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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wolff96" data-source="post: 4585162" data-attributes="member: 342">I really like and agree with the first part -- show, don't tell.  And for god's sake, don't make your AUDIENCE guess to fill in the blanks.  Even having Arthur comment on how he knew when and where to be would be better than him just magically showing up.  The Catalyst as plot macguffin was fine, but let's not see a magical light altering a lab-created formula.  Which is really fun in and of itself;  how could the catalyst have been a known thing, passed along the family line for a while (as Kaito/Hiro's Mom implied in their conversation), if the formula was created by the Elder Heroes?  Sigh.The other head-scratcher was the rotating door of "who is the catalyst".  I'm wondering if we're not meant to believe that Claire WAS the catalyst until she and Hiro went back and changed that fact -- though this leads to the unfortunate conclusion that she's STILL the catalyst.------------------------------------To comment on the Haitian's powers versus Arthur...  The last time they went head-to-head, Arthur wasn't aware of his presence (mind-reading is a pretty subtle thing to notice that you're missing) until he was already poisoned and dying.This time around, he was healthy and actively resisting.  That's not to say that the timing wasn't convenient on the Haitian's collapse -- just in time for Sylar to come in and do his thing.  WHY IN THE WORLD didn't Sylar take the Haitian's power at that point, though?  He was down from the fight with Arthur (temporarily).  Beat him against the walls a bit with TK to make sure he stays knocked out, then can-opener his skull and make yourself TRULY unstoppable.  Come on, Sylar!  Villainy 101, there...------------------------------------Finally, my wish for the last episode / next season:NOBODY rescues Hiro.  He shows up in the future with almost no accent, his sword-skills polished to a razor's edge.In short, during the 16-year interval to "catch up" to the present day, meek 'current' Hiro becomes bad-ass 'future' Hiro.  THAT would make me happy.  Which means it won't happen, of course.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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