Sorry guys but anyone who thinks that either of these episodes would be worthy of last season's "quality" is out of their gourd. How many lame coincidences, wild ridiculous new "secrets" (plagues? 7 paintings? a healing hero of Hiro's? an invisible demonic assassin? Peter working with the Irish mob? I mean... seriously? This is all they could come up with?)
Instead of soap-opera writers who let every conversation go on endlessly, it's a shame real comic-book/action writers weren't given the job.
Mark my words- I loved how "epic" season 1 was and I couldn't get enough, but my wife and I are both in total agreement when we say- 2-3 more episodes like this garbage and we're done! Nothing epic about this at all- it's like a made-for-tv-special version of the show I fell in love with.
I want my old Hiro back- a Claire that doesn't really give a crap about cheerleading, a Peter that uses his powers in any kind of reasonable way- he can destroy Irish thugs but can't snatch a box out of someone's hands. Sorry fanboys, but seriously, this is not the same show, the same characters, and obviously the same writers.
I'm sad. :(

