Spoiler:Five Years Gone

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String Theory
Season:	One
Episode number:	120
Planned airdate:	April 30, 2007
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Next spoiler:	The Hard Part

This article contains spoilers about Five Years Gone. For general spoilers about upcoming episodes, see Spoiler:Heroes.

NBC Blurb

Having stolen the sword and teleported five years into the future, Hiro and Ando bear witness to a grim, harrowing future for the "heroes"--Thrown five years in the future, Hiro (Golden Globe nominee Masi Oka) and Ando (James Kyson Lee) discover that people with extraordinary abilities are not only widely known about--after the destruction of New York City and the deaths of millions--but are being registered, imprisoned, hunted and even killed as "terrorists." As the President takes his first step towards a "final solution," the pair get swept up in what could be the "Heroes" final battle and encounter a range of new and darkly familiar faces. If they survive the experience, can they still get back to the present and save the world? Santiago Cabrera, Jack Coleman, Noah Gray-Cabey, Greg Grunberg, Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Adrian Pasdar, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Leonard Roberts and Milo Ventimiglia also star. Stana Katic, Jimmy Jean-Louis and Zachary Quinto guest star.

Published Spoilers

• 4/23 -- Things have sure changed in 5 years in the future: Nathan is president and he picked some of his fellow heroes to join his cabinet: Mohinder as his chief medical adviser, and Matt is the man in charge of Homeland Security. Matt's takes his job seriously, his number one goal is to stop the country's most wanted terrorist: Hiro Nakamura (TV Guide)
• 4/11 -- According to herosite, Andy is played by Kellan Lutz.
• 3/20 -- Adrian Pasdar: "There's an episode (called 'String Theory') that happens five years in the future, and it's a possible outcome of what situations now might dictate in the future. It's not a definite, finite reality, but it's a possibility." Kristin Veitch
• 3/4 -- All the heroes die in episode 20. (Kristin Veitch)
• 3/3 -- Bryan Fuller confides to Ain't It Cool that episode 20 is his favorite to date, noting "everyone's future is some bleak [Expletive deleted]." (Ain't it Cool News)
• 2/28 -- Ausiello reveals some information about episode 120. (Ask Ausiello)
• 2/19 -- TVGuide.com interviews Adrian Pasdar (Nathan Petrelli) about his character's marriage and interactions with Niki / Jessica. Some hints from Episode 120 are given as well. (TVGuide.com)

Notes

• Many sites are reporting this episode as being titled Five Years Gone. NBC has not confirmed this.

Fan Theories

• The location of Peter's scar will most likely be revealed in this episode.
• String Theory is a possible explanation unifying general relativity and quantum mechanics in physics. This episode might have a similar theory as to how the formula works. It could also refer to the possibility of alternate futures instead of a destined future.
• The fact that Santiago Cabrera is credited for this episode means that Sylar failed to take his brain.
  • In the past though people have been credited even though they were killed as to not reveal who was going to be killed.
• Hiro will contact his future self while in the future, which would be allowed with interpretations of String Theory.
• Hiro connects pictures in his room with string. How these pictures connect together are a map of the space/time continuum and a list of the things Future Hiro needs to fix.
• Claire hooks up with some guy named Andy. Andy is played by Kellan Lutz, who is seen kissing a brunette Claire in a sneak preview.