Episode:The Second Coming
| The Second Coming | |
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| Season: | Three |
| Episode number: | 301 |
| First aired: | September 22, 2008 |
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| Written by: | Tim Kring |
| Directed by: | Allan Arkush |
| Previous episode: | Powerless |
| Next episode: | The Butterfly Effect |
Summary
- The man who shot Nathan was revealed.
- Nathan is visited in the hospital by a familiar face.
- Hiro receives a message from his father and meets a "speedster".
- Claire is visited by Sylar.
- Matt is sent against his will to a distant location.
- Mohinder learns something amazing because of Maya.
- Hiro sees his death by an unlikely person.
Story Development
Synopsis
Four years in the future in Manhattan, NY, a different Peter is running down a rain-soaked street and runs into a building where he is confronted by a different Claire. She points a gun on Peter. Peter says he's going to go back to "the day they all found out." Claire answers back by saying its too late. Peter argues life wouldn't be the same if "they" never found out about the special powers they have. Claire said she made peace with it and that he never did. Peter wonders what happened to her. Claire says she's different and special. Peter swears he can fix everything. Claire considers this for a moment but then she says she's sorry and that she always loved him and she fires her gun at Peter's face. Peter freezes time steals the gun, and teleports away to the present.
In the present, Future Peter grabs a cap and a coat. He takes the gun and walks to the press conference where Nathan is about to announce to the world all about the heroes and their special powers. Future Peter stops this by shooting Nathan twice in the chest. He takes off with the present day Peter and Matt Parkman in pursuit. Before ducking into a bathroom, Future Peter stashes the gun in a closet. Peter and Parkman chase Future Peter into the bathroom. Peter enters first and Matt enters next. They "lose" him. Parkman wonders if Peter got a good look at him. Peter says no.
In the Bennet's home, Claire is watching the news of the shooting. She grabs a phone and calls Peter who is in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. She wants to help with her miracle blood but Peter tells her to stay put. A news reporter on the television says there are no leads to the cause of the shooting.
At St. Joseph's Hospital of Odessa, the doctors work frantically on Nathan as Peter watches from outside the room. He turns away. As time passes, a doctor emerges and tells Peter, "I'm sorry." Peter walks in and looks at Nathan's bloody body. He tries not to cry. He kisses Nathan's head. Suddenly, Nathan sits upright.
In Yamagato Industries, Japan, Hiro is staring into space. He looks at a clock and plays with time, sending it back and forth. Ando enters, calling Hiro "sir". Hiro says not to call him that. Ando says that Hiro's dad made him own fifty-one percent of the company, a fleet of planes and a pile of money so he feels like he needs to call Hiro "sir". Hiro says that money won't show him his destiny. After saving the world, twice, he's now a man without a quest. He's bored and he says it's not like destiny is going to come knocking at his door. Just after Hiro says that, there's a knock on the door. Hiro's family lawyer hands him a DVD message from his father that he recorded before he died, concerning his destiny.
Memorable Quotes
"Are you gonna eat it?"
"Eat your brain? Claire, that's disgusting."
Character Appearances
Trivia
- The original airing is the first episode not to end with the words "To Be Continued...", instead it ends with two title cards, one saying: "Heroes Continues..." and the other saying "NOW!" It was replaced with "To Be Continued..." when it appeared on iTunes.
See Also
- For images from The Second Coming, see images from The Second Coming.
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