FULL EPISODE: http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1687395CYSMnnXJ

So what did we learn this go-round? Well, we learned that Noah is definitely alive, thanks to Suresh giving him Claire’s blood, the first good thing he did all season. Foolish Suresh still likes the Company but Noah points out to him how there would be no virus if not for the Company. He soon finds a cure for Niki, but he wants to rid the world of the virus as well.

Meanwhile, Niki returns to Micah and breaks the news about her virus. Micah’s troublemaking cousin has taken his backpack with D.L.’s medal and comic books, which in turn was stolen. He and Monica try to take it back from the gang who stole it. However, once Monica arrives to their location, she is discovered and thrown into a van, just as Niki learns of the cure by phone. So we learned that Monica’s powers didn’t amount to all that much, and Niki might not die.

Bob gives the fake remains of Noah to his family (being watched by Elle), and Claire is enraged by what happens. They are planning to leave town. Claire tells West that she wants the Haitian to erase all memory of Noah from her mind. When she spreads her father’s fake ashes in the ocean, she sees Elle in a car and walks over to confront her. She tells her that she is going to tell the whole world the truth. So we learned that Elle and Claire are two of the best characters on the show right now.

Sylar convinces Maya that she doesn’t need Alejandro, and she soon learns to control her powers alone. Alejandro tells her that Sylar killed his mother, which he cops to, calling it an accident, getting on Maya’s good side. That night, Sylar kills Alejandro (behind Maya’s back) and the two of them head to New York. So we learned that Alejandro didn’t really serve too much of a purpose.

Hiro and Ando discover the truth about Adam/Kensei, and go back to 1977 when Adam tried to spread the virus everywhere, before he is captured. Victoria, a member of the Company who weaponized the virus, tells Hiro’s father Kaito to destroy the virus but he refuses. Victoria quits. So we learned a lot there.

Peter and Adam find Victoria in the present. Peter visits her on his own, and he tells her about what he saw in the future. She begins to  tell him where to find the virus. Then Victoria sees Adam and shoots the both of them - as she prepares to shoot Adam in the head (which would kill him - something else we learned), Peter knocks her out. They tie her up and Victoria appeals to Peter to stop working with Adam. Peter reads her mind and finds out the location of the virus. When she is freed by Adam, she tries to shoot Peter, so Adam kills her, and unbeknownst to Peter, leaves behind his Linderman/Kensei symbol. The two of them arrive at the location of the virus, Noah’s old paper company, when Hiro stops time - only Peter isn’t stopped. The two of them run at each other.

And at this point, I am dying for the (probable) season finale.