By Couch Baron
Welcome back to the show, those of you who are still watching! Two months have passed, and many of the main Heroes are trying to blend in and lead normal lives. Not surprisingly, given how the last chapter ended, Nathan is now the Chairman of the Senate Commission on Homeland Security. On TV, he tells an interviewer about his churchy beliefs and his efforts to protect the American people from an unnamed threat, and as he does, Tracy gets captured by a commando team whose protective suits, it seems, were designed to repel her powers. They're also led by Zeljko Ivanek, which is pretty sweet.
Hiro is still powerless, but instead of being bitter, he's thrown himself overenthusiastically into training a reluctant Ando as a superhero. Ando's not particularly interested until Hiro is captured by the commandos, but he doesn't manage to do anything about it. Needs a little more training, I'd say.
Claire's hanging with Angela and considering colleges, but is worried that Sylar is still out there somewhere, even though Angela tells her Sylar's dead. But Claire is in the right, of course, as Sylar is not only alive but has found his real father, who tells him that his brother gave Sylar to him. Sylar goes to find the brother, but instead at his house the commandos try to take him. However, they're completely unprepared for how powerful he is as he makes mincemeat of them. Meanwhile, Claire is horrified to learn that Angela is conspiring with Nathan to keep Claire distracted while he "takes down" Matt and Peter. Claire calls Paramedic Peter to warn him, so he gets in a cab -- driven by Mohinder. Oddly, there's no mention of their last meeting at Pinehearst, nor is there any sign of the lesion the show went to such dramatic lengths to reveal at the end of last episode. After Peter gets out, Zeljko Ivanek gets in and forces Mohinder at gunpoint to drive to his minions, but Mohinder uses his super-strength to get away and run until he's intercepted again -- by Bennet, who's in cahoots with Ivanek. Back at the Petrelli ancestral mansion, Peter finds Nathan and accurately calls him a "self-loathing hypocrite," and Nathan responds by using Peter's weakness for brother-touching to distract him so Bennet can incapacitate him. Cold, but very smart.
Matt and Daphne are working as bodyguard and delivery girl, respectively, but even as Matt tells Daphne not to use her powers so they can just live normal lives, he's still seeing foreboding visions of NeoIsaac, who eventually tells him that he's been called to be a prophet, just like he was -- and just like that, Matt's drawing the future, and then Claire turns up just in time for them both to be captured. time he'll want to draw the future far enough in advance to be able to do something about it. Nathan has Claire released, but the rest of the prisoners are put on a plane in shackles -- but Claire escapes her driver and stows away right before the plane takes off. On board, she manages to arrange for Peter to absorb Mohinder's super-strength, and soon Peter is taking down the guards while Claire's heading up to the cockpit -- to find Bennet acting as co-pilot. Awkward. Peter then absorbs Tracy's power (seems he can now only hold one power at a time) and accidentally freezes part of the plane, blowing a hole in it and sending it hurtling to the ground as Peter desperately hangs onto Mohinder's hand. Despite what seems like a blatant attempt to rip off Lost, the show made me forget all about Chapter Three here. Not that I wasn't eager to do so anyway, but I appreciate the thought regardless.
Which Heroes have the best power? Find out. Come back later in the week for the full detailed episode recap.