Heroes: Four Months Ago

They might as well have titled it: "Revelations"

After viewing this episode, two things strike me:
1- 15 minutes was wasted on the twins. We already knew that she killed a whole village. You don't need to make me see it unless you bring in a link with another character.
2- They could have put this episode as the first one of the season and not really changed the ratings. We would not have complained about the last 3 episodes being slow if we had seen this one first.

One of the things that I find particularly well done is that I have no proof that Bob is bad yet, and I have no proof that Adam is bad yet. At least they wrote those arcs carefully.

The Bitch seems to have the power of Persuasion, just like Eden, but she seems to need contact to achieve it. When she was "helping" Nathan last season, she often fixed his ties and stuff. So that makes sense. She is becoming a very human character as they develop her. She just told Nathan's wife to divorce him, and then sees him healed. She will obviously feel responsible for his alcoholism as it develops.

I am not as upset with Elle as I used to be. They are writing better stuff for her and the actress had played her as a bimbo instead of a dominatrix. This personality development suits her better. They will have to show a bit more of her history or else a lot of her actions when she is permitted out of the center will not make any sense.

I really could have done without Nikki's history. It felt like a waste of 20 minutes. It was inconsistent with the past, and the only way it would have been justified would be if Micah was now totally sulky and hitting "the Dark Side".

No Hiro and no cheerleader. Oh well, but at least that meant no West. It could have been a perfect episode, but Sylar showed up for a close-up at the last 10 seconds of the episode, thereby reminding us that there will be one hell of a jumbled up finale this season. Virus+Company+Sylar+Adam's revenge+the writers' strike = WTF ?