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== Information ==
'''Original Air Date:''' October 2nd, 2006<br>
'''Starring:'''

===Official NBC Press Release===
'''AS PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD FIND THEIR LIVES DISRUPTED BY THEIR NEW, EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES, AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE SEVERAL BIZARRE, GRUESOME MURDERS -- GREG GRUNBERG JOINS THE CAST AS MATT PARKMAN, A POLICEMAN WHO CAN HEAR OTHER PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS''' 

Outside a bizarre, gruesome crime scene, Los Angeles beat cop Matt Parkman is the only one who can hear the cries of a missing little girl. Claire almost reveals her secret ability to the entire school after learning that her injury attempt tape has disappeared. Thinking she's going crazy, Niki loses another block of time after waking to find some brutally murdered thugs in her garage, only to be confronted by Social Services about son Micah. While office drone Hiro investigates New York, Nathan confronts Peter following his plunge off a building.

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===[[Symbol]] Sightings===

* When [[Hiro Nakamura|Hiro]] enters [[Isaac Mendez|Isaac's]] studio, it is visible on every canvas in the room. The symbol appears in Isaac’s studio in at least seven (and probably more) different paintings.
* In an over head shot of a swimming pool, at the home of the murdered Walkers, it is formed by one of the hoses.
* [[Peter Petrelli|Peter]] draws it on his sketch pad while in the hospital.
* It can be seen in the scrolling text on [[Mohinder Suresh|Mohinder's]] laptop (it appears at least twice in the breaks of the genetic code as it scrolls across the screen.)
* Found on a post-it note on the map in Chandra Suresh's apartment.

===Episode Recap===
A glimpse of the future… And Patient Zero!

[[Peter Petrelli|Peter]] wakes up in the hospital with [[Nathan Petrelli|Nathan]]  at his side.  Nathan tries to convince Peter that he did not fly and that Peter’s attempt at flight was really a suicide attempt. Nathan tells him that he landed on a fire escape, which saved his life. Peter doesn’t believe a word of it.

[[Claire Bennet|Claire]] tells her father that she is interested in learning the identities of her birth parents. [[Mr. Bennet|Mr. Bennet]] tells Claire he will do whatever it takes to help.  (Note: Mr. Bennet is also the same man with horn-rimmed glasses who has been digging into Chandra Suresh's research.)

[[Mohinder Suresh|Mohinder]] walks in on an “exterminator” in his apartment who is really an intruder planting a listening device. Mohinder chases him into the hall where he loses his gun.  The gun is picked up by a girl named Eden McKenzie who sends the intruder on his way. Eden reveals that she knew his father.

[[Hiro Nakamura|Hiro]] is walking by a news stand in New York, where he spots a copy of a 9th Wonders comic book with his picture on the cover. After stealing the comic, he finds that the story is a perfect retelling of his exploits in Japan and subsequent arrival in New York.  He finds the writer/artist's name and address on the final page.  The writer is [[Isaac Mendez|Isaac Mendez]] .

[[Isaac Mendez|Isaac]] is in bed recovering from his near fatal heroin overdose.  He tries to convince Simone that his vision of New York's desctruction is true, but she doesn't believe him.  She makes him choose between her and his paintings.

After [[Niki Sanders|Niki]] wakes up two find two thugs dead in her garage, Niki drives to pick up her son.  On the way, she views the tape in her camera while at a stoplight.  The tape shows nothing but static accompanied by the sounds of graphic violence.  Suddenly, it is four hours later, and Niki is in an airport parking lot.  She has no memory of the intervening time.  She decides to run before Linderman finds out about his henchmen.

[[Claire Bennet|Claire]] is at school flirting with a football player when she is summoned by the Principal.  The fire department is looking for the cheerleader that saved the man in the train wreck.  Claire doesn't want to be recognized as the hero, luckily one of the other cheerleader decides to claim the credit for the deed.  Claire’s videographer Zach reveals that he has lost the tape of her healing abilities.

[[Niki Sanders|Niki]] returns to her home with her son, Micah only to find the garage cleaned up and the keys to a Cadillac parked out in front of the house. In the glove compartment she finds a pink slip with her name on it and a note that tells her to follow the map in the trunk. The trunk of the Cadillac contains the map and the remains of the two mobsters. Niki follows the map to a secluded area in the desert and finds a shovel sticking out of the dirt. When she begins digging she reveals a decaying skull.  

[[Peter Petrelli|Peter]] is still in the hospital, drawing a sketch on some paper when his mother comes to visit.  She tells him that his father was clinically depressed and that he killed himself after multiple suicide attempts.  She thinks that Peter is going down the same path.

[[Hiro Nakamura|Hiro]] decides to find [[Isaac Mendez|Isaac]] and visits his studio. When he gets there he finds a room full of paintings of the same symbol and a very gruesome site. A gun is lying on the floor next to a running puddle of blood. Hiro picks up the gun follows the trail of blood and finds Isaac's body. He is lying on the floor with the top of his head sawn off and his brain is missing.  Suddenly the police storm the apartment and detain Hiro at gunpoint.

[[Matt Parkman|Matt Parkman]], a police officer, is assigned traffic duty outside the home of a murdered couple. While on duty he hears the voice of a little girl. He enters the home and finds the child hiding but not before he sees the mother impaled to the wall and the father frozen with the top of his head sawn off and his brain missing. The name “Sylar” is discussed by a few policewomen talking and Parkman is questioned. He can't explain how he knew the girl's location, so he is arrested on suspicion of the murders.

[[Mohinder Suresh|Mohinder]] and [[Eden McKenzie|Eden]]  discuss his father’s work and theories. She notices that Chandra Suresh has voice mails… one of Nathan Petrelli soliciting votes and the other of Sylar.  Sylar has apparently developed powers of his own and is using them to kill.  Eden also finds a portable hard drive, which shows a genetic code scrolling across the screen. Inside the code we see the same symbol that Isaac has painted. 

When [[Claire Bennet|Claire]]  returns home after school, her father tells her that he started the process to locate her birth parents, but that it could "take some time".  After she leaves, we find out the Mr. Bennet has the missing tape and is watching the scene of her miraculous recovery after the fall.

[[Peter Petrelli|Peter]] confronts [[Nathan Petrelli|Nathan]]  on the roof of a building.  While he is pre-occupied with his anger he walks off the ledge towards Nathan and floats in mid-air.  We see for the first time that Peter can also fly!  This is the same scene that Peter sketched while in the hospital, before it happened.

[[Hiro Nakamura|Hiro]] is being questioned at Isaac’s apartment and finds out that he has been missing for five weeks and that instead of October 2nd it is now November 8th. During the questioning there is an incredible explosion and the wake can be seen moving towards Hiro and the building he is in. As the explosion threatens to consume him he teleports back to Tokyo.

===Trivia===

* The Odessa Register newspaper’s lead headline reads, “TRAIN DERAILS, EXPLODES” and the main story title reads, “Mysterious Good Samaritan Saves Man.”

* The 9th Wonders! Comic book with Hiro on the cover is titled, “I did it!” the exact same words he yelled when he stopped and reversed time for one second.

* Hiro first reads the comic under the marquee of the Palace Theatre.

* The license plate on Niki’s black AMC Gremlin is Nevada 231-ECT.

* Eden tells Mohinder that his father was interested in a 1st Edition of Charles Darwin’s “Origins of the Species.”

* Brody’s football uniform jersey number is 8.

* The address printed on the curb of Niki’s house is 9734.

* But the address on the vehicle registration for the Red Cadillac shows 37 Parker Street in Henderson, Nevada 89014.

* From the vehicle registration: Expiration 6/15/07, ’66 Red Cadillac Convertible, License plate # 307RTM, Clark County Nevada, VIN # 8092WM780248092.

* The actual plate on the red Cadillac is 329 UCX.

* Mr. Petrelli was diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder when he was 23. According to Mrs. Petrelli the disorder can have a genetic link.

* Isaac Mendez’s address from the inside back cover of the comic book reads 215 Reed Street the red-border sign on the outside of his door reads “681”.

* Audrey Hanson’s police car license plate reads 1286356.

* Hiro is an honorary member of the Merry Marvel Marching Society. A defunct Marvel comic book fan club.

* There is a missing poster of Hiro tacked to the wall in Ando’s cubicle.

* The newspaper that the policemen show Hiro is the Daily Edition of the New York Chronicle of November 8th, 2006. The lead story reads, “Petrelli Wins in Landslide”

* When Hiro teleports back to Tokyo the clock in the subway reads 11:43. The same exact time that he teleported to New York.



===Questions===
*[[Nathan Petrelli|Nathan]] and [[Peter Petrelli|Peter's]]  father was described as having "delusions of grandeur".  Did he also have hero-like powers?
*Why was [[Niki Sanders|Niki]]  led to the site with the bodies?  Has her mirror double done this sort of thing before?
*Why is someone (presumably [[Sylar|Sylar]] ) removing peoples brains?  And why not all of his victims?  Maybe only the ones with special abilities are useful.
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