S02E06: 'The Line'

Published Thursday, May 29 2008, 21:46 BST | By Ben Rawson-Jones | 9 comments

Still testing the patience, Heroes continues to limp along with only occasional moments that generate any interest.

Bennet's Ukrainian excursion conjured up the delights of witnessing the horn-rimmed man's reversion to ruthlessness, with his menacing demand of "we need to talk" deliciously deployed to Ivan in a foreign tongue. His daughter's cheerleader subplot is also effective, with dastardly mean girl Debbie getting her comeuppance in inspired fashion. Underage drinking poses many dangers, but Debbie's demise is fairly unique. Maybe she'll stick to Slush Puppies from now on.

Elsewhere, Hiro finally locked lips with his beloved Yaeko in the agonisingly painful Kensei storyline. Ando appears to be desperate to find out what happens next, although it's hard to imagine his views are shared by many. The sooner those scrolls are burnt the better. Can someone, perhaps Sir Bob Geldof, orchestrate a campaign to restore Sylar's powers so that he can suck the brains out of the irritating siblings Maya and Alejandro? He's been a mere passenger in their car for too many episodes, with little of note happening.

Like Sylar himself, the entire show seems to be bereft of its powers. The occasional bark is not enough - we need some serious bite.

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paulette in Orlando, on June 4th, 2008
The writing on the show has been inspired and if you don't get it, then you don't get it but don't try to review something the rest of us do get. Very inpatiently waiting for the new season. The writers should never take to heart any bad reviews.

Mike, London, on May 31st, 2008
I think where as in the first season it was hard to spot the holes amongst the plot, in season 2 we are trying to find the plot amongst the holes.

Joel, Nottingham, on May 31st, 2008
I must admit these middle episodes lagged slightly but the last few of the season are amazing. The Claire/West thing doesn't seem real to me and the cheerleader side story is just...dull. Still, don't give up.

Jinky, Dumbarton, on May 30th, 2008
I don't get all this bashing of series two. It is no slower than series one and it is laying down some excellent groundwork. I'm now one ahead on bbc three and the ground work is already coming together. heroes was never a series to rush itself along. Why are people expecting that now?

Alan, London, on May 30th, 2008
All the negativity before this series aired worried me , but I don't agree at all. It's still as fab as ever !

Emoqueen, on May 30th, 2008
Well as the weeks carry on im sinking lower and lower,The storyline with peter is dreadful,writers strike or no maybe the best way forward was leaving it alone till that was sorted.

Adam, on May 30th, 2008
I think people are being wholly unfair on this series of Heroes. It is no more, no less exciting than the previous series which did at times seem to go nowhere. However, this series, I believe has been an improvement in every aspect apart from Sylar who when dead at the end of last series, should have stayed dead. The super 12 that are slowly being killed off proves to be a good story arc as does Matt/Molly/Mohinder following them. People may not be allowed to view this series with the same new rose tinted specs as they viewed the opening series, but this series contains the same amount of thrills as always. Crisis? Only in the minds of some.

Paul, Manchester, on May 30th, 2008
It's getting better, but there are some characters who really should have been killed off in the first season finale... Mohinder for one! Parkman is also a bore, and Niki/Jessica... who cares?! Loving Monica though! I've realised you can actually miss a few episodes of this series and not miss any narrative. The whole thing seems to be filler. Season 1 was the build up - now we need the pay-off.

BVB, on May 29th, 2008
Tonight's episode was freaking sweet.

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