Secrets and deception

Secrets and deception
The Haitian asks Claire if she can keep a secret.

Many characters in the Heroes universe hold secrets.

Episodic Recurrences

Genesis

• Niki keeps her job at lasvegasniki.com a secret from her son Micah.
• Nathan Petrelli keeps his mother's shoplifting buried from the press.
• Claire Bennet keeps her power secret from her family.

Don't Look Back

• Nathan keeps the truth of his powers secret from his brother Peter.
• A man wearing a jumpsuit poses as an exterminator to hide his true intentions to Mohinder Suresh.
• Claire does not reveal that she is the hero responsible for saving a man from a train wreck, but her friend Jackie Wilcox takes the glory.
• Jessica asks Niki to keep the secret of Linderman's thugs' disappearance.

Collision

• Brody does not tell anyone the events that happened at the bonfire.
• Claire pretends not to remember what Brody did to her, and puts his life in danger seeking revenge.
• Mr. Bennet and the Haitian kidnap and modify the minds of several evolved humans.
• Hiro and Ando cheat in a Las Vegas casino

Hiros

• Miss Sakamoto reveals that Nathan and Niki's rendezvous was to obtain blackmail material.

Better Halves

• Hank and Lisa pose as Claire's biological parents, at Mr. Bennet's request.
• The reason D.L. Hawkins was sentenced to prison was for crimes Niki committed.

Nothing to Hide

• Matt overhears that his wife Janice is having an affair.
• Micah keeps his powers of technopathy secret from his dad.

Seven Minutes to Midnight

• Mohinder learns that his mother and father were keeping the fact he has a deceased sister hidden from him.

Homecoming

• Nathan destroys a painting that reveals Peter's future, to protect him.
• Mr. Bennet grounds Claire from the Homecoming game, keeping his true motives hidden.
• Sylar mistakes Jackie as an evolved human, for her lies about rescuing a man.

Six Months Ago

• Nathan keeps his first flight, during his car accident, a secret.
• Sylar lies to Brian Davis to lure him to his shop. He then steals his powers and lies to Chandra about how he obtained them.

Fallout

• Mr. Bennet reveals to Claire that he has known about her powers.
• The Haitian asks Claire to keep an important secret from Mr. Bennet.

Godsend

• Claire lies to her father, saying she doesn't remember anything from Homecoming night.
• Nathan implores Hiro to keep his power of flight a secret.
• Mr. Bennet lies to Matt and the FBI that he is not holding Sylar prisoner.
• Matt tells Janice that he has been keeping a secret for awhile now; he finally tells her the truth.
• Claude lives a life of thievery and deception as an invisible man.

The Fix

• Hiro and Ando are unaware of their captors' motives.
• Niki keeps the details of her split personality a secret from Dr. Witherson.
• Peter implores Claude to tell him the secrets of his powers.
• Matt deceives his captains and doesn't tell them what really happened at Primatech.
• Zach and Claire lie to Mr. Bennet about a manatee-related project.
• Micah tells his father that he has a secret, just like his parents.

Distractions

• Meredith does not tell Claire the identity of her biological father.
• Sylar tells numerous lies about his ersatz employment at Primatech Paper Co.
• Aron Malsky does not tell Niki the details of her exoneration.

Run!

• Jessica impersonates Niki.
• Sylar impersonates Zane.
• Hope cons Hiro and Ando.
• Claire secretly listens outside Meredith's window to her biological parents' conversation.
• Matt does not tell anyone that knows the diamonds' location.

Unexpected

• Matt tries to keep the truth about the diamonds a secret from his wife.
• Claude does not tell Peter the reason he distrusts others until being attacked by Mr. Bennet and the Haitian.
• Sylar continues to steal Zane's identity.
• Mr. Bennet keeps the true reason for his wife's illness secret.
• Isaac keeps his mark a secret from Peter.

Company Man

• Mr. Bennet keeps his professional life a secret for fifteen years.
• Mr. Bennet thinks about a fake safe in the bedroom, knowing Matt would overhear, as a distraction so he could get the gun hidden in his fireplace.
• Mr. Bennet secretly communicates with Matt and through thoughts, they lie to Ted.
• Mr. Bennet and Matt trick Ted into thinking that Matt killed Claire in order to save Mrs. Bennet's life.
• Claire's power manifestation is kept secret from The Company.
• Claude allegedly abets an evolved human in secret.
• Claire, the Haitian, and Mr. Bennet go to great lengths to trick Thompson and The Company so that Claire can escape them.

Parasite

• Thompson has Matt read Mr. Bennet's thoughts behind a one-way mirror.
• Nathan secretly continues his quest to investigate Linderman.
• Sandra pretends to have forgotten about Claire.
• Mohinder puts curare in Sylar’s tea to restrain him.
• The Haitian gives Claire a fake passport to sneak her undetected out of Texas.
• Candace creates an illusion to cover-up Simone's death.
• Ando dresses as a security guard in order to protect Hiro.
• Sylar pretends to still be under Mohinder's control until after he is shot at.
• Candace creates an illusion to get Mr. Bennet to admit his secret quest against the Company.
• The Haitian has secretly been working with Angela Petrelli, who knew about Claire being Nathan's daughter.

Graphic Novel Recurrences

• Mr. Bennet secretly spies on Mohinder Suresh. (Monsters)
• After saving a girl from a burning building, Nathan Petrelli flees so he can keep his ability to fly secret. (Trial By Fire)
• Jessica Sanders doesn't tell D.L.'s crew how she ripped off the safe door at Linderman's sports book. (Stolen Time)
• Officer Matt Parkman doesn't tell anybody how he is able to apprehend the armed robber. (Control)
• Sylar deceives Audrey Hanson into shooting the wrong man. (Turning Point)
• Mr. Bennet orders the Haitian to erase Eden's father's memory. (Fathers & Daughters)
• Mr. Bennet knocks out Hana, telling he is there to change his life, but he does not tell her how. (Wireless, Part 1)
• Hana's psychologist tells her to trust her peers and fall into their arms, but they drop her. (Wireless, Part 2)
• Mr. Bennet asks Hana to trust him, despite her blindfold and his secretive manner. (Wireless, Part 2)
• Mr. Bennet's organization performs tests on Hana (including administering "vitamins" to her), but do not tell her why. (Wireless, Part 2)
• Hana secretly spies on Henry Strauss's microbiology lab. (Wireless, Part 3)
• Hana learns Mr. Bennet has deceived her about his organization. (Wireless, Part 4)
• Hana is ambiguous when answering Ted's inquiries of how she is able to communicate with him. (How Do You Stop an Exploding Man?, Part 1)
• Ted searches for the secrets surrounding his capture, the needle, and a mysterious man. (How Do You Stop an Exploding Man?, Part 2)
• Sylar uses a fake name and eludes police. (Road Kill)
• Mr. Bennet secretly claims a daughter as his own. (Hell's Angel)