Heroes Season Finale

As you may have guessed, massive spoilers ahead.

I felt this season finale was a let down. So Nathan decided to sacrifice his life to save New York. Why couldn't Peter just fly away on his own? Did his inability to control Ted's ability extend to all of his abilities at that moment? Also, what a bad moment for Hiro to lose control of his powers AGAIN. I thought he had just worked out the whole thing with the sword. I'm still not sure why they didn't just shoot Peter - "There has to be another way!" - who cares! This way no one dies, but instead you opted for the method that kills Nathan. If you shoot Peter he can just regenerate. This whole thing seemed like a very contrived way for Nathan to throw away his life, when there were multiple other choices right there.

Of course the whole thing could have been prevented if Peter hadn't stuck around in New York. I can see the thought process in his head now "Oh no! I'm going to meet this guy Ted in New York then explode! Time to go look for him around the city." I mean, come on, how dumb can you get.

Sylar seems to have escaped into the sewers. This makes me wonder if they have even changed the future at all. If Sylar is still alive with Ted's power he can explode at any time...kill Ando at any time...and still bring about that future which Hiro saw. I also thought it was pretty lame how he got stabbed. He just forgot to use his telekinesis or something? He was so shocked that Hiro showed up to kill him for the millionth time that he was helpless?

The scene with Simone's father was very interesting; not only the content but what it was. Did Charles have some kind of power involving dreams with the future/past? Or did he have a power similar to Sanjog Iyer's (the Indian kid who visited Mohinder's dreams). Were Peter's early visions simply a power he unwittingly absorbed from Charles?

The cliff hanger was interesting too. Hiro in Japan a few hundred years ago. Maybe he will shape up to be more like the Future Hiro we saw, but less cold because he saved Ando. Unfortunately I don't think this adventure into historical Japan will last very long. Heroes is built on the character interaction of normal people with extraordinary abilities. Where Hiro is now has a lot of unnormal (by viewer standards) people with ordinary abilities. I imagine Hiro will learn some stuff from the Kensei and be on his way back to the present in short order.

In any case, I hope next season ends a bit better. Season one ended with little resolution: Sylar gets away, Nathan needlessly sacrifices himself, Hiro ends up in a strange time/place yet again. Basically the only interesting thing that happened is all the heroes finally ended up in the same place at the same time in a friendly manner. We'll see how long that lasts of course...