Heroes Season 4 Episode 1 started us off with the introduction of new character Samuel and his quest to change the past, Hiro’s accidental traveling back in time to change his own past, and Sylar’s return as he tries to overpower Nathan and get his body back.
Sylar’s now got baby Matt Parkman, and he won’t put him down until he gets his body. It’s all in his mind, his very disturbed mind.
HRG makes a call to his wife. A man answers the phone. It’s not a wrong number. After hanging up, he gets a call from Tracy, who wants to show him Danko’s body.
Hiro wants to go back to the future. He runs into himself, and he thinks he looks familiar. He’s returned to the moment he got that fortune that brought him down this path. His efforts to return to the future are not working, so instead he runs into Samuel.
Claire’s got some questions to answer. Her roommate had too much self esteem and was an overachiever. That’s not the impression the suicide note left, although Claire distinctly remembers her pillow case was crisp and lacked a note. How can a dead girl write a suicide note?
Ando tells Hiro’s sister the truth. Hiro slipped out of time and space and is 14 years ago at a carnival. The truth is lost on her.
If Hiro interferes in what’s going on over there at his fortune telling, he won’t save the cheerleader, and New York will explode. His belief is that everything is connected, so he doesn’t want to change anything while he’s there. Not even one little thing? Like preventing Ando from spilling a drink all over his sister Kimiko’s favorite dress. Nope. If Hiro won’t change things, Samuel pushing him in the way of the drink might. When he returns to the future, it worked. Now Ando and Kimiko are dating, or just really friendly.
HRG notices that all of Danko’s wounds are to the stomach. The killer was looking for something, but he left it behind. It’s a key. To what?
Noah stops by to see Peter, who intends through his paramedic job to make up for all they’ve done. It turns out the key opens a safe deposit box. He’s looking for a partner to defend him from the guy who’s super fast and has a thing for knives.
Gretchen can’t make sense of Annie’s suicide either. Who maps out their life for the next 50 years then throws it out the window? So how do they prove it’s murder?
HRG bets Peter knows the name of everybody he’s saved. Do any of them know his? Speaking from experience, Noah says it’s not good to live life alone. They’ve found out what Danko got killed for: a compass. A broken compass at that. As expected, they’re attacked, which allows Peter to copy the attacker’s power. When the fight’s over, Peter’s concern is to save the banker’s life.
When Peter grabs the compass, it starts spinning, but Peter wants to stay away from this. He just came along for the new ability.
Gretchen suggests the jump, push, fall test. By getting a dummy the approximate size and weight of Annie, they should be able to determine whether she fell, jumped, or was pushed.
Hiro has a new mission in life: to go back and undo his wrongs.
Matt’s interrogating a suspect. Sylar has a suggestion: just read his mind. Because the suspect thinks he’s crazy, which he may very well be, he folds after having a chair thrown in his general direction and gives up a name. Didn’t need to read minds after all.
While on duty, Peter gets a call. Arriving on the scene, he finds out that Noah’s been slashed, and the compass is gone.
Tracy has a suggestion. Maybe their plan should not be to stop the guy with the knives but to figure out a way to help him.
Matt returns home where he finds the water guy Roy. He had no problem fixing the hot water. Must be tough out there for a single mom. She’s not exactly single as far as Parkman knows, but tomorrow, Roy will be asking for a new route and never stop by there again.
Claire opens her window. She’s about Annie’s size and weight. Based on where she landed, she’ll have to go with fall. Guess Annie did kill herself. Oh, and Gretchen’s standing there watching Claire push her ribs back into her body.
Now that Samuel’s got Hiro on the path he wants him to be on, it’s time to get the rest of them.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Heroes Season 4 Episode 3 Ink, which airs Monday at 8/7c on NBC.