Originally posted by: lordjedi
Here's what I got out of the finale. Sort of a reply to crazyrabbits.
I don't think Parkman knew how dangerous Sylar was, at least not until after Sylar stopped the bullets. Maybe Ando figured he could get the drop on him.
Consider that Parkman was present for the incident when Sylar murdered Molly's parents (including freezing them with an ice power), and when he shot Sylar with multiple bullets when the guy tried to kidnap Molly/kill Lt. Hanson. Clearly, the guy at least knows that Sylar should be immune to/able to stop bullets. It makes no sense that he decides to go all gung-ho, especially when he's seen what happens when he uses his gun.
Outside involvement aside (the Company had no reason to close the square off to outside individuals, because they don't have Molly to track Sylar, Thompson is dead, most of the security personnel in the building near the plaza are investigating Linderman and Thompson's murders, and there is no way HRG could have gotten through a blocked off section without being stopped by the Company [remember, he's still wanted by them]), there should have been at least SOME people outside (this is New York, after all).
In addition, I'm surprised that not ONE of the main characters were detained by the police or arrested. Considering the dead bodies in the building, the fact that there was a massive explosion right above the heart of the city AND a dead man laying in the plaza square, it's ridiculous that all of the characters were able to get away scot-free. For that matter, where was Agent Hanson? Why was she reintroduced in the previous episode? Wouldn't it have made more sense for her to show up at the end and get suspicious of what had happened in the plaza?
I think Candice's comments about being an entirely different shape were just her way of playing Micah. He really had no way of knowing what her true form was.
Here's what I got out of the finale. Sort of a reply to crazyrabbits.
I don't think Parkman knew how dangerous Sylar was, at least not until after Sylar stopped the bullets. Maybe Ando figured he could get the drop on him.
Consider that Parkman was present for the incident when Sylar murdered Molly's parents (including freezing them with an ice power), and when he shot Sylar with multiple bullets when the guy tried to kidnap Molly/kill Lt. Hanson. Clearly, the guy at least knows that Sylar should be immune to/able to stop bullets. It makes no sense that he decides to go all gung-ho, especially when he's seen what happens when he uses his gun.
Claire shooting Peter. Got me on this one. Maybe, like others have suggested, he can only use one power at a time. Maybe he was so busy concentrating on trying to not blow up that it would have killed him. She was probably freaked out too. Since Peter saved her, she just couldn't pull the trigger.
Well, love dialogue aside, didn't Richard Roundtree's character make a reference to Peter ALWAYS having his powers turned on? Or am I missing something here?
Oh, really? Sylar just decides to stand there and do nothing when a guy with a sword verbally calls his name and runs towards him with a weapon screaming? He had more than enough time to get out of the way, so either he's a complete idiot, or he wanted to die, but since this is Sylar we're talking about here, that's a little hard to fathom.
My thoughts on the plaza being empty are that it was really late at night. Probably no one around for the short time they were there since everyone else was at home sleeping.
Well, love dialogue aside, didn't Richard Roundtree's character make a reference to Peter ALWAYS having his powers turned on? Or am I missing something here?
Sylar's overconfidence was his weakness. Plus, I'm betting that he didn't think the future could be changed, so he had to be stabbed at some point. Since Peter didn't go nuclear in the square, he won't let it happen again.
Oh, really? Sylar just decides to stand there and do nothing when a guy with a sword verbally calls his name and runs towards him with a weapon screaming? He had more than enough time to get out of the way, so either he's a complete idiot, or he wanted to die, but since this is Sylar we're talking about here, that's a little hard to fathom.
My thoughts on the plaza being empty are that it was really late at night. Probably no one around for the short time they were there since everyone else was at home sleeping.
Outside involvement aside (the Company had no reason to close the square off to outside individuals, because they don't have Molly to track Sylar, Thompson is dead, most of the security personnel in the building near the plaza are investigating Linderman and Thompson's murders, and there is no way HRG could have gotten through a blocked off section without being stopped by the Company [remember, he's still wanted by them]), there should have been at least SOME people outside (this is New York, after all).
In addition, I'm surprised that not ONE of the main characters were detained by the police or arrested. Considering the dead bodies in the building, the fact that there was a massive explosion right above the heart of the city AND a dead man laying in the plaza square, it's ridiculous that all of the characters were able to get away scot-free. For that matter, where was Agent Hanson? Why was she reintroduced in the previous episode? Wouldn't it have made more sense for her to show up at the end and get suspicious of what had happened in the plaza?
I think Candice's comments about being an entirely different shape were just her way of playing Micah. He really had no way of knowing what her true form was.
There's no reason for Candice to "play" Micah by suggesting she has a bigger shape. What, do you think Micah was supposed to be fearful that Candice would turn into a 500-pound woman and bodyslam him? Her comments indicated that her past form was different, but if she turned into the "regular" Candice at the end, why bother including those suggestions in the previous episode?
Finally, I have one more question (I swear):
Where was Claude? Or Hana (Wireless) Gitelman? Or the Haitian? The Haitian!!!