Sorry if that comes across as somewhat trite, but it’s also true. And I’m the self-appointed defender of Almost Everything Peter Petrelli Does because I’m a rabid fangirl. If “rabid” and “Rand-like rational” are two concepts that go hand-in-hand, that is…

http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Interviews-Features/Article/default.aspx?posting={ED435B39-70EB-4489-AF02-A3280304EA18}

I think Kring figures that by honoring their commitment to Issac’s death, they are forging a link in the chain that will change the future.

As I said, the gravest concern for me is the continued duping of Mohinder Suresh.

That very issue is addressed in the following interview…

TVGuide.com: Were you disappointed at all in Mohinder those past few episodes, seeing him fall prey to Sylar so easily? Or did the drugged-tea twist redeem him for you?
Ramamurthy: For a guy who’s supposedly so smart, he’s been duped a lot, and that was a concern. But the way I tried to approach it was that he comes from a good place and he has a good heart, and he’s ready to believe in people. But when the writers came up with this twist where he stops being taken for a sucker, I was really, really psyched. And it only gets better in the rest of the episodes. The character has rounded a huge corner.

TVGuide.com: He’s hardened up a bit?
Ramamurthy: It’s hardened him up, and from what I hear, thatÔøΩs going to carry on into the second season. Apparently it’s going to be “Mohinder 2.0.” There will be very new aspects to him. I have no idea what they are, but I can’t wait to find out.

Source — Spoilers For Five Years Gone

ìWe love our shocks and surprises, but we also honor our commitments,î Kring said. ìWe showed Isaac dead on the floor way back in Episode 2. Sure, we could have found a way out of that, but itís not our style. We take story seriously.î

He really is missing the point here, isn’t he? Doesn’t he understand that what he calls “taking story seriously” also pretty much negates any reason at all for watching the show and caring about the characters? If the future can’t be changed, then I see no point in even watching the show, as the whole “their ultimate destiny is nothing less than to save the world” in the scolling text at the beginning of episode 1 essentially becomes a lie. How about taking THAT story seriously, Mr. Kring. Seriously, I can’t even read that quote without thinking that he just doesn’t get it.

As I said, the gravest concern for me is the continued duping of Mohinder Suresh. I can’t for the life of me figure out the usefulness of bringing him together with Thompson, and just consider it a generally bad idea. The character has been abused enough, writers. Leave him a little dignity and allow us to respect him again. Geez. I do wish the original script of having Mohinder push Sylar out the window could have stayed in. Would have really increased the plausibility of the scene.

Some spoiler-ish stuff:
Santiago Cabrera is listed in the NBC blurbs for all three remaining episodes. Don’t know wha that could mean, I don’t know. The guest cast list for all four remaining eps is very intriguing. Rena Sofer is going to be back, as well as the forgotten little girl Matt found in Ep. 2, Molly Walker. Looks like she is now a major guest star. James Kyson Lee is slated to be in all remaining eps. Tawny and Clea are back in the finale–Clea’s been gone way too long.

There are some spoiler clips of Monday’s ep available on YouTube. Three scenes, about four minutes worth of stuff.

Your right. That said, HRG’s escape plan is proof that the writers won’t necessarily go with the simplest narrative. Plus, these are the same writers who expect us to buy the characters being so interconnected. Watchmen parallels aside, these are the same writers who expect non-comic book fans to buy how feasible Linderman’s plan is. So, I figure there’s a 60/40 chance in favor of my explanation, or some variation therof, being the correct one.

I think HRG and Candice both went back to Primatech after visiting Isaac in New York. They could have separated to go to different parts of the building; to be debriefed, to report the outcome in New York, to get a new assignment, whatever … There are a million reasons why the characters could have separated after they got to Texas, none of which would necessarily cause HRG to be suspicious. Then, of course, Candice is assigned to head over to the hotel and morph into Sandra while Thompson’s lackeys are chloroforming Sandra and Lyle and hauling them away in the back of a van.

Candace-As-Sandra’s “You’re back early” refers to a third trip that we don’t see, a trip during which he furthers the plan and prepares for Candace and Co.

So, HRG planned to be locked away at Primatech because he wanted to put himself in a situation where he could grab Matt and Ted and bring them along to take out the tracking system? It’s definitely possible, but in this instance I think the simpler explanation is more likely: he was taken by surprise, and he came up with a plan which happened to benefit from being a captive at Primatech. I think it’s just one of those fateful ironies because he’s obviously now going to need Matt and Ted, and chances are he couldn’t have roped them into this plan unless he was a prisoner along with them.

I wish we could get a McDowell voiceover every week.

Mohinder still isn’t the brightest bulb in the batch, but what can you say. I don’t blame it on Sendhil who I feel does a great job of portraying him.

That’s a good point, leaving us with option #1, which is plausible.

Nah, Claire had no idea. Meredith never told her the last name of her father. If she had, Claire’s reactions in “Run!” would have been ENTIRELY different than they were, as would her interactions with the Haitian in “Parasite.”