What others have deemed disappointing is exactly what I've settled on as satisfying. All season we've been pondering, who is the bomb, who do we stop, how, how does saving the cheerleader save the world. And we've been pondering it on traditional comic book benchmarks. X goes judo CHOP!!, and...
My inkling that we'd seen Molly before led me to IMDB where I verified that the same girl played 'Molly under the stairs' and Molly Walker. Dots weren't completely connected until then. Also, in danger of belaboring the obvious, HRG referred to, he Parman and sparky taking out the Walker...
I was thinking in the same vein. As younger Petrelli can 'soak up' the powers of others, the task he'll be called on to do will have him soaking up multiple powers. And the one power he'll absolutely need, is the cheerleader's indestructibility. ie, if he can bend space/time, it still won't...
I don't see how that's clear for time and space hopping Hiro at all. I took it as Hiro interacting extensively with Peter in the future after he has been scarred in an event we haven't witnessed yet.
Trying to figure out which is more odd, her on Heroes, recalling her turn as Malcolm's frizzy hairred nemesis Jessica on Malcolm in the Middle, or Tania Raymonde playing Alex Rousseau on Lost, recalling her turn as Malcom's Krelboyne girlfriend Cynthia on the same show.
Those wondering why what happened with Ali Larter's alter ego, remember she took the video camera with her. I imagine we'll see what was filmed in future episodes.