The best thing about Heroes thus far this season is that I'm not having tons of WTF moments while I'm watching it.  While I think this episode was a throw away episode I'm still encouraged overall by the show...so far.

If that is Sylar waking up then who is in Matt's mind? Bunch of scenarios there but I'm thinking we'll see the lamest play out. I'll try to stay positive though.

Also, Tracy can't be killed by anyone. She would only change form. Interesting....

good episode but not as good as last weeks

 I'd say marginally better than last weeks but only because last weeks was terrible. I'm cautiously hopeful about the future of this show now.

The Hiro, Tracy, and Noah stories were all lame and the Nathan/Sylar story is even worse but the ending might make up for it. If Sylar is back and Nathan is gone for good, then they will have fixed the biggest problem remaining from last season. I'm sure it won't be that simple. Probably Sylar won't know who he is or he'll still think he's Nathan even though his appearance has reverted, then he'll need to go get his brain back from Matt. But at least that nonsense is almost over. 

Couple things to think about, Peter was in contact with both Nathan/Sylar and Claire but kept his speed powers. Maybe he didn't make any skin to skin contact? Or power transfer isn't automatic? I don't get it, but if he had accidentally gotten healing powers and lost the speed, he'd surely be out of a job.

I think that what's in Matt's mind isn't what he appears to be. I don't think it's Syler. I think it's possible that it's Matt own dark urges manifesting as an image of Syler.

 Also, this show has always gotten everything about Japan wrong but they made some real dumb mistakes this time. First, Ja panese addresses are nothing like the one they were using. 

 Second, no Ja panese company has a party for the Emperor's birthday, it is a national holiday but it's December 23 so there's way you'd have a Bounenkai and an Emperor's birthday party. How many parties do need in one week? Also, for Bounenkai, you go out to an Izakaya, you don't have it in the office. Finally, everybody knows that Ja panese don't commit suicide by jumping off of buildings. They commit suicide by jumping in front of trains. That's just obvious.

Sorry about the multiple posts but it kept telling me I had too much profanity... What F'ing profanity?

Oh? it was Ja panese? If you spell that word it's profanity? hmm...

The whole jumping off the building thing, which is what i am wishing hiro would do, is just rehashing what hiro should still know from season one.  yet they end up breaking form anyway.

back in season one, hiro meets charlie and spent a great deal of time attempting to prevent her death.  no matter what he did, she would always die in some fashion.  So...why do we then have a moment this season, where the same could and should hold true, but instead, he manages to change this guys fate?

yes, i'm sure the writers would argue that it's different because he was attempting to take his own life.  but fate is fate.  besides, i think it would have had a much more profound impact on a dying man (hiro) to learn he can't change death, than to screw around with stuff yet again then finally go "oooooooh...so i didn't have to jump thru time to save this guy...."

this season so far has been but a hair better than the past 2 and i fear the remains of those past two seasons will be too much to really pull outta that swan dive.

At this point i'm still in "watching just because" mode but i'll keep my fingers crossed that it improves further

So how does Hiro's going back in time to hook-up his sister and Ando have absolutely no effect on the present other than that they are dating and now engaged?  Also, if they've been dating since high school...that's a damn long time to date before getting engaged.  Don't know about anyone else here, but I find it hard to believe that Ando and Hiro could have had all their "adventures" over the passed couple of years with Hiro's sister just sitting back wondering "Where's my Ando and Hiro?  Why have they been gone for two years?"