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"HOW TO STOP AN EXPLODING MAN"


EPISODE NUMBER: 1.23

SEASON: One

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: May 21, 2007

WRITER: Tim Kring

DIRECTOR: Allan Arkush

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MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS

    • Niki is able to access her strength without Jessica. Uses it to save Micah from Candice and also contributes in fight against Sylar.
    • Molly Walker mentions someone who is a "lot worse" than the Bogeyman (Sylar). Potential new villain introduction in this.
    • Nathan sacrifices himself to save New York by flying Peter high above the city.
    • Peter, Niki, Noah Bennet and Parkman team together to fight Sylar...Parkman is shot multiple times and his survival is uncertain.
    • Hiro appears to have vanquished Sylar.... although there was a blood trail leading to a manhole, on which a cockroach is crawling (could the cockroach be Sylar?)
    • Hiro finds himself immersed in 1671 Japan, in the middle of a battle. Just then, an eclipse occurs.....





    INTRODUCES...

    WHERE IN THE WORLD?

    • Angela Petrelli's heroic history along with Charles Deveraux
    • Mr. Bennett's first name.....Noah






    • Did Sylar disappear too?
    • Is the real Bogeyman according to the little girl?

    • Does the manhole lead?
    • Is Nathan Dead?





    SYNOPSIS

    PLOT DEVELOPMENTS (BY CHARACTER)

    Hiro Nakamura
    Hiro Nakamura



    Hiro acknowledges his destiny and goes after Ando. He arrives just in time as Sylar is about to kill his friend. Quickly, Hiro disappers and reappears to snatch him and Ando back to Japan. Here he tells his friend that he must do the rest of this part of his journey alone. Later, during the Peter/Sylar battle.....Hiro appears, stabbing Sylar through the chest. As he falls, Sylar is able to telekinetically throw him across the plaza. Hiro is able to teleport....but ends up in a different century.




    Claire Bennet
    Claire Bennet



    		 Claire is on her way to prepare for the inevitable until her grandmother and Nathan interfere. Told to leave the country she resides with her family until she makes a break for it, jumping through the window. She is later ready to end Peter's life until..........................
    Nathan Petrelli
    Nathan Petrelli



    		 ...........................Nathan, after the news of Linderman's death and despite his mother's advice, returns to the plaza to help Peter. They both were able to save the world. Nathan flies Peter and himself into the sky, leaving NY intact.
    Maybe dead?
    Mr. Bennet




    		 Although Noah Bennet does not possess any special abilities, he tries to help avert nuclear disaster by wielding a gun to shoot Sylar and/or shoot Peter Petrelli.



    Niki Sanders




    		 Overcomes her sister's, Jessica's, influence and embraces her superstrength abilities. Uses her strength (breaks handle off a door) to prevent her family, Mohinder Suresh, and Molly Walker from being caught by Linderman's men. Uses her strength to hit Sylar with a parking meter. Her proximity to Peter Petrelli gives Peter the superstrength to pound Sylar a few times.



    D.L. Hawkins




    		 After using his phasing ability in the previous episode to help Niki Sanders and him escape Linderman's men after he was shot by Linderman and subsequently killed Linderman by fisting his brain, Niki drags him to safety throughout this finale episode.



    Simone Deveaux
    Simone Deveaux



    		 Appears in Peter Petrelli's "dream" sequence with Charles Deveraux and Angela Petrelli.




    Micah Sanders




    		 Uses his abilities to operate an malfunctioning elevator to help his family, Mohinder Suresh, and Molly Walker escape from Linderman's men.



    Peter Petrelli




    		 Brought Claire Bennet to Nathan Petrelli who ultimately helped reawaken Nathan's conscience. Severely weakened Sylar with Niki Sanders's superstrength pounding. Went nuclear after Nathan Petrelli flew him to the stratosphere. Maybe dead?



    Isaac Mendez



    		 Still Dead






    Matt Parkman




    		 Didn't use his telepathic ability in this episode, but rather relied on his sense of duty as a law enforcement officer to go after Sylar. He fired 5 shots at Sylar only to have him use TK to stop the bullets and fling them back at Parkman. Hauled away in an ambulance at the end, maybe dead?



    Mohinder Suresh




    		 Drew a gun at Noah to protect Molly and then together they tried to leave the Company building. Although a genetics professor, he tended to the wounded DL Hawkins (shot once) and Matt Parkman (shot five times) after giving Molly Walker another transfusion of his own antibodies.





    Sylar

    1.23: How to Stop an Exploding Man - Heroes

    		 Painted another future that reveals his standoff with Peter Petrelli and in a self-fulfilling prophecy goes to Kirby Plaza to face him. His painting revealed that Peter would be the one to go nuclear. Uses his telekinetic ability to throw Ando against a window. Uses his telekinetic ability to throw Noah Bennet against a wall, uses either his telekinetic ability to choke Peter for a few moments, stops and reverses Matt Parkman's five bullets, is hit by a parking meter and distracted by Niki Sanders which forces him to release his choke-hold of Peter, gets a pounding from Peter, stabbed by Hiro Nakamura, uses his telekinetic power to throw Hiro across Kirby Plaza and prevent Hiro from killing Peter, and his eyes go white as if he saw another vision of the future with him dying. Stabbed, but dead? Left a trail of blood that leads to a cracked open manhole cover with the infamous cockroach on top.

    SPOTTING THE SYMBOLS





    Heroes Eclipse
    The Eclipse    		 Heroes: The Mark
    The Scar
    		 Heroes: The Helix
    The Helix



    BURNING QUESTIONS
    • Did Peter and Nathan necessarily die? Peter has Claire's power and Nathan could have dropped him and flew off once out of the way of New York?
    • Who does Molly see that is worse than Sylar?
    • Where did Sylar go? Did he transfigure into the cockroach? Is transfiguration one of his abilities?

    BEST LINES

    • "You saved the cheerleader......so we could save the world."-Nathan to Peter
    • "The future isn't written in stone." -Claire to Nathan
    • Molly - "The elevator doesn't work." Micah - "Yes it does."

    TRIVIA

    9th BLUNDERS (continuity errors, goofs, and factual misrepresentations)
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