Heroes Meets It's Destiny (Contains Huge Spoilers)

The season finale of Heroes aired last night. I was skeptical about this show. It seemed to me to just be an X-Men knockoff. Once the first episode aired, however, I was hooked. It's very rare for a show to start out strong, even the greats like The Simpsons, Seinfeld, and Futurama need a few seasons to find their footing so that they can get the ball rolling. Heroes seemed to come out guns blazing. The whole season has been a hell of a ride and the expectations were high for the explosive finally (given the story line this season that could've been a very literal statement).

I myself enjoyed it. It seems that others weren't so fond of it. Rather then do a straight review I'd like to take the time to address some of the issues that many people seemed to have. The first question that many have asked is why didn't Peter just fly off on his own? He had the ablitiy to use other's powers without them being in proximity, he could've easily just flown off without having to have his brother come in and go on a kamikaze run right? I would have to say no. At this stage, Peter's only been able to manifest one power and that slot is currently occupied by going nuclear. If you were to not see it as a use of power, it's pretty clear that Peter's more focused on not exploding and even that isn't holding it back. I'm sure he was afraid that if he dropped his concentration at all it would go off and kill the millions that Linderman predicted it would. Nathan had to go in and save his little brother A: because it reaffirms that Peter needs him as he told Claire and B: it shows that Nathan isn't a "Birrain" . He was tempted by the power of the Oval Office but when push came to shove he had his brother's back and was going to do the right thing, even at the cost of his own life.