
Arthur, who’s probably been through this a time or two before, seems visibly upset by Usutu’s eclipse painting. It actually distracts him from blanking out Hiro. Interestingly, he uses his mental powers from last week to wipe out his memory rather than taking his powers. As noted last week, he already has Hiro’s powers, but I’m kind of surprised he didn’t just take them away to be safe. Unless he can’t take powers that he already has. I don’t know. I don’t get how that Petrelli guy works.
I’m not hugely excited about devolving Hiro to the mental age of 10, actually. For story purposes, it’s interesting. Unfortunately, it feels like they’re just trying to crank up the cute factor on him so we get back to his Season One sense of wonder. This might be a short-lived change, however. I’ll reserve judgment until we have more evidence, since at the very least, it did provide a great joke near the end of the episode.