and no! no killing Claude!!

There will be no killing of Claude. It is forbidden. Besides, I'm not sure he's had time to find and kill Claude ... We've pretty much kept Sylar on camera since he and Mohinder were on the road. I don't think he's had time for a side trip. Also, they would have used the nifty fade trick like they did with Peter. (Who, incidently, managed to make Claire invisible with him, which is a new trick!)

well, if he went "transparent", the bullet would fall out, right?

Interesting question. I don't know the answer to that. Still, I hope DL squeaks through. I want him to have a chance to do a lot more than he's done. Also, that would mean they've killed the entire set of black (Simone, DL) and Latino (Isaac) regular characters, and that's kind of irksome.

I really love Ando's transformation ... he's come as far as Hiro, in his way. And Not!Sulu was the awesome. Loved how that scene mirrored the earlier Nathan/Linderman scene, almost exactly. Down to the twin "What do you know about healing"/"What do you know about killing?"

Of particular interest was they mirrored the discussion of how each once worked with allies, who lost their way. Obviously, Not!Sulu and Linderman think that about each other.

Of course, as far as we know, only one wanted to blow up New York City and ran the mob. Mind, the other's the CEO of an international corporation, so who can say?

Lastly, Linderman indicates that Papa!Petrelli had "power," which seems to contradict the comic. Weird. I sort of had pictured Papa!Petrelli as Linderman's HRG. But then, the story's not over yet.

Matt/Jessica = comedy gold.

Ha! Yes. Ali Larter's delivery on the window line killed me, like, she wasn't being dramatic or anything, she was just genuinely confused about Matt's presence after the window-throwing incident. Surely the next step in the conversation is something like "yeah, yeah, I remember now! It was after Fred's barbecue. So, how are the kids?"

I hope Matt doesn't die. He entertains me. "You know, the... uh... *draws a complete blank* ...porno!" Oh, MATT.

Man, I think this every time he's on screen. GAH. It's distracting, frankly. Plus, the thing with the truck? AWESOME.

thanks for not leaving me to hang out here alone in the WRONG corner, Ailleann. (the truck thing was all kinds of awesome.

Besides, I'm not sure he's had time to find and kill Claude .

exactly! he's been much too busy painting the future, killing his mom, calling his boyfriend Mohinder and stalking Peter/Claire/Ted.

hang out here alone in the WRONG corner

If thinking Sylar is hot (despite the evil) is wrong, I don't want to be right.

No, no killing Claude, or Ando.

The promo was hella confusing as to the state of animation for several characters.

While it's a theme this year, I wonder if "Sins of the Fathers" will be a bigger thing next year.

It's sad that there's no more awesome for any other series, since this one has ALL THE AWESOME!

A whole lotta things from 5 Years Later are coming to pass. I meant to note the explicit lack of Linderman references in that episode, and it looks like we may now know why. And, sadly, it looks like D.L.'s fate will be the same whatever happens next.

And, what the hell - slumbernut!!!!

DL can't be dead, otherwise how will Sylar get his power from him? In the 5 year future episode, Nathan/Sylar could reach through walls. I'm assuming he got the power from DL. At this point, we have no reason to believe what we saw for the future isn't going to happen as long as Sylar is left alive.

In the truck scene, I finally found Sylar hot. Out, damned hot!

It is really too bad that Peter didn't get to meet Linderman before he died. Now that very useful healing power is totally gone.

I'm worried about everyone now. No one is safe!

Oh, Heroes. Why must you embrace the cliche along with the awesome? (Not that there wasn't plenty of awesome to go around.)

I was thinking about Hiro and his father, and how he seemed to want to teach Hiro that to kill the enemy, you must destroy your heart, and cut out your emotional attachments(Gee, isn't that what Claude turned out to be wrong about in teaching Peter?) But why would Hiro like a story like that so much? And it struck me that, looked at from another angle, it's a story about sacrificing your life to protect someone you love(eyes Hiro nervously).

And HOLY SHIT, I saw that shot of Peter facing Sylar and suddenly I think I know what's coming. Would anyone mind a speculative ficlet?