Talk:Dr. Witherson

The psychiatrist's name is actually Dr. Witherson, not Dr. Withers. If you listen when she says her name, you almost miss it, but you can hear her say "son" at the end of her name. If you check NBC's "Heroes" page, you'll also see that her name appears there as "Witherson".

• Actually, I'm pretty sure she says is "My name is Dr. WithersandI'm a psychiatrist". The lack of a pause makes it sound like "Witherson". As for the NBC.com caption ... well, they said D.L. was the Haitian in a caption for Hiros, so it's safe to assume they're usually smoking crack. But if anybody has access to closed captioning, we can double check.--Hardvice (talk) 02:47, 31 January 2007 (EST)
  • Although now that I can relisten to it with headphones, it does sound kind of like "Witherson". Hmmm.--Hardvice (talk) 03:17, 31 January 2007 (EST)
    • That's a tough call. Relistening to the episode (thanks Hardvice!), it's hard to tell. Anybody have closed captioning? There was a spoiler that called her Dr. Withers, too. Where did that come from? - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 08:05, 31 January 2007 (EST)
      • The character was referred to as Dr. Withers in trailers and spoilers. As far as the NBC thing goes: haha, yeah that definitely puts some question to their ability to get the cast names right, however that was a mislabeled picture-- as far as character names go, they haven't gotten those wrong yet (e.g., calling Claire "Bennett" instead of "Bennet". On the NBC site in one of the picture galleries it says "Niki decides to work with Dr. Witherson to help assure a future between her and her son. Dr. Witherson asks to speak with Jessica. When Niki refuses, the doctor threatens that she won't see Micah for a long time if she doesn't cooperate." (nbc.com) My guess is that they had the name "Withers" chosen for the doctor earlier, but decided on "Witherson" during filming, which really isn't too uncommon a thing! - Vangogh414 (talk) 09:10, 31 January 2007 (EST)
    • I listened to it again and I'm pretty sure she says "Dr. Witherson." I also checked my the initial version of the synopsis I added here and I had Witherson there, too, so I heard Witherson both times. On the other hand I see plenty of references to Dr. Withers in other places and don't see references to Dr. Witherson. Hmm. (Admin 09:22, 31 January 2007 (EST))