Heroes, Season 1 (Volume 1: Genesis)

[Opening voiceover.]

Mohinder:
Where does it come from? This quest, this need to solve life's mysteries when the simplest of questions can never be answered. Why are we here? What is the soul? Why do we dream? Perhaps we'd be better off not looking at all. Not delving, not yearning. That's not human nature. Not the human heart. That is not why we are here.

Mohinder:
Man is a narcissistic species by nature. We have colonized the four corners of our tiny planet. But we are not the pinnacle of so-called evolution. That honor belongs to the lowly cockroach. Capable of living for months without food. Remaining alive headless for weeks at a time. Resistant to radiation. If God has indeed created Himself in His own image, then I submit to you that God is a cockroach.

[Translated from Japanese.]

Hiro:
My clock. I made it go back one second using only my mind, my thoughts.

Ando:
Too bad you're not paid by the hour.

[Translated from Japanese.]

Hiro:
I have discovered powers beyond any mere mortal.

Ando:
Right. You and Spock.

Hiro:
Yes. Like Spock. Exactly.

[Hiro's boss suddenly grabs him by the neck and drags him back to his desk.]

Ando:
Use your death grip, Spock! The death grip!

Hiro:
You don't understand, I want to be special.

Ando:
We are not special. We are Japanese!

[Peter encounters Mohinder, who is driving a cab.]

Mohinder:
Some individuals, it is true, are more special. This is natural selection. It begins as a single individual born or hatched like every other member of their species. Anonymous. Seemingly ordinary. Except they're not. They carry inside them the genetic code that will take their species to the next evolutionary rung. It's destiny.

[Translated from Japanese.]

Ando:
Fine. I'll humor you. Let's say you really do have this power. What do you do with it? Join the circus? No one ever got laid by stopping the second hand of a clock.

Hiro:
As I develop my powers, I'll learn to bend space, too. Then I can teleport myself anywhere on the planet.

Ando:
Like Star Trek.

Hiro:
Every hero must learn his purpose. Then he'll be tested and called to greatness.

Ando:
I think I need a stiff drink! "Beam us up, Scotty".

[Translated from Japanese.]

Ando:
Tell me one useful thing you could do with this power. Can you make money?

Hiro:
A super hero doesn't use his power for personal gain.

Ando:
Then what good is it? Can you teleport yourself into the women's bathroom? Now, there's something useful. You won't learn your "purpose" in there, but you might learn something about life.

[Translated from Japanese.]

Hiro:
(cheerfully) I did it! I teleported in to the women's bathroom!

Ando:
Then you're a pervert!

Peter:
It happened two more times. Look, sometimes I'm falling, sometimes I'm flying - sometimes you're in them!

Nathan:
I don't have time for this now.

Peter:
They're not just dreams, Nathan.

Nathan:
Hold this.

Peter:
I thought they'd go away, but they're not!

Nathan:
Jim, I need this back by six, please. Thanks.

Peter:
This morning, when I got out of bed, my foot hovered before it hit the ground - hovered!

Nathan:
[to assistant]: Let me see the list

Peter:
For a split second, like I was - like I was floating! I'm telling you, I-I think I can fly!

Nathan:
[hands clipboard to assistant]: These all undecideds?:[to Peter]:Tell you what, you think you can fly? Why don't you jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, see what happens.

Peter:
Maybe, I ought to start with something a little lower, first, just like learning to walk.

Nathan:
You're serious?

Peter:
Oh, I'm serious.

Peter:
You didn't hear anything that I said earlier today, did you?

Nathan:
About that bit how you can fly. Yeah I did. I'm gonna pretend for both our sakes you didn't say anything like that.

Sandra:
So, what about you, Claire? Do anything special today?

Claire:
I walked through fire and I didn't get burned.

Mohinder:
This quest. This need to solve life's mysteries. In the end, what does it matter when the human heart can only find meaning in the smallest of moments? They're here. Among us. In the shadows. In the light. Everywhere. Do they even know yet?

Peter:
I've been up here all night. Thinking about this. Thinking about my destiny.

Nathan:
What you doing, Pete?

Peter:
It's my turn to be somebody now, Nathan!

Nathan:
Come on, Peter. Quit screwing around

Nathan:
[has just flown up and caught his brother in mid-air]: Peter!

Peter:
[shocked]: You're flying Nathan! You're flying! How did you...

Nathan:
I don't know.:[Peter slips from his grasp and falls]: No! No!

[Opening voiceover.]

Mohinder:
We all imagine ourselves the agents of our destiny, capable of determining our own fate. But have we truly any choice in when we rise? Or when we fall? Or does a force larger than ourselves bid us our direction? Is it evolution that takes us by the hand? Does science point our way? Or is it God who intervenes, keeping us safe?

Peter:
What happened?

Nathan:
You don't remember?

Peter:
No.

Nathan:
You jumped, Pete.

Peter:
Jumped?

Nathan:
Off the roof of a fifteen story building. You tried to kill yourself.You were a little wound up yesterday, but I thought you were just you being you.

Peter:
What are you talking about? I didn't try to kill myself. You were in the alley below. I jumped, and you... you flew.

Nathan:
I what?

Peter:
You flew up and you caught me.

Nathan:
You jumped, Peter, twenty five feet to a fire escape. I climbed up and carried you down. That's what happened. The rest is just crazy talk. You understand?

Detective Furukawa:
He says he teleported himself here.

Other Detective:
Teleported? What the hell is that?

Hiro:
Like Star Trek.

Detective Furukawa:
He says he can bend the time/space continuum.

Other Detective:
Funny, I've seen all the Star Treks. I don't remember you from the show.

Peter:
[standing on the roof, preparing to jump]: Tell me what happened, Nathan. When I jumped.Tell me you flew. I wanna hear you say that you flew. Tell me or I jump again.

[Nathan says nothing]

Peter:
Good luck on your campaign when I'm splattered all over the ground below.

Nathan:
All right. You want the truth?

Peter:
Yeah.

Nathan:
We both flew, Pete. I caught you and I lost control. You were too heavy. We both started falling to the ground and just before we... just before we hit, you flew. You.

Peter:
[incredulous]: Are you lying to me?

'[Nathan shakes his head]

Peter:
You are.

[moves towards Nathan]

Peter:
You're tryin' telling me what you think I wanna hear. You're lying to me, again!

[Nathan points at Peter's feet. Peter looks down to see himself hovering. Shocked, he drops back onto the rooftop]

Peter:
Did you see that? Did you see that? That- I flew!

Nathan:
I know, I know.

[Closing voiceover.]

Mohinder:
For all his bluster, it is the sad province of man that he cannot choose his triumph. He can only choose how he will stand when the call of destiny comes, hoping he will have the courage to answer.

[Opening voiceover.]

Mohinder:
When evolution selects its agents, it does so at a cost, makes demands in exchange for singularity and you may be asked to do something against your very nature. Suddenly the change in your life that should have been wonderful comes as a betrayal. It may seem cruel, but the goal is nothing short of self-preservation, survival.

Peter:
Listen, I-I tried it again

Nathan:
Tried what?

Peter:
What do you mean what? What do you think that I mean? I-I tried to fly.

Nathan:
Would you keep your voice down?

Peter:
You were there. Last night I could fly. This morning, nothing. I nearly broke my neck trying.

Nathan:
Well, that would have solved one of our problems.

Ando:
I'm confused. You said you called me when you went in the future.

Hiro:
Yeah. So?

Ando:
So, shouldn't I be at home waiting for your call?

Hiro:
We're changing the future. By taking action, we've changed something.

Ando:
What if we make it worse? And if there's going to be a nuclear explosion, shouldn't we be flying away from the bomb?

Hiro:
A hero doesn't run away from his destiny. My only concern is whether I need to hide my true identity. Perhaps a costume?

Ando:
You even mention tights and a cape, I'm going home.

Eden:
Well, this is macaroni and cheese. It's what Americans eat when they want to commit suicide slowly.

Ando:
Who are you calling?

Hiro:
The comic book author. To warn him about the future. He keeps hanging up on me.

Ando:
That's because you're crazy. I'd hang up on you too, if I could.

Isaac:
I don't want to lose you, Simone. But if you don't believe in me, then you shouldn't be here.

Simone:
Fine. You can paint the future. Paint one without me in it.

[Closing voiceover.]

Mohinder:
This force, evolution, is not sentimental. Like the earth itself, it knows only the hard facts of life's struggle with death. All you can do is hope and trust that when you have served its needs faithfully, there may still remain some glimmer of the life you once knew.

[Opening voiceover.]

Mohinder:
Sometimes questions are more powerful than answers. How is this happening? What are they? Why them and not others? Why now? What does it all mean?

Claire:
Look, you can't say anything. I'm fine. He was drunk and it was an accident.

Zach:
Which part was an accident? The rape or the murder?

Claire:
It didn't happen.

Zach:
Yeah, because he killed you before he had the chance.

Claire:
I'm alive!

Zach:
Yeah, now, but you weren't on the autopsy table.

Claire:
Shhh!

Zach:
Look, you said you had a hole in your head. Okay, maybe when - maybe when they pulled whatever was in there, its when you like, rebooted or whatever.

Claire:
I'm not a hard drive.

Zach:
No, you're little Miss Miracle Gro.

Claire:
Don't ever call me that again.

Nathan:
Don't insult me. I have trained professionals to do that.

Nathan:
You have any kids?

Nikki:
That's another question

Nathan:
Right

Nikki:
One. Boy Genius.

Nathan:
Boy?

Nikki:
Boy

Nathan:
I've got two boys. Not geniuses, just boys.

[Opening voiceover.]

Mohinder:
When a change comes, some species feel the urge to migrate, they call it zugunruhe. "A pull of the soul to a far off place," following a scent in the wind, a star in the sky. The ancient message comes calling the kindred to take flight and gather together. Only then they can hope to survive the cruel season to come.

Nathan:
Two million dollars makes me a candidate in your pocket. Four million makes me a congressman.

Future Hiro:
Save the cheerleader, save the world!

Nathan:
All right, I get it. A guy in his pajamas. Ha ha. Now we can all stare and have a good laugh, or one of you can lend me your cell phone.

Mohinder:
[voiceover] Evolution is imperfect and often a violent process. A battle between what exists and what is yet to be born. Amidst these birth pains, morality loses its meaning, the question of good and evil reduced to one simple choice: survive or perish.

Ando:
You came from the future and told them to save the cheerleader. Oh, and you had a sword.

Hiro:
I had a sword?

Ando:
Every hero is on a journey to find his place in the world. But it's a journey. You don't start at the end, otherwise they can't make a movie about it later.

Peter:
[to Nathan] Hey, you know what? I'm just gonna fly off the terrace yeah? No? Hey, I can fly. Nathan so can you. Tell you what. Why don't you just race around the Statue of Liberty real quick. Huh? Give this tweedy cat something to write about.

Ted Sprague:
Do you have any idea as to what would happen, Cause I don't. Maybe I'll explode. Maybe I'll take out this hospital. Maybe I'll wipe out the city like an atomic bomb!

Mohinder:
[voiceover] You do not choose your destiny, it chooses you. And those that knew you before Fate took you by the hand cannot understand the depth of the changes inside. They cannot fathom how much you stand to lose in failure...that you are the instrument of flawless Design. And all of life may hang in the balance. The hero learns quickly who can comprehend and who merely stands in your way.

Lyle:
Are you aliens?!

Zach:
Yeah, and we're gonna anal-probe you...

Lyle:
I'm gonna put this on YouTube and make like, a million dollars!

Zach:
YouTube's free, you idiot!

Nathan:
[to Peter] I'm trying to make a difference, Peter, the best way I know how. Flying around... how is that going to help anybody. What is it- What am I- What am I going to do when I get there? I don't have a gun. I don't have a badge. I don't know karate. I guess I could put on a costume and fly around and pull cats out of trees. How's that going to make a difference?

Mohinder:
[voiceover] The Earth is large. Large enough that you think you can hide from anything. From Fate. From God. If only you found a place far enough away. So you run. To the edge of the Earth. Where all is safe again. Quiet, and warm. The solace of salt air. The peace of danger left behind. The luxury of grief. And maybe, for a moment, you believe you have escaped.

Mohinder:
[voiceover] You can run far, you can take your small precautions. But have you really gotten away? Can you ever escape? Or is it the truth that you did not have the strength or cunning to hide from destiny? That the world is not small. you are. And, fate can find you anywhere.

Mohinder:
[voiceover] We are, if anything, creatures of habit. Drawn to the safety and the comfort of the familiar. But what happens when the familiar becomes unsafe? When the fear that we've been desperately trying to avoid, finds us where we live?

Zach:
I know who I am. I like who I am. And I like who you are. I just wish you liked who you are.

D.L.:
It's going to be you and me from here on out. Partners.

Micah:
You mean like Batman and Robin?

D.L.:
Yeah, like Batman and Robin. Only, I ain't wearing no tights. You can wear tights, I ain't wearing no tights.

Mohinder:
[voiceover] We are all at our cores the sum of our fears. To face destiny we must, inevitably, face those fears, and conquer them. Whether they come from the familiar or the unknown.

[Sylar confronts Brian Davis.]

Sylar:
You're broken. I can fix you.

[At the Union Wells High crime scene, Agt. Audrey Hanson is skeptical of Sgt. Matt Parkman's marital fidelity.]

Audrey:
Well, statistically speaking, law enforcement attracts a certain kind of male personality.

Matt:
Ohhh. What personality would that be?

Audrey:
Dogs.

Matt:
And the female personality?

Audrey:
Bitches. We keep it in the canine family.

Claire:
You're totally my hero.

[Hiro gets a well-timed cellphone call from Isaac.]

Ando:
Who is it?

Hiro:
Destiny!

Ando:
I wish Destiny would lose our number.

[Peter and Nathan are walking out of the police station. Peter tries to discuss others' powers with Nathan.]

Peter:
... I-I think he was trying to read my mind. They were all like us!

Nathan:
Dysfunctional?

[Alone at home, Claire is suddenly grabbed by the Haitian.]

The Haitian:
I work for your father! He sent me here to make you forget; like he sent me to your friend, and your brother. And to your mother, so many times. He'll be here soon, expecting that you won't remember anything. But it is very important that you do. Tell me, Claire: Can you keep a secret?

Ando:
[to Hiro] Future you doesn't count as you.

Mohinder:
[voiceover] In the beginning there was discovery. A confusion of elements. The first snowfall of impossible change. Old lives undone, left behind. Strange faces, made familiar. New nightmares, to challenge sleep. New friends, to feel safe with. Only then comes control. The need to impose order unto chaos, through determination, through study, through struggle. All in defiance of a thundering truth. They're here, and the earth shudders underfoot.

Policeman:
If you didn't have a record showing you were in India when some of these people were killed you and I would be having a very different conversation.

Mohinder:
How fortunate for me then.

Matt:
We didn't look everywhere. Maybe-maybe there's a secret room somewhere. 'Kay Maybe-

Superior:
and maybe I can whistle the Star-Spangled Banner out of my ass.

Niki:
Death penalty?

Lawyer:
Look I know it's a long shot but it might help if you co-operated a little.

Niki:
How am I supposed to do that?

Jessica:
He's right Niki we should tell him...

Niki:
Stop It!...Don't pay any attention to her.

Lawyer:
Pay attention to who?

Jessica:
God, who am I gonna have to screw to get out of here-?

Niki:
I said stop it!

Lawyer:
What is this?

Jessica:
What's it look like dipstick?

Lawyer:
Wait you're going psych on me?

Jessica:
If that's what it takes.

Hiro:
[pausing infront of a guard and talking slowly] ...Which way to gift store? [Guard points] Thank you!

...

Hiro:
[in Japanese] It's one antique, if I don't get it this whole museum will explode anyway. It's a good deal for them.

Hiro:
Mr. Isaac bad news, sword not there. Original owned by a man named Linderman.

Nathan:
[coming out from behind a painting] Did he say Linderman?!

Hiro:
[after spotting Nathan] Flying Man!

[Nathan and Hiro are at Isaac's apartment's window.]

Hiro:
The bomb, it come from the street, destroys everything, everything turn into dust, poof!

Nathan:
Your English is a lot better.

Hiro:
I met a waitress in Texas.

Nathan:
Hmm?

Hiro:
She teach me many things.

Nathan:
Good for you.

Hiro:
[in broken English] You will help too!

Nathan:
Me? What makes you so sure?

Hiro:
You're flying man! Woooooosh!

Nathan:
Shh! Will you keep it down?

Hiro:
[quietly] Whoooosh.

Hiro:
Dunno probably bad guy.

Nathan:
Bad guy?

Hiro:
Yes. Like billain.

Nathan:
What's that..?

Hiro:
..Billain.

Nathan:
Billian?

Hiro:
Billain.

Nathan:
Villain.

Hiro:
Vi-

Nathan:
Vi-

Hiro:
Viiyun

Hiro:
I'm just like Mr. Issac draw me, except my face not so round.

Niki:
Oh God, please help me.

Jessica:
Who needs God when you've got me?

[Opening voiceover.]

Mohinder:
When we embrace what lies within, our potential knows no limit. The future is filled with promise. The present, rife with expectation. But when we deny our instinct, and struggle against our deepest urges... Uncertainty begins. Where does this path lead? When will the changes end? Is this transformation a gift... or a curse? And for those that fear what lies ahead... The most important question of all... Can we really change what we are?

Hiro:
I am very special, I offer myself in trade! Release unspecial Ando!

Hiro:
You cannot bribe a hero. My heart is true. My spirit unbreakable.

Hank:
I did everything I could. He's dead.

Mr. Bennet:
Well, that's less than ideal.

Claude:
Nurse who's an empath, very cute.

Peter:
What's an empath?

Claude:
Means you're a pain in my ass, mate.

Mr. Bennet:
It means that an old friend isn't quite as dead as we thought he was.

Peter :
The people I love are not distractions!

Mohinder:
[voiceover] To survive in this world, we hold close to us those people on whom we depend. We trust in them our hopes, our fears... But what happens when trust is lost? Where do we run, when things we believe in vanish before our eyes? When all seems lost, the future unknowable, our very existence in peril... All we can do is run.

Mohinder:
(rings doorbell) Hello? Zane Taylor?

Sylar:
Yes. You must be Dr. Suresh. Come on in. Can I get you some tea?

Mohinder:
Sorry it took me so long to get here.

Sylar:
No, it's no problem. Is Earl Grey okay?

Mohinder:
Yes, that'll be fine. (Sylar moves to other room and begins to make tea.) You um, sounded rather alarmed on the phone. You semeed to have calmed down some.

Sylar:
I had a kind of epiphany about it this morning. Are you familiar with Abraham Maslow, the peak experience?

Mohinder:
No, I'm afraid not.

Sylar:
It's, um.. a single moment that takes you out of yourself. Makes you feel very tiny, or very large.To some extent one with life, or nature, or god.

Mohinder:
...I see.

Sylar:
Like seeing all the pieces of a puzzle fit together. All this time I was trying to fight it. Deny it. But there is no shame in having this ability, is there?

Mohinder:
None whatsoever. It would be like denying you have brown eyes.

Sylar:
Right. So um, I guess that you- you want to see my ability.

Mohinder:
Yes! I mean, I'm quite anxious to document it.

Sylar:
(pulls out toaster.) You might want to step back, that looks like a nice jacket. (He places his hand over the appliance and melts the toaster)

Mohinder:
My god.

Sylar:
You want to see it again?

Mohinder:
(chuckles and smiles nervously)

Mohinder:
I'm very interested in how you control this ability.

Sylar:
Well it's like... riding a bike for the first time. It's a little wobbly, and then I discovered something. A kind of peace. A sense of purpose that can only be described as destiny.

Mohinder:
I'd like to take a DNA sample.

Sylar:
From me, okay. Uh, sure.

Mohinder:
(takes out a cotton swab and hands it to Sylar) Just swab it on the inside of your mouth. (tea starts whistling.)

Sylar:
The tea. If you'll excuse me for a second?

Mohinder:
Of course. (Sylar walks to the other room, where Zane Taylor is on the floor.)

Sylar:
I just swab it on the inside of my cheek?

Mohinder:
Yes, that's right. (Sylar swabs Zane's cheek as Mohinder walks toward the room they're in.)

Sylar:
Here you go. The DNA sample. (hands Mohinder the swab.)

Mohinder:
Thank you. You know.. you should be careful who you talk to about this ability, Zane. There's some people who might not undestand. Who might want to hurt you.

Sylar:
Why would anybody want to hurt me?

Mohinder:
I don't know yet. But I do know this, there are others out there like you.

Sylar:
Really? How many others?

Mohinder:
Dozens. And those are just the ones I know about. With more time and research I could find hundreds, thousands! But, uh... you're the first one who's returned my phone calls. But I am going to find them. All of them.

Sylar:
I could go with you. I could help you. Think about it, these people could need convincing. Who better to do that?

Claude:
Charles Darwin bred pigeons while he was working out his theory of evolution. Married up various permutations to get maximum potential.

Peter:
What'd he mean by that? Maximum potential?

Claude:
I think he meant you, friend.

Sylar:
Uh, before we go in, I just wanted to say thanks.

Mohinder:
For what?

Sylar:
Well, you know, for bringing me with you. You didn't have to do that.

Mohinder:
It would have been a long road alone. I'm glad for the company.

Sylar:
I believe in fate, Mohinder, and karma. And I'm not just saying that 'cause you're Indian. I mean, you really came to my rescue. And I won't forget that.

Dale:
Funny, I didn't hear your footsteps.

Sylar:
That's because there weren't any.

Dale:
That sound, in your heart. What is it?

Sylar:
[smiling] Murder.

Claude:
Fly, [Hits him] stop time, [Hits him] paint me a pretty picture, [Hits him] do [Hits him] something [Hits him] unexpected!

Claude:
What are you doing?

Peter:
Something unexpected.

Claude:
And when you've left New York a smoking crater we'll put that on your tombstone. "Here lies Peter Petrelli. [lashes out with his stick] He tried!"

Ted:
I'm not gonna nuke the dog!

Ted:
No, that was Plan A. Plan B is much better!

Matt:
There is no Plan B!

Mr. Bennet:
I'm not who you think I am, I'm just a paper salesman.

Mr. Bennet:
I'm comfortable with morally gray.

Mr. Bennet:
People are fragile. Like teacups.

Mr. Bennet:
I don't know what to do.

Thompson:
Is that a new sensation for you Bennet?

Claire:
You want me to play dead? I'm sorry, I'm not Mr. Muggles.

Mr. Bennet:
Claire is not one of you.

Claude:
Not yet, but one day maybe, and don't tell me you haven't thought about it.

Mr. Bennet:
She isn't, I'll take her, it's done.

Claude:
Oh just like that, father of the year you are.

Ted:
[to Mr. Bennet] If you're not back in an hour, just look for the mushroom cloud.

Claire:
I don't know what I am. I don't know if God made me this way or someone else.

Ted:
God didn't make us this way.

Sandra:
God makes us all the way we are.

Matt:
This son of a bitch is thinking in Japanese!

Noah:
My daughter is missing, so right now I don't care if you believe me or what you do to me. I just want her home, safe. You can kill me if you want, I'm gonna find her!

Claire:
When can I go back to my family?

Haitian:
Shall I lie to you and say it will be soon? You know who we run from.

Sylar:
So this is the list?

Mohinder:
Yes, what's left of it. Most of these people are missing or dead. I'm going to run your DNA sample against my father's formula. It will take you someplace safe.

Sylar:
This is your father's formula? This is how he made this, this is how he found me.

Mohinder:
Yes, although I haven't figured out what it is looking for. A specific gene? Codons? It's the proverbial needle.

Sylar:
Did my DNA help?

Mohinder:
No.

Sylar:
Okay, well, Mohinder, you've been driving all night, why don't you just take a break?

Mohinder:
I can't! These people are in danger. We have to warn them. If Sylar gets to them first-

Sylar:
Exactly! So let me help. I mean, here. This one is in New York - Isaac Mendez. I'll call him, and you just relax. Just take a minute.

Mohinder:
You're very kind. Thank you.

Sylar:
...You have no idea how alone I used to feel. How insignificant. You've given me hope.

Mohinder:
Hope is great, we need caffeine.

Sylar:
So this formula, if you figure it out, how many of us will you find?

Mohinder:
Who knows? Hundreds, thousands, maybe more.

Sylar:
(dials Isaac's number, receives busy signal.) It's busy. I'll get him later. (Mohinder hands Sylar a cup of tea, Sylar raises his glass.) To new friends. (They clink teacups in toast; only Sylar sips the drink.) This is good, what is it?

Mohinder:
Chai. It's a special blend my father brought from India.

Sylar:
Who're we going to call next?

Mohinder:
No one. (Stands, faces Sylar) I already have you, Mr. Sylar.

The Haitian:
[to Claire] I do not need you happy, only safe.

Sylar:
I can't feel my fingers.

Mohinder:
It's the curare. It induces paralysis of the brain. Which means you can't control your abilities.

Sylar:
Whoever you think I am, I'm not.

Mohinder:
You are the man who murdered my father. Do you still expect me to believe you're Zane Taylor? Zane was killed three days ago. The same day I met you. And you thought you were so clever giving me his DNA. You're a parasite. You killed my father and fed off his work. (taps a tuning fork against the chair and holds it up to Sylar's ear.) Let me hear you say it, tell me your name. Say it. I want to hear you say it!

Sylar:
(in pain) Sylar!

Mohinder:
There's only one thing to do with a parasite. Kill it before it kills again.

Sylar:
You're just like your father, murderers, the both of you.

Mohinder:
I'm a scientist.

Sylar:
(laughs.) Your father said that but he kept leading me to them.

Mohinder:
He had no idea what you were.

Sylar:
He knew. He might not have admitted it, but after all, we were making so much progress together. Why would he stop?

Mohinder:
(Mohinder brings out a gun and points it at Sylar.) You know nothing about my father!

Sylar:
I know everything. He confided in me. He told me things he felt he could never tell you. Things about your sister, Shanti. He thought you were too... what's the word - fragile - to know the truth. That's why he liked me. (Mohinder presses the gun against Sylar's forehead.) You were always seeking his approval while I provided stimulation. He gave up on you, but he adored me. Now who's the real parasite here?! (Mohinder's hand falls to his side.)

Mohinder:
You're right. My father did want answers. He called you 'Patient Zero'. You're the template he used to create this formula. You're the key to unlocking his secret. As much as I'd like to, killing you will not give me what I need.

Sylar:
So what are you gonna do?

Mohinder:
I'm going to take a sample of your spinal fluid. (leans down and whispers in his ear.) And it's going to hurt. You might actually do some good before you die. (Mohinder inserts needle into Sylar's spine; Sylar screams.)

Linderman:
There comes a time when a man has to ask himself whether he wants a life of happiness or a life of meaning.

Nathan:
I'd like to have both.

Linderman:
Can't be done. Two very different paths. To be truly happy, a man must live absolutely in the present, no thought of what's gone before and no thought of what lies ahead. But a life with meaning, a man is condemned to wallow in the past and obsess about the future.

Mohinder:
I finally found it. That's it, these four simple genes, they answer everything. I can make a new list. I can find them, save them.

Sylar:
And what about me? Don't I deserve to be saved? Aren't I just a victim, too? I didn't ask for this.

Mohinder:
And what would you have me do?

Sylar:
Help find a way. Give me salvation. Give me that damn list so I can sink my teeth in! (Mohinder walks over to him.) I'm a natural progression of the species. Evolution is a part of nature, and nature kills. Simple, right?

Mohinder:
What you've done is not evolution, it's murder. (holds gun up and points it at Sylar.) What I am doing is revenge. Now I can fulfill my duty as a son. (Sylar closes his eyes, and a gunshot is heard. The bullet is stopped before Sylar's face, then drops to the floor.)

Sylar:
I wasn't begging for my life. I was offering you yours. (Sylar's constraints rip off, and he stands.) You are your father's son. So determined you didn't even notice I stopped the IV. But don't worry, you might actually do some good before you die. Starting with that list.

Peter:
Suresh? (pause as he opens door, walks inside.) Suresh? It's Peter Petrelli. Mohinder? (Peter looks around as something drops on his head.)

Mohinder:
(pinned against ceiling) Sylar.

Sylar:
I remember you. (pins Peter against wall and holds him by the throat.) You're like me, aren't you? I'd like to see how that works.

[Linderman provides the opening monologue, interspersed with dialouge from previous episodes.]

Linderman:
People think I collect art. What I really collect are lives fixed in paint. A perfect moment capturing an entire existence, made immortal. A monster's fight to survive, and live to kill again. A mother willing to fracture her own soul to protect her child. Youth's struggle for innocence, despite life's cruelty. The double-edged lies needed to sustain a double-edged life. A wandering hero's pure joy at success, and his darkest hour, when all the world seems lost. All perfect moments, frozen in time. Alone, each tells a single story. Together, they can tell the future.

Claire:
Daddy, I'm so sorry.

Noah:
Claire!

Claire:
It's all my fault. I tried to do what you said... but they caught me. I'm so scared. (Noah pushes her away.) What is it?

Noah:
You. You're not...

Claire:
Not what?

Noah:
Not you! (Claire's body morphs into Candice's form.)

Linderman:
It was beautiful. And then some of my friends, they lost their way. They used their powers for personal gain and all the good that we'd done had amounted to nothing.

Linderman:
People need hope, Nathan.

Linderman:
This tragedy will be a catalyst for good.

Nathan:
If you know all this, then you also know the exploding man is my brother.

Linderman:
As I said, we all have our roles to play.

Candice:
I could show him things that would make him tear his eyes out.

Noah:
Maybe I'm exactly where I want to be.

Thompson:
You're on death row.

Noah:
If you wanted to kill me, you would have by now.

Thompson:
I'm waiting for the order. That's what we do here. We follow orders.

Nathan:
Japanese Feudalism. Renaissance. Rome. Mayan. Peruvian. 20th Century. You must bring all your first dates here. What do you do with all this stuff?

Linderman:
I protect it. I shield it from a selfish and greedy world.

Linderman:
When my day of judgment comes, Nathan, I'll be remembered as a humanitarian. I care about the world, I just want to save it. To heal it. And for that, I need you.

Nathan:
What could you possibly know about healing? (Linderman looks over at a dead plant and heals it.)

Linderman:
A few things.

Linderman:
We all have our roles to play in the events to come. You know, this isn't just a collection of art. This is a road map. These artists envisioned a brighter future. Peace. Prosperity.

Linderman:
I said people needed hope, but people trust fear.

Sylar:
I remember you. You're like me, aren't you? I'd like to see how that works. (Sylar begins to open Peter's head.)

Peter:
(begins screaming in pain, and then heals. Peter flings Sylar across the room against the wall, and Mohinder drops from the ceiling.)

Sylar:
Oh no. I'm not done with him yet. (Peter turns invisible.) Interesting, I can't wait to try that one.

Messenger:
So, what happens to Hiro in this one?

Isaac:
Promise you won't post any spoilers?

Messenger:
The future? How do you come up with this stuff?!

Isaac:
It's a gift. Speaking of which... (hands messenger his sketchbook.)

Messenger:
Your sketchbook? You serious!?

Isaac:
Hold on to it. It might be worth something some day.

Messenger:
Thank you!

Mohinder:
Mrs. Petrelli?

Angela:
Yes?

Mohinder:
I'm so sorry. It's Peter.

Angela:
What about him?

Mohinder:
I found this address in his wallet and I didn't know where else to go. I couldn't leave him. He's dead. He was killed. Murdered. He tried to save my life... I was in over my head.

Angela:
Get out of here.

Mohinder:
I'm sorry.

Angela:
Please leave. Now.

Noah:
That went better than I expected.

Nathan:
Ma?

Angela:
Nathan.

Nathan:
Where is he? (Nathan approaches Peter's dead body.)

Angela:
He's gone, Nathan.

Nathan:
(crying) No! Peter! He wasn't supposed to die this way. He wasn't supposed to die this way... What do we do?

Angela:
We hide it.

Nathan:
What?

Angela:
'Till after the election. The last thing he would've wanted was to bring you down with him.

[Peter examines the glass shard taken from his head.]

Peter:
What do you do with something that killed you?

Nathan:
You could put it underneath your pillow.

Peter:
You saved my life.

Claire:
Guess we're even now.

Matt:
You're middle management!

Sylar:
This is usually the part when people start screaming.

Isaac:
I've seen enough of the future. I don't need to watch it happen.

[In studio, Isaac lays dying from Sylar's attack.]

Isaac Mendez:
I finally get to be a hero...

Ando:
What happened to Hiro? Who was that?

Future Hiro:
Homeland Security.

Ando:
The government?

Future Hiro:
They're taking him to a special holding facility in midtown.

Ando:
How do you know that?

Future Hiro:
Because that's where they take all the terrorists.

Ando:
Why would anyone think Hiro's a- You? A terrorist?

Future Hiro:
After Sylar exploded, the world became a very dark place.

Hiro:
[to Parkman] You are like me. Special. Why do you want to hurt other special people?

Ando:
What happened to me? Where am I? Am I rich? Married?

Future Hiro:
I can't tell you that.

Ando:
Why not?

Future Hiro:
Because ... [translated from Japanese] The whole time/space continuum ... might implode because you were impatient.

Future Nathan:
Let's be honest. I can fly. I'm hardly dangerous.

Future Matt:
[Examining the tased Future Hiro] We already caught you. Two Hiros. Son of a bitch! He really can travel through time.

Claire:
Who are you to decide who's special and who's not?

Future Sylar [as Nathan]:
I'm the leader of the free world. For all I know, I'm the most special person there is. Lord knows I've found enough power. Met a lot of special people. Like this girl named Candice, who allowed me to become president. But, I'm done. I just want to eliminate the competition. I don't need anymore power. Especially not after you.

Claire:
[whispering] Sylar.

Sylar:
I've waited a long time for this.

Ando:
You've always wanted to become a Kendo master.

Future Hiro:
I studied in Tohoku. So, technically, I'm a Battojutsu master.

Ando:
[in Japanese] Why do you always have to correct me?

Future Hiro:
[in Japanese] Because, there's a difference.

Ando:
What difference? You're still a hero. You became everything you wanted to be. And I- - I became dead.

Future Hiro:
Peter told you?

Ando:
[examining Hiro's sword] Looks like you've seen a lot of battles.

Future Hiro:
More than I like to remember.

Ando:
How was it?

Future Hiro:
Not nearly as fun...without you.

Future Hiro:
You.

Hiro:
Me?

Future Hiro:
What are you doing here? You're not supposed to be here. None of this is supposed to be here.

Hiro:
It was an accident. We time traveled.

Ando:
What happened to the city?

Future Hiro:
The bomb. The bomb still happened. It was all supposed to change. Five years ago a man named Sylar exploded, changing the world forever.

Hiro:
I look upset.

Ando:
Go. Talk to yourself.

Hiro:
No way... I scare me. You do it.

Matt:
I used to be that guy. Wishing it and making it happen are two different things.

Mohinder:
Not for Nakamura.

Ando:
Is everything alright?

Future Peter:
No, let's go fix it.

Future Hiro:
Should we freeze time?

Future Peter:
Nah, I havent had a good fight in years.

Nathan:
Brother versus brother. It's almost biblical.

Peter:
My brother can't walk through walls. Who are you?

Sylar:
(morphs to Sylar's form.) An old friend. The guy they blamed for blowing up New York, but we know the real story, don't we Pete?

Peter:
You're gonna pay for what you did to Nathan. What you did in his name!

Sylar:
What I did? (activates his ice ability) When I killed Nathan he'd already turned against his own kind.

Peter:
Liar! (Peter activates his fire ability and the two charge at eachother)

Hiro:
Now the hard part...

Ando:
Why are you smiling?

Hiro:
It's exciting! This is our chance to change the future.

Ando:
But how? How will we know what to do?

Hiro:
I have Mr. Isaac's comic book. It's not finished. It only has the pictures, not the words.

Ando:
We could be talking about anything.

Hiro:
Let's go ask Mr. Isaac. He'll know what we say. (yelled, in English) Don't worry New York! We will save you!

Mohinder:
Hello?

Sylar:
Mohinder. It's me. I need your help.

Mohinder:
Sylar?

Sylar:
I think I'm gonna do something bad.

Mohinder:
You're a murderer. You don't get the luxury of regret.

Sylar:
You don't understand. I think I'm gonna kill a lot more people. a lot more. I understood it before, the killing. To take what others didn't deserve. It was natural selection. But this time its different.

Mohinder:
What are you talking about?

Sylar:
An apocalypse. A massacre. Half the city gone in an instant...They mean nothing...They're innocent. There's no gain, so why would I do it? What possible reason could I have for killing so many?

Mohinder:
[dialing on another phone] Wait. Listen. You don't have to -- If you are truly repentant about what you've done. Turn youself in.

Sylar:
I can hear you dialing 9-1-1. It was a mistake to call.

Mohinder:
No. Wait. Sylar? Sylar!

Thompson:
So, have you thought about my offer? Are you ready to come work for us?

Mohinder:
As far as I can tell, you're all a bunch of untrustworthy gunders.

Sylar:
That clock's broken.

Virginia Gray:
Oh, that old thing. I should've thrown it away years ago.

Sylar:
It was Dad's.

Virginia Gray:
It's junk.

Sylar:
It's a beautiful piece. It just needs a little attention.

Virginia Gray:
I can't tell you how proud I am.

Sylar:
I haven't done anything.

Virginia Gray:
You've traveled the world. Some of us only get to see it in snow globes.

Sylar:
I fix watches.

Virginia Gray:
That's a hobby. Investment banking is a very lucrative field.

Sylar:
I can't be an investment banker.

Virginia Gray:
You could be anything you want.

Sylar:
Mom, he wouldn't even remember who I am.

Virginia Gray:
Who could forget you?

Sylar:
Mom, you're not even listening to me!

Virginia Gray:
I am listening.

Sylar:
No...you're making a tuna sandwich.

Virginia Gray:
So?

Sylar:
I asked you not to.

Virginia Gray:
I made a mistake. I'm sorry.

Sylar:
Mom - mom, don't. It's just... maybe I don't have to be special. That's okay, to just be a normal watchmaker. Can't you just tell me that's enough?

Virginia Gray:
Why would I tell you that when I know you could be so much more? If you wanted, you could be president.

Sylar:
What if I told you I can be special? Important. But to do that I have to hurt a lot of people. Should I?

Virginia Gray:
You? You could never hurt anyone.

Sylar:
There's a lot of things I can do you don't know about. I have something to show you. (sprays water into the air.)

Virginia Gray:
What are you doing?! (Sylar moves his hand over the water and turns it into snow.)

Sylar:
I know how much you love snow globes.

Virginia Gray:
How did you - Gabriel? Gabriel! (snow globes start spinning with the snow and one hits his mother in the cheek.)

Hiro:
He's so sad.

Ando:
He's distracted. Go on, do it!

Hiro:
I can't kill a man who is asking for forgiveness. It's not in the Bushido code. Everyone deserves a second chance.

Sylar:
Please. I'm sorry I scared you, just come out. Mom, I saw a vision of the future and I'm gonna kill a lot of people. Tell me why I would do that. Mom. Mom!

Hiro:
Future Hiro killed so much, he forgot it should be hard.

Virginia Gray:
I'm leaving. And when I get back I expect you to be gone.

Sylar:
Don't say that, mom. It's me, it's Gabriel.

Virginia Gray:
You're not Gabriel. You're damned. And I want you out of my house. (Sylar reaches forward and takes hold of his mother's wrist.) Let go! Get away from me! Get away!

Sylar:
Calm down!

Virginia Gray:
(she tries to pull away.) I want my son! What did you do with my son!? Give me back my boy.

Sylar:
Mom, it's me, it's me, please, stop it! (his mother picks up a pair of scissors.)

Virginia Gray:
You're not Gabriel! You're not, you're not! (There's a struggle, then Sylar backs away from his mother. Scene reveals he has accidentally stabbed her in the chest with the scissors.)

Sylar:
I understood it before, the killing. I had a reason - to take what others didn't deserve. It was natural selection.

Hiro:
I understand, Father. To save what is most important... I must be strong enough... to cut out my heart.

Jessica:
[to Matt] Didn't I throw you through a window?

Thompson:
[while pointing a gun at Matt's head] What am I thinking now, Parkman?

Noah:
Your last thought. [shoots Thompson]

Jessica:
He's right, D.L.. I want to take the money. I really do. I would even kill you for it. But Niki wouldn't.

Sylar:
Boom...

Mohinder:
[Voiceover] Where does it come from? This quest? This need to solve lifes mysteries when the simpliest of questions can never be answered. Why are we here? What is the soul? Why do we dream? Perhaps we would be better off not looking at all. Not delving. Not yearning. But that's not human nature. Not the human heart. That is not why we are here. Yet still we struggle to make a difference. To change the world. To dream of hope. Never knowing for certain who we'll meet along the way. Who, among the world of strangers, will hold our hand. Touch our hearts. And share the pain of trying.

Claire:
Tell me you have a plan, dad.

Noah:
I have a plan. I love you, Claire.

Claire:
I love you too.

Sylar:
Hmm, looks like you dropped something. [Sylar picks up a Ninth Wonder cartoon.] A comic book that predicts the future. What will they think of next? [Sylar turns to page showing Hiro stabbing him.] You're kidding. This is how Isaac thought I'd die? Stabbed by a silly little man?

Ando:
Hiro is not silly!

Sylar:
You should've seen the look on his face when he tried to kill me.

Ando:
You cannot take my brain.

Sylar:
Please. What would I want with your brain?

Claire:
The future is not written in stone!

Nathan:
I'm afraid this one is.

[Having teleported to their Japanese office, Hiro hands Ando the Kensei sword.]

Hiro:
It is not the sword. It is the man.

[Ando stops Hiro just as he's about to teleport back to New York to face Sylar.]

Ando:
You look bad ass.

Hiro:
[smiling] Really?

Sylar:
Haven't I killed you before?

Peter:
Didn't take.

Sylar:
[chuckles] You think I'm gonna let you ruin it all? Take all the glory? [Parkman shoots at Sylar, but he stops the bullets and reflects them back.] Did you really think you could stop me?

Sylar:
Turns out you're the villain, Peter. I'm the hero.

Hiro:
[teleported in with sword] Sylar!

Sylar:
You!

Hiro:
Yatta. (Note: Throughout the series, Hiro says "yatta," which means "I did it" in Japanese)

Claire:
Please tell me there's another way.

Peter:
There is no other way.

(Nathan suddenly flies in and lands between Claire and Peter)

Nathan:
Yes there is, Claire. The future's not written in stone.

Peter:
I took his power Nathan, I can't control it.

Nathan:
I'm not leaving you Peter. There's another way to end this, and you know it.

Peter:
I can't let you die.

Nathan:
And I can't let everyone else...

Nathan:
You saved the cheerleader, so we could save the world.

[Cut to Kirby Plaza in the aftermath of the confrontation, as Molly watches Parkman moved to an ambulance.]

Mohinder:
[voiceover] We dream of hope,we dream of change,of fire,of love,of death,and then it happens,the dream becomes real. And the answer to the quest,this need to solve life's mysteries finally shows itself,like the glowing light of the new dawn. So much struggle, for meaning, for purpose, but in the end we find it only in each other. Our shared experiences of the fantastic, and the mundane. The simple, human need to find the kindred, to connect, and to know in our hearts that we are not alone.

Claire:
This is Claire Bennet. And that was attempt number six.

Peter:
You?

Claude:
You can see me.

Peter:
You-- (Claude grabs Peter by the neck)

Claude:
Nobody can see me! I'm invisible! Who are you!? How can you see me!?

Peter:
(Choked) I don't know. I just do what you can do.

Claude:
Fantastic. One of those.