Tracy and HRG tried to bust Jeremy out of prison in Heroes Season 4 Episode 7, but their efforts proved futile when they found his body in the street. Samuel, who met up with Tracy while she was in town, got vengeance for his death, though. Speaking of deaths, Gretchen found out someone was trying to kill her, while Parkman’s body was overtaken by Sylar.
Tonight we head back to Hiro, where he left off three years ago with Charlie at a diner in Texas.
You’ve heard the story before. Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Girl dies. Boy travels back through time to try to save her life.
No matter how hard Hiro tried, the Brain Man, Sylar, always got to her. So he’s back to try again.
Samuel believes they need Hiro, so it’s time for him to go back to the past as well.
Sylar finds out that Charlie’s got a genius memory. His theory: the cause is that blood clot in her brain. Perhaps he could help her fix that.
HRG’s at the diner, too, trying to stop a deranged serial killer with super powers from offing his cheerleader daughter. He’s also having breakfast with some blonde chick, something he does twice a week, only this time she’s brought a motel key with her. Duty calls, though.
This is the biggest butterfly Hiro needs to correct. Samuel’s willing to help, but he wants to make sure that Charlie’s actually worth it to Hiro. She is.
Hiro freezes Sylar (and the rest of the world), wheels him off, and tosses him in the bottom of a bus. Once that’s done, he plans to be awesome charming super cool. Then he realizes a flaw in his plan. If Charlie doesn’t die, he doesn’t go back to save her, and history goes kablooey. Great scott. So then he pays a visit to himself. Don’t bother with the cheerleader. Save the waitress. Go back six months into the past. With that, now he’s in the picture with her.
So then future Hiro goes to talk to Ando. He promises to wait for six months ago Hiro to show up.
Charlie has decided to go to Japan with Hiro. That’s where Takezo Kensei was born. As she starts spouting off random facts, it seems something’s wrong. She’s still genius girl… on autopilot. Her aneurysm is rupturing, and she’s dying. Not if he can help it. Time to go check that bus for Sylar. Hiro’s got an offer: help and learn about the future. His life… and death. He agrees to help and fixes Charlie with ease.
Living up to his end of the bargain, Hiro tells Sylar’s story. He gathers a lot of power, becomes the strongest of them all, and dies alone, with nobody caring.
HRG wants to back out of this workplace romance with Lauren. He still loves his family.
Charlie was okay with dying. Now she feels like she’s cheating. Saving her changed history and was selfish. Eventually, she reconsiders and realizes that she loves him, too. When she steps outside, butterfly man has taken her back to his carnival. Hiro takes them forward to the carnival, where they meet another time traveller, a dead one that Samuel asked to trap Charlie somewhere in time. So where is she? Samuel has no plans of telling just yet because he needs help fixing his past.
He made a mistake about eight weeks ago. He killed Suresh. Well, that explains where he’s been.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Heroes Season 4 Episode 9 Shadowboxing, which airs Monday at 8/7c on NBC.