With the Sylar-as-Nathan point, I see it pretty much the same way. The show could easily introduce another illusionist besides Candice, but your point about the impersonation plot getting tired really quickly is valid. That said, we’ve seen Sylar pull off the impersonation very convincingly in “FYG,” and we’ve seen Pasdar realize the impersonation very convincingly, so it might be a fun storyline to play around with for a few episodes. I’m with you on this point, though. I’m not sure the show will go down that road.

Melanie, word to your post. Hiro was one of my favorite characters too. For me, that’s why it really sucks to see him saddled with storylines like this.

Pas, great point about Hiro showing no sign of becoming Future-Hiro. With New York still standing and Ando still alive, maybe he’s now more likely to become the Hiro we saw in 3.01? It seems like certain story elements are going to happen no matter what — the Bennets breaking apart, people with abilities being rounded up, Peter turning into a renegade, etc. — but stuff like Ando dying and Peter hooking up with Niki doesn’t seem so immutable. Then again, who’s to say Ando won’t still die and Hiro won’t still be crushed by the loss of his friend? I hope not, but it’s always a possibility.

Susan, good catch with Knox on the wall. Random spec: a clone or a twin, à la Tracy? Or the show came up with that wall of fugitives before they actually shot 3.13 and killed him off.

B., I’m really sorry I didn’t mention your favorite scene. I liked the “uh-huh” from Luke too.

Sezza80, I agree, “bakery” would make a little more sense, although I’d still wonder why such a “powerful and dangerous” man would want to usurp his wife’s business. It couldn’t be that profitable, could it? I could be wrong, but it definitely sounds to me like he says “baby,” so I’m guessing either dialogue which explained that line was cut, or we were meant to take some kind of implied meaning from it.

Dean Gibb, neat idea with the voice-overs. I saw it pretty much the same way: a focal character in the episode getting V.O. duty. It might not make the words themselves any more lucid, but it might give the V.O. more of a context in the episode, in the sense that we’d know it related directly to character X/Y/Z at the same time as having a broader relevance to the episode’s themes. After two-and-a-half seasons of mostly Mohinder V.O.’s, though, maybe it’d be too much of a departure.

Read your points I agree with you with your thought on peters ability absorbtion in answering your question about different characters vo I think it would work maybe use a character who is mainly in the episode or who’s arc is being focussed on like next week hrg ?
But they might loose there intensity if claire did them ? What do you think otto?

…to be honest, at this point, I’m half-inclined to think that it was some higher power trying to put Hiro somewhere out of the way where he can’t screw anything up. Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell the camera crew this, so they followed along, and Rebel seems to be out of the loop as well, having given them a reason to go back to the US.

I noticed it too, wasn’t sure if I was meant to though. Glad someone else noticed it.

I also wondered why that beach ball was just sitting there. I’m all for random props, but a beach ball just felt out of place. Maybe an old kite, or a shoe would have been better?

Yes, Hiro’s storyline was a major downer. He’s being a tool and needs to just shut up. What really bothered me was that there was no point to them going to India. The exact same thing could have happened at a wedding in the states. I was expecting Shanti or Chandra’s ghost to show up or something. All to get his powers back. Really? What a tremendous waste of time. And yes, what the hell was with Deepak just giving up on the fight and letting the bride go?

Major props to Ashley Crow for her scenes. She doesn’t get a lot to do, but when she does, she nails it out of the park every time. She never comes across as an idiot housewife, but a naive one, who’s finally putting her foot down when it comes to her husband. When she told her daughter to go upstairs while staring daggers at her husband, you knew something was about to go down.

Speaking of which, damn it if I wasn’t prepared to hate Noah, but the final scene did me in. Even though his behavior is warped, his intentions are always pure when it comes to his family, and now it’s unraveling at the seams because of his actions. Well played, Jack.

I’ll admit, I’m only lukewarm to Zeljko right now. Nathan is villainous enough, the other guy isn’t doing anything for me. He just seems kind of generic.

I prefer Alex to West. Just putting that out there.

Unfortunately, you didn’t elaborate on my fave scene: Sylar & Luke’s little chat at the end. Luke’s little “Uh-huh” to Sylar’s denial of saving him was priceless, and poor Sylar had to turn on the radio just so they wouldn’t have conversation. Brilliant.