Stephen,

I'm a little surprrised by your review.

I felt like this episode was back to the good ol days of Heroes Season 1.

I give it a B to an A

I loved the revelation of the invisible girl. Love me a good curve ball. Thought for sure the brunette was super stalker for Claire.

Also I'm a Sylar fan... and LOVED the amnesia , and loved that he "Joind ": the carnival.

This was Hiro's best episode all season, 1 line of dialouge. then colapse

also I like the Dazzler "ripoff" I thinbk you should refrain from calling characters ripoffs...There  are only so many super powers out there, and all of these characters could be considered ripoffs.

I like where this season is headed.

Grade A

Good episode, even if we saw the Sylar-to-carnival thing coming. Can't wait for the Matt Parkman showdown. The deaf girl's synesthesia has a new twist that does make it an interesting power.

enjoyable episode.  I'm very curious as to the ultimate goal for the carnival folk.  there are times they seem pretty evil and there are times where they seem more benevolent.

 Yeah, it was obvious all along that she was going to be a Dazzler rip off but why would you rip off Dazzler? Isn't she pretty much everyone's least favorite XMan? 

This episode was actually probably the best of this season so far. The Claire story was (of course) totally crap but the rest was pretty good. Especially the Sylar stuff. No suprise that he has lost his memories. I hope they run with that for a while. Also, Ernie Hudson is a great addition to the cast. This show has a terrible track record when it comes to bringing in interesting actors but here's hoping they give him a solid role to play. 

Oh, but the Claire story... Awful!!! Gretchen would have been a much better red herring if the real killer had actually appeared in an episode prior to this one. I totally agree on the kiss too. Lesbian kiss? Really? In 2009? Yawn!!!!!!! I know Claire can't be killed but couldn't there be like, another eclipse or something and she loses her powers at just the moment she's demonstrating her ability by lighting a stick of dynamite and swallowing it? Also, if Matt was in the room at the time that would also be just fine. 

I actually like the new girl's powers better than Dazzler's. At least she seems to be able to put them to use in a fight, and having synesthesia makes it easier for her to use those powers.

I enjoyed yet another episode, I like the twist with the invisible girl, I agree with gauley I thought for sure the roommate was a stalker chick...the lesbian thing was an interesting twist.  I like how the season is building this year.  100 times better than the last few seasons. 

oko...

SERIOUSLY?

I don't care what year it is...LESBIAN KISSING (especially HOTTIE lesbians) NEVER , EVER, NEVER EVER NEVER makes me yawn....

NEVER

ever

mmmmmmmmm ;)

p.s. yeah I'm a sexist pig

Gauleyboy FTW!

And I'm sorry but I just don't get all the comparisons to Dazzler. Dazzler creates VISIBLE spectrums of light. Only Emma (and Peter when he absorbs her power) can see sounds as light which apparently she can then manipulate. Don't see the similarity.

And on the subject of Peter, this was one of the problems with last season is you couldn't track of who could do what. I thought he had gotten back the abitlity to hold more than one power, but he loses the ability to be a superfast Ray Park  when he gains Emma's power. Did I miss something?

 I am right in line with the C rating. This ep was just ok for me. My main issues were the Claire storyline and Peter's accidental acquisition of Emma's (?) ability.

First, like everyone else, I thought the reveal was rushed. I didn't have a problem with the flashback style of the reveal. After all, this is a show that mixes and matches different stylistic approaches all the time. This sequence reminded me of a way-too-short-lived show from Fox called 'Justice'. On that show you followed a case from the time the Defense team took on a client to the rendering of the verdict. At the end of the show, you saw a flash-back of what actually happened. It was a great show, and this sequence would have been cool to me if it had come three or four episodes after Invisible Girl's introduction.

As for the 'kiss', can you spell out the words "FAN SERVICE" any more deliberately? Of course, in order to truly be fan service, that scene would have had to service someone. I have a hard time believing that was the case. That was a completely forced and implausible response to that situation. It's really time to stop all of the whining and bitching from Claire and start making her a badass. If you don't think "healing" is a useful power, you've never read a Pain-Killer Jane comic.

Point #2- Peter hugs Claire when he runs into her at Bennett's apartment but he keeps his speed power. He shakes hands with Samuel and gets a spinning tat from Sam, but keeps his speed power. He hugs and kisses his mom at breakfast, but he keeps his speed power. Then he saves Dazzler-lite from a speeding bus and ends up with HER ability. Can we please establish some continuity for Peter and his power exchange talents? He went WEEKS with Mohinder's powers and NEVER inadvertently bumped another mutant? CONSISTENCY! Is that too much to ask?

Unlike most around here, I don't want to see Claire OR Hiro killed off. I want to see Claire and Hiro GROW UP. I want to see them both become more like Peter, Matt, Tracy and Noah. Geez, even Micah became Rebel and REASONABLY cool. After everything that that these people have been through, it's time to start toughening up!

Stephen Lackey: "Hiro could still be made interesting, especially if he actually dies but that most likely will not happen."

I love how you disguise your contempt for Hiro as a sugestion for making the show better, classic.

okonomiyaki4000: "Lesbian kiss? Really? In 2009? Yawn!!!!!!!"

I gotta agree with gauley, I don't care what year it is theres always room for lesbian kissing.

doublec: "I thought he had gotten back the abitlity to hold more than one power, but he loses the ability to be a superfast Ray Park when he gains Emma's power."

Ya I get what your saying, I think it's just temporary until he figures out how to incorporate his new power. At least thats what I'm hoping it is.

Good episode overall but I do find Peters new friend, soon to be love interest kinda boring. I hope they find a useful aplication of her power that enables Peter to help stop the carnival.