"NARRATOR:" "Previously on Heroes." "Camera's ready for whatever." "What are you doing?" "(CLAIRE SCREAMING)" "Oh, my God." "MOHINDER:" "When we embrace what lies within, our potential has no limit." "And as far as you know, that was attempt number one." "MOHINDER:" "The future is filled with promise, the present rife with expectation." "But when we deny our instinct, and struggle against our deepest urges..." "Are you on the list?" "... uncertainty begins." "My dad obviously doesn't work in a paper factory." "I don't know what he does." "(POLICE SIREN WAILING)" "COP:" "Go!" "Go!" "Go!" "Where is he?" "Where's Sylar?" "I have no idea what you're talking about." "(GRUNTS)" "MOHINDER:" "Where does this path lead?" "I have no idea how you're pulling this off, but I swear to God," "I'm not going to stop until I figure it out." "You understand me?" "MOHINDER:" "When will the changes end?" "Is this transformation a gift..." "I just wanted to see my son." "... or a curse?" "You don't know anything about power." "And for those who fear what lies ahead..." "PETER:" "I can't control it." "NATHAN:" "Let me help you, Peter." "MOHINDER:...the most important question of all:" "Can we ever really change what we are?" "(SCREAMING)" "(SCREAMING)" "(GASPING)" "PETER:" "Hey!" "Hey!" "What are you do..." "Hey!" "You..." "You can see me." "You..." "Nobody can see me!" "I'm invisible." "MAN:" "What happened?" "MAN:" "It just sort of fell." "Who are you?" "How can you see me?" "I, uh, I don't know." "I just do what you can do." "Fantastic." "One of those." "One of those?" "What do you mean?" "You know someone else like me?" "Hey, wait." "Where are you going?" "You need to explain this." "Look, I saw you." "What?" "I saw you in my dream." "Who are you?" "CLAUDE:" "Hey!" "I'm no one." "I'm the invisible man." "I'm CIaude Rains." "Now get away from me." "Forget you ever saw me." "Yeah, but you know what's happening to me." "What is this?" "What..." "Listen, I found you." "I need you to help me." "Why would I want to do that?" "Because we're in danger." "This entire city is in danger." "Yeah, it was in my dream." "People die, we die." "I don't know when, but it happens." "Then you'd better leave town." "Hey!" "Where are you going?" "You can't hide from me." "I'm the invisible man." "I can walk around the corner and disappear forever." "Yeah, but I can see you." "I'm going to follow you." "Smarter men than you have tried and they've paid for it." "You stay away from me." "And don't follow me!" "(WOMAN EXCLAIMS)" "(NIKI GASPS)" "Red elephant with blue stripes?" "Pinstripe or plaid?" "Honey, I can't see your thoughts." "I can only hear 'em." "Oh, I have a good one." "Wait, the ratty curtains in our old apartment?" "(GROANS)" "How do you do that?" "DOCTOR:" "I'm not sure what's happening." "His vitals are extremely irregular." "After all we've done to him, I'm not surprised." "Keep him stabilized." "There is another option." "Our instructions are to keep him alive, do whatever it takes." "If he crashes, you bring him back again, and again." "(GASPS)" "When he dies, it'II be on my terms, not on his." "clear?" "ANDO:" "But I'm only two minutes over." "ATTENDANT:" "That'II be $48.50." "For one-day parking?" "Hey, you want your car back, or not?" "(SPEAKING IN JAPANESE)" "(SPEAKING IN JAPANESE)" "(SPEAKING IN JAPANESE)" "(CAR TIRES SCREECHING)" "Help!" "There's a man chasing us!" "(KNOCKING ON DOOR)" "NATHAN:" "Dr. Suresh." "Do you remember me?" "Nathan Petrelli." "You yelled at my car." "Yes, we met under unfortunate circumstances." "I believe I came off as a deranged lunatic." "Do you mind if I come in?" "I'm looking for my brother, Doctor." "That makes two of us." "I'm sorry?" "I've been leaving messages for him for two days now." "I guess I'm in the wrong place, then." "I need to find him." "The last time I heard, he was in Texas." "He made it home, barely." "Barely alive, and now he's run off again." "I'm afraid that he's gonna somehow hurt people." "Doctor, I, um, I was hoping you could explain to me what the hell is happening to him?" "Before his death, my father compiled a list." "Thirty-six individuals who carry a genetic marker which he discovered." "A marker which he theorized gave these people certain abilities." "And my brother is one of them?" "As are you." "I didn't come here to talk about me." "Fair enough." "Peter's specific DNA allows for a blend," "like colors in a mosaic, resequencing itself to mimic the abilities of those around him." "Like a chameleon." "More like a sponge." "It's precisely why I've been studying him." "Could his condition become dangerous to himself, or to other people?" "If he absorbs too much or comes into contact with an unstable ability, then most definitely, yes." "Can you fix it?" "alter his genes somehow?" "Theoretically, it is possible to develop a specific site inhibitor, but, look, I will know more when we find him." "We?" "Doctor, the Iast thing my brother needs is somebody feeding into his paranoia." "But thank you." "Mr. Petrelli." "Of all the people on that list, your brother may be the most important." "If I can find him, study him, then I can do more than help him." "Then I can help all of you." "Now, give me a minute, and I'II get my coat." "CLAUDE:" "I told you not to follow me." "PETER:" "I need help." "You live up here?" "You're a fast learner, aren't you, mate?" "I took care of a man who owned this building." "His name was Charles Deveaux." "Never heard of him." "You don't think that's strange?" "I worked here, the place where you live and keep your birds." "CLAUDE:" "I don't keep anything." "I let them out once a day." "They come back." "Sounds like free will to me." "I need to Iearn how to control this, Iike you do." "What are you talking about?" "It can't be controlled." "Well, there has to be some way." "If I don't, New York explodes." "Okay?" "I explode." "Exploding man." "Where did you get that idea?" "My dreams." "This place." "I found you for a reason." "I think you're the one that has to teach me how to stop this." "There's no such thing." "No teaching, no Sunday School for the special." "What I can do, you can't learn." "You wake up in the morning, and it's there." "If you've got thin soup, then that's your supper." "Sorry, mate." "That's the way it is." "I'm trying not to die." "There's got to be something you can do." "I can kill you myself, right now, solve your exploding problem here." "Maybe that's why you dreamt me." "Don't bother looking for me." "You won't find me here again." "So what exactly am I looking for here?" "CLAIRE:" "Anything my dad doesn't want us to find." "You said you're good with computers." "I make movies on my laptop." "No, you're good at finding those holes in that Internet password-protected nanny-blocker stuff." "Shouldn't you be watching the door?" "What if your dad walks in?" "He's at work." "It's just you, me, and Mr. Muggles." "There's nothing." "(CHUCKLING) There's not even any porn." "Gross." "I'm serious." "This thing is totally clean." "No." "My dad lied to me about my entire life, my biological parents, my ability, you can't just hide things like that." "There's got to be something on there." "If your dad's the guy you're describing," "I don't think he's gonna keep his secrets on the family computer." "(DOG BARKING)" "Uh-oh." "Shut it down." "Go." "Okay, okay." "I thought you were at work." "Forgot my cell." "Zachary, what a nice surprise to see you here." "Yes, biology class." "We're lab partners now." "Yeah, we were just doing some research on the Internet." "We have a presentation on..." "The manatee, also known as the sea cow." "Do you mind if I talk to claire in private for a moment?" "CLAIRE:" "You can wait in my room." "It's upstairs, second door on the right." "So, you and Zach?" "Miss Gomez stuck us together." "Must be some social experiment or something." "Worst day ever." "claire." "What?" "You two used to be friends." "You might find you actually get along." "(SIGHING)" "Nice save." "Thanks." "So, what now?" "I need to talk to someone who has some answers." "He said if I needed him, I should hang these outside my window." "What the hell are you talking about?" "JANICE:" "Okay, wait." "You're saying that the guy with the glasses actually abducted you?" "Yes." "And he did this to you?" "Yeah." "Yeah, and I've got to figure out how he did this, and I'm gonna take him and everybody with him down." "That Haitian guy, all of them." "Matt, I'm sorry, I've got to say, this is all a Iittle nuts." "I mean, first the whole psychic thing, and now..." "God." "Come on, you're telling me you're about to run off and chase some guy who works in a paper factory in Texas?" "They did this to me, Janice." "I need to find them." "I have to figure out what this is all about." "(THINKING) Maybe you can call the FBI." "No, I can't." "I can't go to the FBI." "They think I'm crazy." "I've got to get ready." "I've got a review hearing this morning." "I'm about to get my ass handed to me by three captains." "Yes, I will call the plumber today." "Are you always gonna be in my head?" "Well, I can't control this thing." "You can't, or you won't?" "(HIRO SPEAKING JAPANESE)" "(ANDO SPEAKING JAPANESE)" "(CAR LOCK BEEPS)" "(CAR DOOR OPENS)" "(CAR ENGINE STARTING)" "(TIRES SCREECHING)" "ANDO:" "Oh!" "Oh!" "Hiro, Hiro!" "(EXCLAIMS)" "Who are you?" "HIRO:" "Hey!" "Hello." "Let me go." "I am very special." "I offer myself in trade." "Release unspecial Ando, and I go with you." "Okay?" "(GRUNTING)" "Good deal, yes?" "What are you doing?" "You no like the good deal?" "(SPEAKING JAPANESE)" "Why did you take that off me?" "I'm Dr. Witherson." "I'm a psychiatrist." "And I have been assigned to your case." "Go." "You shouldn't be in here." "It's not safe." "If it makes you feel more comfortable, we can put the restraints back on while we talk." "You don't understand." "The drugs keep her weak." "That jacket can't stop her." "Give me a shot." "You mean Jessica?" "How do you know her name?" "I read your file." "I know all about your past, your marriage, your website, your sister." "Her accident." "Her name was Jessica, too, isn't that right?" "Give me another shot." "You know, I haven't made an official diagnosis yet, but it seems like we're dealing with a classic case of multiple personality disorder." "You're wasting your time." "Just go." "You know..." "It's okay, it's okay." "It makes sense, facing the kind of sentence that you're facing, that you want to give up." "You think your life is over, but it's not." "You can still make something of yourself in here." "People do it all the time, but you've got to want help." "And, yeah, it can take years to integrate a multiple personality, but if you let me," "I can help you." "What I am, you can't fix." "Just give me another shot, and go away." "No." "Oh, man, I'm trying to pay this rent." "You know, it would really help if you..." "No, it's cool." "It's cool." "I know you would if you could." "Thanks, anyway." "So, have you seen my lunch box or not?" "I don't know." "It's wherever you left it." "I Ieft it in the car." "Then that's where it is." "Okay, so where's the car?" "The car's in the shop." "Micah?" "So you lost my lunch box?" "I didn't lose anything." "It's in the car." "Fine." "You make bad lunch anyways." "Micah!" "Micah!" "It's not my fault you can't keep track of your own stuff." "Mom always put my lunch in my backpack every single morning." "Well, I'm not your mom." "Yeah, that's for sure." "Micah, this isn't easy." "It wasn't easy for Mom, either." "But she always found a way of making some money, Dad." "I'm late for school." "Do you have any idea how dangerous this is?" "You said if I had an emergency to hang the chimes outside my window." "Is your father becoming suspicious?" "No, and it's kind of a problem." "Every word out of my mouth is a lie." "I have to laugh and smile and look him in the eye." "My own father." "It's breaking my heart." "Would you prefer I took your memory?" "I need to know that one thing in my Iife is real." "Do you know who my real parents are?" "Of your father, I know nothing." "And my mother?" "Only that she died in an explosion here in Texas, 14 years ago." "My mother died?" "Are you sure?" "Your father told me many years ago." "He had no reason to lie." "This is the Iast conversation we have about this." "Now you need to go back home, and forget about your real parents." "The groomer missed one of Mr. Muggles' nails." "I'm gonna run him back by the shop before they close." "Don't want you scratching up my wood floors." "No, we don't." "Where's claire?" "She's at the library getting books for some biology report." "I cannot believe how many projects they lay on these kids." "I don't know how she holds everything in that head of hers." "No, I don't." "You're still worried about her, aren't you?" "She's had a rough couple of weeks." "Well, besides a Iittle memory loss," "I'd say she's doing just peachy." "Do you really?" "It's Lyle you need to worry about." "That boy is getting so absent-minded lately." "Yes, yes, we'II be back." "(CELL PHONE RINGING)" "Yes?" "I did everything I could." "He's dead." "Well, that's less than ideal." "What do you want me to do with the body?" "Get it ready for shipping." "I'II be in later." "ZACH:" "There was a fire in an apartment house 14 years ago in Kermit, Texas." "Kermit, why does that sound so familiar?" "Because of the frog?" "Check it out." "A 21-year-old woman was killed in the explosion, Meredith Gordon." "CLAIRE:" "Oh, my God." "also killed in the fire was her 18-month-old daughter." "claire, I think that's you." "But I didn't die." "Somebody thought you did." "What am I supposed to do with all of this?" "You may still have a real family out there." "Maybe you've got an aunt, or a rich eccentric uncle." "Great, an uncle." "Who knows?" "One of them might even know who your real father is." "Well," "I'm surprised you left out the flying saucers." "Officer Parkman, is this really the statement you want entered into your public record?" "That a paper salesman from Odessa, Texas, is currently harboring a super-powered serial killer, and that you raided his warehouse on a hunch?" "Sir, all I've ever wanted to do was protect and serve, to help my fellow man." "I'II ask you again." "Do you want your future as a police officer to be decided by what you've written here?" "Just say yes, so I can flush it down the toilet." "At this time, I'd Iike to recant my previous written statement." "I made the whole thing up." "Why did you do that?" "I failed to make detective three times, sir, and, uh, quite frankly, I was sick of directing traffic, handing out speeding tickets, and I wanted to look like a hero." "I am sorry for any shame that I may have brought this department." "Great, a liar, not a nutcase." "Officer Parkman, pending review of your case by a civilian ombudsman and union representative, we're enforcing a six-month suspension of your active duties." "We're gonna need your gun and your badge." "Janice?" "JANICE:" "Matt, will you come upstairs?" "(WATER FLOWING)" "Oh, Matt!" "What?" "Now are you gonna fix the pipes?" "Oh, God." "Give me a wrench." "(GRUNTING)" "HIRO:" "Where are you taking us?" "(SPEAKING JAPANESE)" "Tell your boss I'm on very important mission." "I know all about your so-called mission to save the world, Mr. Nakamura." "You think you have a power, and that you can use it to make a difference." "(SPEAKING JAPANESE)" "Two first-class tickets, non-stop to Tokyo." "First-class?" "You aren't answering your cell phone." "I've been looking everywhere for you." "What's he doing here?" "Making up for past mistakes." "I'd Iike to help you." "You leaving town?" "Yeah, I think I'd get away for a Iittle while." "What?" "Be a danger to somebody else?" "There's got to be another way, Peter." "Let me help you." "You can't." "But maybe I can." "How?" "We find that answer together." "If you allow me to test you with more research, I..." "So you can cure me?" "You're gonna fix all of this." "It will take study and then time." "Time?" "I don't have time to be your guinea pig." "I have a plane to catch." "I'm not letting you run away, Peter." "So, what, you're gonna call the cops on me, Nathan?" "You gonna tell them your brother's going nuclear?" "I could have my mentally ill brother detained." "For his own safety." "I know you want to help me." "You're my big brother, you fix everything, but you can't..." "You can't fix this one this time." "I can." "Look, Iet's just sit down." "We can figure this out." "Okay." "Okay?" "Okay." "Peter!" "Where did he go?" "GUARD:" "Who?" "You're supposed to watch the door." "My God, did he just..." "Get down to the airport, and make sure he doesn't get away this time." "Yes, sir." "PETER:" "Yeah, just help yourself." "CLAUDE:" "Your place?" "Yeah." "Guy with family connections like yours could do a Iot better." "Left the family business." "I'm a nurse now." "Nurse who's an empath, very cute." "Empath, what's that mean?" "It means you're a pain in my ass, mate." "Yeah, but you're following me." "Yeah, well, I'm not very much of a people person, but I'm certainly not gonna let you kill them all." "You seemed pretty sure about that pending apocalypse of yours." "Yeah, not unless you help me control it." "You don't know what you're asking, what you have to go through." "You might want to reconsider dying." "Hell of a Iot easier." "I can handle it." "Yeah, that's what they all say." "They?" "(STAMMERING) How many people have you taught before me?" "Come on, mate, I'II steal us a cab." "You coming or not?" "(GRUNTING)" "(SIGHS)" "So they suspended me for six months." "Oh, Matt." "I actually thought this ability was gonna be a good thing, and now I'm unemployed and about to lose my marriage." "You haven't lost that." "Not yet, anyway." "Thanks, that's encouraging." "Look, we..." "We just have to trust each other." "I can do that." "Yeah." "So I'm gonna give you one more freebie." "What am I thinking?" "We're having a baby?" "(SIGHING)" "We're having a baby!" "(BOTH LAUGHING)" "Nik, what have they done to you?" "If they catch you..." "They won't." "Come closer." "What is it?" "Your shirt." "It smells like home." "How's Micah?" "Is he okay?" "He's fine." "It's just..." "I can't do this, Nik." "Not alone." "I thought I could." "I thought I could handle everything, but..." "D.L., you can't do this to me." "I have got to find a way to get you out of here." "This is crazy." "I can walk in here any time I want, right?" "I should be able to get you out." "I am going to be in here for a Iong time." "The rest of my Iife, maybe." "You need to get used to that." "Your son needs you." "Damn it, D.L., that is not fair." "I am counting on you." "And you know that I need to stay in here." "I need you, Nik." "We need you." "He's having such a hard time without you." "You need to talk to him." "You need to be honest." "He needs boundaries, and a strong hand." "It's not too late." "You need to go." "Go." "(PEOPLE CHATTERING)" "CLAIRE:" "There's only 12 people in Kermit with the Iast name Gordon." "So far, only three." "None of them have ever heard of Meredith." "(KNOCK AT DOOR)" "MR. BENNET:" "claire?" "I'II call you back." "claire." "Sorry, I was just talking to Zach about our report." "Ah, well." "Molly in accounting is married to a marine biologist, and he said that..." "You're already on top of it." "Did you know that all three varieties of the manatee are vulnerable to extinction?" "No, I didn't." "Is everything all right?" "We haven't talked in a while." "Actually, there is something." "Yeah?" "The bears, my stuffed bears." "I think it's time for them to migrate." "I'm almost 16, Dad." "Bears and talks can't last forever." "Whether you're 16, or 32, or 64..." "When I'm 64, you'II be..." "...I will be there for you." "always." "Don't you think it's time I learn how to deal with my own problems?" "Well, dinner's in an hour, and just do me a favor." "No extinction talk at the table." "You know how sensitive your mother is." "(DOOR BUZZING)" "You had a change of heart?" "My son." "My family needs me, so..." "I want you to understand that there are no guarantees." "I don't care." "I need to get rid of Jessica." "So, you know what might help?" "If I could talk to her." "AII right?" "Isn't there another way?" "No." "I'm afraid in cases like these, it is imperative that I have interaction with all aspects of the patient's personality." "Honey, Iet me talk to her." "No." "You can't." "So, Iet me put it to you this way." "Either I speak with Jessica, or you may not see your little boy for a very, very long time." "Bye." "Wait." "Micah, where have you been?" "I was worried to death." "I was just out walking around." "Sit down." "Micah, we've got to figure this out, because the truth is your mom's not coming home." "I'm having a really hard time, here." "I can't get a job." "I can barely pay the rent." "I never felt much like a man in my Iife." "My father never taught me, but I want to be a good dad to you." "But I'm gonna need your help." "We've got to pull together, and make this work, because it's just you and me." "I'm sorry, Dad." "I can try harder." "Maybe this will help." "Where'd you get..." "Where'd you get this from?" "You know how you and mom have a secret?" "Well, I have a secret, too." "(SPEAKING IN JAPANESE)" "That's up to the Boss." "(SPEAKING IN JAPANESE)" "(SPEAKING IN JAPANESE)" "(SIGHING)" "WOMAN:" "Hello?" "Hi, I'm looking for someone related to Meredith Gordon." "She died in an explosion 14 years ago." "I've been calling everyone in Kermit with the last name of Gordon." "Any chance that you're related to her?" "Who is this?" "My name's claire Bennet." "I'm calling from Odessa." "(STAMMERING) What is this about?" "And how do you know the name Meredith Gordon?" "I think she was my mom." "Is this some kind of joke?" "No, ma'am." "Well, Meredith only had one daughter, and she died in the fire." "Well, that's kind of what I'm trying to say, is I didn't die." "I think I'm her, and I'm looking for any information I can find about my mom." "Well, then you made the right call." "This is her." "Mom?" "Yeah." "(DOOR CLOSING)" "How's claire?"