Heroes has done this before, we take a retrospective look at what has happened in the past. So today’s episode is one of those where we look back (like the title admits) at how things got the way there are in this season.

Peter
At the begining of this episode we get to see what happened to Peter and Nathan when they flew off to save the world. It is interesting to see Nathan let Peter go, which tells me why it hurts him so bad. We see Nathan taken to the hospital, and Peter taken out by Elle (Kristen Belle). Peter is taken to the company, his abilities are dampened by some medication, and sent into a room. Peter learns rather quickly that he is being held captive, and that he is not being helped by staying there, so he begins to get his powers back. Coming towards the end of the episode we see how Peter got into the big storage bin, the Haitian who was once helped by Peter’s mom, puts him in there and tells him that he wants him to have a new and better life.

Maya & Alejandro
I have not been a big fan of the Maya & Alejandro storyline but we get to see Alejandro and Maya four months prior, at Alejandro’s wedding. Maya witnesses Alejandro’s new wife cheating already and she cry’s the black tears and kills everyone but her brother. We find out that Maya and Alejandro have only known about how to control Maya’s abilties for a month.

DL
We see DL in the hospital room, and it seems like everything is going well. Bob shows up in the hospital to confront Nikki about joining the company. To see DL alive is a very neat part of hte show, I know there are a lot of us who were excited to see him in this episode. DL comes to get Nikki (whose new alter ego came out) and was at an LA Night Club where DL is shot and killed.

Adam
We find that in the months before the second season, that Adam is in the cell next to Peter, and the two converse, it is really the only communication Peter has with the outside world while in the facility. It is interesting to see Adam in the present day setting, his character is obviously going to be a big part of the show. We find out that Adam’s blood heals people, and that is how Nathan was healed.

Overall Thoughts
This is one of those episodes that just leads up to what is to come. It answers a lot of questions that we had about how we got to this place in the first place. It wasn’t as engaging as last week’s episode, but it is setting up for the next three episodes in a big way.

Heroes ratings have been on a sincere tumble since the third episode of the season or so, and things just haven’t got a whole lot better for the show. That is not to say that the shows ratings are bad because they are still solid going up against arguably the biggest show on TV, Dancing With the Stars, but I know I among many others were expecting better things from Heroes this season. Here is what Media Life Magazine had to say about the Heroes ratings for Out of Time:

ABC led again at 9 p.m. with a 5.2 average for the last 45 minutes of “Stars” and the first 15 minutes of “Samantha,” while NBC moved to second with a 4.9 for “Heroes.” CBS was third with a 4.5 average for “Two and a Half Men” (5.0) and “Rules of Engagement” (4.0), Fox fourth with a 3.4 for another hour of “Break,” Univision fifth with a 2.5 for “Destilando Amor” and CW sixth with a 1.0 average for “Girlfriends” (0.9) and “The Game” (1.1).

I personally believe that if Heroes can stick with this pace that it had in this past episode (by far the best of the season) and get the show back on track, there is only one way for the ratings to go, back up.

Well now begins the five weeks that are predicted to be some of the best episodes of Heroes yet. So without further ado, here is our review of Heroes Out of Time.

Hiro
As we saw last week, Hiro was caught kissing the princess by Kensei, and it looks like his hero hasn’t taken it to lightly. He has Hiro held captive, and it looks like the hero that Hiro had looked up to wasn’t much of a Hero after all. Hiro get’s away with the princess and goes back to face Kensei head on. They get into a big of a sword fight when some fire combine with gun powder to make a massive explosion with only Kensei inside. Hiro makes his final goodbye’s with the princess and heads back to the modern day where he finds his friend Ando and the impending news of his fathers death.

Peter
At the end of last week’s episode we saw Peter go from Montreal to a deserted New York City where there have been evacuation notices and now are being quarantined. We see Peter in the future talking with his Mom about the virus and how it took Nathan and that it was up to him to save the world (again). Peter gathers his memory rather quickly and we can see that Peter is going to have a big role is saving this world from the virus.

Claire/West
I have never been a big fan of this West character, who is the new boyfriend of Claire who can fly. West decides that he will just stop over and make waffles. West is one of those characters that comes with that “odd” gut feeling. You just know something is not right, and it has something to do with Claire’s dad. Whatever the case is West is not up to anything good coming over unannounced making waffles at her house.

We see later that same day West and Claire having a little tonsil hockey when they go for a snack and Claire has to tell West that her dad is the man with “horn rimmed glasses” the man West is after. Claire’s dad finds out about West and says that they need to leave, there is a lot of turmoil in the household.

Parkman
I have to be honest with you all, I never saw Parkman having as big of an impact on Heroes as he has. He just never seemed like a key component. However Parkman is told that he is the only one that can save him from his Dad and that is exactly what he does. He is learning to go beyond just reading people’s mind but instead searching there thoughts and dreams (like his dad). He is back in his old house before his Dad left and Molly is with Parkman, and guess who else shows up? Parkman’s dad. Parkman overcomes his fear of his father and traps him in his own dream.

Overall Thoughts

This was the best episode of Season 2 hands down, it answered a lot of questions, added even more and set up for a great couple of episodes to follow. Although I am still at lost why Kensei from the past (now called Adam) is in the present, I am sure a lot will be answered next week!

Late last week TVGuide reported that Heroes could be making an early exit to its sophomore season. Why you might ask? Blame the writers strike which was made official this morning. According to TVGuide.com the cast and crew have gone back and make a second ending to the December 3rd episode which would act as the end of the season for the show, making us wait another nine months for the third season. Here is what TVGuide.com had to say:

Heroes‘ second season may be coming to a close a lot sooner than expected due to the forthcoming apocalypse, also known in some circles as the damn writers’ strike.

Sources confirm that the show is going back and shooting an alternate ending to the Dec. 3 episode that, if used, would allow the episode to function as a season finale in the event of a strike. Originally, the episode was only supposed to serve as the conclusion of the current “Generations” arc. Should an 11th-hour agreement be reached and a strike averted (fingers crossed!), the alt ending would likely be scrapped.

The ratings for Heroes have been dropping on a weekly basis, and if the writers strike holds true, the second season of Heroes could be coming up a bit short.

Well we have arrived hear at the November sweeps. This is a big time for television (which is why the writers strike is even more of an annoyance) and this is a great time to be a television viewer. Today marks the first episode of Heroes in the November 2007 sweeps and if Tim Kring’s proclamation last week was any indication of how tonights episode will be, we are in for one big treat! Here is what the bio of the episode had to say:

Peter and Caitlin learn about the endstage effects of the Heroes virus. Many of the Heroes work together to fight the Nightmare Man. West meets HRG. Hiro and Kensei’s journey comes to a head.

If the short summary of the episode is telling the truth, and Heroes are finally starting to come together to get the story a bit more “structured” then we could be seeing a big turn for the better on tonights episode!