Episode talk:Shades of Gray

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Lead image!

I was thinking:

• Samson and Sylar standing next to each other
• Sylar tk choking Samson w/ his oxygen cord
• Taxidermied bunny???
• Samson doing his Subduing/drowsiness thing (see discussion for naming)

...but im saying that this image definitely has to get the Samson and son in there--Anthony Gooch 22:27, 9 March 2009 (EDT)

• • Samson & Son for sure. Bloodbath 22:44, 9 March 2009 (EDT)
    • I think we should use the shot with Sylar and Danko out of focus, with the bunny in focus. It really summarizes the episode. For me, at least. --Cairoi 22:48, 9 March 2009 (EDT)
      • Umm...you mean Samson and Sylar? Because I agree if that is the case. --Crazylicious 23:05, 9 March 2009 (EDT)
        • No, I mean at the very end of the episode, in Danko's apartment. Between the two main storylines, this connected them and painted an image of the rest of the episodes to come. --Cairoi 23:36, 9 March 2009 (EDT)

I concur...the one of the last scenes in the show where Sylar is standing in Danko's apartment w. Danko on the other side of the wall and the taxidermied bunny on the table.--Anthony Gooch 23:44, 9 March 2009 (EDT)

• I'd really rather see something with Sylar and his dad. Pretty much anything from any of those scenes. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 00:10, 10 March 2009 (EDT)

I uploaded an episode image. It shows a face close-up of Sylar & daddy. I think the title of "Shades of Gray" can be a reference to the Gray family in some way. --L Lawliet 05:42, 10 March 2009 (EDT)

There is hope!

Heroes just keeps getting better and better! A Clear and Present Danger rocked, but after that it started to go a little downhill. But ever since last weeks episode and tonight's episode, damn! I feel like thy are finally getting a hold of the story, giving us what we want to see. Im so happy I never gave up, this show is rocking!--Cairoi 22:38, 9 March 2009 (EDT)

• yeah next....next weeks episode looks even more crazy. ando finally uses his evoled power tracy seems to have evolved her power as well she creates a blast of cold air well i think talk:freezing i wrote something there all the way at the bottom. It makes sence. cant wait until 2 weeks!!! its gonna be EPIC!--Icykidd 22:45, 9 March 2009 (EDT)

A Few Notes

First of all, great episode. The bunny kept reminding me of Donnie Darko (as Sylar also occasionally reminds me of the character of Donnie himself) and I loved meeting Daddy Gray and his trippy chain-smoker narcotic bird calls. A few notes, of course. The song playing in Sam's Comics was Not Now But Soon by Imogen Heap. I believe it was on the Heroes soundtrack. I'm not sure, though. Also, I noticed that two of the comic book nerds there were played by a few 'Chuck' extras. The tall redhead with the 'fro and the portly guy with glasses both play Buy More 'green shirt' salesman the hour before Heroes. I'm going to mention that when I send in questions to BTE this week. Anyways, good episode and great restarting point for Fuller. I'm hoping this week's GN will be about Samson and what powers he stole back in the day. Or about what happened to Luke. Kortu 23:08, 9 March 2009 (EDT)

• It would have been better if Mohinder was in it; I'm glad they used his narration at the end. There were several plot points that I thought were a little too off the radar, but overall, it was pretty good. I also thought John Glover did an excellent job. He's a great actor. I liked him on Smallville "way back when," but in my opinion, he's moved up! --Mohinder613 (my talk page) 12:10, 10 March 2009 (EDT)

Oliver Grigsby

First episode ever and was it fantastic! One episode and he managed to add depth and color to characters others said had grown too far and needed to go back to square one. He gave some respect to Claire's intelligence. Sylar's interactions with his father were perfect. He ran into an unexpected situation, but handled it in exactly the way the new, improved Sylar would handle it. Hunter, HRG, and Nathan all evolved. Angela's scenes were perfection. You could not do a thing to improve anything in those scenes, especially when it comes to the way it was written or performed by Cris Rose. Oliver G. has raised the bar!--Mistyjo 07:24, 10 March 2009 (EDT)

• Two things Ollie excels at: knowing what fans want, and telling a great story. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 08:13, 10 March 2009 (EDT)
• I was really surprised by the episode because this is his first! He did a really great job! Loved it!--Alen (talk) 11:10, 10 March 2009 (EDT)

Angela with new pair of socks

Loved he subtle tie-in to the pilot episode where Angela was arrested for shoplifting a pair of socks. --HiroDynoSlayer (talk) 03/10/2009 09:15 (EST)

• I noticed the sock reference right away. In fact, I had to explain it to my family who didn't get it. --Mohinder613 (my talk page) 12:10, 10 March 2009 (EDT)

Rachel vs. Doyle

So if Rachel rescued Doyle in this week's graphic novel, "Puppet...", and he knows it, then why is he conflicted about whether to kill her or not here? This episode follows from the comic, so Doyle knows she works for Rebel. There's no one else present, so there's no reason for either of them to fake not knowing each other. --Gadfly 13:18, 10 March 2009 (EDT)