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Mohinder knocked out Sylar with a world map?

All in all a good episode, though I suspect it would have been better had I not read Watchmen years ago. Not that the two are all that similar, but having a villain whose goal is wreak havoc “for the greater good” seems curiously familiar — almost to the point of distraction. How can you make a comic book television show with a rabid fan-boy base and not have people connect the dots back to one of the seminal achievements in graphic storytelling? Look, we still have a few episodes left and maybe things won’t head in this direction, but for a show that took as long as it did to prove itself to me as a serious force, squandering all of this on a great ending we’ve all ready seen would be quite the kick in the balls.

All that being said, Malcolm McDowell is rightfully awesome as Linderman. I anxiously await his plans execution, or whatever may be in store.

The Petrelli family reunion was expectedly cold on all fronts. Claire did her best to put a friendly midwestern face on the proceedings, but was met with shrugs and general upper-class under-the-rug sweeping.

Personally, my favorite parts of this week’s episode involved HRG and Parkman’s game of wordless follow-the-leader. Good stuff. I look forward to their adventures in the coming weeks with the Molecular Man.

As for everyone-but-me’s favorite, Hiro, he’s probably making the time-travel fans salivating over his space-time-continuum bending exploratory side-adventure… with himself. Confused? I was. I can’t wait until I have to draw a flowchart to keep track of which alternate future we’re currently enjoying.

So sad about Isaac, but you can only paint so much before you’re ready for the lobotomy. Just ask Edvard Münch.

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