"Heroes" Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (2006)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Allan Arkush

Writers:

Tim Kring (creator)
Tim Kring (written by)

TV Series:

"Heroes" (2006)

Original Air Date:

2 October 2006 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

When Nikki wakes up, she sees the two criminals dead in her garage. She brings her son and finds a brand...

Plot Keywords:

Father | Brother | Mother | Son | Super Power

Cast

Santiago Cabrera	...	Isaac Mendez
Tawny Cypress	...	Simone Deveaux
Noah Gray-Cabey	...	Micah Sanders
Greg Grunberg	...	Matt Parkman
Ali Larter	...	Niki Sanders / Jessica Sanders
Masi Oka	...	Hiro Nakamura
Hayden Panettiere	...	Claire Bennet
Adrian Pasdar	...	Nathan Petrelli
Sendhil Ramamurthy	...	Mohinder Suresh
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Peter Petrelli
Clea DuVall	...	FBI Agent Audrey Hanson
Nora Zehetner	...	Eden McCain
Cristine Rose	...	Angela Petrelli
Stacy Haiduk	...	FBI Agent Elisa Thayer
James Kyson Lee	...	Ando Masahashi

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | USA:TV-14

Company:

NBC Universal Television

Trivia:

When Niki is watching the video of her stripping for the Linderman guys, the voice over the part where she is lifting her shirt says "that's the way I like it". On the pilot episode when that scene was shot, the same voice says "look at that belly".

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Hiro is walking in downtown Manhattan, he passes a Carl's Jr restaurant sign. Carl's Jr. is a fast food chain located on the west coast. On the east coast, it is named "Hardee's"

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mohinder Suresh: We all imagine ourselves the agents of our destiny, capable of determining our own fate. But have we truly any choice in when we rise, or when we fall, or does a force larger than ourselves bid us our direction? Is it evolution that takes us by the hand, does science point our way, or is it God who intervenes keeping us safe?

Movie Connections:

References "Star Trek" (1966)

Soundtrack:

Eyes

Entwining the Lives of the Characters

When Nikki wakes up, she sees the two criminals dead in her garage. She brings her son and finds a brand new Cadillac in her name and the bodies in the trunk, with instructions and a map to bury the corpses in the desert. Peter awakes in the hospital and his mother tells him that his father was depressed and committed suicide. When Peter decides to jump from the terrace of his building, his brother Nathan discloses that both can fly. Hiro is teleported to the Times Square and finds a comic book written by Isaac Mendez telling his saga. He goes to Isaac studio, finds him dead and is arrested by the police. A man pretending to be an exterminator bugs Mohinder's apartment, but he fights with the guy and is helped by his next door neighbor. In Los Angeles, the Police Officer Matt Parkman (Greg Grunberg) telepathically hears the voice of a child in a murder scene and is arrested as a suspect. Claire hides her heroic rescue in the fire and her evil stepfather discloses her abilities in her stolen tape.

In this second episode, the painter that paints the future is killed and a new telepathic character is introduced. The stories now begin to entwine in New York, and this episode was better than the first one. The ability of Nikki is intriguing, and I am curious how her image in the mirror interacts in the real world. I would speculate that it might be the reflection of her alter-ego. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Não Olhe Para Trás"