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Claire tries out for cheerleading in order to add some truth to the lie she told her father about joining the team, but the bitchy cheertator votes against her, so Claire fails to get on the squad. West convinces Claire to stand up to the cheertator with a little joint display of their abilities. They stage a murderous mini-drama in front of the girl; Claire falls from the sky to her "death" and West "attacks" the cheertator while wearing a mask. The end result is that the cops think cheertator is a big old drunk and she gets suspended. Of course, this devious act garners Claire a place on the team. Maya and Sylar and Alejandro spend endless hours blabbing at each other through yet another desert until they find a hole in the border fence and stupidly drive through it. When they're stopped by border police, it triggers Maya's black goo and, even though it might kill him too, Sylar orders her to bring it on and drives them past the dying guards. Once they're safely past, Alejandro and Sylar assert their manhood all over each other in a lame brawl. After it's over, Maya goes to get something for Sylar's lip and he tells Alejandro in English that he's only with them for their powers and when he gets his ability back, he's going to kill them and take it all. Bennet and the Haitian Sensation pay a visit to an old friend, Ivan, who apparently knows where the ElderPaintings are. He tries several times not to give up the location, but after Bennet threatens to have his memories of his dead daughter removed, he folds like a lawn chair. Then Bennet shoots the guy. Dang. Bennet and the Haitian Sensation then go to the warehouse to look at the paintings. They seem to show, in succession, a hand with a vial, a blonde woman who appears to be trapped, Hiro and Kensei fighting, a guy who might be Peter or Sylar who's holding a smoking gun, and Bennet's own painting. He asks what it means. Hiro, Kensei, and Yaeko go to rescue her father from White Beard's camp, but he can't leave until he destroys the arsenal that White Beard has made courtesy of knowledge imparted upon him by Papa Yaeko. Hiro declares that Kensei has to destroy all the guns in order to save Japan. No, really? I would never have guessed. Unfortunately, Hiro bends time in order to save Yaeko from a bullet, which freaks her out. She realizes that it was Hiro who saved her the first time. She asks if he loves her and he says he does. They kiss and of course Kensei sees it. Hiro swears that he won't give in to love and that Yaeko is Kensei's princess and that Kensei must still save the world by defeating White Beard. Kensei just knocks Hiro out and we learn that he's partnered with White Beard and Yaeko and her father are prisoners. Mohinder learns that The Company wants to experiment on Heroes with a variant of Shanti's virus to see if it can harmlessly stop powers. Tobby wants Mohinder to inject Monica with it, but he can't; instead, he just destroys a cabinet full of the stuff and declares he's going to leave with Molly. Tobby finds him later and convinces him to stay. He also says that they have a certain "asset" in play -- it's Niki, who's probably actually Jessica, and she's his new partner. Meanwhile, Peter and Caitlin go to Montreal and pay a visit to the door with the "S" symbol above it. It appears to be some sort of warehouse of useless crap. There's a tag with Peter's name on it -- a note from someone named "Adam Monroe" who may or may not be an extremely dangerous individual, according to Tobby. The note says that the world is in danger and The Company is at fault. Then, while hugging Caitlin and asking for clarification, Peter accidentally travels with her to an empty Times Square that's one year in the future and it would appear that…everyone's either dead or gone or in a Boston gutter somewhere talking about history repeating itself or some such shit. Want more? The full recap starts right below!
Previously: Nate and Matt went to Philadelphia to see Matt's dad, but instead of a tearful reunion, he trapped them in a room with their hallucinations and headed for the hills. Mohinder took ComaMolly into The Company and got assigned to visit Monica in New Orleans. Monica came to terms with her new gifts, realized that she kind of dug them and found an ally in little Micah. Hiro was still partnered up with Kensei and Yaeko while hiding his love for the girl. Peter made out with Caitlin a lot until Veronica Mars showed up and torched Caitlin's brother with her electric blue hands and basically made a mess of things while looking remarkably cute.
Picking up right where we left off in the last episode, Peter and Caitlin are in the Irish Eyes Pub dealing with the aftermath of Ricky's death. There's a chalk outline on the floor and yellow police tape everywhere. Peter apologizes for letting Ricky cover for him, and Caitlin pluckily says that Ricky made a choice, and that she's come to terms with that. Peter says that he's going to head to Montreal to find Elle, even though there's never been an indication that Elle has any association whatsoever with that city; he's just going there because there's a ticket in The Box for Montreal. Caitlin tells Peter that she's coming with him, because she's in the painting, too, and thinks she's supposed to go: "And when you find Ricky's killer, I want to be there." "What for?" Peter asks moronically. "To kill the bitch," sneers Caitlin. She's petite and all, but I wouldn't want to run up against her in a dank Irish alley, let me tell you.
Superheroes Superhigh. Claire's in the process of trying out for the cheerleading team in order to add some truthiness to the lie she told her father about making the team. Hayden Panettiere takes a moment to impress us all when she does a full-on back handspring and lands squarely on her feet. The Queen Bee Bitch Cheertator, however, pretends NOT to be impressed so that she can lord it over all the underling cheerleader candidates. She promptly dismisses everyone, saying that they're not on the team, and one lone cheerleader argues against this, saying that Claire's awesome. QBBC just pulls a Big Red and asks the other cheerleaders whether they agree with the lone voice of reason over there and, of course, none of them speaks up. Claire trots over and thanks the girl for trying; the girl says that she thinks QBBC is crazy, and wonders what the hell she's thinking. QBBC hears this and steps up to say, "What I'm thinking is that Costa Verde High deserves cheerleaders that are EXTRAORDINARY. And you, Claire, are simply not EXTRAORDINARY." Wow. The way she emphasizes that word and repeats it, you'd think it had some sort of SIGNIFICANCE to the episode, huh?
Meanwhile, Monica's hanging out with Mohinder at a gymnasium somewhere in New York. She's duplicating a balance beam routine that's playing on a TV in the background, and it's clear that she's getting better at managing her powers. Monica asks whether Mohinder is ever going to explain to her what the hell is going on, and he just tells her she's in New York at a privately funded facility whose sole purpose is to help her and others like her. He informs her that her "gift" is something called "adopted muscle memory," and she's pleased to know it has an official name. She asks why this is happening to her, and he says they're not sure, but that there might be some genetic markers; it might be an inherited power. "You have been given an EXTRAORDINARY gift," Mohinder concludes. Man. That's three times in two minutes. Do you think that's important?
Tobby enters then, and introduces himself as someone named "Bob," but he'll always be "Tobby" to me. The look on Monica's face is like, "Who in the HELL is this guy?" Tobby calls Mo out of the room for a little one-on-one consult. Mohinder confirms that he's established a baseline for Monica's abilities, which is when Tobby pulls a vial out of a cabinet and says, "Good. Now we can determine if this stops all of that." After sneaking a peek at a folder on the counter with the name "ADAM MONROE" on it, Mohinder looks at Tobby in surprise: "What is that?" "A variation on the Shanti virus," says Tobby calmly. Mohinder's flabbergasted: "You're experimenting with the virus?" Tobby insists that manipulating a live virus is essential for creating a valid vaccine. He's hoping that the "vaccine" within the vial will "cure" Monica of her ability without hurting her. But, of course, he's not SURE it won't hurt her, nor is he sure it will put an end to her powers. But he still wants Mohinder to stick Monica in the arm with it. Tobby's an asshole. "You could create an incurable strain that could cross over to the general population!" says Mohinder. Pay attention here -- this will be important later, I think. I totally didn't note the significance of this virus talk until I saw the end of the episode, dudes. Tobby asks Mohinder to remember how many people Sylar killed: "There are some abilities in this world that must be stopped at any cost." Mohinder thinks Monica's a good kid who loves her power, but Tobby doesn't give a damn: "It's for the greater good." "So she's a lab rat," Mohinder surmises. "Ggreaaaat. Also? You're a dick. Also also? I'm not sticking anyone with a needle just because some guy with a penis-shaped head tells me to. Bugger off." Well, not really. I wish Mohinder had that kind of backbone. He doesn't. Instead...
...Mohinder just calls Bennet -- who's still hanging out in front of a green screen with the Haitian Sensation -- and tells him all about the virus-tampering. Mohinder says that if the biological structure of the virus has been altered, he's not sure he can save the girl; she could die. Instead of giving Mohinder the go-ahead just to burn the damn Company down once and for all, he tells the poor spineless doof that he's going to have to take the chance that Monica might bite it. After Mohinder says that he never agreed to experiment on people, Bennet suddenly realizes that Mohinder took Molly to The Company, and that's why he's in his current situation. "Look," grits Bennet, "if you refuse to do this, they're going to get rid of you. And then we're gonna lose everything we've been trying to do and, worse yet, you're going to lose Molly. And that's fine. But to bring down this company, sometimes we have to do bad things. Don't disappoint me, Suresh." He rings off, and he and the Haitian Sensation proceed to walk across a back lot that's standing in for Odessa in the Ukraine.
In an apartment across town, a woman calls out to her grandson, in Russian, that he'd better get a move on or they'll be late for the party. Robin Williams's lanky clown buddy from Moscow On The Hudson ["Hey! It's That Russian!" -- Wing Chun] walks in and hugs his grandson. He asks when they'll return, and his wife says it'll be around 3. They all kiss and hug, and the wife and grandson leave. The second they do, Bennet enters and says, in Russian, "Ivan, my old friend!" He smacks the man hard across the face. "We need to talk." Dang!
Superheroes Superhigh. West joins Claire at the outdoor cafeteria tables for a completely useless conversation. For real: love Claire, love the show, but this entire side plot involving the cheerleading squad and QBBC is just wasted on me. I went out and got ice cream during this scene. It froze my back molars. And that STILL wasn't as painful and annoying as this stupid subplot. So, whatever, West asks why Claire's so down, and Claire says it's because she lied to her dad about making the team and now she hasn't made the team and doesn't that suck because her dad thinks that she's on the team and that's where she's spending all her time only she's not because she's making out with West while floating around the stars and blah blah hates lying to her daddy, bloo blee he doesn't want her dating, zing zang West ignores his parents' rules because he can fly and therefore that exempts him from all parental control, flick flack hey, why don't they show that bitch of a cheerleader who's boss by using their powers to totally fucking humiliate her in front of everyone and thereby garner Claire a spot on the team, honey bunny? Also? I don't care how good-looking West is; I still think he's kind of a slimeball.
Oh, for fuck's s--not Mexico AGAIN. God. GOD. Maya's still driving. Alejandro's still snoozing in the back seat. Sylar's still trying to win Maya's affections by creeping us all out from the passenger seat. If Zachary Quinto wasn't sporting a black wifebeater in this scene, I would totally be going to get some hot fudge and sprinkles for my Ben & Jerry, okay? So, yeah, Sylar attempts to ingratiate himself with Maya by telling her that she has a gift and it's awesome. She thinks that what she does is terrible because she kills people, even when she doesn't intend to. Sylar tells her that he used to be able to do all sorts of awesome things, but now he's just a useless hot guy with scary eyebrows. That's why he needs to go see Dr. Suresh -- so he can get his powers back. Maya's stunned that Sylar actually wants to be different. She spends so much time whining and moaning about her stupid black eye goop that she has no time left to think about how being different might be kind of cool. Sylar sidles over to her and tells her that being unique has its merits. He starts to kind of touch her hair, and it's pretty obvious that Maya would be totally into banging Sylar right there in the front seat. But then Alejandro wakes up and ruins everything with his surly over-protective attitude. Alejandro demands that Maya stop at the gas station so that they can find a coyote to help them across the border, and that they should leave Sylar behind because Alejandro doesn't trust him. I really don't think a wild dog-wolf will be much help getting them into America, but okay, Alejandro. Maybe this is going to be his own personal Journey Of Natty Gann. Sylar clues into the fact that Alejandro's irritated and asks what's going on. Maya shows that her alliances are shifting when she immediately tells Sylar exactly what Alejandro wants to do. Maya thinks Sylar's a gift from God and that they should have faith in him. Alejandro thinks Maya's thinking with her vajayjay. Sylar thinks that as soon as Alejandro's not looking, Sylar's going to hit him in the head with another conveniently placed brick.
Japan. Yawn. Time to catch up with Ando and Hiro and the subplot that will NEVER DIE. You don't mind if I nap, do you? The restorer has been working on the scrolls, and is actually reading them without Ando. Oh, the horror! Ando enters and bitches him out, and then takes a seat so that he can revisit Hiro's pointless story.
Back in the past, the Tedious Trio is preparing to take on White Beard's Camp of Thousands. Even with his and Kensei's powers, Hiro's not sure it's going to be a successful rescue. Across the way, Yaeko is completing her lovely artistic interpretation of the camp below, even though I'm thinking maybe she should, I don't know, be sharpening her SWORD instead of inking her BRUSH? Hiro tries to convince Yaeko not to come with them on the raid, but she insists that she's no petite fleur, and that as long as her man Kensei is by her side, she has nothing to fear. She looks at her pretty painting and wonders how they will find her father amidst all these many tents. Hiro repeats what he knows from the storybook his father used to read to him, and says that the sword smith will be found in the tent that has smoke rising from it. He points it out on the painting, and the tent he selects is red, while all the others are tan; stellar camouflage there, White Beard. Yaeko chastises him for guessing when her father's life is at stake, but then softens and asks him why he's still there, fighting for a man he doesn't even know. Before Hiro can answer, Kensei appears, and elatedly announces that the sword smith will be found in the big-ass red tent that looks like it belongs to the head dude. Oh, and that also has smoke rising from it. That's probably important, too. Yaeko looks at Hiro suspiciously and he just geeks something about how awesome Kensei is and runs off to get ready for battle.
Odessa. Ivan is now chained to a chair with his hands behind his back as Bennet interrogates him about the ElderPaintings. Ivan just blathers that he's not in the business anymore and has nothing to say about any paintings. Bennet orders Ivan to cut the crap and tell Bennet where the paintings are. "You think you intimidate me?" gruffs Ivan. "I trained you! You and your invisible partner, Claude! I taught you everything!" Bennet gets up into his face: "Then you know what I'm capable of. Don't make me do this!" When Ivan doesn't give up the goods, Bennet steps back, and the Haitian Sensation steps forward. Bennet informs Ivan that if he doesn't spill on the paintings, the Haitian Sensation will perform the neat little trick of erasing all the memories Ivan holds dear. He then lists several potential valuable memories Ivan might have, such as his wedding day and the births of his sons, but Ivan still doesn't cave. So the Haitian Sensation stretches out his hand...
...and when we return from the break, Bennet's asking Ivan details about his wife, but of course, the man can't remember a thing. This spooks him, but he still refuses to talk. Bennet's phone rings; it's Claire, asking to borrow the car for a cheerleader outing that night. Bennet agrees, but only if she promises to lock the damn thing this time. For no reason whatsoever, Claire grows suspicious of her father's whereabouts and asks where he is. He lies that he's in Tulsa. Claire tries to dig deeper, her brow furrowing with concern. Bennet just gets off the phone after they exchange "I love you"s. West shows up with a ski mask, and Claire says she's in.
In Odessa, Ivan taunts Bennet with the statement that it must be difficult for Claire, always worrying about being discovered: "Aren't you tired of running?" Bennet says that he's doing all this to protect her, but Ivan's not buying it: "You can't hide forever." Bennet orders the Haitian Sensation to remove every trace of the Bennet clan from Ivan's memory. Ivan tells him to wait: family is important to him, just like it is to Bennet, and maybe they can make a deal. Unfortunately, the deal Ivan offers is renewed membership in The Company. Considering the fact that Bennet's trying to BRING DOWN the damn place, this deal falls on deaf ears. Bennet looks up and sees a picture across the room featuring Ivan, his wife, two boys, and a girl. He seems to consider this as Ivan hisses that he'll get his life back as well as all the information on the paintings he wants. Dude. He can take your memories away and he HATES The Company -- what the hell makes you think he's going to go for ANYTHING you suggest? You really should go back to clowning.
Mexico. Again. Some more. The Twins and their cargo are heading for the border. FINALLY. There's an unfinished portion of the fence, and they rather stupidly just...drive right through it. In broad daylight. Because they're retarded as well as annoying. Of course, within seconds, they're surrounded by a bunch of border patrol dudes with guns. Sylar says that they're not real cops, they're just citizens with guns, and that Maya should drive around. Maya prays to God, because she's an idiot.
Back in New York, Mohinder's about to stick Monica with the anti-power vaccine. She's not fond of needles, though, so she resists at first. But Mohinder's so trustworthy and his eyes are so bashful and pretty that Monica finally agrees to let him shove the needle in her vein. Before he can, though, he finally grows a spine and declares that he's not going to do it. He walks out and goes right to the lab where Tobby's looking through a microscope. Mohinder flings the needle across the counter and says that he won't do it. Tobby says that if he won't, someone else will, and that there's plenty more vaccine, buddy. That's when Mohinder's balls turn to brass and he picks up a chair and heaves it at the cabinet with the backlog of vaccine stored within. Every last test tube is ruined. Or, at least, they're supposed to be -- stupid pause button. Pointing out glaring errors we'd otherwise be ignorant of! Like...poor green screen quality. Mohinder says that he'll no longer be a part of their research program, and that he's taking Molly and they're leaving.
Cut to Mexico, where the patrol dudes are getting antsy to get at the passengers in the car. They start to kick and stomp on the poor vehicle, prompting Sylar to goad Maya into bringing on her black goop. Alejandro thinks this is a dumb idea. But Sylar pushes her to do it and, finally, she allows it to come forward. Everyone, including Sylar, starts to leak black stuff from his eyes. Through his goop, Sylar orders Maya to drive, dammit, drive! She does.
Superhero Superhigh. QBBC is drawing all over a trainee cheerleader's forehead with a marker; it's clear, as she drinks from a paper-wrapped bottle, that she's bloody well hammered. Claire walks up and asks for a word in private with QBBC. They walk off, and Claire asks for another chance at tryouts. QBBC drunkenly blabs something about how everyone has their place in this world and Claire should get used to it. Then West drops from the sky, grabs Claire right in front of QBBC, and hauls her back up into the air. QBBC just watches with her mouth hanging open. West and Claire pretend to struggle; Claire falls to the ground, and West swoops after her. QBBC runs the hell away as West appears to close in on her.
After the commercials, QBBC is attempting to tell the questioning cops that she did, indeed, see Claire and some guy and flying and death and swooping, and the cops are all like, "Bitch, you be drunk." The rest of the cheerleading squad watches QBBC dig her own grave. As QBBC is asserting that she saw Claire dead, the dead person in question walks up, healthy as a horse. That's when another cop walks up with the liquor bottle and everyone goes, "See? I told you bitch be drunk."
Old Japan. The Tedious Trio hides behind a bush that wouldn't hide a camouflaged monkey, and try to put together their genius plan to overtake the camp. Before they head into battle, Kensei turns to Hiro, saying that he's given Kensei purpose and made him a better man. Yeah, don't hang onto that "better man" crap too long, dude. Hiro's got a yen for your girl. Kensei moves into position and taps the tent guard on the shoulder. "Pardon me, but you wouldn't happen to have a sword smith in there, would you?" Hee. The guard runs him through with his sword, of course, but he's surprised to see that Kensei recovers remarkably well from deathly stabbings. Kensei removes the sword from his abdomen and smacks the guard in the face with the hilt: "That was easy enough." Hee. I hate this plot, but I love David Anders.
Inside the tent, Yaeko's father kneels on the ground, bound in chains. Yaeko enters with her boys, and immediately goes to her father. Introductions are made, and Yaeko tells Kensei to cut her father's chains. But Papa Yaeko stops Kensei before he can make the first cut, saying that he has to stay because White Beard has built an arsenal of guns, and Yaeko's father must destroy them, because he told White Beard how to make them. If he doesn't help White Beard, Yaeko will die. White Beard plans to overthrow the Emperor, and Hiro observes that if guns are used to take out the Emperor, it would end the way of the Samurai and the sword. "You must stop them," Hiro tells Kensei. "Destroy all the guns! That is how you save Japan!" "Very well," says Kensei with a smile. Papa Yaeko agrees to this plan, and Kensei cuts his chains so they can run out of the tent in broad daylight. Do NONE of these Heroes know how to run a clandestine operation? GOD.
Back to Molly and Mohinder. Molly's still out cold. Mohinder kisses her on the forehead. Tobby appears and asks for a word with Mohinder. They step outside the room, where Tobby apologizes for asking Mohinder to do the vaccine injection on Monica. He excuses his behavior by saying that he's dealing with someone right now who could be even more dangerous than Sylar. "Adam Monroe?" says Mohinder. Tobby confirms this. He goes on to say that Mohinder is valuable to The Company, not just because of his blood or his knowledge, but because of his high moral standards. Tobby wants him to continue to be the moral compass by which The Company navigates; he wants Mohinder to keep them in line. Mohinder says that since Molly's sick, he can't very well leave, even though that's exactly what he was going to do not five minutes ago. Mohinder doesn't think he can trust Tobby, so Tobby offers to provide him with someone who can make sure there are no further misunderstandings. Dude. This wasn't a misunderstanding -- you ordered Mohinder to possibly kill an innocent girl. That's not a misunderstanding. That's a royal Mongolian clusterfuck.
Japan. Again. So Kensei cuts the chains and they run through the camp and everyone chases after them and Kensei fights off one guard at a time, and then a thug shows up with a gun and aims at Yaeko and Hiro and Hiro sees this and squints his eyes and grabs Yaeko and...they wind up in a distant region of Northern California somewhere. Yaeko's thoroughly freaked out, seeing as they're no longer in running through White Beard's camp and all. She asks what Hiro's done, but before he can answer, we cut to commercials.
After the break, Hiro is walking up the California hillside that's standing in for ancient Japan as Yaeko follows him, sniping at him to tell her what the hell is going on. Hiro tries to fake that he didn't do anything, and that Kensei will explain everything, but Yaeko's no dummy. She tells him that she knows HE did it because he held her and then...they were here. She knows Hiro can move people from one place to another. And then she covers up the lower part of his face and realizes that he was the one who saved her from the thugs. He says he only wanted to fix history. She says he was the one under the cherry blossoms. "Do you...love me, Hiro?" "I do! Very much!" "Everything I loved in Kensei came from you!" Yaeko moves toward Hiro, and they're about to kiss when Hiro stops time and says, "But...the space/time continuum..." And then he goes, "Fuck it," and restarts time and then they're totally making out. Unfortunately, Kensei's watching this whole thing from a distance, because taking out an entire army only takes a few minutes and allows you to wander the countryside until you accidentally happen upon your friends making out in a field. "It was the kiss that fractured time," says Hiro in a voice-over as we switch back to Ando in the restorer's office. "It changed me forever, Ando." Then, suddenly, the voice-over stops. Ando's all, "Bwuh?" It would appear that that was the last scroll, and the story stops right there. Of course, it totally doesn't; it just stops for Ando. We'll catch up with the end of Hiro's story later.
Right now, we have to go to America, near the border with Mexico, where Alejandro is attempting to kick the shit out of Sylar, even though Sylar has about five feet and fifty pounds on the guy. Maya finally breaks it up, saying that she did what she had to do to save them all. Alejandro tells her that she has to choose: either Sylar goes or he does. Oh, honey. Never make a woman choose between her sibling and a potential lay. It will NOT end well, and you'll wind up alone. And bitter. Sure enough, Maya tells her brother not to make her choose. She thinks Sylar can take them to salvation. Alejandro glumly agrees to let Sylar stay, but says that the time Maya's eyes go black, she shouldn't reach for his hand, because it won't be there. Maya goes to get something for Sylar's busted lip, and he takes this moment to tell Alejandro in English that he's only helping them to get his hands on Maya's abilities and that, when he gets his power back, he's going to kill both of them because hi, they're useless. "And even if I don't get my power back," adds Sylar with a smile, "it's not a total loss. Because Maya's learning quickly. She's a shiny new toy. And she's all mine." I totally wanted Alejandro to look at him and go, "Yo hablo inglés, gringo!" and then shoot him. But it didn't happen. That would've been awesome, though.
Superhero Superhigh. Claire is having regrets over what they did to QBBC. West thoroughly enjoyed it, and thinks Claire is being a buzzkill. The nice cheerleader from before runs up and tells them that QBBC failed the breathalyzer test and got booted from the squad. The good news is that this opens up a spot on the team so...welcome aboard, Unextraordinary Claire! The girl leaves, and Claire looks mightily pleased with herself.
Odessa. Bennet grabs the frame with the family photo in it, and asks why Ivan never mentioned having a daughter. "She died, didn't she?" asks Bennet. Ivan confirms this, saying that she died of leukemia. Bennet acts sympathetic, but the performance is short-lived as he quickly says, "To think, all you have left of her...is your memories." Ivan looks at him, realizing what Bennet has planned for him. "It would be awful if they were taken," says Bennet. "Almost as if she never existed." Ivan starts begging Bennet not to take his memories, but Bennet ignores him, telling the Haitian Sensation to take every last memory of the daughter Ivan has. "Wait!" says Ivan. "It's in the warehouse! Near the train yard. Where we tagged the liquid man! You'll find your paintings there!" "Thank you," says Bennet gratefully. "Now what?" says Ivan. "Your Haitian friend makes sure that I will forget you were ever here?" Bennet nods at the Haitian Sensation, but instead of putting his hands on Ivan's head, the Haitian Sensation just walks away as the Violins of Bennet's Badness play across the soundtrack. Ivan looks confused. "I wish it were that easy," says Bennet as he trashes the place. "Once The Company discovers your memory loss, they'll trace it back to the Haitian, which will leads to my family. And I can't have that." Bennet continues trashing the place, saying that he's going to make it look like a simple home invasion, ignoring the fact that he's basically putting his prints all over the damn place. For real -- these Heroes are damn stupid about the execution of the simplest of illegal activities. Speaking of executions, Bennet then pulls a gun on Ivan and points it at his head. Ivan blathers that he's offering Bennet a way out. "Shoot me and there is no way back!" he shouts. "You'll condemn yourself to hell!" Bennet pauses for barely a second and then pulls the trigger, shooting Ivan in the head. "I know," he grits, looking down at the dead body. Damn. That's cold.
Old Japan. Kensei's crouched over a fading fire as Hiro runs up, saying that he's been searching for Kensei for hours. He says that they must go destroy White Beard's guns. Kensei's all, "Oh yeah? How 'bout you do that yourself, princess kisser!" Kensei tells Hiro that he saw the whole thing, and that Hiro betrayed him. Hiro says that he didn't, but then he totally cops to the kissing thing and says that he and Yaeko are in love with each other. "So you've been lying to me all along," says Kensei. "First you show me how I can be harmed by no weapon; then you cut me deeper than any blade possibly could." Hiro declares that he will not pursue his love of Yaeko, because she is Kensei's, and he must stop White Beard; the fate of the world rests in his hands. Kensei nods and says he'll do it, but when he walks behind Hiro, he smacks him down, and Hiro falls. White Beard comes out from the bushes with Yaeko and her father in custody, and tells Kensei that whatever he wants shall be his. Kensei just walks away.
New Orleans. Monica enters her home as Tobby tells her that she's covered at work and at home for her absence. He then hands her a folder filled with information regarding The Company, and her abilities. He pulls out an iPod and tells her it's fully loaded with thousands of videos that she can use to practice her powers. "Wow," she says skeptically. "Support, advice, and now gifts. Like my own personal Oprah." Heh. I like Monica. She has a good blend of wonder and skepticism that comes across nicely. "You have an amazing gift," says Tobby. "So, look around. Seems like this town could use a little amazing." She delivers a heartfelt thanks, and Tobby leaves.
Back at The Company, Mohinder's just hanging around some random lab, wondering where his boyfriend Matt is. Niki enters, looking fabulous, so we know it's probably really Jessica. Mohinder's surprised to see her, and asks how she's doing. She says that she's feeling better, and that she's back to her old self, thanks to The Company. She says that she's Mohinder's new partner; Tobby told her that they were having some trust issues, and that she's there to make sure there are no more misunderstandings. So...she's Mohinder's bodyguard? His jailer? His personal assistant? This is a very vague assignment, here. And she's wearing a kick-ass suit, so I'd say it's also a very OMINOUS assignment for Mohinder.
Odessa. Bennet and the Haitian Sensation are removing the ElderPaintings from a crate and assembling them on the floor. The first one is Kaito's death; then what looks like a hand holding a vial; the third one looks like an angry blonde woman banging on a crate or a boarded-up window or wall. There's a fourth one in the background, but we don't see what it is yet. Painting #6 appears to be Hiro or Peter fighting Kensei. Painting #7 looks like it's either Sylar or Peter with a bandaged nose and a smoking gun, and Painting #8, of course, is Dead Bennet. So...that's seven of eight paintings, and we can't even see the fourth, right? Am I missing anything? "What does it mean?" asks Bennet. I don't know, dude! I can't see the fourth painting and the fifth one's missing!!!
Speaking of paintings, Peter and Caitlin are looking at theirs as they stand outside the building depicted within it. They're in Montreal, looking up at the red "S" above the door. They enter the building, and Peter flicks on the light. It's a big room filled with a bunch of crap. Across the way, there's a mirror with a tag that has Peter's name written on it. He grabs it and turns it over. "We were right about The Company," it reads. "The world is in danger. It's up to us. Adam." Caitlin asks whether Peter knows an Adam, but Peter just angrily says that none of it rings a bell. He doesn't know what the hell he's supposed to do about the world being in danger. Caitlin hugs Peter, who whispers, "Please tell me who I am. What the future holds." Peter opens his eyes, and he and Caitlin are standing in front of a lovely matte painting of Times Square. Caitlin looks around and asks how they got there. Peter doesn't know, but he knows they're in New York. Or, you know, on a soundstage in front of a matte painting of New York. The wind blows papers around and the place looks deserted. At least, there are no neon lights and no tourists standing stock still in the middle of the pavement gawking at the traffic. Caitlin asks where everyone is, and Peter picks up a flyer from the ground. It's an evacuation order for June 14th, 2008. They're in the future. And New York is in trouble. Oooh. I think Heroes is going to start picking up speed...
: there's a storm coming. 93% of our population is dead. We're all going to die. Peter can change history. Heroes potentially exits its sophomore slump!