Wolf Gnards

Another no show for Hiro, and since it’s the second week in a row, that’s an automatic negative two. Pat Morita was on Happy Days more than Masi Oka has been on Heroes. I guess the only alternative to work him on the show would be to pop his head up and say, “Me so horny.” Because they can’t work him into the show through clever writing or anything like that.

What’s more though than his absence is that there’s no hope for more appearances. No Masi previews, no integral Masi story line. I hope Hiro’s story line this season didn’t end with that terrible dream sequence. However, all seasons of Heroes basically end the same way.

The Scooby Doo Ending

Although, he bears a striking resemblance to Scrappy Doo, Hiro actually plays the Shaggy of Heroes. See in every season, Hiro plays some small, mostly wacky yet vitally important part to the seasons climax. The gang has set up the trap, Fred/Peter Petrelli tries to lure in the Monster/Sylar, the net doesn’t spring, and Daphne/Claire does something girly in the corner. This is when Shaggy/Hiro slips on a banana peel and collides into the Creature/Sylar thus foiling his plans. And, of course, we reveal the twist that monster is really Linderman or Peter’s dad or whoever in a cheap Sylar rubber mask.

Hiro never has a big role in saving the world, but give him his god damn banana peel, NBC. It’s all he has.