Nathan's plans face exposure as Homeland Security begins an investigation under direct orders from the President of the United States. Sylar and Luke embark on a road trip to find Sylar's father, but are secretly being hunted by Nathan's agents. Life gets complicated for the Bennet family as Claire goes into action to protect a young man with abilities from being captured by HRG. Elsewhere, Matt's prophetic images lead Hiro and Ando to India and a mysterious ally comes to the aid of our Heroes.

I'll be around for the chat again.

Sylar is so going to kill this kid.

Sylar is one messed up dude. He cannot see that he is a serial killer.

Dang, Daddy is everywhere.

I wonder if Alex is another new character or just canon fodder?

Who knows with this show?

ITA- Sylar is sick and Daddy is everywhere. Yet, I find myself disliking Noah a lot more than Sylar.

Well I dislike both of them overall. But Sylar's motives are clearer overall than Noah's.

Ok what powers do these people have?? These newbies.

Breathing under water- that's a great power. I hope this guy's not meant to be a love interest for Claire. I don't think I can stand that again.

Yeah breathing underwater would be cool.

How did those guys get away with Ando so fast??

Sylar teaching control...what a laugh!!

I think Sylar tried to do the right thing by leaving the kid there, but I hope he goes back.

Yeah, I mean, Ando is small, but c'mon.

Yeah Ando being taken so easily and quickly is the thing I cannot get.

Well who knows what Sylar thinks. Maybe he wanted to save the kid from seeing how he really is.

I think he was just hoping the kid could go back and have a normal life. Or maybe he was afraid he wouldn't be able to help but kill him.

Does Tracy have super strength, like Nicki? It sucks that she got out. Homeland Security was about to let her out anyway.

Nathan just sucks this season, all the way around.

Aww Sylar...my hero. Okay not really.

I want my Hiro back. I adore him.

Nathan is pure evil. I hope he gets what's coming to him.

Seriously, I love Sylar. I think we may actually get to see the Sylar we saw in the future. They're just going to do a more believable transition.

Okay so Nathan was not to blame for that thing. But he is still bad, bad, bad.

Oh no, Noah. What's up??? Ohhhh!!!!!!!!

Good ending. I hope someday we will actually get an answer on really what Noah is all about. He changes sides more than Sylar and Nathan.

I liked that this episode was much more focused than they have been in the past. It seemed like they showed fewer storylines than most episodes.

I heard that this Volume they were going to be more focused in each episode over less characters. I think it is better that way.

Yes, I am looking forward to seeing what Noah really is.

Despite the jumpstart that the premiere provided, I'm not surprised that the story fell into a somewhat transitional mode so quickly. There were very few surprises in this episode, and the story didn't seem to flow very well from the previous installment. Perhaps that was the result of some of the changes taking place in the writing staff when these episodes were being prepared, but "Heroes" doesn't need any help lately when it comes to feeling disjointed.

Oddly enough, I liked some of the plot threads and how the writers chose to handle some of the natural issues that would emerge out of the newly federal witch hunt against the metahumans. Nathan's struggle to maintain control over his own program may not be original, but it does offer a few interesting ideas. Abby is essentially Nathan's chance to reconsider his decisions. If he wanted to, he could have let Abby be the one to shut the program down.

Instead, he made it very clear that he believes that the only means of ending the potential threat of metahumans is to keep all of them fully contained. (Well, all but the privileged few he selects.) Despite the bloodshed already on the books, he seems blind to the consequences. By sending men like Danko against those with abilities, he's giving metahumans a reason to go underground and form a resistance against the government itself. He's all but pushing them into the kind of extreme action that he's trying to prevent.

Danko's little gambit doesn't quite add up, even if it worked for the purposes of the plot. Tracy heard Abby's objections, and she's supposed to be a political expert. So, having seen Abby standing there by Nathan, why would she use her power at all? Why not call out for Abby to help her, claiming that she's being held for no reason? Her decision to kill someone with her ability completely undermines any opportunity to shut down the program and end the threat.

Less troubling is the "road trip" with Luke and Sylar. While it doesn’t make sense in purely logical terms, since Sylar could simply rip the information out of Luke's brain at any time, it does provide some insight into Sylar's self-delusional capabilities. Sylar talks about how one must have an objective in mind, and how emotions need to be kept out of one's actions, but his recent history doesn't match his stated philosophy. The implication is that he's not even sure why he's letting Luke live, or why he saved Luke in the process of "intelligence gathering".

Much less successful was the Bennett subplot. Never mind that Noah had to be incredibly stupid or naïve to fall for anything Claire did in this episode, let alone leave himself vulnerable in a public location. The real issue was Claire and the writers' decision to retread her teenage rebellion tendencies yet again, with yet another bland potential love interest. The "Rebel" storyline has some small potential, but right now, it seems more like a plot convenience than anything else.

The final subplot, involving Ando and Hiro, seems a bit out of place. For one thing, the basis for their adventure comes a bit out of nowhere; it took me a moment to realize that they were pursuing one of the drawings created by Matt in the previous episode. As much as the adventure reveals a bit of the tension between Hiro and Ando over their reversal of ability fortune, it fell a bit flat for me. Perhaps that has something to do with the overuse of the "precognitive drawings" motif over the course of the series.

I can only assume that this was all necessary to propel the story arc forward, however incrementally. Abby is now a true believer, which should prove both a blessing and a curse. Sylar is getting information he needs for his own resistance, and Peter's little gang now has their hands on Noah. As noted above, the Hiro/Ando thread doesn't seem to point to anything specific quite yet. In essence, there was nothing particularly shocking, but also nothing particularly notable.