Category: Season 1

In his isolated hideout in the Nevada desert, Ted Sprague gets an instant message from someone claiming to know what he’s been through – which is a pretty good trick when he doesn’t have internet access. A woman named Hana Gitelman arrives and introduces herself, demonstrating an ability to generate and receive radio, wi-fi and even satellite signals with her mind. With that ability, she’s learned that almost everyone with extraordinary abilities has two things in common – two small scratches on the back of one shoulder, and a visit to Primatech Paper in Odessa, Texas…Bennet’s plant where Parkman led a futile FBI raid. Now Sprague is planning a return visit to see Bennet, and wants Parkman to go along. In Odessa, Claire reveals to Mr. Bennet that she hasn’t had her memory wiped, and blames him for her adoptive mother’s precarious health. Suresh, traveling with a man he believes to be Zane Taylor, visits a woman with extraordinary hearing, but before he can run tests on her, she’s murdered. Little does Suresh know, “Zane” is actually Sylar – and he’s systematically killing and absorbing the powers of everyone Suresh is visiting on his list. And in New York, as Peter Petrelli and Isaac Mendez argue over Simone, Mendez makes a horrible mistake.

written by Jeph Loeb
directed by Greg Beeman
music by Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman / vocals by Shenkar

Guest Cast: Zachary Quinto (Sylar), James Kyson Lee (Ando), Ashley Crow (Sandra Bennet), Matthew John Armstrong (Ted Sprague), Bill Fagerbakke (Gustavson), Lisa Lackey (Janice Parkman), Jimmy Jean-Louis (The Haitian), Rusty Schwimmer (Dale), Stana Katic (Hana Gitelman), Christina Haag (Dr. Lindale), Stan Lee (Bus Driver), Missi Pyle (Hope), Christopher Eccleston (Claude)

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The Past: 15 years ago, Noah Bennet joined the Company and went undercover at the Primatech Paper plant in Odessa, Texas. He was assigned a partner, a Englishman named Claude who had the power to turn invisible. He was also given a baby, rescued from the burned-down home of a woman with pyrokinetic abilities, and instructions by his superior, Mr. Nakamura: if the child, the product of two parents with special abilities, manifests her own powers, the Company expects Bennet to turn her over to them for immediate study. Upon learning that Claude has been sheltering others with special powers rather than handing them over, the Company orders Bennet to execute his partner. After Claude is shot twice, he vanishes, and Bennet assumes he’s dead.

The Present: Originally setting out to comb Bennet’s home for evidence, Ted Sprague – with Parkman in tow – sees Bennet himself pull into the driveway, with his entire family. A break-in to find incriminating information becomes a hostage situation. Able to read Claire’s thoughts and discover her self-healing ability, Parkman shoots her to prove his ruthlessness. Sprague keeps Bennet’s wife and son hostage at the house while Parkman follows Bennet to the paper plant. Worried about Sprague’s ability to keep his nuclear temper down, Parkman helps Bennet, but even when they return to the house with the evidence, it may not be enough to satisfy Sprague. And if he goes nuclear, Claire may have to demonstrate her ability – with the Company watching closely – to save the day.

written by Bryan Fuller
directed by Allan Arkush
music by Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman / vocals by Shenkar

Guest Cast: Eric Roberts (Thompson), Ashley Crow (Sandra Bennet), Matthew John Armstrong (Ted Sprague), Missy Peregrym (Candice Wilmer), Jimmy Jean-Louis (The Haitian), George Takei (Kaito Nakamura), Christopher Eccleston (Claude)

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Having forgotten about Claire, Parkman and Ted Sprague (thanks to the Haitian’s memory-erasing ability), Mr. Bennet is sent on a new assignment with a new partner, a woman who can change her shape. Claire is being taken to Canada, complete with a new identity and cover story, by Bennet’s Haitian partner, but she gets away from him and makes her escape to New York, where she hopes to hide with Peter Petrelli. Peter, however, has gone on the run, following Isaac’s accidental shooting of Simone with bullets that were meant for Peter. Hiro breaks into the heart of Linderman’s empire to steal the sword and regain his power, after sending Ando home for his own safety. But Ando won’t go home, and saves Hiro’s neck – just in time for both of them to teleport into a future where Hiro hasn’t saved the world. Suresh, having finally realized that he’s been traveling with Sylar himself instead of Zane Taylor, drugs Sylar and prepares to take revenge for his father’s murder, as well as the deaths of countless others. But Sylar isn’t kept in captivity easily, and when Peter walks in the door of Suresh’s apartment, he’s immediately at the killer’s mercy.

written by Christopher Zatta
directed by Kevin Bray
music by Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman / vocals by Shenkar

Guest Cast: Eric Roberts (Thompson), James Kyson Lee (Ando), Zachary Quinto (Sylar), Ashley Crow (Sandra Bennet), Cristine Rose (Angela Petrelli), Missy Peregrym (Candice Wilmer), Jimmy Jean-Louis (The Haitian), Ian Gomez (Art dealer), Eugene Byrd (Petrelli’s campaign manager), Matt North (Casino guard), David Barrera (Agent Quesada), Markus Flanagan (Agnet Alonzo), Malcolm McDowell (Linderman)

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