I think it's fairly clear that Papa Petrelli doesn'thave powers, and that they were inherited from Mom, who Petrelli and Linderman probably met during the course of their work.

Victor, I would go one further, on the second to last page of the comic we see Petrelli's wife and a baby. So I wonder if his wife was hiding her powers all this time...

You know, you're right. I wonder if that detail was a mistake (there's been a couple inconsistencies, although I'm hard-pressed to recall hem) or if Mama Petrelli did indeed have powers and hid them all that time. Maybe SHE'S the REAL reason Linderman got back in touch with Papa. You can kinda see Linderman discovering who Papa married and thinking, "Boy! This is gonna be FUNNY!"

Hee, victor. Like, "Here's your first assignment! Track down this chick named, hey, Angela Petrelli. She related to you?"

(chortle)

I know where you both are going with this though...I wonder if Angela called Linderman herself and brought him to the Petrellis' doorstep.

Ooh, le nubian.

See, I'm still assuming Papa Petrelli had powers. Both Claire's parents have powers, both Micah's parents have powers, and given that BOTH Nathan and Peter have powers, I would think that they got that gene from both parents. It's just more likely, given what we've seen on the show.

Someone on my flist suggested that Au Co was Hiro's mom.

that's an interesting notion. So going with that thought for a bit then Hiro's mother needs to turn up in a BIG way! But even further, I gotta wonder about Nathan's kids and his wife!

Damn, P-C. I really like that suggestion.

Yeah, PC, but in the face of what we've seen of him in the comic, I'd have to say that it's unlikely Papa Petrelli has powers. Not sure I like the coincidence of his wife having powers if she wasn't someone he met through working for Linderman, which is why I'm hoping that Linderman had some ulterior motive.

le nubian, it's a neat suggestion, but Au Co is very, very dead. So unless there's a Hero who could have brought her back to life, I don't see how she could appear in the show.

Heh, victor. If we're considering what we've seen in the comic vs. what we've seen in the show, I think the show holds more weight. There's also the part where the writers can change their minds at will as long as they don't contradict what we've seen. It's hard to contradict what we haven't seen.

oh, of course I forgot about the dead part! Au Co could have siblings running around though...