Well lots to digest. My comments are as follows (In sblock since that seems to be where we are going so far).
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On to the characters:
Future Claire: Got whacked upside the head with a dumb stick. Points a gun a future Peter and thinks she can kill him. Not very bright. The dark hair does look good though.
Future Peter: Still kickass. It seems they are using Future Peter with his “Hiro changing the past” issues as a way to neuter Peter this season. While Future Peter is more intelligent and less whinny than Current Peter, he still needs to be permanently removed as he is too powerful for the show.
Current Peter: Not a bad way to neuter him. It seems the writers really want to keep writing his character as someone who needs to figure out his powers. Give it up and get rid of him permanently (See above)
Current Claire: Now there is some trauma for her. I can see how removing feeling from her could turn her evil this season. I did enjoy the healing is a lame power comment. I hope she goes hunting with her dad. From the previews she may have to spend time with Sylar which won’t help her psyche. I am still liking her but the writers need to be careful.
Mr. Bennet: While he may not have any powers his assassin/spy abilities got him sent to level 5. Way to go HRG. Still a fave.
Mrs. Bennet: Hopefully Claire goes off with dad and leaves her out of things.
Lyle Bennet: Doesn’t even get screen time anymore. Poor Lyle.
Mr. Muggles: Once more he is more popular than Lyle. Poor Lyle. Now the question is will he be left with Mom or go crime fighting with Claire.
Claire’s Biological Mom: Not sure where they are going with this yet.
Nathan: I picked up early Linderman wasn’t interacting with anyone else. As for his miraculous cure, it could just be leftovers from his previous cure. Adam/Claire blood does seem powerful. It will be interesting to see where his relationship with Tracy/Niki/Jessica goes.
Tracy/Niki/Jessica: I guess they really wanted Ali Larter back but realized Niki/Jessica just wasn’t working. Interesting to see that they are not shying away from the fact that Tracy and Niki/Jessica are played by the same person. I am curious to see where this goes. It seems that Angry Tracy is far more powerful than Angry Jessica. I would be curious how long it would take Adam/Claire/Sylar to recover from an attack by her.
Micah and his Cousin: I am happy they are out of the picture right now. They may be brought back as part of the Tracy/Niki/Jessica storyline. I just hope not.
Ma Patrelli: Once more her personality really comes out. Interesting how she isn’t afraid of Future Peter and can recognize him immediately. I am not sure I like that her power is dreaming. That leaves a question of what the power of the old black guy was. She makes a far better company leader than Bob.
Bob: Good riddance. I would have preferred Mr. Bennet offing him but as long as he is dead I am ok.
Elle: I hope this means her character will be better utilized. She really does want to do good, but dad left her a mental mess. Right now I would consider her the character I most want to see what happens too.
Adam: No big loss not having him involved. Yet?
Syler: I guess he is popular, but not with me. Like Peter he needs to be neutered to keep but really needs to be removed permanently. He is actually the one part of the show that I fundamentally don’t like. (Though Mohinder bellow may also qualify).
Matt: Tim Kring has been keeping to his apology so far. I hope he keeps to it here as well. No more than 3 episodes of Matt in Africa. Please, Please. Hopefully he is there just to lean a clue from the African future seer and gets back soon. Not sure about his stupidity in trying to read Peters mind again.
Mohinder: Please kill him. Please Please Please. Unfortunately his Super-Stupidity power also rubs off on those near him and he keeps surviving. As for the new power. Some are saying The Fly is the ripoff. I think that it also looks a lot like an Outer Limits episode where a researcher creates a formula that improves his body and it keeps creating new features than get rid of human weaknesses until he an unstoppable non-human entity. It seems obvious that Mohinder is one of the good to evil transitions this year.
Maya: They can kill her off as well. She is a remnant of a failed storyline and seems to be a romantic foil for Mohinder. I thought Tim Kring was fixing that. She and Mohinder better tie in soon or this will be the storyline I totally ignore and go get food from the kitchen or do something else during.
Molly: Seems that writing her out is their choice. Too useful of a tool if they keep her I guess. The real problem though is we are about 6 months into the Heroes timeline from beginning of Season 1 and she has probably aged out of the character in real life. May explain Micah as well now that I think about it.
Hiro: Not liking that his mind is being messed with again. His story arc so far is better than last season (not hard at all) but not up to season 1 yet. I am waiting to see where this goes before making a judgement.
Ando: He really is the good guy. Unfortunately they probably wont resolve the betrayal to the end. I would give odds though that Future Ando is the good guy and Future Hiro was in the wrong.
Daphne: So far is an interesting foil for Hiro. Good casting.
Haitian: So far MIA.
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Overall Tim Kring has kept most of his promises to fix Heroes. Other than the Mohinder/Maya storyline this seems to be a good start to season three. I am almost willing to forgive Season 2 and make this a must watch show again. They got at least 4-5 more episodes out of me from these two even if it does go bad again.
