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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 4735134" data-attributes="member: 5">Well, we learned a couple of things, and Claire isn't whining about her fate.  Apparently Claire can filter out the effects of alcohol, and she seemingly knew this before getting in the drinking contest.  I do not recall if we have ever seen her drugged, but this would seem to also suggest that she cannot be drugged, which might explain why the writers had to use the workaround of having father-flyboy protect her from the Feds.Tying Syler to Danko allows them to make Danko expendible and the shapeshifting allows the writers to give him a way to replace Danko and operate with a budget in his pursuit of powers.  That it seemingly is painful to shapeshift might be the writers setting up a limiting factor on the power, which is smart.Danko blames Noah for Rebel eluding capture and it makes sense that he would go back underground for a bit since he must believe that his attempt to spring his mom-clone cost her life.  It's like seeing his Mom die a second time and both partially his fault.  That cannot feel good for a teen, or anyone really.Bringing all of the Petrellis together and tying Syler to Danko and Noah effectively tightens many major characters into a single storyline, which fixes one of the major problems with the show, too many stories at the same time.I wonder if Ma Petrelli's sister is going to turn out to be Syler's real mother?</blockquote>