Comments on: Cold Snap

By: mason

mason — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:32:33 +0000

i know this thread is probably on the dead, but.

i’ve really enjoyed this part of the season. the pairing down of the characters, and storylines is fantastic. as for the baby not being big matt’s i think maybe it was sour grapes from janice. i think maybe she knew at the time that matt could read her mind and so put it out there to hurt him. he didn’t have the ability to really get in there and see if she was telling the truth. the whole matt flying thing i thought was a total homage to superman, why not? i thought it was nice, and to me they finally got the right to have daphne pass. before then it was like, wtf? you’re just gonna kill people willy nilly like that. i felt the same way of tracy. i liked that she finally got what it meant to sacrifice, really be there for someone.

i’m wodering about the “hereos” leaving the others in the lab. it just bugged, but that may just be me.

i know i’m probably just dumb, but i was really surprised about micah. i’m glad he’s back and i hope they use him more.

here’s to more and more fuller bringing back the show.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:14:22 +0000

I see Fuller’s role kind of the same as Obama’s role. There’s some crap to clean up from the last regime before he can truly start to do his own thing. Based on this episode, I’m cautiously optimistic about this show for the first time in a good long while.

By: GeekBoy

GeekBoy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:17:18 +0000

I don’t know about shot-for-shot, but I do think it was deliberately referencing that scene, yes. That was part of the point, wasn’t it? Matt was creating a “storybook ending” for Daphne, and since Matt’s not a particularly creative guy, that ending would have to come from somewhere — in this case, his memory of a romantic scene from Superman. He even gave himself the ability to fly like Superman to carry the scene out. And in the end, it’s what tipped Daphne off that it was an illusion.

As for Tracy, yes, there is a third sister waiting in the wings yet, which I’m sure we’ll see this season or next. Niki and Jessica were the same person.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:05:29 +0000

Was I the only one who thought the whole Matt/Daphne flying scene was almost shot for shot like the Superman/Lois scene in the first Superman movie?

Another thought… With Tracy possibly dead and Niki/Jessica dead, wasn’t there supposed to be a third sister who was injected with the super-juice as a baby, or was Jessica the third one who somehow manifested herself within Niki?

By: GeekBoy

GeekBoy — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:49:05 +0000

Was it ever established for certain that Matt wasn’t the baby’s father? I mean, I know Janice was sleeping with Matt’s friend. And I know Matt told Nathan that the kid wasn’t his. But what was that based on? An actual paternity test? Or just sour grapes on Matt’s part? It’s a sloppy lack of continuity regardless, but I think there’s probably more than enough room to explain it away based on the little bit we know.

By: GeekBoy

GeekBoy — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:33:17 +0000

Is Parkman’s wife really “back in the picture”? My impression is that they just brought the actress in for an episode to validate Hiro and Ando taking her baby — otherwise, they’d be kidnappers. Now that they have the baby and are (presumably) getting on a bus to find Big Matt, I don’t think the ex-wife will figure into the story anymore. Although I did think that having Matt talk about her to Daphne was a clever way to clear things up for somebody who may not have seen Season 1.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:39:17 +0000

Genevieve, I’d forgotten! I wonder how they’ll work that in. I’m sure they’ll come up with something.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:37:33 +0000

I guess it’s just me, then. I thought it was hysterical when Hiro pushed Ando out with that wheelbarrow, but I really hope they stop saying “Toddler Touch-and-Go!” I winced every time.

I also didn’t like the way Daphne’s death played out…Parkman’s ex-wife comes back in the picture just as Daphne leaves…it didn’t sit right with me. I’m much less a romantic than you guys, I guess. I thought the scene of her death in the hospital room was quite sad but the throwback to Superman’s flight with Lois Lane fell a little flat.

Yay for Micah’s return! How I’ve missed him.