I changed my opinion on Mohinder's dumbness or rather lack of same, too, admittely a bit later than you (i.e. in season 2). (Without spoiling you, I'll just say I love, love, love Mohinder's s2 storyline, and it ties to some of your observations in this post of yours.)
In regards to s1 Mohinder, I think the problem is that he's introduced basically as the audience's pov character - he is supposed to find out the specials and the mystery - and that storyline goes nowhere and isn't nearly as interesting as some of the others, then he goes home, and spends two episodes staring at a computer screen. Poor Uhura had more interesting stuff to do in an avarage ST episode. However, in the second half of season 1, the writers finally did find something for him, first with the Sylar road trip of doom, and then with Mohinder going to the Company, and THAT is interesting and highlights, as you say, Mohinder's willingness to
compromise and try and use them as much as they use him. Not always successfully, well we’ll see, but being a double agent is hard
- in order to achieve a long-term good. Which continues to get developed in fascinating ways, and yes, that doesn't make him dumb. (Nor does the show present it as such by presenting him as always failing, far from it.)
Like Hiro is finding, killing people is hard.
I loved, loved, loved Hiro's conversation with Ando on the subject, and that the show doesn't just let him - or Mohinder, for that matter - go "Sylar is a serial killer, therefore, I kill him" without a problem. It takes a while for someone who never killed before to get into that frame of mind.
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Date: 2007-11-29 02:19 pm (UTC)In regards to s1 Mohinder, I think the problem is that he's introduced basically as the audience's pov character - he is supposed to find out the specials and the mystery - and that storyline goes nowhere and isn't nearly as interesting as some of the others, then he goes home, and spends two episodes staring at a computer screen. Poor Uhura had more interesting stuff to do in an avarage ST episode. However, in the second half of season 1, the writers finally did find something for him, first with the Sylar road trip of doom, and then with Mohinder going to the Company, and THAT is interesting and highlights, as you say, Mohinder's willingness to
compromise and try and use them as much as they use him. Not always successfully, well we’ll see, but being a double agent is hard
- in order to achieve a long-term good. Which continues to get developed in fascinating ways, and yes, that doesn't make him dumb. (Nor does the show present it as such by presenting him as always failing, far from it.)
Like Hiro is finding, killing people is hard.
I loved, loved, loved Hiro's conversation with Ando on the subject, and that the show doesn't just let him - or Mohinder, for that matter - go "Sylar is a serial killer, therefore, I kill him" without a problem. It takes a while for someone who never killed before to get into that frame of mind.