So the big hostage exchange. I suppose no one thought to do it in, say, the water on the beach 20 feet away, so Elle couldn't do exactly what she did. And Jeebus, stupid Suresh. Why is he still on the Company's side? Because they were the only ones who could save Molly? She's fine, now, or did he not call home to check on the girl he's risking everything to save? Because Bennett's a bad dude? So is Bob, and he's got to know that Elle is, like, nine kinds of crazy. He said that he's on his own side. Yeah, the incredibly stupid side. But he's a good shot.

Well, I'll be damned. It's not often I'm surprised by TV, but I was to see that Bennett was the dude on the slab getting a magic-cheerleader-blood infusion. Didn't see that coming. But why would Bob want H.R.G. alive? To hold as a bargaining chip? Or better yet, will he hold Claire's safety out there as a carrot, using her well-being as the lever to make Bennett a compliant lapdog once again?

Oh, Parkman can ''push'' people's minds. He pushed Molly to eat her cereal (baby steps), nudged his boss to let him stay on the Petrelli case a little longer, and literally browbeat Angela into giving up her secrets. (Of course, most of them were secrets we already knew, which robs them of most of their punch — except for Victoria Pratt's name. I guess Parkman didn't respect Angela's privacy after all. What a slippery slope he's trying to tread.)

All in all, a pretty solid episode, because it stuck to the core characters and pretended that the Oilies and New Orleans' Magical Negro don't exist. And even if we didn't get any real storytelling resolution, we got some emotional closure.

What did you think, folks? Has Parkman crossed over to the dark side? Is West as puppy-dog friendly as he seems? What was Kaito Nakamura's power? And does Angela really have one, or is she just conditioned to withstand mental assaults?

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