Samuel tells Hiro he needs him to time travel and undo a wrong, from when Samuel killed Dr. Mohinder Suresh. Samuel says to retrieve the object Suresh has that belongs to him, and he'll give Hiro back Charlie.

The scene shifts to India nine weeks ago, where Dr. Mohinder Suresh is tutoring a student. Suresh's girlfriend shows up, and as she's cleaning up a closet area notices a box of Chandra Suresh's files. She chastises Mohinder for not getting rid of them. She says they have a simple life and he needs to let go of his past.

Tracy is in a diner in Washington staring at a poster ad for the carnival. The waitress asks if she's ok and Tracy remarks about how great it would be to just run away and join the carnival. Tracy's power accidentally goes awry and she freezes a mug until it breaks into pieces. The waitress gasps as Tracy flees the place.

Nathan and Peter arrive to his office where Nathan/Sylar is continuing to have an identity crisis. Nathan's assistant hands him a stack of files and says his calendar is cleared because Nathan took an extended vacation, that his mother told them about. Just then, The Haitian shows up. He tells Nathan not to come any closer. He says he needs to talk to Peter, then tells Peter he's there to tell him the truth.

Claire is bringing laundry back to her dad's place when she finds the door has been busted open, and sees ice particles all around the door and floor. She grabs a knife, as Tracy Strauss comes walking out. Tracy says she really needs to see HRG. Tracy says she can't control her power, as her hand and arm begins to freeze into ice.

Haitian tells Peter he was instructed to wipe out Peter and Nathan's memories by their mother, but he can't do it, because she's blinded by emotions. He gives Peter a business card with a number on the back, saying it's up to Peter to follow through if he wants to know the truth. He tells Peter it may be more terrible than he can imagine though.

Suresh is awake in bed with his girlfriend asleep, as he gets up to go look at the box of Chandra Suresh's work and files. He finds an old filmstrip marked "Samuel". He puts the movie reel on to see Chandra Suresh talking into a mic about a specific subject. Chandra is talking about increased seismic activity from a pregnant woman. The woman's name is cut out by noises. Chandra talks about how the birth of the child is causing even more seismic activity, as the whole room starts collapsing around him.

Claire helps Tracy get into a warm bath and makes her some tea. Tracy lays back and suddenly the water begins to freeze up all around her, so she jumps out of the bathtub. Claire tells Tracy to calm down. Claire touches Tracy and begins to freeze up as well. Claire becomes totally entombed in ice.

Peter goes to a storage box in Virginia. They open up the container to find a coffin. As Nathan opens it and peels the plastic back, he and Peter are shocked to see it's Nathan lying in the coffin. Nathan and Peter try to figure out why the Haitian wanted them to see this. Nathan/Sylar puts his hand on the forehead of the dead Nathan. He sees visions of Matt Parkman and Sylar. Nathan and Peter decide to head to LA to find Matt Parkman.

Tracy begins to drag the frozen Claire across the floor and pulls her right foot off by accident. Claire finally comes back alive to Tracy's surprise. Claire lets her know that healing is what she does and they get a good chuckle out of it as Claire puts her detached foot on the floor.

As Nathan and Peter are back at Nathan's office discussing what's going on, Nathan's assistant interrupts. She tells them she found Matt Parkman and it appears he tried to commit suicide by cops, handing a printout to Nathan. They see that Parkman is now in critical condition. Peter tells Nathan he has the ability to heal people now.

Back at the carnival, Samuel is telling Hiro the clock is ticking away. Hiro says he's trying. Samuel tells Hiro he has faith in him. Hiro looks at a map and is trying to teleport himself back nine weeks ago to India. Suresh is investigating more items from his dad's box of materials. Mohinder's girlfriend finds him asleep on a table with all sorts of items from his dad's box. His girlfriend is angry at him for acting crazy. He says he's made a new discovery regarding a compass. Suresh's girl says if he disappears again she won't be waiting for his return this time.

At Midland Hospital in Texas, Peter and Nathan see Matt Parkman in a hospital room. They sneak over and go into the room where Nathan closes the shade. Peter walks over and puts a hand on Parkman's chest to begin to revive his injuries. Matt comes to, but he appears crazy to Nathan and Peter as he begins telling them how Nathan was killed by Sylar. He says that he, Parkman, had to purge Sylar's memories to make it look like he was really Nathan. Meanwhile, the vision of Sylar is taunting Matt near his hospital bed. He swaps places with Parkman so that he's inside Parkman's body on the hospital bed, and he tells Nathan it's all true. Sylar says all Nathan needs to do is just take his hand and things will be back to normal.

Nathan is about to touch hands with Parkman/Sylar, but Peter says it doesn't make sense. Meanwhile the vision of Parkman is standing there trying to yell at Nathan not to do it. Nathan uses Sylar's telekinesis power to throw Peter against a wall, knocking him out. An officer rushes in telling Nathan to back away from the patient. In the scuffle, Nathan brushes hands with Parkman/Sylar and Sylar now is back in his body as Nathan. Sylar/Nathan picks up Peter and flees the hospital as Parkman is left in the hospital bed yelling.

It's now eight weeks ago, where Suresh has used the compass he created which has brought him to Sullivan Bros. Carnival. A man asks him if he can help him find something. Suresh meets Joseph Sullivan, who says he'll take him to meet his brother. Samuel comes stumbling out of a trailer with a beer in hand. Joseph introduced Samuel to Suresh, and makes up a story about why he's there. He sends Samuel away. Suresh angrily asks Joseph why he's trying to stop him from talking to Samuel and Joseph tells Suresh to come inside the trailer.

Matt Parkman has used his mind control powers to make a security guard bring him to a closet. He tells the guard that when he found him he was already dead and he took him (Parkman) to the morgue. He then says for the guard to give him all his clothes.

Nathan/Sylar and Peter have landed in the Grand Canyon. Nathan says they shouldn't be around people anymore. Nathan is questioning who he is and having Sylar getting into his head. Nathan tells Peter to find his way home. Peter grabs Nathan's arm to absorb whatever powers he has. Peter tells Nathan to go ahead, he'll be right behind him.

Joseph Sullivan informs Suresh that he's been watching over his brother Samuel for four years to make sure he's unaware of the powers and danger he's capable of. Suresh says Samuel has great potential and the powers could increase 10,000 fold. Joseph tells Suresh he's done just fine on his own and tells Suresh to leave at once. Suresh leaves the trailer, but Samuel is shown outside the trailer eavesdropping.

Suresh is in a hotel room and places a call to his girlfriend/wife saying she was right and his idea to pursue this lead was a big mistake. He's telling her on a voice mail he misses her and will catch the next plane home. He picks up the canister of film and prepares to dowse it in lighter fluid in the trash can. He lights a match and drops it, but just then time stops, and Hiro is there. Hiro replaces the reel of film with another one he has brought. He prepares to leave the room but stops to whisper in Suresh's ear. Hiro whispers to Suresh to be careful because "Evil butterfly man will be coming for you".

Claire and Tracy continue their girl-bonding session. Claire says it seems like Tracy's losing control of her powers is due to psychological issues. Tracy says it all started earlier in a diner how she was thinking of her whole live falling apart. Tracy tells Claire of how she met a strange man named Samuel. Claire says she met him too. Tracy says maybe she needs to start a new life. Claire says maybe her body is telling her that's what she wants. Tracy said it's nice to talk to someone. Claire said college seemed so great, but now she's wondering. HRG walks in and sees Claire and Tracy hanging out, with Claire's severed foot on the table. He asks how their day was.

Samuel bursts into the door where Suresh has lit a reel of film on fire. Samuel angrily demands Suresh to tell him what's on the film. Suresh said Joseph warned him about Samuel. Samuel said all these years his brother has betrayed him. Samuel says he will learn the truth. Samuel releases a handful of pebbles and rocks and tosses them right into Suresh's chest. Samuel gasps at what he's done thinking he killed Suresh, and rushes out of the room. Suresh is down on the floor but suddenly sits back up and realizes he has a bulletproof vest on. Hiro pops up behind him and says hello to his old friend.

Hiro informs Suresh he traveled back in time to save his life. Suresh realizes that he and Hiro can stop Samuel because he's extremely dangerous. Hiro says he needs to get Charlie back, but Suresh argues that their primary focus must be to stop Samuel. Hiro says if Suresh won't agree to disappear until he gets Charlie back safely, then Hiro will make Suresh disappear. He freezes time, then teleports Suresh away with him to somewhere.

Hiro arrives back to present day at the carnival where Samuel is enjoying dinner with other carnival people. He hands the reel of film to Samuel, and asks for him to give Charlie back. Samuel tells Hiro he'll give him Charlie back soon, then apologizes that Suresh had to die as he walks off with the film reel.

Suresh is shown strapped down in a straight jacket at Riverdale Psychiatric Hospital in Florida. Two staff workers come into the padded cell and give him an injection which puts Suresh to sleep.

Parkman is shown now disguised in his security guard outfit. He's on his cell phone calling his wife Janice to tell her that all the craziness with Sylar may now be over, because Sylar has transformed back into his old body. Matt says he thinks Sylar's out of the picture now because he got what he wanted.

Tracy is having a bite to eat at the diner, when Samuel walks in to meet with her. She says she's not sure what she's even doing there. She says she can't go on living her life like this any more. Samuel says he felt a real connection before. He says he has a way she can use her gifts to make this a better world for all people, and begins to convince her of his plan.

Nathan and Peter are still discussing the whole Sylar and Nathan situation. Nathan said Nathan must truly be dead. He says everytime Peter looks at him, he's going to see Sylar. Nathan asks him to tell him he's wrong, but Peter won't answer as he gives him a strange look. To be continued...

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...

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...

In Heroes Season 4 entitled "Redemption", we've met quite the cast of characters straight out of a carnival freak show. In fact it's the Sullivan Bros. Carnival company, which is run by Samuel, who has become a sort of "anti-hero" looking for redemption. He considers himself and the others he presides over to be outcasts who need to redeem themselves in the wake of the death of his brother, Joseph. There's an interesting compass involved in all of this, which was buried with Joseph. It comes into play quite a bit throughout the episodes in Season 4, including a tattoo version that becomes an imprint on Peter's arm.

Samuel, played by Robert Knepper, is the leader of the Sullivan Brothers Carnival group. While not completely evil, he seems to serve as the main villain so far in the latest installment. He has the ability to move the dirt of the Earth with his hands, but also some sort of relationship with ink, as he can use it to create images as he pleases. We saw this when he uses it to tattoo his girlfriend so she can show him images, and when he puts himself into a newspaper article photo at Peter Petrelli's apartment.

One of the newest Heroes characters with Samuel is his henchman, Edgar (actor Ray Park) who is the "knife guy", also from Sullivan Bros. Carnival. Edgar has a cool set of knives and moves super fast with them. He seems reluctant to do the dirty work for Samuel at first, when he's asked to hunt down Danko and the compass. He ends up encountering Tracy Strauss and trying to slash her. Tracy survives the attack, but Danko doesn't and is killed by the new villain. Edgar goes to retrieve the compass from HRG and Peter, but meets his match in Peter who is an empath, capable of using his power. Park is no stranger to weaponry as he portrayed the evil lightsaber-wielding Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode 1: Phantom Menace, and the ninja Snake Eyes in the 2009 GI Joe movie. Park also has a strong martial arts background. According to this Kung Fu magazine article, for Heroes Park uses skeleton knives for his Edgar character and practiced for the role with Wushu knives. On a cool side note of trivia, Ray Park who plays Edgar is also the current voice of the Geico Gecko from the TV commercials.

Two other carnival workers we meet are Arnold and Claudia played by Dawn Olivieri. Claudia is the tattoo display girl who Samuel gives ink to and watches as faces form on her back. She's able to foretell the future or which Heroes will be part of their story by having them show up on her back in tattoo form. She's also Samuel's love interest. Arnold is an ailing older man, who seems to have a power similar to Hiro's. Unfortunately he's on a breathing apparatus and that is why Samuel searches out for Hiro Nakamura to replace Arnold's powers.

Deanne Bray, is the deaf actress who portrays a similar heroic character named Emma. She's deaf and has the ability to see sounds in a colorful way. We learn that when we see her grab a stringed instrument in the park and start playing beautifully to the amazement of the local crowd and Peter Petrelli. She was also seen complaining to a nurse at the hospital Peter works at about her senses seeming to be jumbled. She uses a set of headphones to block out sounds from her ears, which Peter notices aren't plugged into anything.

Another character we meet is Claire's new quirky college buddy, Gretchen (Madeline Zima). She's a curious one, and learns of Claire's powers. She also knows of Claire's whole Homecoming saga, where Claire witnessed a cheerleader being murdered by Sylar. Gretchen and Claire didn't exactly share a lesbian love scene at college, but instead Gretchen got to cut Claire's palm and watch it heal. She said she'd never done it before. Madeline Zima who plays Gretchen was also on the hit show Californication starring David Duchovny.

We're sure to meet even more character as the Heroes Redemption season unfolds. We've seen Janice Parkman, The Haitian, Sandra Bennet, Kimiko Nakamura, and Matt Parkman's new detective partner all featured in various episodes as well. It's notable that Mohinder Suresh has been missing from the show, so far and that the openings are no longer narrated by him.

Claire is shown in her dorm room, with her friend Gretchen pounding at the door, saying they need to talk. Claire ignores her and shes goes away.

Parkman sees another vision of Sylar in his home, and draws his gun, but when he goes to aim, there's nobody there.

Peter pins up another newspaper article about lives saved.

Samuel and Lydia are shown at the Sullivan Brothers carnival. Samuel tells her he thinks he's found someone to fill Joseph's position. Samuel dresses up in a shirt and tie, which Lydia questions. Samuel talks about how he learned how liberating it was when he knew he could control the dirt underneath his feet. Samuel talks about needing his compass back, and Lydia says he can't replace his brother back. Samuel says he wants to see if this new candidate has a place at their table. He puts his hand into a bottle of ink and drains it completely. Lydia asks him if he'll go home while he's out, and he says no he left that life and won't go back again.

A messenger arrives at Peter's apartment to ask if he was the one who saved someone last week. Peter says yes, and the man gives him a subpoena, saying he's been served.

A woman wakes up at an apartment, and grabs a pair of headphones, then picks up her cat. She notices her faucet leaking water onto a spoon and goes to check it out.

In Long Beach, CA, Matt Parkman is on a stakeout with his partner. His partner senses Matt is tense. Matt pulls out his 30 day sobriety chip and tells him he slipped up on his sobriety. His partner gets a page and leaves the van. Matt sees Sylar in the rearview mirror, and he starts to taunt Parkman again. Sylar continues to demand that Matt puts him back in his body. Matt tells Sylar he'll ignore him until he fades away like a bad memory. Sylar chuckles about it, as Matt's partner returns. Matt's partner says he wants him in, but wants Matt to keep it together. They bust into the home with guns drawn. Sylar is in their again to taunt Matt every where he goes to in the house. Sylar tells Parkman the drug dealer is in the closet with a gun. Matt barely avoids several bullets getting sprayed at him, and is able to take the suspect down as he leaves the closet. Sylar is sitting in a chair and tells Matt "You're welcome" as Matt cuffs the man.

Back to Claire's dorm, she gets a knock at the door, and answers it thinking it's Gretchen. It's HRG with housewarming gifts. HRG asks about her roommate committing suicide, and asks if Claire's ok. HRG probes about it, and Claire says college is an adjustment for her, she misses her family and home. Claire goes to the bathroom to get ready so she can go eat with HRG. In the bathroom, Gretchen finds her and asks why she's avoiding her. Gretchen says they need to talk about what happened. Claire tries to play it off, avoiding talking about her power. They get back to Claire's room and Gretchen meets HRG. He asks her to join them for lunch, and Claire tries to say Gretchen has a paper to do. Gretchen says she finished and will gladly join them.

Parkman has the suspect tied up and begins to tear the place apart for the drugs. Parkman goes over to grill the suspect, and Sylar is still there taunting him. Sylar suggests that Matt use his abilities. Matt goes to the bathroom to look for the drugs. Matt tells Sylar to stop helping him. Sylar tells Matt something doesn't fit in this picture. Matt finds a stuffed rabbit on the floor. Sylar tells Matt the house isn't used for drugs, it's for something a lot worse.

Peter is at work and goes up to the blond female shown earlier checking out the water faucet. Peter asks the woman about the subpoena to find out where the patient is who is suing him, but she's got her headphones on. Peter notices her headphones aren't attached to anything. The woman knocks a glass mug off the desk, and goes to pick it up. Peter asks if she's ok then notices some papers that fell tell him where the patient is located. He then goes to check on a man in physical therapy. He walks in and asks "William Hooper?" and Samuel is sitting there saying "yes that's me", as he meets Peter for the first time.

Peter looks at the man strangely and says he remembers everyone he saved from the crash, but Mr. Hooper was not one of them. Samuel claims he was in the bus accident, and that Peter was so negligent he dislocated his arm. Peter asks the man if this is a scam to get money. He says no, it's for empathy. Samuel claims his brother died, and he must take care of his family. He says with the injury he can't work to feed his family. He asks Peter if he's going to allow this to happen. Peter tries to walk away. Samuel says his lawyer checked on him already, and suggest that maybe Peter has been spreading himself thin with all his work, to the point he doesn't remember who was on the bus. Peter walks off.

A nurse is checking on the woman with the headphones, who is revealed to be deaf and/or mute. She's asking about some sort of lights she saw. The nurse suggests its synesthesia, where senses get crossed. The nurse says it's possible she's seeing sound as colors, because it's common in deaf cases. The woman jokes about it, but the nurse suggests Emma could be doing so much more. Emma says she wears headphones so she can avoid seeing their faces.

HRG dines on Indian or Asian food with Gretchen and Claire. Gretchen starts to talk in innuendos regarding Claire's power, such as switching majors to study strange phenomenon. Gretchen asks HRG what he does, and he says he's retired but always finding new reasons to go back to work.

Matt is pacing around with Sylar holding the bunny. Matt asks Sylar what he knows. Sylar starts ignoring him to play Matt's game. Sylar continues to mess with Matt's mind, talking about his family not loving him. Matt starts yelling at Sylar, but the suspect thinks he's talking about him. Matt finds a cutout note regarding a little girl. Sylar asks Matt if he's man enough to save the little girl, who the note says will die if a ransom isn't given.

As Gretchen gets up to go to the restroom, HRG confronts her about telling Gretchen about her power. Claire says she just found out. HRG says it's time to call The Haitian so he can erase Gretchen's memory. Claire stops him and threatens to stop talking to him if he does it. Claire says she'll clean up her own mess this time.

Parkman starts to angrily confront the suspect about the ransom note, with Sylar still hanging around. Sylar taunts Matt to use his power. Matt finally breaks down and reads the man's mind to find that the girl is upstairs. He goes upstairs and is able to find a dead little girl hidden in a hallway. Matt's partner comes int othe house as Matt is beating on the suspect. His partner screams at him and Matt tells him about the dead girl upstairs. They go up and there's no girl, just Christmas wrapping paper and bows. Back downstairs, Matt finds that there was no ransom note. Sylar is there and tells Parkman he used his power against him.

Peter's paramedics partner comes up to him asking about him being sued. The partner says according to his records Mr. Hooper was in the accident. His partner says several individuals have speculated that Peter is causing the accidents himself to get the glory for saving people. Peter tells him their partners, and the man says Peter always runs off the second they get on the scene.

Samuel breaks into Peter's apartment to check out the various articles about him saving lives. He puts his finger on the newspaper article about the bus crash, and puts his own image into the picture. Just then, Peter arrives home. Samuel takes off, and Peter goes to look at the article. He sees Mr. Hooper aka Samuel in the photo.

Gretchen apologizes to Claire about being so pushy. Gretchen tells Claire she used to be called "wretchen Gretchen", because she smelled like puke since she was bulimic. Claire says she can't believe they made that up. Gretchen laughs it off, saying "yea made up". Claire stops Gretchen and says she can ask her anything and she'll tell the truth.

Peter catches up with Mr. Hooper/Samuel at night. He apologizes to him for the mistake he made and asks how he can make it up. Samuel asks Peter if he ever lost a brother. Peter says no he hasn't. Samuel talks about going back home, but there's too many bad memories about his brother dying. He says he can't find any solace anywhere. Peter tells Samuel he's not alone. He says he became a paramedic to save lives instead of letting them pass. Samuel shakes his hand and says he's dropping the lawsuit. Peter recommends that Samuel visit his home. Samuel walks off, and passes Emma, the deaf woman.

Emma is sitting on a park bench and sees a man playing a stringed instrument. She notices the color glow on it. The man gets up and puts his instrument down to get some food. Emma removes her headphones and goes over to it, then starts playing beautifully. The man is amazed as are others around. Emma sees all sorts of colors emitted from the strings as she plays. Peter is nearby and hears the music as well so he gets up and goes over to see her playing, where a small crowd has formed. Emma gets up and hands off the instrument then runs off. Peter starts to chase her, then stops.

Samuel goes back to his house to pay a visit. It's a large home and Samuel rings the bell. A woman answers the door, and Samuel explains his family used to work there as housecleaning crew. He explains that he just lost his brother and wants to look around the carriage house. The woman says they are in the middle of a dinner party, and says sorry for your loss, before turning Samuel away.

Gretchen jokes with Claire about her never ever being drunk due to her power. Claire tells her she'll always have a designated driver. Gretchen asks to see the power. Claire hands her some scissors and puts her hand out. Gretchen slices the scissors across her hand. Claire pretends to be in pain then says she's joking. She shows her hand healing up. The phone rings, and Claire answers to talk to HRG. She tells him everything's ok, because she'll handle things. HRG tells her he's sorry for being a bit harsh at the restaurant earlier. HRG says he realizes Claire can handle her own problems for now. Claire returns to Gretchen and asks her to be her roommate to which Gretchen agrees.

Matt's partner Mike is yelling at him about killing a suspect. Mike says he needs to find a good lawyer. Mike says he's sorry. He gets up and hands Mike his sobriety chip, telling him he's not strong enough anymore. Matt starts to use his power and convinces Mike that the suspect attacked him, so Parkman defended him. Matt suggests his partner go call it in. Sylar's vision gets in Matt's face, and says he's proud of him. Sylar suggests that Matt can have more bad days like this, or he can take him to his body.

Peter arrives at a fresh accident scene with paramedics and police there. A man tells Peter and his partner that a lot of people died in this one. Peter asks what happened and the mans says it was a sinkhole. A shot cuts to where the large home Samuel visited once was, but was now gone due to the sinkhole (made by Samuel's power to move Earth). Samuel is shown hiding nearby near a tree. Just then Peter grabs at his own arm and notices that there's an ink rendition of a compass on it which starts spinning. Samuel smirks as the show ends. To be continued...

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"

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...

Episode 22: "Turn and Face the Strange"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Season 3: Episode 20: "Cold Snap"

The headhunter Emile Danko is at home shaving when all of a sudden his security alarm with voice starts alerting him the front door is open. Danko picks up his gun and cautiously goes out into the halls and main rooms, then finds Doyle is hung up from the ceiling, restrained, with a big red bow on. Doyle's unconscious but wakes up briefly. On him is a card that reads "My Gift to You".

In New York City, HRG catches a cab with Angela Petrelli in back. She says they can't be seen together anymore after this meeting. Angela talks about saving her sons, and tells HRG he needs to make Danko trust him. Angela suggests that HRG catch Rebel and turn Rebel over to Danko to gain his trust. HRG says she need may need Rebel, but Angela says she's resourceful and can survive without Rebel. She tells HRG he has 15 minutes to catch the next train to DC. Angela says she's heading out of twon before something bad happens.

Back at Building 26, Danko brings Suresh into a room full of individuals who are drugged up so they can't use their powers. Suresh finds Daphne in there and Danko says she's not doing well. Suresh demands to speak to Nathan because Daphne needs medical treatment. Danko smiles and tells Suresh Nathan flew away. Suddenly, a guard injects Suresh with something to knock him out. Danko says to hook him up and to make up a bed for Mrs. Strauss. Tracy is shown in her cell struggling with her chains.

Danko brings HRG into the room full of incapacitated heroes, and shows him Doyle, saying it's his gift to him. HRG says they've now tracked 2 messages from Rebel to Tracy Strauss. HRG suggests he may give him Rebel as a gift back. HRG suggests they let Rebel try to rescue Tracy Strauss. Danko is hesitant about letting a killer like Tracy loose, but HRG says if the plan fails he'll put a bullet in her himself. Danko agrees with it.

Hiro and Ando are with baby Matt Parkman in Los Angeles. Hiro tries to communicate with the baby thinking it's the adult Matt Parkman in a baby's body. Ando suggests maybe it's Matt Parkman's baby and says they were given this address. The baby turns on the big screen TV which shows Matt Parkman with explosives strapped to his chest in Washington DC. Hiro tells him no more TV and unplugs the set. Soon the TV is back on, but the plug is still unplugged, and they realize the baby has a power.

Angela Petrelli has a nightmarish vision in the back of the cab, that the driver is shot and some men take him out, to get to her. As she wakes suddenly she tells the driver not to stop, but they're in traffic. Suddenly the driver gets shot and a man pulls him out of the driver seat then smashes him onto the hood of the car. As they open the back door, Angela's gone. She finds a man using an umbrella in the rain and gets near him to make it look like she's part of a couple. Back at Building 26, Danko hears they lost Angela and suggests someone tipped her off. HRG says she's smart, but they'll track her cell phone to find her. Suddenly, the lights and power go out at Building 26. HRG suggests it's Rebel doing it to save Tracy.

With the power out, Tracy freezes her restraints and then breaks loose. She rushes down a hallway and gets into the room with the various incapacitated heroes, freeing Suresh and Parkman. Parkman goes over and grabs Daphne. Tracy says she'll only slow them down, and Parkman says then that's the way it will be. As Tracy takes off without them, she gets to a locked door and say she needs it open. Suddenly guards are on the other side of it. Parkman and Suresh arrive there as the door bursts open. Parkman uses mind control and makes the lead guard yell "All Clear", then has the guards rush by he, Suresh and Tracy so they can escape. Danko tells HRG this won't happen again and if Strauss leads him to Rebel to kill them both, saying it was self defense.

Tracy gets to a store to buy new clothes for herself. She asks a sales clerk to get her some different sizes as she's in the dressing room. When a knock comes at the door, she opens it and it's HRG. HRG tells her he can shoot her faster than she can use her ice power. He then questions her about who Rebel is, with Tracy saying she has no idea. HRG tells her to lead him to Rebel and he'll let her go. He says she won't have her old life back but will be on the outside. HRG says if she runs or kills him, there won't be another conversation, she'll be dead.

Matt and Suresh bring Daphne to a hospital. Suresh argues with Matt he has to be ready to move out of there. Parkman tells the lead doctor that Daphne (who he calls Janice), accidentally shot herself during a hunting trip. The doctor says they have to report it to the police as they rush Daphne to the ER. Matt uses his mental powers to make the doctor say it was clearly an accident and Matt should stick close as they try to operate on Daphne. Suresh shakes his head at Matt.

Ando and Hiro prepare to take the baby. The baby starts using its power to make various toys and electronics gadgets go off. Ando continues to tease Hiro that he must be afraid of the baby for some reason. Ando brings up Hiro's parents including his deceased mother. Hiro tells Ando about his time travelling back to see his mother die. A female shows up at the home and opens the closet where Ando and Hiro hide with the baby. She realizes they aren't from the babysitting service.

As Tracy's walking on the DC streets an ATM message starts speaking to her, saying Tracy Strauss can get free banking. She walks over to the machine which spits out some cash for her and a receipt that tells her to go to Locker 413 at Union Station for ID and a boarding pass. As Tracy hails a cab and gets in it pulls away. A young boy is shown who also calls for a cab and as he turns his head, it's Micah Sanders, who now has a more masculine voice.

Angela meets with an old female acquaintance from her past at a restaurant. The woman says she was detained earlier by agents who were asking about people she knew. Angela tells the woman she needs her help, but apparently there is an issue between them from the past. The woman brings up Angela having problems ever since Arthur died, and Angela says she's dug her sons a big hole and wants to get them out. The woman eventually gives Angela everything she has in her pocketbook for money.

Parkman's ex-wife and his baby's current mother talks with Ando and Hiro. She tells them her husband is a terrorist and that she knows her baby has an ability. They say the government is rounding up people with abilities such as Ando, and they made Matt look dangerous to prove their point. Just then a knock comes at the door. Ando and Hiro hide with the baby while Janice talks to the agents. They have a warrant to bring her and her baby in for questioning. She tells them she'll take them to where the baby is at the babysitter's. Suddenly the agents grab her and send more agents in to search the home. Ando and Hiro try to get away but become trapped in a room. As the door opens, Ando blasts a charge of energey from his palms sending agents back. Another agent prepares to shoot while Hiro has baby Parkman in his arms. Suddenly, time stops except for Hiro and the baby. Hiro realizes the baby touched him and made his power work. Only problem is, Hiro can't use teleportation. Hiro ends up grabbing a wheelbarrow to get Ando out of their with the baby.

Daphne wakes up in a hospital room surrounded by tons of balloons and gifts wishing her to Get Well. She notices one envelope has "Get Well Gwen". Matt's in the room and wakes up from a nap. Daphne realizes he convinced staff mentally that she was Gwen Stefani. Daphne gets out of bed and begins telling Matt he can't believe they have to be together based on a dream he had. Matt says it was a spirit walk. Daphne gets dressed and says she has to go, and that it was nice meeting Matt. She kisses her hand and presses it on Matt's cheek, then rushes off.

At the DC train station, Tracy Strauss finds the locker Rebel told her to go to. Inside is a boarding pass. Suddenly, Micah is next to her and says he's sitting next to her. He lets her know that he is "Rebel". Tracy is shocked at this and then tells him that she lead the agents to him. Micah's disappointed but planned on them coming after him. He uses an electronics device to set off an alarm saying there's a gas leak at the train station. He and Tracy slip through a side door to another area.

Angela Petrelli is walking down the streets when suddenly she spots several agents in suits walking in her direction. She turns to go the other way, but there's more agents coming at her. Angela heads into an upscale hotel building and rushes towards an elevator. Agents draw their guns and chase after her but she manages to get into the elevator and shut the door. As she starts to ascend in the elevator, a van pulls up outside the hotel and even more armed troops get out to storm into the lobby. Some agents get into the elevator wiring and stop the elevator then start to bring it back to the lobby. Suddenly, Angela hears a loud thud on top of the elevator. As the agents wait outside the elevator for the door to open, they see Peter Petrelli holding Angela when the door opens. Suddenly after a quick smile, Peter holds Angela and flies straight up into the shaft.

Micah and Tracy head out through the parking garage. Micah gets on Tracy's case saying he read her bio and she doesn't seem like the person who got into politics to protect civil liberties. Tracy tells him she's nothing like his mother, and Micah agrees saying his mother was the everyday American, a true hero. Suddenly they hear car tires screeching to a halt. They duck behind a car realizing agents are after them. Tracy suggests to Micah to make the sprinkler system go off, so he does. The sprinklers begin pouring out water as the agents move in. Tracy tells Micah to find a way out, even though he begs her to come along. She tells him to keep doing what he's doing as Rebel, then urges him to stay ahead of the ice. Micah takes off running as Tracy walks out towards the agents. With agents surrounding her she suddenly unleashes her freezing ability, freezing the immediate vicinity including the agents, their guns and the floor and ceiling. Micah escapes out a back door and down a hallway. With everyone frozen including Tracy, Danko comes walking onto the scene. He walks right up to Tracy, holds a gun to her and fires at her chest. She breaks apart into pieces, shattering down. HRG comes up saying he couldn't find Rebel anywhere. Danko leaves as HRG shakes his head about Tracy. Part of Tracy's frozen face shows her eyes with one seeming to wink.

Hiro wheels Ando to a spot outside with the baby, with time still frozen. He spots a woman holding a baby with a bottle and takes the bottle to give baby Parkman. He begins to tell the baby he will be safe and to be brave when time starts again. Hiro stands up and releases the stop on time. Ando suddenly springs up yelling for Hiro to run. Hiro tells him the baby used "touch and go" to start his power up. Ando asks if they teleported but Hiro says not all powers worked. Hiro tells Ando now they need to go save big Matt Parkman.

Daphne is shown sitting up on a sign on a building overlooking city lights at night. Matt Parkman shows up on the rooftop and she is amazed how he got there so fast. He tells her he knows she loves Paris, so he flew. Matt reveals he has the ability to fly. Daphne says she got there so fast by running on water. Matt has Daphne step on his shoes so he can fly up and show her the view of Paris while they have a romantic talk. Daphne tells Matt to let her go at one point. She says she knows they're still in the hospital room and he's inside her head trying to give her a storybook ending. He says he just wanted to make her happy. Daphne tells Matt he deserves the real thing, then asks him to fly her to the moon as a final wish. In the hospital room, Daphne's heartrate monitor flatlines. Matt is seated by her side along with Suresh who puts a hand on Matt's back.

Heroes closes with Peter and Angela up in the crown of the Statue of Liberty. Peter asks Angela what she wants to do now. To be continued...

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