Wait, so -- did Canada get new SGA last night after all?

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Such is the rumor. I've been checking certain places, and no one has found a torrent yet, and there's a lot of fear of fakes out there. I think the theory is you might download a fake put out there by MGM to catch you.

Apparently people were kind of caught off guard by the fact that it actually aired.

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Well, um. Just. I do hope it shows up very soon, because I leave tomorrow afternoon, and I certainly can't ahem anything at my parents' because they only have dial-up.

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I know! Damnit.

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He's not nice, but like Mr. Bennett wrt to Claire, he has no intention of being selfish.

I disagree. He’s done so much to sabotage Peter because he’s worried about his political aspirations. Peter’s done nothing but think about him, like taking the hit for the trip in Vegas.

It was a nice change to see him interacting with someone else's powers and not have Hiro swoop in and save the day yet again.

I’m glad that he’s realized what his power is.

Given that it was his brother possibly dead and he could definitely keep Peter safe by keeping him away from Odessa, he made his choice. Simone had to consider the same choice before she showed the photoprint to Peter.

Why don’t people ever learn that you can’t beat prophecy? Claire’s dad thought that he could ground her and it wouldn’t happen. If she hadn’t been late because she was grounded, she and Jackie wouldn’t have been the last ones in the locker room, she would have been on the field already. Now, Nathan has not stopped the prophecy AND he’s alienated his brother.

I was a little afraid that Sylar would absorb Pixie Pusher’s power and it would be a battle of wills like that time on Smallville.

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I disagree. He’s done so much to sabotage Peter because he’s worried about his political aspirations.

I agree with this.

Peter’s done nothing but think about him, like taking the hit for the trip in Vegas.

But not with this. Peter, in part, took the hit for the Vegas trip, in order to have something over Nathan, so he could get him the portrait. Mind, I don't think he was wrong to do so, but it wasn't all for Nathan's sake.

Why don’t people ever learn that you can’t beat prophecy? Claire’s dad thought that he could ground her and it wouldn’t happen. If she hadn’t been late because she was grounded, she and Jackie wouldn’t have been the last ones in the locker room, she would have been on the field already. Now, Nathan has not stopped the prophecy AND he’s alienated his brother.

Scott and I were yelling the same thing at the TV, last night.

I was a little afraid that Sylar would absorb Pixie Pusher’s power and it would be a battle of wills like that time on Smallville.

Me, too (except the Smallville part, because I've never watched it.) I was also afraid Peter might pick up some of Sylar's evil.

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Mind, I don't think he was wrong to do so, but it wasn't all for Nathan's sake.

oh, good point, hadn't thought about that.

Me, too (except the Smallville part, because I've never watched it.)

episode about two salesmen who were best friends had the power to control people through touch, usually a handshake. one of the them used his power for evil, the other turned into a recluse. The end was them clasping hands and trying to overpower the other (lot of CGI in the background and swelling music)

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I was a little afraid that Sylar would absorb Pixie Pusher’s power and it would be a battle of wills like that time on Smallville.

My guess (and I've heard it from others) is that Sylar may need to do something with the physical brain to absorb the powers, hence the hands-free slicing and dicing. Not sure I want to know how he learned that particular trick if that is the case.

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Cindy got to what I was going to say about Nathan, Vortex. He's a prick, but some of the stuff he does is about family, not about himself--I didn't put that restriction in my post and I should have. I just meant this latest stuff.

Sometimes you can beat prophecy. Depends on the world you're working in, and how is Nathan to know? Also, how can it be better for him not to try?

Also--the shot of Claire on those...oh, the wide shot with her in the auditorium looking behind her in panic with the looming shadow--did that happen? I thought Peter was with her when she ran.

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I don't think we have enough information about the rules of prophecy/time travel on this show. Is it the kind of world where you can actually change things, or is it the kind of world where no matter what you do, it leads to what was prophesied/originally happened?

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