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Message: <blockquote data-quote="coyote6" data-source="post: 4755635" data-attributes="member: 1225">I don't think Grandad Petrelli was shooting microwaves; Dr. Dad Suresh got knocked down & back by the blast, without being severely injured. All on its own, as an examination of the beginnings of the Company, insight into Angela's character, and a Petrelli (with a dash of Suresh) family story, it was okay. The whole "Field of Camlann" style in which the massacre happened was suitably tragic, and I liked the symmetry of the meals in the diner. If it had been earlier in the season, or in an earlier volume, I think it would've been better.As the second-to-last chapter of this volume, it was kind of lame. The only reasons for being there seemed like weak justifications for the flashbacks. In-story and in-character, Angela wanted to persuade her children & affiliates to restart the Company in order to restart the Masquerade, and she wanted to use the mass graves as a means of persuasion; great, except that really could've been done over dinner. Sure, digging up bodies might add impact, but they had to cross the country for that? The show presented it as if actually schlepping them out to the desert was done mainly because Angela was suddenly and inexplicably dreaming about her sister after 50 years -- except that revelation doesn't have much impact on anyone except Angela, so far.I'm hoping that gets redeemed later -- either Alice plays a major role, or Angela's death is imminent and the dreams of Alice were about her latent guilt over Alice triggering her powers as a means of trying to give her resolution before she dies. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will feel like filler.BTW, the "Previously On" clips before the episode didn't quite match what I remembered from last episode -- anyone else notice that? I may need to go back to the last episode.Also, what's with the wacky geography? IIRC, a couple of episodes ago, Hiro and Ando were most of the way to NY, and as they pulled out of a diner or service station, the camera shows Nathan and Claire at the same location. Except Nathan and Claire were in Mexico when they were told to meet everyone in the desert -- so why did they fly all the way up into the middle of eastern half of the USA before heading back southwest?</blockquote>

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