Brave New World

Season 4, Episode 18, Aired
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As Noah's life hangs in the balance, Samuel prepares to kill thousands and Peter and the others must band together to stop him and save Emma.
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  • Mixed feelings about this particular season.

    5.5
    "Mediocre"
    By d-phrag, Jan 17, 2012 Report Abuse
    My attention was grabbed immediately after the very first episode of the first season. I've been watching it since then, but somewhere in the beginning of season 4 I've started to lose track of what happened, who's who and to seek answers (well, maybe I'm way too old to be a real die-hard fan of anything). The biggest disappointment this season - the choice of Robert Knepper as the new bad guy. After just 2 roles in a major TV series he managed to turn himself in to a cliche - with all that blurred Southern accent and Keith Richards-like behaviour. Poor guy (well, he is probably enjoying his paychecks and fame very much) - he is such a single sided actor - unless he proves me wrong in some other TV series or a movie. But I've had enough T-Bag.

    Speaking of bad guys - can't say anything bad about Zach Quinto - perfect acting, without overdoing it like Knepper always does. There's a great bright future for this guy, as he is extremely talented and multifaceted actor.moreless

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  • Amazing finsih to an amazing season! Warning, spoilers contained in this review

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    By Dark_Davis, Nov 13, 2011 Report Abuse
    This season started off a bit shakey, but I have to admit, it picked up major steam. The show lost track last season I feel, but this season is the shows savoir. We get back to what this show is really about. This episode is probably my favourite end to a season of Heroes. I know people will be all like "Sylar being good, why?". Maybe not everyone agree's with it. I sure hope this time he has changed good for real. I am personally one of the people who started to hate his character, how it was always the same, but this season changed things, I think for the first time I really felt like we started to know more about him, why he is the way he is. And I believe he wants to change, this time I believe he is sincere. For me all the main characters this season have been kicked up a notch. The only character I have been disappointed in is Parkman, but I feel with the next season we will see more of him. I can't think of what I look forward to most in the next season, there are just so many things. Clair's act will change things, no doubt, but it will be interesting to see how things will change. If anything I think she is one of the bigger characters that for a while had been played down by bad scripts, I think she serves a bigger purpose, and I think this season showed that. She was the main person to save in season one, and now I think we are finally starting to see why that is. Also, Sylar has a long road ahead of him, having Peter on his side will help, but he has caused so much pain, it will be hard for people to just accept he has changed. What will happen with Samuel, I surely hope they deal with him properly, he is unstable, and I actually grew to hate him more then I had Sylar, I mean, Sylar was a pain in the ass, but he had some sort of control, a smart way about him with an evil twist. Samuel was just twisted, and he knew how to manipulate people so that he could get things the way he wanted them. There is also the fact of where Hiro went off too, and what is going to happen with all those people he took. Whenever next season comes, I definitely will be tuning in. I have to admit, I almost didn't want to watch Heroes anymore, after last season, but this season has brought it back, and it's now better than ever, and to that I say, bring on the next season!moreless

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  • Okay for a normal episode, bad for a season finale!

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    By BradPitt22777, Jun 11, 2011 Report Abuse
    I really have mixed feelings about this episode... What I liked is, that all plot lines come together and everything gets solved. Moreover I personally enjoyed seeing Sylar getting a "makeover" ;-) I think, he being allways the bad guy really wore off after 4 years...

    What I really didnt like, was the "big finale"!!! Calire and the others just TALK to all the peolpe, which have been lured to the carnival to watch Samuels show and tell them to leave?!? Thats it? REALLY??? Talking? That was very disappointing!!! Just think about the season one finale: All hereos had to combine their powers to stop Sylar! And now they just talk to people?!? I think, that just says all about, where this show has come to...moreless

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  • I like where they are taking sylar's character, but why dont they give back peter's original powers back.

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    By viral69, Apr 09, 2011 Report Abuse
    Even though some of the things are very exciting, the series is becoming quite boring. I am especially irritated with claire. She is getting very annoying. She is meant to be a college girl, why doesnt she just go to school and let the others save the world. And what the hell was all that with revealing the secrets about, din't she listen to her almost dying father in the trailer.

    I also din't understand the part where samuel lost all his powers completely when he became alone. How come when he goes to the city or something alone he still has all his powers and strength then?

    Heroes need to improve on the story, making it more interesting and nail bitting.moreless

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  • Peter deserves to have his powers back. There were a lot of discrepancies in the story line. Lack of special effects at times. On the plus side, it was a great episode to cap off some loose ends of other smaller stories.moreless

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    By ThaiTruong1, Apr 09, 2011 Report Abuse
    Peter - Might as well give back his original powers because he had Matt's mind reading powers at the beginning of the episode and then he flew into Samuel towards the end?! unless he got it from Syler. Why doesn't Peter just take Sylar's abilities and presto back to full power again as Sylar's original ability is to understand how things work including leaning new powers. It really brought Heroes to a high level with Peter being able to acquire and keep new powers. The one power at a time is really stupid. i'm surprised that he didn't acquire his mom's and dad's powers from the get go because he was near them all the time.

    Sylar - I'm surprised Sylar's character isn't still acquiring new powers through his newly learned method of empathy.

    Matt - I do agree that it was strange that Eli just kind of revealed the truth about the killing even though Matt wasn't involved with the carnival thing yet. I believe Matt read his thoughts to see his past and intentions and pushed a thought into him to be good and truthful??.

    Hiro & Ando - The original side kick thing was cool and i hope with Ando's new power that they don't stomp out Hiro's bigger role. they are more on equal ground now with the new dynamic.

    Matt's baby - activating and deactivating powers is an interesting power. that should trigger peter's powers back.

    Next Season - I like where they are taking this on a similar plane as X-Men; however unlike X-Men, my hope is that they DO do the full on battle with bad guys vs good guys towards the end of the season. kind of like how they had on X-Men's opening theme at the beginning of each episode showing the final clash.moreless

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    • International Airdates: Canada: February 8, 2010 on Global Australia: April 1, 2010 on 7TWO UK: May 1, 2010 on BBC2 Latin America: May 25, 2010 on Universal Channel Germany: December 9, 2010 on RTL II Czech Republic: April 1, 2011 on Prima COOL Finland: May 25, 2011 on Sub Edit

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    • Samuel: You seem to have found my power. Peter: It's funny how that works, huh? I'm not gonna let you hurt anyone now. Samuel: Peter, you of all people should know they have to fear us! That's the only way they'll respect us. All you've ever wanted was respect. We both know what it's like to live in the shadow of a brother. Joseph destroyed my potential, kept me down, just like your brother. Peter: My brother didn't let me down. He built me up. Edit
    • Matt: (thinking) You want to leave, right now. Eli: Are you trying to push a thought? All but one of us are pretty... thoughtless. Edit
    • Lauren: (about Claire) What is she doing? Noah: Breaking my heart. Edit

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    • Sylar: That's right. It's a brave new world. Referencing Shakespeare's The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1, where Miranda says, "O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world! That has such people in't!" The quote serves as the basis for the title of the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, a book about a future where war, disease and famine have been wiped out but at the cost of family, culture, literature, and religion. Edit
    • Doyle: Is that Dudley Doo-Right in there? Referencing Dudley Do-Right, the dim-witted but heroic Canadian Mountie immortalized in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (1959-1964), and later spun off into his own show and a live-action movie. Dudley fights against Snidely Whiplash with the assistance of Horse, his horse. Edit

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