![]() ![]() Sylar can be killed now, since he does not have Claire’s power. However, he notices that Hiro and Sylar have not yet crossed paths as his string theory style timeline shows. ![]() This makes Future Hiro excited, because he learns that the cheerleader was saved. Future Hiro is trying to determine the precise moment to go to in order to change the future…and it was supposed to be the moment on October 4th with the moment on the subway. Future Hiro thought he had it beat, but apparently not so much. As we’re introduced to Chapter 20, Future Hiro notes that Sylar exploded the entire city. We open right where we left off last week, as Future Hiro is none too pleased to be seeing Hiro. For all the details, though, read on for the full recap. As an episode, it just wasn’t good enough. I’d read ‘Five Years Gone’ as a comic book. Its conclusion was a rushed mess without resonance or meaning, instead of an epic showdown. This episode could have been Hiro’s ‘Company Man’, but instead it attempted to do FAR too many things without realizing that this doesn’t make for good television. Instead, ‘Five Years Gone’ was an incredibly frustrating attempt to pander to that audience through various constructs and theories that never turned into a cohesive story. It wasn’t a comic book come to life, but real television drama. ‘Company Man’ was great TV because it was focused, isolated, well-made. It didn’t build any characters outside of those directly involved, considering that won’t be taking place after Hiro saves the day, and it was a return to the crowded attempts that the show struggled with early on. It was chaotic, confusing, in the end fairly pointless, and to be entirely honest with you I thought it was comic book television at its worst. Honestly, this episode was a bloody mess. Why ‘Five Years Gone’ was a Colossal Misstep ![]()
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