Heroes: The Line

What is The Company? I’m glad you asked. The Company is a untrustworthy, and some would say evil, private concern bent on doing something nefarious to people with powers. You know, people like you. Interested? The answer is Yes, apparently, as in no time Monica is performing her “memory” trick for Mohinder in The Company’s facility. Enter Bob, who wants to see if his version of The Cure can stop Monica’s powers, and he wants Mohinder to do the deed. See, this is what working for an evil corporation gets you, Mohinder. HRG could have told you that.
Speaking of which, HRG and the Haitian are in Russia, where HRG has an unscheduled appointment with an old “friend”. You know, the last time I said Hi to one of my friends by gun whipping him, we didn’t speak for ages. It’s a good thing HRG’s old buddy is more understanding. But then again, handcuffs and a gun will loosen some tongues. And oh yeah, a superpowered fellow who can steal your precious memories at will might have had something to do with it. Man, HRG really wants those paintings! (Must be because he saw his own death in one of them…)
Claire tries out for the cheerleading squad, but is rebuffed by Evil Cheerleader Debbie because, well, she’s Evil and whatnot. Damn you evil cheerleaders! It’s a good thing West is around to crack jokes. Oh, West, he’s such a wise guy. But he does prove helpful and together the lovebirds hatch a devious plan to knock snotty Debbie down a peg or two. Those wacky kids and their wacky ideas. What will they think of next? Watch out, Debbie, up in the sky — it’s not a bird, it’s not a plane, it’s … a flying mugger?
Back to more interesting things. Sylar and the Wonder Twins continue on their way to America, where Sylar puts the moves on Maya while Alejandro is enjoying some siesta in the backseat of their stolen ride. Or did he? Maybe Sylar was just going for her brain. He’s got a thing for brains, that Sylar. Alas, their entry into the States is blocked by a wall of gun-toting Texas cops who attacks their car like pissed off gorillas in the Congo.
Meanwhile, in Love in the Time of Samurai news, Hiro’s messages in a bottle continues to regal Ando on the story of how he, Yaeko, and Kensei attacked the warlord White Beard and his army of thousands in Feudal Japan. First they have to rescue Yaeko’s father, which as it turns out wasn’t all that hard, although Hiro’s continued infatuation for Yaeko proves more difficult to shake, something that our time-tripping hero is beginning to realize, especially when he literally snatches her out of Kensei’s arms. Oh, Hiro, I don’t think you should have done that, bub, I just don’t think you should have done that, especially to a guy who can’t be killed, and who will probably live a long, long time…
MIA for this episode: Matt Parkman and Nathan Petrelli. Niki Sanders gets a brief cameo, while Peter Petrelli and Caitlin bookends the episode, the latter appearance by the kissing duo setting the stage for the second season’s major story arc. Hint: New York City is in trouble again