1.10 Six Months Ago

Six months ago:

…We join Hiro as he pops into the diner and tells Charlie that he is here to save her life. It is her birthday party.

…In Brooklyn, a watchmaker puts the finishing touches on a timepiece. Chandra enters the shop and gives Mr Gray the watchmaker a copy of his book. He believes he has found another evolved human.

…In Los Angeles, Matt stops a sportscar that contains Eden and an almost empty whiskey bottle. She refuses to get out of the car, using mind control instead to get Matt to go back to his and drive away. The Haitian man looks on.

…Jackie comes to Claire’s house to tell her that Lori Trammel turned in her cheerleading uniform and Claire is next. Claire accepts, but they quarrel over teen spirit, and a fight results in a gash to Claire’s hand. At that moment, Chandra Suresh calls and speaks to Mr Bennet, presumably to tell him that his daughter is special.

…Hiro is shocked to find out that he teleported six months back, when he only wanted to go back one day.

…Niki attends an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. She has been sober for a year. Her estranged father is there, apologizing for not being around and trying to make amends, but Niki is resistant.

…Peter celebrates his nursing degree with a party. Nathan tells him that the D.A. wants him to prosecute Linderman. This would also bring their father down.

…Gabriel the watchmaker visits Chandra at his apartment. Chandra is going to run him through an MRI at Columbia to determine what his abilities are. When Chandra can find no proof of enhanced abilities, Gabriel gets frustrated. He leaves in anger, but not before grabbing the address of someone else from Chandra’s list.

…Mr Bennet holds Eden prisoner and reads a litany of her crimes, telling her she needs a purpose. She has been invincible until now. The Haitian controls her; he must have extremely strong powers. he convinces her to put her power to good use. Her first job: first Chandra Suresh and get Claire’s name off his list.

…Hiro tries to call Ando but gets himself! He tries to convince Charlie that he is a time-traveler, but comes off looking more like a magician.

…Niki visits the grave of her sister Jessica.

…A large car causes Nathan and Heidi’s car to crash. Nathan is unharmed; thrown or flown clear of the crash. Peter arrives at the hospital, asking about the ‘other car’ that he dreamed of. Nathan says it was Linderman’s people.

…Hiro instantaneously creates 1000 origami cranes and is granted one wish: a trip to Japan with Charlie, who agrees to go with him.

…Hal visits his daughter, gives a computer to Micah, but then gets upet when Micah takes it apart. He hides a secret that Niki can’t remember.

…Mr Bennet comes to visit Chandra, interested in finding out as much information about his daughter as possible.

…Jessica visits Hal. She remembers vividly when her drunk father beat her and ‘accidentally’ choked her. She tells him to leave and never come back.

…Claire unwraps her injured hand for her dad and sees that it is completely healed. She is just beginning to see she is different.

…Matt is depressed that he once again failed the officer’s exam, but Janice doesn’t care and tries to cheer him up.

…Nathan shows up at Peter’s door to tell him that their dad died of a heart attack.

…Charlie tell Hiro that she has a blood clot on the brain and is dieing. She also tells him that she loves him. As they move toward each other for their first kiss, he jumps back to ‘real time’, to the roof of the building where he works, in the middle of an exercise period.

…Gabriel invites and kills the gifted Brian Davis because he sees the special people as genetically ‘broken’. In the process, he adopts the name ‘Sylar’. Gabriel inherits Davis’ powers of telekinesis and shows them off for Chandra. He says he will join Chandra in a search for others with power.

Back in the present, Hiro returns to Ando at the diner, sadly admitting that he failed to save Charlie.

Comments

Backstories are filled in for all the characters.

Nits

How is Chandra Suresh finding out that these people have special abilities? For example, he seems to know about Claire’s abilities before she does.

I’m not sure when we were supposed to realize that the watchmaker is Sylar, but it was obvious to me from the first scene with Chandra.

Memorable Moments

• There’s something particularly creepy about realizing that the seemingly innocent, wide-eyed watchmaker is, or will be, a cold-blooded killer called Sylar

• Hiro’s jump from a kiss to the green roof

• Any scene with Hiro

Quotable Quotes

"Tomorrow, the swallows with slay the dragons."
- Hiro to Charlie