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
What! No recap? No Super NBC Announcer Man? Instead,
we dive straight into the episode and find Ted, otherwise
known as Big Ole Radioactive Exploding Guy, receiving
an instant message on his laptop despite the fact that
he has no Internet Activity. The person on the other
end says she knows what happened to Ted and shows a diagram
of some sort of scary needle device. Ted suggests they
meet and he is told to turn around. A woman is standing
there. She introduces herself as Hana Gitelman and has
the ability to interface with satellites/computers/the
Internet/all that jazz.
She tells Ted that the same people who got to him also
got to her. And she shows him the tattoo on her neck.
She has a plan: she finds them and he nukes them.
And now we come to the recap. Only, no Super NBC Announcer
Man. It which showed us the shocking moments from last
week's episode.
Still clutching Mr. Muggles, Claire rushes upstairs
yelling for her father. She runs into Lyle, who insults
her, and she drags him downstairs to the kitchen and
asks their mother if she recognizes her son. Mrs. Bennett
is not amused -- and recognizes both of them -- and tells
Claire to set the table. When Claire tries to explain
that moments ago her mother did not recognize her, Mrs.
Bennett tells Lyle to help his sister set the table.
Lyle insults Claire again.
Isaac tells Mr. Bennett that Peter Petrelli is the man
who will be responsible for the destruction of New York
City. The Haitian stands solemnly in the studio, watching
his boss talk. Isaac has discovered that Peter is invisible
and one of his paintings shows Peter (or at least footsteps
in puddles) on top of the Deveaux building. Worried that
Peter might come to the studio before he can be apprehended,
Mr. Bennett hands Isaac a pistol and tells him to "Save
the world."
Matt pulls the bag of diamonds out of his sock drawer
and pours them out on the dresser before he hears his
wife in the hall and quickly hides them again. She is
carrying a load of clean laundry and despite Matt's attempts
to keep her from the sock drawer; she pulls it open and
finds a diamond ring. Matt covers by asking if she likes
it and Janice gets upset because she cannot get it over
her finger.
And then Janice drops a bombshell: Mohinder called and
wanted to talk about DNA. He knows about Matt's ability.
Mohinder and Sylar-as-Zane are on the job and Sylar-as-Zane
is quite. They are looking for Dale Smither, who turns
out to be a woman working in a garage. The only thing
Smither wants to know, however, is how they found her.
Turns out she signed away the rights to use her blood
in the human genome project. Sylar-as-Zane manages to
make a connection with Dale, he shows her his ability.
Dale has super duper hearing (she can hear people's moods).
Mohinder and Sylar-as-Zane offer to come back in the
morning.
We see (and hear) Hiro trying to bust open the door
to the storage closet. He opens it and finds S.R. Gustavson,
with the State Gaming Commission. S.R. wants to know
what an Ando is (a friend) and where the girl and suitcase
are. Hiro wants to save Ando and insists on joining Gustavson.
Ted talks to his dead wife in front of her grave, promising
to make the folks responsible for her death and their
situation pay, despite the fact that she would disapprove.
As he stands over the grave, the grass around him withers
and dies. The circle of dead grass rapidly expands.
Isaac handles the gun Mr. Bennett gave him and looks
at one of his paintings. It shows a chicken coop atop
a building.
A similar chicken coop sits atop the Deveaux Building.
Peter and Claude are fighting invisibly. Although Peter
has had more than enough, Claude is trying to get Peter
to use the power within his mind to stop him. And finally
Peter does. As Claude tries to bust Peter's head open
with a metal pole, Peter stop is cold with just the power
of his mind. And then he shatters it. But none of Peter's
friends are telekinetic. Then he remembers that the guy
who was chasing him in Texas was telekinetic. Claude
is impressed -- and then he attacks Peter again.
Back at Isaac's studio, Simone sees through Isaac's
lie about Peter having left the city. He admits as much,
explaining that he did not want to help drive her into
the arms of another man. She tries to return her key
to the studio again but again he tells her to keep it.
She asks him to find Peter.
Hiro and Gustavson drive along slowly, discussing the
drawbacks and benefits of having a partner. Gustavson
is a rather depressing fellow.
In Primm, Nevada, Hope and Ando stop in front of a gas
station. Hope is unwilling to answer any of Ando's questions
and when he tries to help her with her bag; it tears
open, and a veritable wave of poker chips rush out. Ando
looks up to find Hope pointing a pistol at his head.
Mohinder congratulates Sylar-as-Zane for his work earlier
with Dale. Mohinder explains that he is working on an
inhibitor for abilities. Sylar-as-Zane takes umbrage
and Mohinder backtracks, explaining that some abilities
are dangerous. He tells Sylar-as-Zane that his father
was killed by someone named Sylar. Sylar-as-Zane asks
about Papa Suresh and Mohinder tries to brush him off.
Mrs. Bennett and Claire have a little chat in the kitchen,
with Claire trying to talk to her mother about what is
happening to her vis-à-vis the mind wipes and
Mr. Bennett. But Mrs. Bennett is sure Claire is just
worrying and suggests they go watch a movie together.
Claire tries to convince her mother that she is serious.
And then Mrs. Bennett collapses. Claire rushes to her
side, begging her to wake up.
Peter watches as Claude takes care of the pigeons. Claude
explains that Peter might have a sort of maximum potential.
Suddenly, Claude is hit in the side of the neck with
a taser and collapses. It is Mr. Bennett and the Haitian,
who fires another taser at Peter. But Peter stops it
mid-flight and then tosses Claude off the side of the
building before jumping after him. Mr. Bennett and the
Haitian watch as Peter flies off, carrying Claude.
(After a commercial break)
Mr. Bennett gets a phone call from Claire, who is crying.
Mr. Bennett heads home. Claude will have to wait.
Janice is a bit upset with her husband. She took the
ring to be appraised was told first it is worth some
$40,000 and then was accused of stealing it. Matt shows
her the bag of diamonds and she instantly tells him to
return them. Then she has to sit down. Boy, she is upset
with him. They fight, with Janice admitting that everything
is not okay and Matt worried about how he is going to
support the family. He offers to take the diamonds back
but Janice wants him to call the precinct that very moment.
She hands him the phone. The phone rings and Matt takes
the call. He then tells Janice he has to go somewhere
and without explaining further, he leaves.
Peter stands above Claude as the invisible man wakes
up. The first thing Claude does his punch Peter in the
face. The second thing Claude does is start to yell at
Peter. The reason Claude is invisible has something to
do with the men who attacked them. Claude is sure Peter
knew they were following him and figures out that it
was Isaac who told the men about Peter. After showing
Peter the angry tattoo on his neck, Claude storms out,
telling
Simone asks Nathan if she has seen Peter. He assures
her that he has people looking for Peter. But Simone
wants Nathan to go public. Nathan is, obviously, against
such a move. He is certain that if the public knew about
folks like Nathan and Peter, they would all be rounded
up and sent to a secret laboratory to be studied. As
Simone leaves, Nathan tells her, nay, orders her not
to take this public.
Hope has the pistol trained on Ando as he packs up all
the poker chips. Suddenly, a car pulls up and Hiro and
Ando find themselves in the middle of a fire fight between
Hope and Gustavson. Ando gets shot in the arm. The two
are able to take refuge in a luggage compartment in a
bus. Something blows up and then Hope is pointing the
gun at Hiro. She fires. Hiro squeezes his eyes shut and
the bullet stops and then travels back into the barrel.
The gun is jerked out of Hope's hand and she is tackled
by Gustavson.
Hiro and Ando crawl out of the luggage compartment and
watch as the police try to pull Hope and Gustavson apart.
Shockingly, Ando's car is in fine condition.
Dale is hard at work underneath a car when she hears
the beating of a heart. Someone is in the garage with
her, someone who has no footsteps. It is Sylar. She asks
about the strange sound she hears in Sylar's heart. His
reply? The sound is murder.
Mrs. Bennett lies on a hospital bed with Claire at her
side. A doctor walks in and tells Claire that her mother
is stable. There are options. Mrs. Bennett has a subdermal
hemmerage -- a bruise on her brain, specifically the
area that controls memory. The doctor asks Claire if
her mother has been exposed to radiation. It could be
domestic violence, even. Anything Claire tells the doctor
will be held in the strictest confidence and Claire spills
the beans on the Haitian. But the doctor does not believe
her.
At a cemetery, Matt finds Ted. And then Hana Gitelman.
The scratches on their necks are from a pneumatic needle
that injects tracking devices into the skin. And a shipment
of needles -- with a radioactive isotope inside -- went
to Odessa, Texas and was signed for by someone named
Bennett. Ted and Hana need Matt, they need him to make
sure Bennett is not lying . If they do this, they can
help themselves. They can help others. They can be heroes.
Mr. Bennett finally shows up and tells Claire and Lyle
that he convinced the doctors to let them take their
mother home in the morning. Claire is brusque with her
father and the two head out to the hall to have a talk.
Claire yells at her father, telling him she knows what
is happening to her mother. Initially, Mr. Bennett plays
dumb but when Claire starts yelling louder, he pulls
her out of view of everyone in the hall. He explains
that the man who killed Jackie broke into their house
looking for Claire. He had the memory erased from Mrs.
Bennett's mind.
He promises it will never happen again. But Claire does
not accept his apology. She stalks off.
As Mohinder and Sylar-as-Zane roll up in front of Dale's
garage, Sylar-as-Zane seems to be in pain. He tells Mohinder
it is just a headache. Mohinder gets out and discovers
Dale's bloody and lifeless body inside the garage. He
stumbles back to the throws up. The top of her head was
cut off. Sylar-as-Zane convinces Mohinder that it would
be a bad idea to call the police -- there are too many
things they could not explain about the situation. Mohinder
decides to warn everyone on his father's list and call
the police anonymously from the road.
In a puddle of blood beneath Dale's body is an iPod,
playing the rap music she was so fond of. The same rap
music that Sylar-as-Zane has been hearing.
Outside the garage, Ando tries to hand Hiro the keys
to the car. Hiro tells him to return to rental car and
go home. Everything Gustasvan said in the car about having
partners has gotten to Hiro. He does not want to lose
Ando. As Hiro boards a bus, the driver asks him if he
is alone. Hiro looks back at Ando, who stands sadly,
and says yes.
The family brings Mrs. Bennett home. Lyle helps her
upstairs and Mr. Bennett tries to talk to Claire. She
wants to run away but has to stay to protect the family
from him. And then Ted shows up. Mr. Bennett yells to
Lyle, telling him to take his mother and get out of the
house. As Lyle brings Mrs. Bennett down the stairs, Matt
bursts in with his gun drawn. Everyone freezes. Matt
is pretty sure everyone has some questions.
Isaac paints. He paints and paints and paints. And when
he is done painting he looks upon what he has painted.
It is Peter. And then Peter is in the studio. He attacks
Isaac, asking him what the marks on his neck mean. He
screams at Isaac with an inhuman voice and throws him
across the room. Isaac grabs the pistol and points it
at Peter, who promptly turns invisible. As Peter taunts
him, Isaac twirls around, waving the gun in every direction.
He senses someone behind him and opens fire, sending
several rounds directly into Simone's chest.
As Isaac screams her name, Peter turns visible again
and catches Simone as she slides to the ground. They
bend over her as the life drains from her body. Her key
to the studio is in her hand.
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