I would have liked the writers to tell us how Syler acquired his powers before learning empathy.
I also want to know why Patrelli killed the sexy accent African man instead of just making him 10 years old like he did with Hiro![]()
In the episode before this one Noah made the statement that Gabriel's ability was to be able to transfer power from one vessel to another. I assume he had to get into people's heads(literally) to see how there power worked and then he could transfer it into himself. Now that he can do that empathically he does not need to rip their head off. From Noah's statement one could acertain that Gabriel could also transfer powers of one hero into another hero or human ( hence transfer power from one vessel to another). I think he at some point in the future episodes he will either transfer his abilities or Arthurs abilities back into Peter, thus restoring his powers. I also think that Sylar or Peter are the needed catalyst due to the nature of thier abilities and not Claire( though I think she is a key, hence the "save the cheerleader, save the world thing from season 1, and the future with the world blowing up etc.).

















