I agree after all I didn't see the little girl's parents brain drained, and I don't think Syler would go after her just because he can ID him ('cause I don't think she can). As for Syler, he is definitely doing some serious Brain sucking. I figure that maybe he can absorb super powers by doing something (eating) with the brains of supers. He seems to have a lot of powers already-telekenesis, flight, regeneration- but then again, he was called patient-0, or something like that. He may be the original mutant and have a lot of, if not all of the powers already. As for passing it on, it could be like Harry Potter, some get it and some don't-you know how genetics go. Maybe the girl is the next Firestarter (1984-ala Drew Barimore, daughter of Heather Locklear and David Keith). Maybe it was a genetic experiment after all and not evolution, I mean come on....how can you predict genetic evolution on a world-wide basis to that degree of surity? That must be one heck of a computer program!!
Oh, one more thing of note, I have a real problem with the heroine guy, but it isn't it interesting that now with the help of the senator's brother, he won't need to shoot up anymore...does the brother's mind link work for more than just his brother???