Im really curious to see how this season will end, and also if we will be getting a 4th season.. if not then they are going to have to start wrapping things up.

there were a lot of small nuances i liked in the last episode, and even though the major plot points were v dumb it really shows how characters' powers have been evolving. for example:

1. nathan can break the sound barrier (dont know if he always could but this is new to me)
2. matt can bring people into his mindscape things
3. sylar's power is finally explained (empathic, but he thought he had to analyze things due to his natural intuitive aptitude is what i'm thinking)

nah im pretty sure its the same power just manifested differently

His original power was intuitive aptitude, or whatever. Seeing how things work, and fit together. That's what the whole deal with the watch was, seeing how things work. Future Gabriel even explicitly stated that was his power, and it'd be pretty dumb of the writers to try and say heh intuitive aptitude with ANYTHING basically, including watches and how the world will degrade, is totally the same as a form of power empathy. His power was so interesting and original and actually had pretty good potential, but now it's just another way to make him a super-powered character on par with Peter and Papa Petrelli.

i don't think intuitive aptitude was his actual POWER though. pretty much everyone has a certain degree of that, hell even i have a good chance of knowing how things work when first looking over them. i think his real power is the ability to gain other powers, and his naturally high ability to understand things was his way to achieve that end,

So far, this latest episode is my favourite from season 3 and it doesnt even have any powers in it lol. Still didnt like Hiro though, anyone else think hes acting nothing like a ten year old apart from maybe 2-3 sequences with him trying to be a little silly to convince us off his new age. They should have made him maybe 10 years younger which simply erases his memory of all events and not try to turn him into a child because it just doesnt work.

Took him a while to use his abilities properly as a fully capable adult yet as a 10 year old he's mastered his ability instantly. Also thinking about the last episode, what was with Ando using his fingures to make Hiro blink which then teleports them away? I can swear Hiro's abilities take alot more concentration and thought to work rather than simply having to just blink.