User:Climby21023/Millie Houston

Millie Houston
Portrayed by	Swoosie Kurtz
First appearance	Cold Snap
In-story stats
Known abilities	Duplication Current duplicated abilities: Bone spike protrusion, Immunity, Levitation, Life detection, Luminescence, Precognition (lost) , Underwater breathing, Water manipulation
Formal name	Millie Belinda Ellison Stewart Houston
Gender
Date of birth	1946
Date of marriage	1965
Home	Washington D.C., formerly Vicksburg, MS
Residence	The Houstons' home
Occupations	Chairperson of Linderman Group, formerly mercenary, formerly Company agent and squad leader
Significant others	Aaron Houston (deceased), Carlos Mendez (deceased, estranged)
Parents	Timothy Stewart (deceased), Adelaide Stewart (deceased)
Children	Isaac Mendez (deceased), Kelly Houston (deceased)
Siblings	Lance Stewart (younger brother, deceased)
Other relatives	Natalie Wells (sister-in-law), Ryan Stewart (nephew)

Millie Houston (née Stewart) is an old schoolmate, friend and colleague of Angela Petrelli. She used to be a company agent and squad leader. She was a famous mercenary in the hidden world of evolved human. After the death of Daniel Linderman, she becomes the chairperson of Linderman Group. She is the wife of Aaron Houston and girlfriend of Carlos Mendez, and mother of Kelly Houston and Isaac Mendez. She is an evolved human with the ability to duplicate object and ability.

Character History

Cold Snap

Millie is sitting in a restaurant, reading a book, when Angela walks in. She makes a comment about Angela being late and then looks up from her book to look at Angela. When she does so, Millie tells Angela that she looks like she has been mugged and her dignity was the first thing to be taken. Angela responds by saying that she has been having a bad day. To this Millie response by telling Angela that she was detained by men with badges, and that they were questioning her about the company that she might or might not have kept. Angela tells Millie that she is in trouble, to which Millie response by saying that she (and others) knew that she has not been the same since Arthur has died. Millie continues by asking, "What did you do?" In response, Angela tells Millie that she is just trying to get her sons out of the trouble that she placed them in. Angela goes on to tell Millie that she needs some clothes, a car and whatever cash Millie has so that she can disappear. Millie tells Angela that she should give herself over to the authorities and just stop running. Angela tells Millie that she is sorry to have bothered her and that it was good to see her; she then gets up to leave. Millie tells Angela to wait and gives her a couple hundred dollars. Angela tells Millie to enjoy her lunch, steals Millie's umbrella and then leaves.

Acceptance

"Nathan" comes to see Millie and asks if she knows anything about the disappearance of her daughter, Kelly Houston. Millie admits she thought Nathan may have been involved and hired a private investigator, who confirmed that Millie bought tickets to London and picked up her luggage using a claim ticket at Heathrow. Millie admits she was an inattentive mother and Kelly grew up to be a spiteful child as a result. She invites "Nathan" to find his own way out.

Later, "Nathan" returns and tells her that he has remembered that he was involved in Kelly's accidental death in the pool. Millie seemingly believes that he's playing some sick game and tells him to go away.

Subsequently, Millie meets Angela for dinner. She tells Angela what "Nathan" told her and Angela apologizes for her son, saying he hasn't been himself recently. Millie receives a call from her hired assassin, who has abducted who they believe to be Nathan, taken him out into the woods, and killed and buried him. Millie offers a toast for "closure". After the meal with Angela, she waits for the assassin, and murders him by using metallized bone spike.

Evolved human Abilities

Millie possesses the ability to duplicate object and ability. She is able to replicate herself like cloning, but she could only replicate two or three clones.

Abilities Duplicated

The following abilities were duplicated by Millie:

• Bone spike protrusion from Linda Tavara.
• Immunity from Linda Tavara.
• Levitation from Abu Aswan.
• Life detection from Lukas Bahn.
• Luminescence from Dee H.
• Precognition from Byron Bevington. (lost)
• Underwater breathing from Hatori Sayuri.
• Water manipulation from Lance Stewart.

Notes

• Millie's was deprived of her precognitive power by Isaac.
• Although Millie is the mother of Isaac Mendez, she never marry with Carlos Mendez.

Trivia

• In writer Bryan Fuller's 2003-2004 series Dead Like Me, the protagonist's alter ego was also called "Millie".
• Millie only appears in episodes written by Bryan Fuller, probably due to the friendship between Fuller and Swoosie Kurtz, who portrays Millie.