Heroes Season 2 Episode 2 (2.02) Lizards Review
By Sam | October 1, 2007 (9:16 pm) | More: Heroes Episode Reviews, Heroes Season 2 Spoilers/News
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)…
I love this serial ..it is the best I ever saw ...lost,prison break.... are nothing against Heroes!! It is like ...
looks awesome, but 133 days is too long... 
I WANTED TO WATCH THE EPISODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!P.S NATHAN DOES NOT HAVE ISSUES! 
Sorry I disagree and so do the people here, that's why 39% voted that it was HRG who shot Nathan. ...
Wasn't HRG or Peter.
Peter has loves his brother why would he do it, yes he can be influenced but his ...
Jonathan on 1 October 2007:
Quid is Irish currency.
Emily on 2 October 2007:
K, so my TiVo cut of the end of the ep! I was so mad… Can anyone tell me what happened after Claire cut her toe off, and saw West? Help!
Charlotte on 2 October 2007:
quid is a slang term for an amount of money… i don’t remember how much exactly, but it’s like when you say ‘can i borrow a buck?’ It might be a pound, but don’t quote me on that.
TJ on 2 October 2007:
Nothing happened after West saw Claire cut off her toe besides her running outside after him and finding Suresh’s “Activating Evolution” book. And Mr Muggles was barking at the sky.
Bernardo on 2 October 2007:
Don’t you think the guy that kileed Hiro’s father is Takezo Kensei? He can heal himself, so he can’t die, even after 400 years. Also, he jumped with Kaito and did not die with him…
He could be the founder of the company, this is why that symbol is directly related to the company “employees”.
Running With My Eyes Closed › Last Night on Heroes on 2 October 2007:
[...] episode entitled Chapter 2: Lizards was written by Michael [...]
Katie on 2 October 2007:
Ya. Takezo Kensei is in the group…they call him Kane, also known as the thousands of years man and a mystery. He founded the godsend symbol, and now has super healing powers. But Kane could also be Papa Petrelli. We don’t know his name and from what we heard “He committed suicide…” Besides we’ve also never seen him or heard him. Could Nathen have healing powers too?!?! He was exploded like his brother and he’s still alive its like what the heck! So the great Nathen and Peter must have their Dads powers.
Omma on 2 October 2007:
Euro is the Irish currency. Quid is just slang for any amount of Euro, or Punt (Pound) as it used to be.
e.g. Do you have 10 quid? Means do you have 10 Euro.
Mo on 2 October 2007:
Cheers Omma, just to clarify, it’s not a quid in all countries that use the Euro, only the English speaking ones, so only Ireland. Quid is British slang, not specifically Irish. The only reason the Irish use the term is because their currency used to be pounds, ie quids.
One pound = one quid. There’s an expression “quids in” i.e. ‘got a fair bit of money’ or ‘in profit’ - eg after working so many shifts he was quids in. Man that was detailed, sorry.
sn on 2 October 2007:
@katie
sad theory really, no offense.. papa petrelli same as kane? dont u remember the comics atleast, remember linderman had to heal him during battle, he cudnt heal by himself.. and nathan having healing powers is just sad.. cause we’re not completely sure what happened up there right? maybe nathan threw peter or something..
@bernardo
same thing really… kane killing kaito is as bad as west killing kaito (read this one somewhere else..)
Phill on 2 October 2007:
I miss you Niki!
FeedBack Niki!!!!!!!!!!!!!
... on 2 October 2007:
doesn’t the irish gangster look a whole lot like kensei… that’s who i thought kane was
Teja on 3 October 2007:
Umm..with all the discussion about ‘quid’.. I’m rather inclined to think that the usage was sarcastic..
simon on 3 October 2007:
quid? lass? irish slang? give me a break heroes! a great show threading on thin ice….insulting the irish!!!! insulting cork people more so…for the show’s sake, this betternot involve the i.r.a, they’re gone for the past 2 and a half years and those guys better not be from cork but just living there!!
Danny on 3 October 2007:
The explanation for Kensei existing in Japan’s past doesn’t seem all logical, perhaps there’s more to it. Perhaps he’s a time traveller/shape shifter - who know’s? Anything’s possible, but I like the speculative idea that he has some direct relationship to the company as the same insignia prevailed across time and countries, and that Hiro’s presence in the Japan’s past is no coincidence.
Sam on 3 October 2007:
hei…claire is nathan daughter with healing power and as we just ‘witness’ also the lizard power of regrow body part.
but how about claire’s mother? i’m wondering if theres connections more of a relations between claire mother and the Brit Takezo Kensei..seeing that claire mother got power too..and blond … Takezo Kensei is blond…
Kris on 3 October 2007:
I posted a couple days ago regarding this and a lot of people I think are on the same track. Kensei is Kane, and due to his power has been alive for a very long time… he started what im calling the Order of the Helix, using his banner as its symbol… The Petrellis. Linderman, Kaito, they are all a part of the most recent generation of this order, but I think they were mostly rebels, which is why Kane/Kensei wants to kill them.
Kris on 3 October 2007:
and cripes Sam, theres only so many hair colors, lets not jump to conclusions…
Miki on 3 October 2007:
It takes time for a hero like Claire to regenerate or heal herself.
So if Kinsei killed Kaito, Kinsei will still be with Kaito on the pavement, bleeding for a moment and we would’ve seen him unless he uses his powers very well. (make sense?)
Miki on 3 October 2007:
♥♥♥ Maya
Sam on 4 October 2007:
maya got weird power…
Al on 4 October 2007:
First time post.
Yeah looks like the script writers have been trying to throw in to many slang words. Calling Peter Boyo isn’t particularly Irish and I know it more as a Welsh slang word. Quid is an English slang for a pound coin and lass is pretty Scottish. This isn’t to say that the Irish wouldn’t use any of these words. Just funny when they use so many together.
Rauf on 4 October 2007:
dudes, i’m from singapore and the second season of heroes will only begin next year, in january.So,who died and who on earth is kaito ?? What is Maya’s power ?
sam on 4 October 2007:
@rauf,
you really shouldn’t be reading spoilers and looking ahead. you’re gonna miss the fun…
kaito is mr. nakamura aka. Hiro’s dad.
Trevor Merry on 5 October 2007:
A Quid is £1 in UK currencey. It’s just like the US say ‘buck’
Erick on 7 October 2007:
Nathan survived the explosion by flying in the other direction. He flew peter high enough away from the earth, then went and probably told peter something like “don’t go off yet until I get enough distance from you” and then flew away from him when he exploded.
As for Kensi, I’m confused… it makes sense that it could be him going after kaito and Mrs.Petrelli, since that the symbol that we see everywhere is from him, but why would he kill, he’s the good guy right?
EOK2006 on 8 October 2007:
good good this 2nd season is bad.
I’ve read a few reviews on various sites, surprisingly some very positive, but many agreeing with me, and others who just say to not complain, but come on now..it was pretty good from the start last season..
- Wooden acting (overacting) in multiple languages
- is it the mystery from season one is over? more new powers would be nice, yes I know it’s early, don’t mind the old powers if stories were better
- the extra comedic attempts with Hiro going too far
- the Japanese and British for that matter not authentic to the time
- telling too much instead of showing (bad writing)
- kid actors acting a little too much like adults, affectations, language, etc..
that sense of building suspense and revealing little by little seems lost, very disappointed, could have easily done better - don’t need to dumb it down for new viewers..they can watch old episodes online easily..
my 2 cents..
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EOK2006 on 8 October 2007:
meant to say “good god” in previous post, sorry
Barry on 29 October 2007:
I think this episode was a good follow through to the last episode. The staff here loved it.
Check this link out, its cheesy but funny:-
http://www.HippoClaims.co.uk/howmuch.shtml