We all caught that drawing that Peter did in the hospital, which showed him flying towards Nathan on the roof. Remember that Peter touched Isaac when Isaac was high in the apartment in ep 1 (and presumably using his power to see into the future), and now Peter can see the future. Peter also touched Nathan when Nathan was using his power to fly, now Peter can fly. It would seem that Peter can take another hero's ability and use them, if he touches them while they are using their powers.

also spoilers *** but look at discussion in spoiler section for episode 3 and the flying brothers thread.

I kinda hope not, because then they're just copying Rogue, but without the nasty side effects for the people.

hmmm, obviously Sylar can't do it the way Peter can...makes since now that we have HRG (Horned Rim Glasses) chasing all these people down...he wants their super powers.

I actually agree with that. I didnt think about the whole picture and how he touched Issac untill now but that makes alot of sense. Because in the live Blog with Tim Kring last week they asked about Peter's ability and all he said was he was very emphatic meaning in tune to other peoples feelings so this would have to do alot with his ability.

Or maybe that's what Sylar's up to too?

also, maybe he can only carry one power at a time?

Take a look at Oddball Extreme's thread. He posted a few things he read from the TV Guide mag thats due out in mailbox's and stores this week. He posted this from his TV Guide about Peter... Peter's ability will be the same as Rogue from the X-Men. He'll be able to absorb other people's powers, but according to ol' Mr. Kring, Peter "will be tempted whether to use it for good or evil."

I'm not so sure. Think about it. Peter was having dreams or visions of flying some of which included his bother. If that was him sensing the future he was getting it before he touched Isaac. So maybe he has some sort of immediate danger sense, remember, in the first episode he told his mom he knew about the accident when it happened before he got the call. Just something to think about.

Maybe Peter does have two powers and he didn?t fly as easily as his brother because his ?danger since was developed first.

I'm just glad Peter can fly. I really wanted to see him fly cause he wanted to.

I'm guessing (at this point) that the limitation in Peter's case could be that he can't use the power as well as the person he "borrows" it from...

Nathan could actually FLY... so, far (stepping out of bed, just before he fell from Nathan's grip and when he stepped off the ledge) Peter could only HOVER...

We shall see...

I don't know if he actually copies all their power. He can predict the futures like Isaac but it's a primitive type of drawing(stick figures). He just proven he can float but can he fly?

I think that he may psychically connect with other heroes and that's how he used their powers. Remember when he was talking to Peter he said "You're lying. You're telling me what I want to hear." And then he flew. Maybe he was sympathetic to Issac at the time because of his worry or his fear and that's how he had the vision. ( I don't remember that part though...)

After reading this and thinking back to the episode, it makes sense that Peter could be taken others powers. In a way its almost like he copies them and keeps them after he has copied them, unlike rouge who lost them after a while.

I was so happy Peter started to fly I started jumping up and down.

lemme rock that theory for a second...

remember in the first episode, he was having "preminotions" or dreams about falling and meeting his brother on the ground.

this was before he met the guy with the paintings and futuretelling..ness...

so what about that? plus, he said he though his foot hovered... but in your theory he'd probally had contract with him before

Actually I think I might be an sort of really powerful sort of "Spider Sense" as he is able to sense danger and his body reacts to it by giving him the necessary powers to overcome that danger.

Now the first time he jumps he didn't really need any help as his brother could and DID save him.

Course next time it was less extreme. He walked off a ledge it would be dangerous if he fell so he ended up floating. Once it was safe and he knew what was going on the levitation disappeared.

Just my theory.

Peter seems to have his own abilities, beyond that of perhaps taking on other's abilities. As was mentioned, he already seems to have a psychic link with his brother, as he knew about his brother's accident as it was happening. As far as having "premonitions" of flying, perhaps some of those flying dreams were actually Peter knowing psychically what his brother was doing, as was the case during the accident. Perhaps Nathan has been flying around New York at night, and Peter has been along for the ride while dreaming.

As far as Mica is concerned, if his father is the guy in prison who finds he can do a "Kitty Pryde" and phase through solids, it makes Mica a 2nd generation, with both parents "special", a "pure-blood" for all you Potter fans out there. The guess at our house is that he's a "technopath", someone who can control technological devices. Perhaps he can also mentally follow computer data and network paths, etc.

I think Peter can actually fly but hasnt developed his powers yet, I mean just like any superhero, he just found out he could fly, now he has to learn how to turn it on and off. Like in Smallville, if any of you watch it, when clark got his heat vision, it just started going off randomly...as to the premonitions, maybe he has some kind of psychic ability, just underdeveloped.

ok wait.. I thought he shares a kiss with Nikki later on.. So by making "contact" with anouther Heroe he can use there powers. That could be where he is tempted to do the most harm.

I agree that Peter can copy other people's powers. What he can't copy are their skills. Isaac's ability to draw has little to do with him being able to see the future. I liked the little stick figures (notice the tie on Nathan?), and didn't even really put it all together until I came to the threads this morning.

I think that the abosorbtion theory is the most plausiable.

As was said in the interview, Peter will have to decide whether to be good or bad. Which, if you could steal/borrow even a fraction of everyone's powers; Regeneration, flight, pre-cognition, technopath, phasing powers, ect. Wouldn't you be unstoppable? That sounds awfully tempting to me.

He reminds me more of Mimic rather than Rogue. (I hope someone here reads - or used to read, like me - Exiles, and remembers Mimic.)

Anyway, Mimic can copy up to five mutants' abilities. It's not as developed as the initial mutants' skills, but he can call on any of the five.

Maybe Peter's similar in that he can "absorb" (I don't quite know that's the right word just yet, but it'll do) a limited number of abilities.

(Can't wait for him to encounter Sylar, then.)

Hmmm...

Possibly. The spoilers we have seem to indicate that Peter's powers are empathic AND that Peter's a power copier.

Well? What if it's both?

The powers in "Heroes," the evolution, they all come from using more of your brain than normal. Keep in mind, Peter's had his power since his dad died. His empathic ability, has been there for many years, if not since birth.

So what happens when he 'empathizes' with someone with powers. What happens when he copies someone else's brain patterns onto his... someone who's brain produces powers?

Well, obviously, he gets those powers too. The ability to draw the future. The ability to fly.

Now Sylar's much different of course... Sylar's eating the brains... which scares me on several different levels, but hey, who knows?

That's my theory, that his empathic abilities give him power copying and that a true telepath in the "Heroes" world would be basically all-powerful.

maybe he was a peter pan fan when he was young.. think happy thoughts..

Yeah, I'm really glad Peter can - to some degree - fly.

I don't see how he can be attempting to fly then landing in a hospital bed in NYC while going on a rampage in LA at the same time...

Ummm... has anyone thought about this theory? That Peter IS Sylar. Later in the series he runs into Hiro takes his ability and turns up in the past. Now he has gone pyschotic because of him absorbing powers and is either eating or studying the brains of those who do have powers. He is a nurse so he would have some knowledge on the whole opening up the brain thing. It's just a theory though.

Interesting... but I thought sylar on the answering machine mentioned that papa suresh was the one that helped him discover his abilities...

Hiro's power... time travel. Sylar is Peter's future self. Future peter takes Hiro's power to go back in time and stop this but also has absorbed niki's power and later on he just goes insane. Maybe the brain thing is nothing more then just a sadistic thing? Ofcourse not.

There must be one ability that comes from his father. His father could not bear the special ability and surely Peter must have touch him at a point.

I think that is highly unlikely... he was still able to draw himself floating in front of his brother (Nathan's power) and the last person he touched was his brother. I hope, however, it's not a "for keeps" thing, cause he would WAY over power anything that come's his way, maybe it's like the "mimic" effect someone mentioned earlier, only a few at a time ... but we shall see.

Mimic wasn't only in Exiles, you know. He got his start (or a version of him, at least) in some of the early X-Men comics.

i love this show. i started crying in so many parts. both tears of joy and pain. i feel bad i read all this though. it ruined it *sobs*

One of the things I noticed was that Peter seemed to need to be in proximity to the person whose power he 'uses'. In the Hospital the only person that he is close to when he draws the stick figures is his mother. The change in evolution, for Peter, has to start with her and his dad. I feel there is more than meets the eye to Peter and Nathan's mother. Oh, and Linderman fits in the background there too!