Mohinder returns to India, brings his father ashes to the sea, and finally cries. He does not see himself returning to America. The new semester awaits, and his father’s office is available to him so he can continue his life in India where he left off. But the computer in his father’s office is still running that decryption program. As he decides whether to quit the program, old flame Mira enters, offering him a job in the genetics laboratory where she works as long as he promises to discard his father’s theories.
Mohinder dreams or time travels, watching the anguish of his father as he left to pursue his theories in New York. Back in reality, his mother shares the secret that Mohinder has a sister Shandri who died when she was five (and he was two). His father believed that Shandri was special.
In Mohinder’s dreams, he sees a young boy, first at his house, and then in his office. Somehow, he is able to be at the time and place where his father was murdered. The boy again gives him the key from his father’s notebook.
Eden has taken Isaac to a facility and stayed with him until he detoxed. She promises to teach him how to paint again without drugs. She walks among his paintings, stopping to look at one of a waitress.
At a diner in Texas, we meet the waitress Charlie (Jayma Mays). Her mind has recently developed a perfect memory. Ando and Hiro are here, stopping for a meal, and are amazed that she learned Japanese in a week. At another table, we see just a man’s hand as he uses telekenesis to fetch his coffee cup. Hiro helps Charlie with her Japanese; she now flirts with him in two languages. While Charlie is in the kitchen, she is murdered, and the mystery telekinetic is gone.
Hiro decides to use his powers to go back in time and save Charlie. He disappears from the diner, leaving Ando to wait and worry.
Matt cops flak from Audrey because he punched a cop, but when he tells her it was worth it, she softens up. Together they go to see radiation man Ted Sprague. Ted is distraught, and when he’s mad, he radiates, but Matt is able to talk him down by telling him that they are both the same, that they have recently acquired mysterious powers. They share something else; two small scars on their right shoulders. Matt and Ted also both passed out and lost two days, and each saw a Haitian man at the scene before they blacked out. But Homeland Security thinks Ted is a terrorist, and they take him away before Matt can discover any more.
Mr Bennet arrives to his job at an innocuous paper plant, where, in a restricted area, he meets with Eden and Isaac. He tells Isaac that his ability to paint the future is a blessing, not a curse, and that he needs his help. He shares the secret that his job is to track and monitor people with special abilities, but that in some cases it does not go smoothly. Claire’s parents were killed, and Bennet adopted her. Bennet needs Isaac to paint the future and find Sylar, but Isaac is uninspired without drugs, so Bennet offers him some. But Isaac doesn’t want to start using again. Isaac tries to paint without them, but fails, so Bennet tells Eden that she has no choice but to make him take them.
Janice tells Matt something that he already knew: that she slept with another man.
Audrey calls Matt to say that Ted escaped.
Mohinder’s key uncovers a file about the mystery boy and research into how learning continues in dream states.
Mr Bennet watches Claire put the finishes touches on the homecoming banner while, far away, Isaac puts brush to canvas to reveal another puzzle piece.
Comments
Just as it was looking like an alien abduction story, it turned into a genetic tampering story. Maybe.
Nits
When Claire is killed, her blood is dark brown or black. I assume this is because the censors will not allow a US television show to use red blood.
Memorable Moments
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The unexpected murder of Charlie is effectively gruesome
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Mr Bennet’s heartfelt plea of a father trying to save his daughter
Quotable Quotes
"I like the way your cheeks wobble when you concentrate."
- Charlie to Hiro
Mr Bennet: This man here – goes by the name of Sylar – he’s gonna kill her tomorrow night at her homecoming game.
Isaac: Why?
Mr Bennet: Because she’s special – like you – and that makes her a target.
"You can run far, you can take your small precautions, but have you really gotten away? Can you ever escape? Or is the truth that you do not have the strength or cunning to hide from destiny. That the world is not small…you are. And fate can find you anywhere."
- Mohinder’s closing narration
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