Six Months Ago

I wasn’t really impressed by this episode, but I did enjoy a few moments. Read below for my thoughts:

We finally got to meet Sylar, and it seems that IMDB.com was incorrect. Several weeks ago, they had listed that Sean Bean was cast to play Paul Sylar, and of course, last night we learned that the actual actor in that role is Zach Quinto. If he looks familiar, then you probably saw him on 24. Here’s the deal, though, what is Sylar’s real power? It seemed like he consumed the telekinetic power of the guy he killed. Is that what happened? And did he really see something “wrong” with that guy? Is that why he’s after Charlie (the waitress)? Is it because she’s sick? So many questions.

Apparently, Mr. Bennett has been looking for heroes longer than Chandra has known that they are around, too, which is really pretty interesting. Who does Mr. Bennett work for? I don’t think that he’s working on his own. Also, do you think that the Haitian’s power is what protected Mr. Bennett from Eden’s powers? Which, by the way, got her a pretty sweet ride.
Matt’s storyline was pretty lame. He just ended up eating donuts and failing the detective’s exam. Big deal.

Claire’s story was somewhat interesting. She first discovered that something might be amiss with her healing abilities, but she didn’t seem really curious yet.

The Niki/Jessica plot was goofy. She comes across more now as a split personality psycho rather than a hero, and why couldn’t we see D.L. learn about his power or Micah discover his. Why was Micah taking that computer apart in the first place, and why did Niki’s dad leave when he saw it? Was he just too tempted to beat Micah to death right there? That scene just wasn’t very well performed.

Nathan and Peter were somewhat interesting. Nathan because he seemed to fly; I say seemed to because it was all in Peter’s dream. Which makes this the second time that Peter has had a prophetic dream. Well, I guess technically, it’s the first time that we know of when you look at it from a correct timeline perspective, but either way, he’s done it twice now that we know of. Is this a secondary power of Peter’s? And assuming that Nathan really flew, don’t you think that his wife wonders where he went when he just disappeared from the driver’s seat? And why did their father’s death change their minds about going after Linderman? They were are all ready to lay it down and “stab their father in the back” as they said, and then they found out he died, and now Nathan is getting in bed with the guy. I really don’t understand what changed there. Were they scared that he would come after them or their mother next?

Finally, Hiro and Ando are back together again. Unfortunately, he can’t save Charlie no matter how he tries, but he doesn’t tell us if it continues to fail to save her from Sylar or if he continues to fail to save her from her aneurysm. At least he’s back with Ando, though, and they can now move on to find Peter, Claire, and the others. And again, I’m not even going to open the door to all the questions of continuity that are brought about by the time travel. I will, however, tell you that I wonder why Hiro couldn’t “jump” from the roof of his office building in Japan? Does he have to “recharge” after a while? Or was his concentration broken at that point? What was the deal?

I welcome your thoughts.