SEASON 1 : CHAPTER TEN: “SIX MONTHS AGO”

Air Date
Monday, November 27th, 2006 7/8c

NBC Press Release

THE CLOCK TURNS BACK SIX MONTHS AS "HEROES'" SECRETS ARE REVEALED -- As the clock turns back six months for all of the "Heroes," Mohinder's father Chandra Suresh arrives in New York to begin his quest to find individuals with extraordinary abilities, and meets someone all to eager to be special. Peter celebrates his graduation from nursing school, and learns that Nathan plans to prosecute a case that could mean trouble for the entire Petrelli family. A surprise visit from her father brings out the worst in Niki. Hiro attempts to be a hero and change the future for someone important. Claire joins the cheerleading squad and makes a curious discovery. H.R.G. and the Haitian meet someone special.

Re-cap of Episode Chapter : “Six Months Ago”

Intro – Mohinder narrates: “To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose. The earth spins at a thousand miles an hour as we desperately try to keep from being thrown off. Like the first blush of winter that signals the great migration. Is there any warning of their arrival? A sign? A single event that’s set the chain into motion? Was it a whisper in god’s ear? Survive, adapt, escape… And if we could mark that single moment in time, that first hint of prophecy of approaching danger, would we have done anything differently? Could it have been stopped? Or was the die long ago cast? And if we could go back and alter its course, stop it from happening, would we?”

Hiro arrives in Midland, Texas at the Burnt Toast Café six months ago. It is Charlie’s birthday.

In Brooklyn, New York Gabriel Gray works on an old German watch as Chandra Suresh enters his watchmaker’s shop. Gabriel tells him that his watch is running 2 seconds slow (?) and fixes his watch in moments. Chandra tells him about the genetic research he is doing and that he suspects that Gabriel has special abilities. He gives him a copy of “Activating Evolution” and tells him to call him after reading it.

In Los Angeles, Matt Parkman pulls over a car for a traffic violation. The driver is Eden McCain. Using her voice of suggestion she tells Matt to get back into his car and to eat some doughnuts. After a few moments of confusion Matt drives away. When Eden begins to drive away she is confronted by the Haitian.

In Odessa, Texas Claire has made the cheerleading squad. Jackie and Claire fight over the uniform and Claire’s hand gets get when it goes through a plate glass door. Chandra Suresh calls H.R.G. and wants to learn more about Claire.

Hiro finds out that he has teleported six months into the past and has arrived on Charlie’s birthday in April. Hiro realizes that he is having trouble controlling his ability and feels that he has made a mistake.

In Las Vegas Niki attends an A.A. meeting and we discover that she has been sober one year. We find that Niki’s father is at the meeting and he tells her that he wants back into her life.

In Manhattan Peter is throwing a graduation party in which Nathan, Heidi, and Angela Petrelli attend. Nathan tells Peter that the District Attorney wants him to prosecute Mr. Linderman (who is now in Atlantic City). He tells him that Linderman has mob ties that are so deep that if they take him out an empire will fall. This includes their father.

Gabriel Gray visits Chandra Suresh at his apartment and tells him that he has always felt different, like he did not belong to his family. Chandra tells him that they’ll begin testing on his brain to see if any abilities are present. Chandra says, “If the soul exists, scientifically speaking, it exists in the brain.”

H.R.G. covers Eden’s list of criminal activities and she tries to use her power to convince him to let her go. But she begins to become aware that the Haitian can counter her power.

Hiro calls Japan from the past and asks for Ando but the Hiro from the past answers! Hiro immediately hangs up. “Great-a Scott!” he exclaims.

Matt Parkman is met by Tom McHenry who calls him a walking cliché for eating doughnuts. Matt is only an hour away from taking the detective test.

Hiro gives Charlie a Japanese language book and tells her that she has a “big memory” and that it will get “stronger in the future.” Charlie still doubts Hiro’s ability so he stops time and goes and gets her flowers and then delivers food to one of her tables. Then he offers up the prophetic, “Tomorrow the swallow will slay the dragon.”

Niki and D.L. visit Jessica’s gravesite and Niki tells D.L. that it’s important not to forget.

As Nathan and Heidi are driving home from Peter’s party a truck tries to run them off the road. Nathan’s ability kicks him to protect him and as he rises away from the car it crashes into some barrels on the off ramp of the freeway.

Peter wakes up from a dream when the phone rings. It is Nathan calling to tell him about the accident but Peter already saw in his dream that they were run off the road. At the hospital the doctor tells Nathan that Heidi’s injuries will put her in a wheelchair.

Back at the Burnt Toast Café Hiro shows Charlie in a Japanese newspaper that the Swallows defeated the Dragons in baseball, which should have confirmed his prediction from the day before. When Charlie still refuses to believe he stops time enough to show her the one thousand origami cranes that he had folded.

Chandra Suresh is testing Gabriel Gray when he comes to the conclusion that Gray may not have powers after all. Gabriel gets angry and storms out but not before taking a post it note with the address of Brian Davis, a man who Chandra suspects has telekinetic powers. As gray leaves H.R.G. arrives by taxi.

Micah receives a new laptop computer from his grandfather as a gift and immediately starts to take it apart. Hal tells Niki, “You are only as sick as your secrets.” Niki responds with “What did you do that was so bad?” When Hall sees that Micah has taken apart the computer he gets angry and leaves.

Chandra Suresh tells H.R.G. that mutations are cancers and diseases and that his daughter had a genetic anomaly which is how he got started in genetics in the first place.

Jessica comes to Hal’s hotel room, roughs him up a bit and tells him to go away and never come back.

Claire is practicing her cheerleading when her father (Mr.Bennet aka H.R.G.) comes home with a gift for her. During their discussion he tells Claire that, “your actions make you good or bad.” When they go to check on Claire’s cut hand they find that the wound has already healed.

Matt tells Janice that he has failed the detectives test once again.

Peter believes that he is going to give a deposition against Mr. Linderman but when Nathan arrives he tells him that there won’t be one because their father had just died from a heart attack.

Charlie tells Hiro that she has a blood clot in her brain that is inches away from an aneurism and that she is dying. She tells Hiro that she loves him and when they go to kiss… Hiro is teleported back to the exercise yard on the top of the Yamagoto Industries building where he and Ando work. After a few tries Hiro realizes that he cannot teleport back.

Brian Davis enters Gabriel Gray’s watchmaker shop and shows him his ability to move things by mind control. When he asks his name Gabriel looks at the watch he is working on and tells him that his name is Sylar. As they discuss Davis’ power Sylar strikes him in the head with a crystal paper weight and kills him.
Eden asks H.R.G. what he wants her to do and he replies, “get Claire’s name off Suresh’s list!”

Gabriel Gray (now Sylar) comes back to Chandra Suresh’s apartment and shows him that he can now use his mind to move a glass. Sylar tells Chandra that he can start over and that the people with abilities on his map need to be told that they are different and that they will find them together.

Hiro returns to the Burnt Toast Café in the present through mundane means and tells Ando that he could not save Charlie, that the power was too big for him and that he had failed.

Outro – Mohinder narrates: “This list, these people, their future is written in their DNA. Just as the past, it seems, is written in stone. Was the die cast from the very beginning? Or is it in our own hands to alter the course of destiny? Of all our abilities, it is free will that truly makes us unique. With it, we have a tiny but potent chance to deny fate. And only with it can we find our way back to being human again.”

Trivia

* Gabriel Gray’s watch shop is called “Gray and Sons.” Assuming that sons means more than one then perhaps there are two Sylar’s running around loose on the planet.

* Gabriel tells Chandra Suresh that the watch he is working on (a Sylar) was a 1917 German watch and that he had been working on it for seven years.

* Matt’s police car number is 82388.

* The bottle of alcohol that Eden has on the front seat of the stolen car is “Wild Goose” brand “Straight Bourbon Whiskey – 101 proof and 8 years old.”

* The stolen car is a 2006 Lamborghini Gallardo Spider (Hand made in Saint Agata in Northern Italy and a work of art!)

* Lori Trammel turned in her cheerleading uniform and that is how Claire got on the squad.

* Charlie’s birthday is April 24th.

* Peter’s apartment number is 1407.

* Peter has graduated from college and is now a nurse. His specialty is Hospice Care.

* One of the songs playing in the background during Peter’s party is “Avalon” by Roxy Music.

* Another is "Take Your Mama" by Scissor Sisters.

* Eden’s list of criminal activities include: Grand Theft Auto, Larceny, Robbery and Arson and that she is suspected of murder in Oklahoma (probably her step mom – see graphic novel # 9 “Life Before Eden”

* Matt Parkman and Tom McHenry meet outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

* Matt has a box of doughnuts in the car with him.

* The book that Hiro gives to Charlie is entitled, “Japanese Language Studies.”

* The truck that runs Nathan off the road is a GMC with New Jersey plates “TFH-63C8.”

* The accident happens at the off ramp exit to “New Dock Street.”

* When Nathan is told about his wife’s condition the eclipse can be seen in the glass window. (Note: Granted this looks like a trick of light from the lights inside the hospital but there is no doubt that it was the eclipse, whether by accident or on purpose it added a new dimension to the story and more trivia to post for yours truly.)

* A Japanese wedding tradition is that if you construct one thousand origami cranes then you will have good fortune. Some traditions say you are entitled to one free wish.

* The crane is a symbol of honor and loyalty.

* The street number at the Burnt Toast Café is 143. (Street name however is unknown.)

* Brian Davis’ address is: 14 Berman Street # 3, N.Y., N.Y. 10003 (Note: Rick Berman is a producer and writer who has done work on many of the Star Trek incarnations. Rick took over as head of the Star Trek franchise after its creator, Gene Roddenberry, died in the early 90s. He is still, to this day, the head of the franchise. This may be a shout-out to him.)

* Hal is reading “The Sirens of the Titans” by Kurt Vonegut Jr. in his hotel room when Jessica pays a visit. This book is highly insightful and Vonegut shows us that life is governed by accidents rather than the will of divinity; that the concept of "hell" is hideous and wrong; that humans are capable both of great kindness and great depravity; that irony seems to rule the universe with an iron fist.

* Hal’s check to Niki and D.L. was a blank check!

* Matt has worked 11 years on the Los Angeles police force and all as a traffic cop.

* Hiro wants to take Charlie to a 24 hour Samurai Film Festival at the draft House in Austin, Texas. The movies that are playing: 1) Yojimbo, 2) The Seven Samurai and 3) The Hidden Fortress (all of which were written and directed by Akira Kurosawa).

* When Hiro and Charlie are talking about the Samurai Film Festival there is a Greyhound bus in the background. This company is a recurring theme in the show (viral marketing anyone?)

* The advertisement clock in the window of Gray & Sons watch shop is set to seven minutes to midnight.

* A portion of the folder on which Brian Davis' address was written on a sticky note has the words "Psychic Powers" and"Drug Induced Hallucination" hand written on it.

Connections

Episode 10
1) Chandra Suresh visits Gabriel Gray (Sylar) at his watch shop in Brooklyn.
2) Matt Parkman pulls over Eden McCain fro a traffic violation.
3) The Haitian abducts Eden McCain and takes her to H.R.G.
4) Niki’s father Hal attends an A.A. meeting in which Niki and Tina are also in attendance.
5) Chandra Suresh calls and talks to H.R.G. about Claire.
6) Past Hiro calls and talks to present Hiro at Yamagoto Industries.
7) Gabriel Gray and H.R.G. pass each other in the street in front of Chandra Suresh’s apartment.
8) H.R.G. visits Chandra Suresh moments after Gabriel Gray (Sylar) leaves.
9) Brian Davis comes to Gabriel Gray’s watch shop.

Nathan Petrelli

Episode 10
1) Nathan is a lawyer that the D.A. asks to go after Linderman.
2) Nathan protects himself involuntarily by flying just before his car crashes into water barrels after being forced off the road by another vehicle.
3) Nathan tells Peter that Linderman’s guys caused the accident.

Peter Petrelli

Episode 10
1) Peter has a dream in which he sees Nathan’s accident. (Telepathy or Precognition?)

Claire Bennett

Episode 10
1) Makes the cheerleading squad at the expense of Lori Trammel. Jackie is at fault.
2) Claire’s hand heals very rapidly and HRG knows about her power.

Claire’s “accidents”

Episode 10
1) Claire puts her hand through a plate glass door accidentally. First recognition of her power.

Mr. Bennett (Horn Rimmed Glasses or HRG)

Episode 10
1) Abducts Eden with the help of the Haitian.
2) Visits Chandra Suresh.

Isaac Mendez:

Episode 10
Not in this episode.

Hiro Nakamura

Hiro’s “events”

Episode 10
1) Hiro teleports six months into the past and ends up at the Burnt Toast Café on April 24th, 2006.
2) Stops time and delivers flowers to Charlie.
3) Stops time and finishes delivering one of Charlie’s food orders to the table.
4) Stops time and fold 1000 origami cranes.
5) Inadvertently teleports back to Japan just prior to kissing Charlie.

Mohinder Suresh

Episode 10
1) Is still contemplating the list of “heroes” that his father has compiled.
2) Narrates the intro and outro.

Chandra Suresh

Episode 10
1) Finds Patient Zero (Gabriel Gray aka Sylar) in New York.
2) Began working in genetics because his daughter had a mutation. Does not tell what that mutation is.
3) Defines the “evolutionary imperative” as “that which we are destined to do!”
4) Meets with H.R.G. regarding Claire and her abilities.

Niki Sanders / Jessica

Episode 10
1) We find out that Niki was an alcoholic and seems to have worked for a casino (the vest and name tag appeared to be from a casino.)
2) Jessica / Niki seem to exhibit the classic signs of a split personality (rather than a special ability.) During physical or mental pain one stronger personality will come out to protect the other(s).

Micah Sanders

Episode 10
1) Takes apart an entire laptop computer in about ten minutes.

D.L. Hawkins

Episode 10
1) Is a felon prior to when the story began.

Eden McCain

Episode 10
1) Uses her power of suggestion on Matt Parkman to get out of a traffic violation / stolen car arrest.
2) Tries to use her powers against H.R.G. to no avail.
3) Seems to be in a lot of trouble with the law.

Matt Parkman

Episode 10
1) Matt is dyslexic and has trouble reading as the words get twisted around. He has failed the detective test at work.
2) Matt hears his wife think that he is “her hero!” This is his first sign of an ability.

Paul E. Sylar / Gabriel Gray

Episode 10
1) Meets with Chandra Suresh and is tested by him.
2) Takes his name from a German watch.
3) Kills Brian Davis by hitting him in the head with a crystal paper weight. Brian’s head is broken open and his brains are leaking out. Sylar knows that Brian was “broken.”

Charlie

Episode 10
1) Tells Hiro that she has a blood clot that is inches a way from an aneurism and that she is dying. Could this have caused her remarkable feats of memory?

The Symbol

The symbol appears to be a shadow (or an eclipse) of the human DNA helix. The intersecting horizontal lines seem to be markers where the DNA has mutated. This is possibly the super-genome or a “new” or “mutated” protein that identifies the Heroes. It can be found in too many locations (see below) to be a mere coincidence. Is it a calling card to those with special powers? And will they rally around it?

Episode 10
1) Chandra gives Gabriel Gray his book “Activating Evolution.” The symbol is on the cover.
2) The book “Activating Evolution” is seen on the desk of Chandra when Gabriel Gray returns his book. The symbol is on the cover.
3) The Haitian is wearing a necklace which has the symbol on it.
4) Gabriel Gray gives the book “Activating Evolution” to Brian Davis. As he is looking over the book Gabriel (Sylar) kills him. The book is seen on the floor in the pool of blood. The symbol is on the cover.

The Mark (The Partial Symbol?)

Episode 10
Not seen in this episode.

Brains

There has been some discussion concerning mutated and/or manipulated DNA as the reason behind our Heroes powers. But why would someone go through the trouble of sawing the top of someone’s head off and scraping out the brains if it wasn’t important. I can’t think of a psychological reason why this might be done but for research purposes it makes sense. Einstein had his brain removed and studied after his death. Perhaps the powers we are seeing are not genetic manipulations at all but rather from evolution and the power of the brain. Why then the double helix symbol? Mohinder Suresh began the series with the question, “"People only use 10% of their brains, what if they used more?” Could this then be the real reason behind their powers? Have our Heroes somehow found a way to tap into additional brainpower? And, is Sylar being controlled by Mr. Bennett (HRG)? And the question that I keep asking myself, “What is Sylar’s power?” Can he assimilate others abilities?

Episode 10
1) It seems that Brian Davis was Sylar’s first victim and that his powers are obtained somehow via the brains of his victims. How has not yet been determined.

SEASON 1 : CHAPTER NINE: “HOMECOMING”

NBC Press Release
Air Date: November 20th, 2006 7/8c

WILL THEY SAVE THE CHEERLEADER AND SAVE THE WORLD? THE 'HEROES' EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS AND DEFINING MOMENTS IN THEIR LIVES -- As H.R.G. tries to protect his daughter by any means, Claire's high school homecoming turns into a frightening night. Meanwhile, Nathan and Simone work together to find Isaac's painting for Peter -- but this key to the future could lead to tragedy. Elsewhere, Hiro travels back in time to right an upsetting wrong and as Niki puts a goal in sight, Micah spends time with his dad. Still experiencing strange dreams while in India, Suresh learns of a boy that might pull him back into his father's research.


Re-cap of Episode Chapter Nine: “Homecoming”

Narration (Mohinder): “We are, if anything, creatures of habit, drawn to the safety and comfort of the familiar. But what happens when the familiar becomes unsafe? When the fear that we have been desperately trying to avoid finds us where we live?”

Claire and Zach are enjoying lunch when the principal posts the Homecoming Queen on the school bulletin board. Claire is determined the winner.

Nathan has purchased the painting that Peter wanted so badly but destroys it by throwing a bucket of paint over it. He tells Simone that it is to save Peter’s life.

Jessica practices sharp shooting with a high-powered rifle somewhere in the desert of Nevada.

Out on Highway 12 in Utah Micah and D.L. Hawkins are on the run from Jessica/Niki. D.L. tries to enter a restaurant but a policeman interrupts him. When he returns to the car Micah is gone.

Mohinder begins his search in Chennai, India for Inyer Sanjog who he believes can enter dreams and becomes a spiritual guide.

Simone tells Peter that his brother destroyed the painting but when she questions him on his belief concerning the painting Peter tells her that he must go to save the cheerleader. Simone shows him a digital image of the painting and tells him that the High School was located in Odessa, Texas.

Peter immediately calls Hiro but Ando answers and tells him that they are already in Texas (Midland) and are very close to Odessa. Peter tells him to wait there as he will be there soon.

Isaac finishes the painting but it is of no help to H.R.G. The painting resembles a demon in red with outstretched arms and light coming from its fingertips. HRG tells Eden that the painting is useless and he wants her to convince Isaac to paint another one. Eden refuses. H.R.G. tells Eden to find Sylar and take him out.

Zach tells Claire that he campaigned for her as Homecoming Queen and that she won the freak vote (or unpopular kids). Zach gives Claire a copy of Chandra Suresh’s book “Activating Evolution” and tells her that it has information concerning her ability. When Jackie insults Zach Claire punches her out!

Claire is grounded from the homecoming by her father.

Micah has run away from D.L. to a Greyhound Bus Stop presumably to return back to Nevada to his mother. D.L. catches up with him and Micah tells him that he knows about Jessica.

Mohinder finds Inyer playing soccer and confronts him. He tells the young boy that two paths have been presented to him and wants to know which he should take. The boy answers that he already has the answer.

Claire is reading “Activating Evolution” when she gets a text message that Zach has come to rescue her from her grounding. Claire tells Zach that he must be her date. In response, Zach tells Claire that she must “embrace her inner freak” and not to deny who she is.

Peter meets Ando at the Burnt Toast Café and Ando tells him what has happened to Charlie and that Hiro has returned to the past to save her. Peter and Ando tell each other that they are really nothing without someone else. It is 7:19pm

Mohinder enters two dreams involving his father and learns that he must continue his father’s research. After making his decision he enters "NO" to the question on the computer (Do you want to quit?) and a password box appears. After trying both “Darwin” and “Sylar” as passwords he tries “Shanti” which works and brings up a list of Heroes and their locations.

Claire runs into Peter at the High School and he asks about Jackie. Claire tells him that she’s not that special and Peter tells Claire that things get better after High School. When he exits the building he is standing in the exact spot which Isaac had previously painted. It is 8:02pm.

Sylar (still wearing the broken watch) is seen looking at the same trophy case Peter had just been looking in. Jackie confronts Claire in the locker room and Claire tells Jackie about the tape of the train wreck. An ominous shadow crosses the back of the locker room.

H.R.G. is seen in the amphitheatre of the Union Wells High School.

Peter is standing in front of the sign at Union Wells High School. It is 8:10pm.

In the locker room Sylar grabs Jackie by the throat and begins choking her. Claire jumps on his back but he tosses her aside with no effort. She slams into the wall. Sylar points a finger at Jackie’s head and she begins to lose the top of her skull. Claire stands and her wounds instantly begin to heal. Sylar realizes he has killed the wrong cheerleader. Claire runs into Peter coming to her aide when Sylar begins throwing lockers at him (again as painted by Isaac.) Sylar chases Peter and Claire and Peter yells at Claire to find a public place. She runs as Sylar attacks Peter. As Sylar attacks Peter pushes him off the edge of the building and they both fall in a heap. They both appear dead.

When Claire comes to Peter’s aide he sits up and begins reassembling his broken bones and body parts. Sylar is gone! H.R.G. finds Claire and Claire wants him to go back and help Peter but he refuses.

In the meantime, Sylar is walking away from the school when he is confronted by Eden. When he starts to attack she tells him that he "does not want to hurt" her and that she wants him to "tell her all about himself" but "first he must go to sleep." The Haitian arrives and puts his patented sleeper hold on Sylar who falls to the ground.

Peter is arrested by the police.

Mohinder tells his mother that he is going back to America to continue his father’s research, to find the Heroes and warn them of the dangers they face.

Micah tells D.L. that he called his mother and we see Jessica in a tree sighting in on D.L. with the high-powered rifle as he enters the car. A gunshot rings out…

Ando sits at the Burnt Toast Café waiting for Hiro…

Hiro appears at Charlie’s birthday party 6 months earlier and tells her that he is there to save her life…

Narration (Mohinder): “We are all at our cores the sum of our fears. To embrace destiny we must, inevitably, face those fears and conquer them. Whether they come from the familiar… or the unknown.”

Trivia

* The Homecoming Court is:
Claire Bennet – Homecoming Queen
Darlene Price
Tamara Greeer (spelled with 2 e's on list)
Bethany Wheelock
Cynthia Acosta
Jody Kidd

* A memo on the same bulletin board reads “No War… Peace!” And a small post-it note reads “no more?”

* The rifle that Jessica is testing is purchased for $2000.00. It can pierce boddy armor at 400 yards and is military grade. The gunrunner calls it a Concella ? 320Z.

* The gunrunners blue Dodge van’s license plate number is Nevada 28C RKL.

* HRG shows Eden three pictures of people who have had their skulls removed and presumably their brains also. They are: Charlie at the Burnt Toast Café, A black woman in a white shirt with orange swirls, and a man with a mustache.

* When Claire receives the text message from Zach we see that his screen name is “FILMSBYZACH.” The message reads “CLACK, CLACK-CLACK” which translates to “Throwing rocks at ur window, open up!”

* When Peter is looking into the trophy case there is a newspaper clipping that shows Jackie Wilcox, the sheriff and the man Claire saved with the following headline: “ Odessa Honors Local Hero”.

* The BBQ restaurant in Utah on Highway 12 where D.L. and Micah spend most of the episode is called "The Halfway House."

* The list of Heroes from Chandra Suresh’s computer:
Column 1
Name -- Location
Felipe Acerra – Deceased
D. L. Hawkins – Las Vegas, NV.
Byron Bevington – Marshfield, VT.
Niki Sanders – Las Vegas, NV.
Daniel Buzzetti – Greeley, CO.
Isaac Mendez – New York, NY.
Tracy Chobham – Frostburg, MD.
Nicholas Datre – Deceased
Paula Gramble – Monteith, IA.
Curtis Hovsepian – Grant Pass, OR.
Nathan Petrelli – New York, NY.
Noel Menzies- Deceased
Penkala Burton – Albert Lea, MN.
Theresa Hue Pham – Shreveport, LA.
Matthew Parkman – Los Angeles, CA.
Hiro Nakamura – Tokyo, Japan
? - Midland, TX.

Column 2
Name -- Location
David Berman – New York, NY.
Leonie Pinkham - Deceased
Adam Soo Hoo – Kailua, HI.
Linda Tavara - Deceased
Norman Vantris - Deceased
Sparrow Redhouse – New Mexico
Amid Halebi – Los Angeles, CA.
Michelle … - ?
Candace W… - ?
Harry Fl… - ?
Ethan Ki… - Deceased
Abu Aswan… - ?
Frank Cav… - Deceased
Diego Vel… - Deceased
Jess Murp… - Deceased
Sue Lande... - ?
Pam Green - ?


Connections

Episode 9
1) Nathan meets Simone at her art gallery in New York.
2) Peter calls Ando in Texas.
3) Mohinder finds and talks to Inyer Sanjog (the dreamer).
4) Peter meets Ando at the Burnt Toast Café in Midland, Texas.
5) Peter meets Claire at Union Wells High School.
6) Sylar attacks Claire at Union Wells High School.
7) Peter gets attacked by Sylar while trying to protect Claire.
8) Sylar meets Eden McCain and the Haitian near the Union Wells High School.
9) Hiro first meets Charlie at the Burnt Toast Café (6 months ago.)

Nathan Petrelli

Episode 9
1) Unpacks Isaac’s painting of Peter at Simone’s art gallery.
2) Destroys Isaac’s painting of Peter to tray and save his life.

Peter Petrelli

Episode 9
1) Peter finds out that the cheerleader is at Union Wells High School in Odessa, Texas.
2) Peter tells Ando that his ability is to absorb other’s abilities.
3) Sylar throws the locker doors at Peter just as Isaac painted.
4) Peter pushes Sylar off the wall in an attempt to save Claire.
5) Peter appears to have died from massive injuries during the fall.
6) Is revived back to life and reassembles himself after Claire comes near him.
7) Is arrested by the Odessa police.

Claire Bennett

Episode 9
1) Is named Homecoming Queen.
2) Claire finds out that Zach campaigned for her.
3) Claire punches Jackie out when she insults Zach.
4) Is given a copy of Chandra Suresh’s book “Activating Evolution.”
5) Is grounded by HRG to keep her away from the school during Homecoming.
6) Is attacked by Sylar but survives! “Save the cheerleader! Save the world!”
7) Revives Peter from the dead and her powers help to heal him.

Claire’s “accidents”

Episode 9
1) Arm severely broken.
2) Bones in forehead and side of face broken.
3) Jaw broken.
4) Large cut on side of face.

Peter’s “accidents” (with Claire’s proximity)

Episode 9
1) Smashed head and large amount of blood loss.
2) Broken spine/pelvis/lower body.
3) Broken legs.
4) Broken foot.
5) Cut on face.

Mr. Bennett (Horn Rimmed Glasses or HRG)

Episode 9
1) Tells Eden to get Isaac to create another painting.
2) Instructs Eden to find Sylar and “take him out!”
3) Grounds Claire from the Homecoming to try and save her life.
4) Goes to the school after he finds out that Claire has left the house.

Isaac Mendez

Episode 9
Not in this episode

Isaac’s paintings

Episode 9
1) Union Wells High School Homecoming with Peter’s death. (Digital picture of painting – we did not see the real painting.)
2) The “demon in red” – a painting of a red silhouette with yellow eyes outstretched arms and light emanating from the fingertips. (Could this be a painting of Theodore Sprague?)
3) Cheerleader on amphitheatre steps.
4) Sylar with dead cheerleader.
5) Charlie holding plates of food.
6) Israeli bus explosion.
7) Hiro and Ando after Homecoming at Union Wells High School.

Hiro Nakamura

Hiro’s “events”

Episode 9
1) Returns to the Burnt Toast Café 6 months previously.
2) Tells Charlie he is there to save her life!

Mohinder Suresh

Episode 9
1) Finds the dreamer boy Inyer.
2) Turns down Mira’s offer to work in genetics with her.
3) Decides to continue his father’s work.
4) Discovers the password to his father’s computer and unlocks the list of Heroes that his father had found.

Chandra Suresh

Episode 9
1) Tells his associate that finding the Heroes is the most important work in the world and that nothing else matters.
2) Quotes Darwin to his son and tells him that a true scientist should be hard like a stone.

Niki Sanders / Jessica

Episode 9
1) Purchases a high-powered rifle to shoot D.L.
2) Tries ? to shoot D.L.

Micah Sanders

Episode 9
1) Tells D.L. he knows about Jessica.
2) Calls his mother again!

D.L. Hawkins

Episode 9
1) Will return to Las Vegas to Niki.
2) is being hunted by Jessica.

Eden McCain

Episode 9
1) Is much more powerful then we thought (on the level of the Jedi, she has the “force.”)
2) Meets and subdues Sylar (with the help of the Haitian,)
3) Refuses to make Isaac paint again.

Matt Parkman

Episode 9
Not in this episode.

Paul E. Sylar

Episode 9
1) Attacks and kills Jackie Wilcox.
2) Attacks Claire but is interrupted by Peter Petrelli.
3) Attacks Peter Petrelli and kills him.
4) Is subdues and taken captive by Eden, the Haitian and HRG. We wonder how long it will take for his marks to appear?

Uluru

Episode 9
1) Found on 9th Wonders! comic book.

Theodore Sprague

Episode 9
Not in this episode (although I wonder if the painting that Isaac did wasn’t of him in full glow-mode?)

Iyer Sanjog

Episode 9
1) Is a dream shaper and spiritual guide.
2) Is found by Mohinder.
3) Tells Mohinder to go back to America and find the Heroes (not in those words but that is the message.)

Charlie

Episode 9
1) Is told by Hiro that he is there to save her life.

The Symbol

The symbol appears to be a shadow (or an eclipse) of the human DNA helix. The intersecting horizontal lines seem to be markers where the DNA has mutated. This is possibly the super-genome or a “new” or “mutated” protein that identifies the Heroes. It can be found in too many locations (see below) to be a mere coincidence. Is it a calling card to those with special powers? And will they rally around it?

Episode 9
1) On Jessica’s back (twice – once when shooting the rifle and once when talking with the gun runner)
2) Zach gives Claire a copy of “Activating Evolution”, the symbol is on the cover.
3) Drawn on the Greyhound bus stop sign by hand.
4) Claire is reading her copy of “Activating Evolution”, the symbol is on the cover.
5) On Chandra Suresh’s desktop computer screen.
6) Mohinder has a galley copy of “Activating Evolution”, the symbol is on the cover.
7) The Haitian is wearing the necklace when he captures and subdues Sylar.

The Mark (The Partial Symbol?)

Episode 9
Not seen in this episode.

Brains

There has been some discussion concerning mutated and/or manipulated DNA as the reason behind our Heroes powers. But why would someone go through the trouble of sawing the top of someone’s head off and scraping out the brains if it wasn’t important. I can’t think of a psychological reason why this might be done but for research purposes it makes sense. Einstein had his brain removed and studied after his death. Perhaps the powers we are seeing are not genetic manipulations at all but rather from evolution and the power of the brain. Why then the double helix symbol? Mohinder Suresh began the series with the question, “"People only use 10% of their brains, what if they used more?” Could this then be the real reason behind their powers? Have our Heroes somehow found a way to tap into additional brainpower? And, is Sylar being controlled by Mr. Bennett (HRG)? And the question that I keep asking myself, “What is Sylar’s power?” Could he assimilate others abilities?

Episode 9
HRG shows Eden three pictures of people who have had their skulls removed and presumably their brains also. They are:
1) Charlie at the Burnt Toast Café.
2) A black woman in a white shirt with orange swirls.
3) A man with a mustache.

SEASON 1 : CHAPTER EIGHT: “SEVEN MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT”

NBC Press Release
Air Date: November 13th, 2006 7/8c

FORCES GATHER TO THREATEN VARIOUS "HEROES" -- Back in India to mourn the passing of his father, Suresh encounters mysterious dreams of the past that force him to question what path to take next. Continuing their journey to New York, Hiro and Ando stop at a diner and meet someone interesting. In crisis, Niki comes to a personal understanding. Determined to see one of Isaac’s paintings that Simone recently sold, Peter asks Nathan for help in finding a key to the future. Intent on getting back to her normal life, Claire focuses on Homecoming preparations, unaware of what's to come. Meanwhile, H.R.G. and a surprising associate focus their attentions on another "hero."

Re-cap of Episode Chapter Eight: “Seven Minutes To Midnight”

Mohinder returns home to participate at his father’s funeral, which is held in Kanyakumari, India, the burial ground of Gandhi. Chandra Suresh’s ashes are ceremoniously cast into the ocean.

Isaac awakens in an undisclosed location but is greeted by Eden McCain. She tells him that she is a “facilitator” and that she can help him paint the future without the use of drugs. She assures him that she wants to stop the explosion in New York as much as he does.

At the “Burnt Toast Café” in Midland, Texas Hiro and Ando meet Charlie, a waitress that has a photographic memory. Sylar, who moves his coffee cup by thought, is also in the café.

Mohinder meets up with Mira, an old girlfriend who offers him a position at the company that she works for that does genetic research. Mohinder tells her that he will think about it.

Back at the Burnt Toast Café Hiro and Charlie begin a special friendship, which is portrayed through an unusual filming technique. While a musical score plays the pair converse silently.

(Note: What we interpretted as a filming technique was actually an audio failure on the local network. We have since watched the episode with the entire dialogue.)

Theodore Sprague tells Matt and Audrey that he was not allowed to attend his wife’s funeral and that he probably gave her cancer. Ted becomes upset and the cup of water on the table begins to boil as he becomes angrier. Matt tells Ted about his own ability and the two men show each other the two lines imprinted (or cut) into their necks.

In a dream, Mohinder views himself arguing with his father and then eavesdrops on a discussion between his parents. A young boy, who can see Mohinder enters into the dream.

Ted explains to Matt and Audrey how he blacked out in Kansas and woke up in Tempe, Arizona with this strange ability. He tells Matt that a Haitian student was in the bar when he blacked out.
At the Primatech Paper Company in Odessa, Texas Mr. Bennet enters a secure back room via key card and meets with Isaac. Bennet tells Isaac that his ability is a blessing and that he needs Isaac’s help.

Back at the café Charlie is killed by Sylar who cuts her skull off.

Mohinder is told by his mother that he had an older sister that died at the age of five when he was only two years old and that he was never told about her for fear of comparisons. She also tells him that she was “special.” (We assume this means she had a Heroes ability.)

Bennet tells Isaac that Sylar is killing people with abilities one by one and that his daughter Claire is next in line. He asks Isaac to shoot heroin and finish the painting to help save Claire’s life. Isaac refuses. Bennet also tells Isaac that a group of people are fighting to stop Sylar and that Claire was the child of parents who he failed to help 14 years earlier.

In another dream sequence Mohinder chases the same little boy through his father’s house and out a door only to find himself in an alley in Ney York City. A taxi is parked in the alley and as Mohinder draws closer he sees that his father is being beaten inside the cab. He watches his father die and then sees the watch worn by Sylar as it stops at seven minutes to midnight.

Bennet convinces Eden to “persuade” Isaac to finish the painting and after whispering into his ear Isaac agrees.

Hiro tells Ando that he is going to stop time and try and prevent Charlie’s murder. He tells Ando that he will try and convince Charlie not to go to work on the day of her death. Hiro tells Ando to count to five and he will return but when Ando is done counting Hiro is nowhere to be found.

Mohinder opens his father’s desk and finds folder labeled Iyer Sanjog which contains the picture of the little boy who has been inside his dreams. There are articles concerning dreams and we come to realize that the little boy is also a hero.

In the closing scene we see Isaac painting with eyes of white while Eden looks on, Claire finishes working on her homecoming banner and Ando waits nervously for Hiro’s return.

A photo of Charlie in a black dress with white polka dots under a birthday sign now contains the image of Hiro standing next to her with a very frightened look on his face.

Trivia

* Mohinder and Chandra Suresh worked at Chennai University.

* The devices used to detect radiation by Matt and Audrey were labeled, dosimetry. Not green is the bad color.

* Mr. Bennet works for the Primatech Paper Company.

* Mr. Bennett is part of an organization dedicated to tracking, watching, and monitoring those who have developed abilities. This organization has been in existence for over 14 years.

* Both Matt and Ted said that they blacked out and lost two days after being abducted and “read” by the Haitian.

* Charlie tells Deputy Lloyd that Henry Fonda won the Academy Awars for "On Golden Pond" in 1981.

* The emblem on Hiro's jacket says, "I don't belomg here."

* Chandra Suresh's college office contains a piece of art that is a DNA double helix, a window in the shape of a lotus blossom, a copy of his book "Activating Evolution", a desktop computer running the same DNA sequence as his laptop and many of the same file folders as in his apartment in New York.

* Ted was in Kansas and made a big sale of dialysis machines to University Hospital. At the hotel bar were a couple from Wyoming, some professors and a student from Haiti. He wakes up in his car two days later in Tempe, Arizona.

* The image of Kali (she who is the Mother of time) appears at least twice in this episode. Once at Chandra Suresh's funeral carved into the rock near the shrine and once as a statue in the home of Chandra Suresh.

Connections

Episode 8
1) Isaac meets Mr. Bennet (HRG) after being "persuaded" by Eden to quit drugs.
2) Hiro and Ando meet Charlie a waitress with the ability to memorize everything she reads.
3) Sylar is in the Burnt Toast Café in Midland, Texas with Hiro, Ando and Charlie.
4) Sylar murders Charlie by cutting the top of her skull off (the same manner in which Issac and Mr. Walker were found.
5) Matt Parkman, Audrey Hanson and the policewoman all meet with Theodore Sprague at FBI headquarters.
6) Mohinder meets Iyer Sanjog in a number of dreams about his father.
7) Theodore Sprague tells Matt and Audrey that on the night he blacked out a Haitian student was present (this is MBG.)
8) Chandra Suresh is killed in his taxi by Sylar whose watch stops at seven minutes to midnight during the altercation.
9) Claire meets Eden at her father’s Paper Company.

Graphic Novel 8: Issac's First Time
1) Issac meets Uluru in a drug-induced trance.

Nathan Petrelli

Episode 8
Not in the episode.

Peter Petrelli

Episode 8
Not in the episode

Claire Bennett

Episode 8
1) We find out that Claire is the offspring of Heroes the exact details which are known to HRG.
2) Meets Eden McCain at her fathers paper company.

Claire’s “accidents”

Episode 8
No "accidents" revealed in this episode.

Mr. Bennett (Horn Rimmed Glasses or HRG)

Episode 8
1) Is working with a group of people to track and help save heroes from Sylar.
2) Is genuinely concerned for Claire’s well-being but will use any means necessary to protect her.

Isaac Mendez

Episode 8
1) Tries to clean up with the help of Eden McCain and Mr. Bennet.
2) Understands that his life is in jeopardy.
3) Begins to Paint, under the influence of Eden, the painting required by Bennet to help protect Claire.

Isaac’s paintings

Episode 8
1) The painting of the cheerleader with her head slashed opened. Mr. Bennet confirms that Sylar is the person in the shadows.
2) Hiro and Ando at the Homecoming (with blood(?) on the sign).
3) Explosion of the car Theodore Sprague escaped from.
4) The train wreck in Odessa, Texas.
5) The huge explosion that decimates New York City.
6) Peter and the flying locker doors.
7) Claire on the amphitheater stairs with the large shadow.
8) Claire’s face with outstretched hand.
9) Charlie at the café with plates of food in her hands.
10) Jessica with the symbol.
11) The painting of the eclipse.
12) The Israeli bus explosion.

More about Isaac’s paintings
Note: In this episode Mr. Bennet (HRG) tells a little more information concerning some of Isaac’s paintings.
1) A newspaper article in Bennet’s office reads, “12 Killed in Israeli Bus Explosion”
2) Mr. Bennet tells Isaac that the suicide bomber killed 13 people.
3) That the train derailment killed 9 people
4) And that the earthquake killed 81 people.

Hiro Nakamura

Hiro’s “events”

Episode 8
1) Strange, silent conversation with Charlie.
2) During Hiro’s silent conversation he stops time but we do not see him move nor see where he goes or what he does.
3) Hiro teleports out of the diner to go and save Charlie.
4) Appears in a birthday photograph with Charlie on her birthday where he was not before.

Mohinder Suresh

Episode 8
1) Returns to India for his father’s funeral.
2) The Suresh burial ground is in Kanyakumari, India, the burial ground of Gandhi.
3) Uncovers the secrets of a number of other “heroes” including a boy that can evidently manipulate dreams or at least allow others to see the past while dreaming.

Chandra Suresh

Episode 8 (Flashback and/or dream sequences)
1) Tells his son that finding the heroes is the most important thing in the world.
2) Was killed by Sylar in his cab in New York City.
3) Had a daughter with a special ability.

Chandra Suresh’s Notebook
Note: While Mohinder was flipping through the pages of his father’s notebook we caught a glimpse of a few other “heroes” that Chandra had been tracking.

1) … intentions to get data from him.
Potential Power: Tissue Regeneration

2) Feb. 16th, 1971 4:30 PM (drawing of a circle with four vertical lines over it)
Location: Lobatse, Botswana
Continent: Africa
Sex: Female
Age: 87
Race: South African
Sample Type: Fingernail
Acquisition of sample… she slept through the whole thing… subject was unaware of me attempting to get samples from her.
Potential Power: Telepathy

3) Oct. 17th, 1978 8:26 PM (drawing of a triangle)
Location: New Canaan, Connecticut
Continent: North America
Sex: Female
Age:
Race: Polish/Russian
Sample type: Red hair
Acquisition of sample… spotted me… and smiled… came up to me… put her finger to her lips in the universal sign for quiet… pulled a strand of her hair… and handed it to me… she was aware of my intentions to gather data from her.
Potential Power: Clairvoyance

Niki Sanders / Jessica

Episode 8
Not in this episode

Micah Sanders

Episode 8
Not in this episode

D.L. Hawkins

Episode 8
Not in this episode

Eden McCain

Episode 8
1) Was found in “a condition” by Mr. Bennet years before.
2) “Persuades” Isaac to finish the last painting by whispering into his ear.
3) Is obviously working with or for Mr. Bennet.

Eden McCain and KEYS:
(Eden may be a KEY! I think we should keep an eye on more possible key connections as the series progresses.) I believe that this has been proven. It seems that Eden has gone through something of a similar nature as Isaac and it was revealed that she either has the power to persuade or the power of suggestion.

Episode 8
1) Eden whispers into Isaac’s ear and convinces him to shoot heroin to complete the last painting needed by Bennet to help protect Claire.

Matt Parkman

Episode 8
1) Hears the thoughts of Theodore Sprague and Audrey Hanson.
2) Is suspended from his job for 30 days without pay for punching Tom McHenry, his ex-partner and the man who slept with his wife.
3) Discovers that he and Theodore Sprague were both abducted by the Haitian (MBG) and both have identical marks (2nd symbol) on their necks.

Paul E. Sylar:

Episode 8
1) Is in the same café as Hiro and Ando in Midland, Texas.
2) Wears a watch that has stopped at seven minutes to midnight.
3) Kills Charlie, the waitress with a photographic memory, in much the same manner as future Isaac and Mr. Walker.
4) Kills Chandra Suresh in his cab in New York City, which is how his watch got broken.
5) Uses the power of his mind to slide his coffe cup from across the table into his hand. (Telekinesis)

Uluru

Episode 8
Not found in this episode

Graphic Novel 8: Isaac's First Time
1) Issac meets Uluru in a drug-induced trance.
2) Uluru asks, "Issac? What have you done?"

Molly Walker

Episode 8
Not found in this episode

Theodore Sprague

Episode 8
1) Boils water in glass (from an original painting by Isaac.)
2) Turns radioactive monitors color (red) in an instant.
3) Explodes the car he was being taken in and escapes.
4) Tells Matt that he gave his wife cancer.
5) Tells Matt that when his powers strated he melted flowers.
6) Was abducted by HRG and "read" by MBG in Kansas and woke up in Tempe, Arizona.
7) Lost two days in the abduction.
8) Tells Matt to find the Haitian.

Iyer Sanjog

Episode 8
1) Iyer Sanjog is a new character and evidently has the power to manipulate, or project into, dreams.
2) Projects himself and Mohinder into a number of Chandra Suresh’s dreams.
3) May or may not be dead.

Iyer Sanjog’s Folder
Found inside Chandra Suresh's folder for this individual were the following:

Episode 8
1) An article called the “Somnambulist’s Song”
2) An article with the headline, “Sleep Research Reveals New Areas in the Brain.”
3) Images of skulls that looked to be Aztec or Mayan in nature.
4) An article with the headline, “Scientists Say Learning Continues In Sleep” which is dated September 9th, 2003.
5) and a photograph of Inyer Sanjog who is the same little boy that Mohinder saw in his dreams.

Charlie

Episode 8
1) Charlie is a new character that has the ability to remember everything she reads (or photographic memory)
2) She tells the sheriff that Kanyakumari is the answer to a crossword question.
3) Tells the sheriff’s deputy that Henry Fonda won the academy award for best actor in 1981 for “On Golden Pond.”
4) Communicates with Hiro and Ando in fluent Japanese only a short time after reading a book on the language.
5) Communicates in a strange silent method with Hiro.

The Symbol

The symbol appears to be a shadow (or an eclipse) of the human DNA helix. The intersecting horizontal lines seem to be markers where the DNA has mutated. This is possibly the super-genome or a “new” or “mutated” protein that identifies the Heroes. It can be found in too many locations (see below) to be a mere coincidence. Is it a calling card to those with special powers? And will they rally around it?

Episode 8
1) Found on the computer monitor in Chandra Suresh’s office.
2) Found on the painting of Jessica.

The Mark (The Partial Symbol?)

Episode 8
1) Found on Theodore Sprague’s neck.
2) Found on Matt Parkman’s neck.

Brains:

There has been some discussion concerning mutated and/or manipulated DNA as the reason behind our Heroes powers. But why would someone go through the trouble of sawing the top of someone’s head off and scraping out the brains if it wasn’t important. I can’t think of a psychological reason why this might be done but for research purposes it makes sense. Einstein had his brain removed and studied after his death. Perhaps the powers we are seeing are not genetic manipulations at all but rather from evolution and the power of the brain. Why then the double helix symbol? Mohinder Suresh began the series with the question, “"People only use 10% of their brains, what if they used more?” Could this then be the real reason behind their powers? Have our Heroes somehow found a way to tap into additional brainpower? And, is Sylar being controlled by Mr. Bennett (HRG)? And the question that I keep asking myself, “What is Sylar’s power?” Could he assimilate others abilities?

Episode 8
1) It is assumed that Charlie’s brains were removed from her skull when Sylar cut off the top of her skull in the back room of the Burnt Toast Café.

Discrepancy

Episode 8
1) The screen title shows the restaurant that Charlie works in is named, “Burnt Toast Diner” but the sign on the window and the menus read, “Burnt Toast Café.”

SEASON 1 : CHAPTER SEVEN: “NOTHING TO HIDE”

NBC Press Release

Air Date: November 6, 2006

THE "HEROES" EACH CONFRONT UNEXPECTED NEWS AND EVENTS THAT COULD FURTHER CHANGE THEIR LIVES AND RELATIONSHIPS -- Facing a crisis involving her son Micah, a distraught Niki reveals her recent personal struggles to a friend. Pushing aside his own issues at home, Matt assists Audrey's investigation into another bizarre murder, but their pursuit of mysterious serial killer Sylar takes an unexpected turn. After failing to act like a "superhero" when faced with danger, Hiro questions his heroism. Nathan and his wife Heidi strategize how to win the congressional election. Claire is shocked to learn where her missing tape wound up. Meanwhile, her father H.R.G. is disturbed by news from one of his associates.

Re-cap of Episode Chapter 7: “Nothing To Hide”

Peter is talking to Charles Deveaux in his apartment when he tells him that he loves him. Peter tells Charles that he can fly and appears to jump out the window but Peter wakes up from a dream in his apartment. Simone rings his doorbell and tells him that her father has just passed away.

Zach tells Claire that he has found the missing tape and returns it to her. Claire's brother Lyle finds the tape.

Niki wakes up on the floor and discovers that D. L. and Micah are gone. She looks into the mirror and asks her alter ego for help.

Matt hears his wife thinking and it is not good news.

Simone and Peter visit Isaac’s studio only to find that he is gone as are his most recent paintings. Simone tells Peter that the last conversation she had with her father was about Peter and that the two of them were flying and that Peter told him that everything was going to be OK and that he would save the world. Simone tells Peter that the missing painting was sold to "a guy named Linderman."

We discover that Nathan’s wife is wheelchair bound and that she is working with him to help win the campaign for Congress. An interview with a prominent journalist has been set.

Audrey tells Matt that Sylar has killed again. When they reach the morgue they find a body burned beyond recognition. A finger print matching those one Theodore Spragus is found seared to the bone on the body and Audrey mistakes the murder for the work of Sylar.

Niki tells Tina that her alter ego is named Jessica and that she has asked her to come out and help her find Micah.

In the desert Micah tells D.L. that “Heroes don’t run away! Heroes help people!” and that he thinks that he is a bad man. Up ahead in the road an accident has occurred. D.L. and Micah stop to help just as Hiro and Ando pull up to the scene. A car is on fire and a woman is trapped inside the locked vehicle. D.L. phase shifts through the window, opens the door from the inside and pulls the woman out. Just as D.L. is pulling the woman out of the car it erupts in an explosion. Hiro stops time and moves everyone out of harms way just as the car explodes after time resumes.

At Nathan's brunch party a journalist asks some very hard questions concerning the accident that caused Nathan’s wife to become wheelchair bound and Nathan’s trip to Las Vegas, including a blonde woman. Peter lies to the journalist telling him that they were there for Peter’s mental well-being and that the woman was a doctor.

Hiro tells Micah about his ability to stop time and shows him the yet to be released comic book with Hiro as the star. D.L. Tells Micah that they can never go back.

Claire convinces her brother to return the missing tape which he does when Claire tells him that they won’t ever be a family again if he tells anyone what he has seen.

Matt and Audrey Hanson enter Theodore Sprague’s home to find burned items everywhere. Pictures have faces burned off. The computer keyboard is scorched in places and the door to the bedroom is black with burn marks. When Matt and Audrey enter the bedroom it is entirely black with burns.

The journalist tell Nathan that he has heard rumors that the Linderman Group has invested in his campaign fund but that Linderman has ties to the mob. Nathan tells him that his father was in business with Linderman.

Matt and Audrey find chemotherapy prescriptions for Karen Sprague and that the doctor was Robert Fresco, the burn victim in the morgue. Matt tells Audrey that Sprague is not Sylar and they head off to the hospital to find him. They confront Theodore in the hospital room of his dying wife. Sprague grabs a nurse for protection and burns her badly but he releases her when Matt convinces him that he can hear Karen’s thoughts. After Karen Sprague dies Theodore surrenders.

Niki calls Nathan for help locating Micah but he tells her that he cannot help. When his wife confronts him about what happened in Vegas he confirms Peter’s lies. Niki breaks the mirror in her room and Jessica appears (Helix symbol tattoo visible on her back.)

Nathan calls Linderman to retrieve the missing painting but he refuses to sell it back. Nathan goes to Peter to tell him the bad news. He also explains that his power is useless and that it won’t make a difference. Nathan also tells Peter about the attempted kidnapping by HRG and MBG.

Sprague is being photographed for his mug shot when a close-up reveals two small “slash/cut” marks on his neck. We also see Matt Parkman with similar marks on his shoulder.

Micah sneaks away from D.L., “fixes” a broken phone by thinking about it and calls Niki. He tells her their location. Jessica loads a clip into her hand gun...

Triva

* The newspaper which Peter is reading in Charles Deveaux’s apartment is dated Thursday, November 2nd 2006 and the lead story is entitled, “Skies Clear For Solar Eclipse.” The newspaper is the New York Epigraph(?).

* Peter talks about stock in Yamagato Industries which is the company that Hiro and Ando used to work for.

* The license plate number of Niki’s black AMC Gremlin is 231-HQV. But where is the red 66 Cadillac?

* Matt hears his wife’s thoughts. She thinks, “I thought I was being so careful.” And “Oh god, he knows?”

* The sketch of Charles Deveaux was done by Isaac for his 70th birthday.

* Nathan and Heidi Petrelli live in Hyde Park.

* Nathan’s political posters read: “Nathan Petrelli – A leader with the ability to inspire – Elect Petrelli” and “Nathan Petrelli – A True Leader – Elect Petrelli.”

* The journalist’s name is Oliver Dennison and he works for the New York Journal.

* The burned victim is identified as Robert Fresco an Oncologist from UCLA Medical Center. He was found in a parking lot in Brentwood.

* Fresco’s burned body was putting out 1800 kerries (?) of radiation.

* The advertisements in Hiro’s comic book are for “x-ray glasses” and “The further Adventures of Bumble…”

* Hiro’s 9th Wonders! comic book “I Did It!” is Issue # 14.

* Theodore Sprague lives at 93 Laramie Street, Los Angeles, CA. 90016, his date of birth is 8/28/73, he is 5’10” tall, weighs 175 pounds and has brown eyes and hair.

* Theodore Sprague tells Matt and Audrey that he and his wife listened to the soundtrack to the movie “American Beauty” while on their picnic.

* Nathan calls MBG a “spooky Euro-dude” and HRG “a guy with horn-rimmed glasses.”

* Theodore Sprague and Matt Parkman have similar “cuts” on their necks/shoulders.

* Micah tells Jessica that he and D.L. are at the Littlefield Motel off of Highway 14.

Connections:

Episode 7
1) Peter talks to Charles Deveaux (in a dream.)
2) Simone tells Peter that Isaac’s missing painting was sold to Mr. Linderman.
3) Niki tells Teas Tina about her alter ego Jessica and Tina meets her personally.
4) Hiro and Ando meet D.L. and Micah in the desert near a car accident. D.L. saves a woman’s life and Hiro saves D.L.’s life.
5) The journalist, Oliver Dennison, tells Nathan that he knows that the Linderman Group has invested in his campaign.
6) Matt and Audrey confront a new hero, Theodore Sprague who it appears can manipulate fusion.
7) Nathan calls Linderman to see if he can retrieve the painting.
8) Micah talks to Jessica on the phone.

Nathan Petrelli

Episode 7
1) Was driving when an accident occurred putting his wife in a wheelchair, perhaps forever.
2) Has been publicly linked to the “Linderman Group.”
3) Lies to his wife about Niki.
4) Tries to convince Peter that flying won’t make a difference.

Peter Petrelli

Episode 7
1) Lies to protect his brother.
2) Dreams of Charles Deveaux.
3) Tries to get Nathan to retrieve Isaac’s missing painting from Linderman.

Claire Bennett

Claire’s “accidents”:

Episode 7
1) Hit by car and thrown onto windshield (driven by Zach)
2) Right leg broken and twisted by impact.
3) Hand stapled by her brother Lyle.

Issac Mendez

Episode 7
Not found in episode.

Isaac’s paintings:

Episode 7
1) Sketch of face of Charles Deveaux (in sketchbook)

Hiro Nakamura

Hiro’s “events”:

Episode 7
1) Stops time to prevent death of D.L. and car accident victim in the desert of Nevada.
2) Saves D.L. and woman from sure death by pushing them out of the way before the car explodes.

Mohinder Suresh:

Episode 7
1) Narrator at end of episode.

Niki Sanders / Jessica

Episode 7
1) Niki tells Texas Tina about Jessica.
2) Jessica can be identified by the tattoo on her shoulder.
3) Jessica convinces Micah to tell her where he is.
4) Knows how to load a hand gun.

Micah Sanders

Genius, technopath and polymath, young Micah is another child of two individuals with unique powers. Does this amplify the degree of the power? If so Micah may be a power to be reckoned with in the future. He knows more than he lets on and is now confirmed as being able to manipulate and fix broken electronic equipment including computers and phones.

Episode 7
1) We find that Micah’s power is the manipulation of electronics (he “fixes” a telephone that is out of order and has no dial tone.
2) Micah knows that his mother has two distinct personalities.

D.L. Hawkins

Episode 7
1) Phase shifts through the window of a car to open the door and rescue a woman from a car wreck.

Eden McKenzie

Episode 7
Not found in episode.

Matt Parkman

Episode 7
1) Finds that his wife was having an affair.
2) Deduces that Theodore Sprague is not Sylar.
3) Listens in to the thoughts os a dying Karen Sprague.

Theodore Sprague (New Hero)

Episode 7
1) Has the ability to burn things.
2) Radiation levels are high in areas that he has burned.
3) Has some level of control over his ability.

Paul E. Sylar:

Episode 7
1) Not found in episode.
2) Mentioned by Audrey Hanson as striking again but she is mistaken.

The Symbol

The symbol appears to be a shadow (or an eclipse) of the human DNA helix. The intersecting horizontal lines seem to be markers where the DNA has mutated. This is possibly the super-genome or a “new” or “mutated” protein that identifies the Heroes. It can be found in too many locations (see below) to be a mere coincidence. Is it a calling card to those with special powers? And will they rally around it?

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1) Found on Jessica’s back in the form of a tattoo.

The Addresses:

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1) Theodore Sprague’s address is 93 Laramie Street, Los Angeles, CA. 90016

Pop-culture references in Heroes:

In the world of Heroes there have been quite a few mentions to pop-culture. Most notably Hiro and Ando discuss Star Trek and comic books. I have attempted a list of pop-culture references here as part of the documentation of the Heroes world.

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1) Theodore and Karen Sprague listened to the soundtrack of the movie “American Beauty” on their picnic. Or it could also be the Grateful Dead album of the same name.
2) “Littlefield Motel” - reference not yet found.
3) Lyle and Zach talk about YouTube the popular Internet video website.

Names

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Tina (Texas Tina) – The girl’s name Tina is of Latin origin. Name ending, particularly of Christina, used as an independent name and in combination with other names.

Janice (Parkman) – Janice is a derivative of Jane with the suffix –ice from names like Candice and Bernice. Probably first coined as the name of the heroine of the novel “Janice Meredith” (1899) by Paul Leicester Ford. Jane then, pronounced jayn, is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is “the Lord is gracious.” Originally, a feminine form of the name John.

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Theodore Sprague –Theodore is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "God's gift." From Theodorus. Early Christian name and saint's name. Sprague is English in origin and means lively or alert.

Heidi (Petrelli) – The girl’s name Heidi is German in origin and means noble or kind. Heidi is the short form of Adelaide or Adelheid (Old German) and also means, "exalted nature."

Oliver Dennison – The boy's name Oliver is of Latin origin and its meaning is "olive tree." Name of one of Charlemagne's knights in the 12th-century poem "Chanson de Roland." Also possibly from Alfihar (Old German) "host of elves" or Olafr (Old Norse) "ancestor." Biblical: the olive tree is a symbol of fruitfulness, beauty, and dignity. Dennison – Son of Dennis. Dennis is of Greek and English origin, and its meaning is "follower of Dionysius." Also variant of Dionysius. Mythology: Dionysius is the Greek god of wine, responsible for the growth of the vines in spring and the originator of winemaking; he is equivalent to the Roman god Bacchus. Biblical: a judge of Athens who was converted to Christianity by the apostle Paul.

Robert Fresco - The boy's name Robert is of Old German origin, and its meaning is "shining with fame." A favorite name for boys since the Middle Ages. Especially favored by the Scots due to 14th-century king Robert the Bruce. Fresco – a form of painting on wet plaster.