is the fifteenth episode of the
First Season of the
NBC Science Fiction Drama series ''
Heroes ''. Regular cast members
Milo Ventimiglia (
Peter Petrelli ) and
Santiago Cabrera (
Isaac Mendez ) do not appear in this episode.
Meredith Gordon informs
Nathan Petrelli , via telephone, that their daughter
Claire Bennet is still alive. Meredith claims that the fire, in which she was presumed dead fourteen years ago, was deliberately set by somebody else. With Nathan's campaign just two weeks away, Meredith blackmails Nathan into giving her $100,000 in return for her silence.
As
Mrs. Bennet 's health deteriorates, the rift between Claire and her father grows wider, since the girl blames him for her mother's condition. Claire is even more outraged when
Mr. Bennet reveals his knowledge that Claire had never gone to the aquarium, though he seems unaware of her reunion with her birth mother, and grounds her. Claire later calls Meredith, who reveals that she has found her biological father. Meredith says that Nathan wishes to help them out. When Claire expresses her desire to meet him, Meredith is hesitant.
Claire shows up at Meredith's trailer, hoping that Nathan can help Mrs. Bennet. Meredith tells Claire that he will only disappoint her and that he has left them fifty thousand dollars, half of which will go to Claire, who refuses the money. Meredith then tells Claire that she is going back to Mexico and takes a picture of her daughter. Nathan comes to Texas, against the wishes of his mother, and is shown the picture of Claire by Meredith, who offers to introduce them. He refuses, which crushes an eavesdropping Claire even more. Nathan gets inside his limo, visibly upset. As the limo pulls away, Claire hurls a stone at the rear window, cracking it. Nathan dismisses the stone as being thrown by some other kids.
Matt Parkman , suspended from the police, gets a job in private security. He is assigned to protect Aron Malsky, who is visiting the Los Angeles to buy diamonds with $2 million stolen from his former employer,
Mr. Linderman – apparently the same $2 million that Jessica previously stole and
D.L. Hawkins returned to Malsky.
Jessica Sanders , who made a deal with Linderman to get out of jail, now works as an assassin and is assigned to kill Malsky. In the Diamond District, Matt overhears the jeweler's thoughts and realizes Malsky is being set up. Malsky dumps the cash on the jeweler's counter and grabs the diamonds. Jessica enters the building and a chase ensues. While he and Malsky are escaping from Jessica, he overhears Niki and Jessica arguing and thinks that two women are involved. Matt calls the police, then he traps Jessica in a stairwell and asks of Niki's whereabouts. Jessica, surprised that he knows about Niki, says that she is off killing Malsky. Matt leaves her handcuffed to a railing and searches for Malsky. Jessica breaks her cuffs and finally catches up to Malsky, who has hidden the diamonds. Jessica throws Matt through a high-level window. Luckily he lands on a large sign (as pictured above) and while slightly injured goes back inside after an indeterminate amount of time, only to find the grisly remains of Malsky, torn in half. After the police arrive and question him, Matt finds the diamonds, and decides to keep them when he hears an officer's scornful thoughts about him.
Mohinder Suresh is contacted by
Zane Taylor of
Virginia Beach , a man on The List who is frightened by his ability, and is asked to come to his house.
Sylar gets to Zane first and poses as Mohinder. Sylar kills Zane and poses as him, as Mohinder arrives to the door. Mohinder is surprised to see "Zane" much calmer and is also impressed that he can control his ability to manipulate molecules so well. Sylar gives Mohinder a DNA sample, extracted from Zane's mouth, and offers to accompany him in his search for other people on The List.
, a member of the Federal Gaming Commission.
Claire returns home, where she discovers a hostile and frightened Mrs. Bennet, who does not recognize either Mr. Muggles or Claire. Meanwhile, Jessica receives a photograph of her next target: Nathan Petrelli.
;At the end: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.
