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| Genesis | 101 | 09/25/06 | Upon learning of his father's murder in NYC, genetics Professor Mohinder Suresh begins to look into his research for a clue as to why he was killed// When he follows his father's trail to New York City, however, Mohinder learns that someone else is after the same research- someone who may kill to protect the secrets of the next step in human evolution// Ordinary people all around the world are starting to suspect that they have abilities beyond those of normal humans// Introducing: Peter Petrelli, a young hospice-worker who dreams of flying (without a plane); his brother Nathan Petrelli, a ruthless politician who does NOT want a crazy brother to ruin his election chances; Artist Isaac Mendez believes that he is painting the future, because his paintings all seem to come true; High school cheerleader Claire Bennet is making a tape of herself, doing literally death-defying stunts; Japanese businessman Hiro Nakamura tries to convince his friend Ando that he can bend space and time; single mother Niki Sanders starts seeing strange things in mirrors. | Writer: Tim Kring/ Director: Dave Semel | |
| Don't Look Back | 102 | 10/02/06 | Los Angeles Police Officer Matt Parkman is working crowd control at a murder scene when he alone begins to hear the muffled cries of a little girl somewhere in the house// Claire's heroism brings her unwanted attention// Peter comes closer to learning the truth about his and Nathan's powers// Hiro finds a comic book which leads him to Isaac. | Writer: Tim Kring/ Director: Allan Arkush | |
| One Giant Leap | 103 | 10/09/06 | Claire's romantic fling with the football quarterback takes a nasty turn, when she says "NO"// Hiro convinces his friend, Ando, that it is their destiny to travel to America to save the world- it's right there in the comic-book!!// Nathan uses Peter's accident for his own political gain// Officer Matt Parkman, Mohinder Suresh, and the FBI are all on the trail of the mysterious serial-killer, Sylar. | Writer: Jeph Loeb/ Director: Greg Beeman | |
| Collision | 104 | 10/16/06 | After her night with Brody, Claire wakes up in the morgue// Matt meets a couple of men who seem to know too much about him-who ARE these guys??// Mohinder finds one of the heroes// Hiro's plan backfires in Las Vegas// Linderman's assistant makes more trouble for Niki just as Nathan arrives in Las Vegas to talk to the crooked casino owner about a campaign contribution// Isaac paints a bleak future for Claire// Peter receives a cryptic message - "Save the Cheerleader, Save the World". | Writer: Bryan Fuller / Director: Ernest Dickerson | |
| Hiros's | 105 | 10/23/06 | Matt tries to use his abilities to help his marriage// Niki, distraught over another blackout, arrives home to learn that her husband, D.L., has escaped from prison// Claire tells her dad about some of the things she's been through lately// Down and out in Vegas, Hiro finally connects with another hero, when Nathan makes an "emergency landing" (very kewl!!)//. Peter must figure out what to do with the mysterious message. | Writer: Michael Green / Director: Paul Shapiro | |
| Better Halves | 106 | 10/30/06 | Hiro and Ando plan to continue on their journey to New York, but they are given a tempting offer by a high-roller while still in Las Vegas// Mr. Bennet, the man in the horn-rimmed glasses (HRG to us fans), arranges a meeting for his daughter, Claire, with her biological parents// Hiro calls Isaac's again, but Peter answers and is able to relay the message from Hiro himself (in the future)// Mohinder returns to India to bury his father, saying goodbye to Eden// Niki receives a surprise visitor at her home. | Writer: Natalie Chaidez/ Director: Greg Beeman | |
| Nothing to Hide | 107 | 11/06/06 | Niki asks a friend for help when her son is endangered// Hiro overcomes his doubts about his heroism// Nathan and his wife come up with a strategy to win the election// Claire finds out what happened to her missing video tape// Matt and Audrey continue their investigation of the serial killer Sylar. | Writer: Jesse Alexander/ Director: Donna Deitch | |
| Seven Minutes To Midnight | 108 | 11/13/06 | While mourning for his father in India, Suresh must determine how (or IF) to proceed after experiencing strange dreams of the past// Niki begins to understand herself (and that other girl!)// As Hiro and Ando continue their trek to New York, they meet up with an interesting person while stopping at a diner(note from cam: i really liked the waitress character, and was VERY put out when they let Sylar get her!!)// Matt and Audrey follow a lead regarding the mysterious Sylar// Claire focuses on getting ready for homecoming // Meanwhile HRG (dad) is occupied with another hero, and urgently requests his help. | Writer: Tim Kring/ Director: Paul Edwards | |
| Homecoming | 109 | 11/20/06 | Events in this episode take place on the day of Claire's Homecoming game// HRG is growing desperate to stop Sylar from coming after Claire// Nathan gets the painting from Linderman, and is horrified by what it depicts// Mohinder's dreams hold secrets about his father// Ando waits at the little Texas diner for Hiro, who still has not returned from the past// Peter must try to save the cheerleader and also himself. | Writer: Kay Foster, Adam Armus/ Director: Greg Beeman | |
| Six Months Ago | 110 | 11/27/06 | Prequel// This episode shows the heroes six months ago// Chandra Suresh, Mohinder's father, arrives in New York looking for special people. He meets up with an individual that embraces the chance to be unique// Peter graduates from nursing school// Nathan plans to prosecute a case that could cause complications for the Petrellis// Niki receives a visit from her father which brings out the worst in her// Hiro tries to alter the future for someone important to him// Claire discovers her abilities right after joining the cheerleading squad, and her father meets up with someone special. | Writer: Aron Eli Coleite/ Director: Allan Arkush | |
| Get It | 111 | 12/04/06 | Peter is in police custody after being mistakenly arrested in Odessa// Nathan bails him out// Claire deals with the implications of telling her father the truth// Matt and Audrey pursue a new lead in the hunt for Sylar, unaware that the killer has been captured by HRG// Hiro and Ando arrive in Odessa, too late to "save the cheerleader."// After Niki learns of Jessica's recent actions , she wants to keep her family safe, so she turns herself in// Mohinder comes back to New York and continues his fathers research// Isaac's painting of the exploding man comes into context with major consequences for the future of a certain hero | Writer: Joe Pokaski / Director: John Badham (!!) | |
| Godsend | 112 | 12/18/06 | Matt reveals his abilities to his wife// HRG confers with Mohinder// Claire tries to make sense of her life// Hiro seeks the sword that he is destined to own// Niki rots in a padded cell// Simone and Nathan are worried about Peter, who has been in a coma for two weeks// Upon awakening, Peter meets an Invisible Man// Micah visits his mother. | Writer: Tim Kring / Director: Paul Shapiro | |
| The Fix | 113 | 01/01/07 | Hiro continues to search for "the" sword while being chased// Claude has something to teach Peter- (use the force, Pete!)// D.L. takes on new family responsibilities, and Matt opens up to his wife// HRG continues to focus on the captive Sylar// Claire seeks out the Haitian and then her birth parents// Mohinder looks for those on the list, and receives a surprise visitor, who offers to help him// A psychiatrist offers to help Niki. | Writer: Natalie Chaidez/ Director: Terrence O'Hara | |
| Distractions | 114 | 02/05/07 | Hiro tries to explain his new heroic path in life to his ambitious sister and tycoon father// Niki has the chance to reunite with D.L and Micah// Claude's mentoring of Peter leads Peter to question those closest to him// Claire goes to a trailer park looking for her birth mother// Sylar wears a disguise and makes a move against HRG. | Writer: Michael Green / Director: Jeannot Szwarc | |
| Run! | 115 | 02/12/07 | Matt enters the private security business and gets a lulu for a first client// Suresh finds another person on the list// As her home-life worsens, Claire strives to learn more about her birth parents// Hiro and Ando get sidetracked in Vegas again while searching for the sword// Nathan is forced to deal with a secret from his past// Still indebted to Mr. Linderman, Jessica resorts to unsavory methods that could spell doom for a fellow hero. | Writer: Adam Armus, Kay Foster / Director: Roxann Dawson | |
| Unexpected | 116 | 02/19/07 | Peter learns that he and Claude may have been betrayed// Matt's reunited with the radioactive Ted Sprague and Hana Gitelman, a woman with "wireless" mental abilities// Hiro makes a tough choice about his mission// Claire can no longer hold back her anger towards HRG. | Writer: Jeph Loeb / Director: Greg Beeman | |
| Company Man | 117 | 02/26/07 | Matt Parkman and Ted Sprague arrive in Texas and take HRG and his family hostage// More is revealed about HRG, the agency for which he works, and how he found Claire. | Writer: Bryan Fuller / Director: Allan Arkush | |
| Parasite | 118 | 03/05/07 | As the election (and possible destruction of New York) approaches, Nathan meets up with Linderman// Hiro attempts to steal the sword, again// Suresh and Sylar make progress with the list at great cost// D.L. begins to suspect problems at home// Isaac paints an even more terrible painting// A new hero, Candice Wilmer, appears. | Writer: Christopher Zatta / Director: Kevin Bray | |
| .07% | 119 | 04/23/07 | Sylar and Peter face off// Linderman reveals his plans to Nathan, and enlists the aid of another Hero// Claire finally meets her real father, and Bennet, Matt and Ted attempt to escape from Thompson. | Writer: Chuck Kim / Director: Adam Kane | |
| Five Years Gone | 120 | 04/30/07 | Hiro and Ando find themselves transported five years after the destruction of New York City// People with extraordinary abilities are labeled as terrorists and are being registered, hunted, and killed// Hiro and Ando meet up with darker versions of the other heroes in preparation for a showdown with the President// This includes a darker side of Matt, a Jessica/Niki with a clear winner in their battle, a brown-haired Claire, and a man named Andy, who's a big hearted Texan// Good ep!! | Writer: Joe Pokaski / Director: Paul Edwards | |
| The Hard Part | 121 | 05/07/07 | Jessica and D.L. discover what Linderman wants from them and Micah// Sylar questions his path when he realizes what he is predestined to do and reunites with his mother to seek validation- she doesn't give him any// Hiro and Ando follow him, and Hiro's resolve is tested when he realizes the enormity of killing another human being// Angela Petrelli tries to convince Nathan to go along with Linderman's plan// Peter tries to prove to Claire that they are both destined to save New York// Also there is a new hero who is supposed to be holding the key to stopping Sylar. | Writer: Aron Eli Coleite / Director: John Badham | |
| Landslide | 122 | 05/14/07 | Angela Petrelli decides to play a more controlling role in Nathan, Peter, and Claire's life// The truth about the death of Nathan and Peter's father is finally revealed along with his true identity// When Nathan finds out that he may have a chance to become more than a Congressman, he is confronted with a decision that he must make// As election day nears some try to leave NYC// Sylar is stealing a key hero's gift// Hiro's dad returns. | Writer: Jesse Alexander / Director: Greg Beeman | |
| How to Stop an Exploding Man | 123 | 05/21/07 | Can Sylar be stopped? Will Linderman's vision live on with Nathan? What will it take for Peter to save the world, what sacrifices will be made? With all the horrible predictions unfolding before them the heroes face moments of pain and peril in Kirby Plaza// whining note from cam: after the last few eps were so excellent, i really thought this would be a great season finale. boy, was i wrong! i was speechless in disgust at the anticlimax passed off as a finale....did all the writers go on strike?? worse, if they wrote this on purpose, what hope do we have for next season?? everyone forgot to use their damn POWERS, for goodness sakes....gripe, gripe...yes, i still ordered the DVDS, but this ep was a REALLY big letdown...(and who said New York City is the WORLD, anyway??) | Writer: Tim Kring / Director: Allan Arkush | |
| (V.2: Generations) Four Months Later... | 201 | 9/24/07 | It's 4 months later when we catch up with the heroes// Hiro's still stuck in the past// Claire and family have a new life, new names, new town// Sylar wakes up in the middle of a field in Mexico, with surgical scars and NO powers// Peter wakes up chained and naked in a boxcar in Ireland- oh, with AMNESIA// Nathan has a horrible growth on his face ( a beard)// a brother and sister, Alejandro and Maya, together wield the power of death- and life. | Writer: Tim Kring / Director: Greg Beeman | |
| Lizards | 202 | 10/01/07 | Peter works with the Irish gang who rescued him, while others are looking for him// Hiro, while working to undo the damage his presence has caused to the past, discovers that Kensei has a power of his own// Claire's new friend, West, is watching her a little too closely// Suresh finds and heals the Haitian man with the serum from the company// Alejandro and Maya make it to Mexico- their goal: to get to New York and Dr. Suresh. | Writer: Michael Green / Director: Allan Arkush | |
| Kindred | 203 | 10/08/07 | Suresh finds an undiscovered Isaac Mendez painting that shows HRG's death// Maya frees Alejandro from a Mexican jail// Niki and Micah leave Las Vegas to get away from their past// Claire and West take a little flight of fancy. | Writer: J.J. Philbin / Director: Paul Edwards | |
| The Kindness of Strangers | 204 | 10/15/08 | Niki leaves Micah with Nana in New Orleans, with his two cousins, Monica and Damon// Monica seems to be developing a power// Matt asks Molly to "find" the bad man of her dreams, worried he's the latest threat to the Heroes// Angela spills some of her secrets. | Writer: Tim Kring / Director: Adam Kane | |
| Fight or Flight | 205 | 10/22/07 | Elle is looking for Peter, using her unique abilities// Matt is looking for the "bad man"- his dad??// Ando looks for signs of Hiro- in the past through relics// HRG gets even MORE paranoid- wait, it's NOT paranoia when they are really out to get you. | Writer: Joy Blake, Melissa Blake / Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | |
| The Line | 206 | 10/29/07 | Sylar is NOT inspiring confidence in Maya's brother// Peter uses the plane ticket which was in his possession on the boxcar, looking for answers// Claire defies Dad and goes to cheerleading practice// Suresh and the Company...what the hell??// Hiro is having a moral dilemma back in feudal Japan. | Writer: Adam Armus, Kay Foster, Tim Kring / Director: Jeannot Szwarc | |
| Out of Time | 207 | 11/05/07 | Peter and Caitlin appear in a (future version) New York City, ravaged by the Heroes virus, and are scooped up by a quarantine squad// Matt, Molly and others fight the "Nightmare Man"// West sees Claire's dad, HRG, for the first time, and recognizes him as the guy who kidnapped and "tagged" him// Hiro and Kensei come to a parting of the ways. | Writer: Aron Eli Coleite / Director: Daniel Attias | |
| Four Months Ago... | 208 | 11/12/07 | The missing 4 months are explored//why Maya and Alejandro must go on the run- she singlehandedly kills everyone at a big wedding party-kewl// it is explained how Peter ended up in Ireland and what happened to Nathan after the explosion in New York (season 1 finale)// Niki and D.L survived the big bang to live a normal life- for a VERY short time// this ep fills in some of the blanks. | Writer: Tim Kring / Director: Greg Beeman | |
| Cautionary Tales | 209 | 11/19/07 | HRG wants to move again (it's that pesky him-shot-dead comic painting!!), but Claire resists this time// Hiro wants to try to reverse his dad's murder, but cannot- he CAN, however, SEE who the murderer is// Matt tries to master his enhanced abilities. | Writer: Joe Pokaski / Director: Greg Yaitanes | |
| Truth & Consequences | 210 | 11/26/07 | After tracking down the woman in the company photo, Peter travels to Primatech in Texas to destroy the virus but not everything is what it seems// Hiro continues the pursuit of his father's killer// Niki is reunited with Micah// Claire deals with the aftermath of her father's death// Maya has to choose to remain with Alejandro, or go with Sylar-- of course, Sylar never makes it a REAL choice (he's such a good villain- even without powers) | Writer: Jesse Alexander / Director: Adam Kane | |
| Powerless | 211 | 12/03/07 | Peter faces off against former friends due to Adam’s misleading story about the Shanti virus//Micah enlists the help of his mother to rescue Monica// Maya is shocked when she learns the truth about her new friend Sylar// Elle tries to make her father proud. | Writer: Jeph Loeb / Director: Allan Arkush |
