Matt Parkman
| Matt Parkman | |
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| Portrayed by | Greg Grunberg |
| First appearance | Don't Look Back |
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| Known ability | Telepathy |
| Formal name | Matthew Parkman |
| Gender | |
| Age | 35 |
| Home | New York, NY; formerly Los Angeles, CA |
| Residences | formerly a single-family home in Los Angeles, CA, currently Mohinder Suresh's apartment in Brooklyn, NY |
| Occupations | NYPD Detective, formerly a private security guard |
| Significant other | Janice Parkman (divorced) |
| Children | Matthew (in a possible future), Molly Walker (ward) |
Matt Parkman is a detective in the New York Police Department, though he had immense trouble getting to his desired position because his dyslexia made it difficult for him to pass the entrance exam. He is an evolved human with the ability to read minds.
Character History
Season One
For an episode-by-episode summary, see Matt Parkman: Season One History.
Matt Parkman is an officer for the LAPD, busy securing a crime scene, when he discovers he has the power of hearing people's thoughts. This enables him to locate a missing girl. However, upon mentioning the name "Sylar", Matt is arrested, but proves to Audrey that his power is real, and goes to work for the FBI. Meanwhile, after a row with his wife, Matt goes to a bar, collapses, and wakes up strapped to a table in a medical facility. Mr. Bennet instructs a mysterious man to "clean [Matt] out." Later, he discovers he has two marks on his neck, something he shares in common with Ted Sprague, the FBI's newest target.
Obsessed with Mr. Bennet, Matt orders a SWAT raid on Primatech Paper Co., which ultimately proves to be a bust. He is suspended from his job, takes a job as a body guard, and take some diamonds. Desperate, Matt joins with the fugitive Ted to confront Mr. Bennet in his own home. When things turn sour, Matt is apprehended by the Company, but quickly escapes his cell with Bennet's help. He joins with others to head to New York City and destroy the Walker System, and is horrified to learn that the system is actually Molly. Matt uses Molly's locating ability to hunt down Sylar at Kirby Plaza. However, just as he shoots the serial killer, Sylar telekinetically stops the bullets and flings them into Matt's abdomen, leaving him wounded.
Four Months Later
Matt is next to a door informing people that they should not hold hostages. He breaks open the door with his squad and shoots the captors. He then comes to a room where both people are saying that the other is the hostage. Matt reads the minds of both and shoots the correct person. It turns out that this is a drill and is evidently a test for the position of detective. Detective Fuller congratulates him on becoming a police officer of the NYPD and gives him his badge.
Later Matt, now Molly's guardian, picks her up from school. Miss Gerber shows Matt frightening drawings that Molly made of eyes intertwined with the symbol and informs him that she thinks Molly is living in a bad environment due to his recent injuries and divorce from Janice.
At their new residence, Matt and Molly eat pizza. He tries to get Molly to talk about her drawings and her nightmares but she refuses. She is critical of Matt on his promotion to detective because of his unfair advantage over the other applicants. When pressed on the pictures that she drew in school she becomes upset and screams. Later he uses his telepathy to listen to Molly's dream and discovers that she is dreaming about the someone who can see her. She awakens and tells him that the person in her dreams is extremely dangerous, and if Matt tries to go after him he will die.
Powers
Matt has the power of telepathy, the ability to hear thoughts. It is not yet known whether he possesses other telepathic abilities, such as the ability to project thoughts. Matt sometimes is unable to control his abilities, and can be overwhelmed by intense thoughts.
Equipment
- Diamonds--located and kept after Aron Malsky was murdered by Jessica
- Gun--carried by Matt as a police officer and as a private security guard
Notes
- Matt is on the List.
- On the official NBC Heroes page for Matt Parkman, a link hidden in the monitor on the squad car displays a video clip of an unaired incident of Parkman using his powers to locate a man speaking in a foreign tongue under a grate in the floor. This scene is from the unaired 72 minute version of In His Own Image shown at SDCC 2006.
- In an interview, Greg Grunberg insinuates that Matt is Jewish.
Trivia
- In an interview, Jason La Padura said that originally, the prototype for Matt's character was Ryan Phillippe in Crash.
- Matt's NYPD detective badge is number 8954.
See Also
- For other uses of Matt, see Matt (disambig).
- For other uses of Matthew Parkman, see Matthew Parkman (disambig).
- For Matt Parkman as he appeared in the dark future, see Matt Parkman (future).
- For the article about Matt's son in a possible future, see Matthew.
- For other members of the Parkman family, see Parkman (disambig).
- For articles related to Matt, see Related Articles:Matt.
- For images of Matt, see Category:Images of Matt Parkman.
Fan Theories
Please refer to Theory:Matt Parkman for fan-created theories and other speculation.
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