As loyal Heroes viewers, we hope and pray that tonight's ending at least laid the groundwork for a story line that will give all characters a common purpose.

Because we're not sure how many more episodes such as "The Line" we can take.

Hiro is still nothing but a lovelorn shell of his former self in Japan? Claire is resigned to plots about joining the cheerleading squad? Mohinder is the whipping boy of the company and the only interesting aspect of last week's episode - Parkman and his father - isn't even mentioned?

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