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A brand new Hero appears in the form of Hana "Wireless" Gitelman. She's like a Blackberry, only with a leather jacket and boobs. Isaac spills his guts to Bennet about how Peter's alive and in New York. Bennet gives him a gun so that he can save the world from dangerous invisible guys with emo bangs. Mohinder and Sylar are on their Cross-Country Ride Straight to Hell, and their first stop is at Dale's garage in Montana. She has superhearing, and the first thing she superhears is Sylar's heart beating abnormally quickly because he's so close to the braaaaaains that he's reaaaaaally excited. Claude continues his Education of Peter with a little stick-play on the roof (dirty!), and they discover that Peter absorbed Sylar's telekinesis. Then Claude hits him in the face with his staff. And, no, that is not a euphemism. Mrs. Bennet collapses in the kitchen, and Claire calls her father while Mr. Muggles laps up spilled milk from around his food-giver's body. Mr. Muggles: "What? Two-second rule, dude. Plus, I was thirsty. Shut up."
Elsewhere in storylines I'm tired of fucking seeing, Hiro teams up with Tom Cullen to go after Ando, and Matt and his wife fight about the diamonds he stole. Yes, they're both about that exciting. Hiro? Still doesn't have the sword. Matt? Still doesn't have any balls. But, the show picks up a bit in the most awesome moment of the episode: Peter saves Claude after HRG and the Haitian Sensation attack them on the Superroof. How does he do this? First, he freezes the taser prods in mid-air, then dumps Claude over the side of the building, then he FLIES AFTER HIM and FLIES OFF THROUGH THE SKY. Kick. Ass.
After we learn that Claude has been on the run from HRG for years, the Invisible Duo figure out that Isaac was the one who gave them up for bait. Peter is understandably peeved. Simone goes to see Nathan and tries to convince him to go public with their abilities. You can imagine how well this goes over with Nathan. Matt meets Radioactive Ted and Wireless in a cemetery and they convince him to join forces with them in order to locate and take down Bennet and OWI. Claire's mother has a brain hemorrhage thanks to the Haitian Sensation, and little Clairebear has had just about enough of her father's lies. But the minute she declares that she wants to protect the family from Bennet, Matt and Ted show up to get answers to their questions. And, finally Angry Peter confronts Isaac and gunplay ensues, only the bullets don't wind up in Peter, they wind up in Simone, who shows up at the last minute to give Isaac's key back. So much for a romantic reunion, huh, Isaac? Want more? The full recap starts right below!
Previously on Heroes: Claude smacked Peter around and lo, the world it did rejoice because that shit was AWESOME. Oh, wait. That wasn't the last episode. In fact there was a notable absence of both Claude and Peter last time and, lo, the world it did cry because we had to watch Hiro and Ando do stupid shit in Vegas while Matt and Jessica shot at each other and Claire didn't get to spend any quality time with her Flydaddy. I think if Claude HAD been in the last episode, there would have been a few other Heroes I'd have liked him to smack the hell around. Truly.
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Somewhere in the Nevada Desert. RadioacTed is hanging out in the Unabomber's old shack, boiling water with his index finger in order to enjoy a nice spot of tea, when an IM window spontaneously opens up on his computer. It's someone named Wireless, and they'd like to get to know him. This wouldn't be odd except that the computer is not currently connected to the Interwebs. A point which Ted brings up to Wireless. Wireless just says that she knows what "they" did to him and then sends him a drawing of a gun with a needle at the end that matches the hash marks on Ted's shoulder. He says they should meet. She tells him to turn around, and there she is: Hana Gitelman, a.k.a. "Wireless." She tells Ted that she can download wi-fi and radio waves, just like a computer. Ted doesn't believe her until she responds to his questions by answering them through the IM window without touching the computer. He asks her why she came to him, and she tells him that "they" got to her too. She shows him her hash marks and says that she can find the bad guys and Ted can nuke them.
Cut to Claire, who's standing in her kitchen, upset that her mom has seemingly lost her mind. She runs upstairs to find her father, but runs into her brother instead. She tells him that something's seriously wrong with their mom and drags him downstairs to the kitchen. Problem is, once they get there, Mama B is back and so is her mind. There's no evidence that just minutes before, Mama B recognized neither Claire nor Mr. Muggles. Mr. Muggles: "Yeah -- what the hell was THAT all about? If she doesn't recognize me, do I still get food? Because that's really all I care about here." Mama B just tells Claire and Lyle to set the table and get ready for dinner. Lyle quips that if their father were there, he'd totally drug test Claire.
Speaking of Bennet, he's in New York, paying a little visit to the Superstudio of Superheroes. Isaac takes him on a tour of his paintings, pointing out that Peter is going to eventually cause the devastation of New York. He says that he's been looking for Peter, but for some reason, his visions never showed him where Peter actually was. Until this one painting, where some footprints show up in water. Bennet wonders aloud if Peter is invisible, and Isaac says, "That sounds so crazy." "Any more than a man who can paint the future?" says Bennet. "Peter absorbs others abilities. Apparently, he's met someone who we assumed was dead." Bennet shoots the Haitian Sensation a look like, "Looks like we've got us some killin' to do!" He returns to looking at the painting and observes that the location on the canvas is the Deveaux Building. He says that on the outside chance that Peter shows up at Isaac's studio before Bennet and the Haitian Sensation capture him, Isaac should shoot first and ask questions later. Bennet hands him this ginormous gun, and Isaac holds it out like it's covered in placenta or something and asks what he's supposed to do with it. "Duh, you SHOOT it," says Bennet. "And save the world, I guess. Whatever. Do you have any Little Debbie snack cakes? I could murder some Swiss Cake Rolls right about now."
Matt's House O' Fun. Except Kind of Without the "Fun" Part. Matt digs the velvet bag of diamonds out of his sock drawer and spills them out onto the dresser. There's a ring amongst all the sparkly gems. He sets that aside and puts the diamonds back in the bag. I know. It's ENTHRALLING, isn't it? Mrs. Matt enters and starts to put away laundry, and Matt tries to help her but she's pregnant, not cancer-ridden, so she tells him to bugger off and let her fold t-shirts in peace, thank you very much. She finds the ring and the first thing out of her mouth is not, "OH MY GOD IT'S SO PRETTY I LOVE YOU THANK YOU YOU ARE SO GETTING LAID TONIGHT." Instead she says, "What did you do?" And she says it in a tone that's like, "Okay, who'd you rob NOW?" Like, way to be ungrateful, Mrs. Useless. Eventually, she gets psyched about the thing and smiles and puts it on, and Matt lies that he got it wholesale instead of out of a dead criminal's briefcase. She then rains all over his parade by telling him that Mohinder called yesterday and wanted to talk about Matt's DNA. "He found you!" she says. "He knows!" I'd say so, yes.
Bozeman, Montana. Mohinder and Sylar are still traveling together in search of Heroes. Sylar thanks Mohinder for bringing him along, and Mo just says he's glad for the company because it's nice to have someone to spoon with in countless greasy motel rooms. Sylar goes on to say that he believes in fate and karma and he's not just saying that because Mo is Indian. Hee. Mo says it's a good thing Sylar's with him because he thinks they'll come across a lot of skepticism in their travels and Sylar can really help in that department. Sylar's like, "Mmmm. Braaaaains." They enter what looks like an auto shop and find a rather mannish woman working with an arc welder. She's listening to extremely loud rap music on her earphones and says that she hates it, but that it's the only thing she's found that cancels out the-- She stops herself before finishing that sentence and just asks what she can do for them.
Mo says they're looking for Dale Smither, and the woman responds that she's who they're looking for. Mo's like, "Oh. Um. Well, this is awkward. Because I was thinking Dale was a man and you're a woman, but you're a woman who's kind of built like a man, so now I'm not sure if you're a man or a woman, and I'm confused and there's this guy with me who's totally creeping me out, but I'm too stupid to figure out that he sounds NOTHING like the guy on the answering machine who left me that panicked message, but now I've invited him along to look for Heroes and I think he's TOTALLY going to eat your brains here but I'm going to take a few more episodes to figure that shit out." Dale's like, "Uh-huh. Who's the creepy guy?" Sylar's like, "Mmm. Braaaaains."
Sylar and Mo introduce themselves, and Mo mentions that he's left Dale several messages and she says she got them, but she clearly wants nothing to do with him or his great plans for her DNA. Dale asks how he found her, and Mo says the thing about her giving blood eleven years ago and how she signed a consent form to have her blood used in the Human Genome Project, and Dale just says that Mo's barking up the wrong tree. Sylar steps forward and blabbles something about understanding what Dale's going through, and then he melts a wrench and Dale's like, "Dude. My wrench. You suck. Also? That was totally cool." She can't believe there are others out there like her and Sylar says there are and then wonders how soon it will be before he can get at her brains. Dale says that she used to suffer from headaches and that the littlest noises were deafening to her. "I'm sorry," says Mo. "It must be a heavy burden." "A burden?" says Dale with a chuckle. "Hell, no. This is the best damn thing that ever happened to me. Well, now that I've learned to control it, I'm like Superman or something."
It should be noted that, as she's talking, Sylar's hovering behind her, basically staring at the back of her head as if he'd like to slice it open with his finger and dip his hands into her cerebral cortex. He's practically drooling. Dale says that she can hear rain coming from forty miles away, as well as the tiniest changes in a heartbeat. "Yours, for instance," she says, looking at Sylar. "It's racing kinda fast. You nervous about something?" Sylar sheepishly shrugs into his coat and is all, "What? Brains? Licking? Huh? No. I'm not nervous at all! Shut up. Braaaaains." He lies that he's just excited to meet her, and she defensively says that if they've come to take it away from her, they're gonna have a hell of a fight on their hands. Mo insists that they're there to help and that he'd like to perform tests on her and ask some questions; shouldn't take more than a couple of hours. She agrees, but she's too busy today to do it; he'll have to come back tomorrow. She walks away and Mo gives Sylar a "let's go" nod, but Sylar's too busy staring at the back of Dale's neck while licking his chops to pay attention to Mo's subtle cues.
Vegas. The Hiro and Ando Show, Now with 50% Less Ando! Hiro's trying to get out of the storage room, which is a repeat of his actions last week. The door opens and it's Tom Cullen. "You're not Ando," says Hiro. Gee, ya think? Shut up, Hiro. I used to love this character, but they're pushing his childlike world outlook to the far wall, you know? I mean, really. "You're not Ando"? Are they fucking kidding with this? Like, he holds up his hand and gives the Spock high sign and says, "I come in peace." WHAT? You're a nerd, Hiro, but you're not a developmentally challenged nerd, are you? For fuck's sake. Whatever. Tom Cullen demands to know where the girl and the bag are and Hiro says they're with Ando and they have to find him and save him. Tom Cullen's like, "I'm not taking you with me, jackass. You're a dork." And Hiro's like, "Take me with you, or I make storyline nevah end!"
Cut to a cemetery in L.A. where RadioacTed is chatting with the grave of his dead wife. He says that "they're" going to pay for what "they" did to him and he sets flowers down on the ground and they immediately whither away and then all the grass around them dies, as does all the grass for about a mile radius around Ted. Cut to Isaac, fondling his new gun while he stares at the painting that supposedly has InvisiPeter in it. The painting morphs into reality and we're on the Deveaux rooftop as grunting, punching and shouting are heard. Claude's engaging Peter in a staff and rod training session. Sadly, that is NOT a euphemism. Claude's basically kicking the shit out of Peter with a big stick. (Dirty!) And Peter? Well, he's not really enjoying it as much as you'd think.
Claude tells Peter that he has the ability to put a stop to the abuse, he just has to dig into that "file cabinet" of powers he has and pull out the appropriate skill. It's a really fun fight, actually; mostly because Christopher Eccleston wields his stick with particular finesse. Also, he's hot. So is Milo. Which makes the scene even that much more entertaining. Peter whines that he's trying to bust a supermove, but nothing's happening. "Oh, and when you've left New York a smoking wasteland," says Claude, spinning his stick, "we'll put that on your tombstone: 'Here lies Peter Petrelli. He TRIED.'" He whacks Peter in the gut with his stick (dirty!) and says, "Fly. Stop time. Paint me a pretty picture! Do... something... UNEXPECTED!" At that last word, Claude flings the stick down as if to crack Peter over the skull with it, and suddenly, it stops in mid-air.
Peter stares at the stick, a vein bulging on his forehead. Finally, it breaks into pieces and Claude falls back. "Ha ha!" he says. "You pushed that away with your mind. Which one of your sorry friends has telekinesis?" Peter thinks no one does, but then he remembers his run-in with Sylar back in Texas and realizes that he probably got the TK from him. Claude snappily observes that if Peter absorbed that power all the way back in Texas and is able to suddenly pull it out now, they just might have a chance to stop him from going nuclear. And then he smacks Peter in the face with another stick. Hee. I really do love him.
Superheroes Superstudio. Simone's checking out the paintings Isaac has recently finished, and she's mighty peeved that Peter appears in none of them. Isaac lies that Peter's left New York, and Simone totally busts him on it because he's doing that thing with his face that he used to do when he'd lie to her about using heroin. Isaac says that he can't willingly throw her into another man's arms and Simone asks if it's because he's jealous and Isaac's like, "Duh," and then Simone says again that she doesn't think she should have a key to his place and Isaac tells her to keep it, and if Simone really wanted to give the damn key back, all she'd have to do is leave the fucking thing on a table or throw it at Isaac's head, like, she doesn't need permission to give the fucking key back so GIVE IT BACK ALREADY. But she totally doesn't, and Isaac says he'll do anything for her and Simone just tells him to find Peter. Again. Some more.
The Saddest Car Ride Ever. Hiro and Tom Cullen are driving to get Hope and Ando. Hiro hums. Tom Cullen and I find this very annoying. Hiro smiles. Tom Cullen and I also find this very annoying. Tom Cullen speaks for me when he tells Hiro to sit there and shut up. Hiro ignores this directive and says that he's responsible for Ando, and Tom Cullen doesn't give a shit, and neither do I, and he says that a partner drags you down or screws you over and Hiro's like, "That not true! Ando good man! He believe in me!" Tom Cullen just wryly observes that it was Ando who wanted to help Hope, and Ando who grabbed the bag, and Ando who took Hiro's car. "When you take on a partner," says Tom Cullen, "all you wind up with is their blood on your hands."
Cut to Ando and Hope, arriving at a bus station. They get out and she goes to grab the bag, but Ando wants to get it for her because he's a gentleman. He's a gentleman who takes his chivalry seriously, judging by the fact that he wrestles with Hope over possession of the bag. They wrestle so hard that, of course, the bag busts wide open, revealing a shitload of casino chips. Ando asks what the hell all this is, and Hope answers him by pointing a gun in his face.
Bates Motel, Montana-Style. Sylar and Mohinder grab their bags from the trunk as Mo thanks Sylar for his save back at the body shop. "You made a difference," says Mo, handing Sylar his room key. Which, by the way, is one of those card key things that are really more for high-rise hotels in slightly more urban areas than this shit-in-the-sticks motel they've got going here. I'm thinking old-fashioned keys might have been a better solution, but whatever. Sylar asks if Mo meant what he said about helping Heroes. Mo says he did and, even though he doesn't have it now, he's working on an isotope or something that will eventually help the Heroes control over their powers or even eliminate their abilities, if they so desire.
Sylar gets this creepy look on his face and says that Mo makes it sound like the superpowers are a virus or a plague. Mo apologizes, but says that some of the powers people have are dangerous and that his poor father had to learn that firsthand. He says that Papa Suresh was murdered by a man named Sylar. Sylar's like, "NO WAY." Mohinder's like, "WAY." Sylar pretends to be shocked and asks if this Sylar person just got away with killing Mo's dad, and Mo says that all he knows is that Sylar's locked up, and Sylar's like, "I TOTALLY AM NOT," and Mo's like, "You know, you're staring at me kind of freakily, dude, knock it off," and Sylar's like, "BRAAAAAINS." "They're out there," he says, staring off into the distance. "I can feel them. So innocent, so unaware of what's happening to them. We'll find them, Mohinder. All of them, together. The two of us." Mohinder just looks at him like, "Bitch. You be crazy." Then they go to their motel room and make sweet, sweet love to each other. NO THEY TOTALLY DON'T. Psych!
Bennet Family Manse. Claire's mother asks if they need to have a talk, and Claire says they do. She mentions her mom's forgetfulness and headaches and asks if the doctors know what's causing them, but Mama B has no idea. "What if it's not some thing that's responsible for them, but someone?" asks Claire. "What if you had a secret and they had a way to brainwash you?" Her mom looks at her for a second and then just laughs and says that Claire's been studying too long and that they should just curl up on her bed and watch a movie with some pie and milk. Claire, with tears in her eyes, declares that she's dead serious about this, but Mama B just says that Mr. Bennet's in charge of talking to the doctors, and it's all going to be okay. Claire says that maybe they shouldn't be trusting Mr. B so much, and her head stuff could get worse, and time it could be bad and then there's a loud crash. Mama B's flat-out on the kitchen floor. Claire runs over to her mother and starts crying over her prone body.
Superroof. Claude's playing with his birds. Again, NOT a euphemism. Peter asks what's up with all the birds, seeing as Claude pretty much hates everyone and everything. Claude says that Darwin raised pigeons when he was working out his theory of evolution and that he married up varied permutations in order to achieve "maximum potential." Peter asks what he means by that, and Claude says, "I think he meant you, friend." Peter says that Claude used to care about the world, didn't he? As they talk, we get a shot of someone observing them through heat vision. Suddenly, a gun comes into view, and we see that it's Bennet who's holding it. He shoots and little taser darts fly out, sticking Claude in the neck and bringing him down. The Haitian Sensation takes aim at Peter, only Peter channels Hiro's power and stops time, bringing the darts to a halt right in front of him. They drop to the ground, and Bennet and the Haitian Sensation run toward him. He reaches down and grabs Claude and flings him over the side of the building. "What're you doing?!" Claude yells. "Something unexpected," says Peter, flinging himself over as well. Bennet and the Haitian Sensation run up to the edge of the roof and look over, only to see Peter, with Claude in his arms, flying straight up into the sky. Kick. ASS. Peter flies off into the night with his boyfriend over his shoulders and that is just so totally fucking awesome I can't stand it.
Bennet's cell rings and it's Claire, begging him to come home. She tells him about her mother's fall and blackout and says that she called 911. Mr. Muggles, meanwhile, is totally licking up the spilled milk. Mr. Muggles: "What? It's not like someone's going to squeegee it up and put it in a damn glass! I'm telling you, I AM ALWAYS HUNGRY." Bennet says that he's coming home ASAP and then tells the Haitian Sensation that Claude will have to wait for the moment.
Matt's House O' Fun. Matt empties the diamond bag into his hand and we see that there are several other rings in there, so now I'm thinking that Matt didn't intentionally give his wife that ring and that he stupidly missed it when scooping up the diamonds and she just happened to stumble upon it. Mrs. Matt walks in and she's hella-pissed because she found out that the ring he accidentally gave her is worth forty thousand bucks and that the jeweler accused her of stealing it, which is not only rude, but kind of stupid because, hi, unless she went to the same diamond guy the ring was stolen from, there's no way some random jeweler is going to know if someone stole a ring or not. So, whatever, Mrs. Matt demands an explanation, and Matt just hands her the velvet bag and tells her the whole story, and she wants him to return the diamonds, and he says he can't and he's just trying to provide for their family because that whole employment thing isn't really working out for him, and she yells at him that she's tried to pretend that everything's okay, but it's not. She tells him to call the precinct right now and turn the diamonds in, but before he can dial, the phone rings. We don't hear who's on the other end, but apparently they ask Matt to meet them and he dashes off to do so.
Peter's Gargantuan Apartment of Limitless Proportions. Peter's pretty face blurs into frame as he asks Claude how he's doing. Claude fully wakes up and does what he does best: he hits Peter right in the face. He grabs him by the lapels and says that Peter totally knew Bennet was after him, and Peter argues that he didn't even know who they were, only he kind of does because he's met Bennet already and didn't Bennet swear to Peter that he owed him a favor after Peter saved Claire? I just remembered that. And yet he gave Isaac a gun with which to shoot him? The hell? So Claude gasps at Peter that the reason he's been invisible all this time is because he was hiding from HRG and "them." "And you brought the bastards right to my door!" Peter yells that he just saved Claude's ASS and Claude's like, oh, dude, you have NO idea what you've done. And then he runs around looking panicked.
A flash of understanding visits Claude, and he figures out that it must have been Isaac who reported their whereabouts to Bennet. Peter doesn't think so. Claude says that Bennet got to him. "You said yourself he disappeared for a bit, right?" asks Claude. "Yeah, so?" says Peter. "Well, that's how it works," says Claude. "At least, that's how it did in my day. You drop off the face of the earth for a few days, wake up with a memory hole, a killer headache, and a souvenir." Claude tugs down his shirt and says, "Did he have a set o' these?" He has the two hash marks, but they're much rougher and scarred than Hana's, Matt's, and Ted's. Peter asks what they are and Claude just says that they're for the "lucky ones." Peter wonders what they're going to do now and Claude's all, "What's this 'we' shit, homes? There ain't no more 'we' for us." Peter pleads with Claude to stay, seeing as they're so close to figuring all this stuff out, but Claude's not having any of it. Peter says that he can't do this alone and Claude just says, "Then I guess you go boom." And then he disappears. Peter turns and the look on his face is full of fury.
Cut to Simone, asking Nathan if he's heard from Peter. "The last time I saw my brother, he flew out of a window to get away from me," says Nathan. "I doubt he's going to come knocking on my door." "He flew out a window?" says Simone with a smile. "So to speak," says Nathan. Heh. Nathan goes on to say that he's got people looking for Peter around the clock; they'll find him. Simone thinks that's not good enough. She wants Nathan to hold a press conference and explain Peter's condition and Nathan's like, oh sure, because that's some shit people will believe. "Let's tell them everything," says Simone. "Isaac painting the future, Hiro stopping time, even you! What you all can do is incredible. It's time people know what's happening. The truth." Nathan says that he appreciates that Simone's heart is in the right place, but if people found out what they all can do, "They would drop a collective brick." Hee.
"You think they'd burn you at the stake?" says Simone. Nathan thinks they would. Because that's what he would do. "I would round us all up, stick us in a lab on some island in the middle of the ocean." Simone observes that where Peter saw hope, Nathan sees disaster. She declares that she's voting for the other guy. Nathan stops her and orders her not to take this public. She leaves. Uch. Back with Ando and Hope. She still has a gun to his head, but this time, she's using it to force him to gather up the fallen chips. Tom Cullen's car squeals into the lot, and he gets out and says he wants his share, and then they start shooting at each other, and Hiro stupidly runs TOWARD Hope's gun, and Ando gets shot in the arm, and there's more shooting, the kind where magic bullets appear out of thin air because Hope's gun is a six-shooter, but she takes, like, fourteen shots at Tom Cullen. Hiro and Ando finally get the hell out of the way and make it over to the luggage compartment of a bus and watch the shooting match like it's TV.
Ando and Hiro exchange mutual apologies and then something explodes and Hope walks over and aims at them as if to kill them only that's like the dumbest thing ever because she can't POSSIBLY have any BULLETS left, but she pulls the damn trigger anyway and Hiro squints and the bullet stops and then he actually manages to put it BACK inside the gun and Hope get tackled by Tom Cullen and NOW will Hiro believe that he doesn't have to go get that stupid fucking sword? Cops arrive to deal with Tom Cullen and Hope, and Hiro and Ando come out of their "hiding" place, and Ando asks if Hiro's powers worked because he had his eyes closed the whole time, and Hiro's like, "I don't know 'cuz mine were closed too 'cuz when I do the time power thing, I look like I'm passing kidney stones." They wander around the parking lot until they come across the Nissan Versa, and Hiro product-placements it with the observation that there's not a scratch on it. Guh. I hate this storyline. Kill it. KILL IT.
Dale's Body Shop. Dale's working on a car when suddenly she stops because she hears something. She rolls out from beneath it and looks around frantically. Sylar appears in the shadows, and Dale says that she didn't hear his footsteps. "That's because there weren't any," he creeps out at her. "Also, BRAAAAAINS." "That sound," she says. "In your heart. What is it?" "Murder," he sneers. Heh.
Mama B's Hospital Room. Claire's sitting with her mom. The doctor shows up, and Claire asks if her mom's going to be okay. The doctor tells her that her mother has a subdural hemorrhage on the area of her brain that controls memory. The doctor asks if her mother's condition might be the result of domestic abuse. Claire then spills the beans about the Haitian Sensation's special power, and the doctor totally doesn't believe her and says she's going to tell Bennet what Claire said. Claire says she's telling the truth, but the doctor just walks off and ignores her.
Cemetery. Matt and Ted meet up, and Ted tells him that he found out what the hash marks on their necks are. "They're tracking us," he says. "Like animals!" "What the hell's that supposed to mean?" says Matt. "The truth!" says Hana, appearing from behind him. Matt pulls his gun on her and asks Ted what's going on, and Ted says that Hana's a friend and that she's like them and that she turned him onto the hash marks. She says the marks come from a pneumatic needle that contains a radioactive isotope that's used for tracking viruses in Africa. "That's what we are to them," says Ted. "A virus. A plague." Well, which is it? A virus or a plague? Or totally awesome? They really need to make up their minds on what the powers are. In Ted's case, they really are kind of a virus, because who the hell wants to be radioactive? Matt lowers his gun and asks who "them" is. Hana says a shipment of these needles went to Primatech Paper and that the tracking slip went to Bennet. Matt says he's already been down this road and it led nowhere. Ted says that he had his blood tested and the isotope is in him. "Ted, you're radioactive BY NATURE," snaps Matt. Hee.
Matt wants nothing to do with this and says that he and his wife are starting a family, and he wants to put all this crap behind him. Ted says he can't do that because they have to find out what Bennet did to them and fix it. Matt points out that if they really are being tracked, then Bennet will know they're coming. Ted doesn't care; he can get them through any wall there is. But he needs Matt to get inside Bennet's head. "He can't lie to us if you're there," Ted says. He goes on to say that he can't do this without Matt and that if they can save themselves, they could possibly help others. "We could be heroes!" he says. Say it with me: Just for one day! You know you said it out loud. You know you did.
Mama B's Hospital Room. Bennet appears and he and Lyle hug. He touches his wife's forehead and says that she'll be okay. "No thanks to you," says Claire. Bennet asks to speak with her outside, and they exit the room. "Doctor tells me you have an interesting theory about your mother's condition," he says. "It's not a theory," spits Claire. "You did this to her. You erased her mind." Bennet's like, that's crazy talk! Claire points out that he tried to have her mind erased too and again Bennet pretends to not know what she's talking about. "Stop! Stop it! Stop lying!" Claire shouts. Awesome. Bennet finally owns up and tells his daughter that what she knows is dangerous and if the wrong people find out about it, she could be hurt. Claire starts to cry and asks why he did this to her mother. Bennet tells her about Sylar's visit to the homestead and says that he had to make Mama B forget it ever happened. "Your mother is a gentle soul," he says. "And people like her shouldn't have to know about people like him." "And maybe people like YOU," Claire tosses back. Bennet swears he never meant for her mother to get sick; he only wanted to protect his family. He promises that he'll never do the memory wipe thing ever again and that everything's going to be okay, and then he goes to hug her and she totally shoves him off and the look on his face is so sad. "You don't just get to say you're sorry and make everything go away," she cries. Damn straight.
Montana. Mo and Sy pull up to the body shop and tinny rap music is heard as if on the radio. Only it's not on the radio, it's totally coming from far away and Sylar is the only one who can hear it. And it's hurting his ears. Mo gets out of the car and walks toward the shop, calling out for Dale. Sy tries to get Mo to leave and come back later, but Mo's like, "Dude, I'm busy not figuring out that you're a psycho. Just sit there and look pretty, okay?" He walks into the shop and sees Dale's body leaking blood all over the nice dirty garage floor. Mo immediately runs back out and vomits on the rental car. Sy gets out and runs to the garage and smiles at the site of his handiwork. He gets a headache, though, and hears loud electronic beeps and walks over to Mohinder and asks what he's doing. Mo's like, "I'm calling the cops, freak-o. We got a dead Hero on our hands."
Sy tries to convince Mo not to call the cops because they could be implicated in Dale's death. Mo says that her head was sliced open, so he knows it's Sylar who did it. They have to get to the other Heroes and warn them. Sylar's like, "We totally do! Wait -- when you say 'warn,' you mean 'kill,' right?" Sy keeps having these horrible sound headaches as they get into the car and drive off to warn/kill all the other Heroes.
The Hiro and Ando Show. Tom Cullen and Hope are taken into police custody. Hiro tells Ando to take the product-placement car back to the rental place because he's going to be taking buses from now on. Ando's like, "But... don't you like me anymore?" Hiro says that of course he still loves and adores him, but he should never have brought him along in the first place even though that's what the comic told him to do, so, really, he was just following orders. Hiro says that he has to save the world on his own. Ando's like, "Aw, dude! I wanted to save the world too!" Hiro's like, "No." Ando's like, "But--" Hiro's like, "I SAID NO. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get on this bus marked for Vegas so I can go get a stupid fucking sword that I don't really need. Say hi to everyone back at the office!" Hiro steps up to the bus and who do you think the driver is? That's right. Stan Lee. Because when you do a TV show about comic book heroes, it's only right and proper to have Mr. Lee show up at some point.
Bennet Family Manse. The family returns home, and Lyle starts to take his mother up to her room. Bennet goes to take Claire's arm, and she wrenches it out of his grasp. Bennet tells her to check that shit and says that her mother needs them right now. "I don't even know if I'll remember any of this tomorrow," she hisses at him. "All I want to do is run away, but I can't. Somebody has to protect this family from YOU." Oh, burn. That's when Ted appears behind her. Bennet orders Lyle to take Mrs. Bennet out of the house. Before he can, though, Matt shows up in front of the exit and he points his gun at everyone. "I'm sure you have a lot of questions," he says. "We all do."
Superstudio of Superheroes. Isaac's future-painting again. Lots of broad, black brushstrokes. When his vision clears, he sees that it's a painting of Peter, only Peter looks wicked pissed. Sure enough, when Peter appears behind him, he looks furious. "Why'd you do it, Isaac?" he rasps. "What, they give you money? Drugs? What's a Judas get these days?" Ooooh. Snap. "I was trying to stop you," says Isaac. "You're dangerous. You said it yourself. Without them to help, you'll become that." He points to the exploding man painting he did back in Empty Promises. Peter's like, "Yeah, I HAD help. Until you took it away by RATTING US OUT." He grabs Isaac and pulls back his shirt to reveal the hash marks. He wants to know what they mean. Isaac scrambles away and says they mean nothing. "DON'T LIE TO ME!" shouts Peter, throwing Isaac back with a shot of TK.
Peter spies the painting of Isaac and Simone on the roof and he asks Isaac if jealousy is why he sent Bennet after them. "You stole her away from me!" shouts Isaac. Oh, okay, Drug Boy. You were shooting up and Peter saved your life and he stole Simone from you? In case you forgot, you were in Bennet's home-style rehab center, jackass. Ain't nobody stealing NOTHIN' around here. Isaac makes it to his feet and grabs the gun, saying that with one shot, he can be a hero and save New York. Peter promptly vanishes and proceeds to throw things at Isaac from all over the loft, telling him that he's not a damn hero, he's a damn junkie who couldn't even save himself. That's why Simone left him. "It had NOTHING. TO DO. WITH ME!" shouts Peter. "SHOW YOURSELF!" shouts Isaac. He spins around and around and finally hears something by the front door so he takes two shots...
... only to discover that the two shots have landed squarely in the chest of Simone. She looks down at the blood, surprised that she's been shot. Isaac drops the gun. Simone falls backward and Peter materializes to her, cradling her down to the ground. Isaac runs to her side and the men both look down at the dying woman. Her head lolls back and her hand falls to her side, revealing Isaac's key within. See? If she'd just left that shit behind the FIRST TWO TIMES SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO, this might not have happened!
on Heroes: It's all Bennet, all the time! We finally learn how he got those awesome glasses, y'all.