In Heroes Season 4 Episode 4, Hiro spent his time trying to figure out how to save someone’s life, only to end up disappearing when he was done. Peter, likewise, found himself trying to save lives, while his brother Nathan found himself buried underground.
Sylar has managed to dig himself up from under the ground.
Samuel plans to have a full table by day’s end, refilling his brother’s empty seat.
Claire’s happy to have a normal life for a change. Apparently, jumping out the window and popping her bones back into place are part of that normal life. While she’s saying that, somebody invites her to join a sorority, as if that’s going to make her life more normal.
Sylar has been captured. They are under the impression they can hold him against his will. That should last about as long as he is unable to remember his name or anything else. Dr. Gibson doesn’t want to label him crazy just yet. She’ll take it a step further and unlock his handcuffs, asking to be left alone with him. She promises to put the pieces together and help him figure out who he is. This is not something that sounds like a wise idea.
Speaking of crazy, Emma, the woman who sees sounds as colors, is told that maybe she’s got hysterical blindness. As she’s walking home, she is unable to stop seeing colors, right into the path of a speeding bus, only to be pushed out of the way by Peter in his obsessive saving people job. This act of heroism does not generate a thank you for Peter. What it does is strip away his super speed. In return, he’s got this strange new seeing colors power with questionable usefulness.
Lydia wants to know who the new family member is. Samuel doesn’t know the answer to that question. He just has a feeling. They’ll have to wait and see who joins them first.
The more Claire gets to know her new roommate, the less she wants to know her. Something’s not quite right about this girl.
When he starts to concentrate, Sylar is distracted. The clock on the wall is slower than the doctor’s wristwatch.
Returning to the hospital, Peter runs into Emma again, and it’s there that he realizes she’s deaf. He explains to her about people with abilities, something she knows nothing about. She tells him he’s crazy, as if seeing sounds is normal.
Claire, having visited the sorority house for a get to know you speed dating round with the sisters earlier, has returned only to have to save one of the women from getting whacked by Gretchen.
Dr. Gibson has been sent home. Now it’s time for the bad cop to step in and tell him he’s a watchmaker from Queens who murdered his own mother. The plan now is to get a confession out of him and then throw him down a hole forever. Good luck with that. Feeling threatened, Sylar inadvertently uses his power to throw the guy through the wall. When she gets into her car, Dr. Gibson finds out she’s dealing with a murderer. Nonetheless, an escaped Sylar runs toward her asking for help. She promised.
Claire’s afraid Gretchen’s a wee bit of a stalker, a dangerous one at that. She’s not stalking her because she’s trying to kill her (like Annie). Rather, she’s stalking her because she wants to jump her bones, as if that will make her feel any better. Before they can swap spit any further, the sorority shows up to invite them to join.
It turns out the sorority girl, Rebecca, has been sent to Claire by her uncle Samuel. Their goal is to push others away and isolate Claire. She would be the one who tried to hit the other girl and who caused Gretchen’s computer to turn on and let Claire know that she’s been stalking her. She’s also the one who pushed Annie out the window and left her suicide note afterward. It’s true there was no note, at least not until after Claire fled the room.
Sylar insists he’s not a killer. Dr. Gibson wants him to turn himself in and letting the police figure things out. Because that went so swimmingly before when they attempted to “interrogate” him. Her hope is that he will turn himself in, but he won’t be doing that once he gets shot multiple times. Not that it’ll kill him. Since that didn’t work, she tells him to run.
Hiro has finally reappeared, and he’s greeted by a familiar face, Peter. Then he collapses.
Emma has found out there’s more to her power than meets the eye. She can use it as an offensive weapon. Now that could be useful.
In his escape, Sylar happens upon a carnival, where he’s greeted by Samuel, who tells him he’s home.
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