Episode:Building 26
| Building 26 | |
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| Season: | Three |
| Episode number: | 316 |
| First aired: | February 16, 2009 |
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| Written by: | Rob Fresco |
| Directed by: | Sergio Mimica-Gezzan |
| Previous episode: | Trust and Blood |
| Next episode: | Cold Wars |
Summary
- Nathan's plans are justified to the President.
- Sylar and Luke Campbell continue their trip towards Sylar's father.
- Claire receives a mysterious tip from "Rebel", urging her to save Alex from Noah.
- Hiro and Ando travel to India to fulfill one of Matt's drawings.
Synopsis
Noah and his family are at home, eating waffles, where Lyle asks him about his new job as a "consultant". Simultaneously, Claire receives urgent text messages from "Rebel". After Sandra comments that neither Noah nor Claire have said anything about her college tour trip, Claire abruptly leaves the table. Noah makes an excuse for her and follows. They argue, and Claire states that she can't act like nothing has happened or keep lying to her mother. Noah tells her that she has to play ball or else they will come for her and nothing will stop them. He then tells Claire he has enrolled her in Costa Verde Community College. As he leaves her room, she receives another text message from Rebel, telling her to warn "Alex" at Sam's Comics.
Danko is in the control center of Building 26, discussing surveillance efforts and the status of their operation. He stares at a wall of photographs of evolved humans, while telling his men Claire is "on probation"- for now. Nathan comes in and states that the evolved humans are still human- and now they're scared and thus even harder to capture. He announces that due to this, and the difficulty of holding their one and only prisoner, he's requested double funding from The President. There is palpable tension between the two men.
Elsewhere, Sylar and Luke are in the car heading west to find Samson Gray. After some attempts at small talk by Luke, Sylar asks how far they have to go. Luke lies, causing Sylar to stop the car and demand Luke tell him where exactly his father is. He states that his father lives in Minnesota in a cabin. Sylar knows that he's lying and Luke attempts to laugh it off. Then he says he has an ex-wife and they had a kid who was born with a bone-disease- another lie. Sylar grabs him by the throat and states that he knows he's lying because he cuts off people's heads and rips their ability from their brains, causing Luke to say that Sylar is a serial killer. Sylar denies it at first, before agreeing. He then asks Luke why he shouldn't just kill right him on the spot- to which Luke replies, "you'll never find your father if you do." As they drive off, a camera on the overpass takes a still photo of Sylar. Immediately, a Homeland Security agent loads his assignment tracker profile and determines his location.
Claire finds Alex in Sam's Comics, just as "Rebel" said she would. When she delivers her warning message, an incredulous Alex mocks her, saying that Victor put her up to this for revenge and she'll have to do a better job to convince him. Claire seizes a box cutter from the counter and cuts open her hand- the deep gash heals before his very eyes, and Alex stares at her in wonder. The door opens and Claire looks around to see her father. She and Alex beat a hasty retreat behind the shop before Alex walks into plain sight. Noah claims he's from the county recorder's office and wants to talk about some parking tickets outside, when Claire calls her father as a diversion. While Bennet is distracted, Alex smashes him over the head with a rack of comics and he and Claire retreat. Noah regains his feet and calls in a team while the two teens speed off in Alex's car.
In New Delhi, India, Hiro and Ando seek their destiny as shown by Matt- to stop a wedding. Whilst Hiro leaves to find out when the wedding start, Ando looks up from the picture and spots a familiar-looking woman. He goes after her, and she reveals her name is Annapurna. Ando discovers she's sad, and tells her to call off the wedding. She gasps, saying she was waiting for a sign from God before making her decision. Ando, using his power, creates a shower of red sparks from his hands. Just as Anna is thanking Ando for being the sign, Hiro returns. He hears Annapurna say that the wedding is off, but he is crestfallen- Ando has stolen the show.
Back in Building 26, Danko and Nathan meet Abby Collins. She informs them their operation is worrying the president's handlers, and oversight has been moved to DHS. She is there to suss out what exactly it is that they're up to. Danko resents the intrusion of yet another politician, while Nathan suggests a tour. Believing her to be a representative of the president, he states his funding request is to be spent on a new reinforced prison for their highly dangerous inmates. She responds mockingly, calling evolved humans "magic". She states that time traveling and mind reading are fiction. Nathan asks who she works for, and she replies she's his new boss.
Luke is trying small talk with Sylar in the car again. Sylar tells him that continues trying to be his friend, he'll kill him. Luke asks him if he likes birds. Caught off-guard by the non-sequitor, Sylar responds curtly. Luke explains Samson Gray loved them, and that he wondered if it's genetic. Old, bad memories surface for Sylar at the mention of a little red wagon, and Luke tells Sylar that his father sold him for money. Sylar ponders what sort of a father would do that, and why his father would tell Luke such a thing. Luke posits that he must have reminded the old man of him.
Meanwhile, Abby finds Tracy Strauss in a heat-generated room being shackled to a chair and she states that she is not an enemy and storms out, revealing that she is filing rights against Nathan.
Claire tells Alex she was sent to warn him that the agents were coming for him. She guesses he is on a list and it's because he has a power. She asks what power he has, and he replies he can breathe underwater, and he's glad he met someone else who has a power because he felt like a freak. Claire orders him not to use his cell phone or credit cards, when she spots a car making its second pass. They run behind a bush for cover whilst a team of agents swarm the car.
Anna, Hiro and Ando are sitting at Anna's restaurant and she tells them her betrothed is a powerful and dangerous man. She leaves for a moment, and Ando notices Hiro is angry at him. Hiro believes he needed to stop the wedding; it was his chance to regain his powers. Ando said he found a way to save her, and that Hiro is just jealous of being his sidekick. The discussion is cut when Ando interrupts an argument in the kitchen between Anna and Deepak, who had walked in a few minutes before. An enraged Deepak knocks Ando over the head with a pan and carries him off.
Sylar and Luke are eating in a restaurant when Luke uses his powers on a cup causing it to erupt. Sylar tells him to stop and Luke says it was just a joke, and Sylar says he shouldn't use his powers for fun, only if there is an objective. He also advises Luke not to have emotions, and have motivation for what you want. Sylar reveals his motivation was for acquiring abilities, and all he wants now is to find his father. Sylar states he will find out from his father what has happened.
Luke gives Sylar an address and Sylar states there's nothing to keep him from killing him now. As two members of a team approach casually walking into the diner, Sylar and Luke are surrounded and Luke tries to fake it out by stating that he wants to see his mother. Luke distracts one of the armed man and Sylar uses telekinesis to disarm the members, break a window and escape in a car, leaving Luke behind. Luke is captured and Sylar looks into a window menacingly.
Anna states that she must marry him or else Ando will die. During the wedding Hiro stops it and knocks her fianceé down with a weapon and he calls the wedding off. Hiro then states that this is the moment in the painting and yells "yatta!". Claire and Noah are discussing what she was doing today, and Noah says if he can't control her then she will be in danger, and Claire states she can't be controlled.
Abby states the operation is shut down and Nathan explains why it shouldn't be. Tracy starts to escape and they go to check it out. She has a hostage but before he can escape she freezes him, and he shatters against the wall. Abby looks in shock whilst Tracy is sedated and recaptured; she then tells Nathan he will have all the funding he needs.
Claire and Sandra are in the kitchen together, when Sandra asks her if she and her father had any fun at all. Claire says that he was busy capturing innocent people and that he isn't a consultant, but instead working with people to capture people with abilities. Sandra asks if she's talking about the Company but she says that it's something much worse since they're taking anyone with an ability, not just the bad ones. Noah suddenly walks in the house and asks what is going on. As Claire goes upstairs, Sandra says she knows what he has been doing. Noah says she has no idea how difficult it is for him, and that if he is not helping them, Claire is a target.
Tracy is shackled to the room again and Nathan states she won't escape ever again, Tracy defends herself saying that it was all a ploy to get Abby to see her ability.
Danko's team is preparing to move out when their vehicle is being attacked by something unknown, causing much rumbling. Sylar then emerges, having disguised as one of their members, and rescues the drugged Luke.
In India, Ando tells Hiro he was right, but Hiro objects he was wrong, and now he can be a hero without his powers. Anna states that their names were similar because a fax from "Rebel" came in, stating that they should "Save Matt Parkman" as being a message from "destiny".
Claire and Noah are talking and Noah states he is moving out to become a better person, father and husband, and to not tell lies. They reconcile, and it turns out Alex is taking refuge in Claire's home.
Luke thanks Sylar for rescuing him and he says he didn't come back for him but he came back for the address. Luke says he could have left him, but Sylar turns on music and Luke smiles.
Nathan and Danko are discussing the evolved humans that Danko has captured, and Nathan says an innocent man had to die, revealing that Danko had let Tracy escape. Danko says he was doing it to protect the agency.
Noah is in a hotel bar drinking whiskey and thinking about his future, when his vision begins to blur. As he passes out, Matt Parkman, Peter Petrelli, and Mohinder Suresh enter the bar and carry him away.
Memorable Quotes
"Wow. So you're like a serial killer."
"I'm not a serial killer."
"But you've got a pattern. You go after specific victims. You collect mementos."
"Okay, technically, I'm a serial killer. Now that we've established that, give me one good reason why I shouldn't tear open your head right here."
"If there is one thing I've learned it's that when destiny calls, you answer the phone!"
- - Hiro
"Luke. You really got to stop trying to be my friend, or I'm gonna kill you."
- - Sylar
"So, what, you always use your powers for a reason?"
"Usually. Sometimes I disappoint myself."
"Are you Alex?"
"You're a girl."
"I know you're lying"
"Well, I did learn from the master"
"Do you have any idea what happens, if they think I can't control you anymore."
"That's the thing, Dad. You can't."
"This woman is Tracy Strauss and you have her shackled to a chair!"
"That's why we need better funding."
Character Appearances
Trivia
- The songs "Psycho Killer" by the Talking Heads and "Born To Be Wild" by Steppenwolf are played on Sylar's car radio.
See Also
- For other uses of Building 26, see Building 26 (disambig).
- For images from Building 26, see images from Building 26.
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