Heroes of the future

Damn, that was some full-on Heroes. There's always something jarring about being pulled out of time and deposited much further into a story. In this case, the five year jump gives us exciting background for Hiro's upcoming adventure. Finally, after staying true to the path from the beginning, he knows what he needs to do. Hard part, indeed.

What the hell happened to Parkman? His future incarnation is all kinds of dirty. I'm guessing his turn to the dark side had something to do with his son, though given that we know Candice & DL are dead, we have no reason to believe Parkman's son [or anyone Bennet helped hide, for that matter] is any safer than they were.

How'd Peter end up with a big scar on his face? He has Claire's regenerative ability, so there's no reason he should have any scars he didn't have before meeting her. That annoyed me, but maybe it'll get explained sometime.

I wish we'd learned more about Linderman's fate. We heard reference to the Linderman Act [aka Mutant Registration Act], so we know he remained instrumental to a point. He certainly managed to unite people in fear. Does he know Nathan's not Nathan?

Sylar just gets better & better. Heh, there's no question about his painting now. It took a good bit for me to realize "Nathan" wasn't himself, and it hit me like a brick moments before he revealed himself to Claire. Very exciting! I loved Sylar's satisfaction at finally unzipping Claire's head, and the accompanying clock ticking. In a second viewing I realized we got a good hint about Sylar earlier on, when "Nathan" & Mohinder were in Isaac's loft looking at the timeline. "Nathan" said, "I understand how things work," which is a line Sylar has used in the past. I'll also note that Mohinder is a little more interesting as Sylar's toy.

Dead Hero tally [five years out]: Future-Hiro, Claire, the Haitian, Micah, Nathan, Bennet [though he doesn't have a super ability, he's significant enough to include], Candice and DL.

Incidentally, this episode was directed by Paul Edwards, who is a friend of a friend. I make note of that here because I thought this was a particularly good ep; props to the folks who made it!