I watched this week's episode of Heroes. It's a thing I do. I like comics, I like the whole super-genre, and the show has been a nice thing to come back to every...whenever they air one.
But I digress. This week, Pete challenged God, in a Catholic church, with prayer candles and in front of a Sacred Heart statue. I was like--woah. Did this show just throw crap in the eyes of "papists" everywhere? I know Catholics--I sort of am one, sometimes (a secret identity of my own)--and I know there are some (read: many) out there that will take offense to this scene. Even if it -was- Peter Petrelli!
Not to spoil things, but...I think the scene is very skillfully included and not at all offensive. The episode ends with things coming together a little for the characters involved--better times are just around the corner, and the footprints in the sand were identified as not Pete's. Probably because he can fly currently.
People question God in hard times. It happens--even the most faithful of the...faithful...do this. The show isn't making a judgement on God, or on the Catholic faith. It's portraying a more realistic character, and even suggesting (with the upturn at the end) that his challenge was wrong--but not Evil, or even Uncommon.
Also, I wanted to put "Sunday! Sunday! SUNDAY!" in the title of this post, but let's face it--Peter is a Monday night kinda guy. God -owns- Sundays.
~Jason
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