"Heroes" Chapter Six 'Shades of Gray' (2009)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Greg Beeman

Writers:

Tim Kring (creator)
Oliver Grigsby (written by)

TV Series:

"Heroes" (2006)

Original Air Date:

9 March 2009 (Season 3, Episode 19)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Now on his own, Sylar finally finds his biological father, Samson Gray, a reclusive, lung-cancer ridden taxidermist...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Mental Blackout | One Word Title | Insane Asylum | Regeneration

Cast

Jack Coleman	...	Noah Bennet
Greg Grunberg	...	Matt Parkman
Ali Larter	...	Tracy Strauss
James Kyson Lee	...	Ando Masahashi
Masi Oka	...	Hiro Nakamura
Hayden Panettiere	...	Claire Bennet
Adrian Pasdar	...	Nathan Petrelli
Zachary Quinto	...	Sylar
Sendhil Ramamurthy	...	Mohinder Suresh (voice)
Cristine Rose	...	Angela Petrelli
Ashley Crow	...	Sandra Bennet
David H. Lawrence	...	Eric Doyle (as David H. Lawrence XVII)
Taylor Cole	...	Rachel Mills
Kevin Christy	...	Claire's Boss
Nigel Gibbs	...	DC Police Lieutenant

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Tailwind Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: End Credits read: "No Animales Were Harmed In The Making Of This Episode."

Quotes:

Samson Gray: Please - I need... that power. I don't wanna die!
Sylar: No, no, no, of course not. Of course you don't.
Samson Gray: It won't kill you if I ta... take it. You'll... heal. You'll be fine.
Sylar: Yeah. But so will you.

An okay,occasionally good episode,

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The beginning of volume 4 was excellent,but it has gotten downhill since. However,with this episode the tides just maybe changing.While this was just an okay episode compared to the episodes we've seen on this show before,it had certain great moments that managed to surprise and excite me.Sylar's father using that weird siren song power was the first surprising moment on this show for quite some time.I had been reserving my judgement on Sylar's side quest until his meeting with his father,but it was everything i hoped for.Finally,Sylar has a clear motive for grander things.Samson gray's dialogues reminded me of Linderman's speech to Nathan about a life of meaning,which encouraged Nathan to go for the presidency.With Story lines,hints and rumours all pointing towards a possible "Five Years Gone" future we saw in season one,Samson's speech maybe indicating why Sylar went after the presidency in that timeline.Angela petrelli's confrontation with Danko was very satisfactory.Cristine rose is indeed a great actress and her character is one of the few best written one's of the show.Some of the other story lines,however were not that good.Claire's attempt to help Doyle was too predictable and boring.That scene where Doyle attacks the female agent had no urgency or emotion.Also predictable was Danko pushing Nathan out of the window.Overall it's a mediocre,verging on good episode.With Bryan Fuller coming back in the next episode,things just maybe looking up for Heroes.