Chapter Eight 'Villains':
Volume: Three
Written by: Rob Fresco
Directed by: Allan Arkush
Original airdate: November 10, 2008
Synopsis:
Hiro, in his trance, begins to experience the story of the villains he faces off against, starting with the celebration of Nathan Petrelli being toasted by his father for being the finest Assistant DA in New York, just a year and a half ago. While at the party, Linderman talks with the Petrelli’s, mostly Nathan, whose office has decided to start a full scale investigation into his affairs. He then talks with Arthur about it, who knows if Linderman falls, he will as well, and tells him that he will talk with Nathan and if anything goes awry, the son will have to be killed.
The scene then cuts to firestarter Flint, who is in the process of robbing a convenience store with his big sister, fellow fire starter Meredith, however they are attacked by Thompson of the company who covers Flint in fire retardant before he runs away and holds Meredith at bay with a stun gun.
Hiro witnesses Gabriel Gray killing his first victim, taking his power, and then trying to kill himself, wracked with guilt. Elle enters just as he attempts suicide and saves him with her power. Elle later meets with HRG and wonders why they can’t just tag and bag Gabriel like the others but he tells her they need to study him and figure out he is able to transfer powers form person to person.
Thompson offers Meredith the chance to become an agent but she holds resentment for the company, refusing. Threatened with living forever in an asbestos lined cell, she agrees to join them as an agent.
As Arthur works in the garden, Angela asks him to reconsider staying away from Peter’s nursing school graduation but he refuses, then asking Nathan one more time to reconsider the Linderman issue.
Nathan drives with his wife, as Hiro sees him attacked from behind and flying away as she crashes into the barrier on the side of the road. Nathan is livid at his father when he arrives at the hospital, telling him that if he stands with Linderman, he will go down with him.
Angela asks Arthur about Linderman and whether or not her husband had anything to do with the incident. He denies it, but the next day she overhears Linderman and Arthur discussing how to kill Nathan. Angela draws a knife on her husband but he uses his power to put thoughts into her head, making her voice that Nathan has to die. Linderman pays a call on Angela the next day and feels regret at how Arthur has been using her, offering to help the scars that Arthur has put upon her brain and memories. She agrees and realizes what her husband has done. At dinner, she is short with Arthur and he senses something is wrong as he sees The Haitian behind him. Arthur begins to experience pains, and collapses as she reveals the food was her own recipe. As she works with the Haitian to destroy the body, Nathan arrives home and she concocts a story about a heart attack, getting him to the hospital.
Thompson and Meredith head out on a training mission to bag and tag someone with abilities who can turn their arm into metal, but it goes wrong and Meredith has to use her powers to help capture the man. As she puts the man in his cell, she sees her brother has been captured but he company and promised him to be an agent as well. She sees through the ruse and later helps him escape. Thompson follows them into a train but they see him and a fight ensues, derailing the train. Thompson ends up losing Flint but captures Meredith. As he takes her into custody he asks why she resents the companies she explains how the company ended up being responsible for killing what daughter Claire when she was a baby. Thompson suddenly takes pity on her and releases her, telling her it’s a get out of jail free card due to what happened to her daughter. As she leaves, a teenage Claire is seen in the background running towards the train to save the people trapped within.
HRG keeps an eye on Gabriel as Elle works to get closer to him, asking him about a list of names he has. He dismisses it and reveals his power to her and how he has a hunger for powers. Elle plays dumb but later argues with HRG about needing to see him kill in order to study him. She goes to see Gabriel for dinner, and tells him she has invited someone who has a power as well. Gabriel is unimpressed and eventually shows off his power, slamming the man against the wall. He orders Elle to leave but she lashes out with her powers, leaving him to attack her with his telekinesis as she runs out. Gabriel begins to cut open the young man’s head as HRG watches on camera, astonished at how Gabriel learns how to use others’ powers. Elle argues with HRG, feeling that Gabriel deserved a chance to be saved but he disagrees and leaves to catch a ride in a cab driven by Mohinder as Peter leaves the cab and walks away.
At the hospital, the doctor comes out to tell Angela and Nathan that their father has died, with Angela requesting a cremation. The doctor returns to the private room where he tells Arthur that his family believes him to be dead and that they can procure a body for the cremation. Unfortunately though, the damage to Arthur’s body is permanent, and he will have to live with being paralyzed. At Arthur’s funeral, Peter and Nathan reminisce about their father, but Angela tells them to not idolize him just because he died.
Hiro awakens suddenly and realizes they must warn Angela and Meredith and Nathan about what is coming when they hear Usutu screaming. They rush out of the hut to see that he has been beheaded. Hiro then turns around to see Arthur has arrived, who grabs his head as Hiro screams.
Back-issues:
Danny Pine was played by Franc Ross, we’ve seen him before in Sliders episode “The Other Slide of Darkness” as Billy T.
Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie by Jay & The Techniques:
Chapter Nine 'It's Coming':
Volume: Three
Written by: Tim Kring
Directed by: Greg Yaitanes
Original airdate: November 17, 2008
Synopsis:
As Arthur starts to take Hiro’s powers, Ando leaps to his friend’s rescue. Arthur flicks him away with his telekinesis, but is then distracted by a painting of an eclipse that Usutu made. As he examines it, Ando grabs Hiro and tells him to teleport them away, but Hiro is confused at what he is doing there, thinking only of waffles. Ando tries to show him how he usually uses his power and Hiro teleports them to a Japanese bowling alley where they serve waffles. As Ando converses with him, it’s revealed that Hiro has somehow reverted to his 10 year old self. Ando explains to him how his powers work and what he can do and Hiro tests them out, pulling the pranks a young boy would pull. Hiro teleports them to a comic book store so Hiro can research, but ANdo shows him a 9th Wonders comic book that predicts their exact conversation, as they look at the final page which shows an eclipse, with the words It’s Coming, underneath.
Arthur returns to Gabriel and tells him that he is capable of taking powers without killing by accessing his empathy, putting his son in a room where Elle has been imprisoned. She is livid at his presence and starts attacking him, with Gabriel telling her to let it all out, that he can take it, and so she does. They banter back and forth about how he killed her father, how he was drawn to the killing but never wanted to. As she unleashes her pain and power into him, he takes it all. Eventually, she is spent, and Gabriel, despite looking worse for the wear, has healed all along the way, and instead of killing Elle, as she has requested, he releases her. Gabriel tells her he wants to be a good person, citing his mother for making him this way. He tells Elle she needs to forgive herself for what she has done as an agent and she does, feeling a release from her pain, as Gabriel realizes he has copied Elle’s powers. The two talk and reconnect as she teaches him about her power.
Knox and Flint show up at the Petrelli’s home with Claire making a distraction so Peter can escape, telling him she owes him. She then joins him as they escape into the sewers with Knox and Flint close behind. Claire again tries to delay the villains, but they reveal that they are not there for Peter but for her, grabbing her. Peter returns and faces off against them, goading Flint into using his powers. Knox suddenly realizes what Peter is doing as Flint tosses his flames towards Peter but they end up exploding into the villains, as Peter had rigged up a gas line to leak. Together Peter and Claire get away.
Arthur talks with Mohinder about his findings on the formula, but unfortunately there is a catalyst missing to properly activate the powers. Mohinder reasons that it is likely a person that is the catalyst. Meanwhile, Mohinder is wracked with guilt over the experiments he has done on innocent people at Pinehearst, seeing they have become monsters in pain, and takes pity on one, giving him a lethal injection to end his suffering.
Tracy and Nathan confront Arthur, with Nathan disbelieving at how much his father sounds like Linderman. He leaves without joining Arthur, but Tracy returns to Arthur, telling him that she can convince Nathan to play nicely, as long as Arthur promises to look out for her when he sets his plan in motion.
Matt and Daphne find Angela at The Company in a coma and he decides he must go into her mind and try and help her. He asks Daphne to stay close as he does. Daphne instead retreats to Arthur and tells him what is going on. He orders her to stay with Parkman, who ends up talking with Angela inside her head in a dream. Arthur shows up, trying to confuse the issue, bringing in Daphne to betray Matt and stab him in the dream. Daphne, in the real world, sees that Matt has started to bleed, and grabs his hand, trying to get him to bring her into the dream, to which he does. Arthur reveals that Daphne has been helping him, but she tells him that she made a mistake, that she loves him and the two console each other. Angela tells Arthur that they were once like that, telling him that he will let her go, to which he actually does. Matt grabs them and they all leave the dream, seeing that he isn’t hurt or bleeding anymore as Angela wakes up. Peter, Nathan, and Claire all end up meeting with Angela, Matt and Daphne and she tells them about the catalyst that is needed for the formula to work. Claire, remembering Sylar’s words to her, says she believes she is the catalyst.
Back at Pinehearst, Gabriel, Elle, Tracy, Flint and Knox look on as Arthur, in the precognition white eyed trance, draws a picture of the coming eclipse.
Heroes EU:
Graphic Novels:
Playing with Fire
The childhood of Meredith and Flint is explored.
Partners
Noah Bennet and Meredith Gordon track down an escaped prisoner from Level 5.
Webisodes:
Heroes: Destiny Parts 3-4
Capture
Santiago's captors have a mission for him that he can't refuse.
Escape
Santiago finds freedom in the sanctuary of family.
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