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I think Niki's doppelganger is not on the side of good, so much as on the side of "What's good for Niki is good for me." I can see a point in time where it appears that Niki & Sylar are working together. And yes, there were some gaps in "reality", but who cares? It's still a great show!

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The doctor performing the autopsy described the cheerleader as "Jane Doe" and said she had been found naked and in a river. So, that's why she was able to sneak back into her life.

Such a fun show.

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Niki's doppleganger's tattoo and the silent mind-blocking baddie's necklace are the same symbol...creeeeeeeepy.

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That was also the symbol on Mohinder's laptop when he plugged in the flash drive.

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That symbol (from the tattoo and Mohinder's laptop) was also visible in the code of Chandra's program that Mohinder was looking at on his laptop - play it in slo-mo from one of the earlier episodes, and you will see what I am talking about.

The symbol looks familiar - anyone know where it's from? How bout what it means?

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Well the symbol is obviously a sign of the villains. What i really enjoyed was seeing a serious side to Hiro's character and a nice little hint that we will get to see some serious action with the reference that Peter currently has no scar. Don't get me wrong i love Hiro's comedic performances but as the episodes go on there will be an obvious emphasis on focusing on the importance of what they are dealing with.

I'd like to actually see a bit more of Micah's character as it is sort of already obvious that he might have some abilities. Lastly what was with that giant shadow following Claire, is it just me or did it look a little too big (also it was a nice way of showing Isaacs ability).

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Josh the symbol was also visible on a number of other places like on Claire's textbook and on one of Isaac's paintings.

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That's good info about the symbols. I wonder how this all ties into Ed Deline and the rest of the crew at the Montecito. ;) Anyone else notice the signage? Maybe next episode Isaac will order his art supplies from Dunder-Mifflin.

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re. the symbols -- I think I saw the same symbol made up of floating things in an aerial view of a swimming pool a couple of episodes back.

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I really like this series, but I'm a science fiction/fantasy fan from way back. Hiro is great and he and Ando really do add a necessary touch of comic relief to this otherwise angst-ridden series. Perhaps a bit less angst might make it better. I'm looking forward to the eventual coming together, in whatever form that'll take.

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I think the Montecito thing is just because they used the same set as Las Vegas. Both NBC shows film in LA and since Las Vegas already has a Montecito set already built for a Vegas look, they probably rented the space. It's quite difficult to film in an actual casino. Who knows though, maybe they may do a crossover sometime like Las Vegas and Crossing Jordan.

As for the symbol, I'm not sure it's a purely evil symbol, but it apparently has a way of showing up as an "easter egg".

Niki's husband/Michah's dad is not the guy that works with Horned Rimmed Glasses guy. The dad has the power to walk through walls similar to Kitty Pride in X-men. I think he will finally make an appearance in the next episode or the one following that.

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I don't think the Montecito will play any larger role than it already has. Just a nice little bit of continuity in NBC shows, that's all.

I was a bit disappointed about them giving away what seemed like a big secret during the previews for next weeks episode (looked looked really cool!) Other than that, I thought this episode did a great job of advancing the stories, building more tension, and generally keeping my interest. Each episode has been better than the last.

The sole exception is Mohinder. I don't think he adds any value to the show, and I think the writers are having a hard time keeping him involved and interesting. Hopefully something will happen to him before the end of the first season and we can just get on with the rest of it.

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I just discovered this show last week. Anywhere I can catch up on the previous episodes?

What's up with not giving Arkangyl any stars for that call?

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The symbol is a representation of a half helix of DNA. Remember that both Sylar and Mohinder's father were trying to track all those people thanks to the genetic migration of the genes and "guess" where a super-human would show up. Now everyone wearing the sign seems to be evil in some way.

As for Claire since she's "invincible" they need a baddie that can really hurt her in some way, that big shadow was scary. Think about the black guy that could inhibit the psychic police man; he might be able to do the same to other heroes, or just have some kind of mind control.

The symbol was on a book, in the pool, as a tatoo, as a necklace and in the computer code

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I agree the symbol is half helix of DNA, and if you look, you don't even have to look that closely, it appears all over the place. Isaac has drawn it, it's on the cover of Chandra's book.

I want to know what the story is with the eclipse, did it trigger their powers, or was it just happenstance that they all (except sylar) discovered their powers during the eclipse. Why was it so important that Isaac drew it, he wasn't predicting the future, we know when all the eclipses for the next 500 years are going to occur. I think it has some significance in triggering their powers.

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The symbol was scrawled on all the photos in the apartment last week--the apartment that Mohinder visited, where he found all the photos which were gone when he went back later.

I noticed last night that Mohinder's apartment number is 613, which is an important number to Jews--there are 613 commandments that observant Jews are required to observe. This is unlikely to be a coincidence, and is bound to have some relevance.

Future Hiro stopping time to meet Peter on the subway? Aweseome.

I'm getting really bored with Peter's girlfriend. Time to kill her off. Come to think of it, Peter himself is pretty boring too. I'm much more interested in his philandering brother, who flies to Las Vegas to personally borrow $2 million from a bookie in the middle of a campaign.

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The symbol in the pool is in that episode where the mind-reader cop showed up, right before the other lady cop called him out and arrested him. It was in that house where he found the kid in the closet/whatever.

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Emily #13, you can catch a marathon of 3 episode on NBC Oct. 22nd. http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/episodes/season1/101/

The star-system is still disabled is what's up with Arkangyl not getting any stars for the call.

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Micheal: Long has/is the star system disabled?

Future Hiro was my favorite part of the episode. Anyone notice the sword on his back? I had figured that that scene would have been caused by a future Hiro, but I figured it would be from this season sometime, and not the distant future as this seemed to indicate.

I'm curious about Mohinder's neighbor. I have heardthat she does have some signifigance, but I doubt she's a baddie as I had originally suspected.

I hope that the show continues at this pace, giving us more and more of the story. But soon, this is going to become a story less of a mystery revealed, and more of a battle. Once its made that change, it will never really change back.

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ummm my earlier comment was sarcasm. The Montecito thing was definitely purposely put in there but likely just for kicks. I dont think we'll see James Caan having any secret powers soon. The Vegas-Crossing Jordan crossovers were bad enough......

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