Episode Report Card Erin: B | 1 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT So many heroes, so little time.
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 2 | Aired on 2006.10.02
Sweating doesn't even begin to describe poor Hiro, getting grilled by the police in Isaac's apartment. He tries explaining that he doesn't speak much-o Engrish, but the detective doesn't really care. A detective who speaks Japanese enters and drops a bunch of files on a desk. The English-speaking detective opens up Hiro's wallet and mentions that he's a card-carrying member of the Merry Marvel Marching Society, and Hiro just smiles at him in the sweetest way. Seriously. My pet. And I will love him and kiss him and keep him in a cage! The Japanese detective asks Hiro how he got to New York and Hiro tells him the truth. He teleported. The American detective is all, the fuck? Hiro's all, like Star Trek-uh. The Japanese detective's all, yeah, he says he can bend the space-time continuum. He asks how long ago Hiro "teleported" and he tells them he did it yesterday. He says that if they let him call his buddy back home, he'll clear everything up.
Buddy picks up the phone (I love the Japanese "mush-mush" greeting -- it kills me; it's such a cute way to say hello!), and Hiro tries to explain what's going on. Buddy's all, dude? Where the hell you been? Hiro's all, New York-uh! Teleportosan! Heeeee. The Japanese detective grabs the phone from him and starts asking Buddy questions. Hiro says he was with Buddy yesterday and Buddy surprisingly says that he hasn't seen Hiro for five weeks. There's a "missing" poster on the wall to prove it. The detective tells Hiro what Buddy said and Hiro's sweet little smile disappears. He looks at his watch and it still says October 2nd. He tells the detectives this. The detective shows him today's paper, and not only is it November 8th, but Nathan's picture is on the front page, and he's won the election by a landslide. Hiro's trying to make sense of this when there's a huge explosion heard behind them. Everyone runs to the window and we see that a nuclear bomb seems to have landed in the middle of New York. Hiro squeezes his eyes shut andâ¦winds up back on the train in Tokyo.
"For all his bluster," says Suresh's voice-over, "it is the assigned province of man that he cannot choose his triumph. He can only choose how he will stand when the call of destiny comes. Hoping that he will have the courage to answer."
Next on Heroes: The Heroes realize they must band together to save the world. Or Claire. Or something like that.