QUOTE (MacAllen @ Oct 31 2006, 12:37 PM)

No, we don't know Claire dies, we know a blonde cheerleader dies. The cheerleader who took credit for Claire's rescue was ALSO blonde and ALSO a cheerleader.
Anyone coming to Odessa and asking around for the cheerleader who rescued all those folks would be pointed to this other girl, not Claire.
I believe it's this other girl who get's her head scooped out. It's simple "redneck scriptwriting", they wouldn't have made a point of it and taken up time in the episide to cover it in detail if it didn't come into play later.
No, all we know is that Issac and Peter painted a cheerleader dying (Claire or the other girl.) The motivation for Issac and Peter is to prevent that painting from becoming reality, as well as preventing the nuclear explosion in NYC painting from becoming reality.
So as of right now, we don't know if Issac's future paintings represent the future that could be or the definite future that will be. If the Heroes can't change what happens in Issac's paintings, then we'll have a pretty different show as the Heroes fail in stopping the nuclear device from going off.
Though, it would sew doubt into the Heroes minds if they were not able to prevent the cheerleader painting from coming true, even given their efforts in trying to stop it (regardless if Claire or the other girl is the one that gets sliced up.) "If we can't stop this from happening, how are we going to stop the nuclear explosion from happening?"
There is another explanation for the painting. It's Claire, but she just hasn't healed yet. Perhaps the Heroes intervene at that point and she can heal/recover.