A very satisfying Heroes

An awesome new Heroes, in which West redeems himself, Elle learns the truth about her daddy's experiments on her, Claire remembers too late that her father has only ever tried to protect her, and Mohinder proves that he's no more interesting as Bob's lapdog than he was before turning to the dark side.

I'd say Mohinder is as dumb as a box of rocks, but that's insulting to boxes of rocks everywhere. At this point, his loyalty to Bob and the Company just doesn't make sense, and his decision to kill Bennet is entirely whack. It's as though he's forgotten everything he's experienced since starting on this crazy rollercoaster ride. At least Bennet's death wasn't a permanent condition.

Bennet, incidentally, rocks my world. He shone through this entire episode, reminding me over & over again how awesome he is. Now I wonder how he's going to handle being on the receiving end of Company practices in which he is so well versed.

Touchy-feely though it was, I enjoyed Hiro's attempted rescue of his father and his decision to accede to Kaito's wishes. Given last week's ep, it wasn't a great surprise that Kaito Nakamura's killer was Adam; what remains to be seen is how Hiro chooses to use that knowledge. Of all the characters on the show, Hiro is the only one I think really embraces and understands being a hero.

After last week's waste-of-time episode, this week's ep made me think Heroes is well on track. It also made me think that the necessity to truncate the season is not a bad thing at all. If it results in episodes as content-laden as this one, maybe short seasons are the way to go.