If you’ve been following the TV show, Heroes, you know that last night was supposed to solve the question of the missing three months. We were supposed to have all of our questions answered. I think, though, that I have just as many – if not more – questions as before.
After Claire is saved, Peter and Nathan Petrelli are left soaring through the air, relying on Nathan’s flight abilities. Unfortunately, Peter is having a hard time with it, and Peter lets go. When he is next seen, Nathan is scarred and burned, basically looking like a walking scab.
Peter, once he is found, is offered help by The Company, and ends up institutionalized. While in the building, Adam, who is also Takezo Kensei addresses him, and starts talking to him. Peter’s not really in the mood – he’s trying to “get better.” To do so, he’s been prescribed pills and receiving electrical zaps from Elle, which reduces his abilities. Adam, meanwhile, is opening Peter’s eyes to their situation. “Have you looked around?” He asks, implying that they’re not in an institution at all, but a jail. He challenges Peter to try and get out, also tempting him with the knowledge that he can save his brother.
And now, here’s where we need to decide. The man with the glasses who works for the company and is only known as “Bob” (and who is also Elle’s father) is uncharted territory. When he first approached Dr. Mohinder Saresh – I assumed he was a bad guy. And then, he seemed to have begun to agree with Saresh – and seemed just like some poor, downtrodden man who does what he’s told by his boss. He, Saresh, and Niki are working together against Matt Parkman’s father – a telepath who is trying to kill them – when he gets Niki and she injects the poison into her veins. But then, in last week’s episode Bob warned against a greater evil: Adam.
And now, this week, we’ve met Adam. And he doesn’t seem that bad. In fact, I kinda get the feeling he might be a good guy: he helps Peter escape, and he helped heal Nathan (who no longer looks like a scab, but is, in fact, completely healed without any burn marks or anything).
There is, however, one thing to consider: Takezo Kensei aka Adam is old, from feudal Japan. And he may have gone down as a hero, but we already know that’s because Hiro Nakaruma himself was the her… the real Takezo Kensei was anything but. So… has he changed and is he now a good guy? Or is it just another character pretending to be something he’s not? He has, after all, had several hundred years to change his character – but do people really change?
