And so far as I can remember Peter had no reason NOT to trust Hiro.

If we're supposed to think that Peter has bonded so much with Adam that he trusts him more than Hiro, we should have seen more of that. Hiro should trump Peter's boyfriend Adam in this case.

Hiro should trump Peter's boyfriend Adam in this case.

Why? Peter's only met Hiro twice -- Future!Hiro, who gave him a cryptic warning about the future, and Present!Hiro for all of about five seconds as he stabbed Sylar and disappeared. Really, Peter knows they were on the same side then, but other than that, he knows nothing about him, and that situation doesn't have much bearing on this one. Now, if Nathan was in Peter's place, it would be different, because Nathan actually knows Hiro a little better. But Peter doesn't really know him from, well, Adam.

But Peter doesn't really know him from, well, Adam.

I think that would have played much better if Peter had trusted Hiro but assumed he was mistaken rather than apparently forcefully choosing sides.

Even then, knowing that today is the day the Shanti Virus starts decimating the public, and that it's been safely locked away for 30 years without incident, and that the guy who wants to liberate it for "safekeeping" has just unnecessarily killed someone before your eyes and been identified as a murderer by a separate witness...

I have a pent up grumbly post about last night's episode brewing, but I'm supposed to be, well, working right now. Dammit. Mostly I agree with what everyone else has said, though I am so over Sylar. DIE already. And take the other twin with you.

I am so over Sylar.

It's been a pretty useless resurrection, hasn't it. It would have been perfect to have had him really be dead last season, since they had Adam waiting in the wings (it also would have spared us from the twins and the ricockulously stupid death of whashernameshapeshifter).

It would have been perfect to have had him really be dead last season, since they had Adam waiting in the wings (it also would have spared us from the twins and the ricockulously stupid death of whashernameshapeshifter).

Actually, if they had to bring him back, the last few minutes of next episode might have been perfect. Would have cleared out a lot of space.

But that being said, I think a lot of the problems people have had this season have been less writing problems than directing problems. For example, I have no issue with the somewhat desperate Peter and Hiro mindlessly brawling for a few minutes -- I am a comic book fan, after all, and it's kind of a classic. But what needed to happen was for the direction to convey that desperation, and that's not just a function of script, and the pace overall has been .... leisurely. Everything's happening too slow to make it feel like the characters are making snap decisions under pressure, although intellectually I know that's what's happening.

I think you might have hit the nail on the head, victor. That, and in too many cases, once a character was introduced (or re-introduced), there was very little more (or new) to learn, so there's been a big feeling of "rinse, lather, repeat" this time around. I think they avoided it last year by sheer volume of character introductions - I'm not sure the pace or the nature of the revelations has changed all that much.

That, and in too many cases, once a character was introduced (or re-introduced), there was very little more (or new) to learn, so there's been a big feeling of "rinse, lather, repeat" this time around.

I.e. last night's Nikki/Micah "MOM", "we can finally be a family again", "MICAH!!" snoozefest.

I'm resigned to the fact that lots of the good shows are going to have Kim/Cougar storylines, but they better fill the rest of the hour with the good shit.

I.e. last night's Nikki/Micah "MOM", "we can finally be a family again", "MICAH!!" snoozefest.

Aw, I thought that part was adorable.