To everything,
there is a season,

and a time to every purpose.

The world needs to know about my
findings, that's all that's important!

It is one thing to publish a book
in the comfort of the university,

it is another to leave
everything behind,

chasing a theory that
is pure fantasy!

The earth spins at
1,000 miles an hour

as we desperately try to
keep from being thrown off.

Like the first blush of winter
that signals a great migration.

You're sweet.

I'm sweet!

Was there any warning
of their arrival?

She has a name: Jessica.

A sign,

a single event that set
this chain into motion?

This is what you've been waiting for.

Was it a whisper in God's ear?

Be the one we need.

Survive. Adapt. Escape.

And if we could mark that
single moment in time.

That first hint of the prophecy
of approaching danger...

I found a tape of a conversation my
father had with a man named Sylar.

Hello, Chandra,
you made me this way.

Would we have done
anything differently?

Could it have been stopped?

You helped me to
discover my potential.

Or was the dye long ago cast?

And if we could go back,
alter its course,

stop it from happening...
Would we?

- I can go back.
- Hiro.

SIX MONTHS AGO
MIDLAND, TEXAS

My name is Hiro Nakamura!

I'm here to save your life!

Hey, Charlie!

Charlie, come on over here,
and blow out the candles!

Hold that thought, okay?
I just gotta make a wish.

Come on.

- Hi.
- Come on, honey!

P-Please, listen.

Very important.

Say... "cheese."

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2006/11/27

Can I help you?

I hope so, Mr. Gray.

I can fix it.

My watch isn't broken.

Actually, it is.

Yeah, the self-winding coil is loose.
Your watch is running two seconds slow.

How did you know?

Just a talent I have for
the way things work...

- How the parts should go.
- That looks rather complicated.

That...oh. The body's standard,

but the parts,
the insides, are German. 1917.

I've been working on
it for seven years.

How much do I owe you?

Oh, please.
Don't worry about it.

You didn't come
here for the watch.

I came to find you, Gabriel.

My name is Chandra Suresh.
I'm a geneticist.

I have a theory about
human evolution.

And I believe you...

are a part of it. Read it.

If you'd like to talk more, I've written
my phone number and address inside.

SIX MONTHS AGO
LOS ANGELES

License and registration.

Oh, this isn't my car,
I kinda stole it.

Can you take off the
glasses for me, please?

I'm gonna have to ask you
to step out of the car.

No, I don't feel like it.

That wasn't a suggestion.

Well, here's a suggestion.

Why don't you go get
back in your car,

and eat a dozen donuts.

That is what you cops
like to do, right?

I said step out
of the car. Now.

I think you really want
to eat some donuts.

Major developments!

Lori Trammel skanked her way
through the entire football team!

- Who told you that?
- The entire football team.
SIX MONTHS AGO
ODESSA, TEXAS

Anyway, somehow she
found shame and resigned.

Turned in her pom-poms...

- I'm in? Are you kidding?
- Claire, destiny is calling you.

Come on, try it on.
You can model, I'll take pictures.

We'll totally
commiserate the event.

I think you mean "commemorate."

And... I'll try it on later.

'Kay, most girls can't wait
to get their uniforms on.

I mean, except Lori Trammel.
She couldn't wait to take it off.

Why do you have
to be like that?

Okay, first of all,
I've earned that.

And if you don't
want it or this,

Kristy Chan is salivating
for your position.

- No! I want it, I do.
- Then show it!

Show me some S, P, I, R, I, T!

- I'm not gonna drool!
- Then prove it, Claire!

Prove it!

Oh, my God.

- What were you girls doing?
- Ugh, this is gonna need stitches.

I'm gonna take her to the emergency
room. Jackie, honey, grab my purse.

Let's go.
Come on, come on, honey.

Hello.

- Mr. Bennett?
- Yes.

My name is Chandra Suresh.

I need to speak to you
about your daughter Claire.

No, no.

I-I teleport from future.

- Do not go to work tomorrow.
- Hmm?

Very, very...

It wasn't raining yesterday.

Hmm? Mm, April showers.

It's been storming all week.

April? No, no, October.

No, April 24th.
It's my birthday.

Six months?

I've got to get back.

If I teleport again I
could end up anywhere.

Lunch for a T-Rex!

I'M STUCK!

Birthday cake?

Happy Birthday.

HEROES
1x10 Six Months Ago

Hi, my name is Niki.
SIX MONTHS AGO
LAS VEGAS

SIX MONTHS AGO
LAS VEGAS

And I'm an alcoholic.

Hi, Niki.

- I'm one year sober today.
- Happy anniversary!

I work 60 hours a week.

I stink of cigarettes.

I got a kid so smart that he
is flunking out of school.

My husband can't find a job because
no one wants to hire an ex-con.

There's a leak in the roof.

And I'm feelin' thirsty.

Feels like too much
for one person.

So why are you here?

I don't want another year to go by
without you in my life, Nicole.

Not being in your life
was never my choice.

- You kinda made that happen.
- Look, I know how you feel about me.

And Lord knows I deserve it. I was
awful to you, and everyone I ever met.

You weren't awful,
you just weren't there.

You can't be awful if
you're not present.

You know, I'm married now.

I heard. Look, Nicole...

I would love to
meet him some time.

I-I really want to get to know
my grandson and my son-in-law.

And you.

Yeah, well, I don't know if
I'm ready to get to know you.

SIX MONTHS AGO
MANHATTAN

Hey. What's going...?

Ladies, 10 1/2.

Oh, you know, the reason I became a
nurse was to wear shoes like this,

- thank you very much.
- Of course.

- Get a drink?
- Yeah, it's right inside.

- I told him it wasn't funny.
- I know.

- Hey, Mom.
- Hello, sweetheart.

- How are you? Come on in.
- I'm good.

Your father is
very proud of you.

- And still couldn't make it.
- Well, he had a meeting.

Mr. Linderman's in
Atlantic City...

Listen, I-I did this
without his blessing,

and without his money.

Okay? So I think it's only right
that we celebrate without him.

I have always wanted
a nurse in the family.

- We have enough lawyers.
- Thanks, Mom.

So, Peter,
have you chosen a specialty?

Uh, I'm thinking
of hospice care.

- Oh!
- Yeah.

- Taking care of dead people?
- They're not dead.

They're dying.
And I think it's noble.

Thank you.

- What's the pay?
- Ugh. Honey.

You know,
I'm gonna go call the sitter,

and when I come back...

you are gonna dance with me.

What's going on?

The DA wants me to
prosecute Linderman.

- Dad's biggest client.
- Mm-hmm, yeah.

Well,

the DA thinks Linderman's
mob ties run so deep,

if I can take him down,
the empire crumbles.

You do that, though,
Dad'll go down too.

You used to tell him

he was a criminal
for protecting criminals.

Here's a chance to
set things straight.

- Take the stink off the family na...
- He's still our father.

No matter what he's done.

You go after him,

you're never going
to forgive yourself.

Ever.

Come on, handsome.

- Hold this for me, will you?
- Yep.

May I?

So...

What? You're gonna cut me open?

I'd like to run some tests.

EEG, EKG, nothing invasive.

A friend at Columbia has access
to an MRI./ Mapping the brain.

Measuring alpha waves,
resting rates, neuron clusters.

The brain controls every human action,
voluntary or involuntary.

Every breath, every heartbeat,
every emotion.

If the...

soul exists,
scientifically speaking,

it exists in the brain.

When I was a kid...

I used to wish some

stranger would come and tell me my
family wasn't really my family.

They weren't bad people,
they were just...

insignificant.

And I wanted to be different.

Special. I wanted to change.

A new name, a new life.

The watchmaker's son...

became a watchmaker.

It is so futile.

And I wanted to be...

important.

You are important, Gabriel.

What do you think my
abilities might be?

Grand theft auto,
larceny, robbery, arson,

and suspected of
murder in Oklahoma.

That's no way for a young
lady to behave, now is it?

You need a goal, Hayden.
A purpose.

Let me go. Now!

You know...

With your ability,
you can get anything you want.

Created your own morality.

There's no person in the world
that could say no to you.

Now there is.

Yamagato Industries.

Ando Masahashi, please.

- Yes
- Hello?

Ando I need your help...

Sorry, Ando is sick.

This is Hiro Nakamura.
May I help you?

Great Scott.

Matt.

What are you doing?

What?

What are you doing sitting here?
Detective test is in an hour.

Right.

- Oh, you're not chickening out, are you?
- No! No, man, of course not.

All right, good, 'cause second time's
the charm for you, I can feel it.

Just don't go being a nervous
wreck this time, okay?

What's up with the donut?

- Uh...
- Dude, you're like a walking clich?

Yeah, well, you know what?

After today,
I am gonna be a different man.

Confidence! I like that.

Right? Let's go crush it.

Hello, what's up?

Hey.

Oh, I don't know what we'd
do without you, Hiro.

- You have such an amazing attitude.
- I have gift for you.

- Happy Birthday.
- Oh...

Mmm.

A Japanese phrasebook.

I love it.

Oh, now we can understand
each other better.

Maybe you visit Japan.
Very soon.

Get out of Midland, far away.

You are a kind
and generous man.

You speak Japanese
very quickly.

Lately, I've just been able
to remember everything.

You have power, big memory.

It will only get
stronger in the future.

The future. Right.

I keep forgetting that's
where you come from.

You don't believe me?
I bend time and space.

Oh, yeah, of course you do.

Charlie, honey.
Your order's up.

Hey!

- Where'd these come from?
- Flower store, two blocks from here.

Ha ha, funny.

Oh. Oh, hang on,
I have an order up.

Already finished.

Lynette!

You have got to see this!

Hiro's a magician!

Oh, no, it's not a trick.

You don't understand.
I'm trying to save your life.

A very, very bad man is
going to come here and...

Tomorrow, the swallow
will slay the dragon.

- Having a drink with your sister?
- Thinking about it.

Used to be, couldn't go an
hour without missing Jessica.

It's important not to forget.

Hal is back.

He came to one of my meetings.

He wants to meet you and Micah.

He won't meet anybody
unless you want him to.

He's got money.

He could...
he could help with tuition.

We can get Micah into
that private school.

Now, you wanna have Hal over,
let's have him over for dinner.

We can all say a
prayer for Jessica.

My brother Peter, the hospice nurse.
Can you believe it? It's just...

Oh, it's a perfect fit.

He's selfless and empathic...

He's self-centered and righteous.
Self-righteous.

- He's a hell of a lot nicer than you.
- He can afford to be.

He hasn't been under
as much scrutiny.

My dad did what he had to do
to take care of his family,

and that's something that Peter
is never gonna understand.

And you do.

It's my responsibility.

It's my
inherited... birthright.

I didn't ask to be
Dad's favorite.

I never asked to be loved more
than Peter, but that's just...

the reality.

What does this guy want?

Nathan!

Heidi!

Nathan!

Aah!

Heidi!

Hello.

Hey. How is she?

She's been in surgery
for ten hours.

It's something with her back,
her spine.

I should probably call Mom.
She's got the kids.

It's what Heidi would do.
You have your phone? / Yeah.

- You're not hurt?
- No.

Landed 300 feet away
from the wreck.

Couldn't tell you
how I got there.

Couldn't tell you much of
anything at this point.

Let me see that, let me see.

Yeah, that's a bad cut.
You need to lie down.

No, not until
Heidi's all right.

- Won't get a signal.
- Do you remember the other car?

- What?
- In the accident.

Who told you that?

Who told you that?

I had a dream right
before you called.

My wife's in surgery,
and you're dreaming.

That's great.

There was another car,
wasn't there?

Nathan.

Wasn't there?

Yeah.

It was Linderman's guys.

Must've found out
about the DA's plans.

It's my fault for
even considering it.

- Hey! Look at me.
- Taking them on.

This is...this is not your fault.
This is Dad's fault, okay

And you know, you know that
this is not gonna end.

If...

If I agree to take the DA's case,
will you give a deposition?

- Hmm?
- Yeah.

Against your father?

- Mr. Petrelli?
- Yes?

Please.

NEXT DAY
MIDLAND, TEXAS

They did it!

See, the Swallows
slay the Dragons!

"The Tokyo Swallows defeated
the Chunichi Dragons yesterday

with a surprising rally
with two out in the ninth."

What, what is this? Baseball?

You read Japanese flawless.
In one day.

You have power.
I have power too.

Okay.

So because you knew this
baseball team was gonna win,

I'm supposed to believe
you're from the future.

There is an ancient Japanese
tradition, origami.

- Folding paper.
- I read about that.

Yeah, it says if a person
can fold 1000 cranes,

- you'll be granted one wish.
- Yes.

How did you...

A trip to Japan?

I don't care if you
don't believe me. Just...

Please tell me you'll go.

Only one ticket?

- Just in case you said yes.
- Hai!

Why do you repair
watches, Gabriel?

My father didn't really
give me a choice.

Yes, but why not do what you want to do?
Why not change?

You use a phrase
in your book...

- Evolutionary imperative.
- That which we are destined to do.

Sea turtles die on the same
exact beach where they were born,

lions slaughter gazelles,
spiders eat their young.

They don't want to.
They have to.

Well...

The good news is
you're healthy.

You mean normal?

- What, there's still no signs?
- No.

Well, maybe tomorrow.
We're still going to the CT scan, right?

I think we should prepare
for the possibility that

I may have been wrong.
You may not have a special ability.

I am so close.

I can feel it.

You came to me!
I am on your list!

- These tests aren't 100%.
- Don't give up on me.

There are other opportunities
I need to focus on.

What... what,
these people, huh?

They're important? This guy?

Brian Davis,
you think he's... telekinetic?

Moves things with his mind,
or are you just gonna toss him aside too?

You better leave now, Mr. Gray.

Wow!

That's a very
generous gift, Hal.

Oh, it's amortized
over 10 birthdays.

Hell, then, you skimped.

- Thanks, Grandpa.
- It's my pleasure, young man.

Now, go break the internet in half,
or something.

If I could buy stock in
that kid right now...

God, I wish his teachers
saw it that way.

We want to move him
into a private school,

it's just, you know,
we're trying to figure out the details.

Details?

If you're trying to
ask me for something,

it's already yours.

It's a man's God-give right
to dote on his grandson.

Thank you.

It'd make a really
big difference for us.

Well, you know, I feel lucky that
you even let me through the door,

- after all the things I've done.
- Stop saying that.

- You didn't do anything.
- Why do you keep doing that?

Doing what?

You... you're only as sick
as your secrets, Nicole.

I know the mantras, Hal.

I've been reciting
them for over a year.

Well, I guess I'll go see
what the boy's up to now.

You are doing great.

What the hell is this?

You've torn
the whole damned computer apart!

- That computer cost $2,000.
- Hey!

- What the hell you think you're doing?
- You okay?

I have no business being here.

Then why did you bother?

I owe you more than an
apology could ever do.

- What am I supposed to do with this?
- I don't know.

Make your life easier,
I don't care how, okay?

What did you do that was so bad
I can't have my father back?

You really don't remember,
do you?

So what's going to
happen to my Claire?

How is this...

This genetic abnormality
going to effect her?

I don't know.
It's possible nothing might ever happen.

It's possible.
I might be wrong.

Where did you find
this picture?

Union Wells High
School website.

She's growing up
so quickly now.

I couldn't do
anything to stop it.

You cannot,
try as you might.

You have a daughter?

- How old is she?
- She... was five.

I'm so sorry.

Mutations are

much like cancers or diseases,
meant to eliminate a species.

Shanti had a genetic anomaly, and
that was the portal into my research.

My hope is that no one
will suffer as she did.

If you do figure this out,

what happens then?

We can change the world.

Give people hope
for the future.

That is your
daughter's destiny.