How did anyone NOT already know it was Nathan after seeing the hand answering the phone in the preview for the episode?

I totally didn't pay attention to the hand, but then everyone was saying the wedding ring matched or some such.

So I'm a geek and "applied" for a job with HRG's "paper" company online. Now I get text messages from technopath girl and I've logged onto HRG's system. (Put as many air quotes in there as possible cause you know it's all marketing and part of the story etc.)

He has files on her, Sylar, Ted and the 4th is unknown but probably Matt since he captured him already. Well, or Claude since HRG referred to him as an "old friend."

I think b/c I thought Nathan was too obvious a choice so I honestly thought it would be someone unexpected.

I just watched the last episode online....
What was the preview for next week?

Yea, the fourth is Matt's. There's a reference to it in Ted's file.

Holy shit Claire...that's one hot daddy you've got there!

In the end, HRG calls Isaac and asks about Peter, then Isaac informs HRG that Peter's invisible. Was HRG's "old friend not being dead after all" comment about Peter's invisible buddy? I'm confused.

I think so. I think HRG knows that if Peter's absorbing some invisibility, Claude can't be far behind. What "friend" means exactly in this context is up for grabs.

Claude may have had a run in with Dad in the past. Or he could worked with him or been worked on by him in the past.
Note that the time frame of Claude and Dad is very close to Dad and Claire.

And did anyone catch the "inside joke" at the end? NCC-1701:D

I did catch that! Sulu Nakamura for the win :D

Haha. I pretty much love that. :p

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And because I LOVE Kristin from E! here's some inside scoop she posted:

-There's More to Hiro's Dad Than Meets the Eye: "There is a twist to my character that no one will expect that is really quite extraordinary," George Takei told me exclusively in a little one-on-one phone chat. And sources tell me it has to do with who is bankrolling his character. Everything is interconnected!

-A Hero Is Still Gonna Die: There's one person you probably think they would never kill off because of his or her special role on the series. But what if there were someone who could instantly absorb that person's special role? Crap—now I've said too much. Shutting up now!

I don't always trust what Kristin on E! has to say about her so-called "scoops" b/c she has been wrong often enough to make me doubt everything she says. Still, if someone has to die (and we all know they are going to kill someone off), my money is on Matt or DL dying. They both seem superfluous at this point.

I'm guessing the infamous Linderman is the one bankrolling Hiro's dad or something.

For real. Who else dresses that well on the show?

The one we have yet to see........:D;)

Hiro's Dad dresses that well :D Not that Claire looks half Japanese...

SPOILER but only public info: (highlight)

Hiro's dad has at least one more episode. One in which he talks with HRG, who apparently also knows Japanese.

The word was that 2 characters would die. Now assuming the doctor/Claire's fake bio-dad wasn't one of them we still have 2 Hero deaths coming.

Linderman has been cast and isn't anyone we've seen on the show so far.
He will be played by Malcolm Mcdowell






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I think I read we finally see Linderman on the 26th, so that'll be cool.