“Heroes” 1-2
I always end up in tears with these two.
Watched them last night (for the umpteenth time)
In my opinion they’re some of the most well written episodes, that never ceases to amaze me. Not because of fancy effects, interesting plots, amazing storytelling or beautiful strange alien planets.
But because of the humanity they portray, the “boring” build up, the emotional rollercoaster.
I always start out with hating Bregman, I feel he’s annoying, he doesn’t seem genuine and comes across rather sleazy.
However I agree with his sentiments, and his reasoning for doing his documentary, although I feel like he’s just after the sensationalism.
But as the two episodes progress, I must (like General Hammond) admit that I was wrong.
A scene that always gets to me is the one where Bregman loses the plot and has his little meltdown screaming at everyone; “These people are risking their lives for us! I want to see what they're going through, even if they don't want us to! And I want other people to see it! What do you think they're doing out there? Protecting and defending secrecy?!? That's the world of Mao, the world of Stalin, the world of-of secret police, secret trials, secret-secret deaths!”
The delivery is in my opinion nothing less than flawless.
And even though one can question his motives, to me it felt so genuine.
That and the scene with General Hammond in the end after watching the documentary is definitely some of my favourite emotional scenes in the two episodes.
And obviously the scene with Carter reading the list of names, Daniel talking to Bregman about the tape, and the off world scene, are all very powerful.
Let’s just say I cried a lot (again) 🥲