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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Volume 5 - "Redemption"

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

Chapter One: Orientation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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(Ready for some Heroes Redemption?)

Volume Five of Heroes could be a major improvement on the previous episodes seen last season during "Fugitives". This upcoming volume which kicks off Monday, September 21st, 2009 is entitled "Redemption". It follows the various characters as they look to re-adjust back to normal living, now that they are no longer being hunted. There will be a storyline involving a new band of characters who are part of a carnival, looking for redemption and vengeance, as well as others like them to join their cause.

Volume 5 Heroes Redemption also sees the return of Tracy Strauss (Ali Larter), the "Ice Queen" as she seeks vengeance against the people who tried to kill her. Additionally, there will be the story of Claire (Hayden Pannettiere) wanting a "normal life" (ok not so new), and Nathan/Sylar trying to figure out who he is exactly. Angela Petrelli, HRG, Matt Parkman, Hiro, Ando and from the looks of the preview, Danko, all make returns for the new season. The first Volume 5 Heroes episode on NBC 9/21/09 will be a special 2-hour season premiere.

There's a great four minute sneak preview of Heroes Volume Five here at NBC.com.

There's also another promo clip here for Redemption which claims Heroes will be "back at its best". Let's hope so as the previews definitely looked intriguing and like this season may have strong potential for a return to form...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Season 3: Episode 24: "I Am Sylar"

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...

Heroes Season 3: Episode 21: "Into Asylum"

Nathan flies Claire to Mexico so the two of them can hideout now that Danko's taken over. Nathan tells her they'll need to lay low there and stick together. Nathan says he'll make some calls to try to help the other heroes. He uses his remaining cash to buy them one night stay at a run down hotel. Despite his offer to get Claire a taco at a local cantina, Claire asks him how with no money. Nathan suggests they stay together but Claire takes off for a walk on her own.

Peter flies his mother Angela Petrelli into an alley near a huge cathedral. He tells her he didn't save her to be a good son but instead to get some answers out of her. Angela says she's looking for answers herself so she had him bring her here. It starts pouring rain and Angela goes towards the towering cathedral.

In Arlington, Virginia, HRG and Danko are at the scene where two agents have been shot in the back. Another agent, agent Jenkins, is recalling the story to Danko, then pukes at the site of the dead bodies. Danko sends him back to headquarters then talks to HRG, telling him that the intended target was James Martin a 32 year old Geometry teacher. HRG asks what his ability is and Danko says "unknown" but that his DNA set off a red flag. HRG questions him for sending in men blind when they have no clue what tactic to use to take the man down. Danko reminds HRG that the orders are to "take them all in", and that HRG botched the last mission to get Rebel. Danko tells HRG he needs a win a lot more than himself.

As Danko gets in his car and lights a cigarette on a rainy day, he's surprised by Sylar who's sitting in the backseat. Sylar asks about the gifts he left for Danko, then says it was incentive for them to join forces. Sylar says they both want to kill the same sorts of people and that Danko fascinates him but is in way over his head. Sylar offers to find the guy who killed Danko's agents. Danko tries to pull a gun on Sylar but to no avail, Sylar's disappeared. Danko drives off and Sylar is shown up on a high rooftop with rain pouring on him.

Back at headquarters, Danko instructs the agents to find the man who killed the other agents at all costs. Danko replaces Sylar's picture with the other man's picture. Danko and HRG discuss plans to catch the heroes. HRG discusses the concept of "one of us one of them" telling Danko the idea of gaining their trust to use it to their advantage in catching other heroes. After discussing manipulation, HRG tells Danko he believes Sylar is in DC. Danko jokes about how Sylar slipped through HRG's fingers numerous times and gives him the task of tracking down Angela Petrelli instead.

Claire meets up with Nathan at the cantina and slaps down a wad of cash on the counter for him, saying she sold the necklace HRG gave her. Nathan chastises her for doing that, but Claire says HRG would have been proud of her survival skills. Nathan and Claire discuss why he gave her a free pass, with Nathan saying he had his reasons. Nathan picks up the cash and goes over to a nearby group of college men asking if they're drinking tequila.

Peter follows Angela into the church which has a mass service just ending. Peter sits with Angela and asks if she thinks a church will stop agents from coming. Angela says she's been unable to sleep, and when she can't sleep she can't dream to see what's going to happen. Angela says she needs natural sleep, not a pill, and always found peace at the church. Angela brings up how awful she's made things between all of the family, with Nathan, Peter and her all at odds. She says she's not sure God has it in him to forgive her.

Nathan enters into a drinking contest with the college guys at the cantina to try to get more cash for he and Claire. Claire tries to stop him but Nathan says he's done this before, then puts $100 down to take more shots of tequila, as Claire stands back to watch.

Danko's in his office when Agent Jenkins comes in. Jenkins tells Danko what he said about the slain agents earlier was inspirational, then shakes Danko's hand. A cell phone starts ringing which Danko finds on top of a cardboard box. He answers to find its Sylar calling in. Danko says he doesn't need his help, but Sylar says he researched the killer they're trying to find. Sylar tells Danko to open the box and he'll find out another agent was murdered that wasn't found at the scene. Sylar reveals that James Martin is a shapeshifter and as Danko opens the box he finds the head of the real Agent Jenkins. The man who visited with Danko moments ago (the shapeshifter) is seen hustling out of the office building. Danko gets off the phone and rushes into the office, ordering men to follow him out.

Danko calls in to a woman watching surveillance video cam feeds from inside Building 26 to find out where the fake agent Jenkins (shapeshifter) took off to. Danko and his men head out towards the parking garage to give chase. Meanwhile, James Martin the shapeshifter, bumps into a janitor and touches his arm briefly. Martin begins convulsing as he continues running, and is able to transform himself into the janitor. He rushes out through a door setting off security alarms. Martin disappears into the crowded streets with his new disguised self. Danko and his men are unable to spot him.

Peter and Angela share a mother-son bonding moment. Peter brings Angela a warm coat from nearby. She begins discussing how she could have given Peter answers when he was growing up all confused, but she didn't. She says Peter must hate her. Peter says he doesn't hate her as she's still his mother no matter what. Peter goes to find some tea for Angela to help her sleep.

Nathan continues going shot for shot with one college guy. The other college guys have either left or faded out. Claire comes over telling them to call it a draw since they don't look so good. Nathan says "nonesense" but as he takes another drink he passes out on the table. The other guy laughs telling Claire to take her old man to bed. Claire asks for a rematch and offers Nathan's watch as the prize. The college guy says he's 22 shots deep, so Claire says she needs to catch up and starts downing shots.

Danko is waiting at James Martin's apartment where Sylar shows up. Danko aims his gun at Sylar saying he's not the only one able to get the drop on someone. He and Sylar go back and forth discussing how Danko needs Sylar's help to round up all the other heroes that are being chased down. Danko suggests that Sylar just wants the shapeshifting power so he can become someone else and use it as an escape hatch.
In the church, Angela continues praying. Peter walks over to a statue of Jesus and begins having a conversation about how he asked to be extraordinary so he could help do good things for the world. Peter says he lived up to his end of the bargain but now he's running for his life and people are dying. Peter says he's angry at everyone, Nathan, his father, his mother and even God. Peter says they had a deal and he needs him to show up for his end of the deal. Just then several agents show up inside the church with one saying to lock the perimeter down. Angela turns and sees whats going on, then Peter quickly walks over to her. He gets her up and the two go and hide in the confessionals.

Sylar and Danko begin going through James Martin's belongings at his apartment. Sylar pulls several different outfits and costumes out of the closet including an Armani suit and a priest's robe. Sylar says the common denominator is Martin likes to become people of power so he can have beautiful women. He finds a bunch of photos showing Martin as different people with different beautiful women. At the same time, Sylar and Danko find matchbooks with the name of a location Garden of Eden. They decide Martin must be there looking for new love.

Claire continues to outdrink the college guy who seems amazed she doesn't even seem drunk after all of that. She begins to fake being drunk so it's more believable and starts going off about how she wishes her dad would take off his shining armor and stop thinking he knows how to connect with her. The college guy eventually collapses to the floor and Claire grabs the cash she won. She wakes Nathan saying they need to go.

Angela in the confessional begins to tell Peter that she had plans to be a teacher but then her dreaming started to happen. Angela says she dreamt of a bloody future, the apocolypse but nobody would believe her. She said she needed to do something to save the world but it ended up with her dividing her friends and family because she used manipulation and lies. Just then the door to her confessional opens with Peter startled thinking she's going to be captured. HRG is standing there and looks at Angela, then yells back "all clear" to the other men.

At the Garden of Eden, Sylar and Danko enter to find the shapeshifter James Martin. Inside the club with loud dance music blaring, Sylar chuckles then tells Danko he's spotted Martin. Danko asks which person he is. Sylar says it fits the pattern, position of power, then nods over towards a booth where a man who looks just like Danko is seated, wooing a girl. The real Danko is shocked at the sight. Sylar is ready to rush over and apprehend Martin, but Sylar stops him, reminding him what happened last time he chased him. Sylar quips that the shapeshifter is trying to convert power into love and seems to be a better Danko than the real one. They oversee the fake Danko making out with an attractive woman. Just then, the shapeshifter spots them and gets up from the booth to leave. Martin ducks near another bar to avoid them seeing him and then leaves. Danko and Sylar push through the crowd but don't see the shapeshifter around.

Claire helps a groggy Nathan back to their room and scolds him for flying when drunk. Nathan asks why she's ok and she says because of her power it includes her kidney. Nathan starts talking about how much he messed up and how he gave her a free pass to try to win Claire over. Nathan says now he is determined to fix the mess he created for everyone, Peter, Angela and Claire. Claire sheds a few tears as Nathan passes out on the bed, then places a blanket on him.

Back at the Garden of Eden club, Danko meets back up with Sylar at the bar. Danko says he lost him and Sylar says he did also. Danko tells Sylar "let's go" and Sylar follows Danko to the outside. As they open the door, Sylar draws a gun. Danko turns and fires a shot into Sylar. Then, the real Sylar comes up from behind. The shapeshifter had appeared to be Sylar, but Danko figured him out. Sylar tells Danko he killed him, but Danko says he's still alive. Sylar grins an evil grin and shuts the door then prepares to buzzsaw into the shapeshifters skull. Danko asks Sylar to do it without leaving marks on the head. Sylar smiles and begins to get inside the shapeshifter's mind who is screaming now.

The next morning in Mexico, Claire wakes up with the blanket on her and Nathan standing in a corner watching her. Nathan thanks her for bailing him out in the drinking contest and Claire says it's what family's for. Claire asks if the plan is to go straight to DC now. Nathan says he has no friends on Capitol Hill and that he overreached with his plans, really screwing things up. Nathan asks Claire for suggestions on what to do. Claire gives Nathan an angry guilt trip, saying she always wondered what her real dad was like. Claire says when she met him he was more amazing then she imagined. Claire tells him he can do whatever he wants, including fly. Claire begins sobbing and tells Nathan he's supposed to be superman, then leaves the motel room.

Angela Petrelli wakes up on Peter's shoulder. She's amazed that she actually slept and tells Peter she had a dream. Peter asks what it told, and Angela says "her" indicating some stained glass which shows an angel. Angela says she knows what needs to be done now. Angela says they need to go find Nathan and Claire to bring the family together, and then go visit Angela's sister.

Nathan finds Claire at a bus stop and she tells him there's a bus coming soon for San Diego. She asks Nathan the time and he reveals he doesn't have his watch. Claire asks what happened to it, and he pulls the necklace she pawned off the day before out of his pocket, then puts it around her neck. Nathan then tells Claire he's heading back up and she smiles then walks off with him to leave. Back at the church, Peter goes outside and Angela joins him so they can fly off.

HRG arrives to the club scene to find Danko kneeling by a bodybag. As HRG opens the bodybag, he's shocked to see Sylar's body in there. HRG checks the back of his head to find a pocket knife stuck in Sylar's head. HRG stands up amazed. A female CSI type agent asks HRG if he's ok and says he is. The female agent zips up the bodybag. Danko gets in his car and lights up a cigarette. The female agent gets in the passenger side. Danko asks how it felt to zip up the bodybag, and the female agent starts convulsing, eventually revealing it's Sylar using his shapeshifter powers. Sylar says their plan will work best if everyone thinks Sylar's dead. Danko remarks that if the plan works, Sylar will be the only one left. Sylar smiles saying "funny how that works". To be continued...

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Season 3: Episode 18: "Shades of Gray"

Claire goes to the microwave to get the popcorn her mother made, but finds it missing. As she closes the door, Doyle the Puppetmaster is standing there. He says he received a message from Rebel and needs Claire's help. Claire yells at him to leave, just as Sandra rushes down. Doyle says the agents should be rushing in now to grab Claire, but Claire says she has a "free pass". Doyle says he wants to start over and be a puppeteer making people happy. Claire argues that he tried to kill them once, and Doyle shuts them up using his power. He says he's not going to force them to help him, and sheds a tear as he leaves.

Nathan confronts Danko about where he's been. Danko tells him dealing with the mess that Peter caused, then asks Nathan how many people knew about the rooftop operation. Nathan gets an urgent cell phone call alerting him that Matt Parkman is in front of the capitol building in DC with a bomb strapped to his chest. Danko plays it off as if Parkman was in his custody when he last saw him. Nathan heads to the roof exit, with Danko suspiciously eyeing his exit.

All sorts of armed guards and police storm the Capitol building area with Parkman screaming he was set up. Nathan shows up quickly and tells the guards he can get through to Matt. Nathan walks up to confront Matt as Matt screams for him to get out of there. Nathan tells Matt to read his mind so he'll know the truth that Danko is trying to set him up. Matt is unable to use his power due to being drugged.

Back at Building 26, Danko is alerted by an agent that Petrelli arrived at the scene where Parkman is. With news channels covering the situation, Danko orders the agent to push the button and take out Parkman. Someone has blocked the server transmission preventing the bomb from activating. Danko watches as Petrelli talks to Parkman. Again Danko orders the bomb to be triggered as HRG now is there and takes interest in what they're up to. Meanwhile, Matt is regaining his mind reading ability and starts reading various thoughts from police trained in bomb diffusion. He tells Nathan various things he hears in others' minds. Matt yells for Nathan to go for the black wire, and after hesitating, Nathan pulls it, diffusing the bomb right before the agent is able to hit the button. Nathan punches Matt out to prevent him from using his power and agents grab him.

Sylar arrives at a rundown mobile home out in the woods. Where he finds an old man who is engaged in taxidermy. The man is coughing as cigarettes are shown in a ashtray. Sylar knocks on the glass window, and the man thinks its a customer. Sylar reveals he's in fact the man's son and came to find out the answers to questions about who he is and where he came from. Sylar reminds the man he abandoned him and killed his mother. The man asks "what now?" and Sylar says now he kills him. The man turns to reveal he's on a breathing apparatus, and tells Sylar to go ahead and kill him, because if he doesn't the cancer will.

Danko talks to an agent about how their computer system was hacked. As they enter the office area, Nathan's sitting there and says that the hacker saved everyone by doing what they did and he'd like to thank him. Danko argues with Nathan for saving friends and family rather than worrying about national security. Nathan says that there was no serious danger from Parkman until Danko put a bomb on him. Danko tells Nathan that Peter and Matt are threats so he simply put a face to the threat. Nathan informs Danko he's done working there, but Danko says its up to the president. Nathan pulls HRG aside and asks HRG to get a team together for once Danko's gone. As they're talking a video feed starts playing of Tracy Strauss yelling at Nathan "You're one of us!" Danko suggests that Nathan has a deeper connection to the heroes then he is telling everyone.

Guards lead a restrained and drugged up Tracy Strauss down a hallway in Building 26. As she passes by another guard at a desk, she sees the video camera feed suddenly change to a message "Help is coming. Have Hope". Nathan pays a visit to Tracy in her cell again, suggesting he still has feelings for her and is her last hope. Tracy's upset about Nathan using her as a sacrifice for his personal gain. Nathan instructs her that Danko's going to come ask her questions, trying to get Tracy to be less cooperative. Danko finally comes in and asks Nathan if he's got a soft spot for this prisoner. Nathan tells him to "knock himself out". Danko, alone with Tracy, asks her to tell everything she knows about Nathan. Tracy says that Nathan was lousy in bed, so that Nathan can overhear it on the video cam feed. Danko presses Tracy asking if Nathan has an ability, but Tracy says she has no idea what he's talking about.

Claire has a dilemma about whether she should help Doyle or not. Claire says Rebel is helping people and she should too. Claire informs Sandra she's going to take a part time job at Sam's Comics in Costa Verde, so she can help any other heroes that "Rebel" might send there. Claire goes in for the job interview and gets the job due to the fact the customers are all drooling over her in the store.

Sylar stays with his father who is suffering from lung cancer and on a breathing machine. He tells Sylar he knows he wanted an epic battle but life doesn't always give you what you want. His father shows him he has an ability too. Sylar is surprised about it, but his father says he has several abilities just not sure what he can do anymore. Sylar's dad tells Sylar that he's a killer by nature. His father tells Sylar he ran away from the agents rather than taking them out. Sylar doesn't have an answer for why. His father tells him all the power doesn't matter if you've lived an unsatisfied life. Sylar's dad offers him a knife to kill him, or gut a rabbit for taxidermy. Sylar guts the rabbit while his dad holds it.

Danko asks HRG if he came across any heroes who could fly, saying some appear to be lost in the system. Danko suggests that Nathan is hiding something. HRG gives a file folder to Danko about Angela Petrelli, sending him to go talk to her as a lead. HRG calls Angela to tell her that Nathan made a power move to get rid of Danko. HRG says he pointed Danko in her direction, and Angela says she does her homework.

As Claire leaves her Sams Comics job she spots two agents that had been casing the Bennet home in a van. Claire calls HRG to ask him about how he led two lives for so long. HRG watches guards escort Matt Parkman down a hallway. HRG tells Claire he doesn't have an answer for her but misses her. Just then, the van screeches off chasing down Doyle. Claire gets a text message from Rebel directing her to go help Doyle. The female agent aims her gun at Doyle in a back alley. Doyle uses his puppetry power and raises the woman's arms up, then points her own gun at her head. Doyle stops himself from making her shoot herself, but makes her hit the side wall hard. The male agent comes up from behind aiming his gun at Doyle. Claire sneaks up behind him, trips him and Doyle is surprised to see her helping.

Mr. Danko meets with Angela Petrelli at a restaurant. Danko asks her about Parkman, Peter, Claire, Hiro all inheriting abilities from their parents but that Nathan doesn't seem to have one. Angela suggests genetics is a complex matter and that Nathan was the misfit, because it skipped a generation. Danko says he doesn't believe her. Angela tells Danko she knows his type, all alone, working in the shadows, but it makes him expendable. She reminds him of a 1997 incident in Angola where many civilians were lost, but Danko survived it. Something seems to have triggered inside Danko, he gets up and tells Angela she's very resourceful, then leaves.

Sylar tells his father about his career fixing watches. His dad suggests Sylar is clinging to a need for connection, saying people are a disappointment. Sylar asks why he killed Sylar's mom and abandoned him. His father said he doesn't remember and it didn't matter because little does. Sylar continues to help him work on the taxidermy, but cuts his palm by accident. He shows his dad his ability to heal from injuries/wounds and his dad's impressed. Sylar says it's an ability he picked up from a cheerleader. Sylar tells his dad not everyone gets old or dies, and his father retorts that Sylar has that much longer to suffer now. He starts coughing and puts the air mask on. Sylar puts the stuffed rabbit over on a shelf for his dad, but as he turns around two arrows fly right at him nailing Sylar to a wall. His father says it's amazing how abilities come back. Sylar smirks about it saying "you think you can beat me?" His father says he wants his power and starts to drain Sylar, causing Sylar to pass out.

As Sylar comes to he sees his father with a knife and asks him why he said he gave up. Sylar's groggy and his father says he will get things right this time, fighting harder, taking power and real authority to change the world. As his father comes up to his skull with the knife, Sylar stops him in his tracks by using his power. His father's shocked that he can move. Sylar says he was just playing possum. Sylar uses his ability to choke him around the neck, and his father begs for the power. Sylar takes the rabbit to walk out and his father pleads for him to kill him. Sylar tells his father he will die but slowly and all alone with his sickness. Sylar says he knows what he has to do and leaves.

Nathan hands Danko a signed note from the president telling him he's done. Nathan says anyone else who isn't on board can leave too. Danko tells Nathan one day he'll find himself all alone. Nathan tells HRG the president is eager to meet Danko's replacement and asks HRG to come along. As Nathan and HRG go up several floors, Danko is up there. Nathan tells him it's over and asks to just leave. Danko draws a gun and points it at Nathan. He fires two shots despite HRG warning him not to. Danko then rushes Nathan and pushes him through a window. He looks out and sees Nathan falling but suddenly stop in mid air, then burst up in flight. Danko turns in shock and asks HRG if he knew about this.

Doyle waits on a park bench at night as Claire brings him a brand new identity. Claire tells him she helped because it's about her being who she needs to be. Doyle thanks her then walks off. She asks if he meant all the stuff he said about how he changed. Doyle turns and smirks then walks off.

Back in Los Angeles, Hiro and Ando arrive at 63 Varna Avenue to try to save Parkman. A woman comes out all upset saying she just quit and it took two hours for her replacements to arrive (Hiro/Ando). They tell her they're there to save Matt Parkman. She hands them an infant saying it needs to be changed. They look at her strange, and she says "that's Matt Parkman", then wishes them luck.

The episode concludes with Suresh narrating about generations. Claire gets a text message "Free Pass is up, agents are coming". Sylar's father is shown taking breaths on the air machine. Danko is shown in his apartment and spots the rabbit from Sylar's dad on a shelf, then comes face to face with Sylar. Armed agents storm the Bennet home to take Claire with Sandra screaming. They burst into Claire's room but she's nowhere to be found. As the view extends outside Claire's window, there is Nathan hovering in the air, holding Claire. To be continued...

Season 3: Episode 18: "Exposed"

Season 3: Chapter 15: "Exposed"

Claire's new friend, Alex, continues to hide out at the Bennet's house in Claire's room. Claire tells him there's a train leaving for Albuequerque he should take, but Alex says that's not what he decided to do. Claire said he would have been dead already if not for her, then says he needs to do what she says to stay alive. Sandra Bennet comes into the room as Alex hides. Mrs. Bennet asks Claire where the house money went, and Claire suggests maybe Lyle took it. Sandra says she already grilled him. The family dog Mr. Muggles starts barking at someone under the bed and pulls a sandwich out. Mrs. Bennet then hears some noise in Claire's closet, and opens the door to find Alex.

At Building 26, HRG and the Hunter, Danko, view a security video feed of the Bennet home. HRG informs Danko he's moved out, and Danko asks if he's ok with them running surveillance on Claire. HRG says Claire can handle the consequences if she makes a bad choice. Danko begins briefing the agents on Peter and Matt Parkman saying they are top priority and need to be brought down. Nathan enters and says no lethal force will be used but Danko says he's already authorized his agents to take them out if necessary. Nathan tells HRG to keep an eye on Danko. HRG tells him that Matt and Peter kidnapped him and threatened his life. He asks Nathan "what makes you think I won't shoot them myself?" in order for Danko to overhear him and trust him more.

Peter walks into the loft apartment where Matt is feverishly painting. Peter shakes him several times to snap him out of it, saying he's been drawing the same image over and over. Peter suggests that Matt may be trying to find answers about the explosion picture near Washington DC. As the two are talking, a message comes in on a computer screen from REBEL. He tells them Daphne is at 283 E Street SW in Washington DC, then warns them to get out now because "They're coming". Peter asks Matt how do they know if it's a setup or not. After a brief debate the two pack up and rush out. Just as they escape out the back, two agents burst in to the area. They call Danko back at Building 26 to say they just missed them, and send a digital pic of the painted image by Matt on the floor. Danko sees it and knows where they may be heading.

Claire introduces Alex to Sandra, and tries to make up a cover story that he's her new boyfriend and was hiding in the closet because they were having sex. Alex doesn't go along with it, so Claire has to confess that he has an ability too. Alex tells Sandra his ability, and Sandra is disappointed in Claire for lying to her.

Luke and Sylar continue driving to get to Sylar's real father's place. Luke suggests that he wants more agents to come after them so he can chairbroil them. Sylar disagrees with leaving a trail of bodies to his father's place. Sylar uses telekinesis to press his face up against the car window, asking Luke why he doesn't want Sylar meeting his real father. Luke tells him parents suck and reveals how his own dad abused him. Sylar swerves off the road to "Big Jim's" a closed up hot dog shop, and begins to use telekinesis to rip wood pieces off the front.

Claire and Sandra continue to discuss how Claire's been keeping things from her. Sandra says she knows more than Claire or HRG give her credit for, then shows Claire a surveillance van's been parked outside the home watching her. Sandra tells Alex and Claire she has a plan to help them.

Peter and Matt get to their destination in DC, Building 26. Before they enter, Matt says he can't use his mind powers on everyone at once inside the building. Peter touches his arm and gains the power, so they both can use the ability to infiltrate the building. They get in and bypass several security guards, eventually getting to an operations room where they can hack a computer. Agents spot them on the video surveillance footage and alert Danko. He tries to go out to get Matt and Peter, but two guards are there under mind control and aim their guns at Danko, causing him to go back into the office with HRG and Nathan. Parkman looks at the camera and flashes a smile.

Sandra Bennet confiscates her son Lyle's drivers license, and creates a fake ID out of it for Alex using an iron. Sandra tells Alex to get a change of clothes upstairs, then shows Claire the California drivers license she created for Alex. Sandra said she wanted to help because Claire was going to drag her into it one way or another. Claire said she wishes she were normal so Sandra and HRG would still be together. Sandra said she fell in love with HRG because he was dangerous and handsome, but now she's tired of being lied to and can't see her marriage anymore. Claire asked if they were going to divorce and Sandra said maybe but it has nothing to do with Claire at all.

Sylar and Luke go into the abandoned and boarded up Jim's Hot Dog restaurant. Sylar began to remember being there years ago as a child and we are shown a B&W flashback. A younger Sylar is in the hustling and bustling Jim's Hot Dogs in 1980 with his father. Young Sylar loses a toy matchbox car in the counter area. As Sylar snaps out of his memory, he says he can remember his father, then uses telekinesis to rip apart the area where he lost the toy car, finding it there.

Claire oversees Alex changing in her room, then turns her back on him. He asks why she's helping him, and she says because they're an endangered species. The two discuss the possibility of almost being a couple if they hadn't met under the circumstances they did. Alex moves in for a kiss, but just then Sandra bursts in and tells him the agents are moving in. Sandra shows Alex a secret place to hide, just as agents storm in the house. Two agents start looking around with guns drawn, while Claire and Sandra play dumb about where Alex is. Sandra prepares to grab a gun under the counter if needed. Eventually the agents leave when Mrs. Bennet tells the female agent to leave. Sandra comes up with another plan to help Alex escape, saying they can give him a headstart to the train so he can get away.

Peter continues searching the computer and says that Daphne isn't at Building 26 anymore. Rebel begins to transmit a video feed tape from when the various people were being rounded up. Peter begins copying the files to expose those behind the whole operation. Peter and Matt decide they can make a deal to exchange the information for Daphne. Meanwhile HRG tells them they need to exploit Matt's abilities, so he switches on a loud alarm to start interfering with Matt and Peter's telepathy. Rebel urges them via an on screen message they have just 30 seconds to escape. Peter and Matt take off as the lights in the building go out. Two agents come at them with guns drawn, but Matt and Peter manipulate their minds to aim the guns at HRG, Danko and Nathan. Eventually Matt tells Peter to take off, so Peter runs off. Matt is left for HRG to subdue.

Sylar begins to recall that his father did something to him, that he forgot, that's been eating at his soul. The flashback is shown again with Sylar's dad bringing young Sylar over to a couple and receiving money in exchange for him. Sylar's dad gets into a car with a woman and they begin arguing. Young Sylar rushes out to see just as his father uses his own power to rip the woman's forehead just like Sylar does. The woman falls out of the car in front of young Sylar with blood across her forehead. Sylar realizes he witnessed his father killing his mother as he comes out of his memory.

Angela Bennet meets with Nathan. Nathan aks if Angela's been helping Peter, and if she's "Rebel". Angela says she doesn't know how to use computers, and that she knows she's safe with Nathan's help. Nathan discusses how he wants to contain those with abilities while others want them dead. Peter phones in via cell phone to tell Nathan he has evidence against him. They arrange a meeting so Peter can trade the info he took for Daphne and Matt. Nathan agrees to the meeting.

The two agents see Sandra leaving the home in her vehicle and rush over to see if she's aiding Alex. Sandra and Lyle are in the car and say they're going to see a movie. A noise is heard from near the home and the agents rush off to see what's going on. Meanwhile Alex and Claire are running in the dark and fall down a hill. Alex ends up on top of Claire, and the two quickly get back up after a moment to escape. The agents lose track of them in the dark, as Claire and Alex are shown under water in a swimming pool. Claire begins to gasp as if she needs air, but Alex grabs her and kisses her passionately. The agents leave the scene.

Nathan, HRG and Danko discuss the trade arrangement. Danko says he's not bringing Matt and Daphne to the scene because he has another plan. Nathan orders Danko to bring them to the trade spot, and Danko says he has a direct order from the government, and that Peter is a terrorist. Nathan pulls HRG aside and tells him to remember Peter can hear his thoughts. HRG nods and heads off with Danko to the scene. At the scene, the car arrives and HRG gets out. Peter is there and asks where Matt & Daphne are. Peter tries to use his mental powers to talk to Matt in the car, but doesn't sense them. HRG begins to think so Peter can hear him. He tells Peter it's a set up. HRG tries to warn Peter, but just then Danko fires from a sniper rifle and hits Peter in the shoulder. Peter falls over the side of the rooftop from the tall building. HRG and Danko rush over to see if he fell, but all of a sudden something flies straight up in the air and out of the way.

Peter is with Nathan and Angela. Nathan was the one who flew off with his brother. Nathan tells Peter the plan he had is out of control, but he's the only one who can fix it. Nathan tells Peter to come with him and he'll be treated well. Nathan puts his hand out, but Peter gets up and hugs him to take back the ability to fly. Peter says goodbye then bursts off into the night sky. Angela stops Nathan saying the game has changed, then whispers some info into Nathan's ear.

News reports begin showing the footage which Peter sent in from Building 26, showing a possible violation of civil rights. Danko is shown watching and looks at the painting of Matt Parkman with explosives on him.

Meanwhile, Luke tells Sylar that his father is a bad guy and to let it go. Sylar erupts and throws a chair in Luke's direction. He asks why Luke was making his father sound like Mr. Rogers. Luke says he was waiting for the right moment to tell Sylar. Sylar becomes furious and uses telekinesis to toss Luke up against a wall. Sylar tells Luke he needs a way to express his rage, then after talking to him releases Luke from the wall. Sylar tells Luke to go home, and reveals that now that he knows the truth he wants to kills his father.

Danko deals with Matt Parkman in the back of a van, taping explosives around Matt. Danko says the enemy has a face and it will be Matt Parkman. Danko injects Matt with a drug then drops him off in front of the same area from his painting with explosives taped around him. Matt falls to the ground.

Sandra and Claire have a heart to heart discussion about things. Sandra tells Claire she loves her just how she is, and wouldn't trade her life for anything. Sandra tells Claire they can go watch a movie together. Claire leaves the room and Sandra looks at a picture of her and HRG, reminiscing. As Claire goes to the kitchen she opens the microwave but doesn't find the popcorn. She closes the door, and suddenly, the Puppetmaster is standing in the kitchen. Claire recognizes him, and he shows her a text message he received from Rebel that reads "Claire will save you". To be continued....

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