Heroes Season 2 Episode 2 (2.02) Lizards Review

Peter Petrelli is finding Ireland not to his liking; but then again, it could be the whole tied to a chair and getting beaten to a pulp thing. Irish gangsters, it would appear, really, really want their iPods. But hey, who could blame them? IPods are, like, really groovy and stuff. Plus, I hear you can play music on them and whatnot. Considering all this violence around iPods, I’ll stick to my cassette player if you don’t mind.

Meanwhile, the Butlers (aka the Bennets) continue their identity crisis in sunny Cali. Claire is tired of staying low, while HRG discovers the death of Kaito Nakamura not to be such a surprise after all. Or to the late Isaac Mendez, whose paintings depicted Kaito’s death — plus eight others. And yes, hunky student West is still creepy, in a, “I like you, you clearly like me, let’s get together and bump uglies, then grab a pizza” kind of way. Too bad he never learned how to pronounce “Chandra Suresh”. Damn public schools.

Back in Feudal Japan (1671 A.D., to be exact), Hiro is determined to clean up his hero’s act and set him on his pre-destined path to glory. But can he? Well, if Kensei isn’t using his suit of armor, and there is a mask… What’s a time-traveling dork with delusions of glory to do? And besides, how hard is it to play hero on horseback? Not too hard when you can stop time. Man, picking up chicks must be a cinch, huh? Yes, it is.

Meanwhile, back at OWI headquarters, new employee Mohinder Suresh gets his first assignment from Bob — a third case of the superpowered people killing virus has resurfaced. It is the same virus that killed Mohinder’s sister and is infecting young Molly Walker, and Mohinder may be the only one who can stop it. Don’t forget to tell HRG, Mohinder, you rat. And where has the Haitian been keeping himself, you ask? Oh I don’t know, a blanket hides a lot of things. Hey, Mohinder, watch out for that guy, he can erase your — uh, I forgot what I was going to say.

Anyways.

Still South of the border, fugitive siblings Maya and Alejandro — well, they’re still South of the border. Finally, we learn something about Maya, or specifically that thing she’s carrying inside her that makes people bleed black blood out of their eyes. Besides that little neat trick, Maya apparently has the power to “kill the devil”. Which is, you know, a good thing if you should ever run across one, like at a Wal-mart or something. The lawn care aisle is pretty dangerous after nine o’clock.

Back in Ireland, a captive Peter gets an ear full of Irish slang (what’s a quid?) and some tender loving care from a pretty lass. Together, they discover that Peter tends to heal very fast. Like, duh. Wait, nevermind, Peter doesn’t remember. Must suck when you’re trying to log into your computer, Peter, forgetting the password and whatnot. It’s a good thing he can throw balls of blue electricity out of his hand. Sometimes I wish I could throw balls of blue electricity at my stupid computer.

So what’s our favorite NYPD Blue boy Matt Parkman up to? Trying to find Kaito’s murderer, which includes interviewing Angela Petrelli. Matt’s mind-reading abilities come in handy, but not for long. Mama Petrelli, it would appear, knows how to stop mind-readers; although she seems to be less powerful against an invisible attacker. Couldn’t have happened to a better ice queen if you ask me.

Still M.I.A. from the second season of Heroes: D.L. (still dead until proven otherwise), and Niki and her son Micah.

An all-around excellent episode, with killer cliffhangers, as usual.

Some choice shots from the episode:

Love in the time of feudal warlords…

Ouch…

Don’t run with scissors (or cut off your pinky toe)…