'Heroes' Eris Quod Sum On NBC

The title of tonight’s episode, “Eris Quod Sum,” is Latin for “I am what you will be.” It shows up a lot on old New England headstones, and it’s kind of a reminder of our mortality: that even the person reading the headstone will someday be under one. What it seems to suggest in this instance, however, feels more like a threat: these characters are gonna keep flip-floppin’ back and forth between good and evil -- or maybe-good and maybe-evil, or kinda okay and kinda wayward, or sorta nice and sorta naughty -- forever and ever. “Nah-nah: You’re evil now, but I’m good, and soon you’ll be good and I’ll be evil!”

Elle (Kristen Bell) needs to become a major player. Although with her abilities out of control, making it so she can't eat, sleep or stand a bucket of water over head (she may be off to see The Wizard, but she melts like the Wicked Witch) does that mean she can't shower? It was fun to see her and Claire teaming up, however briefly. But did it really not occur to them that if you can't keep your cell phone on during flight, how can it be a good idea to bring a human light bulb onboard a plane? So will Elle join the side of the "villains" now that she's going inside Pinehearst?