Hayden Panettiere, Masi Oka, Milo Ventimiglia - Written by Infelt on Monday, May 14, 2007 11:24 - 91 Comments

First look at Heroes season finale Episode 23

Heroes-NBC-episode-23-imageNBC Universal Media released the first images from Heroes season finale Episode 23 ‘How To Stop An Exploding Man’ slated to air May 21, 2007.
As always the images are offered in no particular order and without description -but the name, title and air date of the episode, name of the character and the actor, date it was taken and by whom. They sure have tight lips!

That’s why if always entertaining, and sure to stimulate some discussion, to try to put those images in order and speculate on what the situation on the image might be.

As mentioned in the official description of episode 23, most of the action during the season finale will take part at Kirby Plaza. And everybody knows what ‘Kirby’ refers to…right? If not: search for ‘Jack Kirby , Marvel Comics and X-Men’.

Heroes-NBC-episode-23-imageWe assume this -in chronologichal order - should be the first image of the series: Peter Petrelli with Nathan.
And that -on Peter’s hands- doesn’t appear to be blood, but some paint applied to help with the visual effects in post-production.

On the next image

Heroes-NBC-episode-23-imagethe detail of the same picture seems to confirm it.
Heroes-NBC-episode-23-imageAnother look at Peter Petrelli…
Heroes-NBC-episode-23-image…and a closer look at the stains on his hands.
Heroes-NBC-episode-23-imageIt gets even more interesting. As we know Micah Sander is Mr. Linderman’s ‘guest’, and the babysitting is -reluctantly- provided by Candice Willmer (that has the power of illusion).
Heroes-NBC-episode-23-imageDuring episode 21 Micah attempted to escape, unsuccessfully. It appears that this time he has better luck.
Heroes-NBC-episode-23-imageOur impression of this picture is that Jessica wasn’t very thankful to Candice for the free babysitting she provided her with…
Heroes-NBC-episode-23-image..and, if our suspects are accurate, Candice we’ll have a fat lip that’ll last her till next season.
Heroes-NBC-episode-23-imageLook who we got here! Jessica, Molly ‘tracker’ Walker, Micah and …there goes the speculation DL will die during episode 22. He’s alive…
Heroes-NBC-episode-23-image…but -check his hand- he’s hurt. Guess Mr. Linderman didn’t feel like using his healing power on that. Secondary note: all four of them are looking ‘up’, something important is happening.
Heroes-NBC-episode-23-imageClaire Bennet is running…
Heroes-NBC-episode-23-image …there’s blood on the collar of her shirt.
Heroes-NBC-episode-23-imageEven HRG and Claire Bennet are looking at something happening up here, and…
Heroes-NBC-episode-23-image… there’s blood and …
Heroes-NBC-episode-23-image..she’s holding the gun Peter handed her during episode 21. Will she use it to shoot Peter? or Sylar? or maybe someone else? And will that be the solution…
Heroes-NBC-episode-23-image
…or the solution involves also the necessity to stop someone else?
Hiro seems to think so.

Stay tuned, that’s going to be a great ride, our Heroes will keep us guessing till the last second.



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Infelt
May 14, 2007 11:56

Look at Peter’s facial espression on the second image, the image of him alone.He looks different doesn’t he? I was going to drop the ‘S’ word (Sylar), but maybe I’m reading too much into it, so I won’t.

But I just did.

shitij
May 14, 2007 12:19

urm.. One thing about Claire having blood on her shirt.. remember Entertainment Weekly said something about her jumping down the building for a stunt or something (through a fake window, im not sure..) That could mean that she jumped down from the building, healed herself obviously, but got the blood on her clothes..
Just a speculation..
Whatsay?

felip
May 14, 2007 12:55

i think the reason they’re looking up. just maybe. nathan must’ve been flying perhaps with peter. strangling and fighting with sylar. just a guess. :D

xinpheld
May 14, 2007 13:52

I think what they’re looking up toward is going to be Nathan thwarting Linderman’s big plan by taking Peter up into the sky to explode harmlessly in the air and sacrificing himself in the process.

Jimmy
May 14, 2007 13:53

Here’s what I think will happen. Peter will start to explode, Nathan will fly him up so high the explosion can only kill him.

missuecz
May 14, 2007 14:01

maybe a giant mushroom they’re looking at?…hehe.

Turkish Rose
May 14, 2007 14:42

I have so much 2 say bt i won’t say it just incase im wrong bt i can’t waite 4 da last 2 episodes.

I can’t waite 2 c if my thoughts r true or not.

Mentoloshurka
May 14, 2007 16:13

Where’s Sylar?

Billy Bob
May 14, 2007 16:14

people why are u saying that Nathan is going to fly peter up in the sky maybe peter will fly before hes exploding and Nathan will live

Veranor
May 14, 2007 17:10

Ahhhhh…

Look at the hair on Nathan! Its Sylar. It looks so convincing.

Now… it makes sense.

Sylar kills Nathan. The explosion happens just like Peter’s dream (w/o Simone and Issac).

Sylar and Nathan meet out in the street.

Peter blows up to kill Sylar.

Hiro continues his journey to kill Sylar, knowing that he can shapeshift.

Everyone else…?

vodk@orange
May 14, 2007 17:40

i dont care what they r looking at .its wonderful show. i had enough seen hatches and flashbacks :P

Marius
May 14, 2007 18:00

I have a confussion. I hope somebody clear this up: The season finale is going to be one-hour long or two-hour long?. Cause I read somewhere that there was a misunderstanding with the last chapters and is only going to last one hour. Does somebody have the confirmation for the 1 or two hour finale from NBC or something?

Infelt
May 14, 2007 18:05

Marius on May 14th
I have a confusion. I hope somebody clear this up: The season finale is going to be one-hour long or two-hour long?.

Correction:
Season finale is a one hour long nail biter.
Start clearing your schedule for that evening. ;)

Also (this is not going to please Canadians)
Global Television has episode 23 scheduled
to air at 10pm (Eastern), one hour later
than NBC.

Also tonight’s episode #22 airs
on Global at 8pm (Eastern),
on NBC at 9pm (Eastern).

Dhany
May 14, 2007 18:14

I like the “Nathan flies away with peter when he is about to explode” theory, ’cause they’ve been playing with Nathan’s duality, never knowing if he is good or bad, and ultimately deciding for good is the morale and stuff but… if they explode in the air, the damage would be worse, actually.

Infelt
May 14, 2007 18:16

NBC’s publicists are so efficient when it comes to leak information that are true, but also add to the confusion and fuel comments andspeculations.

But:

Simone and Isaac are in the season finale (they’re in the episode’s credits, and those don’t lie, they’re official and archived.)

On the preview of episode 22 (Canadian version)
Sylar is standing on a roof, and (this even on the US commercial) he says “Boom.”

Now, my speculation/theory is:
Hiro will go back further in time, to the famous moment that needs to be changed in order to ensure the world will be saved (October 4th?).
Keep in mind a nuclear explosion in Manhattan -even if it’s an event that could cause damage of catastrophic proportions - doesn’t equal to the end of the world…so there must be something else that needs intervention.

My theory:
Peter needs to be stopped, and that is needed on the short term.
Sylar needs to be stopped (we saw the future…right?), and that’s needed on the long term.

So our ‘Heroes’ will need to stop two people: Peter and Sylar (not one or the other, but both)

Again, that’s just my theory, and after tonight’s episode it might change.

Infelt
May 14, 2007 18:25

Last speculations for today:

are we sure that Mr. Petrelli was Nathan and Peter’s “real” father?

stylemo
May 14, 2007 18:56

My theory here is that they’re watching Sylar and Peter fight up on a building. Claire has bloodstain coz she tried to jump when Sylar was after her. Well, whatcha guys think?

Anyway, I can’t wait for the season finale.

Nakamura
May 14, 2007 19:05

more speculation?

The “elders” and Nathan talk Peter into exploding. The scene with Peter and Nathan is Peter getting ready to nuke NYC.
Hiro will mistakingly slash Peter who is masquerading as Sylar after obtaining the morphing ability (I believe the “real” sword has something to do with Peter’s scar and explains the future where Hiro says Sylar was able to regenerate - cuz it wasn’t Sylar. Sylar never got to Claire). This is so the world blames Sylar not them and causes the world to fear people like Sylar. Due to being slashed, Peter loses control and starts to explode. (Hiro ends up sorta being responsible, catch 22 maybe?). Peter flies away and explodes. Nathan would easily be killed if he tried to fly Peter away. The “elder’s” (momma Petrelli, Linderman, Hiro’s dad, etc….) plan to use the explosion for their real purpose (destroying the fabled “Uluru” before he awakens - who is actually the Petrelli father) fails. Remember, Uluru claims in the comic to be “the invincible”. Momma Petrelli makes a statement about Poppa Petrelli “thinking he was invincible”. Hiro once again stops time and realizes he needs to go back even further (~20 or 25 years) to when the plan started to be able to fix the future. This leads to the next season entitled “Generations”, where we meet the past and future heroes. Meanwhile, Sylar gets to Cadence and Nathan.

Chris
May 14, 2007 19:07

=-=-=-=IMPORTANT FINALE NOTICE=-=-=-

MUST READ TRIS!

According to TV Guides schedule of shows, the last episode of heroes will be ONE HOUR. The finale is actually three hours, broken down into three shows.

In an interview with the COMICBOOKRESOURCE.COM, the producers had a question and answer segment, in which they stated that the finale was three hours, broken down into three episodes that are one hour each.

Mike
May 14, 2007 19:27

As i said in some post before, i surrender its just too many pieces in this puzzle to figure it out completely. :( i surrender to the autor’s great power.

i love sharing theories with you guys but its getting a very mind consuming task. you just have to remember and perhabs do a detailed review of who met who, what did they said to each other, so you can get an idea of the kind of information they have, the result is a very complex scenario as i had never seen in a tvshow with time travel involved. ( not even back to the future lol )

I dont know if anyone is trying to stop peter but claire and peter himself and they aren’t even sure that its peter the one that explodes. If the were, then WHAT THA HELL IS PETER DOING GOING TO NY!!!.

Bennet knew about the bomb as he talks with Isaac and he even gives Isaac a gun to kill peter on sight, then WHAT IS HE DOING BRINGING A NUCLEAR MAN TO NY!!!!.

Finally Hiro and Ando went 5 years forward, and peter didn’t had the kindnesss to reveal to Ando that HE WAS the bomb, not Sylar!, so Hiro is actually wasting his time trying to stop sylar when he must be trying to stop peter. (althought i think the greater menace IS sylar not the bomb).

Incomplete information being passed from one character to another is what this show is all about.

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