Episode 8 = Answers & Questions?

Heroes Season 2, Episode 8 had some great scenes with superpowers and special effects and gave us insight into how we got to Season 2's events. Kirsten Bell's character became extremely villainous yet sexy, and we got a cool trip down memory lane to show what happened when Peter went nuclear. As usual it's time to poke a few holes in the show. Again, I'm a fan of this show, but even creator Tim Kring has admitted it has flaws. Here's some things to mull over:

- How did Takezo get to the present day? Teleportation or immortal life? No aging is really shown on him, especially if he was alive back in the time of Samurai Warriors. It is possible that Claire, Peter and Adam don't show signs of aging due to their regenerative powers.

- How does Adam/Takezo know of Peter's powers? They were in captivity together but did he really get the full list? Or did he overhear someone say "Peter is an empath and can take on powers"?

- Does the Haitian's memory block work to block out powers of people nearby that he focuses on? That's my guess because Elle was able to shoot lightning at Peter while Peter was "powerless" it seemed. Recall last season when he was in the same police precinct or station as Matt Parkman and Parkman couldn't listen to mind thoughts from Claire or HRG in the interrogation room.

- Sylar's disappearance from the "fight scene" at the end of Season 1 was not shown, although it was a "teaser" in the preview last week. Best guess is Candice was able to work some magic and pull him down into the sewers, but it would have been nice to see the background of who saved Sylar. Candice seemed to be working for someone due to the cell phone call she made.

- The second shooting of DL was a bit "thrown into the mix" just to kill him off. A little more creativity might have been used here. For example, why not one of Linderman's ex-workers extracting some revenge for the murder of his boss? The firefighting use of his powers was a good inclusion.

- Despite the continued talk of the Petrelli father committing suicide because he was delusional, it's hard to buy on a show like this. Biggest question would be what are/were his powers?

- Also, it's understandable about the need to show how clever and covert "Company" agents are, but having them instantly appear in the very hospital that Peter rushed Nathan to, was just a bit much. The locating device to find heroes is Molly Walker, who they most likely didn't have access to at that time. The question would be how did they locate Peter and Nathan so fast, as they indicated they were tracking both. And how did they manage to be in the very hall that Peter was sneaking down?

- Finally, while I'm far from a science major, it seems tough to explain how Elle's lightning blasts are enough to knock Peter Petrelli out, but his own self-charged radioactive blast wasn't. Very intriguing, maybe Elle is one of the most powerful superheroes in all of the land.

There's probably going to be a few showdowns. Possibly Peter vs Sylar part 4, Hiro vs Adam and maybe Elle vs one of the female heroes. Peter is by far the coolest of the heroes, but how cool would it be if there was a female version? Looking forward to next week, as we have just 3 or 4 episodes left in this season.