Browsing the archives for the Heroes tag

Heroes Beams Up Uhura

Heroes is becoming a mecca for Star Trek actors. Last season George Takei joined the cast as Hiro’s father (sadly his character was killed in the season premiere). Now, Nichelle Nichols is on board as Micah’s grandmother. She’s awesome in this role and the writer’s have made her into one sassy Creole grandma (she really [...]

Saturday’s Mixed Topic Post

Reason 3,549 Why Not Being Legally Married is Problem: Signing up for health insurance at the new job, which does offer domestic partner coverage (which is, of course, great), is made all the more difficult because I have to produce a notarized document certifying that we are domestic partners. If we were legally married, I’d [...]

I’d Like to See How That Works

Haven’t seen last night’s Heroes yet? If not, don’t read any further because I have to talk about how awesome last night’s episode was! It was a perfect mid-season cliffhanger. Just look at how much we got to see last night: We finally saw Linderman… and doesn’t he seem to know about everything! We saw [...]

Wax Lions, License Plates & Heroes

Heroes is one of my favorite new shows this season (tied with Ugly Betty). Not only is this show solid in terms of its plot, but the producers manage to slip in some nice nods to other shows and pop culture icons. Two examples that I loved in the first season so far are: Wonderfalls’ [...]