Heroes Volume 4, Ep. 7 "Once Upon A Time in Texas"

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Hiro gets a second chance to save the love of his life - Jayma Mays returns as Charlie.
  • Directed by: Nate Goodman
  • Runtime: 44 minutes
  • Original air date: November 02, 2009
  • Network: NBC
 
 
 
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0. Comic Con Panel Preview
  July 29, 2009
Get a first look at the all new Season 4 of Heroes with footage that was previewed at Comic-Con San Diego.
 
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0. An NBC Sneak Peek: Heroes
  September 3, 2009
Get a behind the scenes look at the fourth season of "Heroes" and the start of a brand new volume - "Redemption".
 
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1. Orientation/Jump, Push, Fall
  September 21, 2009
"Volume Five: Redemption" makes a special two-hour debut with the introduction of a mysterious carnival clan whose intentions are unknown, while familiar faces adjust to new stages of their lives that will challenge their perceptions of the world and their abilities. Robert Knepper joins the cast. Ray Park, Zeljko Ivanek, Madeline Zima and Dawn Olivieri guest star.
 
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2. Ink
  September 28, 2009
New mysteries are unearthed as a reluctant new Hero is introduced. Deanne Bray, Madeline Zima, Dawn Oliveri and Academy Award-winner Louise Fletcher Guest Star.
 
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3. Acceptance
  October 5, 2009
The Heroes are trying to assimilate back into their old lives -- Robert Knepper, Ray Park, Bruce Boxleitner and Swoosie Kurtz guest star.
 
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4. Hysterical Blindness
  October 12, 2009
Self-discovery rocks their world as our heroes encounter new abilities, try to recall past lives and stumble upon an unexpected kiss -- Madeline Zima, Dawn Olivieri, Deanne Bray, Tessa Thompson, Ernie Hudson, Ray Park and Academy Award-winner Louise Fletcher guest star.
 
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5. Tabula Rasa
  October 19, 2009
Sylar begins his journey to find his identity and Peter comes to the rescue of one of his own - Ellen Greene, Ray Park, Dawn Olivieri, Deanne Bray and Ernie Hudson guest star.
 
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6. Strange Attractors
  October 26, 2009
The Heroes attempt to rescue themselves and others without the use of their powers.
 
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7. Once Upon A Time in Texas
  November 2, 2009
Hiro gets a second chance to save the love of his life - Jayma Mays returns as Charlie.
 
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8. Shadowboxing
  November 9, 2009
Claire learns the truth behind the attacks and Sylar takes matters into his own hands. Jimmy Jean-Louis, Madeline Zima, Deanne Bray, Dawn Olivieri and Tessa Thompson Guest Star.
 
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9. Brother's Keeper
  November 16, 2009
The truth sets our heroes on new and dangerous paths.
 
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10. Thanksgiving
  November 23, 2009
Thanksgiving unites families together and brings new revelations.
 
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11. The Fifth Stage
  November 30, 2009
Samuel starts to see his vision take shape.
 
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12. Upon This Rock
  January 4, 2010
The search for answers intensifies as final respects are paid to a fallen hero. Todd Stashwick, Saemi Nakamura, Sasha Pieterse, Dawn Olivieri, and David H. Lawrence XVII Guest Star.
 
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13. Let It Bleed
  January 4, 2010
Sylar (Zachary Quinto) returns to the Carnival in search of answers and Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) continues to struggle with the loss of his brother. Elsewhere, H.R.G. (Jack Coleman) sets his plan in motion to take down the carnival
 
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14. Close To You
  January 11, 2010
H.R.G. exposes Samuel's greatest weakness in an effort to stop him - Lisa Lackey, Dawn Olivieri and Elisabeth Rohm guest star.
 
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15. Pass/Fail
  January 18, 2010
The verdict of an unexpected trial could mean the end of Hiro - George Takei, Tamlyn Tomita, Madeline Zima, Dawn Olivieri and David Anders guest star.
 
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16. The Art of Deception
  January 25, 2010
The tables are turned as H.R.G. attempts to gain the upper hand.
 
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17. The Wall
  February 1, 2010
Sylar's worst fears come to life as H.R.G faces his past - Eric Roberts, Madeline Zima, Deanne Bray and Elisabeth Rohm Guest Star.
 
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18. Brave New World
  February 8, 2010
Samuel's ultimate plan spells disaster for thousands - Ray Park, Deanne Bray and Elisabeth Rohm Guest Star.
 
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Episode 7, "Once Upon A Time in Texas"
Synopsis: Hiro gets a second chance to save the love of his life - Jayma Mays returns as Charlie.
Original air date: November 2, 2009
Runtime: 44 minutes
Captions and Subtitles: English
ASIN: B002VDGKWG
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,785 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
Heroes Volume 4
Synopsis: From creator/writer Tim Kring (NBC's "Crossing Jordan") comes "Heroes," an epic drama that chronicles the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities... for a destiny they have yet to find.
Starring: Jack Coleman, Greg Grunberg
Supporting actors: Robert Knepper, Ali Larter, Masi Oka, Hayden Panettiere, Adrian Pasdar, Zachary Quinto, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Milo Ventimiglia, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Andrew Connolly, Ravi Kapoor, Kavi Ladnier, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Heather Ankeny, Aleene Khoury, Benjamin Fitch, Don Tiffany
Season year: 2010
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Executive producer: Adam Armus
Network: NBC
ASIN: B002JAU1X0
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78 of 88 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Huge imporevement over the past two seasons April 25, 2010
Format:DVD
Season four of Heroes had the show taking steps back in the right direction. After the disaster of the past two seasons, the show titled this season "Redemption" to try and earn some respect back. In my mind, they did earn redemption. This season wasn't as good as season one, but Heroes was fun to watch again. Heroes hasn't been fun at all since season one. This season finally started to organically develop the characters again and introduced many new characters I enjoyed.

This season starts a few months after season three, and all of the characters are dealing with the repercussions. (spoiler) For instance, after pushing Nathan's mind into Sylar's body, Sylar is now trapped in Matt's head. Sylar for the first half of the season tried to get back into his body, and along the way insults Matt in the most hilarious ways possible. (end spoiler) These guys together was one of the best parts of the season. The new characters this season are all very cool, which is something that hasn't happened for a long time with Heroes. We get to see the main villain Samuel Sullivan (played by the ever charming Robert Knepper) develop over the season and we see how and why he develops his evil plan near the end of the season. My favorite new character this season was Emma, a deaf file clerk at Peter's hospital who develops synesthesia (the ability to see sound as color). Her and Peter's relationship was another highpoint of the season. I really liked how this season focused on the characters instead of another generic "Let's save the world again guys!" story like they've been doing for a while now.

The story also slowed down this season into something smaller and digestible. Instead of trying to cram everyone's storyline into one episode, this season only included about 2-3 in each episode. This allowed the individual stories more time to develop and slowed the pace down to something enjoyable. When watching this season on TV it was too slow when there was a week in between each episode, but I recently streamed the season on Netflix and the pacing was much better when watched back to back. There was a real slowdown mid-season though that did kill the momentum that the season had been building before then. Watching it on TV, this slowdown was painful to watch week after week and I wondered if Heroes' return to quality was only temporary. It was as if they had only created enough story for 13 episodes but then had to stretch it out into 18 episodes. After this lull in pacing though the season picks right back up and finishes with the best season finale of the show yet.

I don't want to spoil this season for those who haven't seen it yet, but suffice to say the turn around Heroes has done in quality this season is almost unbelievable. For a while there Heroes was one of the worst shows on television, but this season managed to crank out material that was lots of fun to watch. The people giving this season one star have stopped caring for Heroes long before season four started. These people are suffering from disappointment, which is worse than being bad at first and then getting better. Heroes was great at first, and people invested time and money in it expecting it to get better. However, Heroes got worse and worse. People are now bitter about the show and aren't willing to give it a chance. If you are willing to give this season a shot, you will see how much better Heroes has gotten.

Update 05/16/2010: Heroes has been canceled. While it's sad the show has been canceled on its rebound, it's not surprising considering how awful the second and third seasons were. In the second season, the characters puttered around and things moved very slowly. In the first few episodes a lot of nothing happened. It slowly picked up as the season went along, but then the writer's strike hit and they gave us a crappy wrap up as a result. The worst part was (spoiler) they forgot Peter's girlfriend in the future. I know she was probably erased or something when the timeline changed, but it made no impact on Peter what-so-ever in the third season. (end spoiler)

In complete contrast, the first volume of the third season had the characters running around at a frantic pace doing everything under the sun. The worst part about it was that they didn't have very good continuity between episodes. It produced entertaining individual episodes, but as a whole the volume made no sense. The second volume of season three was much better than the first. It had a central storyline to focus on and slowed the pace down. On the flip-side it took a few episodes to find its feet, and the finale was god awful. (spolier) They focused on Claire and the door during the huge Sylar/Nathan/Peter fight?!?! You teased us in the first season finale, but now you actually have it and do the entire thing off screen? There is no excuse for something that stupid. I almost quit Heroes when they had that as the "big climax" of the season. Thank goodness I didn't. (end spoiler) In the end, although it was much better than season two and first half of season three, it only managed to be decent.

It has been said time and time again, but it is true: Heroes had huge potential but wasted a lot of it. From characters dying and coming back to life inexplicably (How many times did Nathan die?) to running around in circles for storylines (they held on to that future painting gimmick for a seemingly endless amount of time), Heroes just never lived up to what it wanted to be. Seasons one and four are good, and the second half of season three is OK, but the rest is just garbage.

I'll probably do a more complete review of Heroes as a whole when they release a complete series box set, but this is already a good summary of what went wrong with Heroes. Despite being canceled, Heroes isn't quite dead yet. NBC is making plans for a two-hour TV movie to wrap up the series, so we will get more closure than the season four finale offers (which does serve as a decent series finale if the TV movie falls through). Although Heroes is gone, which most people would say is for the better, it has undeniably left a mark on sci-fi television and pop culture in general.
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31 of 39 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Surpassed my expectations... March 1, 2010
By Seen
Format:Blu-ray
So a few years back this show called "Heroes" was getting all kinds of hype, I finally sat down to watch it (on DVD)...and though I liked certain aspects of it, I eventually found it tedious and pretty much stopped about 1/2 way through.

Then I heard snippets of the plot line of Season 3, and then I managed to start watching season 4 (simultaneously) and I have to say, just when the show seems to keep losing more and more viewers, it seems to be getting better and better.

Part of what makes season 4 a particular treat is the way that the creators and writers really expanded on the more universally applicable concepts of "belonging," "fitting in," "people curious and admiring that may turn to hate," and "redemption." Although this is full of "specials" and great ability clashes and sequences, this season is really rather character focused and humanistic.

The bi-curious relationship of one of the main characters, the continuing complexities of everyone's favorite charasmitic "Villain" Sylar get even more deliciously satisfying, and the "other" villain of this season, a mysterious man named Samuel Sullivan, (who is only much later revealed for his true plan and power) serves as a capable, driven, obsessed, if somewhat over-the-top adversary.

Season 4 kept things rather tight tidying everything up, leading into the next volume in a succinct 18 episode story arc. If you're like me and gave up on "Heroes" early on (or like many others, during season 2) give this season and season 3 a chance, the show has really matured and is worth a watch.
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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Sad Ending For A Show That Started With A Bang August 12, 2010
By DEC
Format:DVD
The Heroes TV series began with a huge bang. The characters and intersecting plotlines kept you captivated until the climatic season ending. Very well done.

Season 2 started out slowly, but still had strong acting and character interaction. I enjoyed this season primarily for Hiro's journey back into feudal Japan as Hiro was by far the best character on the show in my opinion.

Season 3 was a mess. As people here have already said, there were characters that we met in Season 2 only to see them drop off the face of the Earth and forgotten in Season 3. Add in stupid storylines like Peter and Nathan's father coming to life (boy was that guy a terribl actor and the internment camp plot line that had some promise, but fell flat in the end.)

So comes Season 4 with hope and promise that they could have redeemed the series back to its original glory, sadly this is not the case. Some quick points:

#1) Too much Claire. Her character became annoying and unwatchable in this season. I didn't understand why the producers insisted on her having so much air time, but they did at the expense of the show.

#2) While Robert Knepper is a good actor and the Samuel Sullivan character was creepy, the whole carnival angle dragged on for too long with a silly ending.

#3) I was hoping for more Hiro in this season, but sadly we didn't get that. The few times we did were the bright spots of this season. Particularly the touching scenes with him and Charlie.

#4) Not enough development of Noah's character. How about having a cool angle with him battling his wife's new guy who is secretly a special planning bad things and taunting him and his failed marriage? That would have been good stuff. Instead Noah is diminished to a sad character who spends time in regret and wondering about what could have been. What a waste.

Bottom line: I don't blame NBC for cancelling this show. It began with such promise and disappointed in the end.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great show
Heroes is a great show. Not sure why they cancelled it!?
Hope somehow they bring it back to the screen.
Published 1 day ago by Mike
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful show!
Great show. I'm sure it was a cult phenom. What's so interesting is that each individual in the cast has enjoyed deserved success since they appeared in it. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars love it
I choose this rating cuz this season of heroes was amazing. the episodes never messed up with amazon and everything went just fine I would recommend this show to everyone
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5.0 out of 5 stars amazing
the most addictive series i have watched it kept my full attention the whole time. great ending. I loved it
Published 15 days ago by Chad red
4.0 out of 5 stars Sorry it had to end this way.
I was disappointed when Heroes went out of production. At least I was able to view the series again and enjoy it again.
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At a time I was waiting to see how it ends but when it came to it. I wanted to watch more. Great concept on how the producers kept the story going without slowing it up. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars A little disappointed with Season 4.....
I loved the first 3 seasons of Heroes, but I suppose with all the different characters and shifting story lines, it was bound to feel a little jumbled. Read more
Published 22 days ago by Thomas Baucke
3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best season
I didn't like the way they ended it, if they would have been given the opportunity to film the movie to wrap things up after the show was cancelled like they were originally going... Read more
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