Examples of telepathy

Telepathy is the ability to to mentally control functions of the brain. A full list of examples of the power in action follows.

Season One

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Matt hears Molly calling out for help.... ...and overhears Audrey thinking the name Sylar. (Don't Look Back) Matt listens to his wife's wishes... ...and practices listening to bar patrons, including a lonely woman with thoughts of "disappearing". (One Giant Leap) Matt's attempts to read Mr. Bennet's mind show wild brainwave fluctuations. (Collision) Matt uses his power to prepare the perfect dinner for his wife... ...and is overcome by the mental cacophony in the convenience store. (Hiros) Matt learns of Janice's affair telepathically... ...and hears Karen Sprague's dying thoughts. (Nothing to Hide) Matt overhears Tom McHenry's thoughts in the precinct locker room... ...and his police work is aided by his power. (Control) The telepathic officer interviews Ted at FBI Headquarters. (Seven Minutes to Midnight) Peter and Matt experience a disturbing feedback loop... ...and when Matt tries to read Claire or Noah's mind with The Haitian present, only hears an absence of sound and a static... ...but his intense telepathic concentration results in a single word,"Sylar", and a nosebleed... ...later Audrey thinks Matt is cute--and Matt hears it. (Fallout) Janice tests her husbands ability by thinking of red elephants with blue stripes and of the ratty curtains in their old apartment... ...and when Matt faces disciplinary action, but uses his secret skill to guide his responses. ...Later Matt telepathically learns that he's having a baby. (The Fix) Peter mimics the ability to read minds. (Distractions) Matt hears Malsky thinking that he hopes Matt knows how to use a gun... ...telepathically learning that the diamond exchange is a trap... ...and as Niki and Jessica argue, Matt overhears both sets of thoughts. (Run!) Though Matt can hear Mr. Bennet's thoughts, he can't understand them--they're in Japanese. (Company Man) Matt verifies Mr. Bennet is telling the truth about his memory loss for Thompson and Candice Willmer. (Parasite) While in one cell, Matt receives instructions from Mr. Bennet who is in another cell. (.07%) Future Matt listens to Hiro's thoughts... ...and gets up close and personal with Mr. Bennet (future) in order to find Claire's location. (Five Years Gone) Peter hears Sylar's thoughts about Ted's ability... ...and uses his ability to convince a guard to let himself and Mr. Bennet through security... ...and hears Thompson's thoughts on killing Mr. Bennet, preventing Bennet's death. (Landslide) Peter hears Claire's thoughts... ...then Nathan's. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

Season Two

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Matt's skills help him decipher a hostage from a kidnapper... ...and later listens to Molly's dreams, and hears a scary voice. (Four Months Later...) Matt perceives that Angela is keen to his tricks when she tells him to 'Get out of my head!'... ...later Maury gives Angela a nightmare. (Lizards) Peter hears Will's treacherous plans. (Kindred) Peter also hears Caitlin's thoughts. (Petrified Lightning) Matt reads Molly's thoughts after she is put in a comatose state from Maury... ...later When Angela confesses to Kaito's murder, Matt knows she's lying. (The Kindness of Strangers) Matt tries to read his father's mind... ...but the attempt ends in feedback and pain... ...then induces nightmares in both Matt... ...and Nathan... ...who struggles with his disfigured alter ego... ...but he doesn't realize that he's really fighting Matt... ...until Matt sends him a telepathic message to wake up. (Fight or Flight) Maury causes Molly to have nightmares about cockroaches. (Molly's Dream) Maury induces a nightmare in Niki, in which she sees D.L. telling her that she will never have a life before he is shot by Bob. (Out of Time) Peter uses telepathy... ...and recovers his lost memories of Angela, his mother. (Out of Time) Maury Parkman's telepathy... ...causes Niki to see D.L. die in her arms... ...then Maury brings Matt into the same nightmare he trapped Molly in... ...but Matt calls Maury... ...and returns the favor... ...leaving Maury trapped in his own nightmare... ...comatose... ...while Molly recovers. (Out of Time) Matt puts the thought of finishing her cereal into Molly's head... ...and she finishes her cereal. (Cautionary Tales) Matt later causes Detective Fuller to decide... ...to give him 24 hours to talk to Angela Petrelli... ...and even commands Angela... ...to answer his questions truthfully, causing her nose to bleed. (Cautionary Tales) Peter discovers the location of Strain 138 by reading Victoria Pratt's mind. (Truth & Consequences) Matt receives instructions from Angela to kill Peter if he has to... ...then Matt commands Peter to go after Adam... ...but Peter is immune to his tricks... ...afterward, Matt causes the people at Nathan's press conference to listen to Nathan. (Truth & Consequences)

Season Three

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Matt tries to read Peter's mind... ...but Peter blocks his thoughts... ...the intensity causes a major headache. (The Second Coming) Nathan thinks he's playing chess with Linderman, but it's just a telepathic illusion. (The Butterfly Effect) Peter tries to read Nathan's mind. (I Am Become Death) Maury creates images of Linderman in Daphne's mind, but Linderman isn't really there... ...Daphne later proves this to be true by swiping some files through the figment. (Angels and Monsters) Peter reads Angela's mind... ...and sees the Pinehearst logo. (Dying of the Light) Arthur Petrelli reads his eldest son's thoughts... ...and later telepathically convinces Angela to say, "It has to be done. Nathan has to die." (Villains) Arthur telepathically communicates with Dr. Livitz. (Villains) Matt reads the mind of Angela, who is in a coma. (It's Coming) Matt reads Daphne's mind... ...then he listens to Hiro, but doesn't understand what he's thinking. (The Eclipse, Part 1) Matt disarms Heather's assailant. (Almost Famous) Matt, with Usutu's help, Matt's mind reaches a new level. (A Clear and Present Danger) Matt uses his power in Russellville to make several precognitive drawings. While under Matt's control... ...Gibson fires on his own men. (Trust and Blood) Matt interrogates Noah with his power... ...he sifts through Noah's memories to find the ones he wants. (Cold Wars) Matt paints... ...in Isaac's loft. (Cold Wars, Exposed) Matt forces a Building 26 security guard to tell him where Nathan's operations are... ...and Peter forces a Building 26 employee to leave the operations room. (Exposed) Matt uses telepathy to force two guards to point their guns at Danko. (Exposed) Matt reads the thought of a bomb squad member... ...and hears the instructions to defusing the bomb that is strapped to him. (Shades of Gray) Matt uses his power on Danko's team to help him, Mohinder, Tracy, and Daphne escape Building 26. (Cold Snap) Matt uses his power on an ER doctor. (Cold Snap) In order to give Daphne a storybook ending, Matt creates illusions of Paris... ...and in the illusion, he flies Daphne to the moon. (Cold Snap) Matt implants thoughts in Danko's head... ...and later makes Alena think that Danko and him work together. Matt forces Danko to confess all his sins to Alena. (Turn and Face the Strange) Charles Deveaux uses telepathy to make Arnold forget that he had danced with Angela Petrelli. (1961) Matt keeps agents from noticing his family hiding in plain sight. (I Am Sylar) Matt uses telepathy to trick an agent into letting him and Angela pass to the top floor of Stanton Hotel. (An Invisible Thread)

Season Four

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After Matt changes who Sylar is, the old Sylar shows up in Matt's head. (Jump, Push, Fall) After weeks of sobriety, Matt succumbs to using his power to bribe Roy. (Jump, Push, Fall) Matt reads Keppler's mind... ...and later tells Mike to forget about his antics. (Ink) Matt uses telepathy on his own body... ...making "Sylar" trip. (Shadowboxing) Later, Matt condemns Sylar to death... ...by causing him to pretend to raise a gun at the police. (Shadowboxing) Sylar returns to his old body against Matt's will. (Brother's Keeper) Matt uses his power on Officer Ramsey, telling him to forget about what happened and give Matt all his clothes. (Brother's Keeper) Under Bennet's coercion, Matt uses his ability... ...to persuade Vanessa into talking to them about Samuel. (Close to You) Matt tries to remove Sylar's abilities... ...but he fails. (The Art of Deception) Matt later tries again... ...and is able to get into Sylar's head... ...and sees... ...Sylar's history... ...after seing Sylar's worst nightmare, Matt puts him in his own nightmare. (The Art of Deception) After Peter replicated telepathy, he hears Matt's thought about Sylar... ...and goes into Sylar's head... ...to save him from his nightmare. (The Art of Deception) While inside their dream-world, Sylar fixes watches to pass the time... ...and Peter tries unsuccessfully to get them out. (The Wall) They come upon a large brick wall... ...and upon breaking it... ...and revived back to reality. (The Wall)