Events in this episode take place on the day of Claire’s homecoming game. Claire’s father is growing desperate to stop the villain who is coming after Claire. Meanwhile, Nathan gets the painting from Linderman and is horrified by what it depicts. Elsewhere, Mohinder’s dreams hold secrets about his father and Ando waits for Hiro, who still has not returned from the past. Peter must try to save the cheerleader, and also himself.

Heroes stars Hayden Panettiere as Claire Bennet, Jack Coleman as Mr Bennet, Adrian Pasdar as Nathan Petrelli, Malcolm McDowell as Linderman, Sendhil Ramamurthy as Mohinder Suresh, James Kyson Lee as Ando Masahashi, Masi Oka as Hiro Nakamura and Milo Ventimiglia as Peter Petrelli.

Wednesday 12 September
9.00-9.45pm BBC TWO