blake johnson

I have recently gotten sucked into the TV series Heroes. I think I watched the entirety of Season 1 in about two weeks. Those that know me are probably unsurprised that I like this show… what can I say, I like superheroes. In any case, I thought the first season had great momentum. The episode “Five Years Gone” is probably one of the best TV episodes of anything I’ve seen in the last year. Season 2 has faltered a bit. The show has lost its momentum by getting dragged down in new characters (the Maya story is SOOOOO boring) and love stories (Hiro spent far too much time in Japan).

Last week, Heroes finally returned to form with the episode “Out of Time”. (Spoiler warning) I found the reveal at the end that Adam is/was Takezo Kensei to be fantastically intriguing. Theories were spilled left and right in my living room when the show ended. I thought I would voice mine here for general amusement.

So, if Adam exists in both 17th century Japan and in 21st century America, I figure that there are two possibilities:

a) Adam is immortal/has an extremely long life span. He really was born 400 years ago and has been around the entire time. This is the most straightforward possibility, but also probably the least interesting.

b) Adam was actually born 400 years after the era of Takezo Kensei. He somehow convinces Peter Petrilli to teleport him back to 17th century Japan. He would then, presumably, kill the real Takezo Kensei and pretend to be him. Adam’s motives for this latter course are unknown at this point, which gives the writers a lot of flexibility.

Thoughts?