Loyalty vs. treachery

Loyalty vs. treachery
Kensei sees Hiro and Yaeko kiss.

The loyalties of characters on Heroes are disparate and varied.

Episodic Recurrences

Loyalty

Parasite

• Mohinder attempts to kill Sylar to fulfill his duty as a son.
• Ando returns to Hiro, just in time to help Hiro get his powers back.

How to Stop an Exploding Man

• Hiro proclaims to his father that he will not abandon Ando.
• After Sylar calls Hiro "a silly little man", Ando defends Hiro by saying that he is not silly.
• Niki stays with D.L. and doesn't leave his side.
• Noah Bennet stays with Peter because he saved his daughter's life.
• Nathan is loyal to Peter as his brother and prevents him from destroying New York.

Four Months Later...

• Ando stays by Kaito Nakamura, as he promised Hiro.

Kindred

• Maya comes back for Alejandro after he's arrested breaking into a car.

The Kindness of Strangers

• Even though Molly is frightened of the nightmare man, she wants to help Matt Parkman find his father because of all he's done for her.

Fight or Flight

• Because his sister loves Peter, Ricky promises to handle the woman looking for him.

Four Months Ago...

• Even though Maya has just murdered his bride and all the guests at his wedding, Alejandro tries to protect her.

Cautionary Tales

• Despite Noah Bennet believing Mohinder will kill him, due to a series of paintings, he tells Sandra that Mohinder is a "good guy".
• Hiro goes back in time to save Kaito Nakamura from dying, but obeys his father and uses the opportunity to find out his killer instead.
• Bob Bishop puts himself in danger to save his daughter.
• Noah Bennet also puts his life on the line to save his daughter.

Truth & Consequences

• When Victoria Pratt tries to kill Adam Monroe, Peter Petrelli saves his life. When Victoria tries to kill Peter, Adam returns the favor.
• Monica finds out where D.L.'s medal is and goes to get it back for Micah.

Powerless

• Niki Sanders and Micah go to rescue Monica.
• Elle tries to kill Sylar for her father.
• Nathan makes alternate plans from Angela's to save Peter's life.
• Claire Bennet withdraws her plans to take down The Company upon Noah's mere request.

The Second Coming

• Claire Bennet offers to fly from California to New York to try and save Nathan.

One of Us, One of Them

• Sylar rescues Noah.
• Angela stays loyal to her "son" and his repentance, even when he takes a misstep.

Angels and Monsters

• Sylar rescues Claire.

Dying of the Light

• Claire and Sandra stage a rescue for Meredith.
• Instead of killing Ando for real, Hiro uses his powers to set up a fake murder.
• Daphne warns Matt about Pinehearst.
• Matt won't give up on Daphne.
• Sylar wakes Peter in order to save Angela.

Eris Quod Sum

• Maury Parkman dies for his son.
• Sandra Bennet promises to keep Claire's crime fighting activities secret.
• Daphne puts her own life at risk by refusing to kill Matt.
• Sylar breaks into Pinehearst in order to rescue Peter.
• Peter goes back to rescue Sylar.
• Sylar makes sure Peter escapes alive, even after siding with Arthur.

Villains

• Daniel Linderman restores Angela's memories, even though the man he's saving is trying to ruin him.
• Meredith gets caught so that Flint can escape. Twice.

It's Coming

• Ando attempts to save Hiro from Arthur Petrelli.
• Claire distracts Knox and Flint as Peter escapes.
• Peter wants to protect Claire's innocence; Claire wants to protect Peter.
• Peter rescues Claire.
• Elle tortures Sylar to avenge her father.
• Sylar allows Elle's torture so that she may have her vengeance, and forgive herself.
• Daphne tells Arthur about Matt Parkman's tampering, but asks that Matt isn't harmed.
• Ando tries to restore Hiro's memories.
• Daphne confesses her love to Matt.

The Eclipse, Part 1

• Nathan allows a powerless Peter to come with him on a mission so that he may prove himself.
• Matt Parkman tells Daphne that he trusts her completely as she frets about betraying him.
• Noah tells Claire that he's worried about her and not the Catalyst.
• Tracy tells Arthur where Nathan and Peter are headed.
• Matt goes after Daphne.

The Eclipse, Part 2

• Peter Petrelli comes to Nathan's rescue.
• Mohinder escapes from Pinehearst Headquarters so that he can prove to Maya he's not a monster.
• Sylar pushes Elle into a freight elevator to keep her safe as he fights, and is killed by, Noah.
• Nathan goes back for Peter.
• Mohinder rejoins Arthur, as he has nowhere else to go.

Our Father

• Matt defends Daphne when Ando questions her motives behind helping Hiro.

Dual

• Ando injects himself with the formula so that he may develop Space-time manipulation and save Hiro.
• Claire refuses to kill her grandmother and threatens to kill Sylar if he harms Noah.
• Eric Doyle saves Meredith, claiming she's "mine to love; mine to kill."
• Sylar asks Claire why she stands by Noah even after the lies.
• Claire rescues Noah.
• Claire comes back for Meredith as she promised.
• Peter saves Nathan because they're still brothers.

A Clear and Present Danger

• When Ando hears Hiro being attacked, he races to his rescue.
• Claire climbs aboard Flight 195 in order to rescue the captured evolved humans.
• Mohinder holds onto Peter to prevent him from falling out of the cargo plane.

Trust and Blood

• Noah is unwilling to shoot Peter.
• Claire acts as a human shield so that Matt, Ando, Hiro and Mohinder can escape.
• Angela tells Nathan she will not help him catch Peter.
• Noah comes up with excuses in order to spare Peter's life again.

Building 26

• Hiro, powerless, faces off against a dangerous and feared man in order to save Ando.
• Sylar rescues Luke Campbell from the Homeland Security agents.

Cold Wars

• Noah Bennet stands torture instead of revealing Emile Danko's involvement in the Building 26 operation.
• Nathan tells the homeland security agents to spare Peter's life, even at the cost of theirs.
• Mohinder acts as decoy in order to give Matt Parkman time to figure out if Daphne is still alive.

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Shades of Gray

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Cold Snap

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Into Asylum

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Turn and Face the Strange

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1961

• Alice Shaw stays in a bunker at Coyote Sands for fifty years because her sister promised her she'd be safe.

I Am Sylar

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An Invisible Thread

• Hiro freezes time and rescues all the evolved humans.
• Even with a warning to not use his powers, Hiro freezes time in order to save Noah Bennet.
• Matt Parkman erases Sylar's mind in order to make him believe he's Nathan Petrelli, on Angela's orders.
• Noah Bennet rushes to Nathan's rescue.

Brave New World

• Peter trusts Sylar to save Emma and not revert to his old ways and Sylar stays true to that trust.

Treachery

One Giant Leap

• In his speech, Nathan humiliates Peter in front of a crowd for the benefit of his campaign.
• Isaac looks at a sketch of Simone kissing Peter under a red umbrella.

Collision

• Nathan sleeps with Niki.

Six Months Ago

• Jessica threatens her father.

Unexpected

• Peter believes that Isaac betrayed him by telling the Company his location.

Five Years Gone

• Noah turns in Candice and D.L. to the government.
• Niki threatens to break Future Hiro's neck if he says the name "Sylar" again.
• Matt double-crosses Bennet and kills him after discovering Claire's location.
• To help Hiro undo the explosion, Peter grabs his coat and leaves Niki.

The Hard Part

• Virginia Gray disappointingly tells her son that he is damned.

How to Stop an Exploding Man

• Claire questions Nathan's loyalty as a brother.

Kindred

• Will betrays Ricky, threatening him with a gun, for the money they stole from Pinky's Sportsbook.

The Kindness of Strangers

• Seeing their pictures in a newspaper, Derek goes to report Maya and Alejandro even after they rescued him.
• Sylar convinces Derek to call the police and then follows him to kill him.

The Line

• Noah shoots his old friend, Ivan, to cover up his visit to Odessa, Ukraine.
• Hiro betrays Kensei by kissing Yaeko.

Four Months Ago...

• At their wedding party, Gloria cheats on her husband.
• The Haitian returns a debt to Angela Petrelli by creating Peter's escape.

Cautionary Tales

• Mohinder betrays Noah by shooting him.

Truth & Consequences

• After hearing how much money Micah's comics books could sell for, Damon steals them.
• In 1977, Adam Monroe betrays The Company by trying to release the virus.
• Sylar betrays Maya by killing Alejandro, and then kisses her outside of the murder scene.

Powerless

• Sylar reveals his true motives to Maya Herrera.
• Angela Petrelli gives Matt Parkman the mental command to kill her son, if necessary.
• Bob Bishop tells Elle he wasted his time raising her.
• Adam Monroe betrays Peter Petrelli and tries to release the Shanti virus.

The Second Coming

• In the future, Claire tries to kill Peter.
• Future Peter goes to the past to shoot Nathan.
• In the future, Ando appears to kill Hiro.
• Maya offers her blood to find a cure for her curse, but Mohinder uses it to create abilities instead.

The Butterfly Effect

• Bob benches Elle and blames her for letting Sylar escape.

One of Us, One of Them

• Meredith Gordon takes Claire Bennet to teach her survival techniques, but instead tortures her to learn her true motives.
• Knox betrays and murders The German.
• After rescuing Noah, Sylar promptly betrays him and Angela by murdering Jesse.
• Hiro tells Ando that he doesn't need him.

I Am Become Death

• Peter Petrelli kills Nathan in the future and attacks Angela.

Angels and Monsters

• Noah Bennet yells at Sylar for rescuing Claire.
• Noah tries to convince Stephen Canfield to kill Sylar.
• Adam Monroe tells Hiro that they're going to a bar to find information, and tricks Milosh into knocking him out.
• Mohinder attacks Maya after she discovers his experiments.
• To prove to Knox that he's a "badass", Hiro stabs Ando.

Dying of the Light

• Daphne betrays Arthur Petrelli by warning Matt Parkman against helping him.
• Mohinder tranquilizes Nathan and Tracy.
• Peter betrays Sylar and drugs him.
• Arthur pulls Peter in for a hug only to steal his power.

Eris Quod Sum

• Daphne betrays Arthur Petrelli by warning Matt Parkman about Pinehearst.
• Arthur tells Sylar that Angela had visions of her son being a monster and tried to kill him.
• Sylar sides against Angela when Arthur reveals Angela's favorite son is Peter.
• Daphne calls Arthur to tell him that Matt fully trusts her now.

Villains

• Nathan Petrelli betrays his father by pursuing legal prosecution against Linderman.
• Elle saves Sylar's life and befriends him in order to gain his trust.
• After Linderman's attempt on Nathan's life fails, Arthur plans his own.
• Arthur controls Angela's mind.
• Elle pretends she thinks Trevor Zeitlan is special in order to make Sylar kill him.
• Elle goes back on her plan to trick Sylar and tries to stun him, revealing that she's been lying about everything.
• Linderman betrays Arthur by restoring Angela's mind.
• Angela poisons Arthur's soup in order to save Nathan.

It's Coming

• Daphne warns Arthur about Matt Parkman's tampering.
• Tracy Strauss strikes a deal with Arthur to change Nathan to his side.
• Arthur notes "a woman will betray you at every turn", referencing Angela's poison soup.

The Eclipse, Part 1

• Tracy tells Arthur where Nathan and Peter are headed, betraying both Nathan and Angela.

The Eclipse, Part 2

• Arthur has Flint torture and guard Mohinder, to make sure the doctor doesn't run away.
• After promising he'd be there for her, Noah fails to arrive before Claire dies.
• Nathan leaves Peter with The Haitian as he flies off to join Arthur's team.
• Noah tells Sylar that Angela lied to him about his parentage, and that Elle knew all along.
• Sylar kills Elle because they're "damaged goods" and will never change.

Our Father

• Sylar reveals to Arthur that he knows about the lies and is no longer working for him.
• Arthur lies to Sylar when asked if he is related, causing Sylar to kill him.

Dual

• Peter tricks Nathan and knocks him out.
• Knox informs Nathan that he's working for Peter now.
• Nathan fires Tracy after she saves his life.
• Flint Gordon Jr. turns on Peter after destroying the Pinehearst lab.
• Angela reveals that she isn't Sylar's mother and she only wanted him on her side for his monstrous qualities.
• Nathan presents to the President a plan to capture all evolved humans.

A Clear and Present Danger

• Claire overhears Angela Petrelli plotting with Nathan against Peter and Matt.
• Noah pretends to rescue Mohinder, only to capture him instead.
• Nathan asks Peter for a hug in order to capture him.
• Claire discovers Noah is piloting the transport for the captured evolved humans.

Trust and Blood

• Danko tries to undermine Nathan.
• Tracy sets up a trap for Nathan, only to discover he turned the trap around on her to get Peter.

Building 26

• Ando goes behind Hiro's back to become the hero.
• Claire tells Sandra about Noah's lies.
• Sylar locks Luke out of the car, leaving him to be captured.
• Danko stages Tracy's escape behind Nathan's back so that she might kill Mark Legget and prove to Abby Collins that evolved humans were real.

Cold Wars

• Nathan Petrelli learns that Emile Danko has been spying on him and Noah Bennet due to mistrust.
• Matt Parkman accuses Mohinder Suresh of withholding information.
• Danko tries to recruit Bennet against Nathan.

Exposed

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Shades of Gray

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Cold Snap

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Into Asylum

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Turn and Face the Strange

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1961

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I Am Sylar

• Hiro unfreezes time on an unsuspecting Ando in order to get him captured.
• Sylar recalls when he killed his mother, stating that he wanted her to die.
• Danko stabs Sylar after the latter disobeys an order.

An Invisible Thread

• After agreeing to team-up with Noah Bennet to stop Sylar, Danko tries to disable Bennet.

Thanksgiving

• Samuel breaks his promise to Hiro and doesn't tell him where Charlie is.
• In the past, Samuel kills his brother, Joseph.
• Samuel blames Edgar for killing Joseph.

Brave New World

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June 13th, Part Two

• After Noah returns from the past, Quentin Frady betrays Noah to Erica Kravid, telling her what Noah had told him about their being twins instead of one child.

Sundae, Bloody Sundae

• Quentin Frady arrives at St. Peter's Hospital with his sister to kidnap Tommy Clark, betraying Noah Bennet due to Noah inadvertently altering Quentin's past while time traveling.

Send in the Clones

• Tommy Clark betrays Erica Kravid by sending Miko Otomo to Sunstone Manor to stop Erica's plans. Erica later realizes that Tommy is playing both sides.

Company Woman

• After Phoebe escapes, Quentin gets Luke's gun and has the chance to shoot Luke but instead sides with Luke and Malina over Renautas.
• After Tommy learns that Erica Kravid lied to him about planning to save as many people as possible, Tommy leaves and is eventually trapped in Evernow to force his cooperation.

Graphic Novel Recurrences

Loyalty

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Career Choices

• The Company takes Donna Dunlap off missions and combat exercises when an Isaac Mendez painting turns up that depicts her death.

Trust Issues, Part 2

• Donna helps the Company by trying her hardest to investigate Cushing's death.

Treachery

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Career Choices

• Donna Dunlap begins working as a double agent against the Company.

Trust Issues, Part 2

• When Donna finds evidence pointing to Thompson, Jr. as Cushing's killer, Thompson, Jr. takes Donna into confidence and explains the circumstances that led to Cushing's death.

Webisode Recurrences

Loyalty

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