan

that can't be in the future sylar/gabrial is the good guy

311

Hopefully, and I hope Peter gets at least some powers back.

caribbean hero fan

I honestly feel Peter should die just for his foolishness I mean I love the show I never miss it I have the dvds.... but as we all know peter is the most powerful of the heroes as they say. in season one i could of understood his stupidity in season 2 a little forgiving but now you see your "should be died father" surround by villains you just got away from heard him confess to putting your mother in some kind of freaky nightmare and still goes to hug the guy I mean how dull can you be

Unknown Petrelli Brother

I agree that you would think by now he would have wised up a bit. But, in the Heroes universe, only one year has passed since the beginning. Confirmed by Tracy (Ali Larter) showing Nathan the video of him with Nicki (also Ali Larter) and said that the reporter showed her the video from "last year". Another interesting fact, they are paired up often, they do a number of Promos for NBC together, including Delta Airlines, NBC at the Pump for Shell gas stations, etc. Just a bit of trivial knowledge.

caribbean hero fan

I understand where you're comming form only one year has passed but come on the villains with your dad should of shot a jolt of something up in that brain of yours

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