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
Ah, once again, the deep soothing voice of Super NBC
Announcer Man offers up a fantastic recap of the last
few episodes. What will happen in tonight's episode (and
who will, as the title posits, do some running).
Last week we saw Mommy call Daddy. This week we see
Daddy get the call. In Manhattan, Nathan is a bit surprised
to get a call from Meredith, given that fourteen years
have passed since her funeral. She tells him about their
daughter, who was adopted and has blonde hair and is
smart. Both Nathan and Meredith are aware of the timing
of her call what with the election only two weeks off.
Nathan offers a cool $100,000 and Meredith agrees.
At the Bennett household, Mr. Bennett walks in the front
door with a sickly Mrs. Bennett. Claire learns that her
mother has been having some headaches. She asks her father
if the doctors know about Mrs. Bennett's memory loss.
Because Mr. Muggles is not worried, Mrs. Bennett tells
Claire not to worry.
Jessica, in Niki's body, covers up her tattoo with make-up
as she argues with Niki (who is still trapped in a mirror,
poor girl).
In L.A., Matt prepares for his first day as a bodyguard/private
security.
Micah wants to fight crime as a family and Jessica/Niki
sends him off to school with a laugh. As D.L. walks out
he tells Jessica/Niki that an envelope is waiting for
her on the table.
If he carries his gun on the job Matt can make $500
a day compared to $350.
Jessica is still working for Mr. Linderman. She makes
a call and gets a job taking someone out for Linderman.
She has a gun and everything.
Matt's job is to protect Malsky (that creepy lawyer).
Jessica's job is to kill Malsky. Oooh.
Hiro and Ando are back in Las Angeles with only two
weeks to stop New York City from blowing up. Hiro reminds
Ando that they must have hope. Ando reminds Hiro that
they have to find a way into Linderman's office. As they
walk through a kitchen they find a woman in a princess
outfit sobbing. Ando offers help to the woman, who introduces
herself as Hope.
Matt tries to make small talk with Malsky as they drive
downtown but is rebuked. All Malsky wants is a bodyguard.
Matt can hear Malsky thinking that Matt had better know
how to handle a gun.
Mohinder tries desperately to contact everyone on his
father's list. But everyone keeps hanging up on him.
But he gets one message from a man named Zane Taylor.
Something is happening to Zane.
Back in L.A., Hope explains that her problems stem from
this guy she is dating. He hit her once. She accidentally
left her money in a bag at his place after sneaking out.
Ando offers to get the bag for her, which bothers Hiro
because it is a distraction from the mission. Is it just
a coincidence that Hope's name is, well, Hope? Ando thinks
not. Hiro wanted to find hope and dagnabit, they found
Hope. And Hope knows people who know Linderman. Maybe
she can introduce them.
In order to get past security, Hope has Ando pretend
to bring her boyfriend some room service.. The man who
opens the door does not recall ordering room service
but accepts it when Ando informs him it is complimentary.
Ando leaves after dishing out some ice, leaving Hiro
hidden inside the cart. As the boyfriend heads to the
bathroom for a shower Hiro crawls out and unlocks the
door to let Ando in. They start looking for the bag but
instead find a rather nasty looking shotgun. Ando uses
Hiro's own heroic logic in an attempt to compel his friend
to keep looking for the bag. But Hiro wants to call the
police.
After locking Hiro out of the room, Ando crawls under
the bed and finds Hope's bag. But the boyfriend finishes
his shower and exits the bathroom, leaving Ando hiding
under the bed.
In Virginia Beach, Zane sits anxiously awaiting Mohinder's
arrival. But it is Sylar who shows up. He introduces
himself as Dr. Suresh and Zane lets him in. This does
not bode well for poor Zane.
(after a commercial)
Zane offers to show Sylar his ability. He has not left
his home in three weeks. Zane pulls a pot out of the
kitchenette and sets it on the floor in front of Sylar,
telling him to step back. Then he does his thing. Sylar
looks impressed.
***
Nathan discusses his situation with his mother. If the
press gets a hold of the story things will get messy.
Mama Petrelli tells her son not to go see Meredith and
his daughter.
Claire is sitting on her bed, holding the wind chime
the Haitian gave her, when her father walks in. He asks
about cutting school the other day. He has found the
fake tickets on Claire's computer and grounds her. Claire
gets upset and yells at her father, telling him she is
not her real father. She calls Meredith and is shocked
to learn that her biological father is flying down from
New York. But Meredith is not sure if Claire should meet
him. She is going to talk to the man and get back to
her. Meredith tells Claire she loves her and hangs up.
Matt does his security guard thing and guides Malsky
to the diamond store. Jessica/Niki watches as they walk
past her. The jeweler knows about the guy Linderman sent
to take out Malsky and thus Matt knows as well. He rushes
Malsky out of the building. It turns out Malsky is no
longer working with Linderman, having stolen a good two
million. He offers Matt a diamond to get him out of the
country and Matt overhears Jessica/Niki thinking in the
elevator and raises his gun. But Jessica/Niki steps off
the elevator on another floor. She is seems quite happy
at the prospect of hunting down Malsky and the bodyguard.
Hiro overhears Hope on the phone discussing how she
found two Chinese guys to get the suitcase for her. And
then Hiro knocks into a rack of showgirl costumes. When
Hiro informs her that he and Ando are Japanese, not Chinese,
Hope stops playing nice. She calls him Sulu (oh, the
geek love) and then punches him.
Malsky and Matt rush down many flights of stairs before
Malsky has to stop, wheezing, and grab for his inhaler.
Jessica/Niki is hunting them and passes a mirrored sign
with Niki begging her to stop. And then Niki is standing
on the stairs, arguing with Jessica. And Matt can hear
both of them. He calls for backup, thinking there might
be two shooters, and Jessica/Niki catches up with them.
She fires off a few rounds but Malsky and Matt are able
to run off. Matt sends Malsky to try to meet up with
the cops and prepares to face off with the woman chasing
him.
He is able to come up behind the woman and points his
pistol at her head. He has her drop her gun and then
tells Matt that Niki is off killing Malsky (she only
seemed slightly surprised that Matt could hear Niki).
He handcuffs her to a railing and runs off to find Malsky.
He can hear Malsky's thoughts before he finds him at
the end of hallway. Unfortunately, Jessica/Niki finds
him, grabs him, and tosses him through a window.
As squad cars roll up, sirens blaring, Matt lies unconscious
on a girder below the window. Shots are fired.
(after a commercial)
Matt wakes up on the girder and finds himself high above
the street. Below, cops are doing their thing. He almost
slips as he tries to stand up.
Claire knocks on Meredith's door. She just has to see
her father and Meredith just does not understand. But
Claire is willing to wait all night. The two take a walk
and Claire tells Meredith about her mother being sick.
She thought maybe her father could somehow help. Meredith
tells Claire differently, though. She had better not
count on her father. Money will be forthcoming from him,
anything else is unlikely. Claire does not want her share
of the $50,000 (oh Meredith, you schemer you) that is
coming from her father. Meredith is planning on heading
back to Mexico but wants Claire to take good care of
herself. As Claire prepares to leave, Meredith snaps
a picture with her cellular telephone.
Matt manages to climb back through the window and finds
Malsky quite dead no the floor. The police chose that
exact moment to stumble upon the body. They think Matt
did it.
Mohinder finally shows up at Zane's place and is let
in by Sylar (who pretends to be Zane). Sylar-as-Zane
explains that he had a sort of epiphany that morning;
there is no shame in having an ability. He offers to
show Mohinder the ability and pulls grabs a toaster,
telling Mohinder to step back. He then proceeds to dissolve
the toaster without evening touching it.
Nathan arrives at the trailer park and finds his way
to Meredith's trailer. He apologizes for how everything
turned out, admitting he could have been a better person
(shocking revelation, Nathan). He gives her the check
and then asks about Claire, who is hiding underneath
the trailer window. He looks at the cellular telephone
as Meredith goes on about how Claire wanted him to save
her. She offers to call Claire but Nathan needs to be
getting back to his family. Claire watches as he gets
into his car and, angrily, pelts the back windshield
with a rock. She runs off, leaving Nathan feeling somewhat
unsettled.
Mohinder is very interested in how Sylar-as-Zane is
able to control his ability. It all comes down to a sort
of peace, according to Sylar-as-Zane, a sort of destiny.
Mohinder wants to take a DNA sample and Sylar-as-Zane
is more than willing to oblige. The tea kettle starts
whistling (Sylar's doing, obviously) and Sylar-as-Zane
heads to the kitchen. The real Zane's body is lying on
the floor and Sylar-as-Zane gets the DNA sample from
the body's mouth. And then Mohinder tells Sylar-as-Zane
of the dozens of other people with abilities with potentially
hundreds more. Sylar-as-Zane offers to tag along to help
Mohinder.
Hope waits for Ando to return with the bag. Poor Ando
was stuck under a bed. Hope tells him that she took Hiro
to meet her friend who can introduce him to Linderman.
And then she tells him that Hiro told her he no longer
needs Ando. She gives Ando a big ole kiss and the two
head off.
Hiro is locked in a closet. He tries slamming into the
door. Eventually, it opens, and Hiro is staring at the
business end of a pistol. Someone from the state gaming
commission is pointing it at him. Hiro offers the standard
Vulcan greeting and looks sheepish.
The police are not exactly buying Matt's story of "the
incredibly strong killer and her partner," especially
with the diamonds missing. Matt remembers something that
Malsky was thinking, finds the diamonds, and is eager
to return them. But then he overhears one of the cops
talking smack about him and instead pockets the diamonds.
Claire returns home. Mr. Muggles is barking. Mrs. Bennett
does not recognize Mr. Muggles. Claire tries to tell
her about Mr. Muggles but Mrs. Bennett insists she does
not know Mr. Muggles nor does he know who Claire is.
Jessica/Niki tells her handlers that the job was done.
Another package, another job, is waiting in her bedroom.
Jessica/Niki remembers this man, Nathan Petrelli.
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