Season 1: Episode 16 - "Unexpected"

The original air date for this episode was 2.19.07.

Ando is driving Hope away from Vegas but doesn't realize shes a criminal/fugitive who robbed the casino. Ando questions why they are at a airport area and Hope tells Ando to stop asking so many questions. Ando goes to help Hope with her bag and she tells him she will get it. The two end up ripping the bag open and spilling stolen casino chips all over the back of the car. Ando is confused and then Hope pulls a gun on him. Meanwhile, Hiro has been let out of his locked storage closet by the gaming commission's agent from the Vegas Casino Hotel. The agent and Hiro take a road trip to find Ando and Hope. They pull up on Hope as she has the gun drawn. The gaming agent, pulls out a rifle and gun and opens fire. During the gunfight, Ando gets hit. Hiro uses a luggage cart to move into the line of fire and save Ando. The two race to a luggage cart and hide out there while Hope and the agent shoot back and forth at each other. Eventually Hope comes over to where Ando and Hiro are hiding out and points the gun at Hiro. She fires, but just then Hiro's power resurfaces and the bullet stops mid-air, then goes back into the gun. The gaming agent tackles Hope and police descend on her. Hiro realizes that his power works again as he sees the car they had been using is unscratched now. After the melee, Hiro tells Ando that Ando should go back home because Hiro has put him in danger with his mission. Hiro gets on a bus headed for Vegas alone, as Ando with his arm in a sling waves goodbye to his friend.

Sylar and Mohinder go to meet the first of the hero names on their list, a woman working in an older auto garage. They come up to the woman who is doing some welding and wearing an IPOD and headphones. Mohinder explains why they came to see her, based on her DNA sample she gave 11 years ago for the Human Genome Project. The woman's power is revealed to be extra-sensitive hearing, she can hear sounds loud and clear from far distances, including a person's mood by their heartbeat. She is hesitant to talk to them at first. Sylar posing as Zane Taylor takes a wrench and shows the woman his ability to melt it down. The woman is amazed someone is like her and then agrees to let Mohinder and Sylar come back the next AM to test her. When Mohinder and Sylar are checking into hotel rooms later that night. Sylar stops to discuss the work they are doing. Mohinder mentions that a character named Sylar murdered his father. Sylar becomes interested and says its awful what happened and that he hopes Mohinder can find this man. Later on, Sylar is seen back at the garage where the woman is working. She hears him coming with her extra hearing ability. She tells Sylar she didnt hear him in there and he says its because he has no footsteps. The woman then hears Sylar's heart beating strange and asks what that sound in his heart is. He tells the woman "Murder". The next morning Sylar and Mohinder pull up to the woman's garage. Sylar's newly acquired power is causing him to hear everything at extra loud volumes. The music blaring from the garage is disrupting him, so he tells Mohinder he'll stay in the car. Mohinder enters the garage and sees the woman has been brutally murdered with her head cut off. Mohinder fights back the urge to vomit. Sylar goes over and sees it as well and pretends he's disturbed. Mohinder is ready to call the police, but Sylar convinces him to hold off as they leave the scene.

Meanwhile Ted Sprague is still out in a abandoned cabin in the Nevada dessert practicing with his radioactivity. All of a sudden his laptop comes on and he is getting instant messages from "Wireless". He is amazed at this because he doesn't have internet service out where he is. The IM says that the person knows what they have done to him, and an image of a special injector gun appears on screen. Ted types in "we should meet" and the next message says "behind you". A woman is in the cabin and Ted is shocked. She tells him she knows what happened to them. She tells them they can work together to go nuke the guys who did this to them. Ted agrees.

Matt Parkman is at home with his wife and she discovers a new ring in their clothes drawer where Matt has hidden the diamonds Moskey left behind before he was killed. Matt's wife is shocked at him buying such a pricey ring. Matt tells her he got it from a guy he knows at wholesale. Later, Matt's wife confronts Matt saying she took the ring to be re-sized and the jeweler said it was worth $40,000 and accused her of stealing it. She asks Matt for the truth and he eventually tells her where it all came from. Matt's wife is unhappy with this whole situation, so Matt says he will go bring the diamonds to the station right then. Just then, a phone call comes through and it is a stranger asking Matt to meet up somewhere. Matt tells his wife he needs to rush off immediately. Matt goes to a graveyard and Ted Sprague is there. Sprague and his new female friend, Wireless tell Matt about Primatech (HRG's operation) and how they had special pneumatic needles sent there from overseas. Sprague tells Matt they need his help to find the guy who did this to them. Matt tells them his wife is pregnant and he wants to forget about all this. They tell Matt he needs to confront this so they can stop it and be heroes possibly.

Claire is at home with her adoptive mom who recently had lashed out at Claire and Mr Muggles and acted as if she remembered nobody in the house. Claire's mom has her memory back. Claire tries to talk to her mom about being brainwashed by HRG, but Claire's mother is very skeptical and tells Claire HRG is doing the best he can, they just need to await the Neurologist's tests. As Claire's mom walks into the kitchen with a jug of milk, she collapses on the floor. Claire rushes to her side and begins to cry. Claire calls HRG telling him he needs to come home right away because she just called 911 for Mrs. Bennett.

Peter is still training with Claude. Claude is swinging a cane/stick at Peter and hitting him with it, knocking him around on the rooftop. Claude is encouraging Peter to use his powers to prevent this. Eventually, after being struck many times, Peter taps into his telekinesis ability and stops the stick mid air. He then breaks the stick in 2. Claude is amazed and asked where Peter picked that up. Peter explains it was the guy chasing Claire in Texas who threw lockers at him. Later on, Peter and Claude are on the same rooftop at night time. HRG and Haitian appear with night vision goggles and special guns and shoot at Claude, leaving a tracer or tranquilizer in him. 2 more bullets are fired at Peter, but Peter uses his abilities to stop them in the air, almost Matrix style. Peter tosses Claude off the roof and then leaps after him grabbing him from the air and flying them off. Once Peter has Claude back to safety, Claude punches Peter and tells him its his fault these guys are after Claude, because they followed Peter. Claude realizes they must have gotten to Isaak. Peter doubts it until Claude explains usually one of the special people disappears off the face of the earth, then resurfaces and is working for them. Claude tells Peter he can't be around him anymore and has to get out of there. Peter tells him he was making good progress on his training though, but Claude says he'll need to do it alone now. Claude disappears out the door.

Isaak meanwhile has already showed HRG and Haitian the paintings he made of Peter, or the lack of Peter. HRG explains Peter inherits other heroes' abilities and has met an invisible friend they thought was dead. HRG gives Isaak a gun after explaining how dangerous Peter is. Isaak asks HRG what he should do if Peter shows up and HRG says "Save the world". Simone also visits with Isaak and Isaak tries to warn Simone that Peter is a threat now. Simone goes to give Isaak back the key she has to his apartment. Isaak tells her to keep it and tells her he would do anything for her. Simone tells Isaak to find Peter.

Peter later finds Isaak in his apartment and confronts him about being a traitor. Isaak starts to blame Peter for Simone leaving him. Peter says it was Isaak's own fault for being a druggie and leaving town on her. Isaak goes for the gun he has but Peter is able to use telekinesis to deflect the shots away. Peter turns invisible and begins to toss paint buckets at Isaak. Isaak spins around looking for Peter and yells for him to show himself. Isaak fires shots but ends up hitting Simone who has just entered Isaak's doorway. Peter rushes to her as she dies in his arms, and Isaak also comes to her side. The 2 look at each other as Simone lies dying in Peter's arms.

Claire is at the hospital with Mrs Bennett who is in bed on a respirator. The Nurse explains to Claire that Mrs Bennett has a bruise on her brain that causes memory loss. Claire tries to tell the nurse about Haitian and how he can erase memory with his hands. The nurse is overly skeptical and says she needs to talk to Claire's father about this. As HRG returns to the hospital to check on everyone, he goes to have a talk with Claire about what Claire told the nurse. Claire has an outburst and yells at HRG telling him its his fault this has happened to Mrs. Bennett because he keeps messing with her brain. Claire tells HRG sorry isn't good enough. HRG explains to Claire how Sylar escaped and came looking for Claire but found her mom instead, so HRG erased her memory because she is fragile. Claire is still angry at HRG as they return home with Mrs. Bennett. As they are entering the home, HRG tells Claire's brother to escort Mrs Bennett upstairs.

As HRG is talking to Claire, Claire says she wants to run away but can't because she has to protect the family from HRG. Just then Ted Sprague appears from the kitchen. HRG sees him and yells for Claire's brother to get out of the house with Mrs. Bennett. As they try to leave, Matt Parkman appears as does Wireless also with a gun. Matt explains they are there to get answers, as the 3 "heroes" hold the Bennet's captive in their home.

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