Heroes has been taking a lot of heat from fans recently for being, well, lame. And its doubtful this week’s episode changed their minds.

One of the season’s ongoing storylines, Hiro’s brain tumor, was wrapped up when he fainted, dreamed about a court case where he defended his recent time-traveling decisions, fought Adam Monroe with a sword and then his dead mother touched his head which killed his brain tumor.

Meanwhile, Sylar goes to Claire’s college so he could get closer to her because he thought they had a lot in common and wanted to know more about her life so he could better understand his own (or so he says). But to get Claire to open up, he shape shifted into Gretchen.

As the episode ended Sylar arrived at Parkman’s door and asked his wife where Matt was well Claire told Gretchen she wanted to express herself better.

Finally, Samuel took Vanessa to see the dream cottage he built for her, but she said she had to go back to her real life. This prompted a heartbroken Sam used his abilities to destroy an entire town.