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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Season 3: Episode 1: "The Second Coming"

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Episode 301: The Second Coming

Here's a rundown of what happened in the explosive 1st episode of Heroes Season 3 "Villains", called "The Second Coming". In this episode we learn the identity of the person who shot Nathan Petrelli, we see Sylar back in action, Suresh learning about power, and much more!

We open four years in the future with Peter rushing into a dark abandoned building. As he turns, Claire Bennett dressed in all black is pointing a gun at Peter. Claire states she's changed. Peter asks her to give him the chance to go back in time and fix things so everyone won't know about their abilities. Claire refuses to accept it and fires a gunshot at Peter, but he stops time, preventing the shot from hitting him. Peter takes the gun and teleports away.

Peter teleports to present day, the press conference being held by his brother Nathan Petrelli, Matt Parkman and Peter. Dressed in all black with a gun in hand, Peter fires two shots from the back of the press crowd, hitting Nathan in the chest. Nathan falls and is taken to the ER. After long moments of waiting, a doctor informs Peter that he's sorry. Peter goes in to see his bloody-chested brother on the operating table. All of a sudden, Nathan wakes up in Peter's arms.

Peter placed a phone call to Claire, most likely informing her of what he did to save the world again (shooting Nathan). Claire starts packing her things to run away from home. All of a sudden, she's faced with Sylar, who says he's back to his old self, sorta. Sylar begins stalking Claire around the house in attempt to steal her brain/power.

Maya is staying at Suresh's apartment. She argues with Suresh saying he has yet to try to help her find a cure. Maya starts getting upset and Suresh feels the slight effects until Maya comes down again. Suresh then has a realization, the powers come from the adrenaline glands of the person, not their blood. Suresh claims his father was doing research on the wrong spot of the human with powers.

Hiro Nakamura has now inherited his father's vast fortune, and company. He receives a video tape from his father, that he and Ando watch. Mr. Nakamura tells hero he nows safeguards an important secret kept in a locked safe. Mr. Nakamura says Hiro is considered a "sentinel" now and must never open that safe. Hiro says he doesn't want to be a sentinel, but wants to be a hero, so he looks for way to open the safe, despite Ando protesting. Hiro discovers the controls to the hidden safe and opens it, finding another video tape. The video is of his father, angrily saying he told him not to open the safe. Hiro's dad says this is a "half of the formula" and there are "those who will stop at nothing to get it". Mr. Nakamura says to guard it with his life, and if it falls in the wrong hands then they must rely upon "one of them who has the purity of blood" to undo things.

As Hiro is checking out the chemistry notes which are the "half of the formula" he must safeguard, all of a sudden a flash occurrs and something has taken the paper from his hand. Hiro stops time and follows a trail of some sort of plamsa or waves until he finds a blond girl. Time begins again and Hiro confronts her for stealing it. She asks how the time-stopping power works and Hiro isn't sure. The girl refuses to return the formula to him, then punches Hiro in the face and runs off at hyper-speed.

Peter goes to recover the gun he hid in a storage closet after shooting Nathan. As he's searching, Matt Parkman walks in holding the gun as evidence. He confronts Peter asking why he knew it'd be there. Eventually, Peter informs Matt he came from the future to stop Nathan from telling the world about them all. Peter morphs into a future self, complete with a scar across his face, then uses his power of teleportation to send Matt away. Peter exits the closet, and morphs back into "present day Peter".

Nathan walks out of the hospital on his own accord. Nathan heads across the street to a church, and a TV reporter/cameraman follow him in, as does Peter. Nathan speaks to a woman and her children seated in the front row of the church, saying he saw God today. Nathan speaks of now knowing he's here to do great things, and that all humans are connected in their purpose. Peter is ready to shoot in case Nathan reveals any secrets, but instead Nathan speaks about God and purpose. Nathan is about to collapse, but Peter is there to catch him.

Sylar continues to wait outside a closet that Claire has locked herself in. He finds a box on the kitchen counter marked "Dad's Office" and inside finds a file folder marked "Level 5". Sylar calls it a shopping list of powers, but first he wants Claire's. Claire rushs out of the closet and stabs Sylar in the chest, then takes off running for a door. Sylar uses telekinesis to stop her then flings her up against a wall and keeps her there. Sylar begins using his buzzsaw finger technique in order to take Claire's brain and power.

Sylar "operates" on Claire on a table, with her head opened up. Claire asks if he's going to eat her brain, but Sylar quips that's disgusting. Sylar locates a spot in Claire's brain that he touches claiming "there it is". Sylar seems to transport Claire's power of being able to heal from attacks and wounds. Sylar takes the top of Claire's head and sticks it back on, then walks towards the door with the file on "Level 5". Claire asks Sylar if he's going to kill her, but Sylar says he realized now Claire is different and not like the others. Sylar says Claire "can't die" and now neither can he.

Suresh makes a major discovery based on Maya's DNA. Suresh says he has found the way to now "give powers" to anyone. Maya pleads with Suresh to destroy it, but Suresh says no way. Suresh says if he had the chance to inject himself with a power, he may have been able to stop Sylar from killing his father. Maya says if what's in the syringe can't cure her, it's evil and Suresh should destroy it.

Peter sits in Nathan's hospital room, where Nathan continues to say God saved him and gave him a second chance to do good things. Nathan tells Peter they can be angels of good, doing God's work. Nathan closes his eyes and Peter kisses his brother on the head saying he hopes he forgives him. As Peter leaves, Mr. Linderman makes a surprise return to visit Nathan. Nathan says he's the one who healed him, and Linderman says they are destined to do great things. We cut to a scene in a hotel with a Governor watching the news story of the miraculous recovery of Nathan Petrelli. He yells to a woman who he calls "Tracy", saying he things they found their man. A woman emerges from the bedroom in lingerie, and it's Nikki/Jessica saying "I like him".

Matt Parkman awakes in the middle of a vast dessert with nobody visibly around for miles. Hiro and Ando contemplate what the formula means and the girl who stole it. Ando suggests Hiro go back in time, but Hiro says not after his last episode. Hiro chooses to teleport into the future to see how the world is destroyed so they can stop it. In the future, Hiro finds a chaotic scene with people screaming in the city. He then sees he and Ando having a confrontation up on a bridge/platform area. Ando tells Hiro to "hand over the formula". Hiro claims Ando betrayed him, but Ando says he's wrong then shoots lighting energy bolts into Hiro. Ando takes off with the paper/formula. Next thing we see the city lights shut out and explosions occurring. Hiro warps back to present day and tells Ando "they must find the formula".

Mrs. Petrelli visits Peter at the hospital and asks what he did with her son. Mrs. Petrelli tells Peter by shooting Nathan he "screwed things up" creating a different chain of events and a worse future outcome. She asks what was done with her son, and "Peter" says not to worry, then leaves. We cut to the scene of Level 5 where a bald man is shouting he shouldn't be locked away because he's Peter Petrelli. We also see Mr. Bennett aka "HRG" locked in a cell, patiently bouncing a ball against the glass.

The scene shifts to the dessert where Matt Parkman is searching for anything. He finds a strange painted picture on a rock, that looks like an exploding Earth. Next, we see Claire sitting at home still bleeding as her mom and brother arrive home. Sylar is shown walking with the Level 5 file folder. Suresh has injected himself with his new syringe to "give powers", but is passed out. Two robbers come and try to take his money, with a gun in hand. Suresh awakes and is able to bend the front of the gun, then throws one of the men many feet away in the air. The two take off running. Suresh chases briefly then stops near a wall where we see the same sort of mysterious painting Matt Parkman saw.

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1 Comments:

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