Review of Heroes Cold Snap (Rebel Revealed!)

Heroes seems to be an underdog, in a way. I mean, people loved this show so much…and then (we all) loved to hate it. And now?…we seem unsure as to whether or not to place our faith in the resilience the show may or may not have to bounce back to former glory. If I liked sports at all, I’d probably use a sports metaphor here. Lucky for you, I happen to hate sports as much as I hate slugs. Gross. 

Tracy Strauss on Heroes - NBC : She Took the Heat!

This episode (‘Cold Snap’) focused on the character of Tracy Strauss (Ali Larter), which was fitting as it may or may not be her last episode. While I hadn’t previously enjoyed the character, for once I did. And maybe that’s the beauty of being able to finally get people to care when you want the emotional payoff for loss.

I personally never have been able to wrap my brain around the fact that Niki Sanders was truly dead – which maybe is naive of me. I just hate when main characters are killed off. Apparently the show hates that too, so they brought Ali Larter in as another character. But this character failed to pique the interest of most anyone, rendering her basically a failure. And I felt bad for Larter. She was so integral to the first season, and I hated the idea that she’d be written off. I always was interested in the backstory of Nikki and her sister, and her entire family history.

Tracy Strauss et al freed by Rebel! NBC

Also, I  hated that with Nikki/Jessica gone, her son, Micah (Noah Gray-Cabey) was suddenly not important at all. Why do people bring in younger characters if they’re going to abuse them? Say what you want about how annoying Dawn Summers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was, at least they didn’t use/drop her.

The great thing was that the character of Micah got at least one final time to interact with his ‘Mom’ albeit as the persona of Tracy Strauss. And while I might want to wonder if Micah couldn’t have gotten himself, or both of them away without Tracy having to sacrifice herself, the gesture was almost overwhelmingly sweet. While she kept saying ‘I am not your Mom’ she protected him as though, for a moment, she knew she could honor Nikki in that way.

Whether Tracy is really dead is up for debate. I mean, she did blink her eye even after being smashed…I could see her icy/water molecules kind of sucking back together and letting her be ‘her’ again. Which would in a way make her indestructible a la Claire Bennet (Hayden Panettiere). Which, hey, cool!

We Lost Daphne Millbrook (Brea Grant) in 'Cold Snap'...and I kinda don't fully care.... NBC

Now, as for ‘Rebel’ it seemed pretty obvious that Micah was going to be rebel. At least I really wanted it to be him – he had all the tools. But I had hoped it was going to be Molly Walker (Adair Tishler), too! I mean, she can find anyone – that’s gotta come in handy. Plus, I miss her! Again, you can’t just write these kids off like they don’t matter! I mean, wouldn’t people be after her? Come on! I assume people have been after Micah too. The actor has certainly grown up, just like Walt of Lost!

I really love that Rebel is Micah, and I hope we get a flashback episode that centers on him and how he came to be Rebel.

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