Claire tried to be normal for about five minutes but ultimately joined the rebel cause in Heroes Season 3 Episode 16. Hiro finally learned a lesson that he doesn’t need powers to be a hero, and after working on capturing all the heroes, HRG ultimately collapsed in a bar, being dragged off by those he had captured.
Parkman, Sylar, and Suresh came up with a plan to kidnap Noah by drugging him. They realize they don’t have much of an alternative. With his mind compromised, Parkman is able to get into his head and see what happened five weeks ago. Angela wanted him to know the company’s time has passed and that it’s over. He wants to adapt and get it right, but she’s tired of this whole thing. Now Parkman realizes that he’s going to be able to get to the memories he needs, and he’s willing to push as far as necessary, against Suresh’s concerns.
Nathan’s hunter, Danko, wants surveillance on HRG, and he’s also spying on Nathan, who he doesn’t trust either.
Parkman wants to keep pushing on, despite the pain he’s inadvertently inflicting. Back to four weeks ago. Nathan arrives at the Bennet house to talk to HRG. Everything’s going to change, but Claire will be safe. He plans to replace Primatech with the resources and authority of the United States government. Certain exceptions will be made, like Nathan. And Claire, if HRG agrees to help. He hopes to have scientists figure out how to remove the abilities. HRG warns him he’s going to be seen as the villain, and none of the heroes will understand. Noah’s tired of doing crossword puzzles anyway, so he’s game.
With that last memory, they got the combination to HRG’s storage, which contains everything they need. Peter will go and just hopes Mohinder and Parkman don’t kill each other while he’s gone. Peter’s heist is being monitored, and Danko knows exactly where to find him now.
Nathan wants Peter caught, but without bloodshed. The team arrives with their weapons on stun, but then Peter just flies out. HRG warns that Peter’s probably dead, and they sent him right where they wanted him.
Now we go back to three weeks ago, in an attempt to find out who else he’s working with. HRG defends some of the people that are being targeted, but Danko doesn’t have any interest in any of them. HRG hops in a cab with Suresh as the driver and tells him what’s happening. He needs his assistance to stop the government program from blowing up in their faces. Parkman thinks that’s why Suresh really didn’t want him in his head, not because he was hurting him. Suresh said no, but he never saw anything that he could do to stop it even after he found out he was telling the truth. When they turn around, HRG’s gone.
They dash through the parking lot while Noah steals a car. Peter’s back just in time, landing on the windshield, and then they tie him back up. Peter knows they’re going to be caught up to eventually.
Time to go into his head, with or without the drugs. Back to one week ago. HRG arrives at Danko’s door. Danko sees this as a war, which requires single-minded focus. The people are just targets. Having done this for 20 years, HRG views the key as seeing people’s humanity, not their abilities, but he agrees that Danko’s the boss. Peter’s got another address.
Danko tells Peter to just go ahead and kill him. That will prove how dangerous abilities are. Nathan’s there now. He seems to have arrived rather quickly. Peter fires a shot, enough to wound Danko. Nathan warns Peter that he can’t pull the trigger because, if he does, Suresh and Parkman are dead. Danko’s not happy with his life being saved. He was hoping that Suresh and Parkman would be killed.
When he grabs a gun, Parkman’s told that Daphne’s alive. HRG agrees to let him go back inside his head without fighting so he can see for himself. Two days ago, he saw her, still alive despite the wound to her shoulder. In order to allow him the time to find this out, Suresh is outside and sacrificing himself, getting captured. Then the guys barge in the room and get Parkman to surrender, too.
Suresh is awakened inside Building 26. Nathan tells him the plane was taking them to a location that was supposed to contain them, but the hardliners now believe based on their actions that containment is not possible. He asks for his help to eliminate the powers. Daphne’s alive, for now, until his associates start killing people.
HRG promises Danko his complete focus. Danko blames Nathan’s personal issues for the heroes getting away. HRG believes now that Danko trusts him, although Angela doesn’t believe he trusts anybody.
Parkman’s painting the future, but he doesn’t like the mass destruction at his hands that he’s painted.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Heroes Season 3 episode 18 Exposed, which airs Monday at 9/8c on NBC.