Heroes: Chapter 9 it's coming

Tonight's episode was the best one they've had in a while. It was kind of like "As The World That's About To Be Destroyed Spins." There was romance, drama, and naturally some action. Unlike some of the past episodes we got more of a change to relate to the characters emotionally, not just see more of their inner workings. Finally we are starting to get more of an idea of where this is all going.

Sure we are not certain how giving everyone powers will cause the world to explode, but a little more of the story is becoming clear. When Angela had a vision earlier on in this season we saw that Tracy (or possibly the third clone Barbra) was standing alongside the villians, and now we are getting more of an idea what role she plays and why she is a bad guy. We get to see a bit more about how Clare makes the transformation from cheerleader to killer, and we also see how Peter is trying to prevent it. For the first time in my life I was not pissed off by the male character telling a woman to run and hide while he protected her, just about anyone would do that if they knew it would prevent their close relative from changing into a cold blooded murderer.

Speaking of cold blooded killers, I am completly loving the relationship between Syler and Elle. They are two people who were made into monsters, and who are trying to find themselves again and be better people. Yea it's a little sappy, but I love it and I have to say it's my favorite pairing since Hiro and Charlie.

In other Syler related News. It now seems that Syler has an almost identical power to Peter. From the very beginning it was said that Peter's greatest power lay in his empathy. Now it is clear that Syler can use his power like Peter now that he has begun to develop a sense of Empathy. Which leads me to an interesting theory. What if Peter and Syler are identical twins. It would be kind of poetic. One twin got all of the goodness, the other got all of the darker more sinister traits. Their powers work almost the same way but they are used very differently. Peter was naturally a very empathetic person he was always in tune with those around him, so he could absorb their powers. Syler was not so good natured, a fact only worsened by being adopted by a crazy mother. Up till now Syler only knew how to understand a persons inner workings by violently exposing them to the light of day, he had no clue how to figure out people except for purely mechanical functions. I mean I'm not the best at guessing ages but it looked like Syler and Peter could be the same age. I don't know, for now I'm going with the wonder twin theory.

I have no theory why Hiro is acting like a 10 year old, other then an excuse for Hiro the be beyond adorable. Arthur Petrelli's power must cause some sort of brain damage, but at this point it's hard to tell why he absorbed Hiro's memory and not his ability. Maybe Ando inturupting had something to do with it.

Next week should be interesting. According to all the promo's it's going to be heroes with no powers. I expect tons of Badassness from HRG and Ando, but I had no idea how the other characters are going to react.