Heroes: Family Matters and the New Matt and Mo

By Lisa Fary

Claire’s hair continues to be incredibly distracting. It was a totally different color and style this week than when we saw her last. Show, can you at least budget some better wigs for her? I haven’t seen this kind of wig inconsistency since Beverly Crusher.

Heroes was all about parental bonding this week as “Into Asylum” focused on Nathan Petrelli and Claire hiding out in Mexico and Mama Petrelli and Peter hiding out in a church.

On a side note, Nathan and Claire’s motel reminded me of a motel I once stayed at in Yuma, Arizona. Funny how “Lettuce Capital of the World” doesn’t translate to a decent motel selection.  Wood paneling, a concave mattress, and a space heater marked with these directions:

Fire hazard. Keep at least three feet away from furniture, curtains, children, pets, walls

The best that could be done was about a foot and a half away from anything. Comparatively, Nathan and Claire’s Mexican hideout wasn’t too bad. If I were an antiseptic suburban type, it might have been shocking, but who are we kidding? I live next door to an adult movie theater.

Nathan and Claire show resourcefulness by drinking for cash. Claire’s regenerative ability continuously regenerates her liver tissue, preventing her from ever getting drunk. On the one hand, she’s never have to experience the awkward hell of a hangover while serving brunch at her waitress job. But, on the other, there goes a built in excuse for hollering inappropriate things about the cook the night before.

I wonder how Nathan’s other kids are doing right about now.

His brother is doing just fine, thanks, having a conversation with God. Specifically, the “Dude, why do you let bad crap happen?” conversation. (Even a heathen pigdog like me knows Peter can find this in the Book of Job. Or on the internet.)

I half-expected the Jesus statue to answer, only to learn that Peter had fallen asleep at the candle thingy (sorry, I don’t know what it’s called – my family chose pancakes over church on Sundays growing up. Yummy, tasty pancakes) and dreamed it.

I have to say, I was pleased to hear that Angela Petrelli had been on the teacher track. It’s a shame she didn’t continue pursuing it after her ability manifested – she would have been good.

Also, Sylar found a soul mate in Agent Danko and sent him tokens of affection, such as a severed head in a box (We can see a severed head in a box, but we can’t see a boob. Boobs are bad). The two consummate their relationship by taking down a shapeshifter together.

Danko asks Sylar to be gentle.

Could Sylar and Danko be the new Matt and Mohinder? Daphne is no longer in the picture, clearing the way for Mohinder again, but maybe there’s been too much time and distance between them. They’ll never be the same. Hiro and Ando don’t have the same kind of angst filled relationship, so they can’t be relied upon to fill the void, despite their new “Cold Daddy, Warm Mommy” routine.

I think it’s time for something new.

I think it’s time for Sylar and Danko. It’s what America needs right now.

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Lisa Fary’s early exposure to classic Battlestar Galactica in 1979 is largely responsible for her lifelong interest in science fiction and her childhood ambition of being an intergalactic space cowgirl. She thinks diagramming sentences is a fun alternative to Sudoku.

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