But Michael Dorn would!

That's who that was! I just couldn't place him, the voice was tickling me, but we didn't get to see enough of his face - especially his pretty, pretty eyes - for me to recognize him.

The characters on this show have extremely malleable and convenient personalities. I realized tonight that the only reason I'm still watching is I'm a sucker for SF worldbuilding. Even really, really crappy SF worldbuilding.

I watch for the occasional flashes of brilliance like last week's Hiro and his mother scenes. Or the entertaining bits like Kaito chasing Hiro around the kitchen with the sword, or big and little Hiro nodding at each other, or the Hiro, Ando, Daphne and Matt team.

I watch for the occasional flashes of brilliance like last week's Hiro and his mother scenes. Or the entertaining bits like Kaito chasing Hiro around the kitchen with the sword, or big and little Hiro nodding at each other, or the Hiro, Ando, Daphne and Matt team.

Sylar's House o' Fun falls in that category too. But then they had to ruin it with the "running from the fireball" cliche.

And, yeah, exactly how many personality reversals have Nathan, Mohinder and Sylar (just to name the three most egregious) gone through this season? I'm hoping Bryan Fuller can make something coherent out of this mess.

A few notes:

• OK. I really shouldn't have been as amused by Hiro punching out Not!Nikki as I was.

• I see no reason why Meredeth has to be dead. Even out of control, she's immune to her own powers. I suspect, once the adrenaline burns itself out of her system, she'll simply hightail it out of there. (Superhero trope #1: No body, no death. Alas, this probably holds true for Sylar, too. Sigh.)

• As annoying as most of this episode was, the team of Matt, Daphne, Hiro and Ando was pretty neat to watch. And I've seen much complaining about Daphne being able to time travel in two directions, which I admit is bad science, but y'know, if Barry Allen could do it, I'm OK with it.

• "Fugitives," despite being more of an X-Men ripoff than usual, has some potential: Instead of "It's the end of the world as we know it," it has the potential to be an actual character-based story again. Of course, as its the arc that Bryan Fuller returns for, I'm a bit heartened.

And, yeah, exactly how many personality reversals have Nathan, Mohinder and Sylar (just to name the three most egregious) gone through this season?

At least Peter will always have Stupid.

Sylar's body was in that building when Meredith went all Drew Barrymore, right? If he's currently dead/unsconscious, unable to regenerate, and gets caught in a thousand degree inferno, there shouldn't be enough left of him to grow back from when the fire burns out.

I see no reason why Meredeth has to be dead. Even out of control, she's immune to her own powers. I suspect, once the adrenaline burns itself out of her system, she'll simply hightail it out of there. (Superhero trope #1: No body, no death. Alas, this probably holds true for Sylar, too. Sigh.)

I think someone said something about the building collapsing. That'd do her. Of course the collapse will probably knock the shard out of Sylar's brain pan, and he'll be back in February.

I watch for the occasional flashes of brilliance like last week's Hiro and his mother scenes. Or the entertaining bits like Kaito chasing Hiro around the kitchen with the sword, or big and little Hiro nodding at each other, or the Hiro, Ando, Daphne and Matt team.

This. Also, Hiro saying he was sorry, bowing, and punching Not!Nikki in the face made both Drew and me laugh our asses off.

And, yeah, exactly how many personality reversals have Nathan, Mohinder and Sylar (just to name the three most egregious) gone through this season?

So very much this. I could have bought a reversal from good to bad over more time, but it just happened too fast during this arc to be believable. And yeah, not sure if I'm buying the Nathan-suddenly-buying-into-Daddy's-plan thing. Again, with a little more time...maybe. But going from "Dad is bad! Let's find the Haitian!" to "Dad was right! Let's save the world by making lots of superheroes!" to "Dad is dead! Let's lock 'em all up and leave 'em to die!" over the course of three episodes was a bit much for me.

At least Peter will always have Stupid.

BWAH! Matt, FTW.

"Fugitives," despite being more of an X-Men ripoff than usual, has some potential: Instead of "It's the end of the world as we know it," it has the potential to be an actual character-based story again. Of course, as its the arc that Bryan Fuller returns for, I'm a bit heartened.

Yes, this. I had the same "Um, X-Men much?" initial reaction and then decided it was a much better arc then whatever the heck this one was supposed to be about.

I think someone said something about the building collapsing. That'd do her. Of course the collapse will probably knock the shard out of Sylar's brain pan, and he'll be back in February.

Yeah, this. I doubt Sylar is really most sincerely dead. And though I was sick to death of him by the end of this arc, I like him when they play with his "good" side. Just please God give us another villain who isn't Sylar or Arthur Petrelli for the next volume. Oh, and please don't bring Maya back, kthnxbye.

I will say this. Despite the sometimes schizophrenic shifts in personality, I do like the basic premise of heroes and villains not being clearly defined and shifting from one side to the other. I like it when the writers are able to believably change my perspective about a character or scene. Despite all its flaws, I felt like the writing did get better than from early episodes this season, and I'm hopeful Bryan Fuller will provide a little more guidance to get them back on a more coherent track.

When all is said and done, I did like this season more than last.