Heroes Report on "Four Months Ago"

Well, I don't really know what new info we learned in this episode, but it was definitely interesting, at least.

Still, before we get to the report and analysis, I have just one question: Where the hell was our Sylar explanation? I guess we'll have to wait for it.

Of these flashback storylines, really the only one that filled in pertinent information was the story of D.L.'s death. And you have to be happy that the Heroes writers at least gave this character quite the swan song, even if he's not around for this season. To make him a firefighter is not only logical, but it finally did solidify his spot as a hero in his son's eyes.

However, you knew all along that Nikki's illness was going to be the death of him, unfortunately. Her split personality (some non-Jessica girl) skipped town and found a new man to shack up with, who promptly shot D.L. in the back when he wanted to take Nikki back. This all also explains what made Nikki so eager to dump off Micah and get help.

I really liked this story because it would have been very easy to just write-off D.L.'s death as his original gunshot wound. Instead, the character is given a proper final story.

Peter's story made a little less sense. Apparently, after he "blew up," he brought Nathan to a hospital, was kidnapped by Elle and Bob, and tricked into taking pills to eliminate his powers for his own good. With the help of fellow inmate Adam, Peter realized this was, in fact, a prison.

My problem with this is, if the Company had such effective pills, then why was keeping Sylar contained such a problem in season one? And more than that, why didn't Bob use those pills on Peter to stop him from blowing up in the first place?

Anyway, Peter and Adam broke out, Adam used his blood to change mangled-Nathan back into congressman-looking-Nathan, and the Haitian's plan to erase Peter's memories in order to give him a fresh chance at life and simultaneously stop him from rendezvousing with Adam is the reason Peter was locked up and memory-less.

Two notes on this storyline: 1) Adam's blood is magic healing juice! Is Claire's? 2) Elle's performance really made me miss Candace less...

Oh, and, apparently, Adam is planning to show the world what his healing powers can do. We'll see on that one. It would be interesting, if this does come to pass, if he were to share his blood as a cure for the Shanti Virus.

Finally, we have Maya and Alejandro. What a waste of time. Once again, we see her kill people unintentionally. Once again, we see the pair's strangely-close relationship. And apparently, Alejandro really does NOT know how to pick brides. I couldn't help but feel that this flashback was so incredibly unnecessary that it was only included to help the writers fill out the whole episode.

Honestly, when I first saw Alejandro flash onto the screen, I unintentionally groaned out loud. I'm sick of these two. The only time they've ever been interesting is a couple of episodes ago when Sylar started to turn Maya evil. Their past? NOT INTERESTING!

But, next episode we get more HRG and Mohinder showdown, so I'm still happy.