I have a theory on Hiro's growing English vocabulary.

I think he Hiro already can read English, but is finally learning to speak and hear it constantly spoken, so his prior knowledge is helping connect the dots.

Plus he is, of course, awesome. Don't discount that.

I think he Hiro already can read English,

I thought that, too, but then he couldn't read the guidebook after Ando left.

I thought that, too, but then he couldn't read the guidebook after Ando left.

Hmm. Maybe it was badly translated from Japanese. Engrish is hard enough to read to native readers....

He did recognize the word "waffles."

Well, there may have been a picture.

I assumed there was

Clearly, I need to start eating in better diners.

Being able to read enough English to follow a comic book or a street sign doesn't necessarily mean being able to read the instruction manual to your Nissan. (I thought it was cute that Hiro apparently can't drive, and thought the instruction manual would tell him how.) I lived in Germany for a while, and I read enough German to get around the supermarket and the roads, but I couldn't speak it or understand it spoken very well, and I couldn't have read anything as complicated as my Audi's manual.

Still doesn't explain why Hiro wasn't speaking a word of English to Issac in his phone calls, though.

I finally, finally caught up with Heroes and BSG. Heroes grows on me more with each ep. I agree with those who are enjoying Nathan, though he's not really likable. Hiro and Ando continue to be my favorites. So fun.

BSG. Damn. There is so much, but I'm just going to say that Tigh (and Ellen) about broke me during her death scene, and Tigh absolutely broke me with his response to Adama, "Not all of them." His expression, the way his voice broke.

Aside from that, there was much wooing and hooing during the rescue scenes. Nice sendoff for Pegasus. Dear god, the gorgeous CGI on this show. I want a vid with all of the pretty space battles. And last, they really know how to get to me with the music cues that call back to earlier seasons/episodes. Crafty bastards.

Looks like I might've been the only one to see the unaired version of the Heroes pilot. Yay me! Mostly, the only thing different about the aired and unaired versions are that certain scenes have been moved around. In the aired version the introduction to Regen!Cheerleader is edited so that there is another scene between her and the nerd filming her falling off the mining equipment, and them reaching the train derailment. In the unaired version they go from the former directly into the latter. However, there is one humongous difference, that involves a deleted portion of that act. In the unaired version the two of them are almost run down by a speeding van. Regen!Cheerleader looks at the van as it speeds away and we see shadowy figures in the back of the van and what looks like the warhead of a nuclear missile. The implication being that the derailment was staged by terrorists so they could steal the warhead and then use it on New York. I don't know the rational for deleting this scene because it adds another layer to the mystery. Presumably, the creators have changed their mind about who and how the nuke detonation occurs. .

eta: Just caught up with episode 5. Love it to death. I'm getting the feeling that Regen!Cheerleader's dad is not part of an evil conspiracy. They obviously let MindReadingCop go without harming him, so I'm thinking the agenda might be something a bit more benevolent. I'm thinking they're tracking down the "heroes" so they can be informed of who they are and what they can do, so possibly they can be utilised to fight evil. Sort of like "Xavier's School for Gifted Children".

Peter Petrelli seems to be a bit of a "Rogue" type character; able to take on the other person's abilities when in close proximity but without the need to touch, or cause damage to them.