...What if Matt can talk to Nikki even when Jessica's in charge...
Page 2 BABY! CALLED IT!!!
Ahem. Decent episode, nothing spectacular, I didn't notice that Peter and Claude were absent, but that IS what the show was missing. That key click into the overall plot of the season. I enjoy most of the characters on the show, cuz, while some may have only one or two favorites, this is a really BAD show to have one or two favs... you need to be watching 24 where one character is the center of the universe. (Can you IMAGINE 24 without Jack Bauer???)
That said, I would sign off on some deaths. Not Mohinder, if not just because his voiceovers are AWESOME, but because he's the non-powered person who can really make a difference. I'd put Ando out of the cast, as I suspect they will next ep, and let Hiro travel with a new partner... honestly, I think Claire running away and travelling with Hiro would be totally awesome, cuz they are SO different and have TOTALLY different takes on everything.
Cuz lets face it, after Claire, Ted, Matt AND Hana AND the Haitian get done with HRG, he's not going to have a leg left to stand on, he'll be more dangerous, but he won't be a subplot anymore.
Which brings us to the family. DL's family. There's some great plot there and it HASN'T been dealt with. I think it'd be cool to have short 5-10 minute webisodes with a dark sitcom-styled take on life for the Hawkins/Sanders family. It could explain things like reprocussions of Micah's actions, how they deal with Jessica and all the other family-centric issues that make the subplot great and usually end up on cutting room floor because of constraints.
In fact, deleted scenes should pack the Season 1 DVD set to the brim! That'd be hot!