Episode:The Butterfly Effect
| The Butterfly Effect | |
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| Season: | Three |
| Episode number: | 302 |
| First aired: | September 22, 2008 |
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| Written by: | Tim Kring |
| Directed by: | Greg Beeman |
| Previous episode: | The Second Coming |
Summary
- Sylar murders Bob.
- Tracy's power is revealed.
- Noah and many prisoners of Level 5 escape.
- Nathan takes up on Tracy's offer.
- Angela takes control of the Company.
- Mohinder experiences the side effects of his new found abilities.
- Meredith returns to protect Claire.
Story Development
Synopsis
Sylar, who murdered Bob Bishop and took his power, confronts Elle Bishop at the Company and twelve villains, including Peter Petrelli stuck in the body of Jesse Murphy, escape due to their ensuing battle, which cause her to be fired from the Company. Meanwhile, Claire Bennet finds out more about her ability and Ando Masahashi travels with Hiro Nakamura to Paris in pursuit of Daphne Millbrook, the speedster who stole half of the formula. Hiro puts a tracking device into one of Daphne's medals so he and Ando can track her every move during a "failed" plan to exchange the medal for the formula.
Meanwhile, Tracy Strauss, who mysteriously looks exactly like Niki Sanders, asks Nathan Petrelli to be a Senator, which he agrees to. When she is annoyed by a reporter who tries to get her to admit she was a stripper, she freezes him, and he dies as he shatters on the ground, which cause her to be very shocked by this event.
Peter Petrelli (future) (II) confess his crime to his brother and Nathan forgives him. Nathan also learn that only he can see and hear Daniel Linderman's ghost.
When Maya Herrera returns to Mohinder Suresh's loft (his lab), she witnesses him hanging from the ceiling, using his newfound abilities - and watches as he jumps down, unharmed, and even climbs back up the wall (in an insect type of fashion) and expresses how he's excited with the results of his new transformation, but soon changed his mind after he witnessed that he's starting to shed his skin.
Matt Parkman continues his trek into the African Desert where he meet a mysterious guide named Utusu who seems to know Matt very well.
Angela Petrelli try to warn Peter that trying to change the future can be very dangerous, but Peter refuse to listen. After the discussion, Angela visits Sylar, who has been captured, in his cell at Level 5 and reveal to him that she's his mother.
Memorable Quotes
"Speaking of sin . . . "
"Just having a little fun . . . "
- - The German (To Peter, trapped in Jesse's body)
"My name is Sylar...and you are not my mother..."
"But I am, dear...I am..."
- - Sylar and Angela Petrelli
"What were you doing???"
"What did it look like, huh? Trying to get hit by a train!"
Character Appearances
Trivia
- Angela's precognitive dream was first seen on the Season Two DVD. It was originally intended for a Season Two episode.
- In the original airing of this episode, the opening credits were incomplete because they were already shown in the previous episode. According to a blog post by Greg Beeman, more credits will be added on the Season Three DVD.
- The name of the episode references A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury. In the book, a time traveler kills a butterfly in the past; when he returns to the present, his world has become a nightmare of oppression.
See Also
- For images from The Butterfly Effect, see images from The Butterfly Effect.
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| See Also: Volume One Episodes • Volume Two Episodes • Volume Three Episodes • Volume Four Episodes • Volume Five Episodes • Heroes Reborn Episodes • All Episodes |
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