Posted by Dustin on 12.02.2008 at 6:32 pm

So last night’s episode was the second part of the eclipse two-parter. I have to say it was MUCH better than the first, though not without some issues.

Claire found herself in big trouble at the hospital, as did her mom who was being questioned by the staff and police. It seemed her powers kept her from ever being sick, and without them, her entire immune system was under attack. Claire died, but as the eclipse ended, she returned to life.

HRG hunted down Elle and Sylar. He shot Elle in the leg and ended up slitting Sylar’s throat! Of course just like Claire, he was revived when the eclipse ended . . . and he was pissed! He attacked HRG, while Elle held the mom hostage. Claire agreed to go with them to save her parents. HRG warned Sylar he was being used, the Petrellis lied to him and he was not their son. He had read his file, and Elle did too and could tell him the truth.

Hiro and Ando spent most of the episode at the comic book shop trying to get Hiro’s memory back and help him figure out what he had to do. He read through all the “9th Wonder” comics and realized he had to save the cheerleader again. He zapped himself to where she was, put Elle and Sylar on a beach somewhere, and then took Claire to the past to see his father giving Claire to her dad.

Sylar meanwhile told Elle he realized they wouldn’t work, and with his powers back, he knew what he had to do and who he was . . . he couldn’t change and neither could she. He then began to take her head off!

Matt learned Daphne was Cerebral Palsy and could only start walking on her own a year ago with the eclipse. When this eclipse ended, she got her abilities back along with everyone else. Matt told her she had been dealt a lot of stuff, that is why she acted the way she did . . . however he knew she was a good person.

Down in Haiti, the Haitian’s brother captured the boys, but the Haitian came to help them. Peter created a diversion while Nathan tried to escape with him as they needed him to help their side and defeat their father. In the end, with everyone’s powers back, the Haitian did some mental mind exploding thing on his brother to kill him.

Finally Surresh turned back into a monster as the Eclipse ended and he ended up breaking out of Pinehurt and escaping from Aurthur and his men. He then went to find Maya, who returned at the end of this episode.

My thoughts . .
So yet again I found myself frustrated with the Sylar storyline. Last week I complained they couldn’t decide what side to put him on, now they’ve taken away the Petrellis as his parents it seems. I think someone in the writers room has a serious case of no idea what to do about Sylar!

So if Angela and Aurthur aren’t his mommy and daddy, assuming HRG was telling the truth, then who is? I used to think he was Adam’s kid by Angela, which they could still pull off I guess. The thought crossed my mind that he could also be HRG’s kid, though would HRG do what he did to Sylar to his own son?

The fate of Elle seems to be up in the air at the moment. I can’t see them killing her off for real, but who knows on this show!

I’m having a hard time figuring out why Hiro took Claire to see his dad giving her to her dad. One thing struck me, Hiro’s dad told HRG not to get too attached. Hmmm, it’s almost as if he knew one day Claire would die or need to be sacrificed? I wonder if it has to do with the formula?

I was waiting, or hoping, that with the eclipse Peter would get his powers back. Powerless Peter is starting to suck. Though if Peter got his back, would Maya get hers back too? Speaking of Maya, I can’t believe she’s back! She’s one character I wouldn’t have mind never seeing again.