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Revision as of 14:55, 7 October 2008
| I Am Become Death | |
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| Season: | Three |
| Episode number: | 304 |
| First aired: | October 6, 2008 |
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| Written by: | Aron Coleite |
| Directed by: | Adam Kane |
| Previous episode: | One of Us, One of Them |
Summary
- Peter travels to a very grim future.
- Claire, along with many others, has become a villain.
- Tracy's origins are revealed.
- Suresh's scientific breakthrough leads to some unexpected side effects.
- Hiro and Ando make a futile attempt to escape the Company.
- Four years in the future, Sylar is a father.
- Nathan and Tracy take their relationship to the next level.
- Following Angela's orders, an incarcerated villain makes a surprising return.
Story Development
Synopsis
Peter and Future Peter travel four years into the future to witness how the world has changed. In this future, many people have abilities. The formula that gives people abilities is public knowledge, and anyone with the means can obtain it. Numerous people now fly around New York City under their own power. Future Peter tells Peter that he needs to go to Sylar for help, but before he can say another word he's shot by Claire. Peter escapes just in time.
Future Claire, who now hangs out with Daphne and Knox, plans to use Molly to find Peter. Little does she know that Peter has gone to see Mohinder, who is now fully mutated and likes to hide in the dark. He gives Peter some info on where to find Sylar, and when he heads to Costa Verde, where he's shocked to find Sylar wearing an apron, with a kid and making waffles.
Sylar pulls Peter aside and fills him in on the fact that they're brothers. Future Sylar has atoned for his evil ways and now spends his days watching little Noah, who must be named after HRG. Sylar mentioned that he fought his hunger for his son. Peter tries to tell Sylar that the world is doomed, and suggests he try painting the future if he's not convinced.
Meanwhile, Daphne visits Matt, who is her husband. He doesn't want to use Molly to find Peter, but his wife talks him into it. After she gets the info, she passes it on to Claire, so they can go find Peter. Back in Costa Verde, Sylar tells Peter to fix his watch if he wants to learn his intuitive ability. Peter picks up the power, and Sylar says he is sorry. He had mentioned earlier that this ability causes someone to have an evil "hunger", causing the person to turn evil and kill people. The brothers are soon interrupted by the trio of Future Claire, Daphne and Knox.
A confrontation takes place, and Peter punches Claire before she even pulls the trigger on her gun. Daphne goes after Peter, and Knox, who strengthened by Noah's fear, throws Sylar through a table and accidentally kills Noah in the process. Sylar gets so angry that he punches Knox unleashing his radioactive power in a nuclear explosion, wiping out the entire area.
About 200,000 people die in the explosion, but Claire survives and is about to torture a shirtless Peter with a knife. She's interrupted by President Nathan Petrelli, who tells his brother that Congress has decided to move forward with a superpowered army. Peter loses control while reading Nathan's mind and trying to figure out Nathan's true intentions. The evil hunger that Sylar described takes over. Peter cuts open Future Nathan's head. He quickly comes to his senses and with Secret Service banging on the door, teleports out of there Peter travels back to the present day, to Sylar's cell on Level 5. Sylar tells him that he's now infected with the skull-slicing hunger because of the power of intuitive ability.
Back in the present, Mohinder studies the bizarre rash on his back, but is distracted when he hears the neighbors fighting. He injures the man before leaving the scene, surprised at his own violence. After Maya gets home, she tries to charm Suresh, but his ability causes him to burst into anger for no reason. Maya storms out, and Mohinder soon realizes that there's no way to remove his rash or the underlying ability that's causing such a drastic change in him.
Dr. Zimmerman tells Tracy that she's just one of a set of triplets,Tracy, Nikki, and Barbara, and that he injected them with a formula that gave them superpowers. Tracy wants to know the name of the mysterious company that greenlit the project, and when Zimmerman can't remember she almost freezes him. Tracy lets go of Zimmerman before any permanent harm is done.
Soon after, Tracy tells Nathan that she's resigning from her position. Linderman informs him that it's his destiny to help her, which is why he arrives just in time to save Tracy from jumping off a bridge to her doom. As shocked as she is to see a man that can fly, it does help her open up and show him her ability to Nathan. The two kiss. In the future, the two are married making Tracy the First Lady.
In Africa, Matt puts on Usutu's headphones and starts dreaming of the future. He witnesses the destruction in Costa Verde, and also sees that Future Daphne had her back blown off in the massive explosion. He wakes up in Africa and realizes that he must find the speedster, but Usutu tells him he has to find a mystical animal to guide him first. Matt thinks the turtle might do the trick, which is going to make for a very slow journey.
Hiro and Ando are still stuck in the Level 5 prison, and if that's not bad enough they're also not getting along. Ando is angry that Hiro said he didn't need him, and Hiro is still freaked out that Future Ando killed him. The two team up for a moment to open up a vent in the ceiling of the prison cell so they can escape. After that, Ando refuses to go up but agrees to help Hiro up. Just as Hiro gets halfway into the vent, the Haitian shows up to rain on their parade.
As the episode comes to an end, Angela tells Hiro and Ando that the missing formula can grant people special abilities. After informing Hiro that some mysterious person is watching them and manipulating them, she tasks him to go dig up a very pissed off Adam Monroe for help. When the casket first opened, Adam was closing his eyes, but it suddenly opened. He strangled Hiro, and delivered the last words of the episode, "Hiro, you son of a bi~~".
Memorable Quotes
"I killed my uncle once and now I have to kill him again, so let me be a human being for just one second."
"Hiro? You son of a bi--!"
- - Adam Monroe to Hiro.
"If you told me you were coming... I would have made extra!"
- - Future Sylar to Peter.
Trivia
- The title "I Am Become Death" is a reference made to J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, following the the first test in New Mexico. Oppenheimer said: "If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one. Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." The key line itself is borrowed from the Hindu text, Bhagavad Gita.
- There are references to Volume One in this episode:
- Gabriel explodes and destroys all of Costa Verde just like Peter was going to
- Claire says to Peter, "Trying to teleport? Not with my friend here!" just as her adopted father, Noah, said to Matt in "Collision".
See Also
- For images from I Am Become Death, see images from I Am Become Death.
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| See Also: Volume One Episodes • Volume Two Episodes • Volume Three Episodes • Volume Four Episodes • Volume Five Episodes • Heroes Reborn Episodes • All Episodes |
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