Heroes: Trust and Blood

So far this season on Heroes Clair and Peter have worked together to crash a plane probably killing a few people, and now Matt forces a soldier to shoot a bunch of others while Nathan "The Villain" has told the government they exist and talked on the phone, dastardly.
Peter being weakened was interesting and I am certainly looking forward to seeing the next confrontation with Sylar now that they don't have someone who can match him blow for blow, but I wonder if we might all be missing something.
Last volume we learned that Sylar can learn powers through empathy just like Peter could but he doesn't because he doesn't empathize with people. Now with Peter being betrayed by his father and his brother is it possible that he's having the same problem. He can't trust anyone and he doesn't understand them the way he used to so he can't retain their powers as well and if he can just learn to be the person we saw in season one again he could regain full use of his power.
I don't really think that it's true, but I like the possibility. I would also like to see Sylar grow to actually care for his sidekick enough that he gets his ability without killing him, but I don't know if that is likely.

Smallville: Power

I loved last weeks episode of Smallville, but this week felt more like the Lana Lang show. I know that she has always been a part of the show and she is going to remain, but I had real hopes that perhaps they were going to write out the romantic relationship between her and Clark, and perhaps they still will.
That said, I am wondering if this is the future that The Legion members were talking about. Is Lana Lang destined to be a superhero?
Perhaps I missed the references someplace but I am wondering if there was some of the typical Smallville nods to other D.C. characters.