December 2nd, 2008
Heroes Preview: Season 3 Episode 12 (3.12) Our Father
Here it is, the penultimate episode of Heroes Season 3’s “Villains” volume. The Haitian has been located and brought back to the States, while Nathan Petrelli has made his choice, and it’s a very surprising one. Then again, he is a politician, and you know politicians — trust them only as far as you can throw them. Meanwhile, Sylar has proven that he doesn’t need anyone, not even little Elle, and back in the past, Claire and Hiro have gone back to see how it all started 16 years ago. That’s right, folks, Heroes Season 3 is just about to get good. Here’s your full preview for Heroes Season 3, Episode 12, “Our Father”.
Official Description:
HEROES BAND TOGETHER IN AN ATTEMPT TO PUT A STOP TO ARTHUR PETRELLI
Hoping to find a way to stop Arthur (guest star Robert Forster), Hiro (Masi Oka) and Claire (Hayden Panettiere) band together and travel back in time 16 years to when Kaito (guest star George Takei) gave baby Claire to H.R.G. (Jack Coleman). Meanwhile, Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) and the Haitian (guest star Jimmy Jean-Louis) team up to finish off Arthur Petrelli for good but are interrupted by Sylar (Zachary Quinto). Elsewhere, in the lab, Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) has a major breakthrough with the formula that will likely change everything.
Jessalyn Gilsig, Ashley Crow, Tamlyn Tomita and Chad Faust guest stars.
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Wow, this next episode is going to be incredible! I can’t wait! Wow, so Sylar is back to being a bad guy again… These last couple episodes as well as the ones coming up are goin’ to be really gritty. I’ll post again and iclude my theories of where this is going
I’m glad he goes back to being bad… he’s creepy as a good guy hahaha.
I’ve seen the whole season and it’s full of surprises and the season finale is really mind blowing!
You know, I have a lot of faith in Heroes.. But this season has been very up and down for me.. Its been very.. Everywhere if you understand what I mean.. I just seemed like… Nothing too special happened.. Hopefully next Volume of Heroes will be good..
I did like how Elle died.. If she did.. You never know if its true in Heroes lol.. But I’m pretty sure shes gone.. She was a good character and she was going to change Sylar.. But I kept telling everyone that Sylar was gonna become a bad guy once again lol.
Hopefully Peter gets his powers back.. And watching the Haitian do his stuff will be pretty awesome too. Nathan’s a bad guy now. And I guess we’ll have to see what happens with Claire and Hiro. I didn’t like Suresh in this season as well. His character just kind of went down the drain..
I’ve got agree with you on the fact this this volume of Heroes has gone all over the place. That\’s not neccesarily a bad thing, but it is what it is. Suresh has been kind rather annoying this season, but I actually think that his character will start to get more interesting again.
It’s almost common knowledge that Peter will get his powers back, but that\’s not actually a fact. It\’s possible that Peter will remain powerless, although it is very unlikely. Elle\’s death was cool, but I didn\’t quite understand how she was killed. Sylar had her power already, so there wasn\’t anything to be gained from it. Regardless of the reasoning behind it, I am kind of glad to see Sylar all bad ass again. I think I see Angela getting killed in volume 4, as well as Tracy.
I think that volume 3 started out great, and starting at episode 6 it went dowon hill for two episodes, but redeemed itself starting at episode 8. Honestly, I thought that volume 2 was incredible, regardless of what so many people are saying. It was slow paced, but you have to take this into consideration. Season 2 was supposed to have generation and villains in it, in which case season 2 would have been a well balanced season. The first half would have been slow moving, but the second would have been very fast paced. It\’s too bad about the writers strike, because it messed up the flow of things.
i think peter already has his powers back because of the eclips, but he hasnt tried to use them, or his powers are weak, and he has to re learn how to use them
In the second tease it looks like Claire is talking to her father in the past! That could change everything.
I am still confused as to how Adam Monroe was able to live for so many centuries. With the revelation that powers are enabled by an eclipse, and blocked by the same event, wouldn’t Adam have gotten sick or had his body decay into nothing during an eclipse.
Surely an eclipse would have occurred at some point in the last few hundred years.
Oh well add it to the list of stories/characters with remaining questions. I love heroes but I am starting to realize that there are more questions then answers, which may ruin the show.
Adam probably died many times. Remember, when the eclipse is over he gets his powers back, even if he’s dead. (Claire and Sylar).
That last episode was prettty good. I think I was kind of getting used to the fact that Sylar was becoming a good guy though….oh well. Also, I think that Peter will get his powers back. But originally, his power was that he could absorb other peoples powers around him so I think he will be back to square one now and everyone he comes in contact with he will get those powers. We could be looking at a new and improved yet still very awesome Peter. And what was HRG talking about when he said that Arthur and Angela weren’t Sylar’s real parents? I hope that has a story behind it because I think that has a lot of potential to be a good storyline.
I think Peter will get all his absorbed powers back just like how sylar had all his returned after the eclipse, why he didnt fly after nathen is beyond me but he must have all his absorbed powers back unless he only got his original back because arthur sucked all his absorbed powers out of him, and the haitian must be able to control his blocking ability because he was close to nathen wen he flew out of haiti but then why didnt peter follow him?
Prob a bad idea, but: maybe, claire was given her abilty, cause nathan dosent act have one it was given, so… maybe when they put the catalystin claire it gives here that abilty, so hwne she tells past HRG to answer it maybe all her jinjurys and burns will come back and she will drop dead? I HOPE NOT, but u never know, with some of the writing so far anything is possible
wouldnt she actually disappear? as in not exist anymore think about it if she never got her powers she would tunr into a completly different person and that “future” clair wouldnt exist and the whole save the cheerleader thing wouldnt of happened it would be a huge domino effect on the whole story im pretty sure she wont stop Noah and the company from doing what they already did to her whatever it is why? because it already happened
thought lastnights episode was another good one. i agree the 3 season has been all over the place form the past to the future to no powers, but i don’t feel that it has been great improvement from the strike shorten 2nd season and on the path to getting back to the greatness of season 1.
about this whole sylar killing elle thing. it makes no sense what so ever. what would be sylar’s reasoning for killing her? he already has her ability. the only other reason would be an attempt to see all of her secrets, but sylar has never been shown to be able to do (yet its heroes so who knows) and in the spoiler pic her head is still intact. there is only a thin line of blood where an incision was made. so who knows what is going on. i read a spoiler that said that the whole elle dying things is a cover up. what kind of cover up could this be? i just don’t see who they would be trying to confuse besides us, the viewers. maybe someone could shed some light onto this for me?
mabye because sylar hadnt had the hunger at all because of the eclipse.. when he got it back he might have not been able to control it and just killed elle outright. or he thought that she was lieing …like in the past and wanted to kill her justout of revenge. but didnt he get briget bailey’s power of reading somethings past .. mabye he could find out her secrets that way
He did it for revenge or were you guys not listening to him talk to her, he saw in her that she was using him and trying to change him toying with his emotions and lying to him and it doesnt take much for \”evil\” sylar to kill so yes him killing Elle
yeah, but he has shown the ability to somewhat control the hunger this season. plus his hunger is for more power, but he already has her power. the only logical reason i can come up with is regarding him wanting to know if she was lying or not about knowing who he is. as for bridget bailey’s power…it could be that it provides too much informational and may take too long to understand, but if you notice in the spoilers for episode 12 sylar is suppose to gain a unique ability. could it possible be that he will acquire the haitians ability which would allow him to access the memories of Angela without having to work through all of here history as he might have to with briget bailey’s power. also there is suppose to be encounter with Peter, the haitian and sylar. this would be an ideal opportunity for him to gain access to it.
to geoff didnt the reason adam lived till now was because even if he died in the eclipse he would heal the moment the eclipse was over
Maybe the reason Adam survived 400 years even with the eclipse is because he learnt what the eclipse does and moved to somewhere the eclipse only lasts a short amount of time, so quick that his body doesn’t have time to decay
To all the people saying, oh no. Why did Sylar kill Elle? Its because she was only a guest on the show, and obviously someone had to kill her didn’t they. Also, does anybody else think its stupid that we have till wait till around Feb next year just to see season 4. Its a joke, why can’t we just have a season like the first one, where there were 21 episode or so and then they make another season. It just crazy shortening them like that, i’m fed up of waiting for decent TV to come out.
I wish people would stop moaning about how Season 3 is ending!
ITS NOT! VOLUME.3 ‘Villains’ is ending the first half of Season 3, and Volume.4 ‘Fugitives’ is going to have the second half of Season 3 due to air in Feb!
ALSO Season 1 had a long winter hiatus aswell. I’ve read that Season 3 will have 25 episodes!
Season 4 will not air untill September 2009….if its renewed, I think and hope it will be, but with the way people keep dissing the show WHO KNOWS!
As for why Sylar killed Elle, remember that when he gained her power, he did not have the expert control over it like he gets when he uses the brain technique, so he may have wanted that. There may be some point of revenge in it too, but more likely it is him just deciding that everyone around him betrays him and that he is better off alone.
Granted, it being Heroes and all, I guess there is possibly some diabolic scheme there that is either between Sylar and Angela or Sylar and Arthur.
@POP – volume 4 which make up the second half of season 3 is in feb not season 4. These no word on a 4th season.
I thought last nights episode was a solid A. I thought it to be real intersesting. I guess the randomness of Heroes is to rerpesent the randomness in life.
last night episode was the low point for me, the season started spectacularly but has kind of meandered down a devolved path.
The two eclipse episodes were completely pointless. nothing happened to advance the plot or the characters.
were back to where we were BEFORE the eclipse. except nathan did what weve all know he’d do since season one: put himself in the position to become the powerful political baddie.
and elle is dead…in a completely unexplainable way. awful. why did sylar kill her, anyone? the hunger? no. he had the hunger when they had that ‘electrifying moment’ when elle was in that cell. because he cant change? no, thats weak imo. this whole season his character has been about his struggling to change and then he just gives in like that? awful awful.
that african side story…completely unnecessary, useless and a waste of time.
Just because they´re black doesnt mean they are africans!! The HAITIAN , as you can see comes from HAITI and that story wasnt unnecessary, it was to show on wich side he really is (now we know he is a good guy for sure). So far the only weird thing about this season was the eclipse, but i guess they problably gonna fix that in the future.
think about it every other character is exactly where they were before the eclipse happened.
last two episodes were filler. it upsets me.
umm dude did you not see hiro and clair go back in time? did you not see Sylar change back into evil sylar, did you not see nathen choosing sides? matt talking daphne into being a good person,
Alot happened in these last 2 episode and if you cant see it you should stop watching
I think each episode is starting to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Any ideas on who the bike messenger is that Isaac gave his sketches to? Looks like they are trying to fill in the holes that we were all curious about.
Yeah the messanger was this asian guy I beleive Issac gave him his sketch book after Issac painted his own death (numerous times) he had no use for it anymore and so he gave it him, and now apparently thers another “future: story in it that must be recovered interesting…
the last few episodes of season 2 and this season have been a better plot and some better acting. also replying to the syler killing elle thing if u listened to what was said when watching it u should know why. his power is not just killing and taking powers from ppl his power makes him understand everything he opens brains and learns how other powers work then he can use them also his power gives him the ability to understand how all things work and he knew elle was lying and would betray him it wasnt out of hunger he vut the head open and left her usually u see him messing with the head when he does it
THERE IS NO E IN SYLAR
To mama3: The bike messenger was shown in season one. After isaac painted the pics of himself getting killed he gave his sketch book with the pic of peter and simone under the umbrella to the bike messenger who came to pic up the 9th wonders that shows hiro how to “kill” sylar. I just wonder if it’ll be the same actor when they find him.
First of all Briget Bailey’s power is to see the history of any “object” not person. Second, Sylar is killing Elle because thats who he is. Third, I dont think any eclipse gives them their powers. It has to be a special full eclipse.
When Hiro went back in time, an full eclipse occured, and Adam Monroe got his healing (and non-aging) power. Why? Well, I think he would have already knew if he had a healing power or not whenever he got hurt, right? So, that proves that he got his power because of the eclipse.
As for the other eclipses that occured, yes they might have taken his power away, but the eclipse that gave Peter, Hiro, Niki, Mat, etc. would have given his power back, thus he would have come back to life.
BUT, we dont know if every eclipse gives them their power. It has to be a special one. Afterall, this last eclipse lasted longer than normal ones, right?
I disagree strongly that season 3 is bad, I agree that Season 1 is the best though. Obviously, because it was the beginning where ordinary people all discovered they had extraordinary powers, niki’s character was very interesting, there was nice music, a mystery over the Sylar character, etc. Different stories that also were linked and then united. The finale of season 1 was just amazing. Season 1 was the beginning. Every beginning is always the best. Its very hard to beat the 1st season of a show.
SO STOP Comparing season 3 to season 1! As for Season 2. yes it was slow-paced, but you have to remember there was a writer’s strike, so season 3 was supposed to be combined with season 2….they had to shorten it.
On the bright side, volume 3 (Villains) and volume 4 (Fugitives) are combined, which will be interesting.
As for season 3, I admit it was a bit confusing at the beginning with future Peter putting present peter in Jesse Murphy’s body (with some body insertion power) and using illusion power to make him look like present Peter, and the Mr. Linderman ghost talking to Nathan, but that is supposed to create the mystery of this show. Make people ask questions and wonder. Suspense. It turns out it was Maury making the illusions. Thats part of his telepathy power.
Obviously, Maury figured out a way to get out of the nightmare Matt put him in in season 2, but if they had showed that, then we would have suspected that Mr. Linderman was an illusion…and thus would take a way the mystery….
Same with Future Peter and peter, we didn’t know what happened to Peter until he changed his appearance when he was with Matt in the closet (the part where he throws Matt in Africa).
Season 3 is getting better. Everything actually makes sense and everything that happens is significant. Sylar getting briget bailey’s power is going to be useful some time…u wait and see. Adam had to die to heal Arthut, and Maury had to die because he is very powerful, right? They cant have too many powerful villains around. Also, it made Daphne feel more guilty about what she has done as well.
It was a bit werid to think of Sylar as a good person. Not sure why they did that. They’ve obviosuly changed their minds because Sylar is back to being bad now that he discovers Arthur and Angela aren’t his parents. And his hunger comes back from the eclipse, and I think got him from surprise and probably forgot how to control it.
To be honest I think the whole “hunger for powers” thing was bullsht in the first place though. It has nothing to do with understanding how things work. It was just a cheesy move to make Sylar a good guy temporarily. Anyways, thats not important anymore, because he’s bad again.
Peter needed sylar’s ability to understand the variables to save the world. But that made him sorta bad guy with the hunger. Now, he’s powerless. But they did this to show that Peter doesn’t need his powers to be a hero.
That was the whole point of the eclipse as well. To make them powerless was to teach them all lessons. Nathan decides that some power was necessary in a world of evil, Daphne learned to forgive herself and make her past wrongs right, Hiro remembers that heroes exist to give hope to the hopeless, Mohinder learns that the evil brewing inside of him may not be a side effect of his injection and Sylar decides that no one can really ever change themself.
Trust me this show is going to get better. Just be patient and try to understand things. Sometimes, u need to watch an episode twice to understand what’s going on too.
First of all Briget Bailey’s power is to see the history of any “object” not person. Second, Sylar is killing Elle because thats who he is. Third, I dont think any eclipse gives them their powers. It has to be a special full eclipse.
Wrong!!!!
So’s your face…
would care to explain how hes wrong?
When Sylar saved Claire from being sucked into a vortex, he took a hold of her hand. Afterwards, he said that by touching her he could see through her eyes what he put her through when he attacked her. The Heroes wiki says this was him using Bridget’s power. So, yes, it would seem her power applies to people. In the first few episodes, you’ll notice Mrs. Petrelli doesn’t touch Sylar and I thought it was beause she didn’t want him knowing about his past. Anyways, if that is the case, the writers are getting lazy/sloppy because he has touched her in more recent episodes and Arthur and of course has touched Elle (and then some), so you’d think he’d have figured out what the truth is that way.
Thanks Gaia these guys are clearly dumb.
“First of all Briget Bailey’s power is to see the history of any “object” not person.”
WRONG!!
as I clearly stated above.
Great post! I’d like to say something about this part, though:
“It was a bit werid to think of Sylar as a good person. Not sure why they did that.”
I think it’s because, to me at least, it seems like one of the main themes of this season is that nobody is truly “good” or truly “evil”. Take for instance the episode with the man with the black hole powers. He is seen as a criminal because he murdered someone, but really he just wants to live a normal life and see his family again.
Also, many of the main characters this season were portrayed as being both “good” and “evil” at various points in the season. Sylar’s case is the clearest example of this, but it also happened with all of the Patrellis, Mohinder, Daphne, Elle, The Haitian, HRG, and Claire. It even sort of happened with Hiro (for example, his mis-trust of Andou after seeing the future where Andou kills him, and him stabbing Andou [even though in the end he was just tricking that other guy into thinking he stabbed Andou]).
In my opinion, it’s a brilliant move to go from what could have potentially been the cliche “good versus evil”, to “who’s really good and who’s really evil?” or even “is there such a thing as good or evil?”.