Yeah, no real surprises this episode, other than the fact it's looking like DL is actually going to be one of the Heroes and it's looking more and more like Niki is going to be a villain. As soon as DL said he dropped out of the job and that someone who knew the plan exactly replaced him and killed his crew that it was Ikin who did it, though. So I was right about those bodies in the desert being more of her handiwork.

I was also pretty confident Claire's bio-parents were going to be actors.

Still on the fence as to whether Claire's dad is actually evil, though. I couldn't quite read his reaction to the "Save the cheerleader" revelation. I couldn't tell if he was concerned for Claire, or concerned that she was important/his evil plot might be known.

See, I think Claire's dad isn't evil. I may be basing this entirely on his expression after Nathan Petrelli's sonic boom though.

My satellite switched to Jon as soon as spy neighbor chick showed up at the artist's house. Anything happen after that?

Huh, the Daily Show is on early where you live.

Did the stuff with Forrest putting his hand through Ikin, happen before that?

Yeah, I saw that.

I am on mountain time! Fear my frakked-up tv schedule! Local feed is same airtime as Central (late local news at 10). National feeds are Eastern (TDS at 9). These rules, however, are not always true. For this...is Mountain Time!

The same thing happened to me, Debetesse, only with the Scrubs rerun and not the Daily Show. Did NeighborSpyChick say anything other than that she was a fan?

Shaw created his first play (Widowers Houses) in collaboration with another William Archer, who provided the plot. [Wait! It's relevant!].

After a week, Shaw mailed his partner "I've finished the first act, and have not yet begun your plot". A second letter said "I've now finished the second act, and have used up your plot. Please send more." Nobody ever collaborated with Shaw again.

And it is way past friggin time for Heroes to move to Shaw's second stage. Enough setup already!

The connection [DW-TW] is enjoyable, IMO, rather than necessary.

I agree completely, WindSparrow. And I'm intrigued enough to wonder how things (like the Doctor's hand in a bottle ) will play out. I would love them to get a Tennant cameo at some point, though I doubt that will happen, actually.

Re TW episode 3: Captain Jack can teach me to shoot anytime, thankyouverymuch. And I'm loving Gwen more and more, although she has proved that she's not immune to Torchwood-Syndrome (illicit use of alien technology for your own ends) .

I rewatched Ep1 the other night, and caught something I'd missed before - when Jack tells Gwen about the amnesia pill, he mentions "a dash of retcon". One for the fans....

See, I think Claire's dad isn't evil. I may be basing this entirely on his expression after Nathan Petrelli's sonic boom though.

Yeah, good or evil, he genuinely seems to think these super powers are cool, so he's not all bad. He's kind of like a sinister Hiro. (:

I'm also in the "not evil" or "not completely evil camp. Sure, he's spying on people and kidnapping them, but he's yet to actually kill any one. Doesn't mean he doesn't have an agenda, though. Note: the RNA symbol that's been popping up in various scenes, particularly as Niki's tatoo. I wonder if he's tagging them, and if the reason they didn't take Niki before is that they already had her.

Yeah, good or evil, he genuinely seems to think these super powers are cool, so he's not all bad.

Yeah, that was one of my favorite moments when he hears about Hiro's abilities and goes "That's cool!" in a total fanboy voice.