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Loyalty to, and responsibility for one's family is a driving force in the lives of many evolved humans.

Families


The Aswans	The Bennets	The Bishops
The Butlers	Caitlin's family	The Campbells
The Cranes	The Dawsons	The Deveauxs
The Ellises	The Franklins	The Gallaghers
The Gitelmans	The Gordons	The Grays
The Haitian's family	The Hawkinses	The Herreras
Khufu's kin	The Lemays	The Lindermans
The Logans	The McSorleys	The Mendezes
The Millbrooks	The Millses	Adam Monroe's family
The Murphys	The Nakamuras	Pamela's family
The Parkmans	The Petrellis	The Pierces
The Pines	Piper's family	The Sanderses
Santiago's family	The Shaw	The Spatneys
The Spragues	The Sureshes	The swordsmith's family
The Tavaras	The Thompsons	The Walkers
The Woolslys

Season One Recurrences

Genesis

Mohinder Suresh seeks answers about his father Chandra's recent death.
Niki Sanders struggles to take care of her son Micah.
Nathan Petrelli worries how his family will affect his campaign, including his brother Peter's beliefs he can fly, and his mother Angela's theft problem.
Simone Deveaux takes care of her dying father Charles.

Don't Look Back

Peter Petrelli is lied to by his brother Nathan, regarding his powers.
Claire Bennet talks to her adoptive parents, Mr. and Sandra Bennet, regarding her biological parents.
Niki neglects Micah when her powers cause her problems.
Angela Petrelli tells Peter than his father committed suicide.
Mohinder discovers that his father named a lizard after him.
Matt Parkman and Audrey Hanson investigate the murder of James and Mrs. Walker.

One Giant Leap

Niki Sanders discovers information regarding her husband D.L. Hawkins' past.
Paulette Hawkins defends her son, despite mounting evidence of his guilt
Matt realizes that his relationship with his wife Janice is not perfect.

Collision

Niki and Nathan discuss their children
Nathan cheats on his wife with Jessica, Niki's alter-ego.
Peter and Mohinder muse that we are all imperfect copies of our parents.

Hiros

Mr. Bennet attempts to protect Claire, with help from his Haitian associate.
Matt and Janice Parkman discuss their marital problems.
Niki and her estranged husband D.L. meet again.

Better Halves

Claire and her adoptive mother bond as they make cupcakes.
Niki and D.L. talk about the $2 million that is causing them problems, and make up for the time being.
Claire meets Hank and Lisa, who claim to be her biological parents. Later, it is revealed that they were acting.
When Jessica acts up, Niki and D.L. fight, resulting in D.L. taking Micah.

Nothing to Hide

Simone's father Charles Deveaux passes away.
As Niki searches for her son, Micah, he calls out for help.
Theodore Sprague worries about his comatose wife Karen.
Matt learns that his friend Tom McHenry was sleeping with his wife Janice.

Seven Minutes to Midnight

Mohinder travels back to India for his father's funeral.
Mohinder decides to continue his father's research once again, after some insight has set in.
Mohinder learns he has a sister, Shanti, who passed away when she was five.

Homecoming

Nathan attempts to protect Peter from a prophetic painting painted by Isaac.
Mr. Bennet attempts to protect Claire from another painting of the same collection.
As Jessica plots revenge, Micah convinces D.L. that Niki needs their help.

Six Months Ago

Hal Sanders, Niki's father, visits Niki.
Niki mourns Jessica, her sister who died at age 11.

Fallout

Nathan waits for Peter to be released from the Odessa Sheriff's Department.
Mr. Bennet explains to Claire his secrets, but goes behind her back and modifies the memories of Sandra Bennet, her brother Lyle, and wishes to modify Claire's memory.
Niki turns herself into the police to protect her family.

Godsend

While Peter recovers in the hospital, his family watches vigil. Nathan tenderly kisses his comatose brother and expresses his love for him.
Hiro recalls stories his father told about Takezo Kensei.
Matt and Janice decide they need to reconcile their marriage and be honest with each other.
Niki yearns to hug her son.

The Fix

Financial troubles cause familial strains for Micah and D.L.
Claire searches for her biological family.
Matt and Janice find out their family will be growing.
Hiro is abducted by his father.

Distractions

Claire meets with her biological mother for the first time.
Hiro confronts his father and sister.
Nathan learns from Meredith Gordon their daughter his alive.
Niki has childhood memories of Jessica playing the piano.
Simone remembers her father.

Run!

Claire seeks advice from her birth mother, and has mixed feelings about her birth father.
Sandra does not recognize her own family.
Micah tells his parents they should pursue their abilities together and fight crime as a family, but Jessica has other ideas.
Matt takes the bodyguard job in order to provide for his wife and unborn child.

Unexpected

Matt and Janice have a spat over stolen diamonds.
Mr. Bennet feels he is doing what's best to protect his family.

Company Man

Mr. Bennet adopts a supposedly orphaned infant Claire fourteen years earlier.
Kaito Nakamura takes his son Hiro with him to New York to give Claire away.
Mr. Bennet attempts to save his family from Ted Sprague and Matt Parkman.
Mr. Bennet sends his daughter away with the Haitian to protect her from the the Company.

Parasite

Mr. Bennet confides in his wife and is excited he can finally speak to her freely about the Company.
Mohinder lists his father's murder as one of the reasons he hates Sylar.
Sylar tells Mohinder that Chandra felt Mohinder was too "fragile" to know about Shanti.

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Claire gets explanations from her biological grandmother about her birth family. For the first time she meets her biological father, Nathan.
When Mr. Linderman asks Jessica to use Micah's abilities, she tells him no, and does not allow Mr. Linderman to interact with Micah.

Five Years Gone

Niki is still upset about having lost her husband and son in the explosion.
Claire has plans to start a family with Andy.
Mr. Bennet still protects Claire from danger.
Claire needs help and asks her biological father Nathan for help, but is murdered by Sylar.
Mr. and Mrs. Crane are willing to keep their son safe, at any cost.

The Hard Part

Thompson shows Mohinder a photo of the Walker family.
Sylar visits his mother and confesses to her. He accidentally kills her.
Mohinder finds a photo of his parents and his sister.
Mohinder cures Molly Walker, after realizing that it was his antibodies that could have cured Shanti.
At Kirby Plaza, Claire looks around at the families.
Mr. Bennet and Claire meet in Kirby Plaza, after being separated for her safety.

Landslide

Mr. Bennet learns that Peter Petrelli is Claire's uncle.
Bennet tells Claire that he came with Ted and Matt to take out the Walker system so their family can be safe and they can start over.
Hiro meets his father at Jittetsu Arms, knows that he must show him respect, and talks with him.
Kaito and Hiro train with each other.

How to Stop an Exploding Man

D.L. believes in Niki and tells her that she has always been the strong one, not Jessica.
Kaito tells his son to not forget his legacy.
Peter goes to his brother for his help.
Angela tells Mr. Bennet that Claire is with her family, but Bennet proclaims that he is her family.
Bennet tells Claire that he loves her and Claire says that she loves him too.
Claire asks Nathan how he can let his brother kill all those people.
After Angela tells Claire that she can give her a family, Claire says that she already has a family.
D.L., Niki, and Micah are reunited at the Company's facility.
After Niki swings a parking meter at Sylar, Micah calls for her help and Peter tells her to go to her family.
Peter tells Nathan that he loves him and Nathan says that he loves him too.
Bennet and Claire are together as they see the explosion in the sky.
Niki, D.L., Micah, and Molly are together as they see the explosion in the sky.
Bennet tells Claire that home is anywhere their family is together.

Season Two Recurrences

Four Months Later...

Matt Parkman has divorced his wife Janice.
Matt and Mohinder Suresh act as surrogate parents to Molly Walker.
The Bennets move to California and take on a new surname - "Butler".
Nathan turns to drinking and drives away his wife Heidi and sons, while Angela trys to move on after Peter's death.
Kaito Nakamura tells Ando he finally has respect for Hiro.
Maya and Alejandro are brother and sister who must stick together to survive.
Bob uses Shanti and Chandra as motivation to recruit Mohinder.

Lizards

Caitlin loves her brother Ricky, despite his thugish ways.

Kindred

In Las Vegas, Niki and Micah talk about leaving Las Vegas. They visit D.L.'s tombstone and place flowers.

The Kindness of Strangers

Micah gets to know his cousins Monica and Damon, and their grandmother Nana Dawson in New Orleans.
Monica worries about her possible job promotion because she is the main provider for the family.
Nathan visits Simon and Monty at their school, and they tell him they miss him.
Matt is surprised to find his father is a member of a secret society, and that he is the man giving Molly nightmares.

Fight or Flight

Matt confronts his father for the first time in 15 years.
After Elle kills Ricky, Elle is told by her daddy to go home.

The Line

In Odessa, Ukraine, Katarina escorts her grandson outside, wishing Ivan goodbye.
Yaeko rescues her father with the help of Kensei and Hiro.

Out of Time

Matt tells Maury that he isn't scared of him anymore. He says that he's a good father, and that Maury doesn't know what it's like to fight for someone he loves.
Noah and Claire argue about how they both are putting the family in danger. Noah tells the family it is no longer safe and that they must move. Claire tells him that if they do, they are leaving without her.

Four Months Ago...

Nathan tells Peter that if Peter goes, he goes. After Peter explodes, Peter flies Nathan to a hospital to treat his radiation burns.
Alejandro marries Gloria. Alejandro tells Maya that they have never had family before.
Bob asks Niki if she is willing to put her family in danger.
D.L., Niki, and Micah celebrate Micah's birthday together.
After D.L. is shot and killed, his family attends his funeral.
After Adam treats Nathan's radiation burns, Peter takes a photo of him and Nathan with him.

Cautionary Tales

At Kaito's funeral, Hiro is called up to deliver a eulogy in his father's honor. He walks up to the podium, but then quickly walks away without saying anything. Ando meets up with him and asks if he's okay. Hiro time travels to try and save his father.
Bob introduces Elle as his daughter to Mohinder.
Bob and Noah capture each other's daughters, and they arrange a trade.
Noah tells Elle of the Company's experiments on her, which were lead by her own father, Bob.
Hiro takes Kaito to Ishi's funeral. When Kaito asks why he did this, Hiro replies that he needs to make him understand his pain.
Angela tells Matt if he forces her to tell her about Victoria Pratt, he's not only as bad as his father, but he is him.
During Hiro's second time at Kaito's funeral, Hiro is again called on to eulogize his father, but he still refuses to do so, saying that if he does, he is accepting that he is gone. He then goes on about all the things his father taught him saying that his father lives through his teachings. Hiro rubs off the red paint of his father's grave.

Truth & Consequences

Bob asks Elle if she can regain his trust.
Niki reunites with Micah, and when Micah is about to show D.L.'s medal to her, he discovers that it is missing.
Alejandro finds a print out of the New York Chronicle about a man, Gabriel Gray, who murdered his mother.

Powerless

Noah returns home, revealing to his family that he is still alive. He tells Claire not to expose the Company, and informs her that he has made a deal, and will again be working for them. In exchange, his family will be left alone to lead normal lives.
Micah watches in horror as Duzac's Diner explodes with his mother still inside.
Hiro avenges his father by leaving Adam Monroe buried alive in a coffin at Aoyama Cemetery.

Season Three Recurrences

The Second Coming

Future Claire hunts Future Peter.
Future Peter tries to save everyone in the future by shooting Nathan.
Hiro is given a destiny by his father.
Mohinder Suresh discovers that Chandra's research is incomplete.
Angela Petrelli frets over the situations her sons are in.

The Butterfly Effect

The Bennet's face problems with Noah's new job and Sylar's attack on them.
Future Peter begs forgiveness from Angela and Nathan.
Bob Bishop's last words to his daughter are degrading.
Angela tells a captured Sylar that she's his mother.

One of Us, One of Them

Angela Petrelli focuses her attention on changing Sylar.
Nathan Petrelli tries to find present day Peter because of a voice message he left.
Claire becomes the focus of the Bennet family as Sandra and Meredith face off, and Noah chooses loyalty to Angela over vengeance.
Matt Parkman faces a future with a family he once wanted and might never have again.
Tracy Strauss appears at Niki's funeral and speaks to Micah, who is grieving for his mother.

I Am Become Death

Tracy Strauss discovers she's a triplet.
Peter Petrelli learns that his family holds too many dark secrets in both the future and present.
In the future, Matt treks through the vision in the painting where his wife dies and his family crumbles.

Angels and Monsters

Sandra Bennet and Meredith Gordon team up to raise Claire.
Stephen Canfield reveals he was taken from his family, who believe he walked out.
Milosh tries to punch Adam Monroe for sleeping with his wife.
Angela reveals that they gave Nathan synthetic abilities because his father wanted to.
Claire feels betrayed by the actions Noah takes.
Maury Parkman sends Daphne Millbrook to recruit Matt Parkman.

Dying of the Light

Claire and Sandra Bennet rescue Meredith, firing Claire's need to be useful.
Maury Parkman pushes to recruit Matt Parkman.
Matt and Daphne Millbrook discuss their future family and baby.
Peter trusts the wrong relative and faces the consequences.

Eris Quod Sum

Arthur and Angela battle over the loyalty of their sons.
Sandra Bennet and Claire discuss their abnormal life.
Maury Parkman dies for his son.
Claire becomes the hero for her family.
Usutu uses his family recipe to put Hiro in a trance.

Villains

Arthur Petrelli has personal moments with each family member.
Nathan Petrelli challenges his family's criminal ties and Heidi pays the price.
Angela Petrelli chooses Nathan over Arthur.
Meredith Gordon protects Flint Gordon.
Claire Bennet rescues somebody from a fire caused by Meredith.
Nathan and Peter Petrelli reminisce about their father and Iggy the dog.

It's Coming

Peter Petrelli and Claire Bennet take turns protecting and rescuing each other as they run from Knox and Flint.
Elle attacks Sylar for killing her father.
Arthur named Pinehearst after the lake where he took Nathan and Peter fishing.
Sylar blames his and Elle's parents for making them monsters.
Arthur teaches Sylar about his powers and, in extension, his emotions.
Angela is freed when Arthur remembers the love they once had.
Angela prepares her sons for war against their father.
Claire reasons she's the catalyst that her grandfather is after.