I've had a Heroes breakthrough!‏

So maybe it's because I recently watched one of the worst pilots I've ever seen (that's Moonlight, in case you were interested. And if you think I complain about Heroes, ask me about that show...) but I really didn't think last night's Heroes was that bad. Again, it was too much with the exposition and was a bit boring, but I didn't think it was bad as last week. I was actually defending Mohinder in my head while I was watching when he was being chastised for "losing" the Haitian. If it wasn't a double-cross, Mohinder couldn't have known what the Haitian was capable of, so it was the fault of Mr. Midas (I think they called him "Bob" last night) for sending him in unprepared. Regardless, all this double-crossing and covertness that Mohinder is involved in has raised the character slightly in my eyes. The actor is still as awful as ever, but on the Maddening Mohinder Meter, the character was about a 6 last night, as opposed to his 9 last week. Plus, there was no Molly (except in sleep mode), Hiro actually used his powers well, Peter's scenes weren't terrible (but some of those Irish accents are a bit too much and I know Peter does not have memory of all his powers but how hard could it possibly be to get that box from them?), and Niki, et al are still MIA. Not really crazy about the twins so far, and the Bennetts don't interest me, even though Mr. Muggles had me laughing pretty hard (filling my Vincent quota, no doubt). And I did not like him in the first episode, but after last night, West is inching closer to the Peter/Mohinder spectrum of characters. He is extraordinarily annoying and creepy. And oh my god I hate that fucking book! Is it like some heroic talisman that draws "exceptional" people to it? Written by a man who never seemed to be too highly regarded by his contemporaries, the book still managed to be translated into Spanish (from last week) and somehow found by a weird high schooler? My "Is this too obvious even for Heroes?" question of the week is: Claire really isn't a descendant of Kensei's right? Blonde hair, regeneration, the title of this season is "Generations." And related to that, how big of a loser do you have to be if you don't fight your own fights knowing that you can't die? Also, do you think that Kensei/Claire are immortal?