Season 3: Episode 22: "Turn and Face the Strange"

Episode 22: "Turn and Face the Strange"

The episode opens with HRG unzipping the body bag to check on Sylar's dead body. Danko walks in and HRG asks how he pulled off the kill. Danko says he used to a metal spike to do the trick. HRG comments how last time they used a shard of glass in the back of Sylar's head but the Primatech fire melted it. Danko quips that maybe HRG didn't really want to catch Sylar. Just then, a woman comes in telling Bennet his wife's there to visit. HRG's surprised and Danko says to send her up.

Hiro and Ando are trying to bring the baby to find Matt Parkman Sr. Ando says there's no leads at any of the Parkman numbers he's called. Just then the SUV Hiro's driving loses power as the baby goes into a crying fit.

Suresh tells Matt Parkman he's heading to India and suggests Matt come along. Matt says no thanks as he loads a gun. Suresh tries to talk him out of going after the agents. Matt claims Emile Danko was responsible for Daphne's murder, so now it's time for him to hurt. Matt gives Suresh a hug saying he's been a good friend, then bids farewell.

HRG meets with Sandra out in the hallway. Sandra begins to cause a scene saying Claire is missing and she hasn't even heard from him about it. HRG assures her that Claire's safe and says he saw Sylar's body but not sure it's really his. Just then, Danko interrupts to meet Sandra. He says he's seen her picture and Sandra quips that he probably saw it from the surveillance cameras. HRG suggests that Sandra stay in Costa Verde. Sandra tells HRG she's staying at the Regency hotel and not leaving til HRG finds Claire.

Danko is in the men's room when another version of him comes in, which is Sylar using his shapeshifter power. Sylar jokes about how fun it was being Danko, and Danko tells him what he's doing is dangerous. Danko said he's not going to be part of Sylar killing Bennet. Sylar says he won't kill him, he'll destroy him.

Angela Petrelli contacts HRG about her dream involving Coyote Sands. HRG said anyone who he ever asked about it said he should never ask again. Angela tells HRG that she and Peter are headed to Coyote Sands and she wants him to come meet them, so that everyone can know the truth finally. HRG says he has loose ends to tie up, and that a body was brought in which they say is Sylar's. He says there's one way to prove it. Angela screams for Bennet to leave it alone, but HRG goes into the room to find the body missing. A woman in there says they took all the bodies to the crematorium for BBQ day.

Suresh goes to his old apartment. When he opens the door he finds it abandoned, with all his items taken away. A man comes in who is the landlord. Suresh asks where all his papers and father's work went. The man says homeland security took it and asked for a call if Suresh or Parkman showed up there. Suresh says he'll implicate the landlord if he calls them. The man suggests Suresh get out of there and tells him there's some papers his father left in storage.

Hiro and Ando try to hitch a ride with the baby. Ando tells them it never works, and just then a big tractor trailer stops to pick them up. The driver is Japanese but speaks to them in English saying his name's Sam Douglas from Lubbock, Texas. Hiro says they're trying to get to the East coast to find the baby's father. The driver says he knows a mechanic in a nearby town who can fix their car up. The baby starts crying maniacally and the truck halts to a stop. Ando and Hiro realize the baby has to be happy to make things work.

Matt Parkman is parked outside of Building 26 as Emile Danko walks outside. Matt begins using his thought control to make Danko sense something is wrong. He instructs him to go check on the person closest to him to make sure they're ok. Danko hails a cab and Parkman follows them.

HRG shows up at the crematorium to stop the men with the body supposed to be Sylar's. The agents ask what's going on as Bennet finds the bodybag with Sylar's body in it. He tells the agents to draw their weapons and keep their laser sights on Sylar's head as he pulls the metal spike out of the back of the man's head. They wait for a few moments and HRG realizes it's not really Sylar. He tells the men to send the metal spike in for DNA testing and says not to cremate the body. The agent says he has a signed order, and HRG asks the dead body, "Who are you?"

Parkman follows Danko to a residence. Danko hugs a woman who answers the door, calling her Alena and asks her if everything is ok. The woman and Danko go inside. Matt grabs his pistol from the glove box.

HRG meets with Sandra again as she shows up at his place. She tells him she spoke to Claire about a half hour ago. Sandra gives HRG divorce papers. HRG is upset and tells her not to throw away 22 years of marriage. HRG tells her they owe it to Claire and Lyle to try to pull things together. Sandra calls HRG a liar and betrayer who doesn't care about the family. Sandra says she doesn't love, trust or respect him anymore, then leaves. As Sandra's walking down the street into an alley, all of a sudden it's revealed that the woman was really Sylar using his shapeshifter powers to deceive HRG.

Hiro, Ando and the truck driver are stopped with the baby seated outside the truck. The driver says he needs to get going with his cargo, so he wishes them good luck and leaves. Hiro and Ando try all they can to entertain the baby and make it stop crying. Finally it stops crying as Ando makes a funny face. Hiro shoves Ando in the back, where Ando has to keep making the face to keep the baby happy.

Danko meets with Alena. She calls him "Jakob". He tells her he has to get going back to Chicago tonight due to a mix up at the warehouse. Parkman hides around the corner, as a car comes to pick up Danko. As Danko leaves in the car, Matt enters the woman's home with his gun drawn. He prepares to shoot her but can't bring himself to do it and stops. Just then she turns around and asks how he got in her home. Matt apologizes saying "sorry this was a bad idea". Alena asked if the escort service sent him over. Matt is surprised by this and asks if the man who was just there was a client also. She says his name is "Jakob Prodasa". Matt plants the thought in her head that he works with Jakob and he asked him to come over to meet. Alena insists that Parkman stays.

HRG is still shaken up over being divorced. He looks over the divorce papers, then uses his computer to compare the signature on it with Sandra's real signature. He notices it doesn't match up. HRG calls in for the DNA test results on Sylar's body and the man on the other end tells him the results came back as James Martin's DNA. HRG pulls up Martin's picture, thanking the agent for his help. HRG realizes Sylar is a shapeshifter now.

Matt questions the woman about her relationship with Jakob. She says they've known each other for a while. She also says Danko told her about his wife and two kids. Alena says Jakob loves her, and will come back to be in her life. Matt tells the woman Jakob doesn't deserve her. Matt tells her that whatever Jakob (Danko) has told her is probably a lie. The woman becomes frightened so Matt says he'll show her all about Danko.

Hiro finally gets through a call to Suresh. Hiro asks Suresh where Matt Parkman is now. Suresh says he's still in DC, but that Matt is on a dangerous course. Hiro says they need to save him. Suresh says he's tried but it didn't work. He gives Hiro the last known address for Parkman before the pull away. As they leave, around the other side of a stand of maps and information, Claire and Nathan just happen to be looking for Coyote Sands. Claire points it out and asks why they have to meet Angela there. Nathan says when her grandmother has a dream, they need to pay attention.

Suresh finds the papers his father left behind regarding "Project Icarus" which was worked on at Coyote Sands. Suresh opens a file folder to see that his father was there in Coyote Sands.

Sandra Bennet arrives home at night. As she puts her keys and purse down someone comes up behind her with a gun, sticking it against the back of her head. She becomes scared and tells them there's money in her purse. The voice which is HRG',s, says he's not there for her money. Sandra realizes who it is. HRG says if she says another word she dies. Sandra asks him what he's doing and HRG angrily begins accusing her of being Sylar in disguise. Sandra starts yelling out bits of info that only she and HRG would know. HRG accuses her of being Sylar still, until their son Lyle calls asking where the pills for Mr. Muggles are. Sandra tells HRG the exact location and to get the brown ones not the green. HRG relays the message then realizes it really is Sandra. He tries to explain to her how Sylar is a shapeshifter and fooled him. Sandra tells him to leave regardless of the fact she believes him. HRG leaves and Sandra locks the door behind him.

Alena shows up at Danko's apartment in DC. He's surprised by her visit as she starts asking if he really lives there. Danko asks how she got there, and Matt Parkman reveals himself with a gun in hand. He tells them both to get in the apartment. Danko asks Matt if this is what he's been reduced to. Danko tries to convince Alena that Matt makes people believe lies. Matt says he's used to working around basket cases like Danko from his years as a cop. Matt tells Alena that Danko kills people for a living. Alena asks Jakob (Danko) if this is true. Matt begins using his power to make Danko confess to not really being Jakob and to how he let Daphne die when he had a choice. Matt realizes Danko really cares about Alena and points the gun at her. Danko tells him to go ahead if he thinks it will make a difference in things. Matt apologizes to Alena as he begins to break down in tears saying in Danko's world there's no room for mercy. Matt drops the gun, and Danko quickly grabs his gun. He aims at Matt. Parkman tells him to go ahead and finish it. Alena pleads for Danko not to do it, but the shot fires. The bullet freezes midway between the gun and Parkman. Hiro enters the scene and says "Close one", then finds a desk chair with wheels. He sits Matt down in it and wheels him out of the room. As time starts again, the bullet hits into the fireplace/mantel. Danko rushes out of the room with no sign of Parkman, then returns to the room. Alena calls him a monster telling him to stay away from her.

HRG waltzes into the Building 26 offices all smiles. He goes into Danko's office and Danko asks him "what is it Bennet?" HRG says "guess again", then tells Danko how he went to Bennet's apartment and told the doorman he forgot his key. He hands a file folder to Danko which is Bennet's old Primatech file. Sylar says Bennet's been holding out on him. Danko says he isn't surprised, thinking HRG is really Sylar. Danko begins looking over the file folder, and HRG pulls a gun right on him. It's the real HRG, and he lets Danko know that he is aware of how they killed James Martin. Danko asks what he wants and HRG says Sylar on a platter. Danko reveals that Sylar's been disguised as one of the team leader agents, and they're currently on a mission. He says they'll be back in an hour, so HRG says they'll both wait for them to return to homebase.

Matt tells Hiro he didn't have to rescue him. Hiro begins to tell Matt they're not like the government agents because they don't always need to get retribution. Matt seems despressed but just then they turn the corner and Ando is sitting in the field with the baby in his arms. Matt asks them what's with the kid, and they reveal it's Matt's son. Matt picks him up and is overjoyed. Hiro tells him this is the reason Matt can't give up on things, telling Matt his son also has a power.

As Agent Donner enters a room with some other agents, HRG and Danko arrive to the scene. HRG tells Donner he wanted to congratulate him on all the recent victories they've had. Donner thanks HRG and as he turns away from him, HRG sticks a gun at the back of his head. He tells the other men that this man is Sylar as a shapeshifter. HRG orders them to get their sights locked on the back of the man's head. HRG tells Danko to confirm it, but Danko says he has no idea what Bennet's talking about. Just then one of the other agents senses HRG is going to shoot so he strikes his arm. HRG's gun goes off shooting Donner in the back. HRG tells everyone now he'll prove it's Sylar because the man will heal. The agent continues to lay in a pool of his own blood, not moving. Danko kneels down to check his pulse and confirms the man is dead. Danko says Sylar was never in the building and accuses HRG of killing an innocent agent. HRG grabs Danko and points his gun at him forcing the agents to put their weapons down. HRG backs way then shoves Danko and takes off running to the outside, into the streets pushing down people in his way frantically. Danko orders the men to go after him.

Danko is shown again in the room where Agent Donner was shot. He says he didn't have a lot of options and had to direct him somewhere. Just then, the agent is shown on the ground and he gets up out of the pool of blood. It's Sylar and he spits out the bullet. Sylar says he could have told HRG that Sylar was posing as Agent Foster. Danko said then Foster would be dead. Danko is surprised at how much blood came out of Sylar, and Sylar says he squeezed out some extra for show.

HRG phones Sandra telling her he misses her and the family. He says he can't leave her this number because all his numbers are burned. HRG promises to call again when things are safer.

Suresh begins packing up for Coyote Sands. Ando and Hiro continue to travel with Matt Parkman. Danko phones Alena, saying he understands she must feel angry and betrayed, but that Jakob Prodasa is the man he wants to be. Alena is shown leaving her home as Danko continues leaving her a message. He says he's begging for a chance to prove himself, just as Alena puts her luggage into a taxi and leaves.

Angela and Peter show up at Coyote Sands, an old desserted town. Just then, Nathan and Claire arrive from the sky. Peter is upset that Angela called Nathan to meet them. Angela says he's family and needs to be there. Claire rushes over to calm Peter down. Angela tells them that in order to understand the future they'll need to understand the past. She opens the back door of the van and grabs shovels, telling them to find out they have to dig.

The episode ends with Suresh narrating about the myth of Icarus, a boy who was warned not to fly too close to the sun by his father. The boy didn't listen and ended up burning off his wax wings when he flew too close to the sun. The Petrellis are shown digging in the dirt at nighttime in Coyote Sands. Nathan suddenly stops digging as he finds a human skull. Angela nearly passes out. Peter asks if she knew the person and Angela responds she knew "all of them". Nathan asks how many there are and she tells them to keep digging. Just then a car pulls up. Claire rushes over to see it and HRG gets out. The scene pans to a wide view of several graves with skeletal remains being revealed. To be continued....