Yes. Saying as how Ms. Panettiere has told both stories (she wasn't asked v. she was asked and declined), I give both stories equal validity.

Molly Walker? Yeah, fair enough, her character was written off the show after Season 2, when the actress was …13? 12? And the actress has been on hiatus from acting for the past few years, so they kind of had to recast the character.
Claire Bennet's actress … supposedly (see: http://www.tvguide.com/news… ) was not…

::X-Men animated show theme song plays in my head, while Sylar rips open someone's head::

That's actually a cool idea.

Because Hiro's power has to be constrained by plot needs.

"We've seen before that the duplicate had to hand back his watch to the
prime body so how does it work that the new clones already have full
suicide vests?"
Harris's power makes literally no sense because his duplicates copy their original, including clothes and, apparently, devices. Including bombs and guns.

I was amazed…
1) That Heroes Reborn actually _is_ Star Wars, kind of. It's a bold move on their part to borrow the "we need to hide these twins who will save the world" plot. And, yes, I know that Star Wars is not the only place in all of human fiction where two powerful twins are hidden, but (inserts handwaving)
2)…

This all sounds legit

I'm not going to pretend to be the Official Speaker for the entirety of QUILTBAG people, so, just from my own POV, yes. Barbara's portrayal on the show is awful, just as a human being. The only aspect of her persona that is exclusively bisexual is: she's slutty towards everyone

Good point, Selina. Good point.

A show with a lesbian character? I can't wait to see her steal away some man's girlfriend.
`Said no one, ever.

That seems like a solid prediction. It's a bit … similar to how Season 1 of Heroes ended (Peter soaked up too much power, Nathan flew him away from a crowded area so he could explode without killing anyone), but I think Tim Kring might want the show to be that unoriginal-feeling.

::hides all my teenage-written fanfic about Lara Croft, wherein we co-authored high-impact publications about archaeological ruins::

Korra Korra I think I recognize that character name. That was the name of that Dalek on Star Trek, right? The one that could bend metal, and was named Bender?

Makes too much sense, can't happen.

::puts on all my geology hats::
A solar flare is different than a coronal mass ejection. Solar flares are basically radiation, which travels at light speed. Worst case scenario is that it just smacks the Earth's magnetic field and it might any satellites in the way.

"If this commentariat ever gets nihilistic enough to do a Heroes Reborn drinking game"
::checks the Geneva Conventions::

*8 years later, writes fondly of a show that ended when it hit its prime*

Do you remember that Noah has a fiancée?

Alternatively, he could have
a) teleported the guards away
b) teleported the guards' guns away
c) teleported that Evo checking device away
d) teleported the Eiffel Tower away (maybe he can't but the show hasn't given him constraints)
e) teleported to a vineyard and brought back barrels of wine to get everyone there totally…