Heroes: Episode 2.01

Four Months Later

It's been four months since our Heroes saved the world, and the show is back with a vengeance.

Let's dispense with this first: We were introduced to two new characters, at least one of which is a Hero - brother and sister Alejandro and Maya. Maya seems to be the only one with a power right now, which is to cause people to bleed from their eyes and die. They are on their way from Mexico to the US in order to ask for help from Dr. Suresh/Mohinder.

Hiro is still back in Japan in 1671 with his hero Takezo Kensei, who as it turns out is really Sark! The Japanese legend was in fact a ne'er-do-well ex-pat Englishman. Did Hiro alter history when he "saved" Kensei? I have a theory about that, but I'll wait a bit before I jump in with it. And what's with the eclipse?

The Bennetts are living in the Stepford-y California town of Costa Verde now. Hey! Candace didn't kill Mrs. Bennett, who is just as weird about her dog as she ever was. Next thing you know she'll be putting them in Halloween costumes!

Anyway, Mr. B is working as an Assistant Manager at Copy Kingdom, but only as a cover while he and Mohinder follow their plan of covertly infiltrating the Company in order to destroy it. Claire is back in high school and trying not to be extraordinary, and it's not easy. Especially since she's met a cute boy who keeps pushing her to be so. Oh, and he can float on air.

Handsome Nathan isn't looking so handsome right now. And he's drinking ALOT. Peter's been missing these 4 months, but he won't give him up for dead like his mother wants him to. Also, when Nathan looks in a mirror, he doesn't see his bushy-bearded-yet-handsome face - instead he sees a face scarred with what look like burns.

Speaking of Mrs. Petrelli, she and Mr. Nakamura have both found pictures of themselves with a red Heroes symbol scrawled over their faces - each photo was torn from a larger one they were both in - which apparently means someone is coming to kill them. That someone, who Mr. Nakamura recognizes, is a hooded figure whose face we don't see and who pushes Mr. N off the top of the Deveaux building to his death.

Parkman and Mohinder are living with Molly in Dr. Suresh's apartment, and Parkman has divorced his wife and is now a NYC detective. Cozy little family. I'm just sayin'!

Little Molly is having nightmares about this season's Big Bad and drawing scary pictures of him in school. You know, if I was a little girl living in that shabby, dreary and dank apartment, I'd probably be having nightmares, too.

We finish up the episode in Cork, Ireland, where Peter is found by some Irish iPod robbers in an empty shipping container. Peter has no idea who he is or how he got there, but he looks really good, with a new haircut and a necklace with the Heroes symbol pendant around his neck. When one of the thieves tries to grab him, Peter zaps him with a bolt of what looks like electricity. A new power, perhaps?

And finally, for those of you who are wondering, there was no sign of Sylar. Yet.

So how did everyone like it?