Sorry I’m a day late, but I don’t believe my review of Monday night’s ep will be a dollar short. (First off: Don’t read if you didn’t watch, etc.)

There were several jaw-droppers, I thought, in the episode, not least of all the BIG one — Hiro kills Ando?

I know, you thought I was going to say that the big one was Matt’s dad making folks see Linderman and THEN finding out that Papa Petrelli is actually giving Matt’s dad orders.

And while that was a surprise, you can’t tell me that until the second Ando slumped onto the floor, seemingly dead, that you didn’t believe Hiro would find some way to save his best buddy. But Hiro is blinded by the thought of being a hero (which is exactly why the formula is out there in the world now anyhow – Hiro couldn’t stand the thought of having to be at a desk for the rest of his life, so he disobeyed his father’s dying request/order) that he believed Ando’s death was justified if it meant being able to save the world.

At least we now know why Ando would turn against Hiro to the point of trying to take his life. The question is: Who finds Ando and saves him? The Mama Petrelli faction or the Papa Petrelli faction?

Daphne is becoming a more complex character, too (speaking of, check out this interview that TVGuide.com did with Brea Grant, who plays the speedster). We saw a bit of that last week in the flash-forwards where she’s married to Matt. But it was nice to see it in the here and now. Up until this point, she was merely an impish, superfast girl. Now we are seeing the woman she will become. Even though she is unable not to obey “Linderman,” she recognizes that, on some level. And she found Ando’s killing extremely distasteful and wasn’t afraid to say it.

Which brings us to the Papa Petrelli/Mr. Parkman reveal.

First off, I was quite surprised when Linderman appeared to Daphne. I thought he was Nathan’s hallucination. Obviously, it was more than a mere hallucination, but still I figured it had something to do, specifically, with Nathan.

Which is not to say it doesn’t. Note that Papa and Mama Petrelli appear to be on opposites sides in this Heroes vs Villains war. Maybe Linderman was Nathan’s dad? Could be, could be…

And who, exactly, are the heroes and the villains here? The Mamas or the Papas?

And now we know that Nathan also wasn’t born with powers. Was Peter? Sylar? (Or did I miss that Mama’s answer to that?) Which other Heroes were born powerless?

I don’t believe Claire was among them. It doesn’t make sense that she would have been given to HRG if she’d not had powers. She’s pretty much had it with HRG now, too. I wonder if she’s the one who ends up killing him.

It’s not bad enough that daddy dearest is now partnered with the man who stole her powers and terrified her; now he’s threatening the life of a mutant who isn’t a bad man just to kill Sylar? Claire realizes that her father, on some deep level, cannot be trusted.

It was a shame, though, that Vortex Man (I can only think of him as Bubbles, as Andre Royo so ably played that character for so long on The Wire, it was hard to get it out of my mind while watching him) got sucked into his own vortex. I think he could have been a very interesting character. Just starting to gain control over his own powers, thought to be “bad,” but just a guy who wants his family back.

Claire’s starting to see — truly, truly see — what work her father has done all these years. Is that how she ends up working for Papa Petrelli?

And quickly: Nice to see Adam back. He’s so deliciously evil. It was fun to see Hiro use his power so easily to keep Adam from strangling him. And seeing Sylar “repair” his broken neck made my neck hurt.

Now, creepiest for last: wtf is up with Mohinder? We all joked that he was turning into the fly, but it appears he actually is. Or a spider. Or some sort of insect creature that takes his victims and entraps them in some sort of weird cocoon. Too bad Dana didn’t have it in her to kill and Suresh knew that. She shoulda gone all Raid on him — kills bugs dead.

We know from Evil Future that Mohinder just hangs out in his dusty laboratory, wearing a hoodie and generally not cleaning up after himself. What, exactly, is going on, and why did his formula go so horribly wrong? Is it that whatever it is in his blood that enabled him to cure the other mutants of that strange disease in Season 1 caused the power-giving blood to mutate him in this way?

Stay tuned…

Photos courtesy of NBC Universal.