The following entry is a synopsis of the second episode of Heroes, taken from Wikipedia.org. Many spoilers contained within.

Season - 1
Episode - 2

Writers - Tim Kring
Director - Allan Arkush

Original Airdate - October 2, 2006.





The episode begins with the narrator Mohinder Suresh speaking and Peter Petrelli standing on a building. Peter then jumps off determined that he could fly, forcing his brother Nathan to save him, proving that he is the one who can fly. However, Nathan loses his grip and Peter plummets down. Peter then wakes up at a hospital with his brother watching him. When asked about what happened, Nathan denied anything about being able to fly. Later, Peter's mother relates how his father suffered from depression, beginning with delusions of grandeur, and that he had committed suicide.

Rushing through the streets of New York, Hiro Nakamura happily greets people because he teleported himself to New York within a blink of an eye. He runs through the streets until he notices a comic book called 9th Wonders! depicting the previous events he had in Japan. After "buying" it (he hands the vendor a Japanese banknote and runs away before the vendor can do anything), he reads it and looks to the back to see that the writer and artist is Isaac Mendez.

Upon wakening to a voice message from her son Micah, Niki observes the destruction in her garage and flees the scene and taking the video camera. On her way to pick up her son, she stops at a traffic light and reviews the video footage. The video cuts out before the carnage begins, but she does hear screams of terror. Suddenly she notices that her car is sitting in a parking lot and her clothing has changed. She also realizes that she has blacked out for four hours. Picking up her son, she returns home to clean up the mess and discovers that the garage is spotless and discovers a set of keys. Seeing her reflection, her reflection motions behind her, pointing to a red convertible across the street. Entering the vehicle and testing the keys (they work), she checks the vehicle's registration, which is under her name. A note tells her to follow a map in the trunk. Upon opening the trunk, she discovers the mangled bodies of the two thugs.

In New York, Mohinder finds a man in his father's apartment. The man claims he is an exterminator, but Mohinder quickly realizes that the man was planting an eavesdropping device. The man pulls a gun. After a struggle that leads out into the apartment hallway, a girl picks up the gun, and the man flees. The girl introduces herself as a friend of Mohinder's father and enthusiastic about his theories on genetics, her name is Eden.

Hiro goes to the address listed on the comic book for Isaac Mendez. He knocks on the door, only to discover it is open. He steps in and looks around calling out Isaac's name. Glancing at a table in the room, he notices a comic book page on Isaac's drawing table, depicting future events. Looking up, he sees a trail of blood and becomes nervous. The blood leads to a gun, which he picks up to defend himself if someone was still in the house. A few steps later, he sees the corpse of Isaac on the floor with the top of his head sawed off and the brain nowhere in sight. Police squads then break in and arrest Hiro.

It is night now, and Niki follows the map to deserted stretch of land with the intention of burying the mob thugs while her son sleeps in the back of the car. Upon digging in with the shovel, she discovers that bodies are already under the ground, including one with a ring that she recognizes.

Mohinder and Eden discover a portable hard drive in his father's pet's cage. Mohinder discovers that the hard drive appears to have all the genetic research that his father had done on tracking those with special abilities.

Back in Texas, all the cheerleaders in Claire's high school are called together to be questioned on the daring rescue from the fire of the previous day. Although a police officer identifies Claire, Jackie (one of Claire's fellow cheerleaders and rival) falsely admits to the rescue, which diverts attention from Claire. Later, while at football practice, Claire learns from Zach, the classmate who videotaped her, that the videotape of her exploits is missing. Suddenly a football player accidentally tackles her, breaking her neck in the process. She quickly fixes her neck before anyone except Zack can notice, hops up, and appears unscratched.

In Los Angeles, California, police officer Matt Parkman is at the crime scene of an investigation. Frozen solid, the parents then had their brains removed by cutting a horizontal line through their skullcaps. One of the daughters was still missing. Matt "hears" a faint whisper coming from within the house. He slowly searches around, listening only to the whispers. He opens a hidden panel under a staircase, where the daughter hides. FBI agent Audrey Hanson questions him on how he knew that the girl was there and that the suspect's name is Sylar, given the limited number of people privy to the case. Hanson also brings up the fact that Parkman failed the detective exam numerous times and suggests that he may have had something to do with the kidnappings to make him look like more of a hero. When asked as to how Parkman knew the name "Sylar," he admits that he heard it from Hanson, although doesn't admit that he read her thoughts. Parkman is arrested for suspicion of the murders.

In Texas, Claire's father reveals to her that he has started the process of contacting Claire's biological parents via the orphanage. After a tender moment, Claire leaves happy at the knowledge her father considers her an adult. The camera pans back to her father revealing that he has the tape of her exploits.

Peter meets with Nathan on top of a building, where Peter threatens to jump off to prove that Nathan could fly. Nathan finally admits that he had flown, caught Peter, lost control and Peter fell but that Peter flew near the end of the fall. Peter accuses Nathan of telling him what he wanted to hear, until Nathan points to Peter's shoes; Peter is hovering 3 feet off the top of the building. Peter and Nathan embrace. The camera fades to the stick figure doodle that Peter drew while in the hospital, which depicts the same event.

Back at Isaac's apartment, the police question Hiro with the help of a translator. He had no passport, no baggage, no American money, and the only identification being a card identifying him as an honorary member of a Marvel Comics fan club, the Merry Marvel Marching Society. When asked how he got to America, he replied he "teleported" here, and he can control the space/time continuum. The officer doesn't believe him and says he hasn't seen him on Star Trek before, to which Hiro responds with a Vulcan salute. Hiro requests to make a phone call to his friend Ando Masahashi in Japan. The translator asks when the last time he saw his friend Hiro was. Ando replies he hasn't seen him in five weeks. Confused, Hiro looks at his watch, which shows the date as October 2. However, the officer takes out today's paper, dated November 8. The paper's headline shows that Nathan wins his congressional race "by a landslide". Outside there is a bright flash, followed by a powerful nuclear explosion. Concentrating very hard, he teleports and reverses time until he is on the subway, back in Japan, October 2.


EPISODE 2 TRIVIA -

* When Hiro buys the comic book, he pays with a 1000 yen note. This translates into approximately $8.48 American. As the newsstand price for comics is usually about $2.99, the vendor actually got more than his money's worth.
* As Hiro is running away with the comic book, he can be heard shouting, "Otsuri iranai yo!", which translates to "Keep the change!", or literally, "I don't need the change."
* The date on Hiro's watch, October 2, is the same date this episode first aired in most North American areas.

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The following entry is a synopsis of the third episode of Heroes, taken from Wikipedia.org. Many spoilers contained within.

Season - 1
Episode - 3

Writer - Joseph Loeb
Director - Greg Beeman

Original Airdate - October 9, 2006.





Narration -

At the beginning
When evolution selects its agents it does so at a cost. It makes demands in exchange for singularity and you may be asked to do something against your very nature. Suddenly the change in your life that should've been wonderful comes as a betrayal. It may seem cruel, but the goal is nothing short of self-preservation... survival.

At the end
This force, evolution, is not sentimental. Like the Earth itself, it knows only the hard facts of life's struggle with death. All you can do is hope and trust that when you've served its needs faithfully... there may still remain some glimmer... of the life you once knew.


SYNOPSIS - The show begins with Niki Sanders in a desert located on the outskirts of Las Vegas late at night. As Micah lies fast asleep in the backseat of the convertible, Niki discovers a skeleton buried in the sand. On its finger is a skull ring, which she takes. She mutters that D.L. has actually done it. Niki opens the trunk so that she can bury the bodies of the thugs and recoils at the grisly sight.

The scene cuts to the trunk of Mr. Bennet's car, where an effigy of the school's rival mascot is stored. Claire helps her father carry the likeness and tells him that if the team wins, there will be a celebratory bonfire that night, which she needs to attend. The quarterback of the football team smiles at Claire, and she returns the gesture. Mr. Bennet teases his daughter about the moment. They run into Jackie, who Claire is less than thrilled to see. Jackie informs them that she plans to run for class president, with good deeds being the focus of her platform, having claimed credit in the previous episode for a rescue Claire performed in the first episode. Claire goes inside the high school but not before saying good-bye to her father, who tells her to be careful.

In Tokyo, at the office, Ando Masahashi downloads a video of Niki Sanders' striptease webcam performance to his iPod. Suddenly, Hiro Nakamura rushes toward his cubicle. Ando asks his friend where he has been for the past two days. Hiro responds that he has teleported himself into the future. Ando scoffs, and Hiro thrusts the 9th Wonders! comic book at him. Thinking that his friend is drunk on sake, Ando declares that Hiro made the comic book himself. Hiro implores Ando to read the book. Still doubting his friend, Ando is not even moved when Hiro informs him that the death of Isaac Mendez and the nuclear explosion will both transpire in the next five weeks and that they must both stop these events. "Definitely the sake," Ando responds, giving back the comic to Hiro. Hiro flips to a scene that captures the two friends at the present moment, in which Ando says, "Definitely the sake." Ando shrugs it off, telling Hiro that there is work to be done. Hiro tells Ando that he can prove all of this. At that moment, his watch beeps, and he frantically tells Ando to come with him because a girl's life depends on them.

In New York City, Peter Petrelli stands on what appears to be another rooftop. He spreads his arms, takes a deep breath, and jumps. He fails to fly and falls...into a pit of sand at a playground. Peter, it turns out, is jumping from the top of the monkey bars. A young boy wearing a red cape and blue shirt stares amusedly at Peter.

Nathan Petrelli, at his campaign headquarters, is approached by Peter. Peter tells his brother that he tried to fly and that he read that there is a gene out there with the potential for human flight, but Nathan doesn't wish to talk about it because he has other things on his mind. Peter thrusts the book at Nathan, entitled Activating Evolution. The book claims that an unmapped human gene could contain the potential for human flight. Peter tells him that he tried to track down the author, Chandra Suresh and that he stopped teaching six months ago. Nathan, however, does not care and tells Peter that he is more concerned with the reporter who wants to know why Peter jumped off the building. He tosses the book onto a desk.

In his late father's Brooklyn apartment, Mohinder Suresh sits at the desk, trying to decrypt a mysterious code on his computer. Suddenly, the door starts to unlock. Mohinder pulls out a gun, but it turns out to be Eden, who has come by to drop off some food. Mohinder tells Eden that the algorithm of the code is gibberish. Frustrated with his father and his lack of progress, Mohinder picks up the laptop and throws it across the room. Eden discovers a small notebook hidden in a compartment of the computer. They open the book and find the address of Sylar. A key is also taped to one of the book's pages.

At an FBI headquarters in Los Angeles, Matt Parkman sits in an interrogation room. Exasperated, he professes his innocence to Audrey, the agent who arrested him in the previous episode. He hesitates before telling her that he can hear voices. Believing that Matt is crazy, Audrey asks him to read her mind and is shocked when Matt tells her what she was thinking, that "nobody believes in [her]". To Matt's surprise, Audrey invites him to work with the FBI.

Zach confronts Claire in the hallway, asking why she is not looking for the missing videotape. Claire responds that she will tell people that the film was edited by Zach. When he tells Claire that she is not like anyone else, Claire admits that she just wants to be normal and tells Zach to try it.

In Isaac Mendez's loft, Simone Deveaux takes down a painting of the scene between Claire and Zach in the hall. Isaac comes in and asks Simone what she is doing. She tells him that she is selling the paintings so that Isaac can get straightened out and go to rehab. Isaac refuses, telling her that the paintings have come true and he must stop the explosion, which he has painted on the floor. He tells Simone that while he doesn't want to lose her, she should leave if she doesn't believe him and she does so. Isaac's phone rings and he cannot understand the other party. Assuming the other person has the wrong number, he tells the caller to stop phoning him and slams down the phone in anger.

In Tokyo, as he walks with Ando on the busy street, Hiro disconnects his cell phone, defeated (he was the 'other party' that Isaac slammed the phone on). He shows Ando a scene in the comic in which a girl is about to get hit by a truck. An entourage of schoolgirls passes by, and the two men desperately try to find the girl. Hiro finally spots the correct girl from the comic and shouts at Ando to stop the suddenly oncoming truck. However, Ando's very actions seem to make it worse, and the girl's eyes widen in horror as the truck is about to hit her. Hiro freezes time at that moment and carries the girl out of harm's way just as time unfreezes. He and Ando celebrate, dancing together in the street. Hiro asks Ando if he will come with him.

Morning has come and Niki finally finishes burying the last of the thugs in the blazing hot sun. She comes back to the car, where Micah has woken up. He asks her where they are going, and Niki replies that they are paying a trip to his grandmother's house.

Niki confronts her mother-in-law Paulette about calling social services to remove Micah from her care. Paulette tells Niki that Micah needs a firm hand and support that she could provide for him. Niki defends herself by throwing D.L.'s actions in Paulette's face. Paulette insists that D.L. is a good man, but Niki shows her the skull ring—a symbol of D.L.'s crew—and says that D.L.'s men have been killed. Paulette stands by her belief that D.L. is innocent, but mentions that he has escaped from prison. Niki tells Paulette that she wants her out of Micah's life and warns her, "You have no idea what I'm capable of," before leaving.

Eden and Mohinder visit the apartment at the address found in the secret notebook with Sylar's name on it. No one answers when they knock on the door. Mohinder tries the key, but to no avail. Eden tells him that they should leave, but Mohinder instead breaks into the apartment with a screwdriver. Inside, Eden notes that Sylar has no photographs in the apartment but plenty of books on philosophy, as well as a copy of Chandra Suresh's book. Mohinder takes pictures of the apartment, including a picture of his father's book on a bureau, books on the shelves, and a book in a glass case. He stumbles upon a secret room behind the glass case. Inside is a map similar to one at Mohinder's father's apartment, but with many more connections in addition to articles and photographs linked to several of them. Eden identifies Nathan Petrelli on one of the links. Mohinder finds another room in the secret area covered by vinyl tarps. Inside, the walls are covered in scrawls, possibly indicating that Sylar's mental state is unbalanced. Writings such as, "Forgive me. I have sinned," are written in blood. Mohinder wonders aloud whom his father had gotten involved with.

Audrey and Matt step out of a dimly lit elevator and head towards a safe-room where Molly — the little girl Matt found — is being kept. In the distance, gunshots are fired and Molly screams as a man—possibly Sylar—drags her from the room. Audrey and Matt charge after him. The man leaves Molly behind. They see that the safe-room guard has been slain and pegged to the wall. Audrey continues to follow the man while Matt stops to check on Molly. "How did he find me?" she thinks. Matt tells her that it doesn't matter and that she's safe, because he's there. Audrey corners the intruder near a cluster of pipes. She raises her gun at him and tells him to put his hands where she can see them. He slowly turns around, and with a glance, Audrey flies backwards and is pinned against a wall. He seems to somehow forcibly direct her gun—still in her hand—at her own head. She fights her trigger finger in futility. Suddenly, Matt darts out of the hall and fires on the man, dropping him to the ground. Whatever grip the man had on Audrey is released, and she falls to the ground, panting. Matt turns to check on Audrey, but behind him, the man rises from the ground abnormally, allowing the bullets to simply fall out of him, and vanishes upward in a blur.

High above the Pacific, Hiro and Ando discuss their destiny. Ando inquires that if Hiro is to call him from New York, shouldn't he be home to answer the phone? Hiro tells him that they were changing the future. Ando remarks that perhaps their destiny was to not fly coach as the woman between them struggles to get comfortable. Hiro holds up the comic book where a plane depicts the woman resting her head on Ando's shoulder as she falls asleep. Then, the woman shifts herself, and lays her head on Ando to the amusement of Hiro.

Waiting in their bedroom, Matt's wife Janice studies papers that are spread across the bed. Matt walks in and apologizes for missing their therapy session and mentions that he had an incredible day. Janice becomes frustrated and gathers her papers to put them away. They argue about the work that their marriage takes and Matt being inappreciative of Janice's promotion because he was never able to get what he wanted. Janice thinks to herself "Why don't you just leave?" Matt responds aloud, "Fine, I will," and walks out of the room.

Hiro and Ando arrive in Los Angeles. Hiro insists on renting a car for the rest of the trip. Ando says that they have a connecting flight. Hiro asks the clerk about a Nissan Versa, and tells Ando that the comic book depicts them driving. Ando remarks about how long that will take. Luckily, the clerk has one Versa remaining, to which Hiro says "See, destiny." In the car, Ando questions their next destination. Hiro responds "Las Vegas" and holds up the last page of the comic book depicting them on a highway on-ramp to Las Vegas. Thinking about meeting Niki Sanders, Ando responds, "Yes, destiny," with a grin on his face.

Simone runs into Peter in the lobby of her father's apartment building. He explains to her that he had just finished briefing his replacement, that he had quit working as a nurse because nursing was not something he is meant to do. Simone gets teary and asks if they will still see each other, to which Peter responds, "It's New York, people run into each other sooner or later." Simone replies that she hopes it's sooner.

At the celebratory bonfire after winning the game, Claire stands by herself near the fire while Jackie recounts the tale of her heroism to a crowd of cheerleaders. Brody, the quarterback, approaches Claire and compliments her effigy, which is burning on the fire. The only thing he would improve is putting firecrackers in the head. Brody tells Claire that she hasn't been herself recently, and that he hasn't heard her laugh in some time. Just then, the effigy's head bursts open in a roar of crackles. Claire turns and sees that firecrackers have gone off, and begins to laugh. She turns to ask Brody if he did that just for her, and he kisses her.

Back on the desert highway on the way home, Niki tells Micah that he has never been this quiet on the way home. She asks if he would like to go to the ice cream shop. Micah makes reference to his father's innocence. Niki tells him that D.L. will be caught soon, but Micah doesn't believe that is so. Niki asks if he knows where D.L. is hiding. Micah doesn't answer. A siren interrupts them. Niki pulls the car over. A police officer steps out of the squad car and approaches Niki, telling her that Mr. Linderman wants to see her. She and Micah get out of the car and follow the officer.

Away from the bonfire, Claire and Brody have made their way to the bleachers with a few cups of beer. After a few minutes, Brody will not take Claire's "no" for an answer and tries to rape her. She screams and tries to fight him off. They roll off the bleachers and onto the ground. Their struggle continuing, Claire is thrown onto the ground, landing on a thick branch. The branch punctures the back of her skull, apparently killing her.

At Nathan's fundraiser, Peter encounters Simone. With confidence, now that he's not employed for her father, he feels comfortable telling her that he's been in love with her since the moment he saw her. She is without words. Their conversation is interrupted when Nathan takes the stage to address the crowd. He begins breaking the ice by apologizing about the poor weather and promises that if he's elected, he'll try to do something about that. Continuing, Nathan talks about his father's depression and death. Then, he tells the crowd that Peter's attempt at flight in the first episode was a suicide attempt that he barely survived. Peter, enraged, storms from the room.

A barkeep asks Matt how he is doing. Matt, pondering the question, hears the bartender think, "It's a rhetorical question, say you're fine, and order a drink." Matt does just that. The thoughts of the bar patrons continue through his head until he encounters a mysterious man staring at him. When Matt attempted to read the thoughts of the man, he experienced total silence. Matt sips his drink and gets up to leave the man's sight. Unable to maintain his balance, he collapses unconscious onto the barroom floor.

Drenched from the rain, Mohinder and Eden storm into Sylar's apartment followed by two police officers. Mohinder is trying to convey his and Eden's findings to the cops. He continues his speech until he notices that all of the belongings have been removed from the apartment.

In the parking garage, Peter attacks Nathan. Nathan's guards try to restrain him, but Nathan tells them to let Peter go. Nathan tells Peter that he had to say those things before the press made up their own notions about him. Peter will have nothing of Nathan's story, and storms out into the rain. While trying to hail a cab, Simone walks up behind him and covers him with a red umbrella. She tells him that she knows he didn't try to kill himself, and they kiss in the rain.

In his studio, Isaac looks through a sketchbook at things he's drawn. Pictures of a woman—presumably Simone—and on the next page, a couple, standing under a red umbrella, kissing in the rain. Isaac seems distressed by the second image.

On a slab in the morgue, a latex-gloved hand pulls the remains of the branch from Claire's neck and leaves the room. Color returns to her eyes and face, and Claire coughs as she comes back to life. She looks around to see her ribs exposed, her chest cut open for autopsy.


EPISODE 3 TRIVIA -

The scene where Hiro and Ando save the girl from being hit by the truck was filmed in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California. The monument to Japanese-American astronaut Ellison Onizuka, which resembles a space shuttle, is clearly visible in the background in the show where the two are looking at the comic book. The street they are on is named Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Street.

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