Heroes Episode 306 "Dying of the Light"

Heroes opens with Suresh narrating and images shown of Mr. Petrelli laying in his hospital bed, then Peter laying subdued within the Company and finally Angella Petrelli laying down. Matt Parkman is shown pushing a cart with the turtle he found in Africa through an airport. Nathan and Tracy are traveling to see Suresh. Sylar is shown waking up, and Suresh is shown looking over at Maya who he put up in a web in his lab.

We return to the scene of the Skunk Bar, where Knox has challenged Hiro to kill his friend Ando, to prove he's a bad guy. Hiro freezes time and teleports to a costume shop where he takes a retracting fake sword and some packets of fake blood. Hiro then teleports back in time to when he and Ando were in the bar with Adam Monroe. Hiro teleports in front of Ando and tells him to use the fake blood packets under his shirt, since he'll have to fake stab him in a few hours. Hiro returns to the present moment, where he turns and stabs Ando with the fake sword. Ando fakes death, and Knox tells Hiro he's in. Daphne gives Hiro a folder and assignment, to track down the precog in Africa. Ando and Hiro teleport off after Daphne leaves.

Claire dashes down the stairs to leave her house as her adoptive mother stops her. She asks Claire where she's going and Claire says to save her mom from the villain Doyle. Mrs. Bennet tells Claire "one of us one of them" and that since she's got no powers, she'll go along. Claire leaves, frustrated. The scene shifts to Doyle's Marionette Theater, where Doyle is continuing to hold Meredith Gordon captive. Doyle vows that he will make her love him once again, but Meredith tells him she never did and he disgusts her. Meredith tells him to let her go or he dies. Doyle tells her he's in control and she can't make a move, since he does it for her. He makes Meredith pick up her wine glass, break it, and then holds the glass against her neck. Meredith begs him not to kill her, and he eventually releases the hold saying she will love him.

At the Pinehearst Company in Fort Lee, NJ, Adam Monroe meets with Knox. Adam asks Knox about his power, and Knox tells him. Knox tosses Adam into the room where Dallas Petrelli is on a breathing device. Adam stands up and walks over to Petrelli, then Mr. Petrelli uses some sort of mind technique to get into his head. Adam begs him not to and tries to run, but Knox turns him back. Eventually, Mr. Petrelli grabs Adam around the arm and drains him of his power and lifeforce, turning him to a skeleton and then to ashes. Mr. Petrelli sits up and tears the breathing tube from his throat, and says "It feels good to breathe again".

At JFK Airport in NY, Daphne is looking at the file folder containing Matt Parkman and Hiro Nakamura's info. She shakes her head and tosses them in a garbage can, but Linderman appears, telling her that's a mistake. Daphne says that she watched Hiro become a killer and doesn't want part of this any longer. Linderman reminds her of some arrangements that had been made for her based on their deal, and Daphne agrees to cooperate. Linderman disappears as Matt Parkman is arriving down an escalator, turtle cage in hand. Parkman's dad is shown nearby hanging up a telephone, then walking off in disgust. Parkman spots Daphne and thanks the turtle. Daphne asks Parkman how he knew her name, then asks him to go sit and talk with her.

Nathan Petrelli and Tracy Strauss arrive at Suresh's lab/apartment. Suresh thinks its Niki, until Nathan fills him in that it's actually her sister and she too has abilities. Tracy shows Suresh her ability to freeze objects and says a Doctor named Zimmerman did this to her and Nathan. Suresh is surprised, saying this is what he's been researching all along and tells Tracy he feels they can be of great help to each other. Suresh gives an injection to both Tracy and Nathan, saying it's the solution to all their problems. All of a sudden, Tracy says something's wrong and collapses on a chair to the floor. Nathan starts seeing things blurry and falls onto the floor, then sees one of the victims Suresh put up in a web. Nathan passes out with Suresh standing nearby.

Daphne gives Parkman a business card and tries to recruit him to work at Pinehurts. Parkman tells Daphne all about his dream vision of the future where they were married and had a baby. Daphne tells Parkman he's getting kind of stalkerish, and is about to run off when Parkman says they named their baby after her grandmother, Daniella. Daphne rushes back over and is amazed Parkman knew this. She tells him to wait for her to come back to the airport in a bit.

Daphne shows up to visit Sylar in his cell and says she's there to break him out so he can meet the man she works for. Sylar refuses to go saying he's no longer a killer. He uses telekinesis to hold Daphne there. She tells him she's on his side and that the Company's trying to change him. She says the man she works for likes Sylar how he is. Daphne quickly puts a business card for Pinehearst in Sylar's hand and then rushes out to run off with another inmate.

Sylar goes in and unstraps Peter from the bed he's on and wakes him. Angrily Peter says that Sylar gave him his killer-type hunger and he wants it gone. Peter informs Sylar that in the future Sylar was different and found a way to supress his ability. Sylar says that gives him hope to find a way to. Sylar tells Peter he needs his help because their mother is in trouble.

Hiro and Ando teleport into Africa in search of the precog who Parkman met with. Hiro warns Ando to be careful since this man can see the future. Ando waits out front of the hut, and Hiro enters the precog's hut. Hiro sees all sorts of the paintings and then spots one of a man hitting him over the head with a shovel. Hiro sees that the paint is still drying and as he turns, he gets hit over the head with a shovel, knocking him out.

Claire and Sandra Bennet arrive at Doyle's place. Claire goes in with one of HRG's stun gun devices, and Sandra chases after her. Inside, Doyle is dancing with Meredith on a stage. Doyle hears a news coming from the front lobby area, and closes Meredith's mouth, then goes out. Out in the lobby he finds Sandra Bennet who says she's looking to book a birthday party for her son. Doyle says he doesn't do parties, but Sandra shows him cash and he tells her to fill out a form. Sandra distracts Doyle a bit saying she'll fill the form out right there, then notices Claire rush down a hall. Sandra says she'll leave to go fill the form out, but Doyle stops her in her tracks, makes her turn around and asks who she is. Claire rushes in and sees Meredith still frozen in position on stage. She tries to get her to escape, but Meredith won't move. Doyle walks in with Sandra and freezes Claire in place just as Claire pulls out a stun gun. Doyle says they have just one shot and makes Claire fire it into a puppet, then drops the gun from her hand.

Ando wakes Hiro up from being knocked out. Ando suggests Hiro warp back in time to just one minute before he was hit. Hiro at first says he vowed to never go back in time again. Hiro finally agrees to do it. He warps back in time and hides behind a rock, to watch the precog inside the hut, hitting another version of himself. Unfortunately, a painting on a rock shows the precog hitting Hiro behind the rock with a shovel. Hiro realizes it, turns and is knocked out yet again. Hiro wakes up again and goes to tell Ando he's done trying time travel on the precog. Hiro suggests they do things the old fashioned way and hide, to wait for the precog to show up.

Daphne speeds into Suresh's place where she recruits him to come help at Pinehearst. She hears a noise from the nearby room and goes in to see Tracy and Nathan on tables and other people in webs on the wall. Suresh tries to grab her, but Daphne rushes off, leaving a card with Suresh to contact Pinehearst.

Doyle has Claire, Sandra and Meredith seated around a table for a game of "spin the gun roulette". The gun spins and points to Claire. Doyle makes her pick it up and tells her to choose who to shoot. He realizes that Sandra is Claire's mom, but isn't sure what relation Meredith is to her. Doyle finally makes Claire point the gun at Meredith and then makes Claire pull the trigger. There's no bullet and the gun clicks as Claire screams. Doyle puts the gun down and tells Sandra it's her time to spin. He makes Sandra spin the gun and it lands on Claire. Doyle forces Sandra to pick up the gun and aim at Claire. Claire tells her mom it's ok to shoot her, as she cries. Sandra pulls the trigger several times and the gun goes off, firing a shot into Claire. Claire falls back and Doyle believes she's dead. Doyle stands up saying, that was fun. As he's turned towards Meredith and Sandra, Claire hits him over the back of the head, knocking him out, then says "show's over".


The scene shifts to Angela Petrelli in a hospital bed, recovering from the vision she had where her believed-to-be-dead husband was alive and taking out the Heroes violently. Sylar and Peter are there. Peter notices Sylar is concerned, and Sylar says she's his mother too. Sylar suggests that Peter go inside her head to find out what's wrong. Peter is knocked back and then draws the helix symbol from Pinehearst. Sylar shows him the card that Daphne gave him earlier.

HRG shows up and shoots Doyle in the neck with something to keep him subdued.. Sandra tells Claire she was amazing, and HRG is impressed that Claire subdued Doyle herself. HRG tells Claire he's impressed, but Claire shoots him a look and walks off. Meredith tells HRG that Claire's a young woman now. HRG says there's a lot more bad guys out there like Doyle they need to watch out for. HRG asks Meredith for her help.

Peter prepares to leave for Pinehearst. Sylar says he's concerned over their mother too, and this angers Peter. Sylar tries to stop him, saying he's consumed by the ability he took in the future. Peter and Sylar get into a fight, with Sylar saying he refuses to let him leave. Peter shows Sylar he's the stronger one now after taking powers. Peter uses lightning to blast Sylar against a wall, then repeatedly punches Sylar with Knox and Niki's strength powers. Peter puts Sylar in his place in the holding cell, hooked up to a machine to keep him subdued.

Back at Suresh' lab, Suresh prepares to do something to Tracy and Nathan. Tracy tries to talk Suresh out of what he's doing, saying she understands how he feels. She puts out her hand and Suresh takes hold of her hand. Then, Tracy uses her power and freezes Suresh's arm. Suresh falls back, and Tracy uses her power to break herself out of the restraints. She frees Nathan and they prepare to escape. Just then, a table flies across the room over their heads. Suresh is back up and tells them they're not done yet.

Parkman is about to leave the airport, and just then Daphne rushes in. Daphne tells Matt he wouldn't fit in at Pinehearst and he needs to stay away from them. Matt tells Daphne that in the future Pinehearst will kill her. He informs her that he met a man in Africa. Matt asks Daphne what Pinehearst has over her and say's he'll protect her. Daphne tells him she can't and runs off, saying goodbye to Parkman.

Hiro and Ando prepare once again to face the precog in Africa, this time at night. Ando spots a shovel leaning against a rock. Hiro enters the hut with the shovel in hand. The precog is at a fire, and Hiro prepares to bash him over the head. The precog tells Hiro that he passed his test, and stopped relying so much on his powers, but instead used his head. The precog shows Hiro a painting with the helix symbol and four villains around it. The precog asks Hiro to take him to them, and then he can follow his own path.

Peter teleports to Pinehearst and walks into the building invisible. Inside Dallas Petrelli is enjoying a drink as Knox, Daphne, Parkman's dad and another of the escaped villains are there. All of a sudden, Peter busts in. The villains prepare to battle him, and Mr. Petrelli says its ok, because it's his son. Peter asks how it's possible he's alive, then asks if he's behind what happened to his mother. Dallas tells Peter to give him a hug, and in doing son, Mr. Petrelli drains Peter of all of his powers. Mr. Petrelli reveals that now he has all of Peter's powers.

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Season 3: Episode 305: "Angels & Monsters"

The episode opens with Nathan Petrelli narrating about his second chance and how everything's happening so fast. He's shown in bed with Tracy Strauss, and scenes are shown from various Heroes; Hiro & Ando digging up Takezo Kenzei, Claire getting a gun ready in her car, Peter confronting Sylar in present day, and Mohinder Suresh in the woods overlooking a village area. In his narration, Nathan questions whether he's an angel or a monster, hero or villain?

Nathan gets up for a late night snack and as he's shutting the fridge, Linderman appears. Linderman and Nathan discuss the various religious signs that God sent. Nathan disagrees that a dead mobster could be sent by God, but questions how Linderman knew Tracy would need help. Tracy comes into the kitchen and asks Nathan who he was talking to.

Mohinder confronts a stranger, saying he needs something from him. Mohinder says he needs something to "take the edge off". The man offers a variety of drugs, but Mohinder says he needs him, and grabs the man.

Peter confronts Sylar in his cell at The Company, saying he'll never be like him. Sylar informs Peter they're brothers, and as Peter goes ballistic, his mother Angela comes walking over. Peter breaks Sylar's neck, and drops him. Angela enters and Peter suspends her motion, asking what other secret's she's keeping. Peter decides to buzzsaw into her forehead to get the secrets himself. Sylar is able to heal himself back and then flings Peter against the wall to knock him out before he can get into Angela's head. Sylar asks if Peter will be ok, and Angela says she'll make sure of it. HRG comes up to the cell window, and Sylar goes out to meet him. HRG says they have a lead on a new target and need to go. Sylar is surprised he was asked to go by HRG.

Claire's adoptive mother Sandra is rifling through files of villains from Level 5. Meredith walks in, and Sandra tells her that Claire lied about going to a cheerleader retreat. Sandra says Claire must have gone after one of the villains and points out one man who is able to create vortexes and make people disappear forever. Meredith finds one man in particular, Eric Doyle, who she seems concerned about. Meredith says the man lives not far from there. Sandra says she'll go along, but Meredith tells her that's a bad idea and leaves.

The man Sandra Bennet had seen in the files (who creates vortexes) is shown having an angry conversation on the phone at a house. He yells about not being able to see his wife and kids, then in anger creates a vortex to make an object disappear. He hears footsteps and Claire comes up behind him, then hits him with a Tazer to knock him to the floor.

Adam Monroe grabs Hiro around the neck after he's been dug up from being buried alive. Hiro tells him he needs his help to find out the villain who has stolen the formula. Ando suggests it's a bad idea since Adam killed Hiro's father, but Hiro says as a hero he needs to make the sacrifice. Adam asks what's in it for him, and Hiro says a more spacious cell when they're done. Adam suggests Angela Petrelli, and Hiro says she asked for him to find the formula. Adam says he's out of ideas and Hiro teleports him back into the coffin. Adam then yells out that he has a plan for how to find the villain.

Linderman speaks to Daphne about recruiting individuals for a "New World Order". Linderman manipulates her, and she says she will do it as long as she gets paid. Linderman gives her a file folder about "others" she can recruit, including Knox and Suresh.

HRG and Sylar are driving to follow up on the lead HRG has. In the car, HRG again confronts Sylar for terrorizing his daughter and family, and for killing someone with valuable info. Sylar says rehab takes time.

Claire continues to confront the man who can create vortexes. He says he made one mistake and was judged to be a monster because of it. Claire says he needs to be put away. The man creates a vortex and pulls the Tazer out of Claire's hand, making it disappear.

Suresh drags the dead body of the drug dealer into his lab. He takes off his own shirt to reveal the lesions all over his back. Just then, Maya shows up, with a flier that was in the door, showing the neighbor Suresh attacked is missing. Suresh tells Maya he's getting closer to a solution. Maya notices a trail of blood on the floor and leaves the scene. Mohinder goes back into the other room and his neighbor is shown dead in a web of a sticky substance up against the wall.

The vortex villain interrogates Claire about who she's working for. He realizes she's not from The Company and pulls out another business card for "Pinehearst" in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The man asks Claire if she's with them and she shakes her head no. Claire tells him she read his file and he killed a man. The man says he got into an argument with his neighbor and lost control, killing him by mistake. He says he never got a trial was just locked up. The man says he just wants to be normal, to see his family and kid. He tells Claire to leave, and she's surprised he is allowing her to leave. Claire tells him maybe she can help.

Nathan asks Tracy why she was trying to commit suicide and she tells him about accidentally murdering a reporter. Tracy tells Nathan she needs to turn herself in, and he says it's a bad idea because nobody will believe her power/story. Nathan tells her not to turn herself in, because he wanted to tell everyone about his power before, but saw God and believes in a higher purpose now. Tracy tells Nathan about the doctor she met who may have created their powers.

Claire helps the man she met to give a phone call to his wife and kids, since she has the info in the file folder. He calls his wife asking to arrange a place to meet up with her and the kids. All of a sudden the phone goes dead on him. The door bursts open and HRG is pointing a gun at him, but sees Claire. Sylar enters and Claire's asking why he is there. The man who befriended Claire starts thinking she set him up, and he creates a vortex in the floor, pulling objects from all over the room into it. Claire, HRG and Sylar hang on to things to keep from getting sucked in. Sylar extends a hand to Claire as she screams "Dad".

The vortex disappears with Sylar saving Claire. She angrily asks her father if he's working with Sylar after what he did to her. HRG continues to ask Claire where Mr. Canfield went and she tells her father the man isn't bad he just needs help. HRG says he will talk to him then. Claire reveals he is meeting people at a carousel in a park.

Adam Monroe takes Hiro and Ando to a bar where "for hired" people go to. Adam says he needs a drink badly. Hiro threatens to put him back into the coffin if he tries anything. Adam orders a drink and a large man comes up to confront Adam about something he did with his wife. Adam says he didn't know she was the man's wife. The man goes to punch Adam in the face, but Adam ducks and Hiro gets punched. With Hiro down, Adam takes off with the other man chasing him out of the bar.

Nathan and Tracy visit with Angela Petrelli at the cell in The Company. Angela says she put Peter in an induced coma due to the face he took Sylar's evil ability. Angela also discusses Dr. Zimmerman, and how he did experiments with a synthetic techonology on infants, including Tracy, Niki and their sister Barbara. Angela tells Nathan they gave him his ability too.

Maya returns to Suresh's loft/lab and finds the missing neighbor stuck up against the wall. The man is still alive and makes eye contact. She tries to pull the substance off him to get him free, but just then Suresh arrives back home. Maya hides in the lab, and as Suresh is seeing that the man against the wall is partially freed, Maya unleashes her plague-like power. Suresh begins to feel the effects and screams for Maya to show herself. Suresh finds Maya and tells her to control her power, because she doesn't want to be a killer again. Maya calls Suresh a monster, and Suresh goes after her.

Hiro regains consciousness and he and Ando go searching an alley near the bar for Adam. They rush by a dumpster and Adam pokes his head out. Adam tries to sneak off down the alleyway but is punched out of nowhere by the villain Knox. Knox grabs Adam to toss him into a van. Knox calls someone via cell phone and says it's done, then asks what to do about the 2 Japanese guys.

Angela Petrelli says the reason they gave Nathan an ability was because his father was disappointed he wasn't born with an ability. Tracy asks why she was given it then since her parents died. Angela says she realizes what was done to her was wrong and that's why they divided up the formula and tried to hide it away. Angela says she needs help to get the formula back. Nathan tells his mother to go to hell and questions who else she used as a personal guinea pig. Nathan and Tracy leave and outside Nathan says they must find Dr. Suresh, who is harmless, but can help them find answers. Just then the scene cuts to Suresh making sure Maya is secure against the wall in the sticky substance he's been emitting.

Claire goes to find Mr. Canfield at the carousel. Canfield is in a depressed state and tells Claire his family never showed up to meet him. Canfield says his wife and kids must be afraid of him. Canfield says maybe he is a monster. Just then HRG shows up pointing a gun to his head. Sylar is a little ways off standing next to their car. HRG makes Canfield a deal, saying if he kills Sylar right now, he's free to go. Claire asks HRG why he's doing this and he says for what Sylar did to her. Canfield says they've already taken his life away from him. He creates a vortex and pulls himself in, killing himself.

Ando and Hiro drown their sorrows at the bar, with Ando saying they are the worst heroes ever for losing Daphne and Adam Monroe. Hiro continues to drink, and Daphne shows up with Knox, asking if they're looking for work. Hiro and Ando claim they've changed and are "badasses" now. Daphne says they'll need to prove it. Knox grabs a sword off the wall and gives it to Hiro. He says since Hiro has powers and Ando doesn't, Hiro must kill Ando to prove he's a badass. Hiro turns and faces Ando with sword in hand, and tells Ando he's sorry but must make sacrifices to save the world. Hiro thrusts the sword into Ando's chest, killing him in front of Daphne and Knox.

HRG brings Claire back home and tries to tell her that he tried to do what was best for her. Sylar is in the car and tells Claire that HRG is a user and tries to use them to get what he wants. Claire gets out of the car and HRG asks her if she understands. Claire says she does, and goes back into the house. Sandra Bennet finds Claire and hugs her and mentions that it's good Meredith found her. Claire asks what she means.

Meredith is shown eating dinner with the man, Doyle, she tracked down to see if he had Claire. The man has the power of human puppetry, and is using his power to make Meredith eat dinner and then kiss him. His place is full of various puppets.

Angela Petrellia is reading a file in her office. All of a sudden she's in what appears to be a dream scene made by someone else. She opens a door and finds Tracy Strauss lying on the floor in blood. Next to her is Nathan, who's laying bleeding against the wall. Peter is standing in the hall and Angela asks if he did this. Peter falls to the floor with an object stuck in the back of his head. A man's voice begins speaking and Angela turns around in horror/surprise. The man puts his bloody hand on Angela's shoulder, telling her she won't even be able to move if she tries to stop him. The man's hand reveals a ring.

Daphne shows up to meet with Linderman. He asks if everyone's on board, and Daphne says even the Japanese guy is. Next, Linderman gives her a file of a final man to recruit, but says he will be the most difficult. She opens the file to find a picture of Matt Parkman. Linderman tells her Parkman can alter her thoughts and make her see things that aren't really there. Daphne then tells Linderman she can sneak up on anyone except Linderman. She swipes her hand through him and says she knew he wasn't really there. Linderman tells her to just get Parkman. As the two leave the scene, Matt Parkman's dad shows up in a suit and walks through the courtyard.

Parkman's dad enters the Pinehearst laboratory building. He walks up to where a scientist is checking on an unseen patient. He informs the patient, who's on a respirator, that everything's going according to plan, and he even planted thoughts in Nathan's head, to make him think Linderman was having him dow the work of God. He then seizes up and says that Knox will bring Adam Monroe by tomorrow and he'll be ready. He says everything is going just as planned and then refers to the man as "Mr. Petrelli", as his face is shown, and Heroes ends to be continued..

All that's really been revealed to us about NBC Heroes Season 3 are speculations, rumors, a glimpse at some camcorder previews from a film festival and the NBC site's online content. Fans can easily put all these pieces together and see that a season called "Villains" might offer us a really dark, gloomy verison of our favorite show.

The brightest spot for Season 3, is the return of the darkest character, Sylar. He regained his powers in our preview of Season 3, which was at the end of Season 2. This means Sylar will be on one hell of a spree. Don't forget he now will have the abilities of Candice, who once told Micah if he ran she would make him see things that he'd never recover from. With Sylar having that sort of power, you'd have to feel bad for the "good guys".

So now we will have Sylar able to turn himself into just about anyone. He can fool other characters if he chooses to, making them much easier prey. I won't spoil Season 3 by throwing out names of characters who looked dead in the preview, but it looks dangerous already. This also continues to add to the notion of the "Five Years Later" episode we saw in which Sylar was able to disguise himself as Nathan the president. It's still possible, although Sylar would need DL's power to phase which was shown there. In the episode he reached through a door, dragged Peter out, demonstrating the ability.

The emphasis for season 3 of Heroes is on the plural, Villains. So that means there are more to come. Takezo Kensei aka Adam Monroe has been alive for over 400 years, and is still going, even though he's buried in casket. Not dead is not dead, so don't expect him to stay underground.

That also leaves the door open for more villains, more powers and hopefully more climactic and dramatic showdowns and twists in what could be an exhiliarting Season 3. Heroes Season 3 is set to start again in the fall, so the wait will continue and the speculation grows..

Still feeling withdrawal as you wait for Heroes Season 3? You can cure the fix by delving into some of the NBC Heroes Sitess interactive online content such as graphic novels and videos online to get your fix...

Nissan Rogue and NBC's site present a special online Heroes Graphic Novel which is interactive. It features everyone's favorite Cheerleader, Claire Bennet and a new adventure for the invincible heroine.

The Ten Brides of Takezo Kensei is a four minute video in graphic novel comic book style with haunting Heroes music behind it. In the video, during year 1692 at age 42, Kensei took wife one, then in 1747 Milan Italy saw Kensei's next wife give birth to two sons. And there's 8 more wives after that. An interesting tale worth checking out which moves through history and Kensei's immortal life. It's also told by Kensei from within the casket/grave site that Hiro put him. And the video will give a clue about whether or not we may see Kensei aka Adam Monroe return...

The Man With Too (Much) Brains is another Heroes Graphic novel available on video. It presents the story of a young hero named Matt Neuenberg with special abilities. He finds it hard to fit in with his classmates, much like Claire and West. Matt's power is basically that of a super genius who's mind works like a search engine online. He also just happens to bump into one of our favorite new Heroes along the way. View the Man With Too Much Brains.

Finally there's Hana and Drucker's Plot Revealed which is a continuation of the above story. It reveals as the title says exactly what Hanna (aka "Wireless") and her relative Richard Drucker are doing inside a mainframe computer system, as discovered by another hero.

If that's not enough to keep you busy, try to decipher these cryptic messages being left on the 9th Wonders Forum, which seem related to the graphic novels above.

With Heroes Season 2 finale, we saw 2 of the Heroes supposedly "bite the bullet". Nathan was the more literal death as he was shot twice by an unknown assailant from the back of a press conference crowd. This came right before Nathan was going to shock the world, and expose the fact he couldd fly and that there were many other people with powers like him living amongst the population.

Niki/Jessica was the other presumed death. She was rescuing Monica Dawson from a burning building, held up a fallen wood post so Monica could escape, and presumably Niki didn't escape. The building blew up and young Micah, the son of Niki was left devastated. A true death or just a suspenseful cliff hanger for Season 3? They didn't show her escape, which is often the greatest trick in comic books and even soap operas.

In comic books, these things happen every other issue. Superman, Batman, Spiderman, X-Men have all died, many times. The heroes are shot, blown up, drowned, evaporated, and we are to think they are gone for good. But never fear, they return, again, and again, and yet again. It's part of the fun. Even if the original artist or writers truly kill them off, someone else picks up the series and re-creates it. Fans would be disappointed if their hero really were to be eliminated.

Evidence that Niki and Nathan may not be gone for good comes in the form of the "blood cure". We saw it used on Nathan via Takezo Kensei aka Adam Monroe. Nathan survived a deadly nuclear blast at the hands of his brother way up in the atmosphere. He was badly burnt up to a crisp, but still alive. Adam's blood restored his health, when added to his mix at the hospital.

Further evidence comes from Mr. Noah Bennet (HRG) and Maya. Each were presumably down for the count, after being shot. But a dose of Claire's blood injected into their blood streams saved the day. What's to say this cure can't save the latest 2 to go down? Of course, these are also real life actors. The parts could be played by others, or they really could be gone from the show to pursue new acting gigs in movies or TV. Additionally, Peter comes into contact with you, he's got your power, so you may be less needed. But remember, in the superhero world, deaths are usually temporary and a means of suspense until the next exciting episode or issue.

Peter & Adam

Peter has a vision of himself in the future in New York City where he sees himself and Kaitlyn being taken away by the virus decontamination team. He wakes from it and is in Adam's presence, then tells him about losing Kaitlyn in the future. Adam mentions The Company worked named Victoria Pratt, a biological engineer, who recovered the virus from Shanti in 1977. Adam tells Peter the woman tried to turn the virus into a weapon and unleash it. Adam shows Peter a picture of the Company founders and tells him they are responsible for the future virus outbreak. Peter tells Adam they need to find Victoria Pratt and make her tell them everything.

Peter and Adam arrived at Victoria Pratt's home and Peter goes in to talk to her. Peter finds her gardening and tells her about the Shanti virus and how it kills 93% of the population in a year. Victoria pulls a rifle on Peter as he claims she created a virus that kills millions. Victoria orders Peter to go inside her home at gunpoint. Peter tells Victoria about losing Kaitlyn in the future. Peter asks where to find the virus so he can save her. Victoria mentions mutated strain of the virus #138 and said if released it would kill everyone. Peter goes out to meet Adam so they can leave and tells him Victoria said the virus is in New Mexico at the company facility. Adam says there's no facilities there and just then he gets blasted by Victoria's rifle. She turns the rifle on Peter and says he's working with Adam so she shoots him. She goes to shoot Adam in the head and Peter intervenes to knock her out.

Peter and Adam bring Victoria into her home and tie her up. Victoria tells Peter she was responsible for stopping Adam from unleashing the virus. She asks Adam if he killed Kaito and now plans to kill her. Peter demands Victoria tell her where the virus is and is able to hear her thoughts of Primatech Paper Company in Texas. Adam unties Victoria so she can be free and she grabs her rifle to point it at Peter. Adam pulls his gun and shoots Victoria dead telling Peter she was about to shoot his head off.

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Claire, Bob, Elle, HRG

Bob is staring at a gun held by Mrs. Bennet as he brings the ashes of HRG in an urn to the family. He says he is honoring Noah's wishes and they will leave Claire alone to live her life. Bob apologizes for their loss before leaving. Mrs. Bennet tells Claire and her brother they are leaving town. Bob gets into a car with Elle telling her to keep an eye on Claire. Elle has a sling on from her gun shot. Bob tells Elle to accept responsibility for messing up and to regain his trust. Elle promises to watch Claire.

West goes to see Claire and asks her if she's leaving town. Claire says everything happening now hurts more than any of the injuries shes sustained. Claire tells West about The Haitian and his ability to erase people's memories. Claire pulls out the windchimes and West tells her she doesn't want to forget her father.

HRG is shown laying on an operating style table as his eye magically heals thanks to Claire's blood. HRG wakes up and Suresh is there telling him he saved him with Claire's blood. Suresh said he had no choice but to shoot him and his family is at home grieving. Suresh says he will use Claire's blood to save an innocent woman from a deadly virus. Suresh says The Company saves lives and HRG tells Suresh the Company has been making the virus for 30 years now and he can't trust them.

Suresh talks to Bob about the virus cure from Claire's blood. Suresh talks about Strain 138 and how it could wipe out all of civilization. Bob tells Suresh the Company is vigilant and Suresh says it doesn't seem it if he could operate as a spy for as long as he did. Suresh asks Bob to help him hunt down every strain of the virus and destroy them. Suresh then calls Niki to tell her he has the cure and says he will bring it to New Orleans.

Claire tosses the ashes of her father out into the ocean/beachfront area and apologizes for not listening to him more as her family looks on. Claire's mother says for Claire to tell West goodbye so they can head to Salt Lake. Claire spots Elle in a nearby vehicle and goes to confront her. Claire tells Elle she will tell the world what they did by kidnapping her and killing her father. Elle says nobody will believe her and Claire says she will show everyone exactly what they can do. Claire says once the secret is out Elle and the Company will be the ones running.

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Niki, Monica & Micah

Micah discusses a $600 comic book with his cousin and Monica. Niki shows up in New Orleans to surprise Micah. Niki tells Micah that she has a virus, but that Dr. Suresh is working on a cure for it. Niki promises Micah a normal life. Micah tells Niki he has the medal of honor that DL won for saving a girl from the fire. Micah goes to get it from his backup and discovers his backup was taken.

Micah's cousin admits to getting jacked for Micah's backpack with the comics when he took them to find their value. Micah gets angry and attacks him, and Niki pulls Micah off him. Nana says she will call the police and Micah says they need to be heroes and get the backpack back. Niki tells Micah that being a hero is what got DL killed. Micah looks at Monica who looks determined.

Monica and Micah sneak out of the home late at night to go recover his backpack. Monica is dressed just like the comic book hero Micah talked about, Saint Joan. She watches a video of a girl scaling up a home to break in and Micha shuts down the street light. Monica gets into the home and finds the medal and backpack but just then a gang shows up in 2 cars. They go into the home and Monica tries to keep herself up on the ceiling similar to a ninja. Monica accidentally drops a comic book and the gang pulls their guns on her on the stairs. The gang members bring Monica outside and toss her into a van, then drive off. Micah takes off running.

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Sylar, Maya & Alejandro

Gabriel aka Sylar wines and dines Maya in Virginia, en route to visit Dr. Suresh. Sylar talks about Maya letting her brother go and learning to control her own power. Sylar talks about Maya killing Alejandro's wife and begins to make her upset. Sylar tells Maya her brother hates her for it and she starts to unleash the plague causing Sylar to crash to the ground dying. Sylar tells Maya she is killing him and Maya is able to stop herself from unleashing it fully. Sylar and Maya hug as she learns she can control the power.

Maya goes to tell Alejandro about her ability to control her power now. Alejandro shows his sister news about how Sylar murdered his own mother. Sylar enters the hotel room and asks if Maya told Alejandro her news. Maya confronts Sylar over the murder news. Sylar tells Maya his mother didn't understand his aiblities and called him a monster. Sylar claims his mother tried to kill him and he was defending himself. Maya falls for it and Alejandro yells at her to not trust him. Maya tells her brother that Gabriel understands what she is going through and they will go see Dr. Suresh, but without Alejandro. Maya claims she intentionally killed Alejandro's bride. Alejandro storms out and Sylar comforts Maya.

Alejandro goes to confront Sylar over what he's made Maya believe. As the two fight, Sylar knocks Alejandro to the ground and grabs a blade to stab Alejandro. Sylar kills him just as Maya knocks on the door. Sylar goes out to see her half naked pretending he was in the shower. Maya tells Sylar they will leave Alejandro behind and go find Suresh. Maya claims Sylar has helped her and the two embrace as the dead body of Alejandro is shown.

Suresh is heading in a taxi with the virus cure when he gets a call from Sylar. Sylar tells Suresh he's at the apartment watching Molly. Sylar says he has someone with him that needs Suresh's help and he should get there soon.

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Hiro & Ando

Hiro and Ando discuss how Kensei was the killer of Hiro's dad. They look at various files and Primatech info to find out what he has been up to. Hiro finds a 1977 photo of his father with Kensei, but on back Kensei is listed as Adam Monroe. Ando remembers seeing a paper about Adam, and Hiro discovers his father locked up Adam back in 1977, so he time travels to Primatech at that date. Hiro oversees Adam being taken away at the orders of his father who says Adam betrayed the Company. Adam had tried to unleash the virus to wipe out the population. Kaito talks to Victoria Pratt who tells him to shut down the program and he claims things will be safe. Kaito refuses to destroy the virus and Victoria quits due to this.

Ando teleports beack to see Ando and tells him about the virus at Primatech in Texas. Hiro says he must go to stop Adam from releasing the virus. Ando says Adam is invincible but Hiro grabs his sword and teleports away to Primatech.

Adam and Peter enter Primatech and are walking to find the virus when all of a sudden everything freezes but Peter. Hiro says he is there to avenge Adam killing his father. Peter says he can't let Hiro hurt him. The show ends with Hiro drawing his sword and charging at Peter who begins to generate electricity from his hand as they prepare to do battle.

The latest episode of Heroes, "Cautionary Tales" brought forth several revelations. One of which a lot of fans had already speculated. Takezo Kensei, aka Adam is the hooded killer who took out Hiro's dad. It makes sense as he has the grudge to bear with Hiro over the whole "back in time" princess love story. Hiro found out the shocking truth and had to let fate be.

Matt Parkman started to really flex his mental powers and has basically the same abilities that Eden had. Wonder how far he will go with these new powers. He's already got inside his boss' head and Angela Petrelli's. Will he try his tricks on other heroes? Will he woo a supermodel to be his girlfriend? He might just be one of the more powerful heroes so he should really avoid Sylar. This also ups the ante of what Peter is capable of.

Hiro finally has better control of his abilities too and seems to be really developing the attitude of a true warrior. It will be interesting to see what he does with his new skills and attitude. I'm guessing some swordplay comes into the picture in the next few episodes.

We seem to be on a collision course of some sort with Parkman trying to find Adam Monroe and stop his quest to kill the elders. Peter is working with Adam. Adam killed Hiro's dad. Nathan is looking for his lost brother Peter. So something's gotta give. Most likely Adam will tell Peter that Parkman and Hiro are working for The Company and spark some sort of mini-heroes feud.

Also, I found it interesting that Claire's blood was used to heal/save HRG. The questions that raises are: Was he dead? Does he have a power, or does the blood heal anyone back from injuries? It's a valuable bit of blood if that's the case, and probably something Sylar wants his hands on. Best bet for who saved HRG is Suresh or Elle. Suresh may have realized the ability of the blood to save people and shot HRG knowing this. Or Elle was swayed by HRG's discussion of her father and The Company not giving her a normal life. The worst case scenario is that Bob and The Company took HRG in.

Just 2 episodes to go and it's going to be interesting! The big questions are going to be what happens with Sylar, Maya, Alejandro, Monica, Micah and Niki in the final 2 shows? Sylar's been very scarce this season, and may be scarcer as he has Star Trek coming up in which he plays Spock. Monica and Micah haven't had too much of a role in the overall scheme of this season either, but figure to play some part. I'd hate to think Monica is just part of the show to give Peter a new ability, but that could be the case.

Update: Although many are saying no hero died on the episode, in actuality you could count Kaito's death as the "hero death" of the show. The wool may have been pulled over our eyes with that one.

HRG, Claire, West, Suresh

Heroes opens with the Bennets packing up their things to go on the run. Claire comes downstairs in her new cheer uniform and HRG tells her they have to go. The two engage in an argument over leaving and Claire says she hates HRG for the things he's done such as abducting West. HRG grabs a roll of duck tape to tie up Claire but Mrs. Bennet intervenes telling HRG to stop and for Claire to go to school and say bye to her friends then come home. HRG shows his wife the paintings including his death and the shooter. He tells his wife to trust him and he will find West. HRG calls Suresh and asks him to have Molly track down West. Suresh reveals this info to Bob and Elle and they tell him HRG is dangerous. Suresh suggests they give HRG a false location to lure him.

Bob and Suresh are in Costa Verde to apprehend Claire and "take out" HRG. Bob introduces Suresh to Elle as his new partner and she displays her ability to shoot lightning.

West flies in to talk to Claire about her father and her being a "spy". Claire tells West it's a coincidence that her dad was the one who tried to abduct him and that she didn't tell him because she was scared. West refuses to trust her and flies off, revealing that Claire has spelled out "SORRY" with rocks placed on the ground.

HRG leaves to go to Claire's school to find West and get his help, but as he walks out the door, West flies into him snatching HRG up. West flies him up into the air and asks for answers about Claire. HRG tells West that Claire lied about not having a boyfriend so he must be important. As the two land on the ground, HRG gets up and pushes West down telling him he must convince Claire leaving town is the right thing to do. Suresh calls HRG and gives him a fake location for where West is. Since HRG is with West, he convinces West to come help him.

Bob shows up at Claire's cheerleader practice and convinces her he's from the Board of Ed, then calls her by her last name, causing Claire to take off running. Suresh meets up with HRG and gets in his car. regional sales manager of Primatech paper.

HRG and Suresh arrive where Elle is and HRG indiciates he knows her. As she's walking towards Mr. Bennet with her electric charge, West flies into her full speed causing her to hit a car. Suresh aims his gun at HRG but HRG subdues him, turning a gun on Suresh instead. As he is about to shoot Suresh, West asks Mr. Bennet what he's doing and causes HRG to stop. HRG and West take Elle away as a collateral captive. HRG handcuffs Elle to a chair, hoses her down with water and puts her feet in a bucket of water so her electrical powers shock her if she tries to use them. HRG talks to Elle about how she was brought into the Company as a child. HRG tells Elle he has kept Claire away from the Company because of how they operate. Bob takes blood from Claire and she pleads with him not to harm her father, HRG.

HRG sets up an exchange to give Elle back to Bob in exchange for Claire. The two walk past each other and give a look. Once Claire is safe, West takes her and starts to fly off. Elle shoots a lightning bolt up at them and the two crash to the ground in a heap. HRG then shoots Elle in the shoulder. HRG then heads over to Bob with his gun aimed. HRG says if he shoots Bob, the Company will disappear with him. Before he can shoot, Suresh blasts HRG with a gunshot to the eye, right through his glasses as the painting pictured. HRG falls to the ground and West holds Claire back then flies her out of harm's way. Claire is teribly upset later as she informs her mother of the bad news. West stays with them to comfort Claire.

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Parkman, Molly, Angela Petrelli

Matt Parkman is back at the apartment with Molly Walker. She sees the photo of the Heroes elders and asks about it, Matt says he won't ask her to locate anyone from it again. Matt discovers he has the power of suggestion as he convinces Molly not to look at the photo and to walk back to the table to eat her cereal. Parkman continues to try to research the elder organization and Kaito's death. Parkman's boss tells him to stop working on the case because Angela Petrelli confessed. Parkman uses his power of suggestion to convince his boss to give him 24 hours to talk to Angela Petrelli further.

Parkman goes to talk to Angela Petrelli and she says she knows about his father's ability. Matt uses his power to suggest Angela answer all of his questions. She tells him about Adam Monroe who is 400 years old and seeking revenge. Parkman asks Angela to reveal the name of a woman in the elders photo but she refuses to and says Parkman is just like his father.

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Hiro, Ando, Kaito

Hiro attends the funeral for his father in Japan along with his sister and Ando. Hiro is called to deliver the eulogy but leaves the front and goes to stand alone. Ando goes to ask Hiro if he's ok and Hiro says he must go back in time to prevent the murder. Hiro teleports to one week ago on the pigeon stoop in New York. Hiro oversees the conversation between Kaito and Angela Petrelli about them being targets with Kaito suggesting Angela leave town. Hiro rushes over to talk to his father telling him he has returned from the time of Takezo Kensei in Japan. Hiro warns his father of impending death, but his father says that this must be his fate. He takes his father to the site of his funeral where they find Hiro as a young boy with a sword saying he is "Takezo Kensei". The funeral is for his mother and Hiro reveals to the boy his father will die, but to learn from him and his lessons. He tells the boy some things Takezo Kensei just can't change.

Hiro brings his father back to the loft rooftop area where his murder takes place. Hiro is able to stop time during the attack on his father, and notices as the two men are suspended in mid-air, the face of his father's attacker is Takezo Kensei (Adam). Hiro is shocked by this and can't believe Kensei has survived all this time. Hiro delivers a Eulogy at the end of the show for his father's funeral talking of how some things are in God's hands and others God have given us a choice. Hiro says his father gave him these tools to face the battles ahead. Scenes are shown of Suresh holding his gun and looking upset, and Claire being comforted by West.

At the end of the episode we see HRG on a table of some sort with an IV dripping blood into his arm. His eye that had been shot starts to regenerate, and all of a sudden HRG gasps and sits up on the table. HRG then sees he's in a small enclosed room as the show ends.

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Season 2: Episode 8: "Four Months Ago"

This episode recap takes us back four months to what happened right after Peter went nuclear and was flown out of proximity of the city by his brother Nathan. Peter recalls memories thanks to the help of Adam (Takezo Kensei) who meets him in Montreal, present day.

Peter, Adam, Elle

Peter is in Montreal and upset that Caitlyn is no longer around. He concentrates and time travels to present day where he hears a noise. Peter shoots a lightning bolt towards the door, and a hand absorbs the shot then regenerates. In walks Takezo Kensei, who introduces himself as Adam. He realizes that The Haitian has taken away Peter's memory of powers. Kensei tells Peter to think of what matters the most to him. He looks at the picture of him and his brother and all of a sudden remembers the vivid scene where Nathan flew him away before Peter could explode in the city. Peter tells Nathan to drop him and as Peter flew away and burst into an explosion, Nathan began to fall unconscious to the ground. Peter flies back and saves his brother who was falling. Peter rushes Nathan into a hospital to get treatment. A cop eyes Peter and Peter uses invisibility to elude him. As Peter is walking through the hallways of the hospital, all of a sudden Elle steps out and blasts Peter from behind with a lightning shot. Bob and Elle step out from the room.

Bob and Elle later have Peter in an office, where Elle is treating Peter as if he's her "boytoy". Bob introduces himself as an old friend of Peter's parents and says they have people taking care of Nathan. Bob says that Peter is safe with them but not sure that Nathan is safe from harm. Bob tells Peter that his associate has taken Peter's memory of powers away, and the Haitian steps into the room. Bob tells Peter he won't have to worry about hurting anyone ever again because they are working to bring a medical cure together for his problems. Elle continues to flirt with Peter as he is kept captive in a cell at the Company. Peter is given daily pills to prevent his powers from returning. On an early instance, Elle leaves him but runs her hand on his head and "shocks him", then tells Peter he will get used to it. As Elle leaves, Peter hears someone from a nearby room say "hello" and Takezo Kensei (Adam) is shown in the nearby cell.

Kensei talks to Peter from the nearby cell about discovering abilities and having gone through something terrible. Peter finally introduces himself and Kensei introduces himself as Adam. Later on, Peter asks Elle what her story is beyond the "sadistic lightning". Elle talks of her troubled past due to her powers. She tells Peter she accidentally set her grandmother's home on fire when she was young and was taken in for analysis and study, drugged up. Elle said she was diagnosed as a sociopath based on her powers and has spent most of her life in this place. Elle said she is now 24 years old and has never been on a date. Adam convinces Peter that there is "no cure" really and Bob is not going to help him. Adam tells Peter he's in a prison, not a place to help him.

Peter begs Bob to let him see his family so they know he's alive, but Bob refuses for the time being. Adam continues to manipulate Peter, talking to him through the wall. Adam says a bit of his blood would cure Nathan. Peter decides to help Adam escape, and works on Elle next time she enters his cell, by kissing her and pretending he's interested in her. Peter pretends to take the pills, but when Elle leaves he drops them in the toilet. Adam tells Peter since it's day #5 without meds, it's time to try his powers out. Peter concentrates and phases through the wall into Adam's cell so they are finally face to face. Adam says its time to heal Nathan, and the two phase through the prison wall to start their escape.

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Nathan & Angela Petrelli, Peter, Adam

Nathan is visited by his mother at the hospital. Nathan is badly burned and visibly so. He keeps asking where Peter is, and Angela tells him he is missing. Nathan's wife visits him in the hospital and comes out to talk to Angela. Angela convinces his wife that there's a dark secret in the family with delusions which started with the father and has passed down to Peter and Nathan. Angela asks Peter's wife to keep this a secret and assures that she will.

Adam and Peter show up at the hospital room of Nathan. Adam takes a sample of his blood and injects it into Nathan's IV bag. ALmost instantly, Nathan's burned up body begins to heal up. Peter and Adam take off on the run and wind up on the docks in Ireland. Bob, Elle and the Haitian show up and chase them. Elle casts a bolt at Peter and his jacket is engulfed on fire, so Peter takes off running minus the jacket. Eventually, the Haitain catches him and is able to subdue Peter inside a large metal container. Haitian cuffs one of Peter's hands up. Peter says if he brings him back, he will just keep escaping. Haitian says he isn't bringing him back, because Peter's mother did a favor for him once and saved him. Haitian says Peter's secret is safe with him. He places a necklace around Peter's neck with the Heroes helix on it, and then wipes out Peter's memory before locking Peter in the container.

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Niki, Micah & DL

Niki and Micah are at the hospital being told that the bullet just barely missed DL's heart and surgery was successful to save him. Niki and Miah go in to embrace DL. A doctor pulls Niki aside out in the hall and tells her that her insurance has all been payed for. Bob from "The Company" comes out and introduces himself saying he payed the bills. Bob talks about Linderman and Jessica, and Niki asks how he knew that. Bob says he wants to help her with her "sickness" but she needs to leave her family to enter "the program". Micah's birthday is shown and Micah talks about fixing their problems so they can be "heroes". Instead DL tells him he's got a job and is going to make him proud. Niki struggles with being on new medication, and DL tells her things will get better. After DL and Micah leave, Niki pours her pills down the sink.

Niki is practicing at home to work as a car salesperson. DL embraces her before leaving. Just then a new image appears talking to Niki in the mirror, saying she's not Jessica but another personality. The new "evil personality" from Niki's past traps Niki as an image in the mirror and leaves her there with Niki banging on the mirror to get out.

A house engulfed in flames is shown with firefighters trying to put it out. DL Hawkins emerges from the flames dressed in firefighting gear, phasing through them carrying a small child. DL is later considered a hero and shown on the news. Micah hugs DL and is proud of him. DL asks where Niki is and Micah says not home from work yet. DL then discovers a note written in lipstick on the bedroom mirror "Gone to LA, See ya".

Niki as her new personality is shown dancing flirtatiously with a guy at a club in LA. DL enters the club ands goes over to Niki. DL shows her a picture of them together and tells the other guy Niki is his wife. The man dancing with Niki tries to punch DL and his hand goes through DL's head. DL punches the man in the gut, and tries to take Niki out of the club. As they are leaving, the man comes out after them and yells at DL. DL turns and the man sticks a gun into DL, then shoots him. Blood sprays over Niki's face as the man leaves. Next, a grieving Micah is dressed in a black suit looking at a medal of honor. Micah's cousin and Nana are shown at the grieving scene. Niki tells the Nana she may need help. Next thing seen is people leaving the home and Bob shows up.

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Maya & Alejandro

A wedding between Alejandro and a girl is shown, with Maya disapprovingly looking on. Maya is in tears as she leaves the wedding party area. She goes to a back area and finds the bride is kissing another man. Maya screams at the woman calling her names. The man tells Maya she's going to keep her mouth shut. Maya becomes upset and the black tears ooze from her eyes, causing the man and the bride to both fall to the floor dead. Maya screams for Alejandro and leaves the room to see that everyone outside has died too. Maya finds Alejandro still alive and tells him what happened. A victim is shown with black oozing tears.

Maya is praying in church when Alejandro finds her. He asks how she killed everyone and Maya says she has something wrong with her like a poison inside. Maya tells Alejandro he didn't die so it must have something to do with both of them. Just then a police officer enters to take Maya way. As he cuffs her, Maya becomes upset. Her eyes ooze black tears, and she kills the officer. Alejandro grabs her by the hands and tells her to calm down, and she begins to heal the plague from her eyes. Alejandro and Maya take off on the run as they realize the damage they are causing.

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The show ends with a montage of "present day" scenes. Sylar is traveling with Maya and Alejandro on their way to New York. Niki/Jessica is shown meeting with Bob of "The Company". Nathan is entering a bar with no visible burns. Peter is in Montreal and with Adam. Peter tells him "I remember everything" and Adam remarks "Good, ready to save the world?". Peter smirks as the show ends.

Season 2: Episode 7: "Out of Time"

Hiro & Kensei

Kensei has Hiro captured and doped up. Kensei tells Hiro he is going to change the future now. The princess begs for Hiro's release. Later the Princess is able to free herself from being tied up. She runs over to help Hiro who's been drugged with Opium. She urges him to use his power and Hiro groggily teleports himself, the princess and her father out of captivity. Hiro goes to burn down the storage area housing the guns Kensei drops by and Hiro tells Kensei he needs to change history and they can still stop it together. Kensei is still upset at what Hiro did with the princess, so the two end up engaging in a sword fight. During the fight, they knock a lantern down, causing a fire. Kensei falls to the ground and Hiro offers to save him, but Kensei refuses and vows that "Hiro will suffer". Hiro teleports out of the tent as it goes up in flames.

Hiro finds the princess and informs her that he killed Kensei, despite destroying the guns and defeating White Beard. The Princess tells Hiro that it was Kensei's fault and that Hiro is Takezo Kensei as far as she is concerned. Princess asks Hiro to stay with her now but Hiro said there is one last trial where he must cut out his own heart to save the Princess from a dragon. Hiro says it is time for him to return to present time, and the princess says she will continue to tell his story so that Hiro will have stories to be told as a boy. Hiro returns to see Ando at the office and the two rejoice saying they have a lot to catch up on. Ando informs Hiro that his father was murdered.

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Suresh, Matt, Molly, Bob

HRG calls Suresh to ask about him having a gun, as seen in painting #7. Suresh says he has no idea about a gun, and HRG says the painting shows him holding a "Company gun". Suresh asks HRG if he thinks he's expendable and says he doesn't know what HRG"s agenda is now. Just then Nikie comes in and Suresh ends the call. HRG burns all the paintings in Russia. Parkman and Nathan show up at the Company headquarters to show Bob the pic of his face marked for death with the red helix symbol. Bob talks about how Matt's father "Maurey" is coming to kill him. Bob asks Suresh and Niki to inject the virus into Maurey. Niki says she will use her power, but Bob says Maurey (Matt's father) could turn their worlds inside out using nightmares. Bob asks Matt to use his power to stop his father as he can use it beyond mind reading and get inside his father's head. Matt agrees then goes to see Molly Walker who's still in a coma and being monitored by The Company. Matt begins to use his thoughts to go inside Molly's head and talk to Molly. Her heart rate seems to respond positively as Matt tells her he loves her.

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Suresh, Niki, Nathan, Bob, Matt

Maurey shows up at the Company to go after Bob. Suresh teams up with Niki as she is being haunted by a false illusion of DL, which is being generated by Maurey (Matt's father). Meanwhile, Bob tells Nathan about Adam Monroe, a guy who convinced The Company he could help them out. Bob says that Adam began using his powers as if he was "God" and took in Maurey and Linderman as his "disciples" to do his work. Bob says they had Adam locked up until 2 weeks ago when he escaped. Bob then reveals to Nathan that Peter is in fact still alive but that The Company lost track of him from Cork, Ireland.

Suresh realizes that Niki is talking to someone (DL), as Maurey continues to work his mind tricks. He makes Niki see DL being shot by Bob. Niki becomes upset, then punches Suresh and grabs a syringe to go after Bob. Niki begins to break down the door to get to Nathan and Bob. She comes at Bob accusing him of killing DL. Nathan pleads with Niki not to go after Bob because she's experiencing nightmares. Niki is unable to stop her nightmares and ends up stabbing herself in the arm with the Virus syringe because she doesn't know how to stop herself.

Meanwhile Matt is able to use his mental abilities to go into his father's apartment, where he finds Molly Walker. Matt is able to bring his father into the vision as well and asks his dad to turn himself in. Matt tries to leave the apartment with Molly Walker and his father uses his abilities to prevent them. Matt chastises his dad for leaving him and eventually he weakens him to the point Matt can get out with Molly. Back in the Company's monitoring room, Matt is sitting next to Molly's bed and sees his father layed out on the ground. Molly wakes up from her coma. Suresh with a broken nose then goes to save Niki by using his blood as the antibodies. He realizes that his blood isn't a cure and Niki has another strain of the virus, that he can't cure. Bob and Suresh discuss how the virus can't be cured. Bob shows Suresh a file of Claire Bennet saying she can regenerate and may be the key to curing the virus. Bob also tells Suresh that Mr. Bennet may be dangerous and provides him a gun, saying Bennet's mentor was recently shot in Russia. Suresh comes clean with Bob about how he was working with Bennet to bring down the company. Suresh decides to help bring in Claire to save Niki and takes the gun.

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HRG, West & Claire

Claire wakes up to find that West is at her house and has met her mother. Claire gets upset that West is there. West shows Claire a news article discussing the head cheerleader seeing a "boy who could fly". Claire becomes upset and West says he wants to be part of her life. Claire and West are hanging out and Claire is about to reveal who her dad is, and West thinks he's "moving too fast". Just then HRG arrives home and is walking up the stairs. West sees HRG and tells Claire the man who was after him is there. West takes off and Claire goes after West outside to tell West it's her dad. West feels that Claire is trying to trap him and flies off. Later, Claire continues to try to get in touch with West but he won't answer her text messages. Mrs. Bennet tells HRG that Claire has a boyfriend, West, and HRG confronts Claire over it. HRG shows Claire the newspaper article involving a "flying boy and a girl being dropped 50 feet". HRG tells the family they are packing up to move again. Claire tells HRG they will go without her then and she storms off.

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Peter & Caitlin

Peter and Caitlin are in the vacant streets of NY in June 2008. A group of masked Biohazard men descend on them to take them to a decontamination chamber as they are discovered out in the streets. After they are hosed down, a man informs Peter he is "a dead man" according to his death certificate. The man asks how a dead man walks around New York without getting infected. He tells Peter that on March 20, 2007 the Shanti virus was discovered in its first incident. The man then takes Peter to see a lot of dead bodies all due to the virus. Angela Petrelli is in the future and visits with Peter who still has amnesia. Angela tells Peter he needs to remember his powers, because his brother was the first to die from the virus. Angela begins to use her own powers to implant memories in Peter's head to help him remember who she is. Peter finally says "Mom" then hugs his mother.

Angela and Peter go to an area where other "survivors" are being corraled. Caitlin ends up seeing Peter from behind a gated area and runs over to him asking him to not let them take her away. Peter says he'll save her, but just then he teleports back to Montreal to the room where he found Adam's note. Peter realizes he's back in present day and reads the note again saying "I don't know any Adam". Peter here's a noise and casts a bolt of lightning towards the door, but a hand absorbs it, then regenerates. Out comes Takezo Kensei, who introduces himself to Peter as "Adam" and says "you and I are going to change history".

Is Peter Petrelli the Hero Killer?

It's starting to seem possible that Peter Petrelli is the hooded Heroes killer now. On this past week's show Peter received that note from "Adam". It just might be the same guy (Adam Monroe) that Bob told Suresh was dangerous to the Company...hmmm...Maybe Adam meets Peter in the future we saw and convinces Peter he needs to kill the Company and all its associates back in "present day"? Not too far fetched...Then again, maybe this Adam guy is the killer because as we saw in Painting 7 of 8, it didn't quite look like anyone we've seen yet, and this guy doesn't like The Company, hence he is HRG's killer..

When coming up with suspects, it seems to be best to consider the following:

1) The build of the hooded figure we were shown is sort of slender, which is like Peter, Nathan, West, maybe Takezo or even West. If the Petrelli dad is still alive he may be a possibility too.

2) Motives - Who wants these people dead? Someone committing crimes of passion or revenge? Is it someone they tracked, or someone whose life they have really messed up? Or someone trying to save the future from the Company? Or someone who used to work with or for them who now wants to destroy them?

3) Powers they might need - Judging from how Kaito was killed, the killer either can fly and/or regenerate/heal. They may be able to turn invisible (based on the Angela Petrelli attack). I'd go one step further and add teleportation to that list, because we saw Hiro teleport himself out of harm's way before hitting a building (when Sylar threw him towards it). Thinking of it like this, Peter has every one of these mentioned abilities.

Peter makes a prime suspect under all 3 of these above criteria. He has a similar figure to the hooded individual. He also has more than one motive with the whole "blow up NY plot" using him as the bomb, or possibly learning something in 2008 that leads him to want to kill off the elders. Suffering a serious case of amnesia, he could easily be teleporting away to perform killings or attacks. And he definitely has enough powers to achieve these murders and the Angela Petrelli attack. While he's a big fan favorite on this show, it seems premature to rule out any one of the characters as suspects right now, especially on a show about superheroes.