User:Tanderix/Names of Episodes

This subpage explains why the writers of Heroes have chosen these titles for the episodes. Made by Tanderix. With the help of: Yoshi n1, Mc hammark and Leckie. Feel free to edit the page. :)

Episode Nr.	Episode Name	Meaning of the Name	Episode Title Image
1x00	Volume One: Genesis	Genesis is the first chapter of the Bible, Genesis is the first volume of Heroes. "Genesis" also means "origin" or "starting point".	None.
1x01	Genesis	Genesis is the first chapter of the Bible, Genesis is the first episode of Heroes. "Genesis" also means "origin" or "starting point".	On a rooftop in New York.
1x02	Don't Look Back	Unkown.	On a rooftop in New York.
1x03	One Giant Leap	This phrase comes from the statement by Neil Armstrong as he landed on the moon: "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."	On Niki's car.
1x04	Collision	When Claire and Brody's car crashes against a wall, a collision occurs.	On Niki's sheet.
1x05	Hiros	A second Hiro appears in the timeline. This title is also a pun on the name of the show itself.	On a black background.
1x06	Better Halves	Unknown	On the floor of Isaac's loft.
1x07	Nothing to Hide	Unknown	On the New York's river.
1x08	Seven Minutes to Midnight	The episode's title refers to the time on Sylar's watch when Sylar kills Chandra Suresh. The time "seven minutes to midnight" is itself a reference to the time on the Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists when the show's first season began.	On a beach in India.
1x09	Homecoming	Peter meets Claire and Sylar at the homecoming party.	On the floor of Claire's school.
1x10	Six Months Ago	The events narrated in this episode take place six months ago.	In the window of "Gray & Sons"
1x11	Fallout	Unknown	On a wall in Peter's police cell.
1x12	Godsend	Ando figures out the Symbol on Kensei's sword means "Godsend"	In Niki's cell.
1x13	The Fix	Unknown	In the second Niki's cell.
1x14	Distractions	Kaito sais to Hiro: "No more distractions".	On Eden McCain.
1x15	Run!	Matt and Aron run down the stairs, away from Jessica.	On the ground in Nathan's office.
1x16	Unexpected	Claude tell to Peter to do something unexpected with his abilities.	On Matt's socks' tray.
1x17	Company Man	Noah's long life in the Company make him a "Company Man".	On Bennet's texas home.
1x18	Parasite	Mohinder calls Sylar a parasite who feeds off of other evolved humans.	On Isaac's loft's floor.
1x19	.07%	Linderman tells to Nathan who, in the explosion, will die the .07% of the population.	.
1x20	Five Years Gone	The events narrated in this episode take place five years gone.	On a devasted New York.
1x21	The Hard Part	When Hiro and Ando returns from the future, Hiro says the now begin The Hard Part.	Near Hiro and Ando.
1x22	Landslide	Thanks to Micah's ability, Nathan obtein a landslide in his election.	On Isaac's loft's floor.
1x23	How to Stop an Exploding Man	Peter is the exploding man to stop.	On Sylar's painting colors.
2x00	Volume Two: Generations	Referencing to the acts of the elder generations that have now had an effect on the present generation.	On a field when Hiro arrives in the past.
2x01	Four Months Later	The events in this episode take place four months later the Kirby Plaza events.	On a black background.
2x02	Lizards	The Claire's professor tell who the lizard can regenerate, exactly like Claire.	On Sandra's eggs.
2x03	Kindred	Unknown	On Bennet's costa verde's home.
2x04	The Kindness of Strangers	Alejandro, Maya and Derek (all strangers to Sylar) help Sylar.	On Micah's window's room in Dawson's home.
2x05	Fight or Flight	In the opening monologue, Mohinder says "When confronted by our worst nightmares, the choices are few: fight, or flight. We hope to find the strength to stand against our fears but sometimes, despite ourselves, we run. What if the nightmare gives chase? Where can we hide then? ". Also, the term "fight or flight" was coined by American physiologist Walter Cannon in 1915 to describe the actions of the sympathetic nervous system.	.
2x06	The Line	The police line.	On the police "Do Not Cross" line upon Ricky's dead body.
2x07	Out of Time	In this episode, Peter and Caitlin go out of time.	On Claire's blankets.
2x08	Four Months Ago...	The events in this place take place four months ago the actual timeline.	On a black background.
2x09	Cautionary Tales	Unknown	In Aoyama Cemetery.
2x10	Truth & Consequences	Unknown	On Noah's arm.
2x11	Powerless	Sylar says to Mohinder that he is powerless.	On a mirror.
3x00	Volume Three: Villains	This volume shows the villains who escaped from level 5.	On a window in a alley.
3x01	The Second Coming	The second coming refers to the second coming of Christ. This could be either Nathan's coming back from the dead, or Sylar's recollecting of powers beginning with Claire.	The floor of the place where Nathan have a conference.
3x02	The Butterfly Effect	"The butterfly effect" means that if you change something in the past will have consequences in the future.	In the armachair of Bennet's apartment.
3x03	One of Us, One of Them	One of Us means of the human and One of them means of the evolved human.	On a black background.
3x04	I Am Become Death	The phrase "I am Become Death" is what J. Robert Oppenheimer, creator of the atomic bomb, said when she watched the first nuclear explosion during a test in the desert of New Mexico. These are the verses from the Bhagavad-Gita, the sacred book of Hindu religion. The phrase seems to refer not only nuclear explosion caused by Sylar, but also at the devastating consequences of the new power of Peter. This could also refer to Peter seing his future self die.	In Mohinder's lab.
3x05	Angels and Monsters	In the opening monologue Nathan asks himself about his life if he is an angel or a monster. This may also refer to the fact Linderman calls Nathan and himself Angels, and Stephen Canfield saying that he won't be a monster.	On Nathan's fridge.
3x06	Dying of the Light	Unknown	On Arthur's bed.
3x07	Eris Quod Sum	Unknown	Outside the Bennet's home garage.
3x08	Villains	Referring to the history of the villains that are shown.	On the opening titles eclipse.
3x09	It's Coming	Referring to the eclipse who is coming.	On a wall in Pinehearts building.
3x10	The Eclipse, Part 1	Referring to the eclipse in act.	On Arthur's sketchbook.
3x11	The Eclipse, Part 2	Referring to the eclipse in act.	On a leaf in Haiti.
3x12	Our Father	Referring to Sylar, who think that Peter's father is also his father.	On Charles Deveaux's rooftop in 1991.
3x13	Dual	Referring to the fight between Primatech and Pinehearst.	On Arthur's blood.
3x00B	Volume Four: Fugitives	In this volume every evolved human is a fugitive from Danko's operation.	On the President car.
3x14	A Clear and Present Danger	The "Clear and Present Danger" is Danko and his operation.	On the fire station where Hiro takes Ando.
3x15	Trust and Blood	Unknown	On a black background.
3x16	Building 26	Referring to the homonym building.	On a mug in Bennet's apartment.
3x17	Cold Wars	Unknown	On a wall in Building 26.
3x18	Exposed	Referring to Peter and Matt's threat to expose Danko and the operation.	On a wardrobe in Bennet's apartment.
3x19	Shades of Gray	Referencing to Sylar and Samson who's surname is both Gray.	In Claire's microwave.
3x20	Cold Snap	Referring to Tracy's power.	In Tracy's Building 26 cell.
3x21	Into Asylum	The "Asylum" is referred to the church where Peter and Angela hide.	In an alley where Peter and Angela land.
3x22	Turn and Face the Strange	Unknown	In the bag where the fake Sylar is closed.
3x23	1961	Refered to the year where Angela, Charles, Daniel and Bob form the Company.	On a skull in Coyote Sands.
3x24	I Am Sylar	Referring to Sylar's use of shapeshifting to be others yet wanting to be himself.	On Sylar's arm writtem by Telekinesis.
3x25	An Invisible Thread	Referencing to the fact the main characters all come together to cremate Sylar and are bound by invisible threads.	On an airplane.
4x00	Volume Five: Redemption	In this volume some characters look for redemption.	In Kent Harper's Apartment and At Joseph's funeral.
4x01	Orientation	Referred to Claire's orientation in the new school.	Claire at the college
4x01B	Jump, Push, Fall	This episode is named after the test that makes the police to see if a person has committed suicide or was murdered.	HRG opens the refrigerator to give drink to Peter.
4x02	Ink	Referred to Samuel's power to manipulate the ink.	Samuel with his power.
4x03	Acceptance	Hiro's accepting his faith and has to deal with his mistakes and accepting his dying	The Tracy's bath.
4x04	Hysterical Blindness	Seen Emma explaining this to her mother, abit how her power is described in the old days, synthesia	The floor of the Carnival.
4x05	Tabula Rasa	Tabula Rasa means "blank slate" in Latin. This refers to Sylar's blank mind.	Hiro's bed hospital.
4x06	Strange Attractors	Referring to an issue of science that concerns attractors that although the same have nothing in common, just like Claire and Gretchen.	The tents of Parkman's house.
4x07	Once Upon a Time in Texas	Referred to the fact that Hiro went back in time in texas.	Hiro back in Texas.
4x08	Shadowboxing	The title of the episode refers to both Becky's invisibility and the rivalry between Matt and Sylar.	The "Sylar"'s trailer.
4x09	Brother's Keeper	The title is due to the relationship between Peter and his brother Nathan and Joseph and his brother Samuel.	On Carnival's lights.
4x10	Thanksgiving	Reported that eponymous American holiday celebrating the players during the episode.	On windows and on the wall of the apartment of Peter.
4x11	The Fifth Stage	Angela tells Peter that there are five stages of grief, and he's taking the fifth.	On a black background.
4x12	Upon This Rock	Referring to the rock where Samuel and Joseph would go when they were young.	The floor of the Carnival.
4x13	Let It Bleed	Referring to Claire's want to feel pain after she is cut.	The wall of Petrelli manor.
4x14	Close to You	Unknown	The floor of Noah's apartment.
4x15	Pass/Fail	Reffering to Hiro's dream sequence court-room case.	A table in Noah's apartment
4x16	The Art of Deception	Samuel's deception of the carnies and the true identity of Lydia's killer	A stair in Sullivan Bros. Carnival.
4x17	The Wall	Referred to the wall which behind are locked Sylar and Peter in the dream.	A strett in Sylar's telepathic dream.
4x18	Brave New World	The state of the world after Claire exposes her ability.	The floor of the Carnival.