Daniel P, I nominate you to help the show finish the Kensei/Yaeko/Hiro triangle. I think you sold it more convincingly than they did. The Kensei/Yaeko bond doesn’t work for me because it hasn’t been developed. Even the scene under the cherry trees which you mentioned was shot from Hiro’s perspective. There needed to be a little more to establish why they cared about one another. As it stands, I think Yaeko’s more in love with the notion of a gallant hero who rescues her and all of Japan from tyranny. That’s why her feelings shift from Kensei to Hiro so quickly when she learns that he’s the one with the ability.

Susan, with Mohinder’s reluctance to eliminate an ability which the owner loves, the point I was trying to make was that the idea of elimination was nothing new to Mohinder. It’s why the dialogue felt a little awkward when Bob started lecturing Mohinder about certain individuals needing to be stopped at all costs. Mohinder should know that better than anyone after Chandra’s death.

Raissa, I don’t know if Beeman’s blog this week was a sign of the show being in trouble. If they’re reshooting portions of “Powerless” at the last minute, I can kind of forgive the guy for skipping a blog. Understandably, the production schedule had fallen apart at that point.

KellyH, I’ll mourn Origins! I was looking forward to seeing how a serial show approaches a series of standalone episodes. I don’t know if it would turn Heroes into a franchise; it struck me more as a creative way to branch out the story and the concepts. I hope they revisit the idea at some point.

JSheedy, Ken, I’m thinking maybe the whole thing with the Haitian’s “trick” is one of those instances when the show’s canon clashes with the GNs? I mean, even if the memory-wiping developed after the ability-blocking, The Company knew about the memory-wiping from the moment they discovered him. Thompson had that drawing from the Haitian of the guy pulling memories out of a person’s head “like little grub worms.” I think the Haitian could always erase specific chunks of memory, and I think The Company always knew about it. Maybe Ivan wasn’t in the loop on this particular ability; maybe the Haitian wasn’t partnered with HRG until much later; or, maybe, it’s just one of those minor errors which the show makes from time to time.

Thus, in that sense, his FIRST power will be nullifying any superpower and then only his SECOND trick is, he learned to mind wipe.

So, it boils down to more “George Washington Never tells a lie” as opposed to “George Washington was the first president of the United States”. In this case, Hiro isn’t breaking history, as the folklore aspects of Kensei(stories told to him as a child) gives him a lot of leeway in the past.

At least, that’s what i thought…

My best friend and I have gone from referring to Maya and Alejandro as “Wanda and Pietro” (the former Avengers twins) to “Northstar and Aurora” (the twins from Alpha Flight, also with a tactile-based ability) to “Maya y Miguel” (the brother and sister from PBS Kids). That being said, they *really* need to get away from Sylar in a hurry. What’s worse than sneaking into the country with your own criminal record? Sneaking in with a murderer on the FBI’s wanted list!

I sooo want to see Monica develop into this “counter-Taskmaster”, “Mega Man” type ability-duplicating hero. I almost shed a tear when I thought she was getting her power removed. Of course, it might be because she did my favorite WWE finisher. (Booyaka, booyaka! 619!) I’d have fallen off of the couch if she finished it by jumping off the counter onto the guy into a rolling pin.

Is it too little too late for the “jump the shark” and “sophomore slump” crowd? Who knows?

I plan on sticking with the show, because of the characters and actors i still love, even if many of their story lines are lacking. I’m a fanfic reader/writer, so I’ll just address the issues I have with the show through that outlet during the void that will be the writers’ strike.

Re: Sylar, I totally agree. Fact is, I was sick of him by late S1.