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


Season - 1
Episode - 7

Guest Stars -

Rena Sofer as Heidi Petrelli
Thomas Dekker as Zach
Mark Anthony Page as Highway Patrol
Eliza Coleman as Woman in Car Crash
Kate Connor as Nurse Jennifer
Jackson Wurth as Monty Petrelli
Justin Evans as Simon Petrelli
Richard Roundtree as Charles Devaux
Stephen Spinella as Mr. Dennison
Matthew John Armstrong as Ted Sprague
Rick Peters as Tom
Deirdre Quinn as Tina
Cristine Rose as Angela Petrelli
Lisa Lackey as Janice Parkman
James Kyson Lee as Ando Masahashi
Jack Coleman as Horned-Rimmed Glasses/Mr. Bennet

Writers - Jesse Alexander
Director - Donna Deitch

Original Airdate - November 6, 2006.



Peter is reading Charles Deveaux the morning's stock report. After some conversation about the report, Peter and Mr. Deveaux exchange "I love you" to each other in a father/son manner, implying a deep relationship. Mr. Deveaux then erupts into a coughing fit. After inspecting Charles, Peter says that he can fly, but Charles doesn't believe it. Peter then walks toward an open window and the camera pans out, as if giving a first person view of the city in flight. A doorbell wakes him up, revealing this to be a dream. He opens the door to find a teary Simone Deveaux outside. She informs him that her father passed away about an hour ago. Peter and Simone go to see Isaac at his apartment to find it deserted and Isaac gone. Simone comments that her father talked about flying all over the world with Peter and that he saw terrible things, though Peter made him feel better by assuring him that everything was going to be okay, telling him there were still people around that cared, and that they were going to save the world. Peter replies that he hasn't had this conversation with her father and Simone then informs Peter that the painting that he and Isaac were looking for was sold to "Linderman".

Nathan and his wife, Heidi, strategize how to win the congressional election. Nathan's mother has scheduled an interview with a big-name newspaper, for brunch, which the family usually never has. Nathan and Heidi discuss about her going public, as she has been out of the spotlight during his campaign and she states she is looking forward to it. Heidi, we discover, is wheelchair bound, as a result of an accident that is Nathan's fault. Oliver Dennisson comments that Heidi is adjusting well to the wheelchair. She says that she was angry for a long time at God, not Nathan, as Mr. Dennisson suggests. Peter arrives at brunch, commenting that they never have family brunch, in which Nathan responds stating Peter isn't family enough for brunch, as his presence could ruin the election for him. Peter asks Nathan to help him recover the painting that Linderman has bought from Simone, but he promptly refuses to. Peter then counters by threatening to reveal his flying ability to Mr. Dennisson, giving Nathan no choice. At the brunch, Mr. Dennisson informs Nathan that a former member of his security detail reported that there was a scare in Las Vegas about his disappearance, stating there was a blond involved. Peter quickly covers up for his brother by lying that Nathan spoke to a woman doctor about a private clinic outside of Las Vegas to help his mental health.

Later that evening, Niki calls Nathan, asking him for help, as she's trying to find her son. He quickly hangs-up when Heidi approaches. She asks him if he still loves her, in which he assures her he still does. She tells him that she will walk again, but she will need Nathan to give her hope to do so and asks him if the story that Peter told was true, which he hastily assures. Nathan is then seen talking on the phone to Mr. Linderman about the painting, which he successfully arranges to be delivered to a gallery. Nathan tells Peter to forget about the paintings, and that it's not going to help. He also informs Peter of the kidnapping attempt in Las Vegas. He tells him that he flew away from them. He describes one of the men as wearing horn-rimmed glasses and the other as a "spooky Euro dude" who didn't say a word. Nathan says that if people knew what they could do, that they would lock them up and throw away the key.

Niki wakes up on the floor with a large intake of breath. She searches the house and finds out that Micah and DL are gone. Niki tells her friend, Tina, about Jessica, the other person that Niki sees in the mirror. Her friend has trouble believing this. Later, Niki breaks the mirror in her room, and Tina asks what's wrong. Jessica responds that she has everything under control, and tells her to leave, scaring Tina in the process as she believes that Niki has changed, an assumption which is confirmed by the appearance of the RNA symbol tattoo on her shoulder.

After they left Las Vegas, Micah questions his dad why he left Niki at the home. They then pull up to a burning car, to find the driver outside with a passenger inside, unconscious. D.L. runs up to the car and tries to get the passenger out. D.L. then puts his hand inside the car window, and can see his hand through the glass. Hiro and Ando were also present. As soon as the car explodes, Hiro stops time and saves them. A few minutes later, D.L. and Micah leave because Ando called the police for help, instead of D.L.'s plan to drive them to a hospital.

While at a hotel, Micah goes to a pay-phone that says "out of service". He then places his hand on the phone. Whirring noises are heard, and the phone starts working again. Micah calls his mom, but finds out that Niki's alter-ego "Jessica" is on the phone. "Jessica" asks him where they are. Micah replies, "Please put my mom on the phone." Jessica says that his mom is gone and won't be back until they have Micah back. He then tells Jessica the location of the motel in which they are staying. Just then, D.L. interrupts, taking the phone from his son and hearing nothing but static. He asks if Micah was talking to his mom. Micah says he was "just fooling around." D.L. is suspicious, but accepts it, since the phone was labeled "out of service". D.L. tells the boy that they have some driving to do.

Matt talks to his wife about the last couple of days that they had together. Wanting to say more about their issues, he overhears her thoughts that "he knows" something that she hasn't shared. Suspecting something, he leaves quickly for work, not allowing himself to find out what was in her mind.

At the police station, a commotion erupts as Audrey enters the men's locker room to tell Matt that he should put on some "real people" clothes. At his protest, she tells him that the station commander has already been informed, and gives him an FBI ID badge. They go in search of a man who killed Dr. Robert Fresco, an oncologist. The suspect, initially suspected to be Sylar, is actually Theodore Sprague, a man with the power to emit radiation. He is found at the hospital with his wife, Karen, who is dying of cancer. When he realizes Matt and Audrey are police, he uses a nurse as a hostage and shield. Audrey pulls her gun on him, but he says he may go "nuclear" if she shoots him. He wants to be with his wife; the doctor's death was an accident, he says, from trying to persuade him to do more for her. Matt can hear Karen's thoughts, even though she is in a coma, and he allows Theodore a final conversation with her. This calms the man down, and he releases the nurse, who has burns on her arm where Theodore was holding her. He then allows himself to be taken into custody.

Later, in the police locker room, Tom McHenry, Matt's former partner comments on Audrey's presence, and how Matt will be allowed to take an oral interview for the detective exam. Matt says he didn't know that was an option, and Tom says that Audrey must have pulled some strings. Matt then overhears Tom's thoughts about sleeping with Matt's wife, and he promptly punches the man in the face, then leaves in anger.

Hiro and Ando are driving down a road, and pull over when they come across a two-car collision. They see that woman is trapped inside one of the cars. D.L. Hawkins and Micah Sanders are in the car ahead of Hiro and Ando. While D.L. tries to save the woman, gasoline spilled onto the roadway ignites, and the car explodes just after he pulls her from the car. Hiro freezes time and saves D.L. and the woman from the explosion by pushing them to the side of the road.

Zach visits Claire and gives her the tape. Though relieved, Claire is annoyed to think Zach had simply misplaced the tape when he tells her he found it under his bed. Claire hides the tape under a jacket while talking to her mom, and her younger brother Lyle, seeing the corner of the cassette, takes it out and watches it. Claire returns and panics when she sees Lyle watching the tape on the computer. She stops the tape and tries lightly to attribute the video to special effects, but Lyle, disbelieving, staples her hand and becomes horrified when he sees the wound automatically heal after Claire pulls out the staple. Lyle takes the tape and leads Claire and Zach, who arrives on bicycle, on a chase around the yard before he locks himself in an SUV on the driveway. Claire and Zach try vainly for apparently some time to force him to come out, but Lyle refuses, saying Claire is a freak. Claire finally convinces Lyle to surrender the tape and come out by saying the knowledge of her powers would simply alienate the whole family.

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