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Heroes, Chapter 16 - Unexpected (Episode Guide)

Ted Sprague meets Hana Geitelman, who shows him the marks from the tranquilizer gun the Company uses to capture people with powers.

Claire’s mother fails to recognize her, but within moments seems to be alright again.

Noah Bennett is at Isaac Mendez’s apartment. Isaac shows him a painting of Peter looking transparent. Bennett reveals that an old (invisible) colleague must still be alive.

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Heroes, Chapter 14 - Distractions (Episode Guide)

This latest episode picks up in New York where an invisible Claude and Peter walk through the streets talking about their abilities. Claude theorises that Peter’s body remembers the powers he’s absorbed from others, but that his body has them all jumbled. Deciding to give Peter a crash test, he steals a woman’s handbag and tosses it to Peter before walking off. Peter suddenly becomes visible again…

Niki Sanders meets with the prison psychiatrist, who is trying to get Jessica’s personality to come through. With a metronome, she gets Niki talking about her sister playing piano. Suddenly Jessica comes forward and breaks free of her restraints…

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Heroes, Chapter 13 - The Fix (Episode Guide)

Hiro tries to stop time so that he and Ando can escape a parking fine, but fails. He feels that the samurai sword is the key to his powers and will help him focus them. On the way to pick up the car, he and Ando discover they are being chased by men in a van.

They hide under a car, but it is driven off, exposing them to the men. As they run away, Ando gets caught and Hiro is forced to return. They’re bundled into the van - Ando says “You came back for me”, to which Hiro replies “That’s how we roll!”

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Heroes, Chapter 5 - Hiros (Episode Guide and clip) SPOILER!

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The episode begins on the subway where future Hiro Nakamura meets Peter Petrelli, and tells him that he has to save the cheerleader, Claire Bennett. He leaves with the advice “Be the one we need”.

Peter tells an incredulous Mohinder what happened with Hiro, but Mohinder walks away unimpressed.

Claire is in the hospital after the crash where she sees a broken up Brody on a gurney. She opens up to Noah and tells him about Brody’s attempted rape, and admits that she lied to him.

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Heroes, Chapter 4 - Collision (Episode Guide)

heroes-logoWhen we return to Heroes, cop Matt Parkman has been captured by Noah Bennett and his sinister friend. Hiro and Ando are in Las Vegas, and Niki Saunders and her son Micah are there also, paying a visit to loan shark Lindermann.

Claire Bennett is in hospital, and as the camera pans back, we discover chest skin has been completely stripped away and she’s on the autopsy table. The coroner removes the stick that’s pierced Claire’s brain and she starts to rejuvinate again. When the coroner’s back is turned, she slips out of the room.

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Heroes Chapter 3 - One Giant Leap

Another fantastic episode of Heroes this evening. The character development continues apace, with Hiro and Ando providing both comic relief and some flyaway musings on the nature and responsibilities of being a superhero. Hiro even for a moment considers getting himself a costume. I really enjoy Hiro’s enthusiasm for his newfound powers and how he allows comic book lore and ideals to dictate his behaviour.Claire Bennett’s storyline takes a sinister turn as the high school footballer she has a crush on forced himself on her and attempts to rape her. After a brief scuffle between the two of them, Claire falls and impales her skull on a spike and appears dead. As the episode ends, we see an unidentified hand remove the implement from her head. As the camera pans back, Claire wakes to discover her torso has been stripped back to reveal her ribs. Read more & comment »