HRG stopped Claire from going back to check up on Peter. Abviously, he wanted Peter to get arrested. He wanted the cops to think Peter was Sylar (drink) so they wouldn't go for a manhunt. At the same time, HE had Sylar for himself.

So, my speculation is this...

- Peter gets arrested and in jail. They all think he's Sylar (drink)
- Claire is grounded again, and she doesn't know Peter's in jail
- Matt comes to Odessa and interrogate Peter
- Claire finds out from the news, and determines to clear Peter. Besides she wants to talk to him about their "special power". Afterall, Peter is the first person Claire has met that is "as freak" as her.
- Sylar escapes from Haitian/Eden's

but would you not think that HRG guy would want to talk to Peter? or maybe he thinks that if he's locked up he has all the time in the world to talk to him as he knows he's not going anywhere soon.

do you think HRG knows what powers Peter has?

I would bet HRG knows Peter's powers. He told Claire everything would be alright, and far from being simply an attempt to calm her down, I think he knew just what he was saying.

I also have to agree that he's glad to have Peter taken in by the cops so he can have a few minutes alone with Sylar. But the frameup will only last so long: all the blood on Peter should be Peter's, and anyone who attacked Jackie would have been covered...

How would HRG even know about Peter and what went on between he and Sylar? I believe that he was just trying to protect Claire from Sylar, didn't want her out of his sight, and felt Eden and the Haitian would deal with Sylar at the school.

That said, he had all the paintings...why was he waiting at the football stadium when the paintings pointed to Claire being near the school and ampitheatre?

He was there, heard Jackie scream, ran in, found Jackie, ran off to look for Claire.

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Peter won't be in jail long, Mr. Bennet will probably ensure he gets out.

When he didn't want to go check on Peter, I think it was because he didn't know where Sylar was and wanted to keep Claire safe from him.

I can totally see HRG "framing" Peter (at least temporarily) if it served his purposes - protecting Claire and throwing off the Sylar scent. Also, he may have recognized Peter's name - since Eden mentioned him on the phone, and if she also added his last name, HRG could've also placed Peter as Nathan's brother.

With the emotion that Mr. Bennet had toward saving Claire, I doubt that he will frame Peter, rather he would make sure that Peter gets out of jail. Saving Claire was his first priority, keeping her there was probably part of his plan.

And what better way to figure how this guy knows where to be and what's going on than to keep him detained while you deal with the critical stuff? If I were Mr. Bennet, I would certainly let the police take custody of him while I dealt with my daughter. Daughter takes priority over getting answers at the moment. Answers will come later.

I have a couple ideas of how this cold play out...

On one hand I see HRG wanting to keep Claire away from Peter, and anything else that could allow her to "get involved" because he wants to protect her.

However, Claire is determined to help Peter, as he saved her life and, from her perspective, can do what she does, the first person she has met like that.

This would cause she and her dad to disagree, and Claire runs off to help Peter, and ends up in New York with him.

OR

HRG is just as grateful to Peter for his help as Claire is, and HRG does help Peter, and thus Peter ends up teaming up with HRG to save the world, which would have interesting consequences with Peter's brother, as he wants to kill HRG for trying to kidnap him.

Either way, if Claire is indeed pivotal to stopping the explosion in New York (Although I'm still not sure how New York exploding equals end of the world) She has to go to New York, and it seems her connection to Peter would be the most likely way to get her there.

Ultimately though, I don't see dear daddy saying, "okay claire, have fun saving the world with your friends, just be home by curfew."

People keep saying Bennet wants Peter in Jail. I saw nothing in the episode that showed he even knew the Police where there or that he knew anything about Peter, other then that Clair wants to go back to help someone. How would he?

Both of HRG goons were dealing with Sylar (goes to show the respect HRG shows to Sylar send two supers after him). Most people think HRG doesn?t have any powers, so why would he go running off after someone who might have super powers without any back up? Especially after finding his daughter covered in blood, he would not leave her or bring her with him to check things out, right after she escaped.

I think HRG kept Claire away from Peter (who was still pulling himself together *snicker*) as to NOT become involved with the police. The police nabbed Peter since he was drenched in blood. But with my vast experience forensic experience (from watching CSI), they'll determine it's his blood and not the dead cheerleader's. He'll be a person of interest but I don't think imprisoned for long.

I'm thinking everyone is missing the obvious. HRG will learn or already knows of Peter saving his daughter and either controls the cops already, or will have the Haitian mindwipe them and take control of Peter

Sorry I keep asking this, but will Peter get out of jail, or will HRG take him after Claire shares all?

Well...unless I'm mistaken, HRG has to at least know Peter exists, but maybe not that he was in town (until Claire tells him).

1. Peter was with Isaac, he could easily have dropped Peter's id during detox.

2. More interesting...I just watched ep6 again, and I could swear that I saw the double mark on Peter's neck. (the same as Matt, and Ted). It happens right after talking to Hiro/Ando, he turns to his left and there appears to be a mark on his neck. Could be a mole, or birthmark, but it really looked like Peter had already been "bagged and tagged"

how does Peter explain to the police that he's at some school covered in blood with a dead cheerleader in the looker room? even if they test the blood I think Peter will have a hard time getting out of the slammer without some help.

Or he could say the following and everything will work out!

"I'm trying to save the world here people!" I'm sure they'll let him out after he says that!

And who called the police anyway? Seemed that except Peter and HRG, no one heard her over the game noise. And I do think that he is protecting Claire from Sylar. And everyone else by keeping her out of it. No one has seenher bloody yet. And he has no idea who Peter is, since his name was mentioned in passing and he never told Claire his last name.

I in no way agree that Mr. Bennett called the cops on Peter. In fact, I don't even think He knew Sylar was going to get away. I Agree that he wants Eden to get to him, But I don't think He knew Sylar would just up and walk about. I'm betting that Haitian and Eden were there just because Mr. Bennett may feel insecure without a few "Specials" near him, especially around Sylar. I think the cops were called by Claire, when she was told to run off by Peter (with the Locker Duel following!).

Even if Peter is taken in, a simple blood test can prove that he had nothing to do with the blood on the ground, seeing as it is his. Although, I agree that cops will be suspicious and this may be how Matt gets to Odessa!

Matt goes to interrogate Peter, who is in turn reading Matt's Mind, and then Matt is like WTH?!

There's an interview with the actor that plays matt. He talked about filming a scene where he interrogates peter, and how it all happens in their heads.

The thing is, Matt will be convinced that Peter isn't sylar because of this, and I think Audrey trusts matt enough to take matt's word on it. The question is if that red-headed Lady that Audrey works for will allow Audrey the final say on it.

I think Mr. Bennet is going to suspect ill of Peter at first because of the warning he gave to Eden, something like "Sylar won't be working alone" or something like that.

He may reconsider later after talking to Claire, but I think he'll think she's young and impressionable and doesn't understand the dangers involved. And he's right to a point.

I agree with this. If Matt gets close enough to Peter, Peter will be able ro read Matt's mind as well.

I know how peter gets out of jail (at least i think i do). D.L. can't be really dead. I bet he comes back somehow and gets Peter out of jail

But he doesnt even know Peter and isnt DL in Nevada somewhere?

Upandout, thought that was too funny about your comment on Audrey's superior. I agree with the camp that thinks Bennett's first priority was Claire and her safety. Peter is in no danger with the cops, although, maybe his intention is to draw Nathan (if he knows they are brothers) out to Odessa, where he (Mr. Bennett) will have the home field advantage.

Okay if anyone is covered in Jackie's blood it's Claire. Which is a secondary reason for HRG to keep her from going back. He knows Peter is a Hero and can take care of himself. Right now he's very much tunnel vision about keeping Claire safe, can you blame him. He has Sylar contained and Claire alive anything else doesn't matter

Agree that this will bring Matt and the FBI to Odessa. The whole dead cheerleader and man with no blood of the victim on him but alot of his own would bring the Pope in.

Matt is going to get Peter out but Nathan is going to want to kill him for what this does to his image. I don't think there's a press writer on the planet that can spin this one to look good.

We're going to see a joining of forces with Matt, Peter and Audrey... something start between Peter and Audrey, nah!

"I was going to meet a couple friends outside the school, Hiro Nakamura and Ando Masahashi, and while I was waiting for them I heard a scream, ran in and met this cheerleader, Claire covered in blood. I saw a scary looking guy in a baseball had and coat and we ran. I told her to run and get help. There was a struggle and we fell. I have no idea what happened, but it's a miracle that I'm alive."

I don't think he'll tell this story, but it's a story that he could tell

I think the question of who called the cops is a really good question, though it doesn't necessarily have to have been Mr. Bennet. I can see some cheerleaders walking into the locker room, seeing dead Jackie, and going WTF? Mr. Bennet is probably not involved at all and honestly I don't think he gives a damn about what goes on with Peter at the moment. He might use his powerless situation to his advantage later, if he wants Peter to do something for him, but beyond that...

But I do think that this is how he and Matt will meet, which is just beyond cool.

I'm much more interested in how Peter's bro is going to react to his brother getting arrested. That's some pretty bad publicity right there.

Peter will have a hard time convincing the cops. Why is he there? STC, STW? Ya, like the cops will believe him?

I don't know if HRG wants to get involve, period. He won't be able to convince the cops anyway. Besides, he has Sylar, and that's all he cares.

I think Claire's the only one that can help Peter. I don't know how can anyone convince the police to release Peter. Sure, DNA won't match. But that still doesn't explain why he's there in the first place...and the pool of blood, and Peter's heal.

DL will not be involved in this. He's on the run. If Peter escapes, he will be on the run too. I don't think that will happen. Peter will be cleared...how, I don't know.

"I was passing by and I heard a scream. I saw a man chasing after a cheerleader and I thought it was my duty to save her. My brother would've done the same. He taught me never to leave someone behind."

Bam. He's off the hook and huge spur of positive publicity for Nathan. He could talk about the struggle with the man which sent him off the building and he's now a hero and explains the blood. A miracle he survived, press is all over that pixie.

HRG does have Eden's power at his disposal, so she could use it to tell the cops that Peter is innocent.

i wonder wat will happen when Nathan find out Peter has been locked up and its on the news

2 words for why Peter's "incident" will have no effect on Nathan's campaign:
Linder Man

"Mr. Petrelli. You are in NYC right? Can you explain why you are in Texas?"

I think Nathan can help Peter out. He can always ask Peter to plead insanity! Off the hook he goes! Condition, go see a shrink!

Perhaps HRG thought the cops wouldn't know how to handle sylar, and got Eden and the Haitian to get him to make sure he doesn't go brain-happy on any more heroes.
Oh and this is my first post.

I find that situation where HRG tells Claire to not go back a bit confusing.
First of all there is no way HRG should know Peter was there as he could not have seen him.
He even came from a different direction when he met Claire, and obviously they could not see Peter from where they stood.
So i guess the logical solution is that HRG did not know of Peter and just did not want Claire to go back as he did not know Sylar was just about to get captured by his 2 "assistants".
However he did know about the police coming as he said they would take care of everything.
Off course, seeing as he came from another direction its enterily possible he saw the police cars coming down the road.
However i do think he also called the police as there is noone else who could have.
Jackie died 8.10, HRG finds her 8.11, Peter dies 8.12, police comes 8.13/14 as Peter is still sitting on the ground with his foot twisted around.
No way the police could have come in 2 minutes unless someone called them before it happened.
And Peter does imply he had not called the police just before he and Sylar falls down.

Oh Peter's not getting off of this so easily. Especially since he's been publicly labeled 'the crazy brother'.

And besides, Issac painted all of those previous paintings that supposedly didn't mean anything...anyone think that HRG saw his innocence and what was to come in the paintings?

This is my take on what is going to happen, based on what we've seen so far:

- Regardless of how the police came to the scene, I'm sure they've be compelled to take any man covered in blood into custody. After searching the perimeters, they'll find the body of the other cheerleader, with her brain partially removed (I didn't see clearly if Sylar finished the job on her or not).
- The police will immediately contact the FBI, as they will have Sylar's MO on file and relate it to the Odessa incident. They will think Peter is Sylar.
- Given all the blood he has and no visible injury, they will refuse to do any DNA testing on Peter's blood, even if Peter requests it. Even if they do, that'd still take enough time to get the FBI there.
- Matt will accompany Audrey to interrogate "Sylar", but Matt will be in for a surprise when Peter starts reading his mind too.
- it will be tough for Peter to convince the FBI, the Police and Matt that he is "the good guy", but eventually will do, either by the results of the DNA tests, or help by either Claire or HRG.

Now, HRG has Sylar, but will he be able to contain him? As he mentioned before, he might not be working alone and his friends will probably release him (we still have to see the blue beast )

Oh, and Hiro will reunite with Ando and go to Odessa... only too late (and thus why they seem to have that dumbfounded expression on the painting).

Too bad we'll have to wait two more episodes to see this, as the next one is probably full of 'flashbacks' from 6 months ago. Apparently since Lost, flashbacks are a big thing, so why not make a whole episode with flashbacks, eh?

Flashbacks have been the thing to do since long before Lost. At least this time they have a compl=elling story reason to get us there.

Naa. At this point, HRG doesn't know Sylar has been captured. It's simpler than that - he doesn't want Claire running all around the school considering that someone with powers just tried to kill her. He doesn't want Peter to be arrested - in fact, since Claire tells him that Peter saved her, HRG has no reason to think that Peter will even BE arrested.

ON the other hand, I don't have a problem with any of this other stuff. We know Matt questions Peter, and it's possible that Claire tells her dad and her dad tells her that he has known all along.

I agree with the FBI thing. Matt and Audrey will go down, Matt and Peter will read each other's minds, and Matt and Audrey will take Peter into custody but believe that he isn't Sylar.

That's how Peter gets out of jail. Between Matt knowing about Sylar, about HRG and his organization and about the name 'Claire', and Peter having fought Sylar and saved Claire and knowing about Mohinder and Isaac, and knowing that Nathan said he was nearly kidnapped in Vegas, I think this will be the most significant sharing of information between heroes in the entire show to date.

if you listen when the cops run up to peter one of them says "theres the man in the trench coat the janitor said he seen" or something to that affect, the janitor called the cops. and HRG also tells Clair " the cops with take care of everything" so he could have called the cops and said he was the janitor.

HRG has Sylar which is who he has been trying to get ahold of. Thats what he wanted to happen.

I think we are forgetting that HRG has the paintings. All of them (besides the one Nathan destroyed) and knows that someone in a trench coat is supposed to be there to save the cheerleader. HRG assumes when Claire says Peter this is the other Hero and that who ever it is can take care of themselves.

I can't say as to why HRG wouldn't let Claire go back for Peter. I do know she won't stand for him getting framed for that murder since she knows he saved her. Maybe it's a redirection because HRG/Eden/Haitian have Sylar now and need some time with him.

I don't know what they're going to do with Sylar.. He's a sociopath.. A mental illness like that can't be wiped.. I think even if they took all his memories he'd still be nuts.. But I'm not a shrink so what do I know.

I saw the scenes for next week and played them back frame by frame.. There is a scene with Eden in a black sports car getting pulled over by Matt and Matt walking up to the car. I find it likely that Matt will go to Texas to Interrogate Peter and they'll both read eachother's minds. Yes a significant exchange of information to date. It would be more so if Peter ever saw the Haitian since that's the part that Matt really wants.

I don't think Peter ie meant to be a jailbird or a fugitive on the run like DL. One fugitive is enough for this show. I do believe he'll be cleared one way or another. I can't believe HRG would leave him to rot in jail for saving his daughter's life. After what we've seen we know HRG loves his Claire dearly.. If anything Maybe Claire begs him to do something about Peter..

There's a shot in the scenes for next week of Nathan driving a car into a medium on a highway.. I don't know what that's about. Maybe he does it by hearing on the radio that Peter Petrelli was arrested in texas for the murder of a "cheerleader".

I wonder if HRG will tell Claire that he killed her mother.. Since she'll be confessing to him about her ability..

Next week's episode takes place 6 months ago. Nathan driving the car into the median on the highway is either the "accident" that peter knew about before he got the call (which was mentioned in the first or second episode, when mom was at the police station for shoplifting) or it's the accident that crippled his wife (or maybe both are the same accident).

Either way, that's from 6 months ago, not a new event.

Oh yes, the flashback episode.. I am very sorry. So 9th Wonders board members 2, Steve 0.. Second spank in so many weeks.. Cool!

Oh and thank you so much for the spellcheck! How could I have possibly gone on in life spelling that word wrong! I know now I can die knowing the truth and my soul will go to heaven!

I don't think HRG was trying to frame Peter. Both Peter and Sylar were "lurking" around the school (looking at the display case with the hero cheerleader). It's very possible that it was a janitor that saw them and found the cheerleader dead. There was enough time between Claire and Peter leaving the locker room for a janitor to find the other cheerleader, especially if he heard the screams. If anybody knows small town Texas football (Not that Odessa is that small), chances are that most of the town's police force are there (so a quick response would be expected).

I would suspect that HRG was more concerned with getting Claire to safety. I doubt he knew exactly what was going on with Sylar and that the Haitian and Eden had taken care of him yet. Now that Sylar has been captured, I'm sure his immediate concerns are going to be dealing with him. That doesn't leave him much time to take care of Peter.

The FBI and Matt will be there in no time as soon as they've heard "Sylar" has been arrested. This sets up the meeting of Matt and Peter. In the end, it will probably end up being HRG coming into the police station with Eden and the Haitian to free Peter. With the two of them, it's as good as having the "flashy thingy" from Men In Black. The Haitian clears their minds of recent events and Eden suggests a new idea.

Other possibilities:
1. Claire testifies that Peter didn't do it and none of the forensic evidence matches, making for a very loose case. Peter gets released.
2. Matt is able to convince people that Peter didn't do it and gets him out (unlike how he did for Ted).
3. Hiro teleports him out or stops time and they walk out. Six extra months is a lot of time to develop his power.
4. Hiro and Ando run into DL again and they work together to free Peter.