Corrected entry: Arthur Petrelli steals Adam Monroe's power and he crumbles to dust because his power was all that was keeping him alive. On the same note, when Arthur steals Peter's power, shouldn't Peter regain all the injuries that Claire's ability let him heal from, such as the injuries from throwing himself off the roof with Sylar and having several chunks of glass embedded in his head?
Heroes (2006)
1 corrected entry in Dying of the Light
Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Milo Ventimiglia, Jack Coleman, Masi Oka
Plot hole: If Noah could be brought back from the dead with Claire's blood why couldn't they bring back Nathan? Was turning Sylar into Nathan really the first thing they could think of?
Hiro Nakamura: Save the cheerleader, save the world.
Trivia: Hiro's dad's license plate says NCC1701 (the actor playing Dad is "Star Trek's" Lieutenant Sulu), which is the registration number of the USS Enterprise on "Star Trek."
Question: Why does Peter use telekinesis to open the vault? Why doesn't he simply phase through?
Chosen answer: Because he's an idiot. From the story point of view, they needed the vault to actually be physically open so that the release of the virus would be a credible threat. Unfortunately, this required that Peter conveniently forget that he could simply walk through The Wall and use his telekinesis to tear the door open instead. Peter's increasingly large arsenal of abilities, where he ended up having pretty much any ability required for any situation, led to a situation where it became necessary to either have Peter apparently forget that he had a given power, as with the vault door scene, or become naively trusting, as with his refusal to scan Adam's mind to confirm his good intent. This problem, which simply made Peter look increasingly dumb as the show progressed, may well have been a key factor in the decision to severely reduce his ability during season three.
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Correction: Not necessarily. Claire's ability healed Peter and made him healthy. From that point on, sure, Peter could no longer heal. But it doesn't mean his healed injuries come back. When Arthur takes Adam's power, we can see it age Adam instantly. Remember Adam is over 400 years old. What we see happening is his 400 year old body withering because he can no longer heal. Peter is in his 20s, so this didn't happen to him.