Hot damn. I'd like to give some credit to West. These past few episode's, he's really picked it up and become a pretty cool guy.


Hats off to West. You've offically moved up in my books.

Yeah, since this episode, I must say West has grown on me.

...Not literally. That would be weird.

I'm gonna have to agree with you...a part of me hopes he will stick around now.

I agree, I think West story has been integrated well into the main story these last few episodes.

Pssh, You know you wish you could have a West growing on you

Or a Mister Muggles.


Or a Claire. *Drools*

Now, Off topic here, but uh,**Deleted**(Don't bleep this out, It's a serious question o.o)

Yep, definitely starting to like West now, although I really wish they'd do the flying scenes better.

who are his parents? it seems like whenever the topic is brought up, it's completely dodged. maybe they have some relation to the 12 in the photo? probably not though, but it would be good to know who they are

I wouldn't mind a Claire or an Elle growing on me, or even a Maya. (Just don't cry... PLEASE don't cry...)
Er, anyway...

Yeah, I'm kinda hoping they keep West around for a bit. He's getting coolio.

I really liked him in his episode.
And he stopped HRG from kill Mohinder.
Except Mohinder kinda killed HRG..
Oh well.
Everybodies fine.
But, yes.
I enjoy West.

I had a feeling Noah and West would get along.

Personally, I really enjoyed the scene where HRG and West are bull****** about the cars they drive (err what car HRG used to drive)


But yeah, West is for real now.. no more sideline wimp

I bet you're on to something with the 12 in the picture - I really like him too - I am very happy that he looked past his own fears of Bennet to protect Claire - very superman

Gotta wonder, working for the company, How many cars you go through(Or houses if you know any Ted's.)

Awesome. West is a good character when he's not all stalker-ish. He's creepy that way.

I am doing a complete about face..I really liked West in the episode tonight...He won me over

Haha. Yeah..I'm really enjoying his character now. Then again, I'm a creepy guy irl, so we've gotten along since the begining.

I've always thought West was pretty cool, but yeah. He's definitely a cool dude now.

It was cool seeing him and HRG getting along.

They finally gave this kid something to do that didn't involve being creepy! Thank god!

I DO NOT like West! He's still creepy, in that stalker-kind of way. I mean, you meet a girl for a couple weeks and you're sure she's the one you want to spend the rest of your life with? Even after discovering her father is the one that kidnapped and experimented on you as a CHILD? And the evil streak he has (freaking out the head cheerleader, having Claire jump to prove herself) is reminiscent of Elle's sense of "fun."

And he's just going to walk out on his own parents? Buh-bye?

And frankly, he's flown more than Nathan, so what will we need Nathan for if West is going to take over. He's a threat to Nathan's screentime.

GO WEST, YOUNG MAN! --LITERALLY!

West definitely redeemed himself! I've never really loathed him, but he was a bit sketchy for a while there. And that whole mini car convo between him and Noah was cute



Normally I would say the same thing, but at the end of the day, she was the only one he knew of at that point that was like him; their abilities sort of connected them. And as traumatized as West was, he probably realized that him and Noah aren't much different -- they both care about Claire.

West was definitely better in this episode - but I was still happy when HRG pinned him to the ground. I was like, YEAH! KICK HIS A**! Show that little punk who's boss! Totally rooting for HRG there, no matter how "morally grey" he is...

yay! all (or most) people are starting to like west!

yay!

whose gonna have the first Noah + West banner?

They make a good team

No, I was really hoping he was hero who was supposed to be killed when he fell after Elle zapped him. (How was he not, by the way?) I was all excited. Then he stood up.

So, uh, should somebody remind Claire that she was snuggling with the guy that got her father killed? Yeesh. I guess she helped too, but still.

I thought West really stepped up this episode.

God, that was soo depressing though.

Yeah, I thought West was pretty cool. I liked the way he scooped HRG up when he stepped outside. The flying looks pretty awesome.

Why is Claire snuggling up with West while her mother is breaking down in the kitchen?! I think Claire really did hate HRG -- even though he's the only reason she's alive and didn't turn out like Elle. She's really turning ungrateful, and more than a normal cheerleader would...I think Bob might have transfused some of Moho's blood into her 'cuz she's caught some of Mo's stoopid gene...

West definately redeemed his character this episode. He's making Mohinder looked more pathetic lol.

Edit: I think Claire is being a typical teenage...rebellion is just part of that. I don't think she hates HRG, she was just cofused and her lil regenative hormones are raging. Being stupid is being a teenage...Mohinder on the other hand, needs his butt kicked.

He's redeemed himself slightly in my eyes because of the funniness, but he would have to do something amazing no, more than amazing to redeem the creepy stalker boy image he's given himself. Stalking just isn't ok in my books.

^I agree about the Mohinder thing, but what's scary is that I (admittedly) might have fallen to that trap, anyone could have if you think about it. I mean he was just trying to stop the virus and he ended up making a bad choice. But he still needs a whippen' for it.

West was so much better in this episode. And you know all stalkers "care" about their victims!(j/k )

He is now on my Awesome List. He replaced Mohinder.

West stock definitely went up big time from this episode... and Mohinder's is closing in on rock bottom.

I think West is Claire's brother ..same dad (Nathan...who also can fly) and different mom? They're getting close Luke and Leia style

West did a good job in this episode.
I don't dislike him so much now.

Yes, I agree. I think the writers wanted to make West a memorable character, but ended up coming on too strong in the early episodes, exaggerating his characteristics (free-thinking, a touch rebellious, assertive, etc.) to the point at which he came across as an annoying, creepy stalker and putting the audience off of him. He's really been coming around recently, though.

And, for whatever reason, I liked that "Mr. Butler! What are you DOING?!" line. It seemed a little odd that he was so shocked that a guy he had been villifying so terribly for the last several years would be thinking of doing something bad, but I guess he really accepted HRG as a good guy afterall once they were united in their concern for Claire. He really projected quite a genuine innocence and naivete there, and actually acted as a conscience for HRG.

I liked west from the start and now I really can say that "I told you he is a good guy from the start you haters!".

Yeah considering how creepy he was at the beginning of the season..

I guess you could say he "creeped" up on my list.

Seconded.

It was great when West swooped down and grabbed Noah when he stepped out of the house. I'm so glad that he didn't just give up on Claire after finding out about her dad. He really showed he cared by trying to get to the actual truth before completely bailing on her.

I always loved West. I'm so happy he's back. He was so important in this episode. I thought him comforting Claire at the end was sweet.

a Citroën, dude, a Citroën, that's French car
Inspector Columbo also had a French car, I guess it was a Peugeot
anyway, Nissan must be French too, since they were bought by Renault


yey, I got it, Heroes is a French show

That is so cheesy and over the top. And no, I still hate West and I hate Noah for his Hitler-like ways.

See... THIS was how to write West!

If you wanted a character to be Claire's love interest that we could actually LIKE this episode proved it...

Unfortunately due to the bad writing he got as the start of the season I still think he's a bit of a creep... but this episode gave a glimmer of what the writer's probably wanted him to be originally, a decent, funny sort of guy who doesn't act like a total stalker.

Even though, I still think he is...

If they wanted to write a NEW character for Volume 3 who had all of West's qualities in this episode, I think most of us would approve wholeheartedly as being a good boyfriend for Claire.

Although part of me does kinda want to give him a chance next season if they let him stick around?

Ah to hell with it... I'm sitting on the fence with this one!

hmmm no...West still = the suck because he still comes across as a bootlegged tom welling and you can't just ignore the stuff he has done in the past

Okay, okay. West FINALLY got like.. somewhat okay this episode. I think it just has to do with the fact that HRG is cool with West.

Anyone HRG is homies with, I can be okay with.

West definitely gained some cool points this episode. He actually turned out to be a pretty good guy. I was surprised he actually turned out helping Noah. It worked surprisingly well.

I would put money on his father being Nathan.

I have a theory on some of the hero family relationships. It seems that when two "heroes" have children that they end up with different powers than their parents. When only one of the parents has a power, that power seems to be passed directly down.

Since Nathan has already been shown to cheat on his wife it is also plausible that he is West's dad as well. This would also add the always fun story line of finding out Claire's boyfriend is really her half-brother.

West is still a creepy stalker.

However, he did step it up last night. Much better performance.

I like that theory. That'd be sooooooo funny if that were true.

I do agree that West is replacing Mohinder in the awesome department. I think the defining moment for me was when West flew Elle into the car. That was awesome.

I WEST WAS AWESOME! He really stood out for me, cuz he got Homie'D up with HRG (i know Homie'D up doesn't excist, but you know what i mean)