By DeAnn Welker
Peter's taken Hiro to the hospital by the time this episode begins. He quickly realizes he needs a Hiro, and leaves Emma to talk to him. He tells her Hiro can tell her everything she needs to know about abilities. Peter then borrows Hiro's power, and goes to find HRG. Claire's there, and she offers her blood, but HRG says her blood would only make a tumor worse. Good thing he knows of a healer, a kid they brought in and then wiped and abandoned. When Peter and HRG arrive at the kid's home, everything's dead, including his parents. Apparently his healing power has turned into a killing power. When he shoots Peter, HRG quickly talks him through becoming a healer again in time to save the star of our show. Peter gets the kid's power and hops on a plane back to save Hiro. HRG stays behind to help our new healer, Jeremy. So, great, yet another character. Because we don't have enough of those already. While Peter's gone, Hiro helps Emma come to terms with her power. Since that's what he was sent for, he then teleports away and is gone by the time Peter returns. Hiro's on his way to the Burnt Toast Diner to save Charlie. Do you think we might actually get to see Jayma Mays on Heroes again?
In the other storyline of the episode, Samuel's wondering why the memories that are manifesting in Sylar aren't his (he asks to be called Nathan and remembers shaking a lot of hands -- he thinks he may be a politician). Samuel asks Sylar if he wants to know who he really is, and when he says he does, some guy named Damien takes Sylar into a House of Mirrors and shows him all of the murders he's committed, starting with his mom and including Elle and Charlie. Sylar's horrified that he's a monster and doesn't want to be like that anymore. Samuel says he doesn't have to be, and that he was only like that because the world didn't accept him and made him that way. Samuel just has one request before they get all peaceful, though: Kill Warden Leo, who's at the carnival (at Samuel's request, of course). He pretends it's because the whole carnival is in danger until Leo's dead, but it's really a test. Sylar meets Warden Leo in the House of Mirrors and gives him a good electric jolt, but can't kill him. That's when Edgar shows up and slices him to bits with his knives. Lydia the Tattooed Lady has the hots for Sylar, though, and it's making Edgar crazy, especially since this pansy, non-killer version of Sylar is useless to whatever machinations Edgar has dreamed up for the "family." But Samuel assures him they'll make a better Sylar and he'll be theirs. I wonder what this means for the Sylar in Parkman's brain? Parkman who?
Matt wasn't the only one missing this week (again). We also got no Tracy (again). No Mama Petrelli. No Ando (again). No Nathan (unless you count a momentary blip when Sylar shifted into him for a split-second). And only a glimpse of Claire. Good thing they're adding all of these new characters, though.
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