Nathan and Peter fall into the river in Haiti, because he no longer has the ability to fly. This provides Milo to deliver some of the clunkiest dialogue ever written about the eclipse being the possible cause of this power outage. The brothers trek through the jungle and engage in some standard fraternal squabbling.

As an older brother myself, I instantly side with Nathan, because Peter is an annoying little child who doesn’t appreciate the fact that his big brother always saves him: n the pilot when Peter jumped off the building, in Kirby Plaza when Peter blew up, and even last season when Peter was stupid enough to align himself with the villainous Adam.

They find the Haitian, but since the Haitian was tasked with tracking down a dangerous Level 5 escapee, the brothers wind up getting captured themselves.

In Kansas, Daphne’s dad won’t let Parkman in, so he tries to use his mind control to make him. But as we know, the eclipse took away everyone’s powers, so the old man just shuts the door in his face. Inside, Daphne says that “it’s” happening again, so he goes to get something. Is it too crude if I assumed she was talking about a visit from her Aunt Flo?

Outside, Hiro convinces Parkman to continue his mission of saving Daphne by throwing corn at him. Hiro, proving that even as a 10-uyear-old he’s smarter than everyone else, heads to the local comic book store, because it’s Wednesday, and that means new comic book day where they can find out what happens next in 9th Wonders. The local store in Lawrence, Kansas is run by Breckin Meyer and Seth Green, who are stunned that the star of 9th Wonders is in their store. This makes me hate NBC, because the preview clip they provided is actually the entirety of their scene.

Finally, Parkman sneaks into Daphne’s house after professing his love for her. He’s shocked to see that when she’s not moving super fast, she’s confined to metal braces on her legs because she has polio or rickets or something like that.

In California, Elle and Sylar show up to kidnap Claire, but they’re shocked to learn their powers no longer work. In the world of powerless super heroes, the average man with horn-rimmed glasses and a gun is king, so HRG starts kicking ass and taking names. He knocks out Sylar, but Elle gets the gun and shoots Claire before receiving a two-by-four to the skull. This was the picture Arthur drew, but I’m still skeptical about Claire actually dying.

HRG takes her to the Bennet home where he’s able to convince Sandra that calling an ambulance would be a bad idea. As expected, Claire survives the bullet wound, and facing her own mortality has made her appreciate her dad. He goes off for vengeance, but back at home, Claire takes a turn for the worst. Elle and Sylar, newly powerless, decide the bast course of action is to make out with each other. In both instances, they’ve made the correct decision. Too bad for them HRG is outside with a sniper rifle trained on their heads.

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