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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 3822054" data-attributes="member: 8461">This episode was quite obviously a setup for future episodes; things moved slowly, putting pieces into place for future events, and overall I found it dissatisfying. Still, I'm willing to forgive that, as that's the price we pay for thrills in future episodes.I found quite a few of the characters' actions (Claire, Sylar, etc.) to be somewhat unreasonable. The flipside, as some people have mentioned, is that these aren't exactly usual circumstances, or usual people. The fact that Claire is a teenage girl pretty well explains that she's not going to be the most logical, rational person right now. Still, it's hard to forgive her for having survived Season One, then getting a big talk about keeping her head down and acting normal, only for her to then practically jump up and down screaming "Look at me!" all over the place.As much as Claire annoyed me, though, West seriously ticks me off. From his overwhelming arrogance (classifying everyone by his two categories), to his stalking Claire, to his prodding her until he's satisfied with how she reacts to everything, he's a first-class stuck-up @$$hole. I REALLY hope something bad happens to him, and soon.Regarding Sylar, I do feel that his murdering Candice/Michelle/Betty was a bit premature (and I do think she's really dead - her turning back into what the comics established was her natural form, something she didn't even do when unconscious before, seems to pretty well clinch that), but it makes sense for his character.For one thing, despite what has been said, Sylar is not a patient man when it comes to having a new power right under his nose. Yes he pretended to be Zane for a few days (weeks?) with Mohinder, but every other time he was getting ready for a power and had to hide out for it, he eventually couldn't wait very long. While in the diner with Charlie, he hung out for a bit, and then murdered her as soon as she went into the kitchen. When waiting for Claire to come home, he pretended to work for Primatech Paper with Mrs. Bennet, until he eventually couldn't keep up the act anymore and started to torment her for fun. And that's him when he's at his most composed.Also, I have to wonder if he not only saw her as a new power to acquire, but also as something of a threat. Her power is formidable, after all, and with his own powers gone, it makes sense that he'd worry about what she could do to him. If nothing else, killing her makes sense for that, particularly since she told him she was working for someone else.Finally, Sylar is crazy. He's not a raving lunatic, but he's a homicidal maniac, and has been for a while; after all, at the end of the last season, he'd embraced the idea that he'd blow up New York, just for the sake of doing so. He doesn't need much reason to kill at this point, I'd say.On a minor note, I hope that at some point we see Micah talking with Wireless online, like in the comics. I thought she was cool, and it'd be nice to see even a glimpse of her again.EDIT: On a personal note, I'm not fluent in Japanese, but I know enough to know that they're taking some minor liberties with their subtitling. It's never anything major, but there's some artistic licensing going on with the literal meaning versus the gist of what's being said.</blockquote>

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