GULP!

Yes, that was a pretty good translation provided when Hiro saw his father's face tonight, wasn't it? Heroes is quite the fun show! I have to mention the quibbles, though, because they always occur to me as I watch it. For example:

Do we think that the shot, from an earlier episode, of Hiro standing with his faux sword in front of the mock T-rex in the museum is going to be the extent of what we see in that regard? After the picture depicting it, painted by Isaac, was shown earlier, I think a lot of fans, including me, hoped for more than that. I guess it's not a cheat, but it does still feel a little disappointing.

I wish the writers would make up their mind on how Nathan Petrelli feels about his younger brother, too. He seems to vacillate between considering him a nuisance to his own political ambitions and wanting to move Heaven and Earth to save him. I can't help but wonder if that's inconsistent writing or clues that he's got a hidden agenda we're not privy to yet.

I noted to Vicki that it's odd, this far into the season, that we've never really seen Jessica in action. We've seen the results of her rampages, but even simple stuff like "is she just super-strong, or more than that?" have yet to be answered. It seemed like she had some invulnerability, ala Clare, when the hubby took her down with what looked like a fatal wound, and yet she recovered. I hope at some point we'll get to see her cut loose, as I'm wondering at this point why Nikki's even still in jail.. you'd think Jessica could just rip through a padded wall, after all, considering what she did to the door that Hiro and Ando were hiding behind at one point. And they weren't drugging her at first.

Definitely a good show, but it continues to feel like they leave out important bits. One of those tonight was, how did Ando and Hiro get away from the thugs initially, long enough to crawl under a car and hide, when it seemed like the bad guys were right on top of them before the commercial break? And did mind-reader Matt ever have the conversation with his wife, now that she knows about his power, on the topic of her affair with his fellow officer? That seemed like a dangling point of some significance, considering how those things weigh on spouses' minds.