After Molly’s mental encounter with the "nightmare man," who turned out to be Matt’s father, Matt went to confront him. Nathan joins him. At first, they have… well, not exactly a heart-warming reunion but Matt’s father doesn’t seem to be their man. The picture of Matt with the symbol over it is there. He is a target as well, it seems. Matt tells his father about his powers and his father tells him that their power becomes a lot more, and he has more to show him in a back room. Matt follows him. The door shuts behind them, and Nathan cannot open the door. Matt finds himself in jail being pushed around by a cop. Nathan opens the door to find himself on the now-familiar roof, on a snowy day with New York destroyed. Nathan then encounters the disgusting, bloody-faced version of himself. Matt meets his wife who tells him that he abandoned them and will abandon Molly too. She leaves and Matt is pushed away by the cop. Meanwhile, Nathan and his doppelganger start to fight. And Matt and the cop are fighting. Soon, it’s clear that they are fighting each other, until they finally snap out of it. Matt’s story arc is definitely one of the more interesting ones right now, while Nathan’s is a little more difficult to pin down but I am enjoying it so far.

Meanwhile, a woman named Elle (Kristen Bell), who can shoot electricity from her fingers, is looking all over for Peter. Peter, meanwhile, finally opens the box he was given with Caitlin and finds out his name and sees a few pictures, including one of Nathan, but not much rings a bell. He notices Caitlin’s paintings, and sees a blank canvas. Next thing, you know he enters Isaac’s trance, and starts painting. His painting shows two people, a man and woman, in Montreal. Elle soon finds Ricky’s (Caitlin’s brother’s) bar. Ricky claims not to know anything about Peter, despite the fact that Elle was told that Peter was at the bar. Ricky says he is sorry he couldn’t help her. Elle locks the door with her electro-fingers, says, "So am I," then blasts Ricky with an Emperor Palpatine-amount of electricity. Caitlin is called to the bar and finds her brother dead. Peter promises he will find them, as Elle is on the phone telling someone, hesitantly, that she killed someone in trying to find Peter… and the person on the other end of the phone is her dad. Nice to see Elle for the first time, but we don’t know too much about her, and hope to learn more soon. And dying to know who her dad is.

Suresh calls Noah, who is out of the country with the Haitian. He wants to know what to do with Molly and wants to take her to the Company. Noah warns against it, but Suresh has already decided. Later, Bob tells Suresh he made the right decision, but he needs him to do something for him, handing him a taser. Suddenly they hear something and Niki shows up out of nowhere, choking Bob and pushing him to the wall. Later, Niki apologizes to Bob and says she is better. When Bob leaves, Suresh tells her she needs to get out of there but Niki tells him that this is what she needs to get better.

Monica refuses to identify the robber at her restaurant for an officer. She goes home to find Micah playing the piano. She sits next to him and absent-mindedly starts playing the same as him… and she doesn’t play. Micah figures it out and demonstrates his power for her, as well. The two bond over their powers. Monica learns double dutch using hers. Still wondering when more will come of this story. Well, here’s a start: Suresh turns up on Monica’s doorstep.

Ando takes Hiro’s scrolls to a professional curator so they can be made clearer. In the past, Hiro and Kensei are training to rescue Yaeko’s father, the swordsmith. Kensei and Yaeko are growing closer as well. And here is where the curator stops for a moment, before he can work on them further. About time for Hiro’s journey to the past to come to an end if you ask me.

And that’s how this recap of a so-so episode ends. Thankfully I know it gets at least a little better. And I hope we will get a full season this year, what with the writers’ strike threatening to end it with volume 2, and not volume 3.

In other Heroes news, say goodbye, for now, to the Heroes: Origins spinoff, thanks to the strike.

And on that sad note, see you next time!