Dear Readers,

I have had two funerals, a new job, and much ado in my life, so here's my interpretation of the next part in a summary:

Linderman reveals much to Nathan, to catch him off guard and bring him into his confidence. In this he states he has the power to heal both himself and others, and that 'you know someone all too well that can do that, can't you?'Refering to Claire and thus revealing he knows at least half of her parentage. Showing him a Mendez painting of Nathan Petrelli in the Oval Office, he says 'We all have our roles to play in the events to come. Yours is to be our liaison to the world." Linderman says that if Nathan plays his cards right, this painting will come to pass and 'with my help, revealing your power to the world will no longer be a worry'

Meanwhile Sylar has an easy time with Peter, who puts up a scrappy but hapless resistance…..

At the same time Claire flees to meet up with Zach in a hotel and falls raggedly to sleep…..

Sylar says 'I understand how you work. You think you're a more evolved version of me, but as I envelop you and you die, tell me which of us is the more savage. You're the empath; tell me what your vision speaks now.' He steps out, Peter hangs on but eventually life blurs and a clear vision appears, of Claire, who stumbled there in sleep.

He struggles to grasp the concept of a Claire now estranged to him, due to the fact that she discovered his mom is running parts of her life and that she is his niece. In desperation, he speaks. "You're the cheerleader. When I saved you, did I save the world?" Claire, distressed by the blood on his face that seeps on to hers when he hugs her, wanting to live a normal life, tells him "I don't know. I'm just a cheerleader."

Hearing this, he slips away from life and Claire, shocked, wakes up……

Nathan and Claire then run into each other when Linderman instructs Nathan to campaign in the very city she's in, forcing them to re-unite.

Linderman also raises Jessica to a top position when she gets mad at DL and finds out Micah has power, letting it slip to Linderman. He begins to converse with Micah, who despite an intelligent front, which frustrates Linderman when he tries to speak to him as kid, is clueless to his now supposedly larger role.

Angela Petrelli, having told from Claire 'maybe I don't need to be protected,' is delayed from hunting her down and the Haitian to do it as Isaac, sobered and now sorry for Peter's death, gives her the news.

Thompson and Candice are getting frustrated with their failed interrogations of Bennett, even using Claire as Candice's disguise doesn't help. That in addition to the fact that Isaac, a now valuable agent has left. This gets worse when the Haitian, not finding Claire, decides he must once again work with Bennett, who reunites with Claire and hugs her.

Isaac, again depressed, turns to drugs, and paints. He comes out with an odd grin on his face. The next time we see him Sylar is in Isaac's apartment with him and immediately he is shoved to the floor. Isaac makes an odd remark 'now I finally get to be a hero' and it pans to picture on his wall: Sylar killing him.

At the end, Linderman steps into the apartment where Nathan and Mohinder lay dead. "Time to pick up the pieces." Says he.

My thought is Isaac painted something more then just that, that by dying someone else could live or he could live, or something. Meanwhile Linderman wants to heal Peter to cause the explosion, for a reason even I haven't reasoned. "New York only holds 07. of the world's 6 billion. That's an acceptable loss by anyone's counts. Except the New Yorkers." He wants to heal Mohinder because of his value in research. This is the part in the show where Bennet joins Angela's group, Primatech wavers in power, and Linderman rallies many to his side while everyone forgets about Sylar and Hiro…..I can on.

My thing in this show is balancing dark events, good events, minor people's importance and events of the heart. Relationships are ¼ of the show, Claire to Peter to Nathan to Angela and the mysterious dad…..Bennett's odd place in Claire's life. Dark events exist heavily, revealing consequence of actions. Good events happen because good wins out on popular shows. And minor people, in sagas, epics, and dramas, always have a key role. Which is why I drift away from Hiro, Matt, Sylar (who we all know ARE major) and give Micah role, as Linderman seems interested in the trailer.

I didn't reference some things from the trailer, because if I've done my research some of that is in the final 5 chapters, not necessarily ".07"

PS