they need to return peter's original powers somehow this 1 power at a time thing is really gay

I can't disagree with you. Those are very well thought out ways to have Peter Kick some more ass with out kicking too much ass. I gotta hand it to you I respect your reply. These are Heroes disccussions I like to have, you have good ideas and theories keep it up!!

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i reckon that peter will slowly be able to control his power more and more, so he will start to be able to hold onto more than 1 at a time, like when he got the deaf chicks power he did not mean to do it it just happened maybe the carnie's super speed is still in there and maybe peter just might absorb sylars abilities all at once. that would be good because he would not have the hunger thing because it is with sylar's memories inside parkman

To follow on from above, do people not think the best scene there has ever been in heroes is when Sylar and peter had their first fight in that house in the first series when Suresh was being held by Sylar? Its because for once Sylar had to work when using his powers, he did not just defeat his opponent with one power. He had to counter Peter's abilities with different ones of his own.

I do wish they'd give us a good fight scene, EVERY fan who watches the show wants a Sylar vs. Peter face off (a real one, not behind closed doors with lots of flashing lights). This is the one reason why I don't think either Peter or Sylar will ever die, not until the series ends for good. The one thing everyone wants is this fight it's the one and only thing the producers have not given us. I just wish they'd hurry up and get some action into this season, it's good but there's too much story and "to dos" and not enough action and doing.

It was cool, yes, but Peter's stupidity (DUCK, YOU IDIOT!) kind of ruined the whole thing for me.

heroes is beginning to suck. peter needs to regain his full powers again. like the people above said, the lack of action is killing the show. We need peter to be able to absorb and hold onto all abilities and battle sylar. Guaranteed that will boost ratings!

Your probably right about a possible ratings boost if Peter goes back to full but on the other hand the reason he doesn't have all his powers is because fans complained about him getting too damn powerful, now he can use multiple but only one at a time with a touch. I think they found a good way to make Peter cool but less powerful overall and that still isn't good enough. Don't get me wrong I would love him to have his invisibility and nuclear and everything back but none the less if he does people will just complain about being too powerful again. Wheres the middle ground?

There are MANY easy and satisfying middle ground solutions if only the writers were clever enough to think them out.
If Peter ever does regain his original ability, empathic mimicry, make it just that; EMPATHIC mimicry.
"Empathic Mimicry" Peter (Take Two)-- He actually has to understand the person in order to acquire their powers--not saying he has to sit everybody down for a psychotherapy session or try to fix their sob story in order to gain the ability, but it should take some effort other than simply being in the vicinity of someone who has a power, and it should also be somewhat of a risk psychologically--after successfully empathizing with a villain, it might be a bit more difficult to take them down, or even worse, he could risk becoming them--ala 'The Hunger' which was actually a pretty good concept, but poorly executed and terribly wasted! And then on top of that, make it a two-sided coin: if there are characters he can no longer relate to or no longer feel any ties with, he loses the ability as a consequence. Under these rules, as of this season, Peter would no longer be able to fly for example (no, not because Nathan is technically dead, but rather because Peter has made a point of not really dealing with his brother--then again, under these rules, flight would have been rather challenging for Peter for most of Season 3 as well...but you get where I'm going with this).

"Touch-and-Absorb" Peter (proposition 1)-- Can hold a set number of abilities at a time (like say maybe 3-5), but with each ability he absorbs, he loses another; so lets say he absorbs Flight, Superstrength, and Self-Regeneration (using 3 for simplicity's sake), if he absorbs TimeTravel on top of that, he risks losing any random one of the abilities from above.

If that's too restrictive, let's say he can absorb as many abilities as he wants, but each power has a different shelf life according to how well they suit his personality or overall need (similar to how the abilities were originally implied to work). Since saving people is important to Peter, he may be able to hold a Healer ability longer than say the ability to shapeshift. Again, each power has an unstable half-life, so there are some abilities he can hold for a number of days, some he can barely keep for minutes; he never knows until he absorbs and tries...

Just thought these would be some rather interesting ways to bring Peter closer to his old self without necessarily overpowering him again.
I do agree that Heroes fans are rather hard to please on the subject of Peter's abilities, I mean, let's face it, next to Claire's ability to be an awkward mix of hot and annoying at the same time, he's got the most controversial ability on the show!
Just my ideas on fixing one of the problems in that respect.

People do not complain about Sylar being too powerful. Every baddie needs an equal otherwise a show does not have balance, and as the above comments show does not retain people's interest. I am a big fan of heroes but we need some more action. The show at the moment seems aimless. There are lots of powerful people roaming around doing nothing. Parkmen is a good example, he seems to reject rather than embrace his powers.

Yeah I always noticed that people didn't complain about Sylar being too powerful but Peter was a common complaint....Your right though and even the next episode description says without the use of powers....what is that. I do want to see some action for sure but nonetheless I think they'll go somewhere big and action packed soon enough. Parkman has always rejected his powers since the beginning really, im used to him bein a weenie, maybe Sylar and Matt will do some epic mind battle stuff...we've seen parkman fly in dpahnes head so in his own head maybe he'll fight Sylar and use a ton of powers who knows. might b cool though.

Bah! Let's just have future scar Peter, future badass Hiro and future Sylar duke it all out. That would make everyone happy :D

I really prefer good!Sylar to bad!Sylar. Bad!Sylar is getting extremely annoying. And they could go to new places with good!Sylar.

i dont hate claire but the writers should switch up her story line and where she is going on this show as a character or show less of her.

I agree and I hope that Gretchen dies soon so homophobes will quit complaining. Plus her out of the way and the carnival coming for Claire maybe she will finally have a less school oriented part. I think its time she fulfills her destiny of a hot blond made of action like Ali's characters have done in the past. I'm ready for agent Claire Bennet if not evil carnie Claire Bennet.

Yes! Yes! Let peter attain his full powers. thats what everyone is saying and you're not listening.

But i still love the show its just cool.

LOOKS AWESOME! i so want sylar back cause this version of him is crap. i think hiro is the biggest idiot ever he soo should have waited for peter to come and heal him then he could go off doing his bucket list but with more time to do it in. also now peter has only the power to heal nothing else.

Hiro can't control his power sometime. One thing though just might be, when the kid heal Peter is it possible that his original power come back.. just a though..

I love your thinking Nick, Peter is a much better character with all his powers, It's frustrating as a viewer when he only has one at a time!