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Someone Will Fly, Someone Will Die

Now, I'm as big a "Heroes" fan as they come.  But going into last Monday's episode, I was tantalized by the NBC promo promising that, "Someone will fly, someone ill die."  Unless I missed something, the only hero that died was the brand new one who can melt things on the floor of his apartment and who had a total of 30 seconds or so of screen time before Sylar dispatched him.  And the only one who flew was Officer Parkman when Niki/Jessica threw him out a window and he fell about 18 inches before mildly abraising himself on some scaffolding.

The new "Heroes" promos, in all of their creative genius, are promising, "Someone will fly, someone will die."

Ahh... tantalizing.

Do we believe it?  Will Peter Petrelli finally learn to harness his talents and soar around the country, preventing Sylar's next herocide?  And will someone important like Hiro or Isaac or Claire actually be shuffled loose the mortal coil?  Or is this just another fake out?

For now, I'm willing to give the show the benefit of the doubt.  Maybe they worked up this tagline as a teaser for next Monday's episode and they later realized it was applicable - in a very stretched way - to last week's as well, so they decided to double up.  Maybe the promo voiceover talent is just that expensive.

Time will tell.  Don't make a fool out of me, newest serial drama to win my devotion.

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Someone Will Fly, Someone Will Die

Now, I'm as big a "Heroes" fan as they come.  But going into last Monday's episode, I was tantalized by the NBC promo promising that, "Someone will fly, someone ill die."  Unless I missed something, the only hero that died was the brand new one who can melt things on the floor of his apartment and who had a total of 30 seconds or so of screen time before Sylar dispatched him.  And the only one who flew was Officer Parkman when Niki/Jessica threw him out a window and he fell about 18 inches before mildly abraising himself on some scaffolding.

The new "Heroes" promos, in all of their creative genius, are promising, "Someone will fly, someone will die."

Ahh... tantalizing.

Do we believe it?  Will Peter Petrelli finally learn to harness his talents and soar around the country, preventing Sylar's next herocide?  And will someone important like Hiro or Isaac or Claire actually be shuffled loose the mortal coil?  Or is this just another fake out?

For now, I'm willing to give the show the benefit of the doubt.  Maybe they worked up this tagline as a teaser for next Monday's episode and they later realized it was applicable - in a very stretched way - to last week's as well, so they decided to double up.  Maybe the promo voiceover talent is just that expensive.

Time will tell.  Don't make a fool out of me, newest serial drama to win my devotion.