Honestly, I didn't think it was that dark! I guess I was in holiday-mode, so at that point everything was shiny and fabulous!

It was nice to be able to put Sylar where he generally is, calling the shots, orchestrating the whole thing. Poor Luke just can't be happy, no matter what he does.

I sweated over that last line--I thought it may be a little too depressing, so IU'm really glad you liked it!