Season 4: Episode 8: "Shadowboxing"

Back in Virginia, the two sorority girls along with Claire and Gretchen are wondering why they saw what they saw: Claire get impaled by a metal rod and be perfectly fine. Claire and Gretchen pretended that the sorority must have drugged their water bottles and they're all seeing things. They decide to keep it a secret so the sisters won't know they get to them. Gretchen's upset that Rebecca just tried to kill her.

In New York, there's a train crash where Peter's helping a man on a stretcher in the back of an ambulance. Peter asks the man to wiggle his toes but he can't. Peter uses his brand new power to revive the man to full health. As they wheel the man in, Peter's partner remarks how this is the 4th patient today who was better than they thought. Peter spots Emma standing in the hospital as they walk past.

Matt Parkman arrives in the Los Angeles airport, but it's really Sylar inside of his body controlling his mind. Matt Parkman's image is walking along with him pleading with Sylar to give his body back. Sylar tells Parkman is they're going to New York to find out what happened to his body from Peter Petrelli. As he puts his luggage down on the security conveyor belt, it triggers the alarms as there's a gun in the bag. Security officers quickly surround Parkman/Sylar and draw their guns. Sylar is asking Parkman's image who is along with him what's going on. The officers pounce on Parkman/Sylar and cuff him. The image of Parkman tells Sylar he might have control of his body but will never control his ability. The security guards drag Sylar away as he's yelling "I'm a cop, I'm a cop!".

Back at Sullivan Brothers carnival, the real Sylar's body which believes he's Nathan is asleep inside a carnival bus. He begins having dreams about Nathan and transforms his body into Nathan's. He wakes up and sees himself in the mirror as Nathan, shockingly. He gets out and starts to walk around, until Lydia and Samuel come out talking. Sylar as Nathan is able to fly up into the air. Samuel tells Lydia he has to go handle some business which she calls a lost cause.

Meanwhile, Claire & Gretchen are researching Rebecca Taylor on the internet. Claire says she'll go to Becky's room at the Sorority house. Gretchen is scared Becky might try to kill her again, so Claire offers up ideas to make her visible including a powder spray. Gretchen says she'll go along with Claire, but Claire says no and not to let anyone in the room until she returns.

Emma is standing back watching the frantic hospital scene as they try to help the victims from the NY train crash. A doctor hands off a patient to Emma and asks her to keep pressure on a wound. The woman is bleeding from her leg. Emma picks up a wound stitch kit with scissors that happens to be on the ground. Peter sees her working with it, then a patient in critical condition comes through. Pether works his power once again to save them. Peter becomes sick and exhausted after doing so.

Claire goes to the sorority house and asks if they've seen Rebecca since she kidnapped them. The sorority girls have no idea about it. The girls laugh about it and walk off, and then Claire sees the Haitian walk in, apparently having erased her memory. She turns to see her dad HRG. He says when his daughter calls he drops everything.

Sylar is driving along and the rental car gets a flat tire. Parkman begins to taunt him saying they spent 4 hours at the airport. Sylar's unable to fix the tire. A tow truck pulls up so the man Hank comes up to offer some assistance. As Sylar walks to get him a tire iron, Parkman uses his ability to make himself trip. Sylar gets in the image of Parkman's face. Parkman asks if Sylar's going to kill him. He says no, and then walks over to kill Hank the tow truck guy with the tire iron. Parkman yells at him saying he just killed a man, but Sylar says "no you did".

HRG and Haitian walk upstairs to investigate Becky's room. HRG says he'll check it out. He says Haitian will go with Claire's dorm to stay with she and Gretchen so if Rebecca shows up her power won't work.

Sylar tells Parkman he can cross a line he can't by killing whoever he wants to. Sylar tells Parkman he's in control now and gets Matt to say he understands.

Emma finds Peter hunched over in a hallway of the hospital and asks what's wrong. He tells her he's fine, but too many people need help. Peter says the power drains out of him and then drains out again. Emma suggests not to use it anymore. Peter says he has to get back in there to help. Peter asks Emma where she learned to do the stitching of wounds and she tells him she dropped out of medical school.

Claire finds Gretchen packing her stuff up. Claire tells Gretchen not to go. She introduces her to Renee, the Haitian. Gretchen says she already booked her flight to get away. Gretchen tells Claire she's just not like her and leaves. Claire asks Haitian to stay around Gretchen til she boards the plane. Claire starts crying as a knock comes at the door. It's Samuel from Sullivan Brothers Carnival. He tells Claire he's looking for his neice Rebecca. Claire's confused, but Samuel says he knows about her being special. Claire asks why she should trust him. Samuel asks Claire to listen to what he has to say because he has answers.

HRG is searching Rebecca's room when she shows up invisible. He finds a compass, then hears the door shut. He draws a electric stun gun and begins talking, saying he doesn't want to have to use this on her. Becky appears.

In Midland, Texas Sylar/Parkman is at the diner Charlie worked at. He orders a Coke while flirting with the waitress Lynette. Sylar tells Parkman he tried to kill a waitress there before. He tells Parkman as his hostage he wants him to start talking. Sylar asks how he ended up in Parkman's head and where his body is. Matt says no, so Sylar begins talking about killing Lynette. Parkman finally gives in and says he'll tell Sylar what he wants to know.

Samuel tells Claire his story about his ability and the fact that he can move the Earth. He then mentions that Rebecca is upset because of someone else who murdered her father. Meanwhile, HRG is still holding his stun gun aimed at Rebecca. She asks if he doesn't remember her, then says he probably never saw her. A black and white flashback is shown from when Rebecca was 5. HRG came to her home and tried to take her father away. Her father started using his power and HRG fired shots at him, killing him.

Samuel tells Claire the same story saying HRG shot first, asked questions later, all because they were different. Rebecca said she hid under her bed and wished HRG wouldn't find her. She said he didn't see her so her wish came true, but that she couldn't wish her father back or save him. Rebecca tells HRG she will take away all the dreams HRG had for Claire, just like HRG did to her. HRG says he owns up to the killing, but he won't allow Becky to hurt his daughter. Becky says she'll hurt both of them. Just then 2 of the sorority sisters enter the room. Becky vanishes, so HRG says he was looking for someone who isn't there any more.

Samuel says he's sorry about what happened to her 2 roommates. Samuel keeps working to manipulate Claire's mind. Samuel tells Claire he surrounded himself with people who are like her by definition. Samuel says he wanted to come to Claire and not her father, because they know what he would do in the situation. Just then, HRG enters the room and pulls his gun on Samuel asking "tell me, what would Bennet do?"

Claire informs HRG that the man said he was Becky's uncle. Samuel realizes that Claire was just stalling him until HRG got there. She said she'd never trust him over her dad. HRG asks for answers about the compass. Samuel says in the wrong hands it could be trouble for his family. He tells HRG they are trying to stay hidden from people like him who does harm to them. He says he just wants to find Rebecca and get her some help.

Back at the NYC hospital, Emma finds a little girl laying on the floor in a storage closet. She yells for help and Peter hears her. He rushes in, she says she can handle this. Peter grabs the necessary medical kit and Emma gives the girl a shot which revives her. Emma's pleased that she did it.

HRG has Samuel cuffed to be taken in. As he's loading him into the back of an SUV, Rebecca shows up, invisible. She pushes Claire down, then slams the door on HRG. He grabs his stun gun but she punches him down. She goes after Claire, so HRG grabs his stun gun and blasts Rebecca down. Claire yells for HRG not to shoot. She rushes towards him and he shoves her down to keep his gun aimed at Samuel and Becky. Claire yells for him not to do it, and they leave. Claire is a bit shaken and upset at HRG for shoving him.

Matt finishes up explaining what happened to Sylar's body. Sylar probes more to realize that Angela Petrelli and HRG were also in on the plan to transfer Nathan's memory and mind into Sylar's in a shapeshifter's body. Sylar finishes up his meal at the diner and throws a napkin down on the plate as the waitress Lynette takes it away. The napkin has written on it "I have a gun and I'm gonna kill everyone in here". As Sylar/Parkman exit the diner, cop cars pull up and officers get out with their weapons drawn. Parkman says he's crossing the line since Sylar thought he wasn't man enough to take a life. Sylar says he'll die with him and Parkman says he knows. He reaches into his coat pocket as if to draw a gun, and the cops fire away into his chest. Sylar as Parkman slumps to the ground. The image of Parkman vanishes.

Claire returns to her dorm with HRG following behind. HRG apologizes again for pushing her. She walks into her room and sees Gretchen's empty bed. HRG tells Claire she deserves to have everything because she deserves it, education, social life and everything. Claire says sometimes life isn't that simple and wishes HRG good night.

Emma is playing the piano again as colors fly up into the air. Peter comes into the room and sees a picture of a boy on the piano. Emma says it's her nephew Christopher who drowned while Emma was babysitting him. She says she was distracted and didn't hear him yelling for help. This happened before her second year of residency, so she dropped out of med school. Peter pulls a tiarra out of his bag and says the girl they saved, Megan, wanted Emma to have it, because it's only for special people. Emma says she couldn't save her nephew, but Peter says "you saved her". Emma thanks Peter for saving her. Peter asks Emma if she's going to go back to school. She plays the piano and Peter says he can't see the colors anymore. They start to play together anyway.

Episode 8 closes with the following brief scenes:

A paramedics team has Parkman/Sylar on a stretcher and is trying to jumpstart him back to life with electric voltage. Claire's asleep in her room when she wakes up to again see her roommate's bed is empty. Emma finds her old hospital uniform with her doctor name monogrammed on it.

Samuel and Becky are back at the carnival with Becky apologizing for fouling things up. Samuel reminds her that she will still get her revenge and Claire seems to be right where they want her. Lydia finds Samuel and says Sylar is missing.

HRG is examining various newspaper clippings about incidents that he believes Samuel was invovled in.

Peter is taking down all the newspaper clippings of accident scenes that he was part of the team on. He tosses them all out, then gets a knock at the door. Peter gets a knock at the door and it's Nathan. He is upset but hugs Peter and tells him he thinks he's in trouble. To be continued...

Season 4: Episode 7:
"Once Upon a Time in Texas"

Hiro arrives back in time three years ago to Texas at the diner where Charlie works. Hiro's still in hospital gown so he goes to a nearby clothesline to steal some clothes. A little boy has fake cowboy guns to aim at him saying he's stealing his dad's clothes. Hiro tells him the story of how he's there to save the love of his life, Charlie. A flashback is shown to the previous times Hiro met Charlie and tried to save her life but couldn't. Hiro says no matter how hard he tried, Sylar always killed her. Hiro says this time he'll defeat the brain man (Sylar). Hiro says he will make sure the brain man doesn't hurt anyone. The kid tells him good guys wear white hats, and hands Hiro his cowboy hat. He says bad guys wear black hats, and just then Sylar walks up to the diner. Hiro stands in front of the kid to protect him and Sylar, not knowing who Hiro is yet, asks him to move.

Back in present day, Lydia and Samuel are there. Samuel says Arnold's dying and it might be tonight. Samuel says he needs Hiro Nakamura now so he can fix the past. Samuel says he's unsure how he'll convince Hiro to help though. Lydia tells him desperate times, desperate measures. Samuel pulls out the ink stick to get a tattoo off Lydia's back. Her back reveals the image of Charlie and she tells Samuel Hiro's in love but the girl died three years ago. Samuel says that's an opportunity. Lydia tells him there's more. Samuel puts more ink on her back and it shows images of HRG linked to Claire who is linked to Sylar. Samuel says he'll have Arnold help him get back there.

Charlie serves Sylar coffee. During their exchange, Sylar learns of Charlie's super memory power and is amazed by it as he quizzes her on all sorts of facts. Hiro is hiding behind a newspaper nearby. Sylar asks if her gift is due to the blood clot in her brain. Charlie asks how he knew that and Sylar says it's his gift to know how things work. Hiro oversees this. Samuel appears right next to Hiro, who immediately know him as the man from the carnival. Samuel leads Hiro away saying they need to talk.

HRG is also in the diner and on the phone. A blond woman comes up to sit down at the table with him. He says to her he can't tell Claire he's missing homecoming due to having to track a serial killer. HRG says it's good to have a friend to talk to. The woman asks if he considers it two friends talking. The woman says it's flirting because they've been having breakfast twice a week for months now, miles out of town. The woman tells him they can talk about anything, but pulls out a key for him saying she booked a hotel room. HRG gets a call that someone has found the Sylar paintings. He leaves and walks out past Sylar, just as Sylar uses telekinesis to get his coffee cup closer.

Samuel is in a back room talking to Hiro. He asks why Hiro is trying to save Charlie. Hiro says it's because he told him he could right wrongs if he stepped on the right butterflies. He says this is like Mothra. Samuel says he's there to make sure Hiro understands what could happen if he makes the slightest mishap. He says a lot of people could be affected by this one move and asks if Charlie's worth it. Hiro says yes.

Charlie is in the back room opening a can. She notices a sound, but doesn't see anything. Sylar is shown hiding behind a shelf. He goes to use his buzzsaw power to cut into her skull, but just then time stops. Hiro enters and sees Charlie frozen, smiles, then turns around to face Sylar.

Hiro duct tapes Sylar to a dolly cart, then wheels him out of the diner. He spots a nearby bus, and opens the baggage compartment underneath. He shoves Sylar in there saying that he will go on his own path, and Peter Petrelli will stop him. Hiro says he and Charlie will live happily ever after.

Hiro returns to the diner and fixes his hair. He looks at Charlie still frozen, then realizes if she doesn't die, he never goes back in time to fall in love with the princess, and the world blows up. Hiro walks out and notices he's not in the picture on a bulletin board that had Charlie in it. Hiro goes and finds his other self in the diner, and unfreezes time to talk to him as Future Hiro. Present Hiro asks the future version where his sword is. Hiro informs present day Hiro he must save Charlie by going back six months in time. He says if he doesn't they won't be having this conversation today. Present day Hiro warps back in time, and almost instantly Future Hiro sees himself appear in the photograph.

Meanwhile, HRG arrives back to Primatech. Eden is there and she brings HRG to visit with Isaac Mendez about the paintings he did. He says the girl in the paintings is his daughter. HRG says he needs Isaac's help. He tells him about how he and his wife were given a daughter when they had trouble conceiving a child. HRG goes to a room by himself and kicks a nearby trash can. The blond agent from before comes in and tells him she heard everything, and they'll handle this. She starts to kiss HRG, then pulls away. She tells HRG homecoming is over 37 hours away. She puts a hand on his forehead and says she's going to Haitian him. HRG says not to because he doesn't want to forget.

Back to the diner, Future Hiro is having brain issues as he puts his hand on his forehead. Samuel comes over to ask if he's ok. Hiro says yes and shows him the picture. Samuel reminds him he still has to have someone go over and talk to Ando who's sitting in a booth, expecting the previous Hiro to return. Ando asks about his different clothes. Hiro says he is future Hiro and shows him the photo of he and Charlie. Hiro tells Ando to wait for the other Hiro to get back. Hiro then rushes back to greet Charlie in the back room. He hugs her ecstatically. She asks what's gotten into him and he says he's going to take her to wherever she wants to go. He says he doesn't want to be apart for another minute. Charlie says they can go to Otsu, Japan, where Takezo Kenzei was born. Charlie starts spitting out all sorts of facts about Otsu at rapid fire pace, and then catches herself. She holds her head and seems woozy. Hiro helps her sit down. Charlie says its her aneurysm rupturing and tells Hiro she's dying. Hiro says not yet she's not.

Hiro goes back out to the bus, waits for the driver to step off for a second and quickly opens the luggage area. He finds that Sylar is now missing. Just then, Hiro is thrown up against the bus face first. Sylar appears behind him, using telekinesis. He spins Hiro around and asks who he is and what he did to him. Hiro tells Sylar he heard that he can fix things and says Charlie is dying. Sylar tells Hiro he's going to die first. He puts his finger up and prepares to buzzsaw him, but Hiro freezes time, and drops down from the side of the bus.

Hiro unfreezes time and starts to taunt Sylar. He says he can't defeat him because he's the master of time and space. Hiro continues to freeze time each time Sylar goes to buzzsaw his brain to steal his power. Unfortunately, Hiro gets woozier after each time due to his medical problem. Hiro tells Sylar if he kills him he won't learn all he knows about his future. Sylar says Hiro is lying and he's going to be invincible after he goes to kill the cheerleader. Hiro asks if he's sure about that. He promises to tell Sylar all he knows if he helps him save Charlie. Sylar asks if Hiro's dying too, and then says it's a tumor. As they're conversing, they see a group of cheerleaders rush past the alleyway on the way to homecoming.

Sylar and Hiro go back into the diner together to the backroom. An older woman is with Charlie and asks who the other guy is. Hiro says it's a doctor. Hiro says they can help her. The older woman leaves. Sylar jokes about how he doesn't mind going into Charlie's brain. Hiro warns him if Charlie dies, then so will he. Charlie tells Hiro if she dies she's ok with it, if it's her time. Hiro professes his love again, as Sylar is pacing behind him eyeing them both. Sylar begins to do his thing as Charlie says she is scared. Hiro tells her a story of someone in ancient Japan to calm her nerves. Just then Sylar makes a gesture and gets rid of the tumor.

The scene shifts to the cheerleaders yelling The scene shifts to the cheerleaders yelling cheers about their team. HRG is there and Claire runs over to him. They grab drinks to hang out. Claire asks HRG if things are ok with his job selling paper. He says he likes it a lot. HRG says growing up he wanted to teach high school English and Shakespeare. He recites part of a Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream. Claire calls HRG a "drama geek" and suggests maybe he should become a teacher. HRG says he doesn't think that will happen. Claire gets called over by her other cheerleaders so she leaves on the bus. HRG takes out the room key and looks at it, contemplating things.

In the back of the diner, Sylar walks in eating some food. He tells Hiro to honor the deal now and tell him the future. Hiro says Sylar collects a lot of powers, but becomes nothing. Hiro says nobody will mourn his death and he will die alone. Hiro says everyone comes together to stop Sylar. Hiro says now he must go on his path. He teleports Hiro out of the diner, and Hiro gets on a scooter. He unfreezes time and drives away, leaving Sylar behind. Sylar hears the cheerleader's and picks up his hat which fell off. He puts his hat on and gets an evil grin on his face.

HRG goes to the hotel room where his blond agent coworker is. She's having a drink and pours one for him. They both talk at once, with HRG saying he can't do this due to their job. She tells him that's not a good excuse. She tells HRG he cares about her, so this isn't some random romp in the supply closet at work. HRG admits he cares about her. The woman says they are such good liars about all the stuff they've been doing together. She asks if HRG wants a bit of happiness, and to be himself. He sits down on the bed with her, and says he loves his family. He says as much as he lies to them and it's complicated, he still loves them. HRG says he doesn't want to destroy the possibility of eventually telling them the truth. HRG calls her a great agent, then finally says her name, Lauren. He says he needs her help with the Sylar case and with Claire. She says of course, she'll always be there to help him. They decide to go back to work.

Back to the diner, Ando sees future Hiro looking into the diner from the outside window. Ando asks if things are ok, and Hiro says yes, then tells him to go back in and wait for the other Hiro. Charlie comes walking out to tell Hiro she feels like she's cheating things by still being alive. Charlie asks Hiro why he's going to let Sylar kill a lot of people. Hiro said he had to keep the time-space continuum as it was. Charlie asked Hiro why she needs to live when so many people die each day. Hiro says because he loves her. Charlie tells him that's selfish of him.

HRG is at a table in the break room at Primatech, when the blond agent Lauren comes in. She says someone left him a small manila envelope. He opens it to find a room key and a note saying "I've gone Haitian, it'll be best that way, Lauren". HRG realizes she erased her memory to prevent any future problems from coming up.

Hiro goes back to the diner to order a root beer. He says in Japanese "it's over". HRG happens to be sitting next to him and speaks Japanese to him, asking if he knows him. Hiro mutters "not yet" in Japanese. HRG asks if everything is ok. Hiro says he may have ruined his chance at finding true love. HRG tells him it's a messy business, and that true love's course never did run smooth. HRG bids him good night and leaves, just as Charlie comes back in. Charlie says she was awful to him earlier. Hiro says he understands what she thinks about him being selfish. Hiro says the world is a better place with her in it. Charlie thanks him for saving her life. She hands him a piece of origami paper saying she was trying to make 1,000 cranes. She tells Hiro in Japanese she loves him and wants their happy ending also. They kiss and then leave the diner to go off on their journey.

As Hiro follows Charlie outside he's busy looking at the origami she made. He says something to her, but then looks up to see Samuel standing there. Samuel says he's taken Charlie. Hiro becomes upset asking where she is. Samuel said he brought her to his carnival at present day's time. Hiro grabs him asking him to take them to Charlie now. Samuel says Hiro needs to dig deep and seize control of his power again. Hiro angrily shoves Samuel forward and they teleport to present day at the carnival.

Samuel then confesses Charlie isn't actually there. Suddenly, various other carnival people surround them. Hiro starts to ask them each where Charlie is, until he notices her diner name badge down on the ground. He runs towards a nearby RV, and inside finds someone under a blanket. Samuel tells Hiro that's Arnold, a fellow time traveler who couldn't take the strain anymore. He said he had a bad tumor also. Samuel says last thing he did was to ask Arnold to trap Charlie somewhere in time, then he died. Hiro demanded Samuel to tell him where Charlie is. Samuel said he had to manipulate Hiro so he could help him fix his past. Hiro realizes Samuel is an evil man. Samuel tosses him Charlie's name badge and says he's the only one who can help him save Charlie. Samuel says he has his own butterflies to crush. Hiro looks at the name badge and asks what he has to do. Samuel says he made a mistake 8 weeks ago.

Time flashes back eigh weeks to show Samuel, who is upset and keeps saying "I'm sorry". There'a fire in the room, and then a dead body on the floor. The face is eventually revealed and it appears to be Mohinder Suresh...To be continued...

The episode opens in Los Angeles where Matt Parkman is having a bad dream that Sylar is having sex with his wife Janice. As Matt wakes up next to his wife, he sees Sylar sitting in a chair eating an apple. Sylar takes a bite from an apple calling it "forbidden fruit", his favorite kind.

In Cainan, GA Noah Bennet is speaking to a police officer about not locking up Jeremy for the death of his parents. The cop says it's not the first time that Jeremy's caused problems in the town. He says he's not releasing Jeremy to anyone who isn't kin, which includes HRG. Noah calls someone on his cell to ask for help. Tracy Strauss meets him in her sports car. HRG briefs her on Jeremy's situation. HRG tells Tracy to go in as his aunt and sign him out. She finally agrees to do it.

At Arlington University in VA, Claire is awake in her dorm room, as is Gretchen. Claire tells Gretchen they need to talk about her crush and the kiss. Claire tells Gretchen she's a good kisser, but she doesn't want to mess up her new ordinary life. Claire says Gretchen's the first real friend she's had since Texas, and she likes her a lot. Just then, some hooded individuals burst into their dorm room and grab Gretchen and Claire. Claire fights a few of them off, until one pulls her hood off. It's Rebecca, who tells Claire this is a sorority initiation kidnapping. Claire apologizes and Rebecca throws a dark hood over Claire's eyes.

Claire and Gretchen end up in the trunk of a car, tied up. Gretchen makes a comment about it, as the car hits a bump and they nearly kiss again. Gretchen asks Claire about if she likes her in "that way" and Claire says she doesn't know. The car stops and trunk opens, with Rebecca welcoming them to Hell Week. Claire and Gretchen end up with 2 other girls in hoods who are being initiated in the basement of some dark place. The sisters tell them they will be doing a treasure hunt.

Tracy visits Jeremy telling him he's her aunt. Tracy says she'll sign him out, but Jeremy says signing him out might not be such a good idea because he's a murderer. Tracy discusses her power and how it went awry when negative emotions overcame her. The cops tell HRG they have evidence that Jeremy is a killer, showing him notes from a notebook about being a murderer. They say they'll continue to hold him until otherwise. Tracy calls someone to ask for a favor to get Jeremy released. She runs into Samuel from the carnival. He asks her what she'll do when she gets Jeremy released. He turns the surroundings into the carnival, and tells her it's home and he's a friend.

Sylar continues to get inside Parkman's head, taunting him by talking about having sex with his wife. Parkman goes to punch Sylar but he's not there and Parkman punches a wall.

Claire and the girls embark on their search in the dark dwelling they were brought to. Gretchen finds a clue written on the wall above some lockers. One of the others opens a locker as Gretchen tells her to wait. The girl's face gets sprayed with fake blood. Claire tells someone to open locker 24, because the clue refers to "when we were founded" and the founding year was 1924 for the sorority. Inside the locker are two bottled waters. The other 2 girls decide to team up and work against Claire and Gretchen.

Claire and Gretchen descend to a lower level in the dark place. Claire starts to ask Gretchen about how long she's liked girls. Gretchen says she's had more boyfriends than girlfriends. Gretchen finds out Claire's a virgin and says maybe they're "strange attractors", particles that end up together but don't belong together. Claire saves Gretchen as she notices a huge chain swinging towards her. Claire suggests that maybe this isn't a game.

Samuel takes Tracy on a tour of the carnival. He says Jeremy could be surrounded by true family there. He talks to her about how she tapped into something greater than herself with her ability. Samuel says all of them are connected. Samuel says Jeremy is valuable since he can work miracles and needs a true home. Tracy asks Samuel to take her back now. Sylar oversees Samuel talking to Tracy. Lydia comes up to Samuel, as he hands Tracy a compass. He says if she ever wants to return to the carnival to use the compass. Lydia takes her back, as Sylar walks up and tells Samuel he remembers helping her at one point. Sylar says she was sad and he was flying with her in his arms. Samuel tells him he's having memories which aren't really his. Sylar asks who's they are and where he really is.

Janice walks in to find Matt packing a bag. She asks where he's headed and he tells her someone else is able to control his body, so it's not safe for her and the child. Janice says Matt always does this. He tells her it's dangerous if he's there. Sylar keeps showing up to invade Matt's thoughts as he's talking. Janice tells Matt it's better if she and the baby leave, while Matt stays at the home. Matt tells her not to tell him where they're going, so Sylar won't hear. Janice agrees and goes to pack. Sylar tells Matt that was a smart move but he still hasn't figured out how to get rid of him.

Parkman makes a call to Mohinder Suresh asking him to call him back as soon as he can. Sylar shows up again asking Matt how Suresh is going to help him. Sylar says it's time to give back his body. Sylar starts to have trouble with his controlling routine when Matt's drinking alcohol. Matt drinks some hard liquor and Sylar begins to cough. Matt thinks he's finally found a way to stop Sylar's mind games.

Tracy and HRG go in to bring Jeremy out. HRG says his new identity is Jarod Mitchell and he'll live a few apartments down from him, while attending Georgetown High School. He says Tracy will help him learn to control his ability. As HRG and Tracy escort Jeremy outside the police department, there's a crowd of people out there. One man comes up and grabs Jeremy calling him a murderer. Jeremy's ability goes haywire and the man starts to bleed out of his nose, then falls to the ground. HRG pleads with Jeremy to use his ability to heal the man, but instead the police officers take Jeremy back into the station. HRG and Tracy go back in. Tracy asks to talk to him again. The main sheriff says both of them are through talking to him anymore. Meanwhile, two of the other officers have taken Jeremy off on their own. One ties a chain around Jeremy's legs with the other end tied to the back of a pickup truck. The bald officers goes up and tells Jeremy to take his best shot. Jeremy starts shaking with fear but doesn't do anything. He beings to tear up. The man tells him he's not normal and doesn't belong there. Just then the pickup truck takes off.

Claire and Gretchen continue to search around. Claire suggests that someone might be trying to kill Gretchen, and that it might be another person with abilities. Claire talks about the fact her first roommate committed suicide and how Gretchen was nearly gutted. They hear and see something move nearby. As they go to investigate with a flashlight, the other two girls burst into the room. Claire tells them they don't really want the treasure, so they'll stick together and just get out of there.

Parkman continues getting drunk off shots of alcohol to try to get rid of Sylar. Sylar keeps trying to taunt him by talking about having sex with his wife. Matt tells Sylar when he's gone, Janice and he will have a beautiful life. Sylar tells Matt he's too desperate to fit in and needs to accept his power. Matt sees the Sylar vision start to disappear and realizes Sylar is afraid of dying. The vision of Sylar passes out then disappears completely as Matt drinks some more. Just then, Janice comes in along with Matt's police partner. Matt tells Janice "I did it" as he holds up a bottle and then falls to the floor.

Claire and the rest of the new sorority girls keep searching and eventually find a room where a pink teddy bear is hanging on a meat hook. Gretchen says she'll go get the other girls. Before she goes, she tells Claire she shouldn't have gotten all "relationshipy on her". Claire tells Gretchen she needs her in her life right now, to help keep things somewhat normal. Just then, Claire notices other meat hooks moving behind Gretchen as if someone is there. All of a sudden, a hook wraps around Gretchen's throat. Claire runs up to help but gets punched down by invisible Rebecca. Claire picks up a piece of wood and uses it to swing towards where she is and knocks her off, releasing Gretchen from being choked. Claire looks around, and suddenly is thrust up against a hook on the wall. She grabs a nearby weapon and swings it into Rebecca, causing her to become visible and fall to the floor. The other two girls come in to see Rebecca on the floor and Claire impaled. Rebecca turns invisible and runs off. Gretchen helps Claire off the hook on the wall and the other two girls are amazed by it all.

Tracy and HRG are driving at night down the road when they see Jeremy's body on the road all bruised and beaten up. Tracy starts to cry as HRG says they could have saved him. Tracy says he needed a real home. HRG apologizes to her for what happened. HRG says he thought he could manage it. Tracy says they let Jeremy down. HRG says he thought he did what was right but was wrong. Tracy tells HRG to never call her again, then gets in her car. She takes out the compass she was given and it points in a direction.

Parkman wakes up to see Janice standing there with his partner. Matt notices that Sylar isn't around. His partner hands him a sobriety medal and says he needs to start over again from the beginning. Matt thanks both of them. He tells his wife he's going to take a shower. As he goes into the next room, it's no longer Parkman we see walking but Sylar, tossing an apple up in the air. Sylar has taken over Matt's body now, and goes into the next room to tell Matt he's in the driver seat now. Janice oversees Matt through a clear door tossing an apple up and chuckling to himself.

Samuel goes out to the town where Jeremy was murdered and sees the police department. He angrily uses his power to cause the police department to begin to crumble to the ground as if it was blown to pieces. To be continued...

Season 4: Episode 5: "Tabula Rosa"

The fifth episode of Heroes "Redemption" is called Tabula Rosa which is Latin for "blank slate. The focus is on Sylar regaining his true memories, Hiro showing Emma how her ability works, and HRG traveling with Peter to locate a healer, so Peter can save Hiro's life.

At the carnival, Samuel talks with Claudia about Sylar. She says it's like he has two sides inside him at war with each other. Samuel goes to the small cart where Sylar is staying and starts to show him around the carnival. He talks to Sylar about finding out who he really is, and then moving on from that. He tells Sylar he's safe with them. He also introduces him to Claudia, who Sylar takes a liking to. Edgar, the fast knife wielder, oversees this and gets in Sylar's face. He tosses some knives his way so Sylar gets the idea of his power. Sylar accidentally uses telekinesis to fling the knives back towards Edgar. Samuel introduces Sylar to Damien, a man who can help him regain his true memories. Samuel also invites Captain Lubbock to the carnival, from the police squad who was pursuing Sylar through the woods.

Damien takes Sylar into the House of Mirrors where he puts his hands on his head to help Sylar regain his old memories. He begins to see all sorts of bad memories in the mirrors, including murdering his own mother, and various other people with abilities. Sylar screams for them to make it stop, then finally stumbles out of the House of Mirrors. Samuel finds him and tells Sylar that Captain Lubbock is at the carnival. He suggests Sylar puts everyone there in danger by being around. He tells Sylar to go to the House of Mirrors where he saw Lubbock go. Sylar goes in, and immediately the detective pulls his gun. Sylar warns him to leave before it gets ugly. He then brings back his electricity power and electrocutes the officer, right before he freezes a bullet in the air that Lubbock shot at him. Lubbock stands up and asks what Sylar is. Sylar is about to answer, but Edgar enters and slashes Lubbock up with his blades, then tells Sylar to go get a mop. Later, Edgar tells Samuel Sylar is useless to them if he can't kill. Samuel says they'll make a newer, stronger Sylar and he'll be all theirs. Meanwhile, a huge celebration is held after Sylar receives his baptism by Samuel to become the newest member of the carnival family.

Meanwhile, Peter has brought Hiro to the hospital where he informs him he's dying. Hiro says he knows, and reveals to Peter that he's been helping people fix wrongs now. He says maybe he was brought to Peter to help him. Peter suggests that maybe he's supposed to help Hiro instead. He touches Hiro's hand long enough to absorb his power. Peter bumps into Emma in the hallway and tells her he can't discuss her ability now, but that Hiro will tell her all about them. Peter teleports away, leaving Emma to go talk to Hiro.

Peter teleports over to see HRG and Claire. He tells them the story of how Hiro is dying and he needs to find a way to help. HRG looks up info on a case he worked before involving a boy named Jeremy who had the ability to heal. Peter and HRG determine he is in Georgia, and teleport off together to find the kid. When they arrive at the home in GA, everything that was once living is now dead around the exterior of the house. Upon entering, they discover two adults are dead in their chairs. Soon after, someone fires rifle shots at them from upstairs. It turns out to be Jeremy. HRG says he'll go talk to him, and sends Peter to the back staircase. Jeremy warns HRG that anyone he touches dies. HRG continues to tell him that he knows his powers, and they include the ability to heal as well. Jeremy doubts him, and keeps his rifle aimed at HRG. Peter teleports in the way, just as Jeremy fires a shot. Peter seems to stop time, but then realizes he didn't stop it in time, as the bullet has gone through him. Peter falls to the ground with blood all over him. HRG rushes to check on him and realizes Peter won't make it to a hospital. He convinces Jeremy to focus on his abilities and heal Peter. Jeremy is able to do so and Peter comes back to life. Peter now has Jeremy's power and Noah tells him to drive back to an airfield to catch a special flight back to save Hiro. HRG stays with Jeremy and tells him he made it look like a carbon manoxide accident. Noah agrees to stay with Jeremy until he's ok.

Back at the hospital, Hiro and Emma talk about abilities. Emma is asking how to turn hers off because she doesn't like it. Hiro tells her powers are a beautiful thing when used for good. He sees a flyer for a staff talent show for kids in the hospital. Hiro decides to go and perform magic tricks for the kids as "Hiro the Magnificent". Emma sees it and goes to watch. Hiro says he'll make her disappear for his next trick. He puts a white sheet in front of her and then with the audience mesmerized, he freezes time. Emma is able to see everyone stopped, and she can also see the colors of their noises in the air, also frozen. She walks around in amazement, touching the colors of the noises. Hiro tells her to go hide behind the curtain behind the audience. He unfreezes time, and says Abracdabra, then lowers the sheet, to show Emma's gone. After a few moments she reveals herself behind the audience, and everyone's amazed by the trick.

One particular nurse tells Hiro he really needs to stay put in his bed due to his condition. Despite that, Hiro leaves his bed again when he hears Emma is playing the piano beautifully. Several other nearby staff and others come to listen and watch her performance. Hiro comes in and tells her she has discovered the beauty of her ability. During all their talks he also remembers that it was Charlie who taught him to bring joy and dignity even in the face of death. He then has an "A-ha" moment, saying he forgot to put Charlie on his list of people to help before he dies. Emma has asked Hiro to promise he won't teleport away before Peter gets back. Peter returns to Emma, but unfortunately, Hiro teleports away in his hospital gear to three years ago in Texas, at the diner where Charlie waitresses. He looks in the window and sees the back of Charlie as she serves some customers. To be continued...

The episode starts in Washington, DC, where a bathtub is shown with water coming out of it to form into Tracy Strauss, who gets dressed up and ready to meet someone. Tracy enters a restaraunt where she sees the Governor she formerly worked for.

In Tokyo, Japan, Hiro's sister pulls him aside to say she's always been more serious than him, but thinks now that they're adults it's time for him to be serious. She tells Hiro, that Ando and her are getting married, and asks for Hiro to give her away. Hiro goes in to see Ando, who reminds him he might not be around in a year when they get married, since Hiro's dying. Hiro starts working on his bucket list of wrongs he needs to undo. Ando tells Hiro to tell his sister the truth that he is dying. Just then the "Dial-A-Hero" line rings, and a man who's on a roof about to jump has called.

Hiro takes off to the top of their office building where the man is on the edge. Hiro recognizes him as an employee. The man says he was fired a month ago, but snuck into the building to pretend he still worked there. The man says he wants a witness for when he jumps. The man confesses he was fired for inappropriate behavior, for photocopying his own butt during an office party. Hiro says that's not so bad, and asks about going back to undo the man's mistake. The man jumps, so Hiro decides to go back in time.

Angela Petrelli comes to see Nathan (Sylar) at his office in DC. Angela has a box of old trinkets and items that she says are a trip down memory lane for him. She hands Nathan a toy airplane, and he flashes back to see the events when he was a kid. He picks up a ball cap and sees a girl in a swimsuit dive into a pool with her head bleeding. Angela asks if something's wrong, but Nathan (Sylar) says no.

Tracy asks the Governor for her job back, and he says he can use her in New York. The governor asks for help to ease legislation through the cracks, then asks her to have dinner with him later that night.

HRG looks over the divorce papers from his wife Sandra, then is visited by Peter Petrelli. Peter goes to show his arm to HRG but the compass tattoo is missing. HRG insinuates Peter is seeing things. Peter says he's not, and HRG tells him he's not up for going around trying to find the fast guy with the blades to get cut up again. Peter goes to leave, with Claire at the door. She asks what Peter is there for, and he says just to clear up a question. Peter takes off with Claire wondering about his "new power".

Back in Tokyo, Hiro arrives in Ando's office again just at the moment Ando talks to him about giving away Kimiko at their wedding. Hiro has printer ink smeared on his face and asks Ando about the employee, Tadashi, who was going to jump. Hiro tells Ando he went back in time to stop Tadashi from photocopying his butt. Just then, another call arrives at "Dial-a-Hero". It's Tadashi again, saying he's going to jump. Hiro races to the rooftop again, to find out the man made a photocopy of his butt at a different event than Hiro fixed. Hiro says he'll help fix things for the man, who jumps again.

Nathan shows up at Peter's work to talk to him. Nathan shows Peter he now has telekinesis, and then says he discovers a new power everyday. Nathan says he's seeing memories and images that aren't his own. Peter talks about seeing the history of objects. Nathan talks of the memory of a girl he used to see, and the memory he saw of her dead in a pool of blood in the swimming pool. Peter suggests Nathan go find out the truth by talking to the girl's mom. Nathan says he'll go alone since it's his mess.

Claire confesses she came to check on HRG because he seems plan-less without The Company or a job. Claire says HRG should get a job because he's got great people skills. Claire finds a lumber sales job. HRG says the salesman was a cover for what he really did, but Claire suggests he doesn't have to let them know that.

Nathan visits Millie, the mother of Kelly, who Nathan dated (and saw in the memory as dead). Nathan asks if she's heard from Kelly at all. It's brought up that Kelly may not have run away from home. Millie says she hired a private investigator who found out that Kelly got a one way ticket to London, but nobody's heard from her since. Nathan asks if maybe something else happened to Kelly but Millie puts that idea down. Nathan walks over to the scene of his memory, the swimming pool. He touches a statue nearby to replay the memory of he and Kelly as kids. Kelly teases him by taking away his hat and running off. In present time, Nathan/Sylar goes over to a nearby bench to get further memories. The memory of the past plays out in black and white with Nathan chasing Kelly for the hat. Kelly falls off the side and hits her head against the diving board, falling into the pool dead.


Angela meets with Nathan at a bar, to talk about Millie calling her about Kelly. Nathan says Kelly died, and he wants to know why he can't remember. He says every time there's a secret, Angela seems to have a shovel behind her back. Angela tells Nathan that she took care of the accident, and she had The Haitian erase her memory. Nathan argues it was an accident, but Angela contends it would have ruined Nathan's life if she didn't cover it up. Nathan asks if she's going to let Millie go on believing she's a bad mother, and Angela says Millie's made her peace with this. Nathan goes back to see Millie and confesses that he saw Kelly die by accident. Nathan says it was covered up by his family. Millie becomes upset and asks Nathan to leave.

Claire continues prepping HRG for a job interview with mock questions. Claire says he's a people person. HRG says it's sad to look back on his life and it hasn't amounted to much. He says all he sees is pain, not actually helping people. Claire says she's one person that he's helped.

Back in Tokyo we're at the scene of Ando hearing the news of Hiro giving away Kimiko at their wedding. Hiro is covered in ink, saying he was trying to save Tadashi's life. Ando asks if that's the guy with the famous "butt". Hiro answers the phone, and says "Hi Tadashi, you on the roof, I'll be right there". Hiro looks out at his sister, then goes up to the roof again. Hiro is stressed out but counsels the man, and tells him to find something he loves that he can do. Tadashi agrees with that. Hiro tells him life is a gift, and too short, so it shouldn't be wasted by jumping off the roof. Hiro tells him he's dying, and then tells him to keep secrets, especially from family. Hiro offers Tadashi his hand and says he'll always have a friend. Tadashi thanks him and bows, then finally gets of the roof.

Hiro returns and tells Ando he was right, he must tell Kimiko the truth about him dying. Hiro tells his sister the news and they hug, with Ando looking on. All of a sudden, Hiro gets a sharp pain in his head, he pauses momentarily, then comes back to. As Ando is phoning for an ambulance, Hiro disappears before Kimiko's eyes to her amazement.

Tracy finds HRG at the same restaraunt that they met at before. She tells HRG that she got her old job back. HRG asks why she's there if she got her life back. Tracy says it feels like something is missing and needs to change. HRG tells Tracy life changes and they need to change with it. HRG tells her to remember who she was to figure out who she really wants to be. Tracy leaves to go to dinner with the governor and thanks HRG for his advice.

Tracy arrives at the fancy restaraunt to meet the Governor. She starts telling him that she wants a job where she's making a real difference in people's lives. The governor chuckles over it, and says they both know what she brings to the table. The governor says they should skip dinner and go upstairs to be happy just like old times. Tracy goes to the restroom, and starts to get upset so her hands begin to transform into liquid form. Tracy goes back out and tells the governor things aren't ok, then walks off on him.

Nathan pulls his car into a parking garage, then calls to speak to the homicide division. He's put on hold so he hangs up the phone. Nathan gets out of the car, and suddenly an assailant attacks him from behind, jabbing him in the neck. Nathan slumps to the ground.

Claudia meets with the "fast knife guy" at the carnival. They talk about Samuel's plans. Samuel emerges on the scene and reminds them he makes all the decisions for how things will proceed, now that is brother has died. Samuel tells Claudia it's time to find another. Samuel tells her she can tell him anything, including if she's unhappy being with him. She says no, then Samuel uses his ink tattoo trick on her. A tattoo of Noah Bennet (HRG) comes up. Samuel says he's retired and asks why she's showing Bennet. She says he may now be interested in them again. HRG is shown studying pictures and articles about a compass.

Millie meets with Angela Petrelli, talking about Nathan visiting her. Millie says Nathan claims Kelly died and he was with her when she died. Meanwhile, Nathan(Sylar) is shown being drive off in the trunk of his car. The man takes Nathan's jewelry off, rolls his body over then shoots him several times in the chest, before throwing dirt on his body. Millie gets a call at the restaurant from the man who just shot Nathan/Sylar. He tells her "the package is delivered". Millie and Angella toast over "closure", just as the car is shown driving off. Nathan reaches a hand up from the dirt, then Sylar emerges from the woods grave area.

Volume 5 - Episode 1: "Orientation/Jump, Push, Fall"

Volume 5 - "Redemption"

The new season opens with a group standing around a grave site in the middle of nowhere. A man spoke about his brother Joseph, and how they needed a family as protection from the outside world, that never understood what makes them different. Scenes were shown of the other Heroes including Peter, Claire, Sylar, Nathan, Hiro, Ando, Matt Parkman and Tracy Strauss. The man said in their place they offer salvation, hope and redemption so that one by one they can bring the others to their family. The man opened a compass up which he tossed into the grave. He said it's time they find their way home again, then motioned his hands to telekinetically move the dirt on top of the casket.

Chapter One: Orientation

We open in Arlington, VA as Claire Bennet arrives to college with all her belongings. Her roommate Annie comes in to introduce herself. Annie started to analyze how Claire got into college with a GED, then tells her she needs a map for her future including her grad school and job plans. Annie shows Claire a poster on the wall of her plans for the years down the road. Annie tells Claire to ditch the childish toys and start planning her future.

In Tokyo, Japan Hiro is watching a teleconferencing phone and has two laptops in front of him. Ando tells Hiro to stop waiting on the call. Hiro shows him a bar chart saying people need their help. Ando finds a picture Hiro has of them as kids from a carnival. Hiro begins to reminisce of how he was in love with Hiro's sister, but she thinks he's an idiot. Just then she enters the office and starts to yell at the two of them for their "Heroes for Hire" business, saying they are ruining business. She yells at Ando for coming up with the idea, saying she has to put her foot down. Ando says she hates him and it all started at the carnival. Just then a call comes in, with Hiro picking up eagerly.

Traffic is gridlocked in New York City, with a vehicle pulling up with Peter and another man inside. Apparently, Peter is a paramedic now. He tells the other guy he's going to go on foot, with the man saying he'll never make it. Peter hops out and starts running so he can get to the accident scene. He leaps up in an alley over a big truck and eventually reaches the accident scene where a woman is trapped in an overturned car. He tells her he's there to save her.

Claire goes to her Linear Algebar college Algebra test, where Annie quickly motions for her to come sit with her. Annie tells her this is all about sisterhood. Claire asks if this is a joke. She eventually starts to bug out, seeing images of a sniper rifle which fires a dart into her. Claire moans out in the class, and everyone looks at her. She tells her roomie she's going to leave sincet his class isn't for her.

Peter is back at the hospital where his friend from the vehicle tells him the woman he saved gave birth to two kids one she named Peter. Peter tells his friend he's going home, with his friend offering to take him out for drinks with them. Peter says he's good despite his friend saying there's a life outside of their job.

Ando and Hiro are shown helping a little girl whose cat is stuck up high inside a building area. Hiro tells Ando this one's all up to him, and tells the girl Ando will climb up to retrieve the cat. Ando makes his way up to the cat, climbing up a pipe. He grabs the cat with the girl warning him it doesn't like strangers. The cat goes ballistic causing Ando to fall. Luckily, Hiro freezes time to stop Ando before he hits the ground saying sometimes you've got to do things yourself.

Angela makes a call to HRG saying that she suspects Tracy Strauss is making revenge killings on the agents from Building 26. Angela told HRG it's time he pulled himself together to start working on this plan. HRG asked what plan, and she reminded him they had to turn Sylar into Nathan. HRG expressed his disgust over what they did, saying he can barely look Nathan in the eye knowing who it is. Angela told HRG to do his job and get The Company running, since he's the man with the plan. HRG tells her he's lost his family because of all this. He says he has to go since it's Claire's first day of college. HRG walks out to his car in the parking garage. He tries to start it and immediately water starts to flood out. The outside freezes up, while the inside starts to fill with water as Noah frantically tries to escape.

Noah tries to find a way out, and finally someone fires a gunshot into the window. The water comes gushing out and HRG falls to the ground. He gets up to see Danko standing there. Danko said it appears Tracy is after him too. Danko said he's there to make sure they kill Tracy before she kills them. HRG said last time he tried to help him, Danko almost stabbed him with a syringe. Danko said he heard HRG and the Petrelli's are back in the business. Danko tells HRG he's on his own now. HRG watches the water seep into a nearby grate.

Claire makes friends with a brunette girl on campus named Gretchen who is originally from Austin. Gretchen asked about a murder at Union Wells in Bennett, TX, where the cheerleader was murdered. Claire tells her she wants to keep the story on the DL. Claire walks off saying she has something to handle.

Back in Japan, Hiro stands the frozen Ando up with cat in hand. He unfreezes time and the little girl is overjoyed that they saved her cat. She says she will tell everyone "Dial a Hero" is the best. The girl turns to notice Hiro is just standing there frozen. Ando tries to revive him, but Hiro isn't moving.

Back in NYC, Nathan arrives to see his mother, but she's seeing him as Sylar. Suddenly, Angela awakes from her vision, terrified. A man lets her out of her car and she goes into the Sushi place. Just then, Nathan walks in asking what she did to him. He gives her a kiss on the cheek then asks if she's ok. Angela says she's worried about The Company. Nathan/Sylar starts eyeing the sushi on the table asking if he likes it, to which Angela tells him he does. He confesses that he feels like a lot of change is going on with him. It's like when he looks back on himself it's not like his own life he's looking back at. He talks about being a father, brother and son, saying he's been a jackass, but plans to change all that. He vows to reconnect with everyone who was important in his life, so he can be better person. He says he feels invincible, but Angela said it's a mid life crisis. Angela tells him to go buy a big sports car and get a younger woman with questionable morals.

In Los Angeles, CA, Matt Parkman is with his baby son. Angela Parkman calls him to say she thinks Sylar is starting to emerge again from the Nathan body. Angela orders him to go back into Sylar's mind and reprogam him. Matt said he's done and is out. Matt says he's been seeing things ever since he helped them. Angela tells him there's no such thing as out, and asks if he's not willing to fix the problem. Matt hangs up on her saying it's not his problem.

Nathan/Sylar is shown in his office at his desk. He reaches for his coffee cup which moves to his hand by telekinesis. He tries again with no luck. He then notices he has electricity between his two hands, which "shocks him" to find out.

HRG is waiting in Claire's dorm, as Annie is talking to him about how great a student Claire could become. Annie tells Claire to see her at the mixer tonight for Guitar Hero 3. Claire tells HRG she was recognized as someone from the murder in Odessa. She tells HRG she just wants to be Claire Bennet daughter of Noah Bennet. She says she told her roommate the truth that HRG works for the government. HRG said maybe she shouldn't tell the whole truth each time, and to be careful.

Scene shifts to Sullivan Brothers Carnival. The man from the beginning is in a tent, where a blond woman named Lydia enters. She takes her top off, and he walks over to her with an ink device. A tattoo forms on her back and she tells the man the guy is named "Danko". Just then another man enters to ask about what was said earlier about redemption. The man is told that vengeance is also part of their plan. He is instructed to go get the compass back and kill Danko, because it's what Joseph would want. The man seems to not be interested in doing that, but the man from the beginning grabs him and slams his arm down on a table, then stabs him with the ink rod. Ink fills the man's forearm/wrist and then travels up his body to his throat, forming the picture of a hand choking him. He grasps for air, and the other guy tells him "I wont ask again".

HRG is sitting down for a late dinner, when Tracy Strauss enters the building and sits down. She tells him he's number five. HRG said he saw her break into 1000 pieces, but now she's back. Tracy said she shattered into pieces, but then they all formed back together with one thought, killing all those who destroyed her life. HRG said he could make it so Danko wasn't interested in her anymore. HRG said after 20 years of his job he's never helped a single one of the people he tracked down. He said maybe they're both looking for redemption. HRG asked if it was a deal, and Tracy said he wishes it were that easy, then leaves.

HRG pays a visit to Danko to recommend that he let this mission to kill Tracy go. He hands Danko a relocation assignment courtesy of the US government. Danko tells HRG he's uninterested. HRG says that's not an option and just then The Haitian is shown standing behind Danko. Danko turns and Haitian grabs his forehead, with HRG saying he's going to get what he wants.

Peter is at his apartment and gets a call from Nathan/Sylar. He lets the machine get it and Nathan angrily says he needs Peter to call him because something strange is happening to him. Back in his apartment, Peter pins up an article about his saving the woman earlier.

Danko arrives at his apartment but as he goes inside he immediately realizes someone else is there. He draws his gun and aims at Tracy Strauss who's standing there. Danko has no memory of who she is, which puzzles Tracy until she realizes it was HRG's doing. She says he's not worth it and gets ready to leave. Danko walks into his apartment, and Tracy overhears him confronted by another man. He says he's been sent to get something back from Danko. Tracy then witnesses the man from the carnival quickly pull out two bladed weapons and slice up Danko, killing him. Tracy goes in and the man starts coming at her with the blades, getting a few slices in. As he strikes her, water gushes out, and her face reforms after he slashes it. Tracy grabs his arm and begins to freeze him, causing him to drop the weapon. The man quickly exits the apartment as Tracy looks down at Danko's dead body.

Claire is at the big mixer party, making her way through the party goers to see her roommate playing Guitar Hero. She sees the girl she met earlier, Gretchen. She apologizes about the murder thing she brought up earlier. Claire said she was never allowed to talk about it before and kept trying to start over. Annie spots Claire and yells for her to come over to play. Claire goes over with Gretchen saying she's going to play with her instead. Claire and Gretchen engage in a friendly game of Guitar Hero 3.

Back in Japan, Ando is wheeling the frozen Hiro around the office as Hiro's sister (the boss) is busy talking to a businessman. Ando wheels Hiro into another room and shakes Hiro to wake him up. Hiro finally comes to, with Ando saying something went wrong with his powers. He notices Hiro's nose is bleeding. Ando says he's taking him to the doctor, but Hiro says there's no need since he saw one. Hiro admits to Ando that he's dying and it could be any day. Ando suggests that Hiro go back in time to the day this happened to him to see if he can change it. Hiro pulls out the picture from the carnival. He says back then there was a fortune teller who told him he'd be a powerful hero, and from that moment he dedicated himself to being a hero. Hiro gets angry telling Ando he can't change the code or the past. Hiro becomes frozen yet again. Ando snaps him out of it again. Hiro says he thinks he was back at the carnival. Just then Hiro disappears and finds himself teleported to the carnival fourteen years ago in Japan.

We're back to present day with the ringleader of the Redemption carnival people and the woman who can form tattoos on her back. A tattoo forms of Hiro Nakamura and she tells the ringleader he was at the carnival 14 years ago. The ringleader walks out and finds an older man who's on a breathing apparatus. The man asks when they'll stop moving again. He asks the man to send him back 14 years if he can.

Claire goes to her room to find that her roommate isn't there. She also finds the windows open and goes over to shut them but then sees that down below is her roommate Annie lying dead in a pool of blood.

Back in Los Angeles at night time, Parkman trips over a toy car. The scene then shifts back to Nathan/Sylar in his office staring at a coffee cup. He angrily slams his hand down on his desk. Parkman finds that his baby is missing. Sylar/Nathan goes into the bathroom and begins looking at himself in the mirror. Parkman looks around for his son, then hears him crying. He turns to see Sylar holding him up. Sylar tells Matt he wants his body back. Matt begs Sylar to put his son down. Matt asks Sylar how he's there, and Sylar said he's inside Matt's head. Matt asks if he's not real, but Sylar said he's holding his son still. Matt's wife calls out for him, so Sylar tosses the baby at him. Matt goes to catch him, but as his wife enters Sylar is gone, and the baby is in the crib. She asks Matt if he's ok and he says he just came in to check on the baby.

HRG is at his apartment pulling down a fire alarm which is going off since he burned his dinner. He grabs a bowl of cereal instead. HRG places a call and a man answers. HRG says he must have the wrong number since he was calling for Sandra. The man says "yea she's here" and hands the phone to her. HRG hangs up. His cell rings and he picks up thinking it's Sandra but instead it's Tracy Strauss. Noan pays a visit to Danko's apartment where Danko is on the floor dead with Tracy sitting there. Tracy tells him she didn't do it.

Hiro is at the Carnival 14 years ago and realizes he time traveled, but can't go back. A younger version of himself asks for him to take their picture, making Hiro take the picture of he, Ando and his sister from years ago. Hiro sees himself going to get his fortune, then tells himself he can't change his destiny and must go back. He can't teleport back to present day. Just then, Samuel, the ringleader man appears asking Hiro if he wants to try at one of the carnival games. Hiro says no thanks, until the man calls him by name. He tells Hiro they're going to be great friends.

A police detective is questioning Claire about her roommate, asking if she knew about any suicidal tendencies. Claire said her roomie didn't seem that way at all, so the police woman shows Claire a suicide note they found on her pillow. Claire says she didn't recall seeing that at all in the room. Other students are standing outside the door getting pics with their cell phone. Claire suggests to the woman that someone murdered her roommate.

Ando is back at the office wondering what happened to Hiro. His sister enters asking where Hiro is. Ando told her that Hiro left. She demands he tell her the truth about where he went. Ando tells her Hiro went back in time 14 years to the carnival to which she doesn't believe.

Samuel makes friends with Hiro, showing him he's got a power too. Samuel asks Hiro if he's there because of the young boy. Hiro tells him how he can't alter things because then he'll never save the cheerleader and NY will blow up. Samuel convinces him that maybe he could make some changes. Hiro said it's bad to change the past since everything is connected. Hiro said he could fix things between Ando and his sister from when bumped into Ando and spilled the drink on her. Samuel says he needs to take a chance and change one thing to make things better. He pushes Hiro back towards the younger Hiro, Ando and Hiro's sister. The older time traveling Hiro is now in the line of fire for the slushie drink that spills all over him, saving his sister's dress and Ando. Just then, Hiro is teleported back to present day with Ando at the office. Ando asks if he saved himself back in time, but Hiro says no, then asks if anything changed for Ando. Ando looks puzzled saying everything still the same. Hiro asks about Kimiko, who walks in and tells Hiro he must pay a higher rent now. Hiro bows to her then leaves the office, as Ando tells her she's being too hard on Hiro. Just then, Hiro sees Ando and Kimiko start to kiss. He exclaims "I did it!" to which they both turn to look at him.

Tracy relays her story to HRG about what happened with Danko and the other man. Tracy said she didn't know HRG had helped her out so she had to come see for herself. Tracy said the man with the knives was very fast and is one of them. HRG looked at Danko's wounds saying it wasn't revenge, but the killer was looking for something. HRG reached inside Danko's guts to pull out a key. Neither HRG nor Tracy knew what it was for though.

A water delivery guy is there playing with Matt's baby, talking to his wife Janice. Matt comes out to meet the guy, and takes offense to the guy knowing his wife and having seen Matt's son grow up. Janice takes Matt aside saying she's worried about him. Janice suggests Matt could use his power to if he needed to for his job, but he says he swore not to. Matt tells her he's got things under control.

HRG pays a visit to Peter at his apartment. Peter tells him he's working as a paramedic again. HRG sees all the articles pinned up on Peter's bulletin board. HRG praises Peter for using his powers for good. Peter tells HRG that The Company hasn't been model citizens. HRG tells Peter that Danko was killed and shows him the key he found. He says it opens a safety deposit box downtown, but he suspects the guy looking for it will be there. HRG fills Peter in on the fast man with the knives, and says he needs Peter as his partner on this.

Angela Bennet pays a visit to Claire at college. Angela tells Claire it's not up to her to tell Annie's parents about the suicide note. Gretchen is in the dorm and meets Angela. Gretchen starts asking about the suicide note that Claire didn't see. Gretchen said it was weird because Annie had mapped her life out for years so why would she kill herself. Angela decides to leave. Gretchen asks Claire how they can go about proving Annie was murdered.

HRG and Peter wait at the New York Federal Bank in Manhattan. HRG tells Peter he should reconsider the way he's living his life alone, just saving lives and keeping track. HRG tells him it's not healthy to live alone with no connections, then tells Peter his own story of how he's alone now. A knock comes at the door, with a bank rep bringing in the safety deposit box. HRG opens the box to find a small pouch containing a compass. HRG remarks that it's broken. Just then, another knock arrives at the door. The bank rep is standing there then falls to the floor all bloodied on his back from knife wounds. The villain from earlier is there and wields a blade he points at HRG, saying the object doesn't belong to him.

The man begins to move forward with his blade aimed at HRG. Just then, Peter grabs him by the arm and absorbs his powers. Peter and the knife-wielding man begin to engage in a bit of a sword fight moving Matrix style around the room. With Peter eventually able to kick the man away. He stares at Peter for a moment then quickly moves out of the room. Peter checks on the dead bank worker to find he's still breathing.

The scene shifts ahead to Peter at the hospital checking on the man, finding out he's going to be ok. HRG is waiting for Peter there, and they talk about the compass. HRG hands it to Peter and as soon as it's in Peter's hand it begins spinning frantically. HRG tells Peter to keep it, but Peter is hesitant, saying he's trying to stay away from whatever HRG is doing. Peter suggests that HRG just hand over the compass. Peter says his life is simple now. Peter says he only went with HRG to get the other guy's ability so it could help him in his job. HRG wishes him luck and then tells him to call his mother.

Gretchen arrives to a cafeteria with a stack of books they can use about finding out about who murdered Annie. Gretchen suggests they find a dummy the approximate weight of Annie so they can test out to see how the crime happened. Annie asks Claire where they can find a dead body.

Matt is at an Office recovery group meeting for the LAPD. He says it's been six weeks since he last used and tells about his feelings to the group. As he's talking, Sylar enters the room and is standing in the middle of the group. Sylar says hi to the group and says it's been six weeks or so since he's seen his body and wants it back. Sylar is right in his face as Matt continues to tell the group about these images of ghosts bothering him. Matt yells out "go away!" and the group leader asks if he's ok. Sylar keeps insulting Matt telling him he's weak. The group members begin to eye Matt uncomfortably. The group leader asks for the next person to speak, with Sylar laughing about it.

Back at the office in Japan, Hiro observes the lovebirds Kimiko and Ando making eyes at one another. Hiro tells Ando he's the reason they're in love. Ando is confused saying they had their first kiss on the ferris wheel. Hiro says he prevented a slushie from falling on Kimiko's dress which saved Ando's chances with her. Hiro then says he must go back and change other things. Hiro quickly rushes out of the office ready to change the past.

Matt Parkman goes in to try to interrogate a guy in the LAPD interrogation room. As he's in there, Sylar appears once again to taunt Matt. Sylar keeps taunting Matt to just read his mind. The man asks Matt what is wrong with him as he's talking to Sylar, not him. Matt throws a chair at the wall at Sylar. The man ducks down and gives Matt a name and location. Matt's boss rushes in giving him the eye.

Peter is back on the job and his co-worker gets in the vehicle. Peter hands him a cup of chowder from Legal Seafood in Boston. Peter pretends his friend brought it up for him. Just then a call comes through for an accident. His co-worker says they have five minutes until break ends. Peter rushes out of the vehicle as his co-worker turns his back. As Peter quickly arrives at the scene, he finds HRG down on the ground slashed open. HRG tells Peter the man took the compass.

Tracy Strauss visits HRG in the hospital. She asks if HRG is going to go after the guy who took the compass. HRG says he needs one of them to help him out. Tracy suggests that maybe this guy is like her and looking to get his life back. Tracy asked why HRG called her, then realizes he doesn't want to be alone. Tracy sticks around with HRG to have some clam chowder in his hospital room.

Matt arrives to his place to find Roy the water guy just leaving after fixing the hot water. Matt asks to walk him out. As they get outside, he finally uses his power to suggest that Roy starts a new route tomorrow and never returns to their place again. He hands him some money and Roy tells him goodbye. As Roy leaves, Sylar appears again and says "Gotcha". Parkman goes inside and shuts the door fast.

Claire wakes up in her dorm late at night and decides to open the window where her roommate fell from. She gets up on the ledge and sees the chalk outline below. Claire drops down off the ledge onto the chalk outline then realizes that her roommate did kill herself.

Back at the carnival, the knife-wielder hands over the compass to Samuel. He tells him he had a tough time getting the compass back because he met an empath. The man asks if they met someone to replace their time traveler. Samuel says he met a Japanese guy who he put on a righteous path. Samuel takes out an ink utensil and sticks it into Leah's back. The knife wielder asks "so what's next?" and Samuel tells him they gather "the rest". Leah's back reveals tattoos of Tracy Strauss, Sylar and Peter.

Watch Episode 1 of Heroes Volume 5 at Hulu.com!

It's always the show you love the most that you become most critical of, and in this case Heroes was a show many people fell in love with after Season 1's great drama, action, sci-fi and mystery. Season 2 was not quite as good, but now looking back seems much better than what we've been served up recently. It's starting to seem like a big revolving door of bringing us back around to the same storylines, and that may not be the fairest treatment for fans of this series.

The way in which Volume 4 - Fugitives ended was almost surreal, as if somehow Matt Parkman was able to use subliminal mind control to make us all forget how silly the way that Nathan died yet still lives on happened. It basically boiled down to the brothers Petrelli going into a 2-on-1 deathmatch with bad guy Sylar. Their only abilities were to fly, giving Sylar a serious advantage. So they flew in, the doors shut while Sylar was electrocuting them, suspending them, throwing objects at them, buzzsawing them, and who knows what else. It was almost like Darth Vader against two limited Jedi's. Claire got to see more of the handicap fight then we did as she peeked through the door crack. Why they stopped the girl who can re-heal from going into the battle with them is beyond me. So the battle goes on, and eventually the noise stops and the dust settles. Claire goes into the hotel suite to find just Peter, who's bruised up and can no longer fly. He says Nathan and Sylar took the fight out the window. Peter's hurt and can no longer fly, but we learn he gained Sylar's abilities. Which as a fan eagerly pointed out to me, include the whole re-healing thing. Guess Peter didn't want others knowing what he was capable of?

Just moments after Claire and Peter leave the suite, Sylar hurls Nathan back into the suite to finish the fight. Kinda strange, but Sylar wins it by using telekinesis and then slitting Nathan's throat. At first I was thinking somehow Peter morphed into Nathan to absorb the damage and trick Sylar, but that would be impossible with another Peter running around. So Nathan really was killed, sort of. First Sylar had to be stopped. As he changed himself into the president's aid, Samuels, he got into the president's limo. However, it wasn't the president in the back seat, it was Peter using his cool new power to turn into anyone. He jabbed Sylar with a tranquilizer. Next up, the big plan to make Nathan still alive somehow..

Angela told Matt Parkman he was supposed to save Nathan, and boy was she right! What a twist, Parkman was able to go into an unconscious Sylar's head and convince him "You're Nathan Petrelli...Sylar's dead". Somehow he was also mentally sending us the telegram "You all will continue watching no matter how ridiculous this all seems". To make the plan more "plausible" HRG was like "Hey, I've got a spare shapeshifter sitting in cryogenics just for this moment!' Parkman skeptically went along with it, but once again Angela is lying to Peter, HRG is lying to Claire about her real father. The three of them along with Suresh, Ando, Claire, Peter and Hiro, all gathered around the funeral pire/bonfire to watch a fake Sylar body go up in flames. They all smiled and laughed (except Matt Parkman) as HRG dubbed them "The Company" - the next generation. One good thing that came of this all may be that they took away the flying power which was way overused in the past few volumes. Sure, quick travel around the globe is cool, but we need more than that as Heroes fans.

Volume 5 is dubbed "Redemption" and that seems a perfect title, as the writers and creator, Tim Kring, will really need to redeem themselves after treating fans to an entertaining yet watered down Volume 4. Speaking of watered down, it seems we know at least one of the new season's villains, another Strauss sister who can turn into and use water. Peter just might have full use of more than 1 power for a season. Also, Sylar will struggle to figure out he's trapped in Nathan's body, as he continues to toy with clocks. And in case we haven't seen it before, Claire will get mad at HRG who will say he did it to protect her, as Angela will tell Peter the same.

Note: In case you're wondering you can watch episodes of TV on the Web including NBC's Heroes these days. Hulu.com is one free, legitimate site that offers the episodes streaming right onto your computer. You can also opt to buy episodes over at the iTunes Music store.

Heroes Season 3 - Episode 25: "An Invisible Thread"

Heroes opens with Suresh narrating about how each of the many people on the planet are unique and different. Scenes are shown again of Nathan being shot with tranquilizers by Danko before Sylar can cut into his skull. Hiro gets a nosebleed while trying to teleport he and Ando. Claire, HRG and Angela are traveling in a SUV down the road, when Angela awakes from a bad dream. She tells them Nathan's in trouble. HRG realizes they went through a fake roadblock a few miles back and stops the car. He tells Angela and Claire to head off 2 miles in the opposite direction, and gives Claire a phone saying he'll find them. Angela and Claire head off, and HRG drives down the road where he's stopped at a police barricade. A van pulls up behind his vehicle and armed soldiers get out to surround the car.

Danko is shown talking with Sylar who just got out of the bathrrom. Danko tells him he needs to become Agent Taub like he was told. Sylar says he's done listening to Danko. Danko shoves a metal knife in the back of Sylar's head and he collapses to the floor. Danko radios to get a cleanup crew but then cancels the orders as he sees Sylar moving again on the floor. Sylar gets up, pulls the knife out of his head and says "that hurt" as he looks at Danko. Danko draws his gun fast, but Sylar uses telekinesis to fling it across the room, then flings Danko up against a glass case, suspending him there. Sylar reveals that due to his new shapeshifting power he moved the "off switch" in the back of his head. Danko tells him to get it over with because his men are on their way. Sylar moves Nathan's body into the bathroom and says he'll kill him later after he absorbs all of his memories. Sylar says he has a date with destiny tomorrow, as Nathan, so he can shake the president's hand. Danko tells him he better kill him now because there's no way he'll allow that to happen. Sylar tells him there's no need to kill him, because he has another plan. He transforms into Danko as they hear men arriving to the office. Danko (Sylar) draws his gun goes out and fires a shot, shooting down one of their own agents. He goes back into the office and transforms into Agent Taub, lets Danko down, and draws his gun on him yelling for the other man that he got him.

Angela and Claire arrive at the Capitol Building despite being hunted by agents. Angela leaves Claire behind saying she needs to find Matt Parkman because in her dream he saves Nathan's life. Claire heads off to find Nathan.

Sylar gets dressed in a suit so he can become Nathan. He tells Nathan to wake up so he can get his memories. Nathan stays passed out so Sylar says to hell with it since he can get memories from Nathan's personal belongings. A secretary knocks and enters telling Nathan that his daughter is there to see him. Sylar changes to Nathan and says "send her in". Claire enters the office asking if Nathan found Sylar, but he says he got away. Claire gets suspicious asking how she knows she's not talking to Sylar right now. Sylar as Nathan touches her necklace and gets the memories of Mexico, to tell Claire she knows him better than anyone else. Claire smiles and apologizes as she's been reeled in. Nathan says he's heading to the Stanton Hotel. Claire asks to go along in case anything goes wrong, and to help stop Sylar. Sylar opens the bathroom door to grab a suit coat jacket, and Claire notices the body lying on the floor. Sylar closes the door and tells her its a good idea to come along, because if anything goes wrong he needs her by his side.

Danko is escorted by armed guards out of a van to Building 26. Ando and Hiro witness it. Hiro tells Ando he's feeling better now and just had a headache. Ando suggests Hiro is getting sick from using his powers. Ando says they'll use his power instead. Hiro says they need to stop time at least once more. Ando says maybe Hiro's head will explode if they're not careful. Hiro gets worried but says its a chance he will have to risk. Danko is led down the hallways in Building 26, as other agents see him and are shocked by it. Danko is shoved into a holding cell, and his cellmate happens to be HRG.

Nathan wakes up back at the office, and slowly gets up. Peter enters the office to find Nathan stumbling around. Nathan says they have to stop Sylar.

HRG talks with Danko about getting involved with Sylar. Danko tells HRG that Sylar moved the kill spot on the back of his head. Danko asked HRG how he dealt with all this, the inability to contain and capture all of these people. HRG says it's all about living in the gray area, which he learned in middle management and having an adopted daughter. HRG says Claire has helped him through it. HRG and Danko decide to work together, but before they can shake hands, time freezes. Ando and Hiro open the door and smile, then go to Building 26's main office to see agents stopped. Ando pulls he and Hiro's pictures off the bulletin board, then notices Hiro's ear is bleeding, but Hiro says he's just fine.

Hiro and Ando find the room where various heroes are restrained with nose apparatuses in them to prevent their powers from being used. They discover Mohinder Suresh and remove his nose piece, then replace him with an agent. Hiro unfreezes time, and HRG and Danko shake. They notice the open door and HRG realizes it was Hiro. Meanwhile, Ando tells Suresh about Hiro's recent problems. Suresh warns Hiro not to freeze time again because it's causing him these problems.

Nathan and Claire arrive to speak with the president. A colleague named Liam Samuels comes up and shakes hands with Nathan. Nathan signs with his left hand on a security check in, and Claire questions it.

HRG and Danko beging planning their attack to capture Sylar. Danko reveals some extra powerful tranquilizers that will put an elephant down. As HRG has his back to Danko, Danko prepares to inject one of the needles into HRG's neck. Just then time freezes, and Hiro injects a needle into Danko. HRG turns to see it, and also Hiro's nosebleed. HRG says to call 911, because he has to head off to the Stanton to stop Sylar.

HRG phones Claire who's in a hotel suite with the fake Nathan (Sylar). Nathan looks over at her and she finally answers the call. HRG asks Claire if she's ok and if she found Nathan. Claire says yes, and HRG asks how she knows it's him. Just then two Claires are shown on screen with Sylar as one, using his puppetry power to quiet Claire from speaking. Sylar turns into himself and tells HRG "because it's me". HRG is shocked as he stops in his tracks realizing it's Sylar.

Sylar is using his powers to make Claire serve him wine. Claire says Nathan is on the way to save her and then she'll kill him. Sylar says he's going to kill Nathan, then her mom and brother. Sylar begins discussing how he met his real dad. Sylar starts talking about how much they have in common, saying they were both adopted and can't die. Claire says he'll die, but Sylar says it'll take her hundreds of years. He begins to come on to Claire, saying she could be his first lady. Just then, Nathan and Peter arrive at the building and are stopped by security. The guard tells them Mr. Samuels said Nathan's already there. Nathan tells Samuels that Sylar's one of them, and shows Samuels he can levitate. The guards draw their guns on him, but Samuels tells them to stop. Nathan and Peter tell Samuels they're the only ones who can stop Sylar. Nathan suggests Peter needs to get close enough to Sylar to touch him and get his powers. Nathan and Peter head towards the hotel suite.

Peter and Nathan form their plan to take Sylar at different angles. They arrive at the hotel suite's doors but before they can open them, they open and Claire is thrown out of the room. She gets up and yells at Peter and Nathan to go. They head into the room where Sylar has his electricity power charged up. Nathan and Peter flie towards him with Sylar shooting lightning. The door shuts and Claire can only look through the crack in the door. She finally hears the fighting stop and opens the doors, but nobody's in there. Suddenly Peter gets up and is bleeding. Claire asks where Nathan and Sylar went. Peter tells her the window and that he can't fly after them. Claire helps Peter out of the room. After they've left, Nathan is flung back into the room through the window. Sylar returns and slits his throat. Nathan gasps for life and falls back into a chair as Sylar chuckles at him. Sylar exclaims Claire's going to be so mad at him, then leaves after transforming himself into Nathan again. The real Nathan appears to die in the chair.

Matt Parkman arrives to Washington, DC, where Angela Petrelli finds him getting off a bus. Angela tells Matt about her dream and how Matt needs to save Nathan. Matt says he can't because he needs to go stop the agents. Angela says they won't be able to do that without Nathan, so Matt finally agrees to go with her.

Peter and Claire are rushing to leave the hotel, but as they get to the elevator area, HRG rushes out and aims a gun at Claire. He asks Peter to tell him that's not Sylar. Peter tells HRG he just fought Sylar. Peter also says he gained Sylar's powers. Just then, 3 security guards show up, guns drawn at Claire, Peter and HRG. HRG tries to tell them the president's in danger but they still keep their guns aimed. Claire finally walks forward and puts her head to the one guard's gun and says to listen to her now or she'll tell him after he shoots her.

Matt and Angela infiltrate the hotel where Matt uses his power to convince a guard he's from the secret service. The guard lets them pass. Matt comes to the hotel room where Nathan's lying dead in a chair. He tries to prevent Angela from seeing it, but she goes in anyways and begins screaming out. Angela hugs Nathan's dead body. She says she doesn't understand because in her dream she was supposed to save him.

Nathan arrives in a kitchen area to meet with the president. Liam Samuels comes up and says he can't give him anymore time to stop Sylar, the president's waiting. Nathan says it's ok he doesn't have anymore time to give. Sylar disguises himself as Samuels and heads out to where the calvacade is leaving with the president in a limo. Samuels (Sylar) gets in, and tells the president it's good to see he's alright. He puts out his hand to shake, and the president shakes firmly, then suddenly Sylar begins morphing through the various people he's changed into, eventually becoming himself again. The president sticks a tranquilizer into Sylar's neck. The president transforms into Peter and reveals he took Sylar's shapeshifter abilities.

Matt, HRG and Angela have Sylar in the hotel suite. Angela and HRG try to convince Matt to use his powers to make Sylar appear as Nathan Petrelli to convince the president of their plan. Angela pleads with Matt to help them. HRG says they'll use a shapeshifter's body from Building 26 to look like Sylar's dead body. Matt finally agrees to it and tries to get inside Sylar's head. He starts telling him he's no longer Sylar, and that Sylar's dead, he's now Nathan Petrelli. Matt starts planting memories of Nathan into Sylar's head to make him believe he's Nathan. Suddenly, Sylar wakes up and is convulsing. He rolls onto his side and transforms into Nathan, then looks at Angela and says "mom?"

Suresh narrates about how we're all connected by an invisible thread, yet still individuals. The new Nathan, Angela and HRG set a fake Nathan's body to fire (shapeshifter). Hiro, Ando, Suresh, Claire, Peter, and Matt Parkman all watch the fake shapeshifter Sylar's body go up in flames. Nathan tells HRG the president agreed to everything, funding, research and deniability. Nathan said he told the president he found just the men to head up his Company. Ando notices Hiro having another headache, and Hiro tells them it's time to go home. HRG tells Claire "he's really dead" and Matt Parkman gives HRG a look of disgust. Volume four ends.

Volume Five - "Redemption" starts. It's six weeks later. Kent Harper a former Building 26 agent arrives home to find water is leaking all over the place in his kitchen. The water runs in a huge puddle towards the living room then begins to materialize into the form of a woman who looks like Tracy Strauss. She tells the agent "You're #4" and then kills him. Nathan aka Sylar is shown reading a newspaper about the latest murder. Angela enters the office saying she hasn't heard from him in weeks and was starting to worry. Nathan tells her he hasn't felt like himself lately. Angela tells him the world is his oyster now. Angela tells him to come along so they won't be late for lunch. Nathan walks over and looks at a clock and is fascinated by it. He says the clock is running a minute and a half fast, adjusts it and puts the case back on. Nathan prepares to leave, asking Angela if she wants Italian or Chinese. To be continued...

Season 3: Episode 24: "I Am Sylar"

Season 3: Episode 24: "I Am Sylar"

The episode opens with Nathan, HRG, Angela, Claire and Peter eating at the cafe discussing how they'll regroup to set things straight. Claire notices Nathan is live on television, giving a press conference about the state of affairs with the hunting of "dangerous individuals". Nathan questions who it is, and HRG answers "Sylar".

We travel back 18 hours earlier to when Sylar wakes up and looks like the agent he was disguising himself as. Sylar questions "why does this keep happening?" and shakes himself back to his usual appearance. He reaches in his mouth and pulls a bloody tooth out, then asks "who are you?" as he looks in a mirror.

Matt Parkman has his baby and is on the phone to his ex-wife, the baby's mother. Matt promises to bring the baby back as soon as he can. Matt tells his ex-wife it's really good to hear her voice, and she ackwardly thanks him for his help before hanging up. Matt regroups with Hiro and Ando about what to do next. Hiro and Ando ask Matt to help them take down Building 26. Matt tells them to give it up and says he's afraid he won't see his son's first actions. Hiro asks Matt for the address for Building 26, but Matt says no because he doesn't them getting killed as it will be on his conscience. Hiro and Ando say their goodbyes as Matt leaves with the baby. Ando tells Hiro that Matt was right, they have no real plan. Hiro says a true hero never concedes defeat.

Sylar meets with Danko in the park. Danko says one of his agents claimed to have seen Sylar via surveillance cam. Sylar tells Danko he's losing himself and wakes up as Agent Taub. Sylar says the agent's a nothing and he doesn't like being a nothing. Danko reminds Sylar that as the agent he can come and go, kill as he pleases, but as Sylar he will be hunted down. Sylar transforms himself into the agent before Danko leaves. Sylar then cuts the words "I Am Sylar" into his arm as a reminder of just who he is exactly, but the cuts start to heal up due to his ability to heal from injury.

A man named Tom Miller is shown in Richmond, Virginia. He receives a text message from Rebel telling him to get out now. Just then, Sylar is shown walking down the hallway and next appears seated in Tom's place behind him. Tom warns Sylar not to startle him because he can hurt him. Sylar then reassures him that he knows he has an ability and is there to help. Tom shows him what he can do by placing a small figurine state on a table, then pinching his fingers together. As he concentrates the statue begins to shake then evaporates into little particles. Sylar tells Tom he needs to choose whether he wants to deal with the agents or him. Tom tells Sylar he chooses him. Sylar begins buzzsawing into the man's head and he screams. Just then Danko and several agents show up and rush down the hall. As they burst into the room they find Tom Miller dead on the floor with half his skull removed. On the wall written in blood is "I Am Sylar". Agent Taube remarks to Danko "that guy has some ego".

Back at homebase, Danko meets with Sylar in his office. Sylar gives Danko a cell phone which shows that Rebel just contacted Tom Miller. Danko asks Sylar for his help in taking Rebel down. Sylar is still upset about the fact he's having identity problems. Danko tells him that he's survived with all sorts of identities during his career, and suggests Sylar find an anchor to hang onto when he's lost. Danko shows Sylar a timepiece his father gave him 20 years ago. Sylar looks it over and identifies the timepiece and its inconsistency. He tells Danko it's the only power he ever truly owned himself.

Hiro and Ando attempt to break into Isaac Mendez' loft in the dark, by bypassing some motion detector lasers. During their talk, Ando calls himself the "Crimson Arc" his superhero alias. Hiro calls it "dangerous yet ladylike", and again they argue over the fact that Ando has a power. Ando tells Hiro he doesn't see him as an equal. Ando suggets maybe he should be a powerful hero on his own. Just then agents dressed all in black burst into the loft with their rifles and start firing. Hiro grabs Ando and they dive to the floor. The agents and their bullets all stop due to Hiro freezing time. He tells Ando he'll have to be bait, but just then Ando stands up and they realize he's not frozen with time. Ando says now he doesn't have to be bait.

A police officer brings some boxes of murder case information/evidence to Agent Taube (aka Sylar). The evidence inside the boxes is of Sylar's murdered mother, Virginia Gray. Sylar begins to examine the evidence piece by piece and remembers killing his mother vividly. He grabs a snowglobe and hurls it across the room, smashing it. Sylar's mother picks up the Eiffel tower which was in the snowglobe and says it was her favorite. Sylar begins to talk with his mother and confronts her about lying to him. Sylar tells her he knows the truth now about how he came about. His murdered mother said she wanted to protect him after what happened with his father. Sylar discusses his new power to be anyone he wants to be, and asks his mother why he feels so lost. His mother tells Sylar she loves him and wanted him from the start, because she knew how special he was. His mother's ghost tells him that now she's back. Just then a knock comes at the door, and Sylar's mother morphs back into Sylar. Sylar finds Danko at his door. Danko tells him they located Rebel and need Sylar's help, as agent Taube.

Ando discusses his excitement about being in Hiro's special world now. Hiro says it must be when Ando touched him he was able to participate in time stopping, just like Baby Matt Parkman was able to before. Ando begins to comment how he feels like Batman in Superman's special fortress. Ando also calls Hiro a fascist saying he never really accepted Ando as a superhero. Hiro puts his arm around Ando and walks him right into the line of a tranquilizer bullet, then unfreezes time. The tranquilizers fly full force into Ando's chest and he screams out. Hiro stops time again and finds one of the armed agent soldiers similar to his size.

Danko, Agent Taube and several other agents descend on a run down apartment area. They kill the power to the entire area, meaning there's no machines for Rebel to manipulate. Micah is shown inside one of the apartments, and begins to pack up his laptop and other items quickly. The agents begin to head towards the building, weapons drawn. One agent turns back and asks Agent Taube if he's coming, but finds Taube is already gone. As Micah turns to leave inside his apartment room, Sylar is standing there in his path. Sylar jokes that Rebel is just a kid. Micah says he knows who Sylar is and Sylar says that's doubtful. Micah says the people Sylar works with now don't know him and how special he really is. Micah tells Sylar he can save them all. Just then they hear the agents coming towards the room.

On the Baltimore/Washington Parkway, a van is escorting Ando back to Building 26. Hiro freezes time and pulls the medication tube out of Ando's nose. Ando's upset at how Hiro used him like this, but Hiro tells him just to play possum. As Hiro resumes time and Ando plays unconscious, one of the other soldiers asks Hiro when he started wearing glasses. The van is shown full of pink/reddish electricity as it swerves side to side. Ando tells Hiro they were about to tazer him. Hiro says it's time for Plan B. He grabs a GPS device and says they will go where the men were heading using the device.

Back at the apartments where Rebel was hiding out, Danko and his men begin chasing Micah down a pier. Soon a second Micah is revealed ducking behind some large cargo containers watching the men aim their rifle sights on the other Micah. Danko gives the order to one of his men to take him down, and the man fires a tranquilizer into Micah #2, who falls into the water. Danko and his men see no sign of him in the water, as the real Micah takes off running. Sylar shows up later on and Danko says it's not like him to let one of the heroes get away without taking his powers. Sylar says he didn't want to be able to talk to machines, and convinces Danko that Rebel must be dead. Danko tells him they have intel on several more dangerous individuals and Sylar will need to start hunting them down.

Back at Sylar's place Micah oversees Sylar turning into his own mother and back again. Sylar's having a conversation about why he chose to save Micah, then realizes he's being watched. Micah asks Sylar how he is able to shapeshift and says his mother had a similar issue which drove her crazy. Sylar tells Micah he's not his mother. Micah tells Sylar he can use the power to become someone who makes a difference, like Nathan Petrelli. Micah suggests that Sylar tell the president that he made a big mistake. Sylar angrily tells Micah he should leave now and that if he returns, he'll kill him.

Sylar peruses Nathan Petrelli's office and continues changing into his mother who he murdered. Sylar remarks that Nathan was given everything, money, education, family. Sylar's mom tells him that he can be special on his own without anyone's help. She tells Sylar it was an accident that he killed her, but he tells her it wasn't. He tells her she was the only one who loved him, and his mother says that's how he lost himself and why he brought her back into his life. His mother tells him that she forgives him for what he did. Sylar's mother tells him he can be anything he wants, Senator, or President of the United States. Sylar realizes she's right and morphs himself into Nathan Petrelli, saying he won't let his mother down.

Matt Parkman arrives with the baby at Janice's home, but Janice is out. Matt begins telling the baby how he and the baby's mother got along really well before. Just then Janice comes in and rushes over to hug the baby. Matt and Janice hug, saying it was good to see each other. Matt begins to sense that they're being watched and Janice says they can go to her parent's lakehouse. Matt says he wants to come too, to be part of the baby's life. Janice tells him they have a lot to discuss.

A press conference is held by Nathan Petrelli (Sylar in shapeshifting form). He begins talking about shaking up the power structure in Washington. Nathan says he's tried to contact the president but the president hasn't been interested in talking to him. Nathan says he's ready and willing to meet with the president, and once they shake hands, real change will start to come to the country. Angela, Peter, HRG, Claire and Nathan are shown watching this at the Cafe in Coyote Sands.

HRG tells them all how Sylar's a shapeshifter and is about to become the most powerful man in the nation. Nathan says he needs to set things right and get to the president before him. The rest of the group offer to help but Nathan wants to do it on his own. HRG says Sylar will expect him to come, and be waiting for him. Peter tells Nathan he'll go with him. Nathan says he started it and he'll end it. He gets up and leaves the cafe, but Peter follows after him.

Ando and Hiro arrive at Building 26. Ando tells Hiro no more using him as bait, and Hiro agrees. Hiro says he will be partners with him, and they prepare to teleport with Ando touching Hiro's shoulder. Suddenly, Hiro is in pain and has a bad nosebleed. He tells Ando his head hurts really bad.

Back at Janice's apartment, Matt finds his old badge from the police force. Janice says she's ready to leave. Matt tells her he can't go yet, he has to go and end things with the other side. Matt says he wants a chance at a life together with Janice and the baby. They start to embrace, but Matt senses the soldiers are coming. The soldiers burst into the home, but Matt assures Janice he'll protect her and the baby from them.

The real Nathan rushes to his office and begins looking for something in drawers. Sylar shows up behind him holding a gun up. Nathan tells him "get the hell out of my body". Sylar, as fake Nathan, begins psychoanalyzing telling real Nathan that he hates himself so much. Sylar reverts back to his normal self, telling Nathan he's taken a stroll through his life. Sylar informs Nathan he's had an ability to analyze objects and see someone's history. He tells Nathan he can see he's been a bad boy, deceiving his various family members. Nathan calls Sylar a psychopath and says he's the reason Nathan went to the president to begin with, to hunt down dangerous individuals. Nathan says nobody will believe Sylar's him, but Sylar says he won't be Nathan, he'll be better than him. He bids Nathan farewell and gets ready to buzzsaw into his skull, but just then a rifle shot goes off and Nathan drops to the floor. Danko is shown in the office, and tells Sylar they need to handle a US Senator more delicately. He tells Sylar to become agent Taub again so they can move out and start taking down all the others.

Just then as the show is ending, various scenes are shown. Mohinder Suresh is stil lin Coyote Sands at nighttime in the dark looking at the information left by his father, trying to piece things together. Agents descend on him and shoot him up with tranquilizers. HRG, Claire and Angela are shown in a car speeding down the highway, but they arrive at a police checkpoint. A van is behind them, and soldiers jump out surrounding the car as they're stopped. Hiro is shown still bleeding from his nose, as he and Ando are near a corner of Building 26. Matt Parkman uses his mental powers to manipulate the soliders in Janice's home, making them walk right past he, Janice and the baby.

Sylar comes out of the bathroom in Nathan Petrelli's office as himself. Nathan Petrelli is shown on the floor with tranquilizers in him. Danko tells him he asked Sylar to become Taub again. Sylar says he's not listening to him anymore. Just then, Danko sticks a knife into the back of Sylar's head and Sylar collapses to the ground. Danko begins to radio for someone to bring a cleanup crew to Nathan's office. Just then he notices Sylar start moving and tells the agent to hold off on the orders. Sylar slowly gets back up and pulls the knife out of the back of his head. He looks at the knife, then Danko and says "that hurt". To be continued...