In Heroes Season 3 Episode 24, we went back to how it came about that Sylar decided to pose as Nathan Petrelli.
Angela had a dream. Nathan’s in trouble. He’s not the only one. HRG has Claire and Angela get out of the car and go to Nathan, while he rides ahead to the truck full of people waiting for him.
Danko jabs something in the back of Sylar’s head, but it doesn’t do anything to him. He’s moved his little off switch that used to be in the back of his head. He plans to meet with the President the next day, so he can shake his hand and shapeshift into him. Danko threatens to expose him if he doesn’t kill him, but he doesn’t need to kill him. He just has to shapeshift into him and fire on his own men. Now nobody will believe a word he says.
Angela’s going to find Matt Parkman because in her dream Parkman saves Nathan’s life.
Claire has arrived to see Nathan. She asks how she knows he’s not Sylar, which he is. He seems to have her convinced that he’s not an imposter, and they go off together to the Stanton Hotel to intercept Sylar.
Hiro wants to stop time again, but Ando’s worried his head may explode.
Danko’s tossed in a room where he meets up with HRG.
Peter comes to get the real Nathan.
HRG tells Danko that, if he didn’t have Claire, he’d be in exactly Danko’s position. Danko responds that he is in the same position, so they plan to work together.
Then they’re frozen by Hiro, as is everyone else. Ando notices that Hiro’s ear is bleeding, but he says he’s fine. They locate Suresh and rescue him, moving the guards into his place instead. When time unfreezes, Hiro’s having medical problems. Suresh tells Hiro that his human body is rejecting his powers like a virus. He instructs him to not freeze time again.
The prisoners are all gone, and the entire unit has been captured. Hiro arrives to jab a vial into Danko. Then they both collapse.
Claire gets a call from HRG. Only it’s not Claire. It’s Sylar.
Claire plans to kill Sylar, who plans to kill HRG. Everybody dies some time. He wants to make her his first First Lady, but first he has to get her past her urge to kill him.
Nathan arrives at the hotel, and he’s told he’s already inside. The man in there is dangerous. He’s one of them, or rather, he’s one of us. The government needs to stay out of it, but Nathan and Peter can handle it. They just have to get close enough for Peter to touch him.
They break inside and begin to battle. Claire closes the door to let the battle happen, and whens he opens it, Nathan and Sylar have gone out the window.
They’ve moved to another room where Sylar slashes Nathan’s neck and leaves him for dead before taking his shape.
Parkman arrives, and Angela is there waiting for him so he can save Nathan. By the time they arrive, Nathan is dead.
Sylar is informed by Secret Service agent Liam Samuels that the President won’t be able to meet with him today. Perhaps he’ll be able to meet with Samuels, though. With one more body change, Sylar meets with the President. Only it’s not the President, though. It’s Peter, who stabs him in the neck.
HRG and Angela have a plan. They need Sylar to be Nathan Petrelli again. Parkman grabs hold of Sylar and turns him into Nathan. Then they burn the body, but nobody else knows what’s actually happened.
The President has agreed to Nathan’s proposal. He told him he’s found just the man to head up their new “the company.”
Volume 4 ends there, and volume 5 Redemption starts six weeks later.
A building agent arrives to find a flood. He’s greeted by a person who takes form from the water. It’s Tracy, and she’s found her fourth mysterious drowning victim.
Angela goes to pay Nathan a visit, and it seems he’s got some of Sylar’s powers. He can tell a clock is running a minute and a half fast.
That concludes season 3. Heroes has not yet been officially confirmed for season 4, but the buzz is positive that we will be seeing it again in September.