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| name = Meredith Gordon |
| name = Meredith Gordon |
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| sortname =Gordon, Meredith |
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| image = Meredith Gordon.jpg |
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| image = Meredith_Gordon.jpg <!-- Image of the character. --> |
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| portrayer = [[Jessalyn Gilsig]] <!-- Unknown if not known, else name of actor/actress. --> |
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| portrayer = [[Jessalyn Gilsig]] |
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| nick = Mere, <br> Bio-Mom |
| nick = Mere, <br> Bio-Mom |
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| debut = [[Episode:The Fix|The Fix]] <!-- Episode character first appeared --> |
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| debut = The Fix |
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| mention = <!-- Episode character was first mentioned. Use for characters who have not debuted. --> |
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| power(s) = [[Pyrokinesis]] |
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| known powers = [[Pyrokinesis]] <!-- For evolved humans, type the name of the power; for all others, type "None"--> |
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| formal name = <!-- Full formal name of the character if different from PAGENAME; use "Unknown" if PAGENAME is a descriptive name. --> |
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| gender = Female |
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| alias = <!-- Pseudonyms and special monikers, not nicknames. --> |
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| age = 34 <!--1973 means she turned 34 in 2007--> |
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| gender =Female <!-- 'Male' or 'Female' will be replaced by the corresponding icon --> |
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| born = 1973 |
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| died = Post-[[March 2007]] |
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| pob =[[Kingsland, AR]] |
| pob = [[Kingsland, AR]] |
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| ⚫ | | residence = formerly a [[The Gordons' home|Farm home in rural Arkansas]] (now destroyed), <br> formerly [[Meredith Gordon's apartment|an apartment in Kermit]] and a [[Meredith Gordon's home|trailer in the Forever Young Trailer Park]], <br> currently the [[The Bennets' home (Costa Verde)|Bennets' residence]] |
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| died =[[2007]] |
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| ⚫ | | residence = formerly a [[The Gordons' home|Farm home in rural Arkansas]] (now destroyed), <br> formerly [[Meredith Gordon's apartment|an apartment in Kermit]] and a [[Meredith Gordon's home|trailer in the Forever Young Trailer Park]], <br> currently the [[The Bennets' home (Costa Verde)|Bennets' residence]] |
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| occupation = Agent of [[the Company]] |
| occupation = Agent of [[the Company]] |
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| significant other = formerly [[Nathan Petrelli]] ([[Sylar's victims|deceased]]) |
| significant other = formerly [[Nathan Petrelli]] ([[Sylar's victims|deceased]]) |
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| parent = [[Flint Gordon, Sr.]] (deceased),<br> Unnamed mother (deceased) |
| parent(s)/guardian(s) = [[Flint Gordon, Sr.]] (deceased),<br> Unnamed mother (deceased) |
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| guardian = <!--Non-parent legal guardian(s)--> |
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| child(ren) = [[Claire Bennet]] |
| child(ren) = [[Claire Bennet]] |
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| sibling(s) = [[Flint Gordon, Jr.]] (younger brother, deceased) |
| sibling(s) = [[Flint Gordon, Jr.]] (younger brother, deceased) |
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==Volume One: Genesis== |
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The Evolved Human profile for '''Meredith Gordon'''. |
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===[[Episode:The Fix|The Fix]]=== |
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[[Claire]] finds out from [[the Haitian]] that her mother died in a [[fire (1992)|fire]] 14 years ago. Checking old [[Odessa Register|newspaper]] reports, Claire finds a report that Meredith Gordon died in a fire in [[Kermit, TX]], at the age of 21, along with her 18-month-old daughter. Calling everyone named Gordon in Kermit, Claire reaches a woman who claims to be Meredith, her birth mother. |
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==Character History== |
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Meredith grew up with a father who was abusive towards her brother, Flint, which caused Meredith’s ability to manifest and burn her whole house down with her father inside. She and her brother were then separated by social workers and Meredith caused many fires across the country during that time. Meredith and Flint eventually reunited after many years and he showed her his new “trick.” She was later, one of Nathan Petrelli's brief lovers. The two eventually drifted apart, due to them coming from different social worlds, but not before Meredith became pregnant and had Nathan's illegitimate daughter, Claire. After just over a year together, Meredith believed she had lost her child during a Company bag and tag operation gone badly. Meredith accidentally used her powers to burn down her apartment complex, presuming Claire was still inside the collapsing building. With everyone else believing she had perished, Meredith went traveling around the United States and Mexico. After losing Claire, Meredith and her brother committed many crimes across the country until being separated again. She was then given an offer by Thompson to either become an agent for the Company or remain a prisoner. She accepted the offer and helped captured Danny Pine, but then she found out her brother was a prisoner of the Company. She then helped him escape but got captured in the process. Thompson let her go after realzing that she is the mother of Claire. She then settled down in Kermit, Texas and recieved a phone call from a girl claiming to be her daughter. She then met and reconnected with her grown-up daughter. She was recruited by Noah Bennet to protect his family in the aftermath of the Level 5 breakout, and accepted a new position at the Company. She assisted Noah in recapturing the Level 5 escapees. During Sylar’s takeover of Primatech Research, Meredith was injected with adrenaline, which caused her to lose control of her ability, causing the building to collapse in flames with her inside it. |
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===[[Episode:Distractions|Distractions]]=== |
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==[[Evolved Human]] [[Pyrokinesis|Abilities]]== |
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[[Claire]] visits Meredith at her [[Meredith Gordon's home|trailer park home]] in [[Kermit, TX]]. Meredith describes how she thought Claire had been killed in the [[fire (1992)|fire]] and then wandered for years afterward, only returning to Kermit a few months ago. When Claire demonstrates her [[Rapid cell regeneration|self-healing ability]], Meredith demonstrates her own [[Pyrokinesis|power to create fire]]. After the visit, Meredith gives Claire a [[Claire's necklace|necklace]], and places a call to Claire's biological father, [[Nathan Petrelli]]. |
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Meredith had the power of [[pyrokinesis]], the ability to create fire. In addition to creating fire, she seemed to be resistant to some of the consequences of its use; her flames heated the walls of a shipping container enough to burn [[Claire]]'s hands, and they consumed enough oxygen to nearly suffocate Claire, but Meredith showed no discomfort from the heat or lack of oxygen. Meredith could also use her powers offensively in which she was able to throw fireballs and conjure large flames to launch them in directed, continuous streams. She could also control the heat of her flames, able to distract Danny Pine instead of injuring him and merely disorientating Thompson on another occasion. Meredith could also ignite her whole body on fire without harming herself and release her flames in an omni-directional explosive blast. Meredith revealed to Claire that after she exploded, while she was unharmed by the flames around her and she thought that Claire had died in the fire and fled. However, when Sylar injected her with adrenaline she lost complete control of her powers. When she exploded she was not immune to the flames and the explosion killed her. |
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===[[Episode:Run!|Run!]]=== |
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==See Also== |
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Meredith tells [[Nathan]] that she has received a visit from their daughter, [[Claire]], and asks if there's anything he would like to do. Nathan offers [[Nathan's bribe money|$100,000]], which Meredith accepts. When Claire visits and asks again about her father, Meredith says that he would disappoint Claire, but that he has offered the two of them $50,000, of which Claire is entitled to half. She also tells Claire that she is planning to return to Mexico. When Nathan later visits Meredith to deliver the money, Meredith tells him that Claire would like to see him if he's interested, but he tells Meredith that she did well to keep them from meeting. |
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===[[Episode:Company Man|Company Man]]=== |
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[[Claude]] wonders whether [[the Company]] was aware of [[Claire|Meredith's daughter]] before ordering Meredith to be [[bag and tag|bagged]]. Then, [[Mr. Bennet]] reports to [[Kaito]] that they believe Meredith died in the [[fire (1992)|fire]]. |
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===[[Graphic Novel:Hell's Angel]]=== |
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In [[Timeline:Pre-eclipse#1992|1992]], [[Mr. Bennet]] and [[Claude]] go to [[Meredith's apartment]] in [[Kermit]] for a "[[bag and tag]]". When they enter, however, they are thwarted by a destructive [[fire (1992)|fire]]. |
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==Volume Two: Generations== |
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==Volume Three: Villains== |
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===[[Episode:The Butterfly Effect|The Butterfly Effect]]=== |
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After the criminals of [[Level 5]] escape, [[Noah Bennet]] decides to attempt to capture the escapees. He hires Meredith to keep an eye on his family when he is away. |
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===[[Episode:One of Us, One of Them|One of Us, One of Them]]=== |
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After [[Claire]] expresses a desire to skip school so she could seek out and capture [[evolved human]] criminals like [[Noah Bennet|her father]], Meredith meets her in the driveway. Claire asks if Meredith can teach her to fight, and Meredith tells her to get in the car; she's playing hooky today. Meredith takes her to an empty shipping container, and they lock themselves in, saying this is how Claire will have to learn. Meredith [[pyrokinesis|produces flames]] from each of her hand that heat the container's interior as well as consume the oxygen. As conditions in the container begin to grow intolerable for Claire, Meredith relentlessly asks her why she wants to learn to fight, not accepting Claire's claim that she wants to be able to help people. Finally, Claire admits that she wants to fight so she can get [[revenge]], and Meredith douses the flame. |
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===[[Episode:Angels and Monsters|Angels and Monsters]]=== |
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Meredith comes into the kitchen and asks [[Sandra]] what's wrong and where she thinks [[Claire]] is. Sandra replies by showing Meredith [[Noah's files]] on the [[Level 5 escapees]] and states that Claire must have gone after one of them. Meredith reminds Sandra that Claire can [[regeneration|heal]] so she'll be okay. The two women look through the files, and Meredith recognizes [[Eric Doyle]]'s picture and describes him as a bad man. Meredith says that his old address is not far and that is where she will start looking for Claire. Sandra tells her to wait and says she can help, but Meredith [[pyrokinesis|creates fire]] in her hand and asks Sandra, "Can you do this?" |
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[[Image:Meredith pushes glass.jpg|thumb|right|[[Eric Doyle]] almost [[Puppet master|forces]] Meredith to kill herself.]] |
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Later, Meredith is sitting with Doyle, eating spaghetti. Doyle pours some [[alcohol|wine]] and Meredith tells him to go to hell. Despite her objections and disgust, she [[Puppet master|obeys his every command]]. Doyle smiles and forces Meredith to eat more spaghetti and then to kiss him. |
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===[[Episode:Dying of the Light|Dying of the Light]]=== |
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[[Eric Doyle]] and Meredith discuss their former relationship and Doyle's desire to resume it. Angered by Meredith's refusals, Doyle [[puppet master|forces]] Meredith to stab herself in the neck with a broken wine glass, but it is only a minor wound. |
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[[Claire]] and [[Sandra]] arrive at [[Doyle's Marionette Theatre]] and Claire tries to rescue a petrified Meredith. Doyle uses his power to control all three women and forces them to play a twisted version of Russian roulette. Claire is forced to shoot Meredith but the gun is rigged, leaving Meredith unharmed. Sandra, in turn, is forced to shoot Claire, knocking Claire over. As Doyle thinks that she is dead, she attacks and subdues him from behind. |
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Noah arrives to return Doyle to lockup and attempts to recruit Meredith for The Company. |
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===[[Episode:Eris Quod Sum|Eris Quod Sum]]=== |
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Meredith accepts [[Noah|Noah's]] offer to join [[the Company]] and goes with him to [[Mohinder|Mohinder's]] [[Isaac's loft|lab]] at the request of [[Nathan]] to clean up Mohinder's mess. They find [[Tracy]] being attacked by [[Mark Spatney|one of Mohinder's victims]], to whom Noah promptly responds with a taser. Meredith notes how Nathan still has a weakness for blondes and she has a short conversation with Tracy concerning Nathan. The four then go their separate ways. |
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===[[Episode:Villains|Villains]]=== |
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In the past, Meredith and her brother [[Flint]] rob a convenience store. [[Thompson]] uses a fire extinguisher against Flint's [[pyrokinesis]] and threatens to tase Meredith. Flint escapes during the distraction. |
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Thompson later interviews Meredith in her cell and reviews her record, including the fact she burned down several group homes. He offers her a job as an agent with the [[Company]]. Meredith attempts to negotiate for the safety of her brother but Thompson refuses. |
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[[Image:Meredith wields a taser.jpg|thumb|left|Meredith uses a taser on her first [[Company]] assignment to subdue [[Danny Pine]].]] |
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Meredith goes on her first assignment with Thompson: the capture of [[Danny Pine]]. Despite orders not to use her powers, she takes down Pine when he turns violent and attacks Thompson, Meredith subdues him and Thompson congratulates her. As they take Pine to a holding facility, Thompson tells Meredith that when she has demonstrated unswerving loyalty to the Company then she'll truly be an agent. She talks with a captive Flint, who believes he's been recruited as an agent. Meredith has doubts but when Thompson asks her if she has a problem, she says she doesn't. |
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Later, Meredith helps Flint escape and they flee on a train. Thompson goes after them and tases Meredith. Flint believes her dead and Thompson sarcastically agrees with him. Flint leaps out of the train and Meredith wakes up and attacks Thompson, setting the volatile contents on fire. They both leap clear of the train just as it explodes. Thompson recaptures Meredith but when he learns that she believes that the Company killed [[Claire|her daughter]], he changes his mind and frees her. |
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===[[Episode:Dual|Dual]]=== |
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[[Image:Power-Meredithinnerflame.jpg|thumb|right| Meredith loses control of her ability, resulting in her [[Sylar's Victims|death]].]] |
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Meredith is inside of [[Primatech]] with [[Claire]], [[Noah]], and [[Angela]] when [[Sylar]] seals the building. She separates from Claire and Angela and goes with Noah to release the villains in [[Level Five]]. After freeing the villains, Meredith realizes that they are only bait for Sylar. Meredith wanders off on her own with a gun and and finds [[Danny Pine]]'s severed [[Metal mimicry|metallic arm]] and an empty bottle of adrenaline. She runs into Sylar, but [[Doyle]] comes out and tells Sylar that he loves Meredith and that only he can kill her. Doyle then uses [[Puppet master|his power]] on Sylar. After Doyle is defeated, Meredith picks up the gun and is about to escape, but Sylar stabs her in the chest with [[adrenaline]]. |
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Sylar puts Meredith on Level 5, where her [[Pyrokinesis|fire]] starts to get out of control. Noah is locked inside her cell and when Claire comes by, Noah gets Meredith to superheat the glass to try and get them out. This tactic fails but Claire manages to release the two of them by jumping through the glass. Meredith refuses to go and encourages Claire to stop Sylar. Meredith's ability then begins to overload and when Claire returns, Meredith becomes worried. She begs Claire to leave without her and, after hearing Claire say that she loves her, she backs away into a corner. Claire runs away and Meredith explodes in a mass of flames. |
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Latest revision as of 00:40, 24 December 2009
| Meredith Gordon | |
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| Portrayed by | Jessalyn Gilsig |
| First appearance | The Fix |
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| Known ability | Pyrokinesis |
| Nicknames | Mere, Bio-Mom |
| Gender | |
| Age | 34 |
| Date of birth | 1973 |
| Place of birth | Kingsland, AR |
| Date of death | Post-March 2007 |
| Home | formerly Kingsland, AR, formerly Mexico and Kermit, TX (see other residences), currently Costa Verde, CA |
| Residences | formerly a Farm home in rural Arkansas (now destroyed), formerly an apartment in Kermit and a trailer in the Forever Young Trailer Park, currently the Bennets' residence |
| Occupation | Agent of the Company |
| Significant other | formerly Nathan Petrelli (deceased) |
| Parents | Flint Gordon, Sr. (deceased), Unnamed mother (deceased) |
| Child | Claire Bennet |
| Siblings | Flint Gordon, Jr. (younger brother, deceased) |
Volume One: Genesis
The Fix
Claire finds out from the Haitian that her mother died in a fire 14 years ago. Checking old newspaper reports, Claire finds a report that Meredith Gordon died in a fire in Kermit, TX, at the age of 21, along with her 18-month-old daughter. Calling everyone named Gordon in Kermit, Claire reaches a woman who claims to be Meredith, her birth mother.
Distractions
Claire visits Meredith at her trailer park home in Kermit, TX. Meredith describes how she thought Claire had been killed in the fire and then wandered for years afterward, only returning to Kermit a few months ago. When Claire demonstrates her self-healing ability, Meredith demonstrates her own power to create fire. After the visit, Meredith gives Claire a necklace, and places a call to Claire's biological father, Nathan Petrelli.
Run!
Meredith tells Nathan that she has received a visit from their daughter, Claire, and asks if there's anything he would like to do. Nathan offers $100,000, which Meredith accepts. When Claire visits and asks again about her father, Meredith says that he would disappoint Claire, but that he has offered the two of them $50,000, of which Claire is entitled to half. She also tells Claire that she is planning to return to Mexico. When Nathan later visits Meredith to deliver the money, Meredith tells him that Claire would like to see him if he's interested, but he tells Meredith that she did well to keep them from meeting.
Company Man
Claude wonders whether the Company was aware of Meredith's daughter before ordering Meredith to be bagged. Then, Mr. Bennet reports to Kaito that they believe Meredith died in the fire.
Graphic Novel:Hell's Angel
In 1992, Mr. Bennet and Claude go to Meredith's apartment in Kermit for a "bag and tag". When they enter, however, they are thwarted by a destructive fire.
Volume Two: Generations
Volume Three: Villains
The Butterfly Effect
After the criminals of Level 5 escape, Noah Bennet decides to attempt to capture the escapees. He hires Meredith to keep an eye on his family when he is away.
One of Us, One of Them
After Claire expresses a desire to skip school so she could seek out and capture evolved human criminals like her father, Meredith meets her in the driveway. Claire asks if Meredith can teach her to fight, and Meredith tells her to get in the car; she's playing hooky today. Meredith takes her to an empty shipping container, and they lock themselves in, saying this is how Claire will have to learn. Meredith produces flames from each of her hand that heat the container's interior as well as consume the oxygen. As conditions in the container begin to grow intolerable for Claire, Meredith relentlessly asks her why she wants to learn to fight, not accepting Claire's claim that she wants to be able to help people. Finally, Claire admits that she wants to fight so she can get revenge, and Meredith douses the flame.
Angels and Monsters
Meredith comes into the kitchen and asks Sandra what's wrong and where she thinks Claire is. Sandra replies by showing Meredith Noah's files on the Level 5 escapees and states that Claire must have gone after one of them. Meredith reminds Sandra that Claire can heal so she'll be okay. The two women look through the files, and Meredith recognizes Eric Doyle's picture and describes him as a bad man. Meredith says that his old address is not far and that is where she will start looking for Claire. Sandra tells her to wait and says she can help, but Meredith creates fire in her hand and asks Sandra, "Can you do this?"
Later, Meredith is sitting with Doyle, eating spaghetti. Doyle pours some wine and Meredith tells him to go to hell. Despite her objections and disgust, she obeys his every command. Doyle smiles and forces Meredith to eat more spaghetti and then to kiss him.
Dying of the Light
Eric Doyle and Meredith discuss their former relationship and Doyle's desire to resume it. Angered by Meredith's refusals, Doyle forces Meredith to stab herself in the neck with a broken wine glass, but it is only a minor wound.
Claire and Sandra arrive at Doyle's Marionette Theatre and Claire tries to rescue a petrified Meredith. Doyle uses his power to control all three women and forces them to play a twisted version of Russian roulette. Claire is forced to shoot Meredith but the gun is rigged, leaving Meredith unharmed. Sandra, in turn, is forced to shoot Claire, knocking Claire over. As Doyle thinks that she is dead, she attacks and subdues him from behind.
Noah arrives to return Doyle to lockup and attempts to recruit Meredith for The Company.
Eris Quod Sum
Meredith accepts Noah's offer to join the Company and goes with him to Mohinder's lab at the request of Nathan to clean up Mohinder's mess. They find Tracy being attacked by one of Mohinder's victims, to whom Noah promptly responds with a taser. Meredith notes how Nathan still has a weakness for blondes and she has a short conversation with Tracy concerning Nathan. The four then go their separate ways.
Villains
In the past, Meredith and her brother Flint rob a convenience store. Thompson uses a fire extinguisher against Flint's pyrokinesis and threatens to tase Meredith. Flint escapes during the distraction.
Thompson later interviews Meredith in her cell and reviews her record, including the fact she burned down several group homes. He offers her a job as an agent with the Company. Meredith attempts to negotiate for the safety of her brother but Thompson refuses.
Meredith goes on her first assignment with Thompson: the capture of Danny Pine. Despite orders not to use her powers, she takes down Pine when he turns violent and attacks Thompson, Meredith subdues him and Thompson congratulates her. As they take Pine to a holding facility, Thompson tells Meredith that when she has demonstrated unswerving loyalty to the Company then she'll truly be an agent. She talks with a captive Flint, who believes he's been recruited as an agent. Meredith has doubts but when Thompson asks her if she has a problem, she says she doesn't.
Later, Meredith helps Flint escape and they flee on a train. Thompson goes after them and tases Meredith. Flint believes her dead and Thompson sarcastically agrees with him. Flint leaps out of the train and Meredith wakes up and attacks Thompson, setting the volatile contents on fire. They both leap clear of the train just as it explodes. Thompson recaptures Meredith but when he learns that she believes that the Company killed her daughter, he changes his mind and frees her.
Dual
Meredith is inside of Primatech with Claire, Noah, and Angela when Sylar seals the building. She separates from Claire and Angela and goes with Noah to release the villains in Level Five. After freeing the villains, Meredith realizes that they are only bait for Sylar. Meredith wanders off on her own with a gun and and finds Danny Pine's severed metallic arm and an empty bottle of adrenaline. She runs into Sylar, but Doyle comes out and tells Sylar that he loves Meredith and that only he can kill her. Doyle then uses his power on Sylar. After Doyle is defeated, Meredith picks up the gun and is about to escape, but Sylar stabs her in the chest with adrenaline.
Sylar puts Meredith on Level 5, where her fire starts to get out of control. Noah is locked inside her cell and when Claire comes by, Noah gets Meredith to superheat the glass to try and get them out. This tactic fails but Claire manages to release the two of them by jumping through the glass. Meredith refuses to go and encourages Claire to stop Sylar. Meredith's ability then begins to overload and when Claire returns, Meredith becomes worried. She begs Claire to leave without her and, after hearing Claire say that she loves her, she backs away into a corner. Claire runs away and Meredith explodes in a mass of flames.