The following contains MAJOR SPOILERS for the ?One Of Us, One Of Them? episode of NBC?s ?Heroes.?

Angela Petrelli is evil, and that?s her good side!

After telling Sylar (Zachary Quinto) she is his mother, and she gave him up for adoption, Angela Petrelli (Cristine Rose) offers to feed him. Enter Bridget, a woman with the power to tell the history of anyone or anything just by touching it. Mama Petrelli leaves the room, and we hear poor Bridget screaming. We?ll never see her again!

Meanwhile, spurred on by Nathan Petrelli (Adrian Pasdar), Tracy Strauss (Ali Larter) seeks out Nikki Sanders, and finds her dead in New Orleans. Mycah (Noah Gray-Cabey), somehow alone in the funeral home with Nikki?s body, helps Tracy learn that she was born on the same day at the same hospital as his mother, both delivered by a Dr. Zimmerman.

Tracy seeks out Zimmerman, who at first thinks she someone named Barba, and then informs her that he created her. This lends credence to my belief that there were a number of duplicates made of her, all with super-powers, but carried by different women.

The supervillains who escaped Primatech prison attempt to rob a bank, with Peter-in-Jesse?s body (Francis Capra and Milo Ventimiglia) tries simultaneously to stop them and not be found out by them.

Enter the new team of Noah Bennett (Jack Coleman) and Sylar to save the day. When Angela Petrelli teamed the two together, Bennett objected, but soon found Sylar a capable partner. Sylar quickly took control of the standoff at the bank, ordering the police around and demanding decaf.

While this is going on, Future Peter releases Present Peter from Jesse?s body, but not before there is a scuffle between Noah and the baddies.

Sylar quickly subdues the supervillains, and promptly, against Bennett?s admonishment, ?feeds? on the remaining supervillains. As a result, he is brought back to Primatech prison, where we learn Noah is just waiting for a chance to kill Sylar.

In the meantime, Hiro (Masi Oka) and Ando (James Kyson Lee) are in Berlin, to head off speedster Daphne from taking possession of the other half of the formula she stole. The find her, and promptly find that neither Daphne?s (Brea Grant) nor Hiro?s powers work there. It turns out that Daphne?s liaison is the Haitian (Jimmy Jean-Louis), whose role in obtaining the formula is unclear.

Even as Hiro and Ando try to find the stolen formula to save the world, their friendship is being strained by Hiro?s lack of trust or confidence in Ando, made even worse by Daphne?s planting seeds of doubt in Ando?s mind.

Matt Parkman (Greg Grunberg) is still in Africa, on a spirit walk with pre-cog painter Usutu (Ntare Mwine). It seems the precog?s premonitions are entirely about Parkman?s life. Even as they spoke, Parkman?s future appeared to change form a happy future with a wife and child to a future where that same woman appears injured or dead.

Finally, Fire Mom Meredith (Jessalyn Gilsig) gives Claire (Hayden Panettiere) a lesson about obedience and survival.

What Worked?

Despite the underpinnings of deceit, the chemistry between Jack Coleman and Zachary Quinto as Bennettt and Sylar is fantastic. The two were actually quite amusing together, and Quinto has grown by leaps and bounds as an actor post ?Star Trek.?

The banter between Hiro, his ?Nemesis? Daphne, and Ando also produced more than a few giggles in our house. The three of them feed off each other very well. It?s also nice to have Hiro?s quest peppered with comic situations and dialogue, much as it was in Season 1/

Tracy?s quest leading to the discovery that there are more than one of her finally gives Ali Larter an interesting story. I was never much of a fan of the Nikki/Jessica story, even though I thought Larter was quite good in her role(s). A story about a German scientist creating blonde-haired, blue-eyed superwomen hails back to efforts of Nazi Germany?s aspirations to create ubermen.

Finally, Christine Rose plays evil with chilling perfection. Sylar may or may not be her son, but she has plans for him. Evil plans.

What Didn?t Work

There are too many storylines at once. Mercifully, the escaped supervillains were killed off. While I like having the many stories to follow, ?Heroes? has always been its best in the episodes that focus in on one or two stories only. I fear, too, that the writers may be too ambitious, and not be able to follow up on so many stories at once.

Still, I don?t fault the writers for this, either, after people blasted them last season for the tedious pace of the stories. They seem to be trying to compensate for that, though there may be some overcompensation going on. Ultimately, I?m hoping they?ll surprise us all, and find satisfactory ways to tie up all the threads by the end of the season.

Claire?s ?lesson? from Fire Mom seemed a bit pointless, except for it giving Claire a (poorly plotted) reason to escape and take revenge on Sylar. I don?t see there?s really a need to keep Fire Mom around, and this story thread just seemed to drag down what was otherwise a very enjoyable episode.

Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due

?One of Us, One of Them? was written by Joe Pokaski and directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan.

?Heroes? airs on NBC, Mondays at 9 p.m. ET. ?One Of Us, One Of Them? was written by Joe Polaski, and was directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan.

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