i'm going to rein in the horses on Fell too. He's freaking out about repeats, but he counts Peter and Sylar as repeats too -- which means we have at least two of *every* power now. so uh.... too late -- it was at least a big in problem in season one too.
Anyway, also, the Peter becomes Irish Gangster -- hardly the plot there, my boy. Yeah, we may be tired of amnesia, but still, we have to ask, HOW did he end up in Dublin in an empty cargo container that was a) supposed to be full of iPods, and b) was clearly going to be found. We can only suppose that he was put there intentionally so someone would find him. It's not about the gangsters, that's just a ministop on the way.
You're also dropping out Maya. Come on, whenever she's left alone all kinds of people die!
And they're all linked, more tightly than they were in season one, especially by this point.
The someone scary as all crap haunting Molly's dreams is prompting her to make Kensei's kanji. The person who is killing off the company is using the kanji as a message/signature. And the source of the kanji needs help fulfilling his destiny. So uhm. Why is it you're ignoring two thirds (at least) of that whole complication?
My mind has been wrapped up in that -- not so much how Kensei is going to become the hero, that plot is old school and we already know how it's going to turn out, though it is by far the most "fun" of the plots so far, imo. but how he is linked to a) the company, an b) Molly.
Now, extrapolating to comic books. Until recently, no one knew how old Logan was. He could be centuries. Because his body heals itself -- including of old age symptoms. Could Kensei be the guy killing off the company? And is he doing it because he's a hero or because his destiny went all FUBAR and he's a villain? That would explain why they chose to end season 1 with Hiro going back in time. Him being a villain would also explain why he's tormenting Molly.
Or maybe Sylar's back and he's taken Kensei's brain and gunning for Maya and/or her hermano, which would make him just as dangerous as any nuke.
Finally, I like that it's less urgent. It's starting off subtle. That's good story telling too. Don't reveal the whole of the bad guy's plan at first.