Better than last week!

First up, Nathan said the words that made me very happy.

"Where's my brother?"

Some people thought it was silly that Nathan didn't make such a request last week, when Future Peter confessed that he was from the Future. The thing though is that Future Peter did not say he kidnapped Peter either. Angela saw this but Nathan could not.

In a scene that mirrored Nathan and Peter in Parasite, Future Peter appears in Nathan's office...(Nice callback to Parasite)

Nathan got the voicemail...where Peter told him "There is this guy that looks like me but has a scar..." Well, Nathan connected the dots even though he had another voice. See! Nathan is coming around! He believes more things now. I mean he kinda had to right?

Future Peter is so smug. He smirked when Angela asked where her son is and when Nathan asked where his brother was.

Sorry! Your kinfolk is not as dumb as you wish.

Still want to know what the heck Future Peter was thinking when he shot his own brother. My only thought is maybe Nathan was dead already, so he just changed the way he died?

Still want to scream, could you have knocked him out?

Could you have used Matthew's power to change what Nathan said or "suggested" that he cancel the conference?

Could you have turned yourself into Nathan?

Could you have went back in time and told Nathan to shut up?

How many people here think that Peter shooting Nathan was not the original plan?

*Stef raises her hand*

But let's move on...

Poor Peter in Jesse's body. He wanted to try to stop those Villains. Knox realizes that "Jesse" is scared. Knox and Jesse are good buds, and is explained more in the new graphic novel. The German and Flint are true creeps. I couldn't stop laughing when Noah was telling Sylar to avoid the Buffet, but Jesse got devoured, luckily after Peter took a trip with himself.

Isn't Peter when he is acting normal the most noble thing ever? He wants to make a difference, to stop the villains from hurting people. And he even used Jesse's power before his Future self stopped time and had a talk with him.

So maybe Future Peter is trying to save the future mess. And maybe after he shows Present Peter the mess Mohinder made and this formula that should have been burned, maybe he will go back where he came from. Hopefully current Peter fixes this crazy mess and this bitter version of Future Peter ceases to exist? Could Future Peter tell himself this inside of putting him into Jesse?

LOL, soon, I think some of the goofiness of the first two episodes will be over, right?

Well, that said. The Oldest Protocol: One of Us, One of Them.

Fellow nickpickers, smart allecks, pathetic geeks, etc, lend me your ear, how many of you found yourselves saying, "But aren't you a "Them" Angela?"

Though, I understand that in mixed company, no pun intended, it his hard to correctly address that question, as groups of men and women together are often called, "guys", I will move on.

But another goofiness happened later in the episode when Ando seemed so surprised about their being another half of the formula. Well, half usually does means two. I am only hoping he was surprised that the other half was not destroyed.

How many of you thought of something similar to that plot of that Tomb Raider movie with the two halves hidden on two sides of the world. I was expecting that the other half to be in Africa before the Haitian showed up.

Still I am totally loving the comic relief between, Hiro, Ando, and Daphne.

Like mentioned on the show: Batman, Robin, and Catwoman. It's perfect. Not only is she a "cat thief", but the banter, and mutual attraction. Fantasizing and curiosity definitely. But also, perhaps, as Guest Star suggested in a conversation we had through IM, a romantic attraction as well.

Will we soon see Daphne's boss? In the future? Are the two halves also symbolic to the Company being cut in two?

Sylar and Noah partners, that was wickedly funny. Morbid and gleeful. Angela surely thought it was hilarious.

The Haitian feeling left out. It made me wonder where his loyalties lie. Angela or Noah. He has loyalties to both.

I wonder does Angela remember that Noah tried to bag and tag Nathan? Tried to taser Peter? Remember back in Volume 1 when the Company had orders to keep Sylar alive? Was she involved? And what about Noah's mission to kill Sylar now? What will the new boss think about that? It makes me curious.

Matt and what's that guy's name? On their soul walk. Very interesting. He's this volume's solo story where Hiro had his last volume.

Hiro in Level five. Since, unless he takes those "Haitian pills" I am sure he will be able to teleport away the second the Haitian leaves, I suspect Angela instead wants to talk to him. I am curious for more.

Last year with Molly, Matt, and Mohinder, we got My Two Dads.

This week we got My Two Moms, even though, Claire also has two dads, this week's episode celebrated the feud between Sandra and Meredith. Which Claire actually calls both Mom, I am sure that is enough to make Sandra scream. Poor Nathan had to hear Claire call Noah that in that blasted Parking Garage, the same one where in 2011, Future versions of Peter and Claire had a battle of who lost the most brain cells in four years.

Anyway, Meredith and Sandra trade opinions on who knows the best about Claire. And you know I was all on Sandra's side until she said comments that seemed to insinuate that Meredith abandoned Claire. She didn't. She thought Claire was dead, though there is a graphic novel that hints that she sent that fire and then ran. I suppose she could have came back and checked on Claire, but she said herself, "I didn't think anyone could survive that."

The newspaper in Volume 1: Chapter 13: The Fix, hinted that Meredith was a 21 year-old mother of a 18 month-year old. I think Meredith was around for some of the diapers. Still...by no means should Claire ignore Sandra's advice. Sandra did raise her and loves Claire very much.

But who thinks Claire would go to school even if Meredith didn't enable her?

*Stef raises her hand*

I had to laugh when Lyle and Sandra balked about smoking. It annoys me too when people lit up their smokes while I am trying to eat without being asked.

Something like, "Claire, I will show you how to fight after school," might have been a welcomed compromise. But what's the fun of that, right?

Personally I thought the conflict between the two mothers were quite interesting.

Tracy, Nathan, Niki, and Micah.

Tracy showed Nathan the picture of Niki, well, actually Jessica, and he getting it on in the Corinthian Hotel. Of course that video would have gotten out eventually.

Nathan asks Tracy again, "Are you sure you are not Niki Sanders?"

Nope, still Tracy.

So after doing some research she learns more about Niki and shows up at Niki's wake in New Orleans. Micah sees her and calls her mom, but realizes she is not his mother. Though, since she looks like his mother, he offers to use his power, talking to machines to do a cross reference on Tracy and Niki.

Turns out they were delivered at the same hospital on the same day.

Micah hugs Tracy, probably thinking she is Aunt Tracy. Poor Micah. The madness made him an orphan. At least he has Monica to lean on as well. Hopefully the two of them get to live in peace now that the Company seems to have other things on their mind. That family truly has had enough grief to last several lifetimes.

After leaving the wake, Tracy finds her way to the house of the doctor that delivered her.

"Barbara?"

"Tracy."

"Oh the one from Beverly Hills."

"You know me?"

"Yes, I created you."

What did the crazy Company do this time? And how many are they?

In conclusion, this episode was quite better than last week's two, even though, I still enjoyed last week, minus the Future Peter thing.

Next week looks great as well, with Sylar in the Bennet home. Making dinner, what's on the menu? Pot pies?

I am sure if Sandra is around she would be like, "Not this time punk!"

But let's hope she and Mr. Muggles are out of the house this time. Peter is there, and I am wondering which Peter? Did Future Peter go back where he came from?

Oh...brotherly love. How I love thee.