Who pulled the stick out of Claire's brain? One would assume it was the coroner, but she was alone in that room when she woke up a few seconds later.

Dunno. Maybe as her brain was healing it "pushed" it out of her. ?_?

I assume it was the coroner. Right about the time when Claire is about to wake up (when her eyes change) you can hear a door being closed in the background. That's probably the coroner who just left for the day.

While that probably is the most logical explanation, it still doesn't make much sense. I mean, the coroner decides to look everywhere (by cutting her open) except where the actual injury occured, finally decides to pull out the stick, and just leaves without examining the injury?

I don't know, maybe someone else knows about her (or it could have just been her dad), so they snuck in and took the stick out so she could do her regeneration thing. It would just seem weird for anyone like the coroner to just take it out and then leave, and not do any further examination.

There was a scene in a preview, two weeks ago, where Claire was strapped down in some kind of laboratory setting and the man with the glasses, whom we now know to be her father, was looking down upon her.

Continuing with my theory that Claire's father is Syler, he'll attempt to use that opportunity to consume her brain, which I'm positive is how Syler is fueling his own abilities, and possibly gaining new ones. (Note that in a previous post, I predicted this and called it "conspicuous consumption".)

However, the preview at the end of this past episode stated that the Heroes will begin to come together. It was revealed in other previews that the comic book Hiro has will show them Claire's predicament and direct them to Odessa, TX, to save her.

If Claire's father is in fact Syler, then this will be a very convenient merge, as Hiro, Nathan, Robert, Isaac, Muhinder (and their allies) will all come in from NYC, whereas Matthew and Niki will be lead in from the West coast.


There's also a good chance that Niki may meet up with this D.L. character along the way quite soon, since his existence has at least been mentioned. Seeing as D.L.'s mother mentioned that he escaped from prison, it's very likely that he'll be on the FBI's Most Wanted List. This provides an excellent tie-in to Matthew Parkman, who's already chasing the man we presume to be Syler.

Also, check my post on the previous page. I told everyone Syler would possess telekinesis. Not that it was rocket science to figure this out, but I like being right.

DL was the guy in the bar.

I don't think that guy at the bar was D.L, just a mysterious guy who probably knows a lot more about people with special powers..

IMDB has 'Leonard Roberts' listed as D.L. they also have production photos and promo pics of him.

This is Leonard Roberts (I'm more familiar with his now-dead character from Smallville)
http://img279.imageshack.us/img279/793/78fjv1.jpg


The character by the bar is played by 'Jimmy Jean-Louis' listed as "mysterious man" on IMDB

http://img279.imageshack.us/img279/2...teryguygg4.png

Check out his shiny little necklace. I like it.

Also, I was agreeing with you guys that Claire's dad could be Sylar, but from screenshots I think Sylar could be a different guy..

This might be a little stupid, but I'm comparing the characters' ears.
Sylar's ears are pointed outwards, whereas Claire's dad are curving inwards.
Also, doesn't it look like Sylar has a scruffy beard and mustache?

http://img279.imageshack.us/img279/1564/sylarxd1.png
http://img279.imageshack.us/img279/1...airedadza2.jpg

http://img279.imageshack.us/img279/2...teryguygg4.png

It's interesting that you point out the bar guy's necklace. Isn't that the same pattern that was in the code on Muhinder's father's computer?

It seems like he's relying too much on that little comic book of his.. which has endless pages..
Now that the artist (forgot his name already) saw that his girl is with the other guy, it could screw up his abilities and no more comic for Hiro. So Hiro will have a hard time figuring what to do next to save someone.

Hiro's comic had a "To be continued..." in it. It clearly left off with them driving under a sign that said "Las Vegas (such and such miles)", which is why Hiro and Ando are going to Vegas.

The comic is indeed from the future when hiro traveled forward in time, but when he went back (after the nuke hit) he brought the comic with him. I think he had it in his coat or a hold of it at the time or something, maybe in his back pocket. He did bring it back with him though.

I was under the impression that her dad had taken her to his lab, what with her chest opened up like that and everything. It didn't strike me as something a coroner would do in that case...I would know, I watch all the crime dramas. XD Oh yeah, and that "mysterious" black guy in the bar was just one of Syler's henchmen probably (with powers of course). DL is a Hero.

Better than watching Mutant X

I think most things are better than watching Mutant X. :tpg:

That's a pretty good point, actually. I wondered why a coroner would be opening up her chest like that when she had a head injury, but just thought more on who pulled the stick out. Best answer I've heard so far (Rockgamer/SILBER-3 I think said it) was that her regeneration eventually managed to push it out. Still seems weird that they left with her chest left wide open though.

Niki's ability is nothing really special afterall. A simple double personality. Not that I'm that surprised, but it's a disappointment.