Ali Larter

In the US: Monday 5th October, 9pm, NBC
In the UK: November? Oh, who knows

Was this episode three in disguise? I’m not convinced, despite all the NBC press releases and publicity shots that said it was. So Ink was basically just a bad move altogether.

But that’s of no consequence. Do you know what is of consequence?

This episode was written by Bryan Fuller. Yes, wonderful Bryan Fuller, saviour of Heroes last season and general all-round good writer.

In the character tag-team that is Volume Five, it’s a Hiro/Ando, Peter/HRG, HRG/Claire, Nathan/Sylar/Peter and Tracy/HRG episode and compared to last week’s episode, it’s a great return to form for Heroes. It’s just a shame it wasn’t quite the knock out that Cold Snap was since this could be our Bryan’s last episode before he leaves to write a sitcom.

For shame, Bryan. For shame.

Still, at least he’s left us with Ali Larter in a towel. God bless him for that.

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In the US: Mondays, 8pm, NBC
In the UK: BBC2, the end of the year/start of next year

Well, as ‘please watch us again’ titles go, Redemption could hardly be bettered – and that’s what the latest volume of Heroes is called. Last season was something of a disaster creatively – at least volume 3, since volume 4 was pretty much a return to season one form – with the show haemorraging viewers for most of its run as a result.

So here we are again at the start of a season. As per usual, there are big hopes for the show. As per usual, it’s written by Tim Kring.

Oh bugger.

But actually, for a Tim Kring script, it’s really not that bad. In fact, in a whole lot of ways it was very, very good. But like Father Ted’s Ford Cortina, it seems that all the slight tapping on the bodywork hasn’t yet quite managed to get the show into shape.

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