Nathan's Death

[Leo]

Who else thought that the quick slit to the throat was disturbing? He didn't even have much of a chance. Had it been death by physical beating, it wouldn't have been so bad, but Sylar killed Nathan with literally no struggle.

[Lexgirl33]

Sylar doesn't mess around that's for sure. I was shocked at how quick he did it though.

[j-kent]

I didn't expect it right then and there...

[kp1984]

I wonder how future Sylar treated Nathan when he thought they were brothers. We never did get to see how they would react because Noah opened his big mouth about him not being there son

[Superboy2]

It would've been cool if Nathan said something cool or heartbreaking but not having a throat kinda stops that from happening.

[Novak Fan]

I still surprised by the ending (for good?) they did to Nathan. It reminds me to when Eden killed herself before Sylar could take her power.

[Superboy2]

I was hoping it would have been Angela.

[dangue]

The Death made NO sense. First of all, Sylar didn't bother taking Nathan's power to fly? Yeah right.

Second, why on Earth is Nathan permanently dead? We've seen that Claire's blood can ressurrect despite gunshot wounds to the head (HRG), a slit throat seems minimal compared to brain damage. It makes no sense to make Sylar into Nathan. they could have killed Sylar and used Claire to save Nathan.

This huge plot hole and lack of series continuity ruined the entire episode for me.

[Superboy2]

Same here. It would have been one thing if Sylar cut Nathan up so Claire couldn't bring him back, but he could've come back. Did they ever say Nathan was gone for good?

[Novak Fan]

The Death made NO sense. First of all, Sylar didn't bother taking Nathan's power to fly? Yeah right.


I think that Sylar has a dif power to "travel" and that he likes more. Remember how he always was suspiciously disappearing on Danko?

[niphler]

If you rewatch the scene again when Peter and Claire rush out of the room to help Nathan and a moment later Sylar knocked Nathan back into the trashed room, you can see Sylar still hovering in the air - and landing with the "dinstinct flight sound".
I was a little taken aback by that, because that would have to mean he already knows how to fly (or bad sound editing :P).
In any case, he has already shown that he can use Telekinesis to hover. Although I agree hovering may not be the fastest method of traveling, he must have another, effective way, as Novak Fan noticed :)

[thedarknight]

I think that Sylar has a dif power to "travel" and that he likes more. Remember how he always was suspiciously disappearing on Danko?

I dunno, even if he did. Flight is extremely useful and Sylar would have definitely wanted that one, just look how much use Peter got out of it this season. Sylar may have taken it b/c he did seem to hover, but we don't know if its an extension of his TK. In fact, he better have flight, because he needs it to be Nathan.

[Mini Wolfsbane]

I was surprised they killed Nathan off for real this time. He's a character I can live without, but I will kinda miss him since he was a big part of the show.

And you just know Sylar's gonna snap back to his old self soon enough. I was thinking you don't do something that major without it having come back to bite you. They should've just killed Sylar and made up a story about Nathan's death because
what happened was a bit silly, IMO.

[Superboy2]

Still don't see how Claire couldn't have healed Nathan. I was hoping for a family reunion with Nathan, Heidi and his boys. Guess not.

[shanemak]

The Death made NO sense. First of all, Sylar didn't bother taking Nathan's power to fly? Yeah right.

In the previous volume, Arthur showed Sylar how to take abilites through empathy, or what have you.



Second, why on Earth is Nathan permanently dead? We've seen that Claire's blood can ressurrect despite gunshot wounds to the head (HRG), a slit throat seems minimal compared to brain damage. It makes no sense to make Sylar into Nathan. they could have killed Sylar and used Claire to save Nathan.

Only a few people were in on the secret conspiracy, Angela desperately didn't want Peter or Claire to find out that Nathan really kicked the bucket. If they would have used Claire's blood, they'd have to tell her why and who's it for, and there is an infinitely minute chance it wouldn't work, and then then the secret is out.

[CompanyMan]

In the previous volume, Arthur showed Sylar how to take abilites through empathy, or what have you.

I'm not touching that one, other to say that this occured in volume three, which had a number of problems that clashed with the way things seem to work in the first two volumes.


Only a few people were in on the secret conspiracy, Angela desperately didn't want Peter or Claire to find out that Nathan really kicked the bucket. If they would have used Claire's blood, they'd have to tell her why and who's it for, and there is an infinitely minute chance it wouldn't work, and then then the secret is out.

While what you said above is apparently true, it could have been accomplished. I seem to recall the writers saying that there wasn't enough time to revive Nathan with Claire's blood. Makes me wonder if they ever watched volume one, where Noah was shot and killed on a California street, transported to a cell, and revived with Claire's blood.

Yes, it would have been tragic to Claire and Peter to find out that Nathan was killed by Sylar. They have been through tragedy before, and would be able to get over it real quick once Nathan was revived. As for what to do with Sylar, they could have had Parkman whammy him into believing he is Pee Wee Herman or something. Or just chop off his head and grind it up into dog food.

The truth be told, I was rather dissapointed in the way things ended last volume and still am. One thing that bugs me is that they did not think it feasable to try to revive Nathan, yet they still managed to find a way to sneak the body out of the building. At least I assume they did. Why not at least give it a shot and try to revive him? If it works, then Nathan can leave the easy way. Walking. If it doesn't, it doesn't, but at least they tried.