I almost forgot the moment when Mrs. Petrelli mentally yelled at Matt to get out of her head and they both looked surprised.

I loved, loved HRG telling Claire some home truths about what the Company would do to her if they get their hands on her. HRG is just rockin' my socks off these first two episodes.

I need for things to speed up a little on the Maya/Alejandro storyline. Not that they both aren't very pretty and I do enjoy getting a little Spanish in (which, overall, way to be multi-culti, Heroes), but right now this storyline is dragging as much as Nikki/IkkiN.

So, this is the season of "yeah, now we're going to have power-doubles for everyone!"

I actually think it's instructive at this point to see some duplicates, because really, the powers don't make the character, and it's the character that matters. (Which is why I'm incline to doubt that Kensai and Claire are related, as I doubt that West and Nathan are related.)

Digging the hell out of Mama Petrelli. The "GET OUT OF MY MIND!" bit, with her screaming in her head and keeping a completely neutral expression was awesome. And "not for a long time ..." YOWZA!

right now this storyline is dragging as much as Nikki/IkkiN.

And of course, we've not even seen the ikkiN family yet this season. And oddly, I can't say I've missed them, although I'll probably be happy when they turn up.

And speaking of happy they turned up: The Haitian! And he's now part of the Bennett Conspiracy Without Initials (BCWI)! That's some pretty awesome team-building going on. Of course, I'm surprised Principal Flutie Bob sent Mohinder in without a primer on The Haitian Sensation's abilities, but there you are. Playing too close to the vest has always been the OWI's weak spot.

Bennett Conspiracy Without Initials (BCWI)

I love this!

Playing too close to the vest has always been the OWI's weak spot.

See, I thought this might all be part of the BCWI master plan. Mohinder calls HRG and lets him know he's going after the Haitian. Bennet tells Mohinder that once he heals Bob, he should send him to Not!Sunnydale to meet up at Plinko's and before the Hatian splits, he mind wipes Mo so that Goldfinger doesn't find anything out. Am I giving Noah too much credit? I think not!

And of course, we've not even seen the ikkiN family yet this season. And oddly, I can't say I've missed them, although I'll probably be happy when they turn up.

Seriously. I miss Micah (a little bit) and I would like to find out if DL is alive since the last time we saw him he was SHOT IN THE GUT! But Nikki, now that she's passed on the super strength to Peter so that he can get even hotter . . . yeah, she can pretty much stay gone for my taste. We got a new boring ass storyline with murky powers now.

I had a nasty, nasty thought about who the killer might be: Peter, or a future version thereof.

He's been around Hiro, and so would have picked up his powers (along w/ everyone else's in Kirby Plaza). We've got an amnesiac Peter running around right now, so who the hell knows what he'll end up being like. If the Niki/Jessica duality was connected to a power and was not simply severe dissociation of a a single personality, Peter may very well have picked that up along with N/J's super-strength.

I think that Peter has been around DL - didn't he phase through the ropes?

That electrical outage thing is reminding me of demony stuffy from SPN.

I loved Mohinder speaking French!

And I could not watch Claire cutting her toe off. But Mr. Muggles totally rocked tonight. Go Mr. Muggles! Get that annoying Flying Boy!

think that Peter has been around DL

They were all there in the plaza de showdown - Sylar, Nathan, DL, Jessica, Molly, Micah, Claire, Mohinder and HRG, so theoretically Peter has all of Sylar's powers (of which we know what? super hearing, that weird morphing one where you turn steel into liquid, TK, precognition - though he already got that from Isaac on his own) plus Nathan's flight power (already had it), plus DL's phasing, plus Nikki/Jessica's super strength (and maybe split personality if that's a part of her powers) plus Molly's ability to "see" other heroes, plus Micah's gift with technology, plus Claire's regenerating, plus maybe Mo's super blood (?). And he also got Ted's radioactive power earlier that day added to Claude's invisibility which he already had earlier. Plus, he should have whatever powers Mama and Papa Petrelli had and he got Shaft's dream powers (though I'm still not quite clear what those are). And who knows what he might've picked up from other folks who had powers that we don't even know about it since it seems proximity is enough for him to pick stuff up. So our boy is seriously putting the super in superhero.

And why is everyone on this show exponentially hotter than they were before?

Speaking for the male audience, even Claire is hotter.

I loved, loved HRG telling Claire some home truths about what the Company would do to her if they get their hands on her.

Oh, yeah. It hammers home exactly why he's so protective of her. Because he's not wrong. Claire's power specifically means they can and will inflict horrendous amounts of pain on her, just for the hell of it.

I loved Mohinder speaking French!

Except he had such an American accent, it totally threw me.

Agree with the general hotness factor of almost everyone in this episode.

Loved Mama Petrelli's silent scream.