Cristine Rose shines in her limited screen time as the Petrelli matriarch; her icy pragmatism coupled with genuine concern for her newly-discovered granddaughter are superbly real, and her presence undercuts the increasingly overwrought “zomg, I have emotional problems!” that characterie most of Nathan/Peter/Claire’s scenes. Jessica cements her standing as Most Awesome Character ever by proving that not only is she a gun-toting sociopath, but a good mother to boot. On refusing to let Linderman use her son as a pawn in whatever scheme he’s got cooking, it’s left to the talents of shape-shifting minx Candace to go over Jessica’s head. What Linderman wants with young Micah Sanders, whose powers have so far been to defraud an ATM, has yet to be seen. The Escape From Primatech Paper was a welcome bit of running-around-in-corridors for Parkman, Sprague, and – my personal hero – Mr Bennet, who through teamwork and a lot of expositional monologue are now on their way to New York. Or possibly Vegas. I can’t remember. The sooner everyone unites in New York, the better. There’s only so much Kerouacian wandering of America I can take, and I wants to see me some real action. If I weren’t dead inside, the line “Finally, I get to be a hero” would surely have put a lump in my throat. And once again, the show concocts another half-baked cliffhanger to make sure we all tune in next week, as Hiro and his newly-reunited sidekick Ando find themselves having traveled through time (you know, again). Only to meet a familiar face…