The Idiot Ball

[kingandy]

Just watched the last episode of Heroes series 3. (Yes, I'm behind.)


So when Nathan died, Mrs Petrelli had two choices:
1) Pop a few drops of Claire's blood in there and raise him from the dead
2) Brainwash a dangerous and powerful psychopath into thinking they're Nathan in the hope it sticks, and have to walk around pretending he's her son for the rest of both their lives

Well GEE I WONDER WHICH WOULD BE THE BETTER PLAN.

Comments

[kingandy]

I can see the narrative opportunities (heck, within five minutes they're already suggesting there is a chance that maybe, just maybe, the conditioning won't hold). In fact I think it's massively inconvenient, dramatically, to have a character walking around who bleeds resurrection juice, and it was probably a mistake to introduce that aspect of Claire's power in the first place.

On further thought, I think it really boils down to Noah. It's not necessarily widely-known that Claire's blood can do that. Claire herself may not know. But Noah certainly should.

The Idiot Ball

[zombie-all-star.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't worry too much about it. Hiro will probably go back in time and save him, or something.
In fact, that raises a point about Heroes.
Too many of them are conveniently powerful from a plot perspective, which is why Peter, Hiro and Sylar keep being de-powered. In the same way lightening guy in Mutant X was often too powerful to appear in this episode.