Union Wells High School
| Union Wells High School | |
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 Students converse on the bleachers at Union Wells High School. | |
| Location: | Odessa, TX |
| Purpose: | Education |
Union Wells High School is located in Odessa, TX. The school mascot is the Wildcat. The school color is red.
Notable Locations
- The athletic center
- The football field
- Locker room
- Physical education center
Notable Students
- Cynthia Acosta
- Claire Bennet
- Kristy Chan
- Tamara Greeer
- Brody Mitchum
- Jody Kidd
- Darlene Price
- Lori Tremmel
- Bethany Wheelock
- Jackie Wilcox
- Zach
Notable Faculty
Notable Visitors
- Mr. Bennet (Homecoming)
- Angela Bromstad (Godsend)
- Audrey Hanson (Fallout)
- Ando Masahashi (Fallout)
- Hiro Nakamura (Fallout)
- Odessa deputy (Homecoming)
- Matt Parkman (Fallout)
- Peter Petrelli (Homecoming)
- Sylar (Homecoming)
About
Don't Look Back
The cheerleading squad of Union Wells is questioned by the police, who are looking for the girl who saved a man from a recent train wreck. Claire keeps silent as Jackie takes credit. Later, Claire and Zach walk across the football field. Zach tells Claire that her tape is missing. She is then tackled by Brody Mitchum, who breaks her neck. Before anyone (other than Zach) sees this, Claire realigns her neck, healing it instantly.
One Giant Leap
Mr. Bennet drops Claire off at the high school. Later, by the lockers, Zach asks Claire about the missing tape. Claire says she just wants to be normal. The school holds a bonfire, which Claire and Brody attend. They talk privately by the bleachers; Brody attempts to rape Claire, but instead knocks her over, lodging a branch in her brain.
Collision
The day after the bonfire, Zach suggests that Claire tell someone about Brody's rape attempt. Claire declines, saying there are no marks and no one would believe her. Later, Lori Tremmel comes up to Claire, asking what happened last night and saying she isn't the first girl Brody has exploited. After school, Claire asks Brody for a ride home.
Seven Minutes to Midnight
Claire meets Mr. Bennet at the paper factory, asking for large paper to make a banner for the school.
Homecoming
Although, according to Jackie, she crippled the school's star quarterback, Claire is named Homecoming Queen by the votes of the unpopular students and Zach's campaigning. Later, at her locker, Zach gives Claire a copy of Activating Evolution. When Jackie teases Zach about his sexuality, Claire decks her.
That night, Peter is looking at a trophy case that contains a newspaper clipping about Jackie's heroism. Claire runs into Peter and they have a conversation. Claire enters the locker room, where she meets Jackie and the others cheerleaders who are preparing for the Homecoming game. Jackie and Claire get into an argument, and the lights are suddenly turned off. Claire senses danger and tries to escape with Jackie, but Sylar finds them, throwing Claire against a wall. He starts to remove Jackie's brain. As Claire regenerates, Sylar realizes his mistake and leaves Jackie to die. Claire runs into Peter in the hallway, where he helps her escape. He ultimately falls with Sylar off the roof of the school, to his apparent death. At the stadium, a frantic Claire runs into Mr. Bennet. Peter is arrested by the police outside the school.
Six Months Ago
Jackie offers Claire a position on the Union Wells cheerleading squad.
Fallout
Matt and Audrey investigate Jackie's murder scene. Later, Hiro and Ando visit the school and, upon seeing the scene, realize they didn't save the cheerleader. Later, Claire meets up with Zach at the football field and destroys her tape.
Godsend
Angela Bromstad reports that Union Wells has reopened for the first time since the Homecoming Dance. There is a memorial to Jackie near the lockers. Claire attempts to befriend Zach again.
The Fix
Claire tells her father that she and Zach are working on a school project about manatees.
Distractions
Claire and Zach convince Mrs. Bennet to let them skip school to visit an aquarium to research the manatee, a cover to meet Claire's birth mom.
Notes
- There is no school called "Union Wells High School" in Odessa.
- The wildcat mascot of Union Wells may be related to the panther mascot of the very real Permian High School in Odessa, TX. Permian High School is the basis of the NBC show Friday Night Lights, which features panther as its mascot, reminiscent Union Wells's wildcat mascot.
Trivia
- In promotional images and in Genesis, Claire's cheerleading uniform bears a Trojans mascot, not the Wildcats mascot. In an interview, Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite mentioned the change was made to match the real-world mascot of the school which is used as the filming location for Union Wells.
Gallery
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Union Wells's mascot is the wildcat. -
Students gather in the high school hallways. -
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