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AIR-DATE: 9/10/06
Written by: Jeff Loeb
Directed by: Greg Beeman
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Starring: Karl T Wright, Adair Tishler, Matt Lanter
The One Where: Hiro takes on the apocalypse…
Synopsis Hiro teleports back to Tokyo and the past and tries to convince Ando they must avert the apocalypse. After they rescue a schoolgirl – following the prophetic comic book – they head to America on a plane. Niki discovers a skull ring on the skeleton. She believes it belongs to a man murdered by her husband, DL, and confronts his mother with this. She denies it.
Mohinder and Eden discover a diary in Suresh’s computer. It leads them to Sylar’s apartment, where they find a copy of his father’s map, only this one has the location of more superpeople… They also find “Forgive me” and “I have sinned” daubed on the walls. When they return with the police, the apartment is empty.
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Matt foils a kidnap attempt on the little girl by a superpowered being who may be Sylar. He later sees a man who has the power to block the sound of thoughts.
Nathan embarrasses Peter by telling the media that his leap from the building was a failed suicide attempt. Elsewhere, Claire suffers a seemingly fatal injury as a quarterback tries to rape her. She wakes on a coroner’s table with her chest opened for autopsy…
Review So far this show has delivered three of the best episode endings in TV history… Another enthralling episode – this time from acclaimed comic book writer Jeph Loeb – and Sylar continues to be a genuinely chilling adversary. Wonder if it was actually Niki’s mirror-self – and not her hubby – who killed the guy with the skull ring…
Dialogue Eden: “This is macaroni and cheese. It’s what Americans eat when they want to commit suicide slowly…”
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