Episode:The Hard Part
| The Hard Part | |
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| Season: | One |
| Episode number: | 121 |
| First aired: | May 7, 2007 |
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| Written by: | Aron Coleite |
| Directed by: | John Badham |
| Previous episode: | Five Years Gone |
| Next episode: | Landslide |
Summary
- Hiro and Ando attempt to stop Sylar.
- Sylar returns home to visit his mother.
- Ted, Matt, and Mr. Bennet continue their journey to New York to disable the Company's tracking system.
- Mohinder joins Thompson and searches for a cure for Molly Walker.
- D.L. and Jessica look for Micah.
- Peter tries to persuade Claire to stay and help him prevent the explosion.
- When his resolve in Linderman's plan falters, Nathan receives encouragement from a surprising source.
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Story Development
| Virginia Gray · |
Synopsis
After finding out that Isaac's new comic book is incomplete (it has pictures but no words), Hiro and Ando decide to return to Isaac's apartment.
Sylar is still painting the future at Isaac's apartment, and visualizes that he will become the bomb that kills approximately half of NYC. Sylar then phones Mohinder for help, trying to understand why he would do such a thing. Mohinder tries to get Sylar to turn himself in instead of trying to help. He calls 911 on his cellphone and Sylar hears this and hangs up. Sylar calls his mom instead and she agrees for him to come home and visit her.
Hiro and Ando arrive while Sylar is on the phone in the next room. They notice Isaac's dead body and that Sylar is in the next room, so they hide behind one of Isaac's paintings, but Sylar hears their heartbeats. Just before Sylar telekinetically moves the painting away, Hiro teleports himself and Ando to the outside alley. Sylar leaves to his mother's apartment and they follow him there.
Peter talks to Claire at the Petrelli mansion, trying to convince her to stay in NYC and help him, when Claire remarks how Peter's potential exploding is like Ted's ability. Claire explains to Peter and Nathan about what happened with Ted. Peter hands Claire a gun and tells her to shoot him in the back of his head (his apparent vulnerable spot) if he starts going nuclear. After Peter and Claire leave, Nathan calls Linderman, and tells him that he thinks they have a new problem.
Mr. Bennet, Ted and Matt are at a snow-covered car lot to get a car to take them to NYC. Mr. Bennet stops Matt from phoning home and say that they can't take the chance of contacting anyone. Ted defrosts the car with his power of induced radioactivity and they leave.
Mohinder meets with Thompson, who convinces him to help Molly, a girl with the ability to locate people and whose parents were killed by Sylar. Molly has a blood disorder, the same one as Mohinder's sister Shanti.
Nathan meets with Thompson in his campaign office. They are currently discussing Ted, and Nathan is upset about not being told everything. Meanwhile, Peter and Claire arrive to visit Nathan, but Claire sees Thompson and decides not to go in. She explains to Peter that her adopted father, Mr. Bennet, used to worked for Thompson.
Back in the Gray's household, Sylar arrives wearing the same glasses as he did when he was just a watchmaker. He decides to fix one of his father's old clocks, and his mother laments on how watchmaking is not a real profession and suggests that he become an investment banker. He asks his mother to say it's okay that he doesn't have to be special and can just remain a watchmaker. However, his mother refuses, saying she knows Sylar is special and he could even be President if he wanted to. So Sylar shows his mother just how special he is by creating a snowglobe combining his powers of cryokinesis and telekinesis. His mother is very impressed; but when he cuts her by accident with one of the snowglobes, she gets upset and locks herself in her bedroom.
D.L. and Jessica go to Linderman's casino looking for Micah. Together, they discover that Linderman has been keeping tabs on their family for years, and conclude that they are some sort of science experiment for Linderman. They also find that Linderman has left for NYC and decide to follow him there to continue their search.
Meanwhile, Micah, who is being held at in a skyrise building, discovers that Candace is impersonating his mom. He tries to escape, but Candace changes the appearance of the corridors such that he cannot find a way out.
Peter and Claire run into Matt, Mr. Bennet and Ted on the street. Peter absorbs Ted's ability and tries to control it.
Back at Mrs. Gray's apartment, Sylar convinces his mom to leave her bedroom, but she tries to kill Sylar with scissors and gets killed in self-defense. Just then, Hiro freezes time, enters the room and is about to kill Sylar with his sword when time resumes and Sylar catches the sword with his left hand. Sylar freezes the sword and tells Hiro to finish him. When Hiro cannot, Sylar say Hiro will have to then be killed instead. Just then, Ando comes through the door and distracts Sylar. Hiro grabs Ando and teleports them back to Isaac's apartment, but the sword has been broken in half from the freezing.
Memorable Quotes
"Mom you're not even listening to me!"
"I am listening..."
"No, you're making a tuna sandwich."
Character Appearances
See Also
- For images from The Hard Part, see Images from The Hard Part.
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