I don't think she could see him but he saw her picture so I wondered what he was thinking then. Plus in the Canadian and MySpace preview we see Jessica retrieving her gun that she dropped. So Jessica has an added power besides just strength.

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And I just have to say....I'm sorry that in a previous post I begged for Mohinder to leave his apartment. Now? Please go back into it and hide!

Geez, he finally goes somewhere and encounters Sylar.

Oh and if Hiro doesn't get that sword soon - I'm going to stroke-out!

These itty-bitty advancing plot lines are starting to drive me crazy. Is it just me?

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These itty-bitty advancing plot lines are starting to drive me crazy. Is it just me?

No. From my thoughts after the 1/22 ep:

Why do I rant like this? Because I fear a dramatic slowdown in the show. It started with a bang, got popular, now they realize "Oh carp…this bomb is supposed to go off in three weeks. How do we get the most number of episodes/seasons out of this monster."

Once again, I feel out of step with the crowd...

I thought last night's episode was brilliant. It was the first time in a while that I felt each storyline they devoted time to was riveting. Even Nikki/Jessica wasn't as tiresome as usual.

Key developments from last night included:
1) Claire's bio mom is a big fat fraud, who was totally going to shortchange Claire (not that Claire cared an iota for the money).

2) We saw the tiniest glimmerings of Nathan's soul. Maybe a dollar short and a day late, but at least he has one...an atrophying soul, to be sure, but a soul nonetheless. He will turn out to be much more valuable to Claire than bio mom...in time (provided he doesn't die next week).

3) Claire's real mom has been mind-erased one time too many. This is one more step toward HRG's total unraveling.

4) Parkman is now also tied to Linderman (and has his money). I think all of our main Heroes except (maybe) Claire now have no more than 2 degrees of separation from him.

5) Parkman heard Nikki and Jessica as two distinct people. I think this is an important, if subtle revelation.

6) Nikki now has a mission to kill Nathan. THAT should be interesting.

7) Mohinder meets Sylar. A Sylar who can now melt things.

8) Ando & Hiro are back in Vegas and hooked up with a woman who is probably one of Linderman's operatives.

That's quite a lot for one episode, imo. The only nagging question I have is why Parkman could hear Nikki/Jessica in the stairwell and on the elevator (both behind closed doors), but couldn't hear her behind him.

Hey Ice,

I don't think you are out of step . It was an interesting episode. Maybe it has do with a viewers choice of favorite character?

For example, for me, the Jess/Nikki plot line lost me because it was so slow to develop. Same with Peter. Too much backstory drag. While the storyline finally advanced for them and was interesting, I am starting to feel like the non-advancement of some of the other "favorite" characters is a deliberate ploy by the writers to have us hanging on by our fingernails at the end of each episode. Unfortunately at the end of the episode last night, I just felt frustrated. No resolves big or small and MORE new characters.

It must be difficult to try and write plotlines without forseeing how the public will embrace certain characters. I also think that introducing new powers into story right now may be a mistake because it is hard to keep up with who's who and where and why. Maybe the writers are thinking "new characters" equals "fast pacing storyline." I'm sure they will resolve at least half of this in the Finale with the other half hanging for another season.

I tend to agree with JIMBO but I will still be watching because this is still some of the better t.v. around.

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I've hated the Jess/Nikki plotline for a while. Last night it FINALLY got some traction. That may have been the best episode yet for that story (although that's not saying much).

I'm not sure what there is to "resolve". I thought the whole point of a serialized show was that it was supposed to be a continuing narrative. I get the frustration with Hiro & Ando's story, but I think that one is about to take off. Last night was just a set-up for them. It didn't help that they've been spinning their wheels for 3 or 4 episodes now, but I really think that story is going somewhere in the next 2 episodes.

Also, the new characters aren't really anything other than support. Zane was a "one and done" and was the conduit for Mohinder to meet Sylar to launch that story arc of Sylar trying to get the list from Mohinder. Claire's mom is really just a conduit for 3 stories: Claire's growing mistrust of HRG, Nathan's struggle with what he really is vs. what his family (read: his mom) expects him to be, and the beginning of a Claire/Nathan (and Peter as uncle) story arc. So these characters are pretty essential to advancing the overall plot. And Claude (the Invisible Man), though he wasn't there last night, is essential right now as Peter tries to get control over his powers.

I just don't get how, if you're already interested in the show, you could watch last night's episode and NOT want to tune in next week...

I think Matt could hear her the first few times because he was concentrating on her but when he went back to find his guy he was trying to hear him and blocked Jessica out or he can only hear one person at a time right now.

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Well, it's not true that he can only hear one person at a time, because he's been flooded before (the bar scene where he met the Haitian) and when he heard Nikki/Jessica, he thought they were two people having a conversation.

I'm leaning more toward your idea that he was concentrating on something else (the lawyer) and thought that Jessica was contained.

I thought maybe he could hear Nicki and Jessica because for a brief time, Nicki was actually standing physically in the stairway, not just stuck in the reflection. Jessica actually looked for her in the relecting mirror on the landing and didn't see her, she was standing on the stairs. Maybe she's learning more on how to merge the alter egos together?

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Or maybe she somehow "caught on" that he has some sort of telepathy after he questioned her about the "two" voices...so when she snuck up on him she purposefully tried to keep her mind clear of thought.

Okay, a bit of a reach and overanalysis...but a possibility eh?

Okay, a bit of a reach and overanalysis...but a possibility eh?

Overanalysis....absolutely not. 'Cause that's what I was thinking too. tee hee

I don't get Sylar. I think they backed themselves into a corner a bit. At some times he seems totally invincible and fearless. But why would he show up at Claire's house and then run? And why are they all of the sudden 'safe' in that house? Why wouldn't he just hide in the bushes until Claire is home without HRG???

It'll be interesting to see if/when/how Mohinder catches on to Sylar. I can see why he'd let him live and lead him to others...but after the first one (or three) ends up dead you would think Mohinder will have to act. I hope he kept HRG's business card!

For some more info on Sylar and why he ran go on-line and read the comic book.

I too hope that Mohnder catches on to Sylar....I hope he is the one dead next week.

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Sylar had to run because HRG had the Haitian with him. Remember it was the Haitian and Eden who brought Sylar in the first time.

I enjoyed the episode.