^^i think you make a lot of good points luxx..
"camp" is the perfect way to describe how sylar has been..
especially this season with his breathy voice, those weird facial expressions/looks and his interactions with maya..
it just seems so forced and fake..
also, good point about the character development...
though peter was in a bunch of episodes and is clearly learning to control his powers i don't think his character has evolved too much..
i'm anticipating something for him in this villains chapter..
especially considering what happened with nathan in the season finale and the realization that adam was using him/betraying him..
i didn't really like anything about nikki's character this season..
don't know what direction that could have gone in and i'm guessing that that may have something to do with the way things ended in the last episode..
it's like she's outgrown any usefulness

though it was pretty cool to see her beat up/pistol-whip that gangbanger or whatever you want to call him
i think hiro's storyline turned out to be interesting and very clever this season..
when he got dropped back into the past at the end of last season i had no idea what was going to happen but i think that turned out to be an interesting turn of events and helped him to evolve into a more serious, less naive character..