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Moral ambiguity

Under orders, Mr. Bennet shoots his friend and partner Claude, who is believed to have been hiding an evolved human.

In Heroes, both normal humans and people with extraordinary abilities often must make morally ambiguous choices. These choices are sometime trademark of "anti-heroes".

Memorable Quotes

"I'm comfortable with morally gray."

- Mr. Bennet (to Thompson) (Company Man)

Season One Recurrences

Don't Look Back

One Giant Leap

Collision

  • Niki is forced to seduce a politician to pay a large debt.
  • Hiro and Ando cheat at gambling at the Montecito Casino to earn extra money.
  • Mr. Bennet kidnaps Nathan Petrelli.
  • After Brody's attempt to rape her and accidentally 'murdering' her, Claire attempts to injure Brody by crashing his car.

Hiros

  • Mr. Bennet removes certain memories from Brody's brain.
  • Ando stalks Niki, ending up at her house.

Better Halves

Nothing to Hide

Six Months Ago

  • Eden McCain breaks the law, and prevents Matt Parkman from doing his job.

Fallout

  • Eden gives Isaac a pass card allowing him escape from Mr. Bennet in order to change the world.
  • Eden attempts to use her power to have Sylar commit suicide, however, her plan backfires and she kills herself in order to keep Sylar from obtaining her power.
  • Mr. Bennet abuses the Haitian's powers.
  • The Haitian does not follow Mr. Bennet's orders and asks Claire to keep a secret.

Godsend

The Fix

  • Micah steals to provide for his family.
  • Kaito Nakamura abducts Hiro and Ando.
  • Matt lies to save his job.
  • Claire and her father continue lying to each other.

Distractions

Run!

  • Hiro and Ando impersonate hotel employees and trespass in order to help a seemingly distressed showgirl.
  • Nathan offers Meredith some money, but wants nothing to do with his daughter.
  • Meredith offers Claire money, but only a quarter of the full amount.
  • Matt does not turn some diamonds over to the authorities so he can solve a mystery.

Unexpected

Company Man

Parasite

  • Hiro steals the sword from Linderman's archives.
  • Isaac returns to drug use.
  • Jessica lies to D.L when he confronts her with a picture of Nathan Petrelli.
  • Mr. Bennet lies to his superiors, and desires to take the Company down.

.07%

  • Linderman proposes to "heal" humanity by using a tragic event that will kill millions to unite the billions who remain. Less than .07% casualties is an acceptable loss.
  • Candice appears to be Niki and kidnaps Micah.

Five Years Gone

The Hard Part

Landslide

Season Two Recurrences

Four Months Later...

Kindred

The Kindness of Strangers

  • Micah using his power to steal a pay-per-view wrestling match.

The Line

Out of Time

  • Mohinder accuses Bob of being "morally gray".
  • Mohinder is unable to distinguish between what is right, and what is wrong.
  • Matt traps Maury in his own nightmare using telepathy.

Cautionary Tales

  • Again Mohinder states to Bob that he cannot distinguish between right and wrong and that he is unable to pick a side.
  • Mohinder kills Noah to protect Bob and Elle.
  • Noah and Bob each kidnap the other's daughter.
  • Matt uses his ability to take advantage of the minds of Molly, Fuller, and Angela.

Truth and Consequences

  • Mohinder chastises Noah for his irrationality in trying to take down the Company and defends their efforts to help people. Later, however, he reveals his knowledge of Strain 138 to Bob and criticizes the actions of the Company.
  • Maya defends Sylar for "accidentally" killing his mother based on her own experience killing Alejandro's wife.
  • Peter and Hiro, formerly allied to save the world from catastrophe, now find themselves opposing each other based on each of their experiences with Adam Monroe.

Season Three Recurrences

The Second Coming

One of Us, One of Them

I Am Become Death

  • Peter takes Sylar's ability in order to change the future.

Cold Wars

  • Noah Bennet tells Angela that he's always been fine with morally gray.

1961

An Invisible Thread

  • Noah and Angela convince Matt to use his ability to wipe out Sylar's memories and replace them with Nathan's memories.
  • Six weeks after the events that take up the majority of the episode, Tracy Strauss seemingly reappears and drowns a former Building 26 agent.

Graphic Novel Recurrences


Recurring Themes edit

Character connectionsChild vs. parentDeathFaith and religionFamilyFate vs. free willHeroismIronyLogic vs. emotionLonelinessLoyalty vs. treacheryMoral ambiguityOne punch knockoutPressure of responsibilityRevengeSacrificeSecrets and deceptionSpecialWomen in Refrigerators

See Also: References