The man behind the glasses

Last night's “Heroes” was an interesting change of pace, centered on just one group of characters instead of flitting around from hero to hero. And in revealing the history of H.R.G. (the Horn Rimmed Glasses guy, adoptive father of Claire), the episode also revealed some interesting connections. Hiro's father, for example, is key to this whole shadowy effort of tracking people with powers. And the cranky invisible guy that has more or less become Peter Petrelli's mentor used to be the partner of H.R.G. Cool.

It looks like the status quo has been shaken up, too. Claire's on the run, her dad has joined the ranks of the memory-impaired and officer Matt Parkman may not be going back to his wife any time soon.