Kirby Plaza

Kirby Plaza
Location:	New York City

Various people meet at Kirby Plaza

Notable Visitors

• Claire Bennet
• Noah Bennet
• Cockroach
• D.L. Hawkins
• Hiro Nakamura
• Matt Parkman
• Nathan Petrelli
• Peter Petrelli
• Micah Sanders
• Niki Sanders
• Ted Sprague
• Mohinder Suresh
• Sylar
• Thompson
• Molly Walker

About

Five Years Gone

Sylar, posing as Nathan Petrelli stands in the remnants of Kirby Plaza has he gives his speech commemorating the five year anniversary of explosion.

The Hard Part

Mohinder and Thompson meet to talk about Mohinder helping Molly Walker. Later, Peter shows Claire prophetic images of Ted at Kirby Plaza. The two go there to wait for Ted's arrival. Mr. Bennet, Ted and Matt arrive to take out the Walker Tracking System where they run into Peter and Claire. Peter gets too close to Ted, absorbs his ability and struggles to control it.

Landslide

Peter controls his newly acquired ability from Ted. Claire and her father discuss the future and their lives while walking around the plaza. Peter, Ted and Matt discuss the plan for the two "radioactive" men to leave New York City. Meanwhile, Sylar listens in on the conversation and is keyed in on the events to come.

How to Stop an Exploding Man

At Isaac's loft, Sylar paints a painting of him and Peter at Kirby Plaza.

At Kirby Plaza, Mr. Bennet and Peter walk around, searching for Sylar. Peter suggests that Sylar's hiding in plain sight, but when Peter turns his head, Sylar sneaks up behind Bennet and telekinetically crashes him into a wall. Peter faces Sylar and Sylar chokes Peter with telekinesis, saying that he won't let Peter take all the glory. Matt walks up to Sylar and shoots four bullets at him, but Sylar quickly stops them in mid-air and shoots them into Matt's chest. Micah, Molly, Niki, D.L., and Mohinder run out of the Company's facility and arrive at Kirby Plaza. Mohinder hears Matt's cry of pain and rushes to help him.

While choking Peter, Sylar moves a traffic meter into his hand and hits Peter with it. Niki, knowing she can help, runs up to Sylar and snatches the traffic meter from him, giving him a whack in the stomach. Micah calls for his mother, saying that D.L. needs her help, and Peter tells her to go back to her family. Peter then goes to Sylar and brutally punches him in his face, leaving his face dripping with blood. Peter's hands begin to glow and Sylar looks at him, laughing.

Hiro teleports to Kirby Kirby Plaza and appears behind Sylar. He calls his name and quickly runs up to him, impaling him with Ando's sword. Sylar falls on the ground wounded. Hiro walks up to Peter and Peter says that he can stop him from exploding by killing him, but before Hiro can do anything, Sylar makes his final move and throws Hiro towards a building. Before Hiro crashes, he teleports away. Sylar remains on the ground and sees images of his previous victims as he taps into precognition, then his eyes go white.

Claire arrives and goes to her father. She takes his gun from him and walks up to a glowing Peter, pointing the gun at him. Peter commands her to shoot him because she's the only one who can. Claire wishes that there is another way, but Peter instructs her to shoot him, telling her that there is no other way. Suddenly, Nathan flies in between Peter and Claire and lowers Claire's gun, telling her that the future isn't written in stone. Peter tells Nathan that he took Ted's power and can't control it or do anything. Nathan tells Peter that he's not leaving him and that he can't let everyone else die. He tells Peter that he saved the cheerleader, so they could save the world. Nathan grabs Peter and flies him up into the atmosphere where Peter finally explodes in a bright light. After the commotion is over, Matt is carted away by EMTs and Molly runs to him, asking him not to die because he is her hero. She is held by Mohinder as Matt is loaded into an ambulance. Bennet asks Claire if she's ready to go home, but she recalls that their house is burned down. Bennet reminds her that home is wherever their family is. Claire jokingly asks if her father has a plan. Bennet nods. A streak of blood from from where Sylar laid to an open manhole stretches across the plaza. A cockroach crawls on the manhole cover.

Suddenly, Hiro is seen falling (from the sky, presumably) and lands on the ground in a grassy field. As he gets up and realizes where (and/or when) he is, he hears a shouts from over the hill. Hiro watches as Takezo Kensei and his soldiers march over the hill toward him. Hiro notices The Symbol on a banner that one of Kensei's soldiers is holding. Just as Kensei and his army draw nearer, everyone (including Hiro) an notices an eclipse in the daytime sky. At this, Hiro remarks, "!@#%" (assumed to be a profanity, as the on-screen captions showed only this and not an actual English translation of Hiro's comment).

Trivia

• According to Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite, Kirby Plaza is named for Jack Kirby, a famous and influential artist for Marvel and DC Comics.
• The location used for Kirby Plaza is actually the Arco Plaza in downtown Los Angeles at 515 South Flower St, the old Bank of America building, now City National Plaza. The orange statue is called "Double Ascension" by Herbert Bayer. [1]
• The orange sculpture strongly resembles a DNA strand.

Gallery

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  Sylar paints a glowing man in front of the noticeable orange steps.
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  Peter draws Ted outside the recognizable steps, alerting him to his location.

See Also

• For the remnants of Kirby Plaza in the dark future, see explosion memorial.