"Heroes" Chapter Three 'Building 26' (2009)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

Writers:

Tim Kring (creator)
Rob Fresco (written by)

TV Series:

"Heroes" (2006)

Original Air Date:

16 February 2009 (Season 3, Episode 16)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Imprisoned inside the super-secret 'Building 26' which is Nathan's base of operations to experiment and terminate people with abilities...

Plot Keywords:

India | Indian Wedding | Kidnapping | Wedding | Torture

Cast

Jack Coleman	...	Noah Bennet
Greg Grunberg	...	Matt Parkman
Ali Larter	...	Tracy Strauss
James Kyson Lee	...	Ando Masahashi
Masi Oka	...	Hiro Nakamura
Hayden Panettiere	...	Claire Bennet
Adrian Pasdar	...	Nathan Petrelli
Zachary Quinto	...	Sylar
Sendhil Ramamurthy	...	Mohinder Suresh
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Peter Petrelli
Ashley Crow	...	Sandra Bennet
Moira Kelly	...	Abby Collins
Dan Byrd	...	Luke Campbell
Justin Baldoni	...	Alex Woolsey
Amrapali Ambegaokar	...	Annapura

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese | Hindi

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Tailwind Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: After Claire saves that guy from the comic book store, they drive off in his Volkswagen. As they are fleeing, you can barely see the Volkswagen logo on the front of the car through a fence of some sort, but when they stop the car, the logo is gone.

Quotes:

Tracy Strauss: We both know what you did.
Nathan Petrelli: What're you talking about?
Tracy Strauss: Broken chain, unlocked door... You wanted me to escape. You know what? Next time I will.

Sylar really does steal the show

I really like the way they're handling Sylar this time around -- he's showing the perfect balance of just enough humanity to to be keep him interesting and avoid making him a stereotypical villain, and just enough really monstrous behaviour that we never forget what he is. He's definitely one of the most intriguingly complex villains TV has seen in a long time.

And the fact that they're also able to insert the odd bit of humour into his scenes despite the disturbing elements is great -- I laughed out loud at the "*Technically* I'm a serial killer" bit, and the song that came on the radio in the last car scene.

I do like many of the other characters too, but in this episode it didn't really feel like most of them were being used to their full potential. I particular, Hiro and Ando's subplot was kind of lackluster -- they're usually a delight, but this time around, not so much. But I suppose one of the down sides of having a cast as large as Heroes does is that they can't all shine at once...