Episode:Hiros

Hiros
Season:	One
Episode number:	105
First aired:	October 23, 2006
Previous episode:	Collision
Next episode:	Better Halves

When a change comes, some species feel the urge to migrate. They call it sukenra (sp?) a pull of the soul to a far off place. Following a scent in a wind, the star in the sky. The ancient message comes calling the kindred to take flight and gather together. Only then can they hope to survive the cruel season to come.

Synopsis

Hiro and Peter are still on the subway train. Hiro tells Peter that he has a message for him, but doesn't have a lot of time since he's risking a rift just being there. He tells Peter that they have the "save the cheerleader" and to go see Isaac because he'll understand. He tells Peter that when Hiro calls he needs to tell Hiro where to meet him. Hiro leaves and ther train returns to normal time.

Claire is being rushed into the emergency room. There's blood on her, but she's otherwise fine. She looks over and sees Brody in much worse shape before she's wheeled away.

Mr. Bennet and the mysterious man are dragging Nathan through a parking lot. Mr. Bennet's phone starts to ring and in the distraction Nathan attacks the two men and takes off running. He's stopped by a fence which he's unable to climb in time. They catch up to him and Nathan tells them they might as well shoot him since he's seen their faces and he will come back and kill them. Mr. Bennet isn't concerned and tells the mysterious man to "put him down". Before that can happen Nathan takes off flying straight up into the clouds before jetting away.

Niki is woken up in Nathan's hotel room by Nathan's aide. The aide forces Niki to come with him as he chastises the hotel management (who work for Mr. Linderman). The manager offers to let the aide review the security tapes with them. Niki accuses them of "doing something to her", but the woman denies it. She shows Niki the tape of them in bed. She tells Niki to go home and that her debt with Mr. Linderman is paid.

Back on the train Peter is trying to explain his encounter with future Hiro to Mohinder. Mohinder doesn't believe Peter. Peter tries to convice him to come back to Isaac's loft with him, but Mohinder refuses and tells Peter to "go home."

Mrs. Parkman frantically speaks to someone on the phone. She's trying to find her husband who never came home. She walks into the living room and finds Matt waking up on the sofa. She hangs up and yells at him for being out so long. He thinks he must have drank too much and passed out, but she tells him he was gone for a day. She tries to ask him where he was, but he can't remember. She tells him how she was worried he was dead.

A truck stops on the side of a road by a diner. The door opens and Hiro and Ando are thrown out onto the ground. The truck drives away as Ando tells them they dont know who he's messing with. They walk inside the diner where Hiro wonders if they have pancakes. Ando complains about having been beaten up and blames Hiro for not stopping time and getting them out of it. Hiro believes this is payback for abusing his powers to cheat calling it the "Dark Side". Ando begins doubting why he came along and scoffs at Hiro's suggestion that they're there to save the world. Ando claims he's not miserable there, he's miserable hanging out with Hiro. Hiro tells him to just go on his own if that's what he wants. Ando walks out of the diner. Hiro starts looking out the window and sees Nathan come flying into the parking lot skidding as he touches down. Nathan walks into the diner still in only his pajamas where everyone looks at him. Nathan asks if he can borrow a cell phone and asks the waitress for a t-shirt and cup of coffee. Hiro watches Nathan in awe.

Matt and his wife talk and try to understand how they're feeling about each other and the problems in their relationship. Matt tells her they're calling in sick today and to get dressed.

Hiro sits down next to Nathan and introduces himself. He calls Nathan "flying man", but Nathan claims not to know what he's talking about. Hiro promises to keep his secret and tells Nathan that he can bend time and space and teleport into the future. Nathan dismisses him. Hiro explains how he saw an explosion in New York in the future and tells Nathan that he's going to stop it. A car honks outside and Nathan starts to leave the diner. Before leaving, Nathan asks Hiro if he happens to know if he won the election. Hiro remembers seeing the newspaper in the future and tells Nathan that he does win. As Nathan is leaving, Hiro asks if he could get a ride. Nathan agrees.

Mr. Bennet comes to see Claire in her hospital room. Claire admits that she didn't actually lose control of the car and crashed the car on purpose. Mr. Bennet tells Claire that she needs to start trusting him. She admits that she lied about what happened at the bonfire and tells him that Brody tried to force himself on her. She apoligizes for lying and tells him that she's not the only one he's done this to. He tells him he can't tell anyone and Mr. Bennet assures her that "nobody's going to know a thing."

Peter shows up at Isaac's loft, but Isaac doesn't want to see him. He's upset that Peter took Simone from him. Peter tells Isaac that he believes he can paint the future and that he's supposed to have the answer. Isaac claims not to know what Peter's talking about. Peter looks around at Isaac's painting and finally finds the one he painted of the cheerleader running away from the large shadow.

Nathan arrives back in the city and lets Hiro out. Hiro returns to the garage with his rental car, but doesn't know how to drive it.

Returning to the hotel, Nathan runs into Niki and they discuss what happened the previous night. Niki claims that person wasn't her and isn't who she wants to be. Niki tells Nathan that they have a video tape from last night and will use it to blackmail him.

Peter is arranging a beautiful dinner for his wife taking advantage of his telepathy to sense what it is exactly she wants. It's so perfect that she gets suspicious and asks who "she" is accusing him of having an affair since he was missing for a day. She says this is the best date they've had in a long time. She starts coming onto him and they begin making out.

Mr. Bennet walks into Brody's room at the hospital and pulls back the curtain. He introduces himself to Brody who threatens to sue him. Brody claims it was no accident and that Claire crashed the car on purpose. He confronts Brody about trying to rape Claire. Brody tries to deny it and Mr. Bennet says he trusts his daughter. Brody claims Mr. Bennet doesn't know his daughter and he tells him that he knows his daughter even better than she knows herself. Brody gets mad and tries to call the orderly, but Mr. Bennet stops him and tells him that Claire is very special and she doesn't need someone making things even more confusing for her than they are now. He says he should kill Brody, but instead says he's going to let Brody forget all the things he's done and wake up in a new life. He pulls back the curtain revealing the mysterious man. He tells the man to "hollow him out" and "take everything."

Peter arranges the paintings in Isaac's loft and realizes it's telling a story like a comic. He believes all the people in the paintings are coming together to help the cheerleader. There's an unfinished painting and Peter tells Isaac that he needs to finish the painting to see what happens. Isaac tells him he's out of drugs and money to buy them. He asks Peter for money. Peter looks at the missing sectioin of the painting and starts to envision what's supposed to be there. He tells Isaac that he can finish the painting. Peter closes his eyes and concentrates. When he reopens them, his eyes are glazed white like Isaac's are while he's painting.

Claire enters Brody's room in the hospital and tells him what he tried to do to her was wrong, but what she did to him was also wrong. Brody doesn't recognize her and can't understand why she keeps calling him Brody.

Niki returns to her friend's house for Micah and is met by several police officers who are looking for D.L. They claim D.L. was seen at a convenience store about an hour ago. They say that they had him in custody two days ago, but he slipped out of his handcuffs. Niki asks the police for protection. A man approaches the back door and the police hide. The door opens and Ando enters only to be greeted with pistols aimed at him.

Nathan checks out of the hotel and is asked by the manager if he is alright. He expresses displeasure at the security there. He asks them about the tape they made of him and Niki and she tells him that it's a favor he'll be repaying one day. She explains that if that tape got out it could be damaging to his campaign. Nathan tells her to give him his 4 million so he can return to New York. She reminds him that the agreement was 2 million. Nathan smoothly claims that Mr. Linderman must really want him in office to be going through this much trouble to ensure that he stays in line and that 4 million will get him into office.

Memorable Quotes

"2 million dollars makes me a candidate in your pocket. 4 million makes me a congressman."

- Nathan Petrelli

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