Heroes: An Invisible Thread: Recap

Heroes: An Invisible Thread season finale recap

***Spoilers ahead, please don't read if you haven't watched the finale***

So as an up and down season three comes to an end there were a few things left up in the air and of course a bunch of new questions established already for next season, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it, because it's messy.

Tonight's episode starts off with Sylar framing Danko for this whole ordeal and transforms backs into that agent and then of course escorts Danko out of the building, thus allowing himself to roam about without a worry. Sylar has kidnapped Nathan and is going to meet with the President in order to shake his hand and take his shape. Things are kind of slowed down for Sylar when Claire arrives but has a hard time figuring out if it is her dad in front of her or someone else. Sylar being very clever uses his ability to get an object's history by just touching it. He talks to her about Mexico and then of course she starts to feel a little bit more comfortable but notices something when 'Nathan' goes back into the bathroom, most likely her dad's limp body on the floor.

Elsewhere Hiro and Ando are still on their quest to get to building 26 and to stop everyone from coming after people with abilities. But not all is right with Hiro as he continues to have repercussions every time he stops time. So of course he freezes time just one more time in order to free all the people who have been captured by Danko and his men. Danko and Noah are in the same holding cell after Noah drops off Angela and Claire after he spots something fishy. After Hiro and Ando free all the prisoners including Dr. Suresh, Suresh informs Hiro that he indeed is still human and needs to rest because his body is over doing it.

Danko and Noah appear to be on the same side and Danko pulls out some sort of 'elephant' tranquilizer and informs Noah that this will knock Sylar out because Sylar has moved the sweet spot in the back of his head, so that won't do. Danko all of a sudden sneaks up on Noah and as he is about to put the dart into Noah's neck, enter Hiro who freezes time and injects Danko with it. Hiro is left severely wounded and Noah sets out to find Sylar.

Sylar and Claire are now together and Sylar has made himself known to Claire after Claire spots 'Nathan' signing the sign in sheet left handed when Nathan himself is a righty. Sylar goes on to talk about how much they have in common and that who knows, one day she could come to love her and become her first first lady. The real Nathan and Peter enter the building and Nathan reveals himself to some fellow agents and they see that he can fly. Nathan and Peter head up to the room Sylar is in and as they arrive, the door opens and out flies Claire and of course just when we think we're going to see an epic battle between the Petrelli's and Sylar the door is shut, just a good way for NBC to cut back on cost, I'm sure.

As the battle concludes Claire reenters the room to discover that Peter is the sole remainder as Sylar and Nathan are no where to found. Nathan and Sylar land back in the room after Peter and Claire are gone and it is then when Sylar cuts his throat and Nathan dies. Angela arrives back at the room with Matt because she had a dream that Parkman will help save Nathan. She is a wreck upon seeing her dead son and they are too late. Sylar is back as Nathan and thus goes on to finish his quest to get close to shake the President's hand. He is stopped by a fellow agent but of course takes his identity and enters the car that has the President inside. The two shake hands and Sylar starts to be revealed as his power appears to be draining.

And all of a sudden the dart is forced into Sylar's neck and the President reveals himself to be Peter. That's right Peter has all of his powers and then some now, oh yeah. Sylar is knocked out and then something completely screwed up happens.

Angela along with Noah ask Matt to make Sylar think he is Nathan and permanently. Parkman is very skeptical about this but in the end he uses his mind power to convince Sylar that Sylar is dead, Gabriel Gray is dead and that he is Nathan Petrelli and only him. So of course Nathan reappears and all seems well. The copy cat guy who was still shape shifted as Sylar is the body they burn as all of the Heroes are surrounding the fire, without suspecting a thing.. Thus Volume Four ends...

VOLUME FIVE: REDEMPTION:

A mysterious agent enters his apartment to discover his water is running. And all of a sudden a puddle of water is moving across his floor and starts to take the shape of a human to unveil that's it's Nikki or Tracy or whatever her name is going to be, and it is there where she says, 'You're the fourth.' Back to Nathan's office where a headline in the paper says fourth mysterious agent death, so thus we know a story line heading into the next season of 'Heroes.' Angela arrives to go to lunch with Nathan and it is there where Nathan can't stop looking at one of these clocks and even realizes that it is running over a minute fast and he adjusts it. The two leave together for lunch and we fade to black...

TK's thoughts:

I loved the season finale. I thought things were wrapped up very nicely and can't wait to see where they take the show next and what kind of power Tracy/Nikki possess, because she can take a liquid form now. Danko isn't dead so it will be interesting to see if they bring him back for another season as I thought he added a lot of dimension to the show with his character. Will Sylar stay dead forever, or will small things trigger something inside him to realize that something is wrong. Sylar has always been too powerful so something tells me we haven't seen the last of him, thus meaning Nathan would be the casualty from this season. Either way I can't wait to see what happens next, and with Volume 5 being titled Redemption, God only knows what lies in store for us Heroes fans..

TK