"Heroes" Chapter Eight 'Into Asylum' (2009)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

James Chory

Writers:

Tim Kring (creator)
Joe Pokaski (written by)

TV Series:

"Heroes" (2006)

Original Air Date:

30 March 2009 (Season 3, Episode 21)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Denko is approached by Syler with an offer to help him to find an elusive shape-shifting person, despite the fact that they don't trust eachother...

Plot Keywords:

Mental Blackout | One Word Title | Insane Asylum | Regeneration | Psychic

Cast

Jack Coleman	...	Noah Bennet
Hayden Panettiere	...	Claire Bennet
Adrian Pasdar	...	Nathan Petrelli
Zachary Quinto	...	Sylar
Cristine Rose	...	Angela Petrelli
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Peter Petrelli
Kevin Alejandro	...	Agent Jenkins
Jake McLaughlin	...	Sligo
Zeljko Ivanek	...	Emile Danko
Ramona DuBarry	...	Tech
Dan Desmond	...	Father Vance (as Daniel Desmond)
Manuel Urrego	...	Janitor (as Manuel E. Urrego)
Bonnie Burroughs	...	Female Coroner
Rolando Molina	...	Motel Clerk (as Rolando Molino)
Frank Pacheco	...	Hess

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Tailwind Productions

Trivia:

The names of the 3 soldiers killed at the beginning of the episode is revealed to be Price, Whitman, and Holiday. The same names used in the film The Running Man (1987) for the previous seasons "winners".

Quotes:

[Claire puts a batch of banknotes on the table]
Claire Bennet: Voilà!
Nathan Petrelli: Where'd you get that?
Claire Bennet: I sold my kidney. Actually, both of them - twice!

Soundtrack:

Runaway

Loved it!

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

I remember when I first started watching heroes, it was a day similar to this. Spring was starting and the day was lazy. I pressed play and expected absolutely nothing from Heroes, since I thought it was just another super hero show that will not be worthy of my attention, luckily I was wrong. The show was lifting and from that moment I just couldn't stop watching it. I patiently waited for the 3rd season and the Villains, which started strong but got to twirled up in its own twist. Then I lost my interest again and switched to Battlestar Galactica which kept me amused for a while, but then the last three episodes turned the new page for Heroes, I am once again the follower. Into the Asylum is one of the better episodes I watched and the highlight of the show is of course the ending that is simply brilliant. The Animals - We gotta get out of this place is just perfect match. It gives you that 70s vibe that is always good to feel, the vibe of something that is going to happen and that is going to be great. Although there is no cliff hanger at the end of the show I cannot wait for the next one, because they have finally realized that the real energy of the show is in the ordinary in these extraordinary people and that they don't need the big drama that surrounded every single sentence of our heroes, they just need to be down to earth as they were in the first season. They need not be idolized, the characters, for us to feel drown to them, they just need to get their human form again. And that is what the ending is giving to us, a simpler times and with that a much higher quality of the show. I loved it!