Me, too, kind of. I think that it would set it up for this cast of characters to continue playing a major role. Especially just as I was starting to get into the Nikki/Jessica story arc... makes me wonder what will happen as we go back to "origins." At the same time, this opens the story up for something new and exciting, while keeping a touch of the familiar.

The question, for me, is: Will it become *too* big if they don't return to this story arc? Will it leave people disappointed in a whole new way?

Maybe it was just me, but did the lead horseman at the end look like George Takei?

Also we only saw Hiro land in the past. We do not know how long he will stay there.

Other points-repricussions of bomb not going off in city:
*Patrelli campaign?- Did Niki kill Candice (shapeshifter)? Could she become Nathan and continue campaign
*Did Nathan let go of Peter and somehow survive
*Did Peter himself still somehow survive? (highly unlikely, but if his brain didn't rupture, then he could regenerate)
*Where is Sylar? How bad is he hurt? We have seen the cockroach before when we thought he was dead. (The Fix)
*Where was the Hatian this episode?
*Did Linderman/Patrelli have enough power to keep the area surrounding Kirby Plaza free of police/pedestrians?
*How powerful is Kaito Nakamura?
*Was Charles Deveaux (Simones Dad) the one Molly was afraid of trying to locate? He can see the invisible, maybe he has more powers? Could he be part of the Linderman/Petrelli/Nakamura power struggle?
*Did Peter have a flashback or did he unknowingly time travel while unconscious?

When the explosion happened the rumble from it was heard way too soon. I assume they left the atmosphere but that so much energy was released to still create some noise with the portion that entered the atmosphere.

I'm intrigued by the Haitian and disappointed that he faded away in the last segment of episodes. His story line is confusing, he helped get Claire away from being turned back in but then was working for the people who wanted her anyway. If they were really going to kill her why did he save her?

He was also the easiest solution, if available to them, for solving the explosion since all he had to do was stand on that site at the indicated time and no explosion could happen, or even begin.

I was hoping that Sylar and Peter would actually be dead. They tilt the balance too far into the super-superhero camp. Particularly Peter. With Sylar it is at least possible to prevent him from gaining new powers but not so with Peter.

Charles Deveaux was close friends with Mrs. Patrelli who worked with Linderman on the overall plan but apparently that closeness didn't extend to being between Deveaux and Linderman or he could have been healed.