"Heroes"
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (2006)

Director:

Greg Beeman

Writers:

Adam Armus (written by)
Tim Kring (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Heroes" (2006)

Original Air Date:

20 November 2006 (Season 1, Episode 9)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

As Homecoming approaches in Odessa, Claire's father makes an effort to save Claire's life. Peter, having tried to contact Hiro...

Plot Keywords:

Mother | Hero | Daughter | Son | Heroine

Cast

Santiago Cabrera	...	Isaac Mendez
Tawny Cypress	...	Simone Deveaux
Noah Gray-Cabey	...	Micah Sanders
Ali Larter	...	Jessica Sanders / Niki Sanders
Masi Oka	...	Hiro Nakamura
Hayden Panettiere	...	Claire Bennet
Adrian Pasdar	...	Nathan Petrelli
Sendhil Ramamurthy	...	Mohinder Suresh
Leonard Roberts	...	D.L. Hawkins
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Peter Petrelli
Nora Zehetner	...	Eden McCain
James Kyson Lee	...	Ando Masahashi
Ashley Crow	...	Sandra Bennet
Zachary Quinto	...	Sylar
Erick Avari	...	Chandra Suresh

Runtime:

45 min | 60 min (including commercials)

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the shot of Claire's mom explaining to her dad why she allowed Claire to sneak out to Homecoming, her lapel mike is visible.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mohinder Suresh: [voiceover] We are, if anything, creatures of habit - drawn to the safety and comfort of the familiar.
Zach: Do they actually believe that grain is a vegetable?
Mohinder Suresh: [voice over] But what happens when the familiar becomes unsafe, when the fear that we have been desperately trying to avoid, finds us where we live?

Good, but could have been better

Many TV shows have become expert at *seeming* to advance the story, but not actually doing so. This episode was good entertainment, but we weren't really told much of anything. How do any of these acts contribute to saving the world? How did anything anyone did, actually make a difference? Peter deliberately shows up for the scene containing his apparent death - why did he actively try to make that scene come true instead of actively trying to change it?

I don't think there is a consistent logic in these events, and ultimately we didn't really learn anything new about the underlying reasons for it all.

Still, good show, and I'll certainly keep watching. Great characters all-round, even if that walking fan-boy's dream, Ali Larter, had much too little screen-time!

8 out of 10.