In this episode, Matt Parkman takes a job as a bodyguard, and finds himself facing off with Jessica/Niki. Claire realizes she can’t deal with what she knows about her adopted father and attempts to get her biological mother to tell her about her real father. Hiro and Ando help a Vegas showgirl who claims she can get them an introduction to Linderman, and Mohinder and Sylar are both looking for more superpowered individuals.

All in all, I’d hoped that, with a name like “Run!”, we’d get a more exciting episode. This one wasn’t bad, mind. It set up some interesting plot ideas, but it just lacked the punch that the last episode had. The problem with ensemble shows this big is that it becomes impossible to feature every character in every episode, especially when the characters aren’t interacting with one another much yet, and occasionally you end up with an episode where the stories being told don’t focus on characters you really like.

Oddly, this episode wasn’t one of those (I usually really enjoy both Hiro and Matt), and it still seemed much less entertaining to me than the last episode.

Anyway, there are spoilers in the comments below.

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