In terms of limitation on Peter's power: the whole "exploding man" thing could be that limitation if the writers want. If Peter overuses his powers, Peter goes boom.
That smakes perfect sense to me--Peter was on the verge of overloading once or twice before (and during) his time with Claude. I actually expected *that* to be the bomb, and not one (or more) people getting Ted's power.
Since that explosion was so way beyond anything Ted himself ever did even when shot, I think an overload chain reaction among Peter's various powers with each augmenting the next might be at least partly at fault.
Oooh. Yeah. This.
As for the dreams coming true: Well, Claude wasn't standing there laughing at him in the finale like he was in the dream. (...or was he??)
We didn't
see
Claude, but he could have been there!
Peter could survive being ground zero for a nuclear explosion. Surviving the splat from a 50,000 foot fall seems trivial compared to that-especially given TK and flying abilities both to break the fall.
I think the point is more that, working on the theory that he can't use two powers at once, will be be able to use the regenerate power after the big boom power?
Of course, the regeneration is apparently unconscious reflex, but it's a thought.
And in turns out that the power Peter got from his last patient was *prophetic* dreams.
Yeah, but the dream he had when he thought stuff was going to explode wasn't the same as the sort of go-back-in-time kind of setup with Charles. It would be a nice little plot clear up if that was so, but I don't think I'm convinced.
I dunno. The more I think about it, the less satisfying I find the conclusion. Too much of it doesn't make sense, particularly Nathan's rather unnecessary sacrifice. Plus I'll be annoyed when Sylar returns not dead.
Yeah, but the dream he had when he thought stuff was going to explode wasn't the same as the sort of go-back-in-time kind of setup with Charles.
I would imagine that dream walking is different after you get time traveling ability. Regardless, it was also pretty clear that Peter's vision of himself exploding was some sort of prophetic vision, because Issac saw the same thing.
And they made it clear that Nathan's sacrifice was needed. We can argue about why, but it is pretty obvious that Peter's powers were out of control and he couldn't fly.
The new comic, a four-parter has potential. It give us backstory on
the Haitian.
If you haven't read the two before that, they make the whole
"wireless" character pay off.
Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?
An interesting take on Heroes by Juan Cole in Salon.
BTW -- Got the Nielsen ratings for tomorrow's paper (We're a day off because of the holiday) -- The "Heroes" finale was 8th overall for the week.
