QUOTE (dcg @ Jan 16 2007, 02:20 PM)

I think it is safe to assume that Charlie was being tracked by HRG (He got her murder photo too quick unless he had tested her) I think it is evidenced that she did not remember Hiro from meeting her on her birthday or that she had a supermemory.
Her words to Hiro when he was in the Diner with Ando was something like...
(Japaneese book) I got it for my birthday but just picked it up a week ago.
and
Yeah, I just started remembering things
(not direct quotes but again, something like this)
If her memories were removed by the Haitian then it is no wonder that she didn't remember Hiro from her birthday or that he had given her the Japaneese phrase book, learned Japaneese, etc.
If her memories were not removed by the Haitian then Time Travel issues need to be addressed and discrepencies with the writing of the show. The easiest explanation is usually the right one (but not always)
I agree. personally i do believe HRG had been tracking charlie for some time, before her death of course. it's possible he may have got the haitian to mind-wipe her. but the picture is not evident enough. it's possible HRG never knew charlie, and heard of a death within texas that matched sylar's M.O. - head chopped off & brain gone. straight away HRG would of became suspicious of this, and possibly requested a photo on demand from an unknown source to see if the killing matched sylar's M.O. looking at the photo he would of known it was sylar without a doubt. so that could be another reason why he had the photo. but as to why charlie didn't remember hiro, makes you wonder if HRG was tracking charlie in the 1st place. i mean you don't have to have a mega-memory to remember someone predicting the future, or even putting up a thousand cranes within a matter of seconds, without actually seeing them do it, especially by the person you've come to love. that's something you're going to remember for the rest of you're life, even without having a mega-memory. but to forget all that stuff, within a matter of weeks, or months possibly, makes you think if the haitian had something to do with it or not. so it's possible HRG may have been tracking charlie, or even using the haitian to mind wipe her.
now obviously because charlie has a mega-memory power, she could have countered the haitian. which is why we tend to believe that the haitian had nothing to do it. but we really can't really predict what would happen if the haitian tried to mind-wipe charlie. it's only a 50-50 chance.
it's possible that maybe haitian did wipe her memory. but instead of charlie forgettin it permanently, she may of just forgotten it temporarily. we did see her remember stuff out of the blue; like random things just poppin up out of no where. this could have been something she was remembering from 6 months ago, or possibly before. maybe all her memories were starting to resurface, but the memories of hiro's didn't. well it could of, maybe she probably just needed more time for hiro's to resurface. but since sylar was there - TOO LATE!