Heroes Report on "Kindred"

Let me get this straight, Tim Kring. In the span of one-hour you not only killed off one of my favorite characters, Candice, but then foreshadowed the death of the best character the show has to offer, HRG.

And despite these annoyances, the third episode of Heroes' second season was pretty darned eye-popping great.

And really, two fo the three major developments of this episode revolves around those two moments...

We learned who dragged Sylar's near-dead body away from Kirby Plaza -- Candice -- which does help to explain how nobody realized he was being dragged away before it was too late. However, I do have to question the motivation behind saving Sylar, since it seemed she was working for "the company" and they only wanted to study Mr. Brain-eater, not save him... but I digress...

Anyway, Candice, who changed her name to Michelle and changed the actor playing her from Missy Pegrym to some random red-head, saved Sylar and watched over him as he recovered. The big shocker here is that it seems Sylar has somehow lost his powers -- a plot development that really makes no sense to me, unless the area that he's being kept in is suppressing his powers.

And when Michelle wins the Genius of the Year award by trying to seduce Sylar and offer her help in re-acquiring his powers, he predictably kills her to take her powers. However, he still can't access even this new power. And, as far as I'm concerned the show would have been making a mistake if nobody will be the show's illusionist anymore, since the power is just too cool to waste.

Meanwhile, Stalker-West took Claire for a ride in the sky, seducing her in the process... PG-13 rated seducing, mind you, perverts! The revelation here was that she found his two neck marks, meaning he can be tracked by the company. Not only that, but he then went about telling Claire the harrowing tale of the "Man with Horn-Rimmed Glasses" who abducted him.

Afterward, we get a short scene in which Claire just stares at her father, obviously meaning she is seeing him in a whole new light.

And this pisses me off. What the hell, Claire? You now know this truth that your father has put his life at risk time and time again just to save your invulnerable ass, and yet, the first boy who does a Brandon Routh impression around you can immediately turn you against HRG? You're really that stupid?

And, we're also treated to a painting of the future in this episode, depicting HRG shot through the eye while a blonde (presumably Claire) kisses some tall dark figure. As far as I can quess, this means that Stalker-West is, in fact, going to become a company operative and come after HRG.

Personally, I would also guess that this painting won't come to pass, especially since the future should have shifted from what Isaac was seeing due to the bomb's not going off, but for now it seems our man HRG is in jeopardy, thanks to Claire's hormones.

Elsewhere... did we see the beginnings of an EVIL PETER? Pinning a man against a wall, Peter took on a Sylar-esque smile as he strangled him and nearly killed him! How great is this turn of events? Who could have predicted it? Oh, wait, I did. And I'm thrilled about it!

By the way, speaking of Hormones, Peter chose to stay in Ireland and not learn about his future, and it seems he did so simply because he has the hots for a girl with an Irish Accent. I can't blame him, I can't turn down the accent either, but still, at least open the box, man!

Oh, and just to wrap things up with those other stories going on, Maya and Alejandro are still making their way toward the US and they're still boring, Hiro is still teaching Kensei to be a hero and he still has the hots for Kensei's destined girl, and Nikki and Micah make an appearance, sans a dead DL, only to split up and be irrelevant so far.

That about sum it up? A great episode, despite sad sad events.