FWIW: My roommate, she of many Irish relatives and trips to the Ol' Sod, thought the lead guy's accent was authentic, just not one that we hear a lot of.

Yeah, the accents sounded real to me, too, and I've spent a bit of time in Ireland.

Can't help but be reminded of Doyle on "Angel," with my wife complaining about his accent and me being there going, "Uhm, he's really Irish, honey. That's his real accent."

And I think it's inevitable that Hiro will become his own hero..

I think that Hiro will take over the persona of what'shisface so that the legends are true. He's the one who will marry the swordsmith's daughter. Which will be very complicated, I think. Oh, wait, I'm sure she'll get killed.

See, I think Hiro will indeed be his own grandpa, but I'm pulling for the swordsmith's daughter to be the one doing the legendary asskicking.

Not because Hiro can't, or because of any evidence at all, really, but I just want her to.

I'm pulling for the swordsmith's daughter to be the one doing the legendary asskicking.

Somehow this is reminding me of that lovely young armor-maker in Knight's Tale that I kept thinking was a) going to kick ass and b) going to marry Heath Ledger, but instead he ended up with that horrible low affect princess!

I sort of miss the sweet cute girl that Hiro met in the diner who died. What I really want is for Hiro to be a viable romantic interest, not just cute Asian geek dude. Of course, I still want Peter and Claire to not be related, so...

Oh, noes, it's another one of Nathan's bastage children flying around, sending incest vibes to Claire (she seems to attract them, huh?)

Bwah! But do powers breed true, or is it a coincidence? Until the end, I thought that kid might actually be Peter watching over Claire from deep cover, having picked up chameleon powers along the way.

Well, that was interesting. Any theories on what, exactly, Maya's power is--other than "don't scare me or people die"?

Projective Ebola? Blue glove rays?

I don't think Hiro will be his own grandpa. I suspect something more like that Xena episode where she secretly helped Odysseus defeat the cyclops, sirens, etc. (My personal favorite was when she helped him bend the sword while hiding under the table).

Also, the preview hinted that Kensei has a power. There was an eclipse shortly after Hiro landed and we've been led to believe that's when powers manifest.

Well, that was interesting. Any theories on what, exactly, Maya's power is--other than "don't scare me or people die"?

She's channelling Amy Irving and Andrew Stevens in THE FURY? Which means if she gets really pissed off/scared she might make somebody blow up real good.

It's amazing, thinking how I perceive Mr. Bennet now vs. my first impressions of him in last season's first episode.

He's a wonderful actor.

I am very miffed that Hiro's dad his dead, especially without us learning what his power was.

With any luck it involves surviving getting knocked off of buildings.

Stephen Tobolowsky. He's been in a ton of stuff (Deadwood, for example, and he was Ned Ryerson in GROUNDHOG DAY).

And Sammy Jankis in Memento. And the original Principal Flutie.

Maya's power is clearly to induce promicin death.

hahahahaha.

oh damn.