The show's getting a bit formuletic (is that even a word?) lately. Last week I was a bit upset that we had yet another "Hey lets manipulate Mohinder!" and then this week we're still having that, we're still having Bennett make plans that end up not working, we still have Peter, arguably THE most powerful person on the show just stand there looking pretty.

Oh, and for the millionth time, Hiro declares that he has failed in his mission. Seriously, I used to really like Hiro, but man can he get depressing really fast!

I'm going to start rooting for Sylar. He's the only one who seems to actually know what he's doing!

Sylar does seem to be the only person who isn't a witless boob. This was a good episode, it moved things along etc, but I always wonder why the "good" guys can have ten heroes standing around and they're all just run when something bad happpens. Heck, even Ando, the non-hero is one of the ones who is willing to go die to try and kill Sylar.

I would think that a little teamwork would produce plenty of results for the non-sylar side of the equation.

I think this goes back to part of the original premise of the show: these are just regular people that happened to evolve or "Ascend" as Hiro's dad put it. They haven't had much experience and are probably still coming to terms with parts of the situation.

Sylar does seem to be the only person who isn't a witless boob. This was a good episode, it moved things along etc, but I always wonder why the "good" guys can have ten heroes standing around and they're all just run when something bad happpens. Heck, even Ando, the non-hero is one of the ones who is willing to go die to try and kill Sylar.

I think this goes back to part of the original premise of the show: these are just regular people that happened to evolve or "Ascend" as Hiro's dad put it. They haven't had much experience and are probably still coming to terms with parts of the situation.

In this episode they finally did start coming together and stepping up a bit. Claire saying she wants to go "patrol" (an obvious Buffy jab), Hiro getting training so he will be better prepared, etc.

A "normal" person's reaction when something bad happens is to run. They probably also don't want to reveal themselves too much in public unless they can help it because they are scared of what people might think or say.

Next season, I hope, will be better since they will now have some experience under their belts and have grown into their powers.

I would think that a little teamwork would produce plenty of results for the non-sylar side of the equation.

From our perspective it seems easy to say this, having seen all of the "heroes" over the course of this season. However, last night was the first time that many of them had seen each other or had all been in one place. I don't imagine it would be easy to orchestrate teamwork among strangers, but we'll see how it ends up next week I guess.

Side note: Micah probably didn't have to work too hard to hack those voting machines, they were probably all made by Diebold. :)

Side note: Micah probably didn't have to work too hard to hack those voting machines, they were probably all made by Diebold. :)

Side note: Micah probably didn't have to work too hard to hack those voting machines, they were probably all made by Diebold. :)

They tricked me a bit on that one. Given Linderman's fixation on the explosion, I thought that was where Micah's talents were going to be applied.

Hiro getting training so he will be better prepared,

Hiro getting training so he will be better prepared,

Were we supposed to assume that Hiro's dad was able to train him as a swordsman in the span of a couple of hours, or that Hiro froze time in order to fit a long stretch of training into an afternooon? The former is pretty absurd, and the later would mean that Ando decided to go after Sylar by himself after only a few minutes wait. Or that the swordsmith did something to him and lied to Hiro about what happened.

Hiro getting training so he will be better prepared,

Were we supposed to assume that Hiro's dad was able to train him as a swordsman in the span of a couple of hours, or that Hiro froze time in order to fit a long stretch of training into an afternooon? The former is pretty absurd, and the later would mean that Ando decided to go after Sylar by himself after only a few minutes wait. Or that the swordsmith did something to him and lied to Hiro about what happened.

I wasn't quite sure to make of that, either. I suppose he could have slowed down time but that would have been a stretch given that previously he has needed physical contact for that to work on others as well.

Perhaps Hiro already had some of the skills necessary and his father was bringing them out? He may have had some defensive training but didn't have the "heart" or drive to turn those skills to offensive use.

Perhaps Hiro's father's power is the ability to impart knowledge on others? Or perhaps he only taught him enough to kill someone who was not a real swordsman, just enough to take out Sylar.

It may have been more of a mental lesson than a physical training lesson.

That was my impression. I think the swordplay was just a method to get Hiro to change his attitude.

Hiro getting training so he will be better prepared,

Were we supposed to assume that Hiro's dad was able to train him as a swordsman in the span of a couple of hours, or that Hiro froze time in order to fit a long stretch of training into an afternooon? The former is pretty absurd, and the later would mean that Ando decided to go after Sylar by himself after only a few minutes wait. Or that the swordsmith did something to him and lied to Hiro about what happened.

The show's getting a bit formuletic (is that even a word?) lately.

I suppose we'll know when Sylar kills her.

Nice subtle touch that beautiful sexy Candace the shape-changer

Nice subtle touch that beautiful sexy Candace the shape-changer

It was also implied that she's NOT a shape-changer. She creates illusions.

So, my question is: Is the bomb issue really going to be resolved next Monday and they start another premise for the series next season? Or are they going to drag this out for eternity...

And the Tracking System, as soon as Molly showed where her Policeman Hero was, I figured there was going to be a problem, (yeah I musta missed something earlier in the season.. LOL) but I never thought that Bennett would actually go through with it. Even to save Claire. I mean, she's just a child!! Why not try to bring her over to the good side, instead?

And the Tracking System, as soon as Molly showed where her Policeman Hero was, I figured there was going to be a problem, (yeah I musta missed something earlier in the season.. LOL) but I never thought that Bennett would actually go through with it. Even to save Claire. I mean, she's just a child!! Why not try to bring her over to the good side, instead?

Here's something: weren't many of our heroes implanted with something? Doesn't that mean that there's more than one tracking system?

The best part of this week's episode was Hiro's pop not turning out to be another old-school hero butthead. He's clearly been manipulative but he's not a bad guy - more reason for Hiro to be the one hero who's been up for the challenge from the start (barring a couple depressive periods when things looked impossibly grim).

The best part of this week's episode was Hiro's pop not turning out to be another old-school hero butthead. He's clearly been manipulative but he's not a bad guy - more reason for Hiro to be the one hero who's been up for the challenge from the start (barring a couple depressive periods when things looked impossibly grim).

Doesn't make sense to me though. Hiro's dad worked for/with Linderman. He actually put Claire in Bennett's hands. How come he's the only one not a butt head?

Doesn't make sense to me though. Hiro's dad worked for/with Linderman. He actually put Claire in Bennett's hands. How come he's the only one not a butt head?

At one point last night Hiro's father said that there were some that split from his point of view and lost their way. I forget his exact words. He was probably talking about Linderman, Bennett, et al.

Doesn't make sense to me though. Hiro's dad worked for/with Linderman. He actually put Claire in Bennett's hands. How come he's the only one not a butt head?

At one point last night Hiro's father said that there were some that split from his point of view and lost their way. I forget his exact words. He was probably talking about Linderman, Bennett, et al.

Doesn't make sense to me though. Hiro's dad worked for/with Linderman. He actually put Claire in Bennett's hands.

Has Peter cloned Sylar's power? If he cuts open the brain of someone (whose power he'd already have cloned by being near, of course), does his power double?

Has Peter cloned Sylar's power? If he cuts open the brain of someone (whose power he'd already have cloned by being near, of course), does his power double?

That's a neet question... But since he's never been able to volunterily NOT absorb the power of somebody he was near... I'd say that the answer is obviously YES, but he'll never use it.

More interesting, I think, is if he's got the powers of the people Syler stole. Peter never met the Mechanic Chic with uber-hearing, but he has been next to Syler after he stole that... I'd be curious to see if Peter concentrating on Syler gave him THAT ability (or the ability to melt appliances).

Has Peter cloned Sylar's power? If he cuts open the brain of someone (whose power he'd already have cloned by being near, of course), does his power double?

The way I understand it, Sylar's native ability is mechanical aptitude, which allows him to understand exactly how things work. When he was only a watchmaker, he couldn't manipulate anything, only understand its workings and find anomalies. It's possible that *any* Special, or even any human at all, can steal a Special's power by taking their brain. Maybe Sylar only found that out because he intuitively knows how things work and figured out that particular exploit.