Before we get to the recap, I will mention that the narrator is still hanging around, but I didn't really notice this time. Why? Because I was finally enjoying Heroes in HD. Even though I had to go through dozens of hoops to finally get it installed, it is well worth it. Of course, this was the episode that they decided to keep Claire buttoned up. But that's OK, because HBO gives me plenty of BCE nudity in HD with Rome, so I still had my HD boner for the week. (Did I just say that out loud? Oops.)

The last episode left us with a lot of questions. First of all, Niki decided that her alter ego Jessica was too dangerous. She loved her little boy, but once she realized that her not-so-better half was actually the person who framed her real better half, DL, for murder, she knew that she had to turn herself in. It was a really easy decision for Niki, but Jessica wasn't too happy about the decision, as evidenced by the various cuts and bruisers the corrections officers were sporting when they came in to take her to meet her lawyer. Listen, I know that Jessica is dangerous and all, but after 1991, there is no excuse to have a prisoner give you trouble like that. Silence of the Lambs taught us all how to take care of problematic prisoners. And really, the worst thing Niki has done is break a nose here or there. It's not like she ate one of the guard's livers with some fava beans and a nice Chianti, so why sweat the small stuff?

Back in Texas, Claire is still trying to sort out everything that happened. Slowly but surely, things in her high school are getting back to normal, but that's because most of the people there didn't actually see anything that was going on. And don't forget, Claire was not supposed to remember anything either, but Creepy Black Guy a.k.a. "The Haitian" a.k.a. "The Eraser" for some reason decided to go against the wishes of Claire's father and keep her in the loop. While I am still in the camp of people who think that HRG really does have what he thinks are Claire's best interests at heart, it has clearly bothered Claire. As she is talking with her father about everything that happened, Claire asks him questions to see just how often he is going to lie. She still loves her dad, but considering it took her so long to get to a point where she could trust her father in the first place, you can tell it hurts that she will have to keep those secrets from him again.

I think HRG has a sense that his relationship with his daughter might not ever be the same, but he has a lot to worry about. At the end of the last episode, I speculated that Sylar might have escaped because it suddenly looked like he had his power back. Well, Sylar didn't escape, and after knowing what he did to Eden, is taking the gloves off. Whoever is pulling the strings says that Sylar is to be kept alive, but in the mean time, Sylar has enough glycimerine in him to kill an elephant. What is glycimerene you say? Well, we don't know, but whatever it is, it's powerful enough to stop Sylar. Could that be the stuff that is giving the heroes headaches after they are abducted? Perhaps. For now, HRG wants the doctors to dig as deep as possible to get whatever they can from Sylar.

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