Heroes 3×24 episode is titled as ” I Am Sylar”. Episode airs on 20th April.
SYLAR’S NEW ABILITY BEGINS TO TAKE ITS TOLL ON HIM
Sylar continues his unusual partnership and begins to have an unexpected identity crisis. Hiro and Ando take measures toward bringing down Building 26.
Meanwhile, Matt’s new found fatherhood changes his priorities. Elsewhere, Nathan sets a plan in motion to right the wrongs of his government operation.
Jack Coleman, Hayden Panettiere, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Cristine Rose and Milo Ventimiglia also star. Noah Gray-Cabey, Lisa Lackey,Ellen Greene and Željko Ivanek also guest star.
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Hey Changs and Swm, I have a little scoop about Sylar that may help answer the question of how Sylar could talk to Danko and go up to the rooftop so fast…
There were a few deleted scenes on the Season 2 DVD which featured two unique powers that Sylar took (or tried to take) on his little ‘roadtrip’ leading to Claire’s house in Costa Verde. First of which was a man with impenetrable skin, of which Sylar failed, as naturally, even TK can’t rip open that guy’s skull. Sylar ended up trying to dig out that guy’s brain through the mouth. (Not gonna work, and MAJOR “EWW” there)
The other, however, was a successful steal- Sylar took the ability called “Dynamic Camouflage” from a girl in I-Can’t-Remember-Where. Dynamic Camouflage basically makes the user a walking human Chameleon, blending into his/her surroundings (and copying its characteristics too i think), making them “invisible” to the human eye.
This explained why Sylar was able to do that spooky thing where he was stalking Claire in the house, and when she turned there was no one there. It could very well explain how Sylar did that whole gig in Danko’s car too! I dunno, lemme hear what you guys think… (:
@Sxlar
Could Dynamic Camouflage be how Sylar impersonates Nathan at that press conference?
Hi Miracle! (: Nope, dynamic camouflage actually makes you just like a chameleon, shifting the colours and whatnot on your body to match whatever backdrop you’re standing against. Sylar would have had to be standing like RIGHT IN FRONT of Nathan to do such a thing and that would be quite comical if it happened.
My guess is that you haven’t seen episode 21/22/23 as yet, so…
—Spoiler ahead!—
Read on if you don’t mind the spoiler or if you’ve already watched (:
Sylar has taken a new ability, Shapeshifting, as we’ve seen on-screen, from James Martin. This ability enables one to change his/her DNA makeup and cellular composition to match and become any other person of any height, colour, gender or build, at will. Of course, the user has had to have touched the intended shift-subject before he/she can turn into the person. (Example: Sylar touched Sandra Bennet before he shapeshifted into her)
Shapeshifting differs from Illusion (Candice’s ability, Season 1) in that Illusion is a “perceptive” or partial.temporal change. The user alters the area around his or herself to “change reality” or create and illusion. If the user is unconscious or incapacitated, the illusion wears off, as illusion creation requires actual brain focus, much like Matt’s telepathy.
Shapeshifting, however, is a indefinite and one-off change, where a user can stay as the shift-subject for as long as he/she wills to. Meaning Sylar could stay as Nathan for eternity if he wanted to. And as we have seen in another episode, Sylar is able to use other powers while in other human forms (Spontaneous Regeneration, even as Agent Donnor). (:
Sxlar, dynamic camo wouldn’t explain how sylar got on the rooftop, much less without even opening and closing the door.
Tim Kring and anyone else involved in the show have already stated that anything in the deleted scenes, is nonexistent now. There’s a reason they were deleted, after all. So, Sylar does NOT have camouflage or impenetrable skin.
About that power Sylar has, he had it actually since he was 1st introduced in Season 1 and also some sort of regen ability, but I don’t think it was as strong as Claires/Adam’s…1st he was about to make the female FED, Parkman’s partner shoot herself when Matt showed up and shot Sylar multiple times…when Matt goes to attend to his partner to see if she’s alright, you see Sylar stand up from the back ground and when Matt rurns around with his gun and looks up, you see Sylar leg’s going over a 20-30 ft wall…I wondered how he did that then and how he wasn’t broken up like Peter was when they both fell…many of his abilities are unexplained and I guess it’s because he’s taken so many…also, they never even fully explained the Haitan’s power and originally just made it seem you just couldn’t use your abilities around him and not they he has to kind of focus on an individual or radius for it to work…this I never noticed until Arthur almost broke free of his hold and the fact Sylar wasn’t even affected when the Haitan was around because he was weakened from stopping Arthur….interesting….if it is like the future, then the Haitan should be back since he was Claire’s partner…plus, he owes Peter and Nathan for helping him stabilize his region so we’ll see!
@gotay
sylar lost all his powers execpt tk when the company gave him the shanti virus, and when sylar was first introduced he wasnt supposed to be a regular character like he is now. many of the abilities he had in season one were supposed to be unknown and were never meant to be explained, kinda like that weird demonic voice he had. (it wasnt edens power, she blew her brains out so he couldnt have it)
You can watch all tv series of Heroes online for free
Thanks for the info, but I don’t see webisodes there.
It’s a lot of trouble to get a hand on those for non-US people!
F.D Try http://www.watchtvsitcoms.com that’ll get you the episode
theres better quality episodes on eskimotube.com
hollyshittt this is nuts i thought nathan was going to die!?! So maybe Hiro will die the last episode? I hope nathan dies still he is kinda pissing me off and peter needs his powers back or i think im going to stop watching next season i been dedicated sens the first season though but idk i’ll see what happens.
hiro dosent die, i highghly doubt that, however does nathan die now? we all thought it was going to happen but danko basically rescued him even though he was tazzered along with mohinder. but i am very sceptacle on who is really going to die on the season finale…sucks its a whole week till it happens but i m very much looking foward to it
Am I the only one to find hilarious how “I Am Sylar” was basically a remake of Psycho with Sylar talking to his mon via shapeshifting?
haha i realized that too it was fucked up haha.
@ F.D. — I know, I totally don’t find it possible myself, although, it could be some “time lapse” effect that the crew like to use while filming, doesn’t mean that Sylar HAD to have been on the rooftop in seconds or whatever. But still I find it strange. Maybe the bad guys in every show are able to do spooky stuff like that.
@ Ryan — Yeah I know man. Actually I’m not even sure if they came from deleted scenes. It’s just a special segment I found on youtube that shows good ol’ Syl making a few “detours” before he met up with Claire. And I read somewhere that the writers wanted these snippets to explain how he seems more stealthy and spooky in “Villains” (read: gripes from fans saying “How could Sylar have slipped in and out of visibility in Claire’s house!?!?”). Plus, as I mentioned, Sylar didn’t manage to get Impenetrable Skin. He tore the man’s brain out, for pete’s sake. The brain would have been too mushy for him to examine it, lol.
@ thepoopsmith — LOL!!!!
has it been told that some is definitely going to die?
or are you just guessing that someone will die cdasue its the end of the season?
and anyway…
if anyone dies.. they are just saved about two minutes later by claire
seriosuly everyone is always saved (kinda boring haha)
if it was nathan then claire would heal him up again
and probably if it was most of the other characters too
when was the last time a character actaully died on the show (major character im talking)
=)
for claire to heal anyone, she would need to inject the person with her blood.
Hey, F.D. Did you laugh when Sylar got the knife in the back of his head by Danko? I recall you talking about a knife appearing out of thin air in the back of Sylar’s head, followed by Claude showing up. The scene with Danko literally mimicked that exactly. I was literally waiting for Claude until I realised we were one episode too early (perhaps).
Speaking of said knife scene, how do you think Sylar was able to pull that thing out of the back of his head? That’s supposed to be the weak spot for immortals, no?
i think these episodes are stupid because they made Sylar this god that cant be killed and have all the powers…but the only person who can stop him has one simple power……its pointless to watch now..you know whats going to happen. if you disagree…then tell me who can stop sylar now?
Matt. The Hatian. Hiro. More then likely Peter + Nathan, as that’s what they’ve set up. Tracy…etc etc etc.
“i think these episodes are stupid because they made Sylar this god that cant be killed and have all the powers…”
Now, I find this interesting. Because Peter had more, and sometimes better powers then Sylar for significant periods before he lost them. Peter was as godly then as Sylar is now- he certainly got regeneration much earlier. Were most of Volume 1/2/3’s episodes stupid as well, by your logic?
By the way, guys and girls, where the f*ck has the Haitan gone ????
I remember a scene where Peter told to the Haitan “Go after Sylar”, and then what !???
Hey, haitan, you’re still looking for Sylar ???? come on man !!
Oh, my god, somebody is sitting in front of me, I known it’s not my wife because she is sleeping upstairs, so who is this ?? My god maybe it’s sylar… oh, she just sliced a piece of cake … delicious, than you sylar…
Seriously I am a bit fed up with all these Sylar centric episodes, where sometimes he is bad (1st season), then he turns good (3rd season with Elle), then bad again, then good (saves Micah), then bad again, then good, then bad, then good, then bad, then good, then bad, then … well, you get the picture.
Let’s eat some cake, I am hungry. Yeah piece of cake.
@Swm It was pretty obvious to me that Danko took the shot. And I was glad he pulled it off. I was certain that it would disable every single ability Sylar had. It felt stupid when Sylar rose up though. I hope last episode explains us how the hell he managed to get rid of his “weak spot”.
I watched the show on Global. The preview was different from the one shown on NBC. On this promo you see HRG tell Hiro “Nathan is gone, forever” whereas Hiro seems to almost die on the NBC one. On the Global one we also saw Claire tell Sylar something like “Now that you can die, I’ll make sure about it”. So maybe he lost his regeneration somehow or I just misheard what she said (english is not my main language). I wish I could find the Global trailer. It’ll probably be up on youtube sooner or later.
I won’t lie….I’m already pissed and won’t accept whatever BS plot they come up with to my Sylar wasn’t incapacitated from the knife…Claire stabbed him in the same spot at the end of the last volume…What the fuck, did he take a Kung Fu master’s ability from Shaolin Temple and become a fugilist and can move his weak point at will??? I don’t care what they say and this is what people mean that he’s a God and they’ve made everyone else child’s play…Hiro is good because Kring has already confirmed much of next season will be about him and his adventures. I wonder who Parkman compromises that starts to lead him down the dark path? hmmmm…Mohinder perhaps??? or Ando/Hiro since I thought they were all together in a scene with Hiro fainting? I love the show, but Peter needs his powers back and they need to introduce some more villians for the next season to have more battles/duels….Also, they mentioned the reason for the 1961 episode is they will have several episodes next season in that time frame showing the young Pinehearst crew with more details behind the company which means they must’ve come across a young Samson at some point. Sylar is also confirmed so he’s not dying….we’ll another week and we can either be satisfied or disappointed…
@F D, WOW, I would love to see that trailer and sounds like baby “touch and go” might’ve turned his power off for a sec allowing someone to get at him. Man, speculation all across the Globe, literally! LOL I think it was Claire peeking when Nathan/Peter were fighting Sylar so that will probably play a big part in her changing…we’ll see!
‘when was the last time a major character died’
in this volume alone we’ve lost daphne – twice, appearingly tracy, n we know one more is to come. in this season alone, we’ve lost the ones already said plus knox, apparently meradith, possibly the haiten, all of the level 5 guys except flint gorden, arther, the soldier injected with the formula, nikkis death was confirmed,future peter, mory parkman, adam monroe….
think about what you are saying dude adam, mory, arther and knox were the best villains after sylar…and u say no major characters have been killed recently…this is all one season!
FD, or anyone: Have you got a link for the Canadian (yours) promo? I’d like to see that for myself actually, it looks interesting. Certainly it needs to be explained how he survived that one. Kudos to Danko for being quick with that blade, though.
none of the good guys..
but i suppose thats why they are the good guys
the haiten isnt dead.. we just havent seen him for a while and daphnie was annoying
For the above conversation about Peter potentially getting killed so that Sylar could acquire his power:
Several weeks back, around the time “Shades of Grey” aired, the writers who do the interview for behind the eclipse let it be known (or at least implied) that Sylar and Peter actually both have the same ability: Empathic Mimicry. Sylar apparently isn’t even aware of this, as during “I Am Sylar” he stated that his “Intuitive Aptitude” was the only ability that was ever truly is. That’s not true at all though, he acquired intuitive aptitude via empathic mimicry. How? By watching his dad (who’s natural ability IS intuitive aptitude) kill his mom.
Confused? Here’s the link, just to prove I’m not shitting you. It’s actually a viewer that poses this question at length, and while they don’t 100% confirm he’s right, they certainly don’t tell him he’s wrong, and imply he’s got the right idea.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20360
AMAZING THEORY!
in that future in volume 3, sylar is living with his blonde son who is called noah. they are living at claires house with mr. muggles and claires adoptive parents are nowhere to be seen.
if sylar marries claire and they have that son, their is a high chance that claire would want to name him noah and leave mr muggles and her house with her husband while she went off for whatever….it could explain why she was so angry with peter when she found him….
and by the way nick, that cant be correct or sylar would have been absorbing powers since season 1. peter couldnt control absorbing ted’s radioactive power.
Noah was not Claire’s son in that episode, plus he did think peter was his brother so at that time he would think Claire was his Niece
Nick…the answer to that question is “What are you doing tonight?” They certainly don’t confirm it, even if they don’t outright deny it. There’s nothing overt in Shades of Gray that confirms Sylar has EM, either. That is NOT an implication that he’s right.
At the risk of beating a dead horse, I don’t think Sylar has that power. Why? Well, what you’re essentially proposing here is that Sylar’s original ability is empathic mimicry and that he absorbed IA from his father. Afterwards the IA suppressed the EM (which it can do, as seen with Peter) until Arthur showed him how to use it again. Correct me if I’m wrong.
The problems with this theory run thus: Does Sylar know he has EM? If he does, then why the hell hasn’t he used it before Volume 3? It makes his gaining abilities a lot easier then ripping people’s heads open. If he doesn’t…well, you’re pushing it there a bit, for me. It’s unlikely someone with an ability that manifests itself at a young age would be totally unaware of it, for me. Especially someone whose known power is to understand how everything works.
Furthermore, there’s another fairly obvious problem. Sylar’s power, even the empathic attributes of it, does not seem to work at all like Peter’s does. Elle and James Martin are the only examples of his empathy, but even from this we can see this difference. Sylar needed to do more work then Peter to empathise with them both times, but that can be attributed to him being a heartless kller.
But, Sylar empathised with Elle both times that he met her, both later when she electrocuted him, and before when he killed Trevor. The latter is very important. If Sylar has EM, and he gains powers in the same way as Peter, why didn’t he absorb Elle’s power at that point? He needs obvious empathy where Peter doesn’t, yes, but he had that then. His ability obviously would have manifisted at that point if he’s supposed to have absorbed IA from Samson. The only answer seems to be that he did, in fact, absorb it but simply didn’t realise it, but again, I find this hard to accept. Especially since absorbed powers through EM tend to trigger automatically- Ted’s ability almost made Peter blow up right away, Sylar was able to use lightning right away (if that is EM, which I doubt), he flew when Nathan flew, turned invisible up[on meeting Claude, etc. Had Sylar absorbed Elle’s power back when they first met, he’d probably have known- Peter certainly seemed to know when he gained a new power, and Sylar understands things much better then he does.
Finally, there’s one more reason why I doubt the idea that Sylar has EM. It’s this:
We reckon we know for certain Samson has IA, right? But I will now propose that Samson actually has EM as his natural ability, and he abosrbed IA from his father, Sylar’s grandfather. This then suppressed his EM and he’s used IA ever since. This is exactly what you are saying about Sylar now, right? Yet you probably don’t believe me when I say Samson has EM. Why, given I’m proposing exactly what you are?
The obvious rebuttal is that we’ve seen Sylar gain powers through empathy, and Samson has not been shown to do so. So I ask this, then: if we learn in Volume 5 that Samson has the same capacity for taking powers through empathy that Sylar does, would you scrap the idea that he had IA and instead start thinking he had EM? I wouldn’t think so.
Sylar has been shown to be able to take abilities through empathy. That is all. We have no conclusive proof that Sylar has empathic mimicry, nor will we until next episode when Peter touches him (in which case he may gain that ability back along with all of Sylar’s). We do not know for certain that he does or does not have empathic mimicry, so stop claiming that we do.
Hey Nick and Swm, don’t know if you guys read the Graphic Novels on NBC, but there seems to be something alarming happening between Peter and Sylar that may link to all this “they have the same ability” thing.
Chapter 134 of the Graphic Novels, entitled “One Good Hero”, shows the struggles of Peter, and how he has always been there to “clean up” Nathan’s mess, or always had Nathan ahead of him as a trailblazer, or a competitor of sorts, etc..
You can have a read here
http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/novels/index.shtml?novel=134
Towards the end of the GN, Peter is shot by three of those electric nerve bullets that Agents use when hunting specials. Miraculously, Peter awakes from the triple shot and flies off, escaping the agents. Bearing in mind that Peter is still on a “single power” ability, and he only took Nathan’s flight ability, the question now is “How did Peter shake that off?”.
The only other person known to have been “immune” to electric nerve bullets was Sylar, when he was confronted and shot in Samson Gray’s house, and the bullets only made him woozy for a few seconds, before he whooped some agent ass.
How is this possible? It could have a link to that thought about Peter and Sylar having similar or identical powers, and also could TOTALLY explain how Sylar awoke from that knife shot by Danko.
The GN says “To be continued on An Invisible Thread“. I CAN’T WAIT!!! (:<
2 questions…
->How come Hiro started bleeding when he tried to stop time at the end?
->and how the hell did Nathan think he was going to prevent sylar from meeting with the president by himself? he couldnt fight him. didnt he at least anticipate sylar attacking him? if that was why he died, im not surprised. he deserved it for thinking that way.
Changs, we don’t know why Hiro was hurt when he uses his ability yet. That’s a new development, at least as far as I know. And Nathan’s not dead yet- Danko got him with those stun guns they’ve been using on all the specials to keep Sylar from killing him.
Sxlar: Hmm, interesting. But let me question some of your points, first.
Sylar was able to throw off the stun darts because of Claire’s ability, not anything innate in himself. Those stun guns are probably tranquilisers, and thus he should be able to heal it out of his system (this would be consistent with him shaking off Samson’s sedation, another tranquiliser, later on). I can’t verify this since Claire was never shot with the same weapons, but it seems more logical then Sylar just being innately more resistant (well, since he lost his abilities to the virus already). Therefore, even if Peter is somehow able to accomplish the same thing, it’s no proof of a link between them. It’s not Sylar’s power that lets him be that way naturally.
As for Peter…I’d have to chalk it up to either a plot hole or dramatic neccessity, sadly. As you said, Peter’s on one ability at a time now- Flight at the moment. It can’t be that he absorbs remnants of abilities he borrows, since he’s never taken Claire’s regeneration since losing his old ability. There shouldn’t be anything in his ability that allows him to do what he did. So rather then think his ability is actually something different because of it, I’d say that it’s not a product of his ability at all. It’s a product of him having an “oh shit, I can’t let this happen” moment.
If this sounds lame, consider that if Peter had been caught there, Nathan probably would have had his head slashed open and Sylar would have become President (which he still may do). Peter knows both of these points, and if your brother being murdered and a psychopath taking over your country isn’t grounds for being able to do what you normally can’t, then I don’t know what is. For this and the fact that it’s most likely Claire’s ability that let Sylar resist the darts, I don’t think that GN is any grounds for them having similar or the same abilities.
Hey Swm, you’ve got a strong point there, and maybe I didn’t explain it further, but yes, Sylar was able to shrug those darts off due to his excellent control of Spontaneous Regeneration, and here’s where we see the real problem- how did Peter do that, without absorbing Claire’s ability?
My guess also goes to the fact that he was reflecting on his life, etc, and to add to the drama they HAD to get him to wake up and go after big brother and all… But that can lead us to another thing… Is Peter getting back his Empathic Mimicry?
This probably goes back to the basic-est of basics of EM, where explained in Season 1. Peter told Claude that in order for him to exhibit a power, he had to feel in a certain way. (Sounds much like a driving force strong enough to wake one from temporary stun or paralysis)
So, this could end the gripes of those who are “demanding” that Peter get back his EM (as much as I think he’s good as he is now), and possibly bringing back the old, emotional Peter that fans came to love or hate in the past two seasons (Well, essentially the Peter that everyone is comfortable with, not the dark, blank and emotion-void Peter that came up in Season 3. :O
Overall, I am PUMPED for “An Invisible Thread”!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!
The problem with the idea that Peter was tapping into his EM to shrug off the darts is that, while falling and when they go to stick the drip in his nose, he’s thinking about Nathan, not Claire (as we’ve said, the entire novel is about Peter and Nathan). So that doesn’t explain it either. The best option for that would probably be that when Peter first managed to regenerate without Claire around, it was straight after Claude threw him off a building. Coincidently, Peter “regenerates” from the stun darts immediately after a long fall. The dialogue during the fall is also an apt description of what happened up there (”Just gotta fall and let your abilities take care of you” or something like that).
It’s possible he was remembering when Claude threw him off and his regeneration then…but that’s a very long shot for me, especially since we don’t even know Peter has his mimicry back yet. Sadly I think he will get it back eventually, but not yet (most likely next Volume) Perhaps after the battle with Sylar if Sylar does have EM, as some people suggest. I’m just hoping that they explain how the hell Sylar stood up after Danko knifed him in the back of the head…
Well the daze could very well had been shaken off by falling on a swimming pool. He was barely able to slow his fall down, but then the cold water can… refresh ideas?
I don’t think it was related to any ability at all.
Sylar killing Nathan to become president is beginning to be doubtful because it’s too predictable. Actors/writers repeated in interviews that the finale’s death is a shocker. Nobody would be surprised to see the “Nathan dies and Sylar takes his place” scenario.
The hint is “Male character, and the killer also partially dies”. What does that mean?
1) Sylar kills Nathan and “becomes” him. We won’t see Zach back before a long while, because he’ll stick hard to hiding behind Nathan’s skin. We will actually figure it’s not the real Nathan only several episodes into next season.
2) Sylar now has multiple personalities or something… could he kill “Sylar” and become “Gabriel Gray” again by ripping his own powers off ? Too psychological (and unlikely) if you ask me.
3) Sylar kills whoever, but Matt messes with Sylar’s head. Sylar is in a weakened psychological state right now, and we’ve seen Maury tap into people’s fear and anguish to make them believe their nightmares were true. Sylar doesn’t quite dies, but Matt sends him into Coma like Maury/Arthur did in the past, making his very first victim.
And I’m hoping it’s not something retarded like being able to move his weak spot around since he can shapeshift.
Maybe he has evolved regeneration up to the point of disabling the “sweet spot”. H.R.G. believes the glass shard melted at primatech, but glass melts at what, over 4k degree? Sylar’s body would’ve been crumbled to ashes like Adam way before his neck was clear. Either Sylar was helped, or he just did the same thing there when everyone left the building.
I’m suspecting that Sylar will tell Danko “Surprise, I’m not vulnerable at that spot at all, I just played possum at primatech and everyone fell for it!”
Claire’s regeneration is disabled with the neck. Arthur required a bullet in his head (they made no mention whatsoever about his neck). Adam said to Peter in S2 that you can’t get up after being shot in the head… but H.R.G got revived after Mohinder’s headshot.
Regeneration isn’t a very spectacular power. The only way to make it interesting is keeping some mystery around it… but they might’ve pushed it a bit too far in last episode. If Sylar got up, then what’s keeping Arthur from coming back to life now that the Haïtian isn’t disabling his regeneration?
Just a thought, based on random ideas….but
we know that peter and hiro lack their full powers, and that they are (possibly) the most powerful good guys going. We also know that someone else is meant to die and that powers tend to manifest in times of great emotional stress. I just thought the two may be linked, and that death of a loved one (ando or nathan, maybe) could cause the powers to re-emerge.
But, like I said, just a thought
@ F.D. — Good point there! Additionally… I think the trailers and other spoilers and stuff have probably *partially* explained it…
I read SOMEwhere, I think on The Odi or something, that Sylar goes after Claire, and he proposes to her or something (giving the possibility that the “I Am Become Death” future may indeed come true, little Noah’s mom being Claire Bennet herself), and in the trailers, Sylar says to Claire: “You ever stop to think how much we have in common?”..
Combine this with the fact that when Sylar was digging through Claire’s brain, he spotted “no nerve endings”, and that he “couldn’t kill her even if he wanted to”, cause she “can never die”, and “neither can he”… I’m guessing Sylar copied Claire’s augmented ability exactly, giving him virtual immortality. (She noticed she couldn’t feel much pain then, right?)
Previously, Claire would die with a shot, a branch, or shard of glass to the head or whatever. But we haven’t seen anything THAT close happen to her in Season 3, have we? So it’s *possible* she may not be able to die either. (She just doesn’t know it, but since Spontaneous Regeneration is her primary ability, she just HEALS, lol)
As for Peter and Arthur’s regenerative ability, as mentioned, Peter’s regenerative ability was absorbed Empathically, but only first by being around Claire. This, combined with the fact that he doesn’t *completely* understand every extension of his powers, may add up to explain how he is still vulnerable to head-related deaths. Arthur absorbed this ability from Peter. Bear in mind that Arthur’s ability simply enables him to absorb powers, though he may not fully understand these powers and their extensions (unlike Sylar’s IA).
Maybe you can see it as Arthur and Sylar as PCs, and while Arthur simply copies entire folders, Sylar opens each and every folder to view every file stored inside (and possibly more sub-folders inside these folders).
At Sxlar….
I’ve read the GN too & I wondered how he got away unscathed after being shot by the agents. The only possible explanation is that he’s got EM back & have absorbed Claire’s power too.
Why is it that he didn’t lose his flying abilities when he touched his mom? Is it because he touching her jacket? Must it be a skin to skin contact?
A lot of holes. >_<
Arthassia, Peter can choose whether to borrow other people’s powers or not. It’s not automatic like it originally was with Tracy, so it’s not actually a plot hole. Peter just thought flight would be more useful then his mum’s power. (which is true).
I’m actually leaning more towards FD’s explanation of the GN at the moment, that those darts are basically tranquilisers and a faceful of cold water probably just woke him right back up. Remember, Mohinder was able to fight off being stunned during one of his captures for a while as well, also under extreme circumstances (if memory serves, it was so Matt could get away). It’s much less convoluted then him somehow regaining EM just to get away from a few henchmen.
OMG PETER ONLY ABSORBS THE ABILITY OF THE PERSON HE TOUCHES IF AND ONLY IF HE WANTS TO! he needs to try holding onto more than just one at a time…
REGENETATION
claires blood brought noah bennet and mya back to life. the same would work if it was given to dl’s body or nikki…even linderman. if it was sparkeled on adam’s dust who knows….
however as we see in angela’s dream in season 3, knox rips claired head off and she doesnt appear to heal, perhaps if her head was reattached??? or maybe she didnt have her ability in this dream…
to kill someone who can regenerate propperly, you have to ‘haiten-kill’ them or rid them of their ability. look at adam and arther….
“OMG PETER ONLY ABSORBS THE ABILITY OF THE PERSON HE TOUCHES IF AND ONLY IF HE WANTS TO! he needs to try holding onto more than just one at a time…”
Not quite. Close though. Remember, Peter gained the ability to fly at the end of villains without touching Nathan. He flew through the fire to rescue him. He can obtain powers simply by being in close proximity.
@Nick
Hate to do this to ya, but you’re wrong. If you watch the episode again, you’ll notice he runs into the fire and tackles Nathan. He never actually flies until AFTER grabbing Nathan. Head to youtube and watch it agin, you’ll see what I mean.
still doesn’t mean he HAS to touch the person, just means he hasn’t fully figured out his powers again. If the formula peter’s injected himself with really gave him back his original power, then he does possess the capacity.
well after the finali, now we know that he has to touch them, otherwise getting sylar’s power would have been easy….
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