1.11 Fallout

Claire tells her dad that she has extraordinary abilities. Her dad tells her that he knew about her for a long time, that he was protecting her. He asks her to keep it a secret and to tell Zach to do so too.

Matt and Audrey are at the cheerleader crime scene, investigating Jackie’s death. They question Peter, which leads to a confrontation as Matt’s mind-reading abilities are mimiced by Peter. Peter tells how the cheerleader is key, and Matt believes him.

Nathan visits Peter in jail, consoles him, and tells him that he cannot save the world – and then morphs into Sylar. Was it all a dream?

Niki as Jessica hits D.L. with two direct shots, but he still gets away – with Micah. On the run, D.L. is losing blood and he outlook is grim. Jessica and Niki are both in pursuit now, with Niki realizing that Jessica is out of control. Jessica gets there first, and while trying to kill D.L., she violently pushes Micah out of the way and hurts him. This rids her of Jessica and brings Niki back. Niki no longer believes she can trust or control Jessica, so she turns herself in to the first policeman she sees.

Sylar is now ‘safely’ locked up. Bennet speaks to him from behind safety glass that seemingly can barely hold him. I’m not sure what the purpose of Bennet’s visit was, but all he gets is a violent threat against his daughter. Bennet’s orders are to keep Sylar alive, and all the prodding from Eden to kill him doesn’t sway him – yet.

Mohinder is back at his old room in Brooklyn, greeted by a note from Eden and another with Isaac Mendez’ name on it.

Eden visits Isaac to tell him she is leaving. She sneaks a mobile phone and a Primatech ID card into his hand and tells him to ‘change it’, meaning the future. He immediately calls Hiro and sets up a meeting. They meet in Midland, Texas, where Hiro shows Isaac the ‘comic book from the future’. Isaac is sad to find out that Hiro’s friend is dead but pleased that he sketched a picture of Hiro and Charlie when he was sober. He is ready to join the quest to save the world. Isaac paints Hiro, holding a sword, battling a huge, Godzilla-like monster.

Hiro and Ando arrive a day late for the homecoming, and, find out that a cheerleader is dead, believe they have failed.

Audrey interviews Claire with Bennet present and Matt ‘listening’ behind glass, but Matt is unable to pick anything up – the Haitian is nearby and is able to ‘white noise’ out his abilities. They trail Bennet and this time see the Haitian, whom Matt remembers from the night in the bar when he passed out.

Claire speaks to Peter – alone – but he doesn’t ever really explain that he could only heal himself because she was there. Also, he is looking pale and has developed a cough.

Claire and Zach meet briefly so she can destroy tapes and get a promise that he won’t tell anyone about her.

Claire speaks to Lyle and finds out he has no memory of how he got home. This was the time when Bennet said he was picking him up and ‘speaking’ to him. Worried, Claire meets with Zach and finds that he also has no memory of her. Now at home, she is ‘visited’ by the Haitian, who was sent by Bennet to wipe her memory too. But instead he asks her if she can keep a secret.

Eden attempts to kill Sylar, but is overwhelmed by his powers and is killed by him.

Not long after Nathan gets Peter out of jail, Peter time-travels to New York, where it appears that a horrible event has just occurred. People are nowhere, cars are abandoned. Only the heroes are there, and, as they watch, Peter explodes. He returns to reality and tries to tell this to Nathan, then stops breathing.

Comments

Sylar has inherited the powers of everyone he kills.

The Jessica and Niki thing is creepily like an abusive parent with two sides.

A fantastic episode, filled with dramatic plot points. This was the last episode before the long Christmas break, so the creators filled it with a number of cliffhangers.

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Nits

Why would Bennet want to wipe Claire’s mind? Isn’t she going to find out about herself anyway, as soon as her next incident happens?

Memorable Moments

• Claire’s opening scene with her dad, where he reveals all he knows

• Hiro greets Isaac with a ‘Live Long and Prosper’ sign (nice camera shot of Isaac from behind Hiro’s spread fingers)

• The Haitian speaks!

Quotable Quotes

"To be honest, it’s nice to be drawing just to draw again. That’s what I like about comics, you don’t have to take them too seriously."
- Isaac to Eden

"We’re gonna take you apart, Gabriel, like one of your little watches – sorry, ‘timepieces’."
- Bennet to Sylar

"I work for your father. He sent me here to make me forget, like he sent me to your friend, and your brother, and your mother so many times. He’ll be here soon, expecting that you won’t remember anything. But it is very important that you do. Tell me Claire: can you keep a secret?"
- The Haitian to Claire

"I really need to find that sword."
- Hiro to Ando, after seeing the painting of him fending off a beast with the sword