"Heroes" Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (2006)

Director:

Allan Arkush

Writers:

Tim Kring (creator) and
Aron Eli Coleite (writer)

TV Series:

"Heroes" (2006)

Original Air Date:

27 November 2006 (Season 1, Episode 10)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Claire Bennett is at home reading when the cheer leading captain walk in with a uniform and informs...

Plot Keywords:

Family Relationships | Father Son Relationship | Super Power | New York City | Flashback

Cast

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
Leonard Roberts	...	D.L. Hawkins
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Peter Petrelli
Nora Zehetner	...	Eden McCain
James Kyson Lee	...	Ando Masahashi
Graham Beckel	...	Hal Sanders
Zachary Quinto	...	Sylar
Erick Avari	...	Chandra Suresh
Cristine Rose	...	Angela Petrelli

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:

Tailwind Productions

Trivia:

The laptop given to Micah by his grandfather was purchased for the production of the show on eBay. It was worth approximately $1900 when it was new (which isn't far short of the $2000 stated by Micah's grandfather). However, AndoverCG Computer Liquidators, a company that provides specialized computer equipment for TV shows, bought it off eBay for $380. The laptop, in reality, does not actually work as it was sold for "parts."

Goofs:

Anachronisms: At Peter's graduation party, the song "Smile" by Lily Allen is played. This song was released in July 2006 and was therefore not available "six months before" when the episode takes place.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mohinder Suresh: [narrating voice over] To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose. The Earth spins at a thousand miles an hour as we desperately try to keep from being thrown off. Like the first blush in winter, that signals a great migration. Was there any warning of their arrival? A sign, a single event that set this chain into motion? Was it a whisper in God's ear? Survive. Adapt. Escape. And if we could mark that single moment in time, that first hint of the prophecy of approaching danger...

Movie Connections:

References Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958)

It was nice to see some questions answered in this episode

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

I'm not very good at writing reviews of any kind, so bear with me. I liked this episode because it tied up some loose ends and answered some questions that needed to be answered. For example, this episode explains who Jessica is (Niki's alternate personality that she sees in the mirror). Mohinder's father arrives in New York to search for the people he believes have special powers, and shortly thereafter we see Sylar as he was before he became what we've known him as up until this point. About 2/3 to 3/4 of this episode is spent showing us events that happened 6 months ago (as this episode's title implies), and then at the end it brings us back to the present and we see Hiro finally return to his friend.