Claire helped Alex escape in Heroes Season 3 Episode 18. Just as she thought things were going okay, she got a visit Eric, the creepy puppetmaster. Parkman, meanwhile, is standing outside the Capitol with a bomb strapped to his chest.
He’s happier to see Barbie than she is to see him. He wants to go back to a normal life. Rebel sent a fake call, so the agents who were outside are at least distracted for the time being. He claims to be a changed person, and he won’t force her to help him.
A dazed and confused Parkman has now attracted a lot of attention. Nathan arrives on the scene to profess his innocence and blame Danko. Danko decides to activate the weapon and make the hero Senator a martyr to his own cause.
The drugs are starting to wear off, so Parkman’s able to get into the mind of one of the techs. He hears red wire… that would be the one not to touch. How about the black wire? Nathan decides to just pull it, and it’s the right move, just in time to prevent themselves from being blown up. Now it’s time to let the people surrounding them capture Matt.
Sylar’s found dear old dad, who tells him to go right ahead and kill him before the cancer does.
Tracy comes up on the monitor and is screaming that Nathan’s one of them.
Then she gets her own message on the monitors that help is coming.
Nathan goes in to see Tracy. He’s been helping her all along, or so he says. She pretty much still hates his guts. Danko comes in, and it’s his turn to talk to her alone. He wants to know everything she knows about Nathan. So anyway… what’s an ability?
Sandra doesn’t want Rebel sending any more psychopaths to her front door, so Claire decides to take Alex’s job at the comic book store. Despite her lack of experience in retail, she’s got enough experience in getting guys to stare at her to get the job.
Sylar’s dad has some abilities, but he doesn’t seem to have much left in him. He wants to know why Sylar just picks easy targets like he does, yet he runs away from the agents. Meanwhile, he can eliminate the threat that’s in the room with him now (a bunny).
HRG tosses a file on Danko’s desk: Angela Petrelli. He’s worried that Nathan’s on thin ice and is moving too fast.
Claire calls her dad for answers, but she doesn’t know whether she wants to feel better or if she wants the truth, so he doesn’t know what the right answer is.
Then she gets a text from Rebel, who tells her Doyle’s being chased by agents. The chick with the gun points it at him, so he turns the tables and gets her to point at herself. He decides to let her live, and Barbie’s there to meet Doyle as requested.
Danko visits Angela to talk about genetics. He doesn’t believe that Nathan was the misfit who didn’t inherit anything from his parents. As for Danko, she’s surprised he survived that incident in Angola.
Sylar’s dad doesn’t even remember killing his mom. Didn’t matter to him. Thanks to his cheerleader ability, Sylar plans to live forever, which just means he has that much longer to suffer. This is a power his dad wants, though, and all of a sudden his powers are just fine. He flings some arrows at Sylar. His plan is to kill again, but this time he’ll get it right. Too bad he’s no match for his son, who again has a reason to want revenge. The best revenge will be to let him die slowly and painfully of his sickness. Time to go look for bigger game to hunt.
Nathan’s got what he needs to get rid of Danko. The President is eager to meet Danko’s replacement, which obviously will be HRG. Before they can go, though, Danko pulls out his gun, then he shoves Nathan out the window.
Claire gives Eric his new identity. It’s not about him. It’s about her and who she needs to be. So did he mean what he said about how he changed?
Hiro and Ando arrive in LA to find Parkman. He seems to be… a baby. Apparently, they’re his new babysitters.
Danko arrives home, where Sylar is waiting for him. As for Sandy’s normal life, she’s got agents raiding her house, while Claire and Nathan watch from outside.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Heroes Season 3 episode 20 Cold Snap, which airs Monday at 9/8c on NBC.