"Distraction" - Claire's family tree branches closer to home and Peter gets his wings

In general, this episode Heroes seems to me to be following what I like to call 'the rule of 24'. That is to say that, for most of it, it's methodical and somewhat slow at times. But then, right in the last few minutes, it takes you and bashes you right into a wall, hoping you'll be yearning for next weeks episode. While 24 is much better at this, I think, Heroes is still in it's infancy, so it can still develop this better over time.

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Don't read any further if you haven't seen the episode. You've been warned.

Well, we finally figure out who Claire's father is. Claire's father is none other than...drum roll, please.... Nathan Petrelli. This seemed like a half-assed attempt at bringing the group closer together, if you ask me. Seeing as the internets was buzzing so much around the fact that it was Nathan, it seemed kind of predictable that something would bring these two groups together.

Also, we learn of Sylar's ability to pretty much be the laziest villain the world has ever seen. The guy just has to use one finger and he can do pretty much whatever he wants...rip someone's head open, make things fly through the air, etc...

Peter gets his wings...sort of. As the invisible man pushes Peter off of a 30 story building, we learn how he can hold on to people's abilities. While the invisible man tells him to forget them all, we find out that the way he can recall powers is recalling the way the person makes him feel. I thought this was a really interesting idea. Definitely a little different from the comics, which I liked.

Finally, we learn more about Hiro. His father has come out to US and A to make Hiro the executive vice president of a GE-type company in Japan. Not wanting to disappoint his fellow mankind, he thinks of a plan to get him off his back. He basically shows his father he knows nothing about the company, while his sister knows everything. It was an interesting plan here, though I think this was slightly forced, as well. First of all, from what I understand Japan is still very male-oriented, and would never let a woman run a company.

*Update* Just got word from a fark article that the license plate in the episode may look familiar to some...Here is the said license plate . Bonus points if you know what it's from...Shouldn't be too hard.