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You. Hey, Barbie.

I got a message from someone named Rebel.

Said you could help me.

I need your help, Barbie.

Rebel promised.

Well, he lied.

Now get out.

Please.

I can't go back out there.

Claire?

You okay?

Oh, my God.

Mom.

It's all right.

Mr. Doyle here was just leaving.

No, please.

They'll catch me.

Rebel said you could help me start over.

And that's all I want. To go back to being a puppeteer.

Making people happy.

And you thought I would help you?

After what you did? You should know there are agents parked outside this

Actually, they're not.

Rebel sent a fake call, which they'll figure out any minute now. But if there

were agents outside, why aren't they kicking in the door looking to collect

comes -back -to -life Barbie?

They gave me a free pass.

But they will come after me if I try to help anyone.

So you turn your back on your own kind while we're all out there being hunted

down?

They burned down my theater while I was still inside.

You tried to kill us!

You and your free pass.

You have no idea what it's like to be hunted.

To live on the street.

To break into the home of the last person on Earth you'd expect to help

Because she was your only hope.

I thought,

I'm not gonna force you to help me, Claire.

That's not who I am anymore.

Where the hell have you been?

Dealing with the meth your brother left us.

There wouldn't have been a mess if you'd released Parkman and Millbrook like I

asked you to. I made the right choice. Peter just got lucky.

I had a wonder.

How many people knew he was on that rooftop?

Trelli.

What?

Yeah, I'm on my way.

I thought Parkman was in your custody.

He was.

Last time I checked.

What the hell is he doing in front of the Capitol building with a bomb

to his chest?

No. No, no, no.

No,

no, if I try and pull this, it's gonna... I didn't do this!

Oh, shut up!

Hey, Senator Nathan Petrelli. This is a very dangerous situation.

I can't let you get in. I know that man.

I can get you to him.

You got five minutes.

Parkman! You son of a bitch.

Don't you come any closer to me. Everything's gonna be all right. No,

You turned me into a terrorist. I didn't sanction this. That was Danko. You're

lying to me. He's got an agenda.

You're lying to me. Believe me, Matt. Use your power. Read my mind. I'm

you the truth.

I can't.

I can't. They drugged me.

You're going to have to trust me, Matt.

Parkman's vest is ready, sir. But we may have a problem here.

The trellis. How did he get there so fast?

A man strapped with explosives.

It's unclear at this time if...

Device armed?

We're all set.

I don't know what to play hero.

He can be a martyr to his own cause.

Take him out.

Code confirmed, sir.

Do it. Take him out.

Now.

We've been kicked out. Get it back. Now.

So there are those police.

That team may know the bomber personally.

What can we do to bring you updates?

What's going on here?

Come on, we're losing our window.

We're routing through a different server.

Matt, if we don't disarm you, they're going to shoot you.

There are a lot of bomb techs around here. I'm sure one of them is thinking

about how to disarm that.

Get inside his head.

The drugs are starting to wear off.

What's he thinking?

I don't know what I'm talking about. Red wire.

Red wire, red wire. Red wire.

Don't touch the red wire. I'm not touching anything.

Hang on.

It's all right, man.

Take your time.

Black wire.

Black wire, black wire. Black wire.

Black wire.

Do I pull the... black wire or is that the one I don't pull? I don't know. He's

not thinking directly about it. I gotta dig deeper. Hold on!

I got it. Back up.

Left an arm, sir.

Get it up!

Matt, I'm gonna pull it.

Alright, do it.

Janko. I said do it!

Sorry, Matt.

Can't have you use your power.

It's open!

Almost got the order ready.

You have a lot of pickups today?

I'm not here for a pickup.

No?

It's me.

Gabriel.

Your son.

That's no.

That is so.

What brings you all the way out here?

I had some questions about myself.

Who I am.

Where I came from.

But then I remembered.

You abandoned me.

You killed my mother.

So?

What now?

Now, I kill you.

Go right ahead.

You kill me, or the cancer

does.

Either way, I die.

Anything? This guy's good.

There's no time to put them in a brief.

I want to know how the hell he's getting inside, and I want a name.

Me too.

So I can thank them for saving us from this disaster. Of course.

Since the safety of your friends and family evidently trumps national

Parkman wasn't a threat until you strapped a bomb to him.

Parkman and your brother exposed our operation, so I handled it. Put a faith

the terrorist threat.

People could have died. People have died, Senator, or don't my men count?

I was brought in to get this job done.

I'd let go of that if I were you.

You're relieved of the command.

I answered to the president.

If you try to get rid of me, he's going to want proof, and right now it's my

word against yours.

Good luck getting any of my people to turn on me.

We'll see.

Excuse me.

Bennett, you have a minute?

I'm not sure how much I can tell you about what happened. I know what

last night.

I want to talk to you about putting a team together. Once Danko's gone, you're

going to head up. You're one of us, Nathan.

You're one of us.

You're one of us, Nathan.

You're one of us. Do you have a point?

Maybe this operation has been compromised from the start.

The Trelli family has a lot of skeletons in their closet, Senator.

I think we both know what yours is.

Looks like we're both building a case against each other.

Let's see who gets there first.

Something fish went over my head. You'd expect it. Backed a wild dog into a

corner. I had to act. But you didn't act. All you did was show Danko your

and frankly, you put both of us at risk. I have a plan, fella. They can listen

to me.

Just push on your button so that you'll make them a date.

Take a play from your mother's book.

Keep your head.

Sorry about all this.

I find that hard to believe.

The man who transferred you back here is gonna come in in a few moments and ask

you some questions.

I was wondering when that was gonna happen.

I know this might seem hard to believe, but I still care about you. Well, that

makes one of us.

Come on.

You're smarter than that.

You might not realize it, but I have been helping you out all along.

You.

And everyone else.

And doing a fabulous job of it.

Remember when you jumped off the bridge and I was there?

I'm still the same guy.

You sacrificed me for your own personal gain.

You don't have to like me.

But you do have to understand that I am your last.

That's my prisoner.

You got a soft spot for this one, Petrelli?

Want to make sure I don't get too rough on you?

No. Knock yourself out.

I want to know everything you know about Nathan Petrelli.

lousy in bed.

I wonder what you meant when you said he was one of us.

Does Nathan have an ability?

An ability?

I have no idea what you're talking about.

You want to talk about it?

Should I have helped Doyle?

That puppet man is a sick and twisted individual, Claire. You did the right

thing.

I have a free pass for a reason.

I should be using it to help people. Rebel seems to think so.

Yes, well, this Rebel, whoever he is, can't send psychopaths to our front

doorstep.

I don't think I can take any more surprise guests.

Right, which is why I was thinking that I should have a cover job. I mean, with

Alex gone, they're probably going to need someone to fill his job at the

book store, and I could help whoever Rebel sends.

and no more surprise guests for you and Lyle.

Boy, Claire, I don't know.

I guess, though, if it's what you want to do.

Thanks.

So you don't have any retail experience?

Um, does a cheerleading bake sale count?

You're a cheerleader.

Yeah, I was.

All right, so let me ask you a few questions. Can you work Wednesdays?

Wednesdays?

Wednesdays are when all the new comics rise.

Wednesday is good for me.

Light or invisibility?

I'm sorry, what?

Do you throw caution to the wind and fly off to save the day, or do you take the

more talkulated approach?

You learn the whole picture before you act.

What's the answer?

There isn't one.

That's why it's the question.

Put simply, what type of hero are you?

Whoa, hey, hey, hey. You're not going to cry, are you?

It's okay, really.

They're only comic books. I'm going to stop bothering you.

Thank you for letting me interview anyway.

What are you talking about? You got the job.

I did?

Yeah.

If a guy in the store has been staring at you since you walked in, you will

absolutely sell comic books.

And the other stuff, we can work on.

You're still here.

This is pitiful.

What's that?

What you've become. You used to be a killer. Now look at you. You're

Oh, you want a fight. Is that what you were expecting?

Son kills his father.

Epic battle.

That's a myth.

Life never gives you what you want.

Give me a hand with this. Maybe I can explain it to you now when I open the

He's gonna bolt so grab him from the back. All right

You

have an ability got lots of

Don't know what I got left

Been years since I used them or needed them.

You have the same thing.

Taking people's abilities.

Am I right?

I guess the apple didn't fall too far from the tree. I'm not your apple. You

don't know anything about me. I have some idea. You and I, we can't be all

different.

From where I stand, we have exactly nothing in common.

Well, we pick easy targets.

Like that rabbit. Weak.

Helpless. Not fair, really.

Are you really drawing a moral line?

Morality?

Doesn't figure into it. Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly.

You have to kill.

That's who you are.

But you do choose your prey.

And yours never had a chance. Not against you.

Not really.

Easy pickings.

Small gang.

They had something I wanted. It isn't my fault if they weren't strong enough to

fight back.

And those agents that have been coming after us recently?

I handled them. No, you ran away from them.

Just like I did. I couldn't wipe them out like I thought. But you haven't.

Why?

You know, there'll come a day, maybe tomorrow or next week, next

year.

When you realize the hunt, your

entire life is meaningless and disappointing

because there's no challenge in it.

All the power in the world doesn't matter if you've lived an unsatisfied

But I think you know that already, don't you?

You want to know more?

You're going to kill me now.

Well, you were a primatech. Did you come across anyone who could fly?

Bloody. Well, you know that.

It's in the files.

I'm guessing a few were missing.

The facility burned to the ground. Who knows what was lost?

That must have been tough for you.

Twenty years on the job.

I'm sure you'd have grown close to the Petrelli family.

The Petrellis were never exactly a warm and fuzzy bunch.

You adopted the senator's daughter?

Didn't know she was his at the time.

And neither did he, for that matter.

We both know Nathan Petrelli is hiding something.

You know a question you should be asking yourself?

Who would want to save Peter?

His mother, Angela.

You want to know what's missing from the files?

Who can fly?

She'd never betray her own son.

A long time ago, I gave up trying to figure out what Angela Petrelli would or

wouldn't do.

Go ahead.

We've got a problem.

Nathan's made a power play against Danko. He's stirred up a hornet's nest.

It's nice to know Mother still has some influence over her son.

Things will be better for us with Danko gone.

Of course they will, but Nathan's on thin ice. He's moving too fast, and

unpredictable. The man nearly killed Peter. It had to be done.

Be prepared, then, because I pointed him in your direction.

Be careful.

He does his homework.

So do I.

Yeah. See you tomorrow.

See you, Claire.

Bye.

Claire.

You all right? Everything okay at home?

Yeah. That's not what this is about.

I have a question.

And I really need you to answer it.

Okay.

How did you lead two lives for all that time?

I can't always be myself, and I just don't know who I'm supposed to be.

Honestly, Claire, I'm the worst person to ask.

So how am I supposed to decide which path to take?

Which answer do you want?

You want the one that's going to make you feel better or do you want the

I don't know.

Well, my answer is neither do I.

Thanks. I miss you, Claire Bear.

Whatever you say.

When are you going to learn?

I have this effect on women.

Doyle, I'm giving you a chance to surrender.

I should kill you.

But I just want to go back to the way life was.

All right, Joel.

Barbie.

This has been Trolley.

My name is... Mr. Danko.

I was hoping you could help me.

Well, everything I know about the people you're after is in the Primatech files.

I'm not interested in files.

El Bishop, Hira Nakamura, Matt Parkman, all inherited abilities from their

parents, as did Peter and Claire.

Well, genetics is an...

Extremely complex topic, Mr. Danko.

Did you know that two blue -eyed parents can sometimes have a brown -eyed child?

So Nathan was the misfit?

Sometimes these things skip a generation.

I don't believe you.

I've met many men like you, Mr. Danko.

Our company employed dozens of them.

No family, nothing to hold you back, operate in the shadows, doing all the

things other people just refuse to do.

That's what makes you useful.

And expendable.

Really?

That incident in Angola.

1997, I believe.

All those civilians lost.

Tragic. I'm surprised you survived, actually.

You're a very...

Resourceful woman, Mrs. Petrelli.

A man needs a hobby.

Something to occupy the hands, to stop the mind from thinking so much.

I fix watches.

Watches? Thought it would make my father happy.

How'd that work out for you?

You're still clinging to that need for connection, huh?

The only thing people are good for is disappointment.

Is that why you killed my mother?

Why you abandoned me?

I don't even remember.

It didn't matter to me.

So few things do.

Well, now what?

Cut the thread.

It's just an ability I picked up from a cheerleader in California.

I guess not everybody gets old.

Not everybody dies.

Then you just have that much longer to suffer, don't you?

Get that nascent saddle over there on that cabinet, if you don't mind.

Sure.

What the hell are you doing? It's amazing how it comes right back.

That desire.

That hunger. You think this is going to stop me?

You think you can beat me? I want that power!

I thought you'd given up.

Yeah? Well, me too.

Then why bother? What's the point?

Immortality. You're my second chance.

At what? Killing again?

You said it was meaningless.

It was.

Then why make the same mistake twice?

Because I'll get it right this time.

Do more. Be more.

Take every challenge.

Fight hard.

Risk it all.

Take real power.

Real authority.

Change everything. The world.

Just to see if I can.

You can move.

I can.

You're the hunter.

I thought you would know when someone was playing possum.

When the prey isn't so weak.

So easy.

I need that power.

I don't want to die.

No, no, no. Of course not.

Of course you don't. It won't kill you if I take it. You'll heal. You'll be

fine. Yeah, but so will you.

No, don't leave.

Like I said, I came here to kill you.

I got the answers I wanted.

Now I know exactly what I need to do.

Kill me.

Or you're going to die.

Slowly.

Painfully.

And alone with your sickness.

I'm sorry.

You're just small game.

Turns out the president didn't really need that much proof after all.

It's a signed document.

You lose me, you lose the whole team. Lots of risk I'm prepared to take.

In fact, anyone who's not on board can step out now.

You're hitting reset on the whole operation.

Just because of me.

I think it's time things were done correctly.

You may have friends now, Petrelli.

But one day you're going to find yourself all alone.

He went to the president.

Mm -hmm.

And he is eager to meet Tacko's replacement.

Coming?

So you're the man with the plan. I sure hope you have something good to share

with the president.

It's a bit unorthodox, but it's tough to...

Look, it's over.

Just let it go.

What are you going to understand?

Bureaucracy?

Oversight?

Rules of conduct?

None of it applies in my world.

I don't know what your world is, but it ought to be shut down.

Hold Danko.

Take it easy.

I've seen what these people can do, and it scares me.

The thing about you, Senator, is that through all this, you've never once

an ounce of fear.

I wonder, why is that?

We didn't know about this.

This is it. Your new identity. Everything you need to start over.

That will erase any trace of Eric Doyle.

Only spare that agent's life.

Is that it?

Have I earned your help?

This isn't about you.

It's about me, about who I need to be right now, and I don't...

Just

take it.

Did you mean all that stuff he said?

About how you changed?

Finally! I quit and it takes the service two hours to find a replacement?

Don't just stand there, come in! I'm desperate!

Excuse me, please.

We are looking for Matt Parkman.

No, duh.

Anyway, he's a mess.

Here you go.

Diaper's clean, but that won't hold.

Take it.

Take it.

No, thank you.

Now.

Oh, hey, wait.

We are here to save Matt Parkman.

Uh -huh.

You're holding him.

Matt Parkman.

Lots of luck. You're going to need it.

And by the way, this babysitting service.

Generations unfold.

Father to son.

Mother to daughter.

Where one leaves off, the other follows.

Destined to repeat each other's mistakes.

Each other's triumphs.

But how do we see the world, if not through their lens?

The same fears?

The same desires?

Do we see them as an example to follow?

Or as a warning of what to avoid?

Choosing to live as they have, simply because it's what we know.

Or, driven to create our own identity.

And what happens if we find them to be a disappointment?

Can we replace them?

Our mothers, our fathers?

Or will destiny find a way to drive us back, back to the familiar comforts of

home?