Secrets and deception

Many characters in the Heroes universe hold secrets.

Recurrences

Genesis

• Niki keeps her job at lasvegasniki.com a secret from her son Micah.
• Nathan Petrelli keeps his mother's shoplifting buried from the press.
• Claire Bennet keeps her power secret from her family.

Don't Look Back

• Nathan keeps the truth of his powers secret from his brother Peter.
• A man wearing a jumpsuit poses as an exterminator to hide his true intentions to Mohinder Suresh.
• Claire does not reveal that she is the hero responsible for saving a man from a train wreck, but her friend Jackie Wilcox takes the glory.
• Jessica asks Niki to keep the secret of Linderman's thugs' disappearance.

Collision

• Brody does not tell anyone the events that happened at the bonfire.
• Claire pretends not to remember what Brody did to her, and puts his life in danger seeking revenge.
• Mr. Bennet and the Haitian kidnap and modify the minds of several evolved humans.
• Hiro and Ando cheat in a Las Vegas casino

Hiros

• Miss Sakamoto reveals that Nathan and Niki's rendezvous was to obtain blackmail material.

Better Halves

• Hank and Lisa pose as Claire's biological parents, on request of Mr. Bennet.
• The reason D.L. Hawkins was sentenced to prison was for crimes Niki committed.

Graphic Novel Recurrences

• Mr. Bennet secretly spies on Mohinder Suresh. (Monsters)
• After saving a girl from a burning building, Nathan Petrelli flees so he can keep his ability to fly secret. (Trial By Fire)
• Jessica Sanders doesn't tell D.L.'s crew how she ripped off the safe door at Linderman's sports book. (Stolen Time)
• Officer Matt Parkman doesn't tell anybody how he is able to apprehend the armed robber. (Control)
• Sylar deceives Audrey Hanson into shooting the wrong man . (Turning Point)
• Mr. Bennet orders the Haitian to erase Eden's father's memory. (Fathers & Daughters)