Heroes: Episode 2 “Don’t Look Back”
Picking up right where last week’s episode left off the show continues to explore the ramifications that their mysterious powers have on our heroes’ lives while still finding time to further the overall plot and introduce some new characters.
Mohinder Suresh meets a friend of his father’s and finds that the cockroach isn’t the only bug in his apartment. He also makes a discovery that may lead him to what his father referred to as “patient zero.” Suresh may not have any superpowers but Sendhil Ramamurthy manages to make him interesting enough that we’re never bored when he’s onscreen. He also has the perfect voice for delivering the philosophical opening and closing narration each episode.
Single mother and internet stripper Niki heads out of town with her kid, along with a couple of dead guys in the trunk. How did they get there? And what’s at the destination marked on the map she finds in the shiny new convertible? It seems her blackouts hold the answer. Ali Larter was one of the more recognizable members of the ensemble cast having had a major role in the first two Final Destination films and made a memorable appearance in Kevin Smith’s Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. As mom on the run Niki Sanders she conveys the scared intensity of the character perfectly and I can’t wait to see where her story leads next.
