RW659 - Heroes Reborn Rewatch E13 - Project Reborn

 

In this weeks episode of The Heroes Reborn Rewatch, Cory and Tom ctrl-alt-del the end of the world as they discuss episodes 13, Project Reborn.

Chapter Thirteen 'Project Reborn':

Volume: One

Written by: Tim Kring & Zach Craley

Directed by: Jon Jones

Original airdate: January 21, 2016

Synopsis: 

As Carlos, Micah, and Jose get Farrah to the hospital, they find it abandoned but Micah uses his powers to get the electricity going again. Carlos uses his army medical training to slowly nurse her back to health with Jose using his power to remove the bullet from her. Soon more people arrive at the hospital in need of medical aid, with Carlos and company staying to help them.

Emily learns that Tommy is trapped in Evernow, with Ren explaining that Miko is the only one that can go into the game. Meanwhile Tommy tries to figure out his prison, an endless maze of repeating corridors. As Dr SciGuy and Erica power up the machines, conduits reach out to Tommy within his prisons and attach themselves to him, forcing him to teleport a large number of people wearing their watches into the future. Afterwards, the cables retract and Tommy is left trying to find a way out. He eventually runs into a double of himself, seemingly caught in a time loop and who is somehow more clueless about the prison than the first smarter Tommy. Smart Tommy tells Clueless Tommy that they can be in two places at once and that their memories exist in this place, and that they need to think about their past and try to find them. Clueless Tommy begins to remember his past when he first saw Claire Bennet revealing her power on tv, with Anne revealing to Tommy that Claire is his birth mother and tells Tommy the truth. Clueless Tommy then  starts remembering more and more from his past, notably his father Hiro. He also sees the memory of the time he was taken to level 5 in Primatech and met his sister, and touched hands which caused a giant pillar of energy to explode into the sky through the building.

Erica and Dr SciGuy leave their lab and discover that the transfer worked with dozens upon dozens of people, including Ren and Emily, having been teleported to the future city of Gateway. Ren and Emily explore the facility and eventually find Ottomo and release him from the Evo machine tables. They wake up the real Miko who has no knowledge of who Ren is. DrSciGuy appears and holds them all at gunpoint but Ottomo comes from behind and kills him. Ottomo explains that Ren risked his life to free her and she is very appreciative. Otomo sends Ren into the game to find Miko in the game and rescue Tommy. Once inside, he finds Miko immediately and they set off on their quest. Eventually they find the prison and Ren removes the sword from the prison, with Miko saying they will meet again. As the video game shuts down, Tommy is freed along with Ren and they are confronted by Erica and her guards. Erica monologues about how this future will cease to exist if he goes back and stops the HELE. Tommy calls himself Nathan and as Erica fires a gun at him, he freezes time, creating a double of himself to go back in time and help Malina while he stays in the future and gets Ren, Otomo, Emily, and his mother, all teleported away to safety.

Back in the present, Phoebe discovers she has been left behind. Quentin, Luke, and Malina arrive at the clock tower and see the first solar flare approaching. Luke forces them to take cover, deciding it is his destiny to stop this flare himself and absorbs the power from the flare, floating up to it and destroying it in a spectacular explosion as he merges with it.

Quentin starts to take Malina to the clock tower, but they run into Phoebe who attacks them, pulling Malina up through the air, threatening to drop her. Quentin pulls out his gun, torn about shooting his sister, telling Phoebe they were used by Erica. Quentin begs her to stop, but she won’t and Quentin shoots her as she backs into a window and falls to her death. Malina falls as well but manages to hold onto the ledge and pull herself back up. 

As the second solar flare approaches, Malina readies herself against it but finds that she can’t stop it. Nathan suddenly appears and the two join hands to try and fight the flare but the power is too erratic, not working. Nathan decides to go back in time to Level 5 and see what happened. He learns that the beam that shot through the building only happened because a technician tried to pull them apart and became a conduit for their power. The man unfortunately died.

Bennet finds himself teleported to that same moment, learning what Nathan saw as well. Nathan appears and explains how he’s been trying to save the world but nothing has worked. Bennet volunteers to be the conduit. As he takes both of the twins’ hands, their power shoots through him  and reaches up to the flare, destroying it. The twins cradle their grandfather as he speaks to them, telling them he’s proud of them before he passes on.

In the future, the other Nathan cuts off Erica’s watch, enters the machine, and starts time again, sending everyone wearing a watch back to the present where they belong, leaving Erica behind in a world that will no longer escort. That Nathan… disappears?

Three months later, Quentin is in prison for reasons, and being interrogated by agents about what happened at Gateway. The agents are unbelieving that Evos would have saved the role without wanting credit, wanting to know who they were. Quentin tells them in a passionate speech that the Evos are all around them and chose to be heroes in that moment. He tells them that when they are needed, they’ll be here, without anyone having to ask them and that is who they are, that they are all of them on their best day.

Carlos continues his fight as El Vengador with Farah at his side and Jose wanting to help them. Emily and Nathan run the Ice Cream Shop, while Malina attends school. Both Nathan and Malina receive a mysterious tarot card, and when Angela is asked about it she tells Malina it’s from her father, who is coming for her and Nathan, and that no one can protect them.

Back-issues:

Michael Iliadis is credited as “trench coat man” (in the ice cream shop) and is the one who is assumed to be Malina and Nathan’s father. However, he could be an agent working for their father as well. 

Check out the story of "Hammer" (Nathan and Malina's father) over a KRAD Readings. Click here

As discussed for Tom's intro this week, check out Jack Coleman (and other cast members) back in the day when he was in Dynasty:

What's Up Next?

Thanks for joining us for The Heroes Rewatch! We'll be off for several weeks while we get some life stuff sorted, but we hope you'll join us again for out next series rewatches-

Tom will be jumping in on the Star Trek Film Series Rewatch, and we'll be discussing the recent Paramount+ instalment Star Trek: Section 31.

Then we're delving into a fun British sit-com from the 90's, Men Behaving Badly. Hopefully we'll have some laughs and lagers.

The next big series rewatch will be Eureka after that. There's certainly no other town quite like it, and is a first time watch for Tom. We'll see you there soon.

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RW658 - Heroes Reborn Rewatch E11-12 - Clone Company

 

In this weeks episode of The Heroes Reborn Rewatch, Cory and Tom transmit their feelings and burn all the trash as they discuss episodes 11 & 12, Send in the Clones and Company Woman.

Chapter Eleven 'Send in the Clones':

Volume: One

Written by: Peter Elkoff

Directed by: Larysa Kondracki

Original airdate: January 7, 2016

Synopsis: 

Malina reasons that since Erica took Tommy, she might have also taken Bennet and so she and Luke stop to gather supplies, most notably a gun, since Luke says his powers are unreliable without sunlight.

Two Harrises travel with Phoebe and Quentin to find Malina, watching footage from the day before when she unleashed her powers on the giant storm. Phoebe is ready to kill her, which unsettles Quentin who questions that method, suggesting they bring her into Renautus instead like the other Evos, but Harris asks if there’s going to be a problem and he backs down. 

Erica pushes Hachiro to finish rebuilding the prison fortress in Evernow lest she kill his daughter, and then him. 

Tommy and Miko escape to another part of Gateway and she explains her mission to save him and he explains how 9th Wonders predicted they would meet, as Erica’s security men close in on him, they escape again, and talk more about the comic book and her partner Ren. Tommy sends Miko back to Sunstone Manor to play her part in a fight against Harris, telling him to tell Ren she loved him. She gives Tommy her bow as proof that he defeated her to try and fool Erica. Erica then has Tommy take them back to the present in Odessa. 

Meanwhile, Matt’s voice plays on a loop at Sunstone, making sure the Evos are compliant. Farah explains her job was to protect Malina who would be able to save the earth by stopping the HELE. The Haitian and Taylor go to deal with Parkman while. Carlos and Farah go to find Father Mauricio, Carlos, and Micah. Carlos and Farah take out several Harrises and eventually find the radio room and shoot the equipment to stop Matt from influencing everyone. Carlos puts on the El Vengador costume and together they find the captive Evos, Father Mauricio and eventually Jose, who leads them to Micah’s cell. As Carlos uses his suit to try and break through the glass, a Harris clone shows up but Father Mauricio intervenes with his power, taking him out. As Carlos thanks him, a guard appears and shoots Father Mauricio as Carlos punches the guard out. He mourns the pastor, but with renewed strength he finally frees Micha and has Farah see to Jose while he hides the body. 

As Matt complains on the phone to get the transmitter working again, the Haitian and Taylor come inside to confront him, turning off Matt‘s powers. The Haitian, Taylor, and Matt spar verbally with Matt telling them how his family walked out on him. He monologues about how he's doing a good thing, and earns a ticket to the future, but Taylor tells him that Erica is lying and just using him. The Haitian tries to get Matt to join them, relaxing his power, which enables Matt to shoot a gun near his ear and implanting a thought for him to leave, and then taking Taylor captive to use her as bargaining chip with Erica. He uses his power to learn about her relationship with Francis and her unborn child.

Outside on the grounds, Harris Prime shows up, calling off his clones so that he can fight Miko himself. The battle is evenly matched until Harris gets the jump on her, holding her from behind, ready to kill her but Miko takes her spear and impales herself all the way through so that it also impales Harris and kills him, instantly destroying his other clones as well.

Meanwhile, Team Quentin has the Harrisses using the Epic Glasses, eventually finding and stopping Luke and Melina. As the two flee into a cornfield, Malina tries using her powers but Phoebe is canceling both of theirs out. Luke has Malina run away but she comes back to help, and is quickly captured by Phoebe‘s darkness with Harris telling her to make her death quick. Luke rushes in and knocks Phoebe out and sets one of the Harrises on fire. A Mexican standoff happens between Quentin and Luke with Quentin eventually giving up. Malina shunts Phoebe, and they begin interrogating the two siblings for information about Tommy. Phoebe could care less, egging Luke on to shoot her. Quentin eventually gives up the answers they seek. Luke still wants to kill the two, but Malina convinces him not to, citing the many regrets he already has. Luke and Malina continue their journey with Phoebe and Quentin as their captives. As they reach the car, a Harris appears to try  and stop them but promptly disappears as Harris Prime was just killed elsewhere.

Back in the present day, Erica continues to manipulate Tommy, but lets him see his mother and Emily. Anne wants to talk more with Tommy, but Erica needs him for the moment, promising to return him later. They show him the new device that they’ll be using to amplify his power to send many more people to the future as long as they are wearing a tracking watch. Erica learns that Sunstone has been compromised and Parkman is on his way to her with Taylor in tow. Harris informs her that Miko is there as well, and Erica realizes that Tommy is playing both sides

Micah accesses Matt’s computer and shows the world the truth about Erica and how she manipulated everyone into hating Evos, showing the behind the scenes footage of the shapeshifter that impersonated Mohinder. People, including Tommy, his mother, and Emily, all watch the reveal, shocked at what they are seeing. 

As Eric watches the footage, she has Joanne brought to her, and reveals she has been manipulating the new stories so no one would try and find her, allowing her to continue hunting Evos. She then tasks her with a new assignment: kill Malina and Luke.

Chapter Twelve 'Company Woman':

Volume: One

Written by: Holly Harold

Directed by: Jon Jones

Original airdate: January 14, 2016

 

Synopsis:

Emily pleads with Tommy to not continue working for Erica, but he says the HELE is coming and he has to help where he can, telling her to get her gateway watch while he heads back to Erica. He asks her if the broadcast was true but she simply asks if it matters. He takes his place in the machine and manages to send a large group of people into the future. Erica tells Dr SciGuy that she just needs to keep Tommy complacent for the next 14 hours, when she’s interrupted by a guard, telling her she’s needed upstairs. Upstairs, Matt confronts Erica and has Taylor hold the gun on herself, threatening to have her shoot herself. Erica tries to defend her choices due to Matt not succeeding at Sunstone, but he presses her, revealing that she would lose not just her daughter if he killed Taylor, but also her grandchild. Erica decides to give him the watches he needs to save him and his family. 

Erica flashes back to her youth when her father was very sick and near death, but the town doctor showed her that he had a healing ability and could heal her father, if she wanted him to. She agrees but then learns the price for the service, allowing the doctor to have sex with her. Later, she learns she is pregnant, but her very alive father tells her that he is there for her no matter what. As her child Taylor grows, she falls ill, and Erica is forced once again to call the doctor for help. He heals her, but this time, his price is not sex, but the daughter herself, who he says will be safer with him. Erica kills the man with a pair of scissors but Taylor sees it. A young Hatman shows up at the door, telling her they’ve been tracking the doctor but then sees she has taken care of the problem herself. He offers to erase her memory of the incident, but she refuses saying she never wants to forget, instead asking him to erase her daughter’s memory of the incident.

Dr SciGuy talks with an assistant and mentions that they need to get 12000 people across the portal or else they won't have enough genetic diversity to sustain a population. Tommy overhears this and teleports away. Meanwhile, Erica comforts Taylor but is interrupted with news that Tommy left, telling her guards to find his mother and leaving. Taylor gets angry that she’s leaving again and suddenly all the glass in the room breaks. She thinks she’s an Evo but Erica said she’s had her tested and she doesn’t have powers, but her baby likely does. She aims the gun at Erica and forces her to take her to Francis, the two arguing and sparring verbally the whole way, but Erica’s guards show up and stop her. Taylor asks her mother why she haters her so much, but Erica breaks down telling her she loves her more than anything.  Erica surprisingly tells the guards to leave and tells Taylor she is still the greatest thing that ever happened to her. Taylor asks what is next, and Erica says they start over in the future, but Taylor says she would rather die than live in an empty world with her, something that absolutely breaks Erica’s spirit.

Tommy sees his mother being taken by Erica’s guards and freezes time to rescue her, getting her away from the area and showing her the future. Tommy doubts the prophecies, instead thinking Erica’s plan is the best way to save a large amount of people. Anne tells him that his father believed he was capable of so much more, regarding his powers, but Tommy is frustrated that he can’t remember any of what he learned. He drops his mother near the clocktower where he and Malina are destined to meet. 

Luke, Malina and their captives, Phoebe and Quentin, are in a long line of cars being checked by the authorities. Rather than sit around for them to find Malina, Luke suggests going to Union Wells High School, where everyone is being evacuated to, and try to get Tommy’s attention there instead of trying to get into Gateway to find Tommy. Luke pulls off the road and decides to finally end things and kill Phoebe and Quentin. Malina begs him not, saying he isn’t that same guy anymore. As Luke marches them into the woods to kill them, Phoebe pushes him about not being able to kill her and then runs away. Luke pulls the gun but Quentin knocks him over to stop him. As Phoebe breaks her bonds and pulls out the shunt, regaining her powers, Quentin breaks his bonds as well and grabs the gun Luke dropped after being knocked down. He stops Luke from going after Phoebe, but then hands him the gun, telling him that that girl isn’t his sister anymore. Together they go to Union Wells High School and Malina uses her abilities to get the attention of a news crew interviewing evacuees and sends a message out to Tommy to come find them.

Farah, Carlos, and Micah see the news broadcast, and Micah sends the message out on anything that can receive a signal on a loop so Tommy will see it.  Tommy returns to Anne but says he couldn’t find Malina, deciding to go back in time to find his sister. She warns him against it, citing his father’s warnings about changing the past. They then see the broadcast, and he teleports away immediately. Unfortunately, Erica and Dr SciGuy also saw the broadcast, and sent Joanne there, along with Otomo. 

Tommy shows up and starts looking for Malina, but Otomo finds him first and uses his powers to capture Tommy and place him in the same prison Hiro was trapped in inside of Evernow. Joanne also shows up and shoots while everyone panics and runs. Luke holds off Joanne and while they trade some barbs back and forth, she shoots Malina and Luke ends up killing her by unleashing his power on her. They check on Malina but she is safe because Farah turned invisible and jumped in front of her, taking the bullet. Carlos, Jose, and Micah take Farah to the hospital. 

Matt drives from the place, calling Janice and begging her to meet him so they can be saved, but ends up swerving to avoid a falling power line on the road and crashes his car into a ditch near a river. As his watches are washed away, Matt yells for help, until he breaks down mentally, and starts laughing, knowing his time has likely come.

 

Ren makes it to Odessa and is surprised to find his name is on the list for entry, and for receiving a Gateway watch. He ends up meeting Emily, and she realizes he is looking for Tommy and the two head off to try and find him together. As they explore the building, Ren recognizes the layout from Evernow and finds an elevator that will take them to the core after he uses his helix necklace as a key. They find Otomo and Erica talking about having imprisoned Tommy, and then witness DrSciGuy inject a sedative into Otomo, knocking him out. He activates the computer and Tommy finds himself trapped inside the digital prison. 

Back-issues:

Tom Melissis played the doctor. His biggest claim to fame is Degrassi: The Next Generation. He was also a lead in the series Due South (the adventures of an impossibly upright Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable and his American colleagues in the city of Chicago).

Caitlin Carver was Young Erica. She’s been in a small handful of episodes of Chicago Fire, Dear White People, The Fosters, and Hit The Floor. Most recently, she was in Call of the Void in 2025 (after the death of her brother, Moray tries to escape to a cabin in the woods when her retreat is derailed by a college band and their suspicious professor. They encounter a mysterious hum that once heard, there is no return).

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RW657 - Heroes Reborn Rewatch E09-10 - Sundae 11:53

 

In this weeks episode of The Heroes Reborn Rewatch, Cory and Tom scream for ice cream and future proof their plans as they discuss episodes 9 & 10, Sundae Bloody Sundae and 11:53 to Odessa.

Chapter Nine 'Sundae, Bloody Sundae':

Volume: One

Written by: Marisha Mukerjee and Sharon Hoffman

Directed by: Gideon Raff

Original airdate: November 12, 2015

Synopsis: 

Carlos gets into Sunstone Manor as Dearing’s plan works perfectly, however, while Carlos is being processed, Dearing learns that they have to also swab him to make sure Evos aren’t turning in their own kind. He fights back but the nurse subdues him with a sedative.

Carlos manages to get the jump on one of the guards and steals his uniform as he sneaks around looking for his nephew and the pastor. He finds them, but Jose is seeing his father and doesn’t want to leave. The pastor says he has seen the light and wants to stay and help Erica. Carlos tries to get away but is captured by the Sunstone guards.

Dearing is interrogated by Matt who totally unironically condemns him for using his own powers against other Evos, before letting him commit suicide as his punishment. He then questions Carlos and learns about his time in battle in Afghanistan and tries using that to find out more about his secrets, learning about Farah’s involvement. 

Luke and Malina talk about fate, which she strongly believes in, and Luke refusing to talk about what made him lose his purpose in life. Later as they drive on, he does open up about his son however. 

Meanwhile, almost 8000 years in the future, Miko appears in a large desert, making her way towards a building in the distance. 

Taylor cuts and dyes her to try to hide from her mother. Hero Turther contacts her for a secret meeting. When she arrives, she finds herself taken captive by two assailants. When she awakens, she sees her mother there, but quickly finds out it is just a shapeshifter. The Haitian reveals himself and together they formulate a plan to try and rescue Francis and Hero Truther, Micah from Erica. 

Tommy and Emily walk hand in hand to the ice cream parlor, kissing before he leaves to see his mother. Hatman goes to see Emily and while he places a spinning penny on the counter, he stops her from touching it, letting her keep her memories of her first love of Tommy. Unfortunately, they are interrupted by Joanne who has returned to find Tommy. Hatman tries to distract Joanne and drops a number of pennies, hoping she will pick one up and thereby lose her memories, but Joanne notices a look between Hatman and Emily and cuts them off by flashing her gun menacingly. Hatman talks to Joanne, playing on her thoughts of losing her son, trying to convince her to pick up the penny so he can help her forget all about it.

Elsewhere Tommy talks with his mother who begins to tell him all about his past and where he comes from and who his family is and the true nature of his powers. Bennet shows up to confirm that Tommy can actually time travel just like Hiro. He tells him that he needs to get him and his sister to Odessa, but asks for a minute to talk with Anne. As Tommy goes outside, he runs into Quentin who talks with him, helping him get a candy bar out of the machine. He then gets a call from Emily but it turns out to be Joanne, leaving Tommy to teleport to the ice cream shop, leaving Quentin, who had hoped to take Tommy to Erica, empty-handed. Tommy then teleports into the ice cream shop and faces off against Joanne. Hatman tosses his briefcase of pennies as a distraction but Joanne reacts instinctively and shoots him dead. Luke and Malina, just having arrived outside the shop, hear the gunshot. Luke races in and faces off against Joanne who is surprised he didn’t burn inside their house. He burns the wall behind Joanne as a warning but she says Luke can just kill her so she can be with her son again and she will then kill Emily. As Joanne shoots and Luke launches fire towards her, Tommy reacts and freezes time. He then moves the bullet and redirects Luke’s flames, and restarts time while teleporting him and Emily to safety, though he does notice Malina in the back of the shop. Joanne escapes with Luke following behind her, chasing her, but Harris shows up and helps Joanne get away. 

Tommy returns to the hospital, and tries to teleport him and Bennet away but he can’t as it’s revealed Phoebe is there. Bennet draws his gun on her but Quentin draws his gun on Tommy, holding him captive and revealing to Bennet that he is working for  Erica now. Bennet gives up his gun as Quentin and Phoebe escape with Tommy as their captive. Back at the ice cream shop, Bennet finds Malina, introducing himself as her grandfather. Tommy meanwhile is brought to Erica, who invites him to sit for dinner with her as she tells him she will tell him how he can save the future.

Chapter Ten '11:53 to Odessa':

Volume: One

Written by: Seamus Kevin Fahey

Directed by: Larysa Kondracki

Original airdate: November 19, 2015

 

Synopsis: 

As Bennet talks to Malina about their next moves, Luke approaches them, wanting to help but Bennet is standoffish and refuses assistance. As Bennet and Malina make their way to Midian, talking about Claire and everything that happened for the twins’ safety and Erica’s plans, Luke follows them and he and Bennet exchange words again later with Bennet telling him they are fine on their own, despite Luke’s earnestness at wanting to help.

Miko enters Gateway and is confronted by the workers there, attacking them and beating them. Inside she subdues a guard and creates a makeshift spear as she investigates the building, eventually finding her father and his real life daughter who is hooked up into the Evo tables alongside others. He tells her how Renautus kept his daughter alive as long as he did what they said. He reveals that he sent Ren to her for reasons, and that she must find the master of time and space to get her final mission. Hochiro then apologizes, calling for the guards for fear of losing his real life daughter as Miko runs away.

Tommy awakens in a bed with a scar on the back of his neck as Erica greets him good morning. She explains he passed out after dinner and they ran some tests on him to be sure he was ok. Nathan asks about Phoebe and his family, assessing the situation, as Erica tries to manipulate him against them. She explains what her plan is, referring to Hiro and the idea they could send people to the future, hoping that Tommy will reopen the bridge that was cut off. He wants to see the future she is referring to so she agrees to show him. He ends up seeing the vast desert wasteland and the start of Erica’s new city called Gateway and decides that he will help her. He asks her about the scar and she admits the truth: that she tried to steal his powers but it didn’t work. Later, as Tommy sends some of Erica’s people back to the past for more supplies, she tells him to send back Quentin and Phoebe, convinced that Tommy is fully on board and not worried about him escaping. After he follows her instructions, reiterating that he wants to bring his family and friends here, Miko suddenly appears and grabs Tommy, telling him she is there to save the master of time and space and he teleports them both away. 

Quentin comments regretfully on the craziness going on but Phoebe shows no remorse and a much more aggressive attitude as she believes she is only useful to Erica, saying this is who she is from now on. 

The Haitian and his crew keep watch as their shapeshifter, Mr. Changeroo, now transformed into Erica, and Taylor, now with undyed hair and full length tresses restored, begin their ruse to get into the facility, easily bypassing security. 

Matt uses the information he pulled from Carlos to interrogate Farrah, and eventually brings him in as well to threaten so Farah will talk and tell Matt where Malina is headed. While Farah said she would never reveal it, the possibility that Carlos, whom she loves, would be killed by Matt, convinces her to give up Malina’s location. Matt meets with fake Erica and Taylor but with his ability working when they ask to see Micah, he suspects something is up, leaving Taylor to tase him unconscious. While Mr. Changeroo looks for more information they can use, Taylor goes off to find Micah.

As Matt awakens, Mr. Changeroo shifts into a copy of him. Harris walks in and shoots Mr. Changeroo immediately. Matt asks how he knew and Harris says he took a chance, which upsets Matt. He tells Harris about Malina’s destination but Harris says they’ve got it handled. Matt heads off to the captured Micah and makes him reveal if his and his family’s names are on the escape list.

Meanwhile Ren is desperately searching online for news of Katana Girl when he sees a shogun and starts following him. He finally tracks him to a dojo where samurai are fighting with wooden swords. The shogun unmasks to reveal himself as Hachiro Ottomo and Ren asks if this is real. Hachiro responds that they are constructs sent here by the real Hachiro in the future. He tells Ren to take a helix necklace, a key, and get to Odessa where there is a gateway that can take him to the future. He chases after Hachiro but he is gone as well as the fighting Samurai. he goes outside and soon sees a bus going to Odessa. 

Later, as Malina and Bennet drive they see dozens of cars stopped and giant black clouds filling the sky. She uses her powers to push the clouds away, and chaos ensues. As a car flies through the air towards Bennet, an unseen person suddenly appears and teleports him away. Malina eventually succeeds in saving everyone nearby, but people begin blaming Evos for the starting incident in the first place. She tries to find Bennet but only recovers his broken glass, and Luke convinces her to run away when someone fires off a gun.

Carlos, being led back to his cell, attacks the guard and gets the upper hand, releasing Farrah, and the two reconnect and begin escaping through the building together, armed and dangerous. They soon run into Taylor and the three of them team up. They escape and reunite with The Haitian and his team but they are then approached by dozens upon dozens of Harrises.

Back-issues:

Larysa Kondracki directed The Whistleblower (2010) starring Rachel Weiz (a drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex trafficking scandal). She then moved into steady TV work, including episodes of Covert Affairs, The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, Gotham, Legion, and Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Heroes EU:

Damen Peak

Episode Title: A New Target Part 1

Written by: David Hartwell

Directed by:  David Hartwell and Tom Krueger

Original airdate: November 19, 2015

Joanne Collins tracks down her newest target, successful businessman Damen Peak, who might be an evo.

Episode Title: A New Target Part 2

Written by: David Hartwell

Directed by:  David Hartwell and Tom Krueger

Original airdate: November 19, 2015

Joanne chases Damen in a frantic car chase. Meanwhile, Damen attempts to reassure his wife, Lilly.

The first two parts can be viewed together here:

Episode Title: A Modest Talent

Written by: David Hartwell

Directed by:  David Hartwell and Tom Krueger

Original airdate: January 7, 2016

Damen confronts Joanne in a desperate attempt to save his life.

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RW656 - Heroes Reborn Rewatch E07-08 - June 13th Parts 1-2

 

In this weeks episode of The Heroes Reborn Rewatch, Cory and Tom need to stop themselves from growing too fast as they discuss episodes 7 & 8, June 13th Parts 1-2.

Chapter Seven 'June 13th Part 1':

Volume: One

Written by: Adam Lash & Cori Uchida

Directed by: Allan Arkush

Original airdate: October 29, 2015

Synopsis: 

Bennet and Hiro walk the grounds at the Odessa Summit one year ago and Bennet suggests maybe calling in a bomb threat instead of trying to find the numerous bombs already planted. Hiro rejects the idea, explaining that they cannot step on butterflies for fear of changing the future. They are greeted by a member of Primatech/Renautus named Stevens who thinks this is PastBennet and tells them about Claire having arrived at the Summit but wanting to sneak in and keep a low profile.

Mohinder meets with Angela on the outskirts of Odessa as she presents him with the content of her dreams she’s been having, namely how she has tried to make Erica believe she was working with her, and that Erica is planning on some changes to the day’s schedule, including shooting Mohinder, and already having killed his own research team. Mohinder is aghast at the very notion she suggests, explaining that Kravid has funded his research for years. She tries to explain the connections between Renautus and Primatech and about the extinction event coming that Erica wants to happen, but Mohinder rejects her and leaves angrily. 

Erica heads to a house in the suburbs where they are holding Phoebe in a high tech back room. Erica tells her she needs to continue making more darkness so that it covers the whole summit area and if she doesn’t her brother Quentin will burn along with everyone else.

Meanwhile, Dennis, Luke and Joanne’s son, is messing around near a window and exposes himself to sunlight which burns his skin due to a medical condition he has. Luke is excited about the summit because he feels that one of the evos may be able to help his son and his condition so he can lead a normal life, but Joanne is more cautious. In the end, they do go to the summit and are impressed with many of the powers they see demonstrated, drawn to one evo in particular who can create snow and ice from water, impressing everyone. 

PastBennet shows up to the summit and talks with Stevens asking about Claire, but he’s confused seeing as how he told Bennet earlier about her. He’s further confused when PastBennet asks about Hiro because again, earlier Stevens talked to Bennet who was with Hiro already. He then informs PastBennet that Erica made changes to the security for the event, and PastBennet heads off to find her. 

PastHiro meets with Hachiro Otomo about his Evernow game and the man pleads with Hiro to follow Erica’s plan to save them all, but Hiro refuses. Hachiro regretfully uses his ability to transfer Hiro inside the game into a prison. 

Back at the Summit, Bennet and Hiro go to his office and find the plans for the summit, trying to figure out which bombs they need to try and stop, but they’re interrupted when PastBennet returns. No sooner does he return, does Erica show up. PastBennet is angry at her having changed the security details, but she explains her obviously bigoted beliefs to him that he is being benched and he is taken away to be secured elsewhere on the premises. Bennet wants to save PastBennet but Hiro explains PastBennet will be fine since Bennet is here. Angela shows up and mistakes Bennet for PastBennet, telling him Claire is in the hospital. He rushes to the hospital and is met by a nurse, Anne, who tells him it’s too late as Claire died in childbirth, survived by her two newborn children, a boy and girl. 

Mohinder meets Molly who senses something is wrong, and he explains he can’t reach his research team, making him uneasy given Angela’s predictions. He is then summoned by Erica, handing off his copy of his book to Molly before leaving. Erica tells him about the change in the schedule, and he calls her out, citing Angela’s visions. Harris shows up to take Mohinder into custody, tasing him.

In the hospital nursery, Angela explains about the importance of the children to the future of humanity, but Bennet is trying to get the doctor to allow him to see Claire which he won't allow. Anne comes in and introduces them to the newborns but he needs to leave because he has to see Claire.

As Harris prepares to take a drugged Mohinder away, Hiro shows up with his sword and starts to fight him. When Harris comments that he can’t fight them all, Hiro realizes he can use his abilities to look at the future (Doctor Strange Infinity War style), and he realizes that there is no future that works out for Bennet and his plan. 

PastBennet, in his cell, is shocked to see Hatman show up, seemingly another tool of Erica’s. Hatman talks a big game about helping Erica, but slyly reveals he is actually there to help PastBennet, subduing the guard by getting him to pick up a dropped penny, effectively taking away the man’s memories. 

Bennet goes to the morgue and mourns his daughter under the bed sheet when Hiro shows up and reveals that they can’t save the summit because there are simply too many butterflies that would be stepped on. When they go to return home however, Hiro can’t teleport them there, as Phoebe has finally made enough darkness and it has started to take over the sky, causing it to blackout as everyone stares up in wonder. 

Mohinder, having chased down another Harris clone, suddenly sees that his strength has left him, while outside, hundreds upon hundreds of evos see their abilities suddenly vanish. Dennis runs after his balloon that one evo accidentally let go of when he was in shock that his powers stopped, and Erica’s bombs finally detonate and chaos ensues. Hatman and Molly help PastBennet to his feet as they take him to a hospital. PastBennet asks Molly to find Claire, but she sees that Claire’s body is in the morgue and tells Bennet she can’t find her, going off to check with the hospital staff. In Japan, Hachiro is shocked to see news reports that Hiro died at the Summit, checking to make sure he is still trapped in-game. Luke saves an evo that was trapped under debris, then returns to Joanne revealing that the workers said they can’t be out there searching due to safety. 

Bennet and Hiro meet with Angela who says that rather than trying to save the past, they need to concentrate on the future, explaining that she has seen visions that one of the newborn twins will someday save the world. Anne comes in for the babies’ feeding time and lets Angela take the girl, while she hands the boy over to Hiro who is nervous but settles in easily. Bennet realizes that the birth of the babies is what he decided to erase from his mind in order to hide them from Erica. Angela then realizes that this is not PastBennet but the future one. Bennet formulates a new plan for Hiro to take the twins back in time and raise them so that they will be turning 15 at the time of the extinction event. Before he and Angela leave to go back in time, they name the children, Malina for Bennet’s mother, and Nathan for Angela’s son (Nathan, who died a few times, and was eulogized a few times, just in case anyone forgot). Meanwhile, back at home, Anne prepares a quick birthday cupcake for her son, Nathan.

At the hospital, Bennet sees Erica giving photo ops and starts to follow her. PastBennet, also in the hospital, sees Bennet and starts following him. When he sees Bennet start to raise his gun to shoot Erica, PastBennet leaps onto Bennet, causing his shot to hit Erica in the thigh. Quentin, trying to find his sister, pulls her out of harm's way into the stairwell.

Back-issues:

Hiro Kanagawa played Hachiro Otomo. In 2006, he voiced Mister Fantastic himself, Reed Richards, in the 26 episode animated series Fantastic Four. He’s a “that guy” with over 200 credits to his name including Dark Angel, X-Files, Elektra (the movie), Supernatural, Smallville, Caprica, Arrow, The 100, The Man In The High Castle, and many more.

Chapter Eight 'June 13th Part 2':

Volume: One

Written by: M. Raven Metzner

Directed by: Allan Arkush

Original airdate: November 5, 2015

 

Synopsis: 

Erica begins her attempt to frame Evos for the disaster while the news outlets air a video of Mohinder claiming responsibility for the attack. As Erica walks out of the hospital, she is shot at by Bennet with PastBennet tackling him and causing the bullet to go astray, only hitting her in the leg. She witnesses the two Bennets however as Quentin tries to get her to reveal Phoebe’s whereabouts. 

Bennet explains to PastBennet what happened and why he’s there with PastBennet, shocked he would do this. PastBennet is saddened to hear of Claire’s death but more distraught that Erica saw them which could potentially change the entire future. Molly tries to find Hiro but can only find his ability, not Hiro, but determines that his power is somewhere in Odessa. Bennet asks Hatman to help PastBennet forget everything so Erica can’t use him. However Harris shows up and knocks out Hatman, capturing PastBennet before the memory wipe. Harris brings in Matt Parkman to try and find out what PastBennet knows, revealing that he sold his power to the highest bidder so he and his family can live a good life. As Matt starts to get info from PastBennet, a penny rolls out towards his captive and PastBennet steps on it, and in doing so, all his memories are erased, causing Matt to be unable to find out more. Hatman attacks Harris, knocking him out. Matt is conflicted about what to do and decides to let them go (wow Matt. Wow. Such a great guy).

Hachiro calls Erica asking about how Hiro could possibly be dead when he is trapped within the game. She thanks him for his service and he realises he’s been locked out of the game. He quickly comes up with his own solution, Katana girl, a backdoor way of getting into the fortress to free Hiro. Hachiro uses his powers to pull Katana Girl from the video game into real life. She attacks him at first, but he quickly tells her he is her father, and then goes on to educate her about her life, telling her that she is his daughter and suffered a great accident which is why she doesn’t remember a lot. Later, while he teaches her about cooking, he sees Harris has arrived for him. He bids his daughter goodbye, telling her they both have a destiny to fulfill, and leaves, saying they will be together again someday.

Hiro and Angela end up in the past, but not in the right place. Hiro however can’t teleport them anymore as they realize that the baby boy is a Petrelli and likely has the abilities that Peter and Arthur had: the ability to borrow or steal powers, resulting in Claire’s ability being stolen, causing her to be able to die and now Hiro being stuck in the past. Angela tells them the babies must be raised separately to avoid them losing their powers. Hiro is put in charge of the boy while Angela takes the daughter.

Carlos is on trial for an incident during a military maneuver, in which it is revealed that a fellow officer, Farah, is the one who actually saved the lives of the soldiers but didn’t want the notoriety lest her powers be discovered. Carlos gets the medal but he later tells Farah he doesn’t feel worthy of it. He wants to continue seeing her romantically, but she refuses, deciding to move away to be safe, breaking up with him.

Luke and Joanne put up a picture of their missing son, fending off a bigot who tells them that evo children pictures need to be placed separately. They then see Dennis being brought in on a stretcher, unfortunately killed in the explosion. They return home and mourn their child when the evo Luke saved shows up at their door to thank Luke for saving him. Joanne is angry Luke would stop to save an evo instead of trying to find their son. Luke tries to defend his actions but Joanne is manic and aggressive, slapping the evo. He fights back, which causes Luke to jump to her defense. The evo starts to freeze Luke’s neck but Joanne grabs some scissors and repeatedly stabs the evo until he is finally dead. As Luke reasons her actions away, asking her if she’s alright, she slowly takes on a twisted smile, gaining satisfaction from killing the evo. 

Erica talks with Harris and he reveals that besides two Bennets being there, there are also two Hiro’s. She tells him to get rid of the extra Hiro and Bennet. 

Bennet and Molly go to find Hiro and discover him aged and old and without his powers, revealing that he has raised Nathan the past 14 years along with Anne, having their own little family together. Nathan is pleased to finally meet his grandfather and anxious to learn and meet more of his family. Harris shows up however and holds Nathan at gunpoint. Luckily, Hiro has trained his son well and he easily sends Harris away with his power to the other side of the room where Bennet manages to shoot him down. Together, Bennet and Nathan go to warn Angela that Erica is onto their plan. She tells Nathan to not get too close as he could steal his sister’s power. Angela discusses things with Nathan and how they will save the world in Odessa. Later after they leave, Angel explains to Farah what must be done to save the world, leaving her in charge of Malina. 

Quentin goes to Erica in the hospital and despite playing some word games with him about the deal they made when he saved her, but she eventually lets him see his sister. They have a happy reunion but Quentin is shocked at what Phoebe has done, who defends Erica and her actions. 

Bennet puts Hatman in charge of watching over Nathan and for Molly to keep tabs on the twins. Nathan sends Molly to India so she can tell Mohinder’s mother that he isn’t responsible for the Odessa incident. He then sends Bennet back to the future. Unfortunately, more Harris clones show up and Hiro tells Nathan to take his mother Anne and Hatman away while he confronts them. Hiro gives him a 9th Wonders comic and explains it helped him once and will hopefully help him. The three of them escape as Hiro grabs his swords and faces off against the clones for… reasons? Elsewhere, Nathan is distraught, wanting to go back to save his father, but Anne tells Hatman to take his memory so he won’t, unfortunately needing to erase all memories of Hiro. Together, Luke and Anne head to Denver to start a new life alone.

Bennet finds himself back at the Renautus site with Quentin looking for him. As Bennet tells him what happened, Quentin gets on the phone without Bennet hearing and reports Bennet’s plan to hide the babies for the last 15 years to Erica, revealing himself to be working for her now and making me hate the character after just sadly eulogizing him in our previous episode (Thanks Tim. That’s just greeeeat. Two characters destroyed in one episode. I’m pleased as punch). 

Back-issues:

M. Raven Metzner got his start penning the script for the Elektra spin-off movie starring Jennifer Garner. Shortly after that, he created the TV series 6 Degrees (an intriguing tale of intertwined destinies reminds us that romance, success, peace, or forgiveness might be right around the corner, but they can also be lost in an instant). He has written on many other shows, some more than others, and had different producing roles, including most recently serving as a consulting producer on Star Trek Discovery.

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