Heroes Ep. 3: Kindred
Sylar's back, Takezo's on his way to becoming a hero, and Candice is Michelle. Hmm... I thought this week's ep was pretty good, but unfortunately, so much of it was predictable.

Peter: The Oirish clan decides dey're gonna look for da pot o' gold at de end of da rainbow, and dey need Peter ta help dem. Dey remind Peter dat dey're brudders, BOYO (love how they throw in that word to make it "authentic") and dey all have da family crest... but Peter hears that one of them is traitor, and boom, by the end of the ep, he's a traitor, and Peter becomes a brudder.

Claire: Crazy flying guy calls her a "lizard girl" in class, and then we're subjected to one of the cheesiest moments I've seen on this show (what was WITH that crapola piano music that played when he flew through the air with her???) Ugh. Anyone else think he's a drippy doofus? Only interesting thing is finding out that HRG hunted him and marked him. Oooooh....

Candice: "They're looking for me, so I had to take on a new identity." Truth: "The actress who plays me moved over to star on Reaper, so the producers had to replace my character. Luckily, I'm an illusionist!" And, apparently, an overweight girl who couldn't deal with her looks so she created a new persona. Not sure how to feel about this.

Hiro: I was actually intrigued by Hiro's story; I love the idea of him leaving little scrolls of his story in the shaft of the sword, although it's hard to believe 300 years went by with no one finding the scrolls in the shaft, especially when the instructions to open it were right on the bottom. But that nitpick aside, I liked the idea of telling the story that way. Takezo takes on the 90 Angry Ronins (his comment, "Just how angry ARE they?" was hilarious) and wins, or so it seems (you never know with that guy) and he's turning into the hero that Hiro wants him to be. Unfortunately, he's taken a shine to the swordsmith's daughter, and now can't time travel until he can close this chapter in his life.

Mohinder: He's under constant supervision by Bob (by the way, awesome Buffy connection: Stephen Tobolowsky, who plays this guy, was the original Principal Flutie in the unaired Buffy pilot, but by the time the WB picked up the show, the role was being played by Ken Lerner. Every time I see Tobolowsky I think of Flutie). He finds the final painting that Noah's been looking for.

Noah: The final painting has his death, and it looks like it's perpetrated by Claire and Flying boy. Eek. But they've been able to change Isaac's paintings before, so let's see what they do here.

Niki and Micah: DAMMIT I was so enjoying this show without them. Niki is off to see Bob, who's promised her a cure (and she hasn't learned her lesson about not talking to strangers) and she drops Micah off at Uhura's house in Louisiana. (Apparently there's only room for one Trek actor at a time, and they have to kill off one before bringing in the next.) She opens the door mysteriously and then says, with a little too much excitement, "WELCOME to Nawlins!" and then looks at them and the camera holds her for a little too long, that same way they segue out of soap opera scenes by holding the camera too long on them and they make painful expressions.

Alejandro and Maya: What's up with these two? This season I find their story the most intriguing (which is why they need to hurry up and introduce some new people, because discovering all the new people last season was the real fun of the show). She does terrible things, and Alejandro then sucks the evil out of her. What is it doing to him? Is he absorbing the badness and is it killing him? Is he turning evil? Could he become a Sylar-type? Until now Alejandro seems to go away from her, and she's unable to stop the blackness from coming on. But this week she actually wills it. Eek. What's up with her? Good guy or bad guy?

Sylar: Speaking of bad guys, looks like Sylar's lost his mojo. LOVE having Zachary Quinto back, but he's a bit impotent, so to speak. Lets see how long it takes him to get it back.