Moral ambiguity

Linderman's tape is blackmail based on infidelity.

In Heroes, ordinary people discover they have extraordinary abilities. Some use them for good, while others use them for evil.

Episodic Recurrences

Genesis

• Mohinder runs away from a man in horn rimmed glasses, who he believes murdered his father and stole his work.

Don't Look Back

• Mohinder and an exterminator have a scuffle in Mohinder's apartment.
• Niki Sanders' alter ego Jessica does undesirable things that Niki would not normally do.
• After Matt Parkman finds a missing girl, he is assumed to be a murderer.

One Giant Leap

• Sylar attacks FBI agents and Molly Walker in the FBI Headquarters.
• Brody attempts to rape Claire, and accidentaly murders her.
• A mysterious man renders Matt Parkman unconscious.

Collision

• Niki is forced to seduce a politician to pay a large debt.
• Hiro and Ando cheat at gambling to earn extra money.
• Mr. Bennet kidnaps Nathan Petrelli.
• Claire attempts to injure Brody by crashing his car.

Hiros

• Mr. Bennet removes certain memories from Brody's brain.
• Ando stalks Niki, ending up at her house.

Better Halves

• D.L. Hawkins attacks Niki and kidnaps Micah.

Nothing to Hide

• Micah thinks his dad is a "bad guy" for running away, but a "good guy" for saving a woman.
• Matt slugs Tom McHenry for cheating on his wife.
• Theodore Sprague holds a nurse hostage.

Seven Minutes to Midnight

• Sylar murders Chandra Suresh in a flashback.
• Sylar murders Charlie Andrews.

Homecoming

• Sylar murders Jackie Wilcox.
• Sylar attempts to murder Claire.
• Sylar attemtps to murder Peter Petrelli.
• Eden and the Haitian subdue Sylar.

Six Months Ago

• Eden McCain breaks the law, and prevents Matt Parkman from doing his job.
• Niki battles her alcoholism at an AA meeting.
• Gabriel Gray murders Brian Davis, and assumes the alias Sylar.

Fallout

• Eden attempts to use her power to have Sylar commit suicide, however, her plan backfires and she kills herself in order to keep Sylar from obtaining her power.
• Mr. Bennet abuses the Haitian's powers.
• The Haitian does not follow Mr. Bennet's orders and asks Claire to keep a secret.
• Eden gives Isaac a pass card allowing him escape from Mr. Bennet in order to change the world.

Godsend

• Matt accosts Mr. Bennet.
• Hiro steals a sword from the Museum of Natural History.
• Claire lies to her father.

Graphic Novel Recurrences

• Mr. Bennet photographs Mohinder Suresh for an unknown reason. (Monsters)
• Claire Bennet almost kills Brody Mitchum on purpose, and saves him directly afterwards. (Aftermath)
• D.L. Hawkins escapes from prison to be with and protect his family. (Snapshots)
• Jessica Sanders steals money from Linderman's sports book in order to pay for Micah's tuition. (Stolen Time)
• Matt Parkman punches Tom McHenry based McHenry's thoughts alone. (Control)
• Matt Parkman drives through a pedestrian promenade in order to catch a criminal. (Control)
• Eden wishes her stepmother would just die, and she does. (Life Before Eden)
• Audrey Hanson shoots an innocent man. (Turning Point)
• Mr. Bennet reacts violently and dramatically to Eden's father's reaction to Eden's death. (Fathers & Daughters)
• Peter has a vision of himself as a villain. (Super-Heroics)
• Hana knocks out the IDF enlisting officer when he tells her she can't have the position she wants. (Wireless, Part 1)
• Mr. Bennet punches Hana, then offers to change her life. (Wireless, Part 1)
• As Hana discovers her powers, Mr. Bennet punches her again. (Wireless, Part 2)
• Hana spies on a microbiologist. (Wireless, Part 3)
• Hana overpowers a guard to escape imprisonment. (Wireless, Part 3)
• Hana takes over the U.S. Embassy's computer system, steals a gun, and takes an Embassy employee hostage so she can escape. (Wireless, Part 4)
• Ted inadvertantly causes the death of his wife. He later escapes from custody by blowing up a transport car. (How Do You Stop an Exploding Man?, Part 1)