'Heroes' Gives us Some Answers

Except for the very beginning of this series, I never really thought that HRG was bad, but then again, I never really thought that he was a paper salesman either. Does he always make the right choices? Not necessarily, but he does make them for the right reasons and he always seemed to exist in that murky gray area that makes characters so fascinating. Well, last night that murky-ness got a lot clearer for the man who was facing the serious possibility of losing his only daughter to the company that he has lied and skirted the line of morality for in order to protect their secret. I'm not exactly sure what that secret is, although, we do know that his employer kidnaps the heroes, implants them with some sort of chip (tracking device?), and then lets them go. Too bad they weren't planning to do the same with Claire because HRG had to take a bullet (non-life threatening) in order to make his daughter's absence look like a kidnapping of a different kind. And to think that Claire was so ready to drop her father for her shallow, heart-in-the-wrong-place real one, Nathan Petrelli. If she only knew!

Claire's father isn't the only daddy keeping a secret. In the night's most shocking reveal, it seems that Hiro's father is connected to the heroes and the "paper company's" monitoring of them. This gives us a little more insight into why his father was so adamant about Hiro returning to Japan and getting back to his job. The night's second most shocking answer came when we learned that the invisible man used to work with HRG. This explains their mutual reactions when they saw each other a couple of weeks back, and now we know why HRG thought he was dead. Elsewhere, I'm very interested to see how Missy Peregrym's character fits into all of this because I think last night's glimpse was meant to undermine her importance (a sure sign that she's going to become integral in the future). One thing is sure for now, with nuclear man behind glass, Peter should be able to sleep a little easier.

If you missed tonight's episode, you can watch it for free at nbc.com. All of the photos in this edition are courtesy of nbc.com.


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