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Aldous Huxley is rolling over in his grave, given that his famed title is used to wrap up the worst season in the history of a not-very-good show. Also, do you remember that Chapter Five was called "Redemption"? What did any of this have to do with redemption? Anyway, all of the heroes make at least a brief appearance, although it would have been much better if some hadn't. Sylar and Peter quickly get the better of Replicator Eli (and save Parkman in the process), but then he tries to sabotage their plan to save the world. Yes, he really is that dumb. Finally, he lets them go, but sends Replicator Eli after them. Or something. It wasn't clear, but I'm hoping it becomes clearer on a rewatch. Unfortunately, no one seems to have killed Parkman.
Also not dead? Bennet. Although the show spends a long while building up to that, with Claire and HRG all tearful and saying goodbye. Then Tracy comes through the ground in water form and somehow creates a pool big enough to float them out of the trailer. It doesn't have to make sense anymore, I guess. She doesn't reappear in human form, and HRG knows he owes her one, but first he, Claire, and Lauren have a chopper to New York City to catch. Hiro and Ando spend most of the episode in the hospital, where Hiro gets reacquainted with an old Charlie, since Samuel sent her back to 1944. Hiro wants to go back and bring her back to her rightful time, but she's happy and has redheaded children and grandchildren. So, Hiro also heads to Central Park to help save the world.
At Central Park, Claire speechifies to the heroes as Emma plays and plays. Sylar shows up and saves her from Doyle's puppetry, then HRG, Edgar, and Replicator Eli (Edgar I can see, but Eli? Really?) all reveal the truth about Samuel to the carnies. They all turn on him and run, but can't get away before he starts his earth-shatteringness. Luckily, Peter gets there to steal his power and tries to press down the earth as he pulls it up. They talk about their brothers, and what a pain they were. Actually, Peter pretends his was awesome, but we all remember this show so we know that's revisionist bullshit. Hiro and Ando show up, and using Ando's power to supercharge Hiro's, all the heroes hold hands and teleport out of there. That depletes Samuel's power, so Lauren and HRG call the company in to take him away. At this point, we're in "Chapter Six: Brave New World," which consists of Claire deciding to jump off a ferris wheel for all of the journalists in New York City to see, as Hiro, Ando, Sylar, Peter, Lauren, and HRG look on. Claire stands up and looks at the news cameras. She says her name's Claire Bennet, and this was attempt number ... actually, she's lost count. To be continued... (though I wouldn't count on it).
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Want more? The full recap starts right below!Previously: This show was good, and then it sucked. This season, it really, really sucked. Take this for example: The Ambiguously Gay Duo (Sylar and Peter) are locked inside Sylar's nightmare, which is an empty New York City. Peter needed Sylar to wake the eff up and save Emma. Hiro loved Charlie, but Samuel trapped her somewhere in time. Hiro was tried by his father and Adam Monroe, then his mother healed him. Samuel had Damien show Claire her dad's past. She was sad, but didn't turn on her dad, so Samuel locked them in a trailer underground. Then he told Eli they were going to New York to show the world what they really are.
Now: We pick up exactly where we left off. In fact, we relive the entire last scene of the episode, in which Claire uses her phone's light long enough to get a look around, and HRG thinks they're buried 40 or 50 feet down. If only we could ignore this whole storyline since it never amounts to anything. But instead, we (and by "we," I mean "I") will have to suffer through it for two-thirds of the episode. When HRG and Claire are yelling "Hello, can anybody hear us?" the camera pans up through the dirt onto Lauren, who's walking around wondering where the hell everyone went, probably. Title card. We also relive the Peter and Sylar basement scene, but this time we also see Parkman rifling through his fridge upstairs. Because, remember? He has been a chef for all of two seconds. He's surrounded by Replicating Elis at the same time our Ambiguously Gay Duo is downstairs.
Parkman asks Replicator Eli if their buddy Samuel is here. How does Parkman know who Replicator Eli is, anyway? I'll have to chalk that up to either lack of continuity or something that happened in the comic books, which I don't read. Replicator Eli tells Parkman his friends downstairs are a problem, so that means he is, too. Downstairs, Replicator Eli gets to say the "love fest" line again. Parkman tries his brain mojo, but Replicator Eli tells him all but one of them are pretty "thoughtless." Actually, I think they all are.
Central Park. Samuel's camp has landed there, and he proselytizes to his people that tonight will be unlike any other, and they will be "king of the hill." He thinks normals should aspire to be like them, not the other way around. He pledges that tonight, once and for all, they'll pull back the curtain and reveal themselves for who they truly are. After tonight, they will be respected. Right, because freaks are so often respected in our society. Everyone cheers, except Edgar, who just looks on. We're not supposed to know how he feels yet, but I'll just tell you that, despite him fleeing from HRG and Lauren, he's still anti-Samuel. We pan out and see the city behind the little carnival stage. Commercials. I am strangely excited for The Celebrity Apprentice.
Replicator Elis are kicking the crap out of Parkman in his kitchen. Six hands would each like a knife please. But as they get ready to carve, they all disappear. So, wait? We don't even get to see what Sylar and Peter did to him? Stupid. Anyway, Peter comes in and tells Parkman his leg is dislocated, then Sylar throws Replicator Eli in. He lands straight and stiff like he's frozen. Parkman asks what the hell he's doing here, and I have to wonder if he missed the episode where he was trapping him permanently "here" in his home. Because I cannot say it enough: Shut up, Parkman!
Cut to some hay on the ground as our last (forever?) chyron scrolls by on the ground: "Chapter Eighteen: Brave New World." It's Central Park. They've managed to come into the city and set up shop with hay and everything in a short enough time that Claire and HRG are still alive in that trailer? [I think the teleportation was instantaneous. - Zach] Whatever. Anyway, Samuel tells Emma it's time for her solo, and that she's going to help everyone find them. Edgar lurks and listens. Emma remembers and tells Samuel about Peter's dream that she will cause thousands of people to die. And she says Peter was right about Samuel. Now she gets it? God, I hate the characters on this show. Samuel tells Emma she disappoints him and then lets Doyle use his puppetry powers on her. Doyle creepily says he's always had a thing for blondes.
Hiro music plays and then Ando and Hiro wake up in the hospital. Ando was having a wonderful dream about being home again with Hiro and Kimiko. Hiro agrees life was simple once, and he'd like it to be like that again. He says to have that life back, they have to fight for it. Hiro shows Ando he has full command of his powers back, but he doesn't really show him, since he flashes back without him and then answers him. Hiro's ready to stop "the Butterfly Man." Then a nurse comes in and gives him a note from a woman down the hall. It says, "Is it really you? Come find me," and there's an origami crane inside. Because old women in hospitals totally have time to make origami cranes and send them around.
Parkman seethes about Sylar being out of the nightmare he trapped him in, and blames Peter. Ambiguously Gay Duo, in unison: "It's a long story." Peter needs to know what Samuel's planning, when and where. They ask him to get in Replicator Eli's head, but Parkman sounds jealous and asks if it's so they can run off and be superheroes together. He can't believe Peter actually trusts Sylar. Peter touches Parkman and says, "When you want something done..." ["...Don't ask Parkman to do it." - Z] He touches Replicator Eli and then tells Sylar and Parkman that Sylar's going to show the world his powers tonight in Central Park. Sylar asks what that means, and Peter says he's going to open the ground and kill them all. Sylar obviouses, for those of us who don't know he used to be evil: "That sounds like a plan I could live with back in the day." Parkman continues the obvious: "You say that like it wasn't yesterday!" Sylar tells Matt he knows it's hard to understand, but he's not that person anymore. Peter wants to go, but Parkman can't let them leave together, since people will end up dead and he can't let that happen. Dude, shut up, Parkman! Since when do you care about anything but your stupid family and your stupid ratatouille? He uses his brain to convince Sylar he's not going anywhere. It's a good thing Parkman's in this episode to be worthless and slow things down.
Underground. Souvenir trailer. Claire's digging, and says they can get out, but HRG says every time they dig, it uses oxygen and there's not enough air for him, though her lungs will keep regenerating. He says it's futile, but Claire says they have to find some way out of here. HRG thinks he's figured out why Samuel put her down here with him: so she could watch him die. Speaking of Samuel making people do things, Emma's playing in Central Park, and the crowds are certainly gathering. Oh, and this episode was written by Tim Kring. Doyle tells Emma to lure them in. She looks sad as she plays and plays.
Hiro's rushing around the hospital in search of Charlie, though Ando questions how it would be possible. They find the room she's supposed to be in, but Hiro goes in and apologizes. Then an old woman's Southern accent says, "My God. ... It's been an awful long time, Hiro. Ever since the Burnt Toast Diner. Sixty-five years ago." As if this woman is 65 years older than Charlie was then. In real life, K Callan (whom you've seen before, in everything ever, but you wouldn't know it here because, oh man, did they ever make her look like an old Charlie?!) is 37 years older than Jayma Mays. See why it's so stupid that they chose 65 years? I mean, why? Why not just say she's now 65? I am going to pretend that's what they meant to do, because it would help me hate this storyline a lot less.
Underground trailer of fake sadness. HRG wants to talk to Claire about what she saw in the House of Mirrors, but she doesn't need to know. She just wants to find a way out. But he says she will survive and get out, even if it takes a month, but he won't. She starts digging, but he goes on that everything she saw was true, but it's not the whole truth and there's so much more to him. He says that all of our experiences shape us, good or bad, and she stops and cries, and says he's her dad. He yells, "Don't protect me, Claire! That's my job!" She asks, "To protect me? From the rest of the world?" He says yes, and she asks through tears (and Hayden Panettiere really is good in these scenes, even if they are stupid) if that's why she believes people like her can't live out in the open. He says it doesn't matter, because everyone's about to find out, thanks to our friend Samuel. Claire cries that maybe it won't be so bad, and the world might be more ready than HRG thinks. He says there might be curiosity for a while until there's a focus on Sylar, and then the pitchforks come out and all hell will break loose. He tells her that they will turn on her, and she's right that things change, but people don't. She cries.
Parkman's. He tells Peter to remember that Sylar killed his brother, and Peter's like, "He repented!" Parkman's a little skeptical that all happened during a nightmare that lasted all of a couple hours. Peter says it was five years to them, and they have to stop Samuel. Sylar tells Parkman that he doesn't expect him to understand the nightmare or to forgive him. Parkman: "Good, because that'll never happen." SHUT UP, Parkman! Sylar says he's done so much wrong to so many people and would just like a chance to redeem himself. He asks Parkman to go inside his head and make the call as to whether he's a good enough person to go. He goes inside as we get a close-up of a blank-faced Zachary Quinto. Sylar: "You see it? Right here." But Parkman says that was in Sylar's twisted mind, not his heart. Sylar asks for a chance to prove it, and Peter asks him to trust them. Parkman says fine, and tells them to get the hell out of his home. They leave, and then Parkman ominously goes inside Replicator Eli's head and says, "Now you are going to do exactly what I tell you to do." And... shut up, Parkman!
Carnival. Emma plays against her will. Doyle motion-plays behind her. I wonder if he actually has to know how to play to make her play correctly, or if it just works based on her knowing how? Outside, Samuel marvels at the giant crowd that's assembling. He finds Edgar in a tent somewhere and says Emma's doing an incredible job, and the crowd's all here to see them. Edgar asks what they're here to see -- "our acts?" Samuel asks what else he'd be referring to, but Edgar points out there are news cameras and asks if he invited them, too. Samuel says the world needs to meet them, since it's their biggest show ever. Edgar thinks Samuel seems nervous, but he says he's just excited because "Tonight changes everything, for all of us."
Hospital. Old Charlie explains that an old man was there waiting when she left the Burnt Toast that day, and "some old man" (that would be Arnold) who said he was a friend of Samuel's, put his hand on her shoulder and she ended up in Milwaukee in 1944. It was cold (January) and she was scared. She didn't know anyone, and she missed Hiro. She got a job in a munitions factory (all the girls did back then). She spouts facts at Hiro about planes, so we know she still has her encyclopedic memory. Hiro tells her he's sorry and this was all his fault since he led Samuel right to her. He says it was because he loved her that Samuel sent her away. Black-and-white flashback of Hiro and Charlie sweetly kissing.
Underground trailer of melodrama. HRG tells Claire that when he said he was a product of his experiences, he left out one thing: Claire. He says she came into her life and changed it. The man in those House of Mirrors images never could have died a happy man, but he can because of her. He asks if she can forgive him, and she says she doesn't need to forgive him; she needs to thank him. She is who she is because of him. They both cry. He tells her to promise him she will hide, that the world doesn't have to know about her, she can blend in. She says they don't have to do this; they can find a way out. He asks again for her to promise, and says it's his dying wish. He starts to pass out, and she screams, "Dad, no! no!" As she digs, water starts flowing in from a hole she's digging and then it starts forming into a human, which we all know means Tracy's here. Claire tells Tracy he's dying, and Tracy says not if she can help it. She goes to him and tells him she has to get him through thirty feet of dirt. He says she's ready. Tracy says he'll owe her one for this, and Claire says, "As soon as we get out of here." Tracy looks through the hole she came in through and says, "I hope you can swim." Her hand comes in toward it, which is also toward the camera, and starts turning to water. It's a cool cut to commercial.
Outside the trailer, HRG and Claire come up in a pool of water, where Lauren's there to pull them out with her one good arm. I have no idea how that worked. Did Tracy just turn all the dirt to water? Is that one of her powers now? Claire asks if HRG's okay, and he says yeah, that Tracy saved them. Lauren says she knows, she called her. He asks if the carnival's gone, and Lauren says they're in Central Park and she lined up a chopper, which will be here any second. They look at the water and HRG asks where Tracy is. Claire reminds him she said he'd owe her one, but he says they have to go now.
Hospital. Old Charlie tells Hiro not to beat himself up. She would have waited for him, but was middle-aged by the time he was born. Or older than middle-aged, if she was in her twenties in 1944. Charlie's just happy she got to see Hiro again before... Hiro surmises she's not well, and she says the good news is that her brain aneurysm never bothered her again after his weird doctor friend cured her. Unfortunately, pretty much everything else is about to give out. Since she's practically ninety. Hiro tells her he can fix everything. Ando interrupts and asks Hiro what he means by "fix it." Hiro wants to take her back to the diner to right a terrible wrong. Ando wants to make sure Hiro's doing this for Charlie, and not for himself. Hiro: "Absolutely." So Ando leaves him alone with her, and Hiro looks at her and smiles.
Emma's fingers are beginning to bleed from playing the cello. HRG and Claire are arriving at the Carnival, and he says Samuel's done it; he's brought in thousands of people. Claire says it's going to be a massacre. They look for the backstage area, then they split up. They tell each other to be careful and look at each other lovingly. The Ambiguously Gay Duo is also arriving, and Peter realizes this is his dream, with all these people like lambs to the slaughter. Sylar says it's not going to happen and tells him to go find Samuel, and he'll save Emma. Peter looks worried, but Sylar reminds him his dream said Sylar saves her. He tells him to trust him. HRG calls someone and says, "Tell Hiro he needs to get here as fast as he can." Then Edgar comes up behind him and pulls a knife on his throat and asks what he thinks he's doing. Sylar finds Emma and her cello. He tells her not to worry; he's come to save her. He tries to grab the cello, but Doyle puppetizes him and comes out laughing. He asks Sylar what brings him to the Big Apple. I guess some of our bad guys need to stay bad, so I'll try not to be disappointed Doyle's such a horrible creep again.
Samuel's backstage watching the crowd of heroes, news anchors, and others when Claire runs backstage and tells everyone they need to get as far away from Samuel as possible. Ian (Mossy/Grassy) tells her she doesn't belong here, but she's not going to be deterred. She tells them all to trust her that there's no one who wants to live out in the open more than she does, but this isn't the coming-out party Samuel's promised them. This is just Samuel's coming-out party. Samuel asks Claire what she's doing here, since she's not part of this family. She says that's true, but then asks if his family knows what he's planning to do tonight. He asks her to tell them, and she says he's going to kill all those people out there. That's how he's going to introduce you to the world. Hayden Panettiere is much better at the weepy and emotional than this tough and serious, because she's doing some major over-enunciating and overacting. Ian asks why Samuel would do that, since he's given them all a new life. Ian says he'd still be living in Central Park, homeless, without Samuel. Samuel tells Claire they know the truth already: "Tonight is our night." HRG tells Edgar, who's still holding him, that he doesn't want to hurt his family, but he should ask himself if that's true of Samuel, who killed his own brother. Edgar says they have the same goal then, and lets him go. He says he can't just kill Samuel in front of the others, and HRG strikes him as a man with a plan, so he asks what they should do. HRG sees Replicator Eli arrive.
Hospital. Hiro's going to go meet Charlie in 1944 and then take her back to the Burnt Toast Diner so they can build a life together. She says that sounds nice, but she already had a life, a wonderful life. She says 65 years is a long time, and a little girl runs in and calls her "Grandma." She says her mom and dad are talking to the nurse, so Charlie introduces "Sally" to Hiro. Sally thinks it's a funny name, then Charlie sends her to find her mom and dad to meet Hiro. Sally runs off and Charlie explains she married a wonderful man after the war and they had four children; she has seven grandchildren. They had a home, friends, memories, a life. Hiro looks sad as she asks what would happen with all that if she were to go back now and lead a different life. Okay, this timeline thing with her is so annoying, because I don't know anyone who is World War II age who has a ten-year-old grandchild, which Sally appeared to be. Well, actually, I do know someone like that, but it's only because their son married a much younger woman and had a child in his 50s. Why couldn't they have just sent her back to the '60s and made this all make more sense? Anyway, it doesn't matter, because Ando beckons Hiro out of the room to tell him HRG called and needs them. Now. Charlie's family (including a grandchild even younger than Sally, by the way) joins her and Hiro watches through the glass. He says the damsel has found a happy ending and the hero's journey has come to an end. He has no more quests. Ando says, "Really? Because Bennet found Samuel Sullivan. Destiny calls." Hiro blows a kiss at Charlie, as they both shed some tears. Then he echoes Ando's "Destiny calls" and teleports them away.
Backstage somewhere, Sylar's telling Doyle he doesn't want to hurt him. He asks him just to let her go, please. Doyle asks since when Sylar asks politely and asks if he's a shape shifter and it's really Dudley Do-Right in there. Sylar says he can't hold Emma here forever, and Doyle says he just needs to long enough for Samuel to finish the show, "Isn't that right, Em?" Then, "Oh. I don't think she heard me." But Doyle's focus on Sylar has released Emma, and she flashes her cello bow of color sound toward him, knocking him back. Sylar asks her if she's okay and then he uses his powers to pin Doyle down. Doyle begs, and says Samuel made him do it. Sylar says he thought Doyle was the puppet master. Doyle asks what Sylar cares about this girl anyway, and Sylar says he's here to save her. Doyle says that's not him; he's like him. Sylar: "No. I'm a hero." Man, Tim Kring really does want to make out with Sylar, doesn't he? But that's never going to happen as long as Peter lives and breathes.
Claire's still on her soapbox (literally) as Samuel tells her she thinks she's going to save them, but they don't need saving because they all know what Samuel's done for them. She asks if they know he gains strength from them, and tells them they're the source of his power, which is why Joseph was keeping the family small for all those years, because he knew Samuel would lose control with this much power, just like when he buried that town. She says if they all walk away now, Samuel will be weak and ordinary. He will be nothing. Samuel thinks they've all heard enough, and everyone murmurs in agreement. Damien's shown a couple times, so it bothers me he doesn't go into Samuel's head and show his memories to confirm Claire's story. But maybe he can't do it without the House of Mirrors, which might be how Samuel's avoided him finding out the truth all this time? Or maybe he's bad and in on it? I just don't see that, though. Claire asks Samuel to tell them all what he did to stop Joseph, and Samuel shrieks, "That's enough!" She goes on that he killed his own brother. People start to gasp as Samuel grabs hold of Claire. He tells her they won't believe her over him, since they'd be lost without him. He says there's not one person here who thinks he's capable of murdering his own brother.
Edgar steps in and says, "There's one, actually." HRG joins him and says to make that two. Edgar says Lydia told him everything, but Samuel says she's not here to confirm it since HRG killed her. HRG says it's a lie, and asks, "Isn't it?" It would make sense to use Damien... now? But, nope, it's Replicator Eli, who tells Samuel to tell the truth: that he had him kill Lydia. I don't get this unless Parkman's ominous stuff in Replicator Eli's brain was really just telling him to help take down Samuel? And it was written and acted the other way to throw us off? It would be nice if they had explained this better and wasted less time on stupid stuff like HRG and Claire in the trailer and Old Charlie. Samuel still tries to deny it, and even turns and says, "You're going to believe him, after all I've done for you?" Replicator Eli says he knows he can't stay in this family after what he's done, but they have to know the truth about Samuel. HRG tells them if they all walk away, Samuel's powerless, and Claire leads them out, like Moses leading his people out of Egypt. Only, you know, dumb. Samuel tries to keep them, and calls them victims like Joseph. Then he says they can run as fast as they can, but won't get far enough.
He charges out onto the stage and asks if the crowd wants a show. They cheer and he says this is the greatest show on earth. They cheer, but then he clenches his fists and starts breaking up the ground and causing an earthquake. People start running. Claire and HRG are still leading the heroes out of Egypt, trying to get as far away as possible. A pole of some sort falls on someone. Then Peter finally, finally gets to Samuel (what took him so long, anyway?) and knocks him out. Backstage, Samuel keeps trying to break up the ground but Peter's pushing it back down. Samuel says he seems to have found his power, and Peter says it's funny how that works. Samuel thinks Peter of all people should understand because he had a brother who kept him in his shadow and kept him down, just like his. Peter says his brother didn't keep him down (because he was watching a different show than us, in which Nathan didn't send a government agency after all the heroes); he built him up. They keep pushing and pulling on the earth.
Claire and HRG run into Hiro and Ando, and she tells Hiro he has to teleport everyone out of here. He says there are so many, but she says he has to try. He says he will, but they all have to be touching. So all the heroes join hands. Hiro's worried, but Ando says he can supercharge him. Claire looks at HRG, who isn't holding hands. He says he'll stay and take care of Samuel. Then Claire nods at Hiro, who teleports them away. Samuel has no power, so Peter asks how it feels to be ordinary. Samuel asks where they all went, and Peter punches him in the face. Samuel just stands up and says they can't have all left, and they can't leave him. He ends up on the stage, still shrieking and running, yelling they're nothing without him. He sort of loses it, and ends up falling to his knees. HRG and Peter reunite, and HRG says, "I gotta say: I never liked carnivals." Peter: "Yep." Then the camera goes back to Samuel, who falls back so he's resting his butt on his feet, with his arms wildly out to his sides. The camera pans back and then we fade to black, which says, "End of Volume Five."
But oh, no, we are not done yet (if only). Instead, it's "Volume Six: Brave New World." How cute is it that the showrunners think this show is coming back? Anyway, Emma and Peter reunite and hug sweetly. Why didn't they pursue that relationship this season? He touches her face and asks if she's okay. She says it was a man named Doyle who made her play, but Peter's friend took care of him. She leads him into Doyle's tent, where Sylar has Doyle tied up in lights, which he plugs in and turns on. He asks Peter what he thinks, and Sylar says, "I like it." Peter looks at him, with no facial expression that tells us anything. Outside the tent, HRG asks Claire, who's back, if the heroes are all okay. She says Hiro's taking care of them so they'll be fine. Samuel's handcuffed and being put in a car and Claire asks if it's a new company. HRG: "An old one. Lauren called in some favors." I'm guessing the CIA, then? She's telling the media there was a gas main rupture and the rest was special effects put on by a very gifted showman. Claire says HRG still can't see a future where they all get to live out in the open. She asks how long they can keep this under wraps. The news cameras come and ask them what they saw, and HRG says "No comment." She says, "What he said."
HRG smiles and they start to walk away, but one of the newsmen asks her if she's sure, since it looks like she has something to say. She says that actually, she does. She tells HRG he's right, that people don't change. She asks the newsmen if they want to really know what happened here tonight, and then, "Keep the cameras on me." The news anchors are like, "Keep the cameras on her," as she runs off and starts climbing the Ferris wheel. Lauren asks what she's doing, and HRG replies, "Breaking my heart." A "journalist" asks her cameraman if he's getting this, as if anything is happening other than a girl climbing a Ferris wheel. Hiro and Ando return, too, and Ando asks if he's ready to go home. Hiro says, "Finally." Then he sees Claire and asks, "What is she doing?" Ambiguously Gay Duo. Sylar says it's amazing how when he saved her, he didn't have a thought for Doyle and could have killed him, but didn't. It's very funny because Sylar just talks and talks, like always, and Peter seems as uninterested in it as I usually am. To be fair, he's watching Claire and asks, "What the hell does she thinks she's doing? She's gonna change everything." Sylar says, "That's right." Then he whispers, "It's a brave new world." She reaches the top and HRG watches, with a slight shake of his head and tears as she looks down at him and then jumps. She stands up and the cameras zoom in on her. It's a nice callback to the premiere, as she looks at a camera and says, "My name is Claire Bennet and this is attempt number..." She laughs a little and says, "I guess I've kind of lost count."
The reason that bothers me so much is that, if the show were to be renewed, wouldn't it just end up like season 3 all over again with the heroes being pursued by the government? I get that it would be more out in the open, with heroes maybe accepted by some and not others, but it just feels repetitive. I hope if they do come back, they hire a new staff and really make this work. With far fewer characters, please. But, no matter what they do, they cannot touch HRG. He's too important.
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DeAnn, a writer and editor in Portland, Oregon, can't decide if she wants this show to get one more chance to redeem itself. You can contact her at twopmodmars@gmail.com.