Season 3

[kpatrik]

I too thought the whole Sylar and Papa Sylar bits were disappointing, but I'm thinking that we may see him again. He now knows that his son has a power that he needs. And he's learned not to underestimate him.

He also knows that Sylar got the power from a cheerleader in Texas, so that my be enough to put him on Clair's trail. After all, she is a much easier target than Sylar.

[kpatrik]

Sylar's father was a little disappointing. I actually believed he'd have a little more control over the "hunger"
then Sylar, but i was wrong. I think this kind of leaves Sylar with little hope of being able to control it and
become normal.

I think Grey Senior attacking Junior had less to do with the hunger and more to do with survival. After all, there he is, breathing though a tube and hacking up half-a-lung, and in walks Junior with a cool new ability that would make it all better. Of course he's going to attack. I knew he would the moment Sylar showed him his healing hand. I had a sick feeling when he started to put Sylar to sleep, like they were about to kill him off or something, and then cheered when Sylar revealed he was faking it. I can't wait to see what he does to Danko. Go big game hunter!

[Emiko Ishimura]

- Very nice ending between the father and son encounter. Sylar's changing, he resisted his own hunger and opted to leave his father with a potential goldmine of abilities to die on his own - seems Future Gabriel is still a possibility.

Actually, this was a cruel thing for Sylar to do. He gave up all those abilities he could have harvested so that his father would die a slow, suffocating death.

Still a small step in the that direction though. The only reason Sylar is considered a villain is because his hunger drives him to kill to obtain abilities. Now that he can shrug off the hunger's influence he has the *potential* to become good, his intention to let his father die on his own aren't of much relevance.

Also one line from his father that had a particular impact on Sylar was the fact that he (Sylar) killed only "small game" for their abilities, people who could not defend themselves. In that scene you can see that Sylar does come to fully understand those words after a bit of defiance "if they couldn't defend themselves then they don't deserve their ability" (paraphrased). Realizing that killing defenseless evolved humans for their ability is a cowardly act, he has more reason to resist his hunger. Without his hunger, Sylar has a chance to cease being a villain.