Maury Parkman

Maury Parkman
Portrayed by	Alan Blumenfeld
First appearance	Fight or Flight
In-story stats
Known ability	Telepathy
Nickname	Nightmare Man
Gender
Home	Philadelphia, PA
Residence	Maury Parkman's apartment
Child	Matt Parkman

Maury Parkman is the father of Matt Parkman and a member of a group of twelve. He is an evolved human with the power of telepathy and is also the man who Molly has been having bad dreams about.

Character History

How to Stop an Exploding Man

When Matt Parkman asks Molly how her power works, she states that she thinks of someone in her mind and then pinpoints their location on a map. Matt asks whether she can find anyone in the world just by thinking about them, to which she hesitantly responds that she can find "almost anyone", but there's one that she can't. Parkman asks, "is it someone bad, Molly, like the boogeyman?", and she hesitantly responds, "No, he's a lot worse." When Matt asks Molly why she doesn't want to find him, Molly replies in a terrified whisper, "'Cause when I think about him, he can see me."

Four Months Later

When Miss Gerber tells Matt that Molly has mentioned having some terrible nightmares, she shows him some drawings that Molly drew. Each picture depicts eyes alongside the symbol. Later that night while Molly restlessly slept, Matt checks in on Molly, and hears her thoughts. Amongst these thoughts is a male voice, saying "I can see you." When Molly wakes up with a scream, Matt asks her to tell him where the person is, and Molly tells Matt that if she did, the man would kill Matt.

The Kindness of Strangers

After Matt makes a discovery about his father, he asks Molly to find him. When Matt shows Molly a picture, she backs off and asks him to get it away. She states that Matt's father is "the nightmare man." Later that night, Matt is desperate to ask Molly to find him, but Mohinder forbids it. Molly volunteers herself however, and upon finding his location, becomes scared because he could see her. She screams, then blacks out. Matt reads her mind, and notices she is screaming "Help me, Matt!"

Fight or Flight

Maury is suprised when Nathan and Matt kick in his front door. Hearing Nathan call Matt 'Parkman', Maury asks Matt by name if it is really him. Maury wants to know why Matt is there, and Matt asks what he's doing to Molly and what he knows about Kaito's death. Matt quickly disarms Maury and handcuffs him. When Nathan asks why he's armed, Maury motions to the table, where Nathan finds a similar death threat picture to his mother and Kaito. Maury tells Matt that Molly was looking for him, and that he was trying to protect himself. Maury tells Nathan that he met the Petrellis, Linderman, Kaito and others a while ago. When Nathan tells Matt to read his mind, Maury finds it amazing. When Matt tries to read his father's mind, he gets a block and his father tells him that it hurts for a reason, and that he'll explain.

Maury then walks into the kitchen, and through an inner-door on the other side. Matt and Nathan quickly pursue one at a time. Maury proceeds to show them the advanced extent of his telepathic ability. When Matt goes through the door, he appears to be in prison, with haunting visits from his ex-wife Janice and her son. When Nathan follows through the door immediately after Matt, however, instead of being inside a prison with Matt, Nathan is confronted with a nuclear destroyed New York City view, from atop the Deveaux rooftop, and is haunted by his irradiated alter-ego. While these two venues are occurring simultaneously within the room, unbeknownst to one another, Maury returns back out of the room, crosses through the kitchen, and leaves his apartment.

Out of Time

Matt, Nathan, Mohinder, Nikki, and Bob team up to stop Maury, who is in the company building. Maury causes Nikki to have nightmares of D.L.. The nightmares tell Nikki she needs to kill Bob. Maury traps Matt in the nightmare that he trapped Molly in. Matt brings Maury into it as well then leaves trapping Maury in his own nightamre.

Powers

Maury, like his son, is a telepath. However, he is far more adept than his son at using his ability. Besides claiming to be able to read minds, he is able to trap people in nightmarish visions that draw off the victim's own thoughts and memories. He is also able to sense and block mentally intrusive abilities, and damage the minds of people who attempt to do this--such as when he incapacitated Molly when she used her ability to find him, and caused Matt pain when blocking his telepathy.

Memorable Quotes

"So you can find anyone in the world, you just need to think about them?"

"Almost anyone."

"Almost?"

"There's only one that I can't."

"Who's that? Is it someone bad, Molly, like the boogeyman?"

"No. He's a lot worse."

"Then why don't you want to find him?"

"Cause when I think about him, he can see me."

- Matt, Molly (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

"I can see you."

- Maury (to Molly) (Four Months Later)

"Pleasant dreams."

- Maury (to Matt) (Fight or Flight)

Gallery

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  Maury is in a photo of the group of twelve.
• When he encounters Matt and Nathan in Philadelphia, he traps Matt in a nightmarish jail...
  When he encounters Matt and Nathan in Philadelphia, he traps Matt in a nightmarish jail...
• ...where he is tormented by his ex-wife and her child...
  ...where he is tormented by his ex-wife and her child...
• 
  ...while Nathan is shown the destruction of New York City...
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  ...and is attacked by his irradiated alter-ego.
• 
  In her nightmare, Molly beholds cockroaches in the form of Sylar...
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  ...and a threatening representation of "the Nightmare Man" himself.

Notes

• Maury is noted by Molly to be on the third floor of an apartment building in Philadelphia, in room 9.

See Also

• For other uses of the term boogeyman, see boogeyman (disambig).
• For other uses of Maury, see Maury (disambig).

Fan Theories

Please refer to Theory:Maury Parkman for fan-created theories and other speculation.