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Heroes Episode 22

Heroes Episode 22, entitled “Landslide”, will air Monday, May 14th at 9pm EST on NBC (8pm PST on Global TV in Canada), signalling what is very nearly the end of the hit TV shows first season.

Heroes season 1 is almost at an end and things are all starting to come together, though for as many story lines as they have brought together, the writers have managed to create equally as many loose ends that still need tieing up. Though I have to say, after having watched all of the Heroes episode 22 spoiler videos, a few pieces of the puzzle have started to fall into place. If you haven’t yet had a chance to watch the spoiler videos, I highly recommend it. If you prefer to keep the visual clues to a minimum, then give these Heroes episode 22 descriptions a run through for an idea of what to expect!

Official NBC Heroes episode 22 description:

AS LINDERMAN ARRIVES, NATHAN CONSIDERS THE COST TO WIN THE ELECTION; MALCOLM MCDOWELL, ERIC ROBERTS AND GEORGE TAKEI GUEST-STAR — Poised to become a member of Congress and maybe more, Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) considers the cost to those he loves, along with his mother’s (guest star Cristine Rose) advice and Linderman’s (guest star Malcolm McDowell, “Entourage,””A Clockwork Orange”) prophecy. As he prepares to face Sylar (guest star Zachary Quinto) to the death, Hiro (Golden Globe nominee Masi Oka) learns of his lineage from his father (guest star George Takei, “Star Trek”). While various “heroes” fatefully arrive in New York City, Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) and Ted (Matthew John Armstrong) attempt to leave the city before the foretold explosion. H.R.G. (Jack Coleman) and Matt (Greg Grunberg) learn the surprising truth behind the tracking system used on people with special abilities. Santiago Cabrera, Noah Gray-Cabey, Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Sendhil Ramamurthy and Leonard Roberts also star. Clea DuVall, Justin Evans, James Kyson Lee, Missy Peregrym, Eric Roberts, Rena Sofer, Adair Tishler and Jackson Wurth guest-star.

Unofficial Heroes episode 22 description by TV Guide:

Nathan weighs his mother’s advice against plans by Linderman; Hiro gets some family information as he prepares to face Sylar; Peter and Ted try to leave New York to avoid the explosion. George Takei and Eric Roberts guest star.

Unofficial Heroes episode 22 description by TV.com:

Angela Petrelli is forced to play a bigger role in Nathan, Peter, and Claire’s life. The truth about the death of Nathan and Peter’s father is finally revealed along with his true identity. When Nathan finds out that he may have a chance to become more than mayor he is confronted with a decision that he must make. As election day nears some try to leave NYC. HRG and Matt learn another surprising secret. Also, Sylar is eating another hero’s brain. Hiro’s dad returns.

If that doesn’t get your excitement peaked, nothing will. By the sounds of it, episode 22 is going to be a good one and I for one cannot wait to see what happens. I’ve had suspicions about Nathan and Peter’s father for a long time now and I really want to know who it is. There are so many possibilities, it could almost be anyone. My original suspicion was that Linderman was Nathan and Peter’s father, though from the sounds of things, I’m most likely wrong. Either way, I don’t think their father is actually dead, hiding-out, or maybe even invisible (yeah, I’m referring to Claude here), but not dead. I guess we’ll just have to wait until Monday to find out. Or will we?

State of the Blog Address

dingoRUE has been around for just shy of one year now and am I ever amazed at the progress the site has made in such a short period of time.

I originally started dingoRUE.com as a personal blog to talk about my passions: reality TV, TV shows, celebrities, Vancouver and whatever else I felt like saying at the time, and now look at it. In the short time the site has been up and running it has evolved from an unfocused mish-mash of things with an ugly theme to a TV and reality TV focused blog with a pretty theme (or I think so at least), a strong fanbase and a decent amount of traffic. Eleven months ago I would have never guessed things could have gone this way, but man am I ever happy they have. The popularity of the site is increasing, along with the traffic, with every passing month and things just keep getting better and better. dingoRUE is even starting to generate enough revenue every month to pay the TV and Internet bills, which is a huge bonus.

The site has also afforded me an opportunity I would have never had without it. As I briefly touched on yesterday in the Heroes episode 22 spoilers post, I am going to be featured in the June/July issue of BC Business Magazine as one of BC’s many budding bloggers. Thanks to the kindness of John Chow, an extremely succesfull BC based blogger who blogs about how to make money online, a writer for the magazine called me for an interview a few months ago. The interview lasted some 30-minutes and just this past monday the magazine sent a photographer to take some pictures for the article. I have got to say, as much as I love celebrities, I could never be one. Having a photographer hang around for four hours to try and get the perfect shot of ‘me in my natural state’ had me a little on edge, to say the least. But it will no doubt all be worth it once I get my hands on a copy of the magazine and see my goofy mug amungst some of BC’s finest businessmen.

This entire post is basically my incredibly long winded way of saying thank you! I’m all to happy to blog about my passions and, quite frankly, am amazed anyone reads what I have to write. None the less, I appreciate every readers involvement in dingoRUE.com and thank all of you, new and old, for supporting the site.

Heroes Episode 22 Spoilers

I know, I know, it has been way to long since I last updated. I couldn’t even manage a live blog of Heroes episode 21 this past monday, though I did watch the show. Not only did I have friends over watching the show with me, I had a photographer in the house for over 4-hours! I’m going to be featured in the June/July issue of BC Business Magazine and they needed to get some pictures of me in my blogging element, though I certainly wasn’t expecting him to kick around for 4-hours. So, needless to say, I wasn’t able to get my live blog on. Rest assured, with only two episodes left, there is no chance I will miss another one!

To get things kicked into gear for the second to last episode, here are some prime Heroes episode 22 spoilers, enjoy!

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Survivor Fiji Winner

**UPDATE: Survivor Fiji Winner Revealed!**

Alex Angarita was the 12th person to be voted off the island on tonight’s episode of Survivor Fiji, leaving us with just six remaining contestants. Unlike the Amazing Race All Stars winners, which were leaked a few months ago, the Survivor Fiji winner has thankfully yet to be leaked. How, you may ask, can the Survivor Fiji winner be leaked when the finale is live? Put quite simply, I don’t know, but it certainly wouldn’t be the first time a Survivor winner was known before the live finale aired. Luckily we haven’t had to contend with that this year and Survivor Fiji is still watchable, even if it hasn’t been one of the hit reality TV shows best seasons.

The six finalists on Survivor Fiji are: Kenward “Boo” Bernis, Cassandra Franklin, Andria (Dre) “Dreamz” Herd, Earl Cole, Stacy Kimball and Yau-Man Chan. The elimination of Alex Angarita on tonight’s episode signalled a shift in the balance of the show, as Alex was the final remaining member of a once strong alliance and now the remaining six contestants will have to break their deep rooted alliance, forming smaller splinter groups, selecting and picking off a new batch of targets.

Having watched most of the season, and through the process of elimination, I can fairly confidently say that neither Boo, Cassandra or Dreamz will become the Survivor Fiji winner, that is of course unless they decide to team up and manage to pull the proverbial rabbit from a hat.

My prediction for the Survivor Fiji final three is Earl, Yau-Man and Stacy, though I also have the sneaking suspicion that Stacy could be swapped out with either Dreamz or Cassandra in a strategic move to give both Earl and Yau-Man a better shot at the prize. Either way, it is all going to come down to Earl vs. Yau-Man in the end, even if there is a third contestant on the block, they will be ignored, much liked happened in Survivor Cook Islands.

With that being said, my pick for who will win Survivor Fiji is… *insert drum roll here*… Earl Cole! He’s done a very good job playing the game and everyone in it for the entire season and I have thought since day one that Earl would be the man to walk away with the grand prize. Don’t agree with me? Leave a comment and let me know who you think will walk away the winner of Survivor Fiji.

Don’t forget, there are only 10-days left until the 2-hour live season finale of Survivor Fiji where the winner will be revealed! The Survivor Fiji season finale airs at 8pm EST on Sunday, May 13th on CBS and will be followed by a 1-hour live reunion show.

**UPDATE: Survivor Fiji Winner Revealed!**

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Political Reality TV: Mark Burnett’s Independent

I’m a huge reality TV fan, but I’ll also be the first to admit that the evolution and progression of reality TV has seemingly come to a halt in recent years. Things have gotten stagnant and innovation has been put on the back burner in favor of pumping out another couple seasons of the surefire and classic reality TV shows like American Idol 6, Survivor Fiji, Amazing Race All-Stars and the likes. And you know what, it is getting harder and harder to get excited about a new season of reality TV shows when there are no new, fresh faces in the crowd.

Luckily it looks like Mark Burnett, the grandfather of reality TV and mastermind of such hit shows as Survivor, Rock Star Supernova, The Apprentice, The Contender, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader and On The Lot may have come to the rescue with a brand new reality TV show! Best of all, I love the idea for the show and think it would make for great television.

Mark Burnett‘s newest idea is tentatively titled Independent and, should it actually get picked up and start production (which I don’t think it has as of yet, fingers crossed though), will bring the world of MySpace and politics to reality TV! The idea is to have MySpace users create politically driven audition videos and wage election campaigns via MySpace. A select group (no numbers have been released as of yet) with the highest number of votes received from MySpace users will be whisked away to battle it out in a politically charged reality TV show, running election campaigns, rallying for votes and ending it all in what will no doubt be a heated debate. The contestants will be competing for a $1-million grand prize that they must either donate to a political cause of their choice, or – and this is were things get really interesting – use the cash to fund their own political campaigns! That’s right folks, from MySpace, to reality TV to… the White House? You never know, after all, Sanjaya Malakar did make it to 7th place on American Idol 6, so anything can happen in the world of reality TV.

When asked about the idea behind Independent, MySpace Chief Executive Chris DeWolfe said “A lot of people think the younger generation doesn’t care about politics, and we’ve just empirically seen that not to be true.” And he could not have been more on the ball, which is exactly what makes me so excited about the entire idea behind this show. The youth (of which I still consider myself a part) are taking more and more interest in politics, and anything that can possibly further that interest is a great thing. Many of today’s youth have come to the blazingly apparent realization that the political climate in North America, and for that matter – the rest of the world, is not in a good state, and unless the future politicians and voters of the world start to take notice, things will never change.

My hat goes off to Mark Burnett for this, one of many fantastic ideas. I for one cannot wait to see the idea behind Independent come to fruition.

Sources: Reality Blurred, LA Times, CBC

Heroes Episode 20 Recap

Welcome to the Heroes episode 20 live recap! This post will be updated at every commercial break, so be sure to refresh the page for the most up to date information.

Buckle up and get set for what is going to be an amazing episode of Heroes on NBC.

Enjoy!

Things kick off with a recap of past events that have alluded to the future. Sylar killing Isaac, HRG letting Claire run away, Peter meeting future Hiro, Hiro meeting future Hiro and everything in between.
Hiro and Ando enter Isaac’s studio to see the time-line handing from the ceiling, outlining all the events that have led up to there they are now.
Hiro is confronted by future Hiro and they both draw swords on one another. Future Hiro says Hiro isn’t supposed to be there, none of the things are supposed to be there.
The bomb still happened. Future Hiro says Sylar exploded he bomb, was responsible for the destruction of New York.
Future Hiro has made the time-line to determine when to go back in the past and what to change.
Future Hiro thinks Hiro killed Sylar, but he didn’t. Future Hiro tells Hiro he must kill Sylar, he must go back and kill Sylar.
Homeland Security breaks through the door lead by Matt. Future Hiro and Ando escape but Hiro is captured.
Future Hiro tells Ando that they’re taking Hiro to Homeland security, like all terrorists. Anyone with special abilities is considered a terrorist in the future.
Future Hiro tells Ando the only person that can get them through security to rescue Hiro is Peter Petrelli, they have to go to Vegas to find him.

Wow, this is going to be good!

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Heroes Episode 20

This doesn’t happen very often, especially when it comes to Heroes, but I have actually been trying to keep myself from watching or reading any spoilers for Heroes episode 20, and let me tell you, it has been hard. I’ve finally cracked under the pressure, I just couldn’t help it.

Episode 20 is entitled “Five Years Gone” and will take place 5 years in the future, offering a glimpse into exactly how things may come to be. Good heroes go bad, bad heroes reform and some can’t seem to make up there mind. Heroes episode 20 hasn’t even aired yet and is already being compared to such monumental episodes as episode 17 “Company Man”. With that in mind, be prepared for some pretty shocking revelations.

If, like me, you lack an iron will and have to learn what to expect before the episode airs, you can find some fantastic Heroes episode 20 spoiler videos after the jump!

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Heroes Episode 19 Recap – Live!

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, welcome to tonight’s main event. Heroes makes it’s triumphant return tonight, airing the first of only five remaining episodes in the first season.

A great deal of people have been waiting for this day for this day to come since the show left on it’s second hiatus some seven weeks ago. Rest assured, Heroes episode 19 is going to be worth the wait and there will be no more breaks until the hit TV series comes to an end.

Get your drinks and snacks ready, kick back in your favorite chair and enjoy the live Heroes episode 19 recap!

Things kick off with a recap of Heroes episode 18 to give us a much needed refresher on where things left off.
HRG is sitting in his cell at Primatech Papers where Claire storms in through the door, apologizing for getting caught… but it’s not Claire, it’s Candice the shape-shifter girl.
Thompson (HRG’s) boss enters, tells Candice to get lost and has a chat with HRG. Thompson tells him the only reason he’s still around is their friendship. Thompson says he’s just waiting for the order to take out HRG.
Nathan Petrelli and Linderman are walking through Linderman’s art collection, looking at all the pictures. Linderman says he cares about the world, he wants to save it, and for that he needs Nathan.
Linderman reveals his powers to Nathan by healing a dead/dieing plant… He can heals things!!!!

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