Heroes Refresher Course

The last new episode of NBC's Heroes aired nearly 50 days ago.

Fifty.

I don't know about you, but where I come from, 50 days is a looooooong time. Sometimes I have problems remembering what I was watching the night before, let alone 50 nights before. And trust me, it's annoying not remembering what you were watching the night before, because it's pretty hard to complain about being tired when you cannnot even remember which show grabbed your interest at 3 a.m. and convinced you to stay up.

Anyway, since 50 days is such a long time, I figured I'd organize a quick Heroes refresher before tonight's new episode. And since the show is pretty much entirely character-driven, I figured I would just run through each character and what they are currently up to.

Claire:
Current location: New York, in Peter's apartment with the Haitian (who really needs a name) and her Grandmother, who also happens to be Nathan and Peter's Mommy.
What's Happening: After being exposed to her Dad's company as having powers, Mr. Bennett had the Haitian "kidnap" her and wipe his memory of where they are headed. Scared of her future away from her family and school, she gave the Haitian the slip and headed for Peter's apartment, where she finds the Haitian and her Granny, who knows more than she had previously let on...

Mr. Bennett:
Current location: Texas, in his home with Candice, not his Wife...
What's Happening: No, he's not with Candice instead of his Wife by choice. I mean, I would choose to be with Candice instead, but HRG (as he is also known) was fooled into it. I wouldn't mind being fooled into it... But I digress. Thinking he was talking to his wife, Mr. Bennett spoke of just how devoted he is to Claire, stating that he would need to find her and take down his company. It was then that Candice revealed that she had only given him the illusion he was talking to Mrs. Bennett...

Parkman:
Current location: Texas, in the Paper company.
What's Happening: He's currently being held by the company, which is now being led by Eric Roberts, a character called Mr. Thompson. While he thought he only had to stay long enough to verify that Mr. Bennett was telling the truth when he claimed his mind was wiped, Matt has now learned that he's pretty much at the mercy of the company...


Mohinder:
Current location: New York, his apartment with Sylar and Peter.
What's Happening: Upon discovering that it was, in fact, Sylar that had befriended him, Mohinder poisoned Sylar and used an IV drop to keep his powers dormant. He then used Sylar's DNA to create a new list of everyone in the world who has special powers. When Sylar became useless to him, Mohinder ran off a little monologue about how much he hates Sylar and tried to shoot him with a gun -- only to find out that Sylar's powers had overcome the IV drip. Sylar broke free and tossed Mohinder around the apartment, which is when Peter arrived...

Peter:
Current location: New York, Mohinder's apartment with Mohinder and Sylar.
What's Happening: Sylar has Peter telekinetically pinned to a wall, and is about to slice into his head like a pineapple. In a more general sense, what's happening with Peter lately is, he's learning to control his many many absorbed abilities. Because of it, Peter is well on his way to becoming a Matrix/Neo level badass hero. But is it enough to prevent him from exploding?

Isaac:
Current location: New York, his apartment.
What's Happening: Poor Isaac has been driven back to the junk. Can you blame him? Aiming for invisible Peter, he just shot and killed Simone, and all HRG and Candice had to tell him about it (after covering up the murder) was to keep on painting. Isn't Candice great? Anyway, he's painting some gruesome shit, people with their heads sliced into and whatnot. Who could be doing that?

Nikki/Jessica:
Current location: Vegas, baby! In Linderman's Casino.
What's Happening: She's out cold on the floor. Nathan put her there. You see, as Jessica, she just killed a couple of FBI guys who were trying to spy on Linderman. As Nikki, she warned Nathan that she just killed the FBI guys and that Linderman knows of Nathan's transgressions. She then asked to be knocked out, since Nikki is no fan of Jessica. Makes sense, right? Kinda? Anyway, as far as home life goes, Jessica is still in control, though Nikki is doing her best to alert D.L. that she is evil...

Nathan:
Current location: Vegas, wooo! In Linderman's Casino. In Linderman's kitchen. With Linderman.
What's Happening: Dinner, apparently. After learning that Linderman knows what he's up to, Nathan decides to confront Mr. L while packing heat. And wouldn't you know it, Nathan interupts Linderman at dinnertime. Isn't that always the way? Only, instead of blowing Linderman away, they talk for a while, and Nathan reveals that he is really unhappy. Why? I don't know, he's married to Rena Sofer. Sure she's in a wheelchair, but Rena Sofer sitting down is better then no Rena Sofer at all. Maybe he's unhappy that she hasn't been in the show much? Anyway, Linderman tells Nathan that he knows all about the special people, and offers to help make Nathan the President. So now the two are working together... apparently...

Hiro:
Current location: New York... FIVE YEARS IN THE FUTURE with Ando
What's Happening: With Ando's help (Ando surprisingly showed up at Linderman's as a security guard to offer an assist) Hiro finally has his sword. His badass sweet sweet sword. To evade the actual security guards, Hiro uses his power to transport himself and Ando -- and they wind up in the future, looking at a New York decimated by a bomb...

Am I forgetting anyone? Yes? No? Well, it's late at night, so we're just going to say I covered everything. Anyway, every week I'll have a little report on the show. What I will do is give my thoughts and predictions. What I will NOT do is list spoilers for the next week. Not my style, Bub.