Family

Family
The Petrellis work on Nathan's campaign as a family.

Loyalty to, and responsibility for one's family is a driving force in the lives of many evolved humans.

Families

The Bennets	The Deveauxs	The Ellises
The Gitelmans	The Hawkinses	The Nakamuras
The Parkmans	The Petrellis	The Sanderses
The Spragues	The Sureshes	The Walkers

Episodic Recurrences

Genesis

• Mohinder Suresh seeks answers about his father Chandra's recent death.
• Niki Sanders struggles to take care of her son Micah.
• Nathan Petrelli worries how his family will affect his campaign, including his brother Peter's beliefs he can fly, and his mother Angela's theft problem.
• Simone Deveaux takes care of her dying father Charles.

Don't Look Back

• Peter Petrelli is lied to by his brother Nathan, regarding his powers.
• Claire Bennet talks to her adoptive parents, Mr. and Sandra Bennet, regarding her biological parents.
• Niki neglects Micah when her powers cause her problems.
• Angela Petrelli tells Peter than his father committed suicide.
• Mohinder discovers that his father named a lizard after him.
• Matt Parkman and Audrey Hanson investigate the murder of James and Mrs. Walker.

One Giant Leap

• Niki Sanders discovers information regarding her husband D.L. Hawkins' past.
• Paulette Hawkins defends her son, despite mounting evidence of his guilt
• Matt realizes that his relationship with his wife Janice is not perfect.

Collision

• Niki and Nathan discuss their children
• Nathan cheats on his wife with Jessica, Niki's alter-ego.
• Peter and Mohinder muse that we are all imperfect copies of our parents.

Hiros

• Mr. Bennet attempts to protect Claire, with help from his Haitian associate.
• Matt and Janice Parkman discuss their marital problems.
• Niki and her estranged husband D.L. meet again.

Better Halves

• Claire and her adoptive mother bond as they make cupcakes.
• Niki and D.L. talk about the $2 million that is causing them problems, and make up for the time being.
• Claire meets Hank and Lisa, who claim to be her biological parents. Later, it is revealed that they were acting.
• When Jessica acts up, Niki and D.L. fight, resulting in D.L. taking Micah.

Nothing to Hide

• Simone's father Charles Deveaux passes away.
• As Niki searches for her son, Micah, he calls out for help.
• Theodore Sprague worries about his comatose wife Karen.
• Matt learns that his friend Tom McHenry was sleeping with his wife Janice.

Seven Minutes to Midnight

• Mohinder travels back to India for his father's funeral.
• Mohinder decides to continue his father's research once again, after some insight has set in.
• Mohinder learns he has a sister, Shanti, who passed away when she was five.

Homecoming

• Nathan attempts to protect Peter from a prophetic painting painted by Isaac.
• Mr. Bennet attempts to protect Claire from another painting of the same collection.
• As Jessica plots revenge, Micah convinces D.L. that Niki needs their help.

Six Months Ago

• Hal Sanders, Niki's father, visits Niki.
• Niki mourns Jessica, her sister who died at age 11.

Fallout

• Nathan waits for Peter to be released from the Odessa Sheriff's Department.
• Mr. Bennet explains to Claire his secrets, but goes behind her back and modifies the memories of Sandra Bennet, her brother Lyle, and wishes to modify Claire's memory.
• Niki turns herself into the police to protect her family.

Godsend

• While Peter recovers in the hospital, his family watches vigil. Nathan tenderly kisses his comatose brother and expresses his love for him.
• Hiro recalls stories his father told about Takezo Kensai.
• Matt and Janice decide they need to reconcile their marriage and be honest with each other.
• Niki yearns to hug her son.

The Fix

• Financial troubles cause familial strains for Micah and D.L.
• Claire searches for her biological family.
• Matt and Janice find out their family will be growing.
• Hiro is abducted by his father.

Distractions

• Claire meets with her biological mother for the first time.
• Hiro confronts his father and sister.
• Niki has childhood memories of Jessica playing the piano.
• Simone remembers her father.

Run!

• Claire seeks advice from her birth mother, and has mixed feelings about her birth father.
• Sandra does not recognize her own family.
• Micah tells his parents they should persue their abilities together and fight crime as a family, but Jessica has other ideas.
• Matt takes the bodyguard job in order to provide for his wife and unborn child.

Unexpected

• Matt and Janice have a spat over stolen diamonds.
• Mr. Bennet feels he is doing what's best to protect his family.

Company Man

• Mr. Bennet adopts a supposedly orphaned infant Claire fourteen years earlier.
• Kaito Nakamura takes his son Hiro with him to New York to give Claire away.
• Mr. Bennet attempts to save his family from Ted Sprague and Matt Parkman.
• Mr. Bennet sends his daughter away with the Haitian to protect her from the The Company.

Parasite

• Mr. Bennet confides in his wife, who turns out to be Candace Willmer using her powers of illusion.
• Mohinder, upon discovering Sylar is not Zane, lists his father's murder as one of the reasons he hates Sylar.

Graphic Novel Recurrences

• Mohinder's grandmother tells Mohinder Suresh religious stories about Kali, but his father is a man of science. (Monsters)
• After taking the same job his father held, Mohinder vows to "slay the monster" that killed Chandra Suresh. (Monsters)
• Hiro Nakamura, feeling he has disserviced his grandfather's memory, visits the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, and decides to leave his job to be a hero. (The Crane)
• Spurred by love of his family, D.L. Hawkins learns to phase through walls to escape the Nevada State Penitentiary . (Snapshots)
• Matt Parkman punches the man who is sleeping with his wife. (Control)
• Eden's father leaves his wife and daughter. Eden's stepmother tells Eden that she was the cause of his departure. (Life Before Eden)
• In a fit of anger, Eden causes the death of her stepmother. (Life Before Eden)
• Mr. Bennet breaks the news of Eden's heroic self-sacrifice to her disaffected father. Though initially uncaring, he becomes remorseful for his daughter's death. (Fathers & Daughters)
• After witnessing the deaths of her mother and grandmother, Hana Gitelman attempts to honor her foremothers' legacies by joining the Israeli Defense Forces. (Wireless, Part 1)
• Spurred by the memory of her grandmother's fierceness in World War II, Hana escapes a Tanzanian jail. (Wireless, Part 3)
• Hana remembers her mother's lighthearted attitude and her grandmother's pride. (Wireless, Part 4)
• Ted is both depressed and inspired by the death of his wife. (How Do You Stop an Exploding Man?, Part 1)
• Micah defends his mother's honor. (Bully)
• Hana feels good about her actions when she sees a family walking together. (The Path of the Righteous)
• Mr. Bennet gains a daughter. (Hell's Angel)