Summary
Before the recap begins, a quick refresher on the characters:
Niki - the woman who takes off her clothes and sees
herself in the mirror
Peter - the nurse who thinks he can fly, Nathan's brother
Isaac - the druggie who can paint the future
Hiro - the businessman who can stop time
Claire - the indestructible cheerleader
Simone - the dying man's daughter
Micah - Nikki's genius son
Nathan - a politician and Peter's brother
Mohinder - the professor whose father was killed for
his research
Matt – the police officer who hears voices
Mr. Bennett/Horned Rim Glasses - Claire's father, has
many secrets
Ando - Hiro's partner in crime
The Haitian/Mysterious Goon - mostly mute, works for
Mr. Bennett
Zach - Claire's friend
Audrey - the FBI agent working with Matt
No recap and no Super NBC Announcer Man this time around.
The episode starts at the Bennet home in Odessa, Texas
with Mr. Muggles heading down the stairs. He starts barking
at the back door as Ted burns through the lock and he
and Matt walk right inside. Matt wants to steal Mr. Bennet's
personal computer while Ted would rather go directly
to the source: Mr. Bennet himself. As Matt unplugs the
computer, Mr. Bennet rolls up in his SUV with the entire
family in tow. Ted is ecstatic while Matt wants to duck
out before they are seen. Ted convinces him to stay and
the former cop draws his weapon.
Mr. Bennet tells Lyle to help Mrs. Bennet upstairs while
Claire confronts her father about what has happened.
Then Ted walks into the hallway and Matt blocks the front
door with his pistol pointed at the family. Mrs. Bennet,
understandably confused, asks her husband what is going
on. Claire turns to her father and repeats the question.
But Mr. Bennet insists he has no idea what is going on.
He is, after all, only a paper salesman. Matt tries to
keep Ted from blowing himself up and Mr. Bennet thinks
back…
Some fifteen years earlier, Mr. Bennet is sitting in
front of a desk being interviewed about paper. As far
as his family and friends know, Mr. Bennet is a paper
man. Outside of the organization, nobody can know what
Mr. Bennet's job really is. Something is happening to
humanity as a species and the organization is charged
with doing whatever it takes to protect humanity. Mr.
Bennet will be teamed with "one of them" to
keep everyone honest. His partner is already in the room:
Claude shows himself and offers his hand to Mr. Bennet.
Back in the present, Ted and Matt are overjoyed to learn
that Claire knows about her father. Matt hears her thinking
about the Haitian, who made Mrs. Bennet and Lyle forget.
But Claire professes not to know what is going on. Ted,
starting to get angry, flares his hands. Claire admits
that her father is not a paper salesman.
(After a commercial)
Matt has taken Claire to her father's office to talk
things out. Ted and the rest of the Bennet's are in the
living room. Claire is shocked to learn that Matt's ability
to read minds was caused by her father. It did not simply
happen. Claire thinks about Peter and Matt realizes that
Claire was the cheerleader Peter told him to protect.
And Claire's blood was all over the high school yet she
did not have a scratch on her. She admits she can heal
and asks if her father is to blame for her ability.
In the past, Mr. Bennet and Claude wonder what will
happen to the baby who was left alive after an operation.
Thompson and Claude go off to talk and Mr. Bennet talks
to Papa Nakamura, who holds baby Claire. Hiro sits at
a table playing with a Game Boy. Papa Nakamura tells
Mr. Bennet he is going to adopt the baby. And it is not
a request. He hands baby Claire to Mr. Bennet, explaining
that she belongs to the organization and, should she
manifest an ability, she will be taken from him. Mr.
Bennet says he understands. Claude congratulates Mr.
Bennet.
Back in the present, Claire confronts her father, demanding
to know what he did. Matt hears Ted plan to blow up everyone
if they do not get answers. But Mr. Bennet starts thinking
in Japanese before thinking about a safe in the bookcase.
When Ted goes to check out the safe, Mr. Bennet pulls
a gun from a hidden compartment. Matt is able to disarm
him before he can use it and Ted rushes back into the
living room and picks up the gun. Now both Matt and Ted
are armed.
Ted points the gun at Mrs. Bennet, threatening to kill
her. Claire begs her father to tell them what they want
to know and moves to protect her father. Mr. Bennet tells
Matt to shoot Claire (with his thoughts) and Claire does
the same thing. Although uncertain, Matt pulls the trigger
and fires a round at Claire, who collapses. Mrs. Bennet
rushes to her daughter's side.
(After a commercial)
Mr. Bennet tells Matt to try to gain Ted's trust (again
with his thoughts) and then attacks Matt, who helps him
carry Claire's body to her bedroom before she heals.
When she does, she coughs up the bullet, much to Matt's
amazement. But Mr. Bennet insists he is not responsible
for "making" anyone. He promises to explain
everything at a later date but right now Claire has to
do what he tells her to. She cannot put her family at
risk.
Downstairs, Ted is getting impatient and yells up to
Matt, who is a little preoccupied. Mr. Bennet tells Claire
that he has been protecting her for the past few months,
ever since her powers manifested. The organization does
not know about her. She has to pretend to be dead. As
Matt and Mr. Bennet head downstairs, Lyle tries to attack
Ted with a baseball bat, but fails. Matt intervenes before
Ted hurts the boy and explains that Mr. Bennet has promised
to get records about abductions -- proof about what happened
-- in return for his family's safety.
Matt wants Ted to go with Mr. Bennet, but Ted insists
on staying behind to make sure Mr. Bennet comes through.
Fourteen years ago, Mr. Bennet admits to Thompson that
he is starting to think his wife suspects something.
She found a gun and a sedation kit. Thompson asks Mr.
Bennet what he would do if he had to turn over his own
wife and Mr. Bennet insists he would follow orders. Thankfully,
Thompson has brought someone who can make Mrs. Bennet
forget -- someone the organization found in Haiti, a
mute boy who pulls memories from people's minds.
At the paper factory, Mr. Bennet suggests that he and
Matt be honest with one another. The only way to deal
with Ted is a tranquilizer but Mr. Bennet realizes Matt
is the only person he can trust. And he has already signaled
the Haitian. Matt capitulates, but tells Mr. Bennet he
will know if the other man is lying.
(After a commercial)
Mr. Bennet confronts the Haitian, demanding to know
how Claire found out he can talk. But the Haitian answers
to someone who is more important in Claire's life than
Mr. Bennet.
Seven years ago, Mr. Bennet and Claude drive along a
lonely road. The mission has to do with a security leak.
And the leak is Claude, who is hiding others like him.
Mr. Bennet has been told to kill him but Claude seems
to think better of his partner. They stop at a bridge
and Mr. Bennet tells Claude to get out. He pulls a gun.
If Claude will tell him who the person is, Mr. Bennet
promises everything will be forgotten. But Claude will
not name names and taunts Mr. Bennet about Claire and
the day that will come when her powers manifest.
Mr. Bennet shoots Claude and the man stumbles over a
guard rail. Mr. Bennet shoots again and Claude turns
invisible. He tumbles over the side of the bridge as
Mr. Bennet fires once more. He peers down at the water
below but sees nothing.
The Haitian insists that Mr. Bennet cannot be trusted
to take care of Claire. As Mr. Bennet and the Haitian
argue, Matt reminds them that they are on a timetable
and Ted is not a very patient man.
At the Bennet home, Ted hears something upstairs and
goes to check on it. While he is upstairs, Claire pops
in the back door, shocking her mother and brother. She
grabs a knife and cuts through the duct tape binding
her family. Ted opens the door to Claire's room and pulls
back the bloody sheet on her body to reveal a pile of
stuffed animals. As Claire, Mrs. Bennet and Lyle make
a run for it, Ted manages to make it down the stairs
and grab Claire.
Lyle is able to escape but Mrs. Bennet turns back for
Claire. Ted's flares his hand and burns Claire's throat.
Mrs. Bennet watches silently as the burns immediately
heal.
(After a commercial)
Ted wraps Mrs. Bennet and Claire with duct tape as Claire
tells her mother she should have run. But Mrs. Bennet
is too caught up in Claire's rise from the dead to think
clearly. Claire, on the other hand, is in a cynical mood
about her origin. Mrs. Bennet realizes that her husband
was the reason she kept forgetting things. Claire does
not speak kindly of her father, certain that he will
not return to save them. But Mrs. Bennet has faith. Her
whole world has changed.
An inquisitive Ted wonders if Matt knew Claire would
not die when he shot her, but Claire insists she has
no idea. Luckily, at that very moment Mr. Bennet and
Matt return with the records. Ted flares his hands and
confronts them. Matt is able to convince him that they
have what they came for and Ted relents. The Haitian
walks in and frees Mrs. Bennet and Claire, leaving Mr.
Bennet with Ted and Matt. Outside, Lyle has called the
police.
Mr. Bennet explains that they did not make Ted. He was
giving off low level radiation some three months ago
and Mr. Bennet made the decision not to kill him. Ted
wishes he had been killed -- because he lived, his wife
died. Suddenly, Thompson shows up and shoots Ted in the
shoulder. Ted begins to lose control of his power and
there is nothing Matt can do to stop him. Mr. Bennet
stays behind with the tranquilizer as Matt and Thompson
make their escape.
Claire goes back inside to save her father, braving
the intense waves of heat, fire and radiation. Mr. Bennet
yells at her to escape and tries to get close enough
to Ted to use the tranquilizer. But the radiation is
too much. Claire grabs the tranquilizer and Matt manhandles
Mr. Bennet out of the house. As everyone waits outside
-- including many of the neighbors -- Claire walks slowly
towards Ted. Her clothing burns, her skin peels away,
but she puts one foot in front of the other as she heals.
There is a massive fireball and the house's doors are
blown of their hinges. And then Claire walks out, burnt
to a crisp, but alive. She heals right in front of their
eyes. Mr. Bennet wraps her in his jacket and the Bennet
family comes together in a group hug. But not everyone
is happy: Mr. Bennet sees Thompson looking at him and
knows Claire is not safe.
At the paper factory, Thompson and Mr. Bennet talk about
how the Haitian had been hiding Claire for months. The
Haitian has run off. They walk up to a holding sell where
Ted is being held. Once they find out what makes him
light up he will be killed. Matt is being held under
sedation -- Thompson suggests that someone like Matt
might make a great partner. There is another woman in
the room, someone with a power that will help clean up
the mess Mr. Bennet made, according to Thompson.
Mr. Bennet and Claire are in their car, driving somewhere.
Claire does not know what is going on, what will happen
to her, whether or not she will see her family again.
She finally realizes that her father has been trying
to keep her safe her whole life.
Three years ago, Claire helps her father pick out glasses.
First he tries on a pair of grandpa glasses, then a pair
of grandma glasses. Claire thinks that if her father
needed glasses and her grandfather needed glasses, she
will need glasses sometime in the future. Mr. Bennet
chooses that moment to tell his daughter that she was
adopted. She wonders who her real family is -- but Mr.
Bennet says her adopted family is her real family, the
family that loves her. Claire hands him a pair of horn-rimmed
glasses that she thinks are just perfect.
Claire and Mr. Bennet pull up to the bridge where Claude
took a dive and meet the Haitian, who pulls out a gun.
The only way to keep suspicion away from Mr. Bennet is
for him to be shot while trying to keep Claire from escaping.
She turns away and covers her ears as her father is shot.
She runs to his side, crying, as Mr. Bennet tells the
Haitian to erase any memory that might lead to Claire.
The Haitian puts his hand over Mr. Bennet's face as Claire
watches, tears streaming down her face.
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