By DeAnn Welker
In a hurry? Read the recaplet for a nutshell description! Finished? Click here to close.Is it just nostalgia for the past, or was it actually wonderful to have Mohinder back? And, is it just me, or did he actually get hotter? Not to mention we get Nathan and Peter together again, with the full on in-love, wishing-they-could-make-out lingering gazes. Oh, and there's very little Parkman, which is always nice. And Hiro kicks ass. Tracy's the only weak link, really. And the fact that HRG's only in the episode for about ten seconds. Anyway, here goes:
So, it turns out Samuel went to Mohinder because Mohinder had uncovered some of his father's research from Coyote Sands that suggested Samuel could increase his powers by a factor of 1,000 if he surrounds himself with other people with abilities. When Mohinder went to find him nine weeks ago, though, Joseph intercepted his visit and told him he knew about Samuel, but has made it his life's work to keep Samuel from knowing what kind of power he could have. But Hiro goes back to get the film that will reveal all to Samuel (and saves Mohinder in the process, without letting Samuel know that). When Hiro delivers the film, Samuel won't give him Charlie yet, because he's the most evil man ever. That doesn't stop Tracy from thinking she's going to live with him, and Claire even encourages it (after Tracy's powers malfunction and she freezes Claire, then accidentally breaks her foot off -- oops!). In the end, Tracy meets with Samuel and is well on her way to joining the carnival. I haven't decided if I think it's more of a cult or a concentration camp, but Samuel's definitely an evil leader or dictator.
The Haitian comes to Peter and leads him to Nathan's body, sending Nathan and Peter in search of Parkman for answers. He fills them in, and tells them not to get too close, but Nathan does. Then he flies away with Peter (I'm not sure how he can fly, since he's actually Sylar and not Nathan, and Nathan's head didn't appear to be cut open; can anyone explain that to me?). Peter sticks by him and won't believe it, but when they both end up believing it, Nathan says that everyone in the world might think he's Nathan, but Peter will always look at him and see Sylar. It's so sad, especially knowing Nathan's already dead and no one -- not us, not Peter -- got a chance to mourn him. I'm guessing that must be coming soon enough.
Want more? The full recap starts right below!Previously on Heroes (which is said by Mohinder!): Sylar woke up at the carnival as Nathan and then flew back into Peter's embrace. Tracy met Samuel, who gave her a compass. Matt-Sylon told Sylon-in-Matt that he put Nathan in his body, then Matt-Sylon committed suicide by police firing squad. Samuel took Charlie from Hiro to force him to help him go back eight weeks, where he'd killed Mohinder.
Now: Carnival. Hiro, still in his Knight Rider T-shirt, is staring at Charlie's nametag when Samuel spouts platitudes about giving back to the earth. Hiro wonders why he won't give back Charlie, and tells Samuel he's an evil man. But he throws in "butterfly man," making it much less effective. Samuel tells Hiro he can free her if he goes back eight weeks to find Mohinder and get a film that he has. Hiro says he knows Mohinder and doesn't need to time travel to find him, but Samuel says he's dead. Hiro, "You killed Dr. Suresh?" Samuel wants Hiro to go back not to save Mohinder, but to save the film. Once he delivers it, Samuel promises he'll set Charlie free. When Hiro says he doesn't even know if he can time travel anymore, Samuel tells him he'll have to try since Charlie's life depends on it.
Chennai, India. Nine weeks ago. Mohinder's teaching someone about Pangaea when Mira comes out smiling. Mohinder keeps talking about plate tectonics and tells the girls to remember to read a certain chapter. She leaves and Mira tells Mohinder his students love him and he was born to be a teacher. You know, in case we weren't bright enough to realize he's a teacher from that scene of him teaching. He starts to talk about dinner when she finds a box with a giant sign on the side that says "Property of Chandra Suresh." Mira gets annoyed at him for not throwing it away already, but he tells her it's hard to let go. Mira tells him they have a good, simple life here and when he digs into his father's research, he disappears into a rabbit hole. He throws the box in a trash can with a somber look on his face, which seems to satisfy Mira.