Review/Synopsis
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Episode: Volume 1, Episode 16
Name: “Unexpected”
Writer: Tim Kring
Director: Greg Beeman
Character Plots Advanced:
Peter Petrelli: Peter and Claude continue to train, hoping to keep Peter from destroying New York City, as his dreams suggest. During a training session, Peter recalls Sylar’s power of telekinesis and breaks a staff with his mind. Later, Mr. Bennet and The Hatian attempt to apprehend Peter and Claude, but Peter stops time and then flies the two away. Realizing who is after them, Claude freaks out, telling Peter that they are why he has been staying invisible for so long. Claude tells Peter to go into hiding, and disappears out the door. He later confronts Isaac Mendez about the situation and him working for these strange agency and in the conflict, Simone gets shot.
Dale and Sylar
Copyright NBCIsaac Mendez: Still working for Mr. Bennet, Isaac is given a gun and told to “Save the world,” if he sees Peter Petrelli Petrelli again. When Peter comes to confront him about his associations with Mr. Bennet, Peter uses his telekinesis on Isaac Mendez and turns invisible. Isaac grabs the gun, but at a sudden sound, shoots Simone and kills her. Mohinder Suresh: Still unknowingly working with Sylar in finding the others on the list, they question Dale Smither in Bozeman, Montana. She appears to have super hearing. When she ends up dead from Sylar’s hand, Sylar convinces him to call the police after they leave so that they do not become suspected in the killing. Hiro Nakamura: Travelling with Hope’s boyfriend, who ends up being a game commission officer, and tracks Ando and Hope down to a truck stop. In the firefight, Ando and Hiro Nakamura are reunited and when Hope tries to shoot them up close, Hiro uses his power to reverse time and push the bullet back into the gun. Afterwards, Hiro tells Ando that their time as partners is done, especially since Ando suffered a flesh would during the fight. Hiro worries that Ando will get injured further and therefore departs on a bus on his own. Matt Parkman: Using the diamonds he got from the gem deal gone bad, Matt gives his wife a diamond ring. Finding out that is stolen she confronts him and Matt tells her about the rest of the diamonds. Getting a mysterious phone call. Matt meets up with the radioactive man Ted Sprague and new character Hana Gitelman, who was in the NBC online graphic novels. She appears to have the ability to connect with, manipulate, and talk to computers. They talk Matt into helping them in trying to take Mr. Bennet down. Claire Bennet: As her mother’s state of mind continues to degrade, Claire begins to question her father’s motives even more. When her mother collapses and blacks out, Claire’s finds out that her mother has a bruise on her brain. Confronting her father about what she knows, Mr. Bennet tries to reason with her, but she refuses, storming off from the hospital. Sylar: Continuing to pose as Zane Tyler, Sylar goes with Mohinder to discover new people with special abilities. He approaches Dale, the mechanic in Montana with superhearing and she hears something in his heart. Sylar tells her it is murder and kills her. 
Stan Lee and Hiro
Copyright NBCReview:
Another great episode and the star of this one had to be
Peter Petrelli. As he appears to gain control over his powers, he will undoubtedly be the contender to take down the villainous Syler. That Claude is so afraid of Mr. Bennet brings more light into the kind of person he is. It seems he will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
My big hope for the Mohinder and Sylar storyline is that we won’t lose more and more new heroes. It seems that they will continue to trickle them in a couple at at time, but all of these others seem to have little to no chance before Sylar snuffs them out.
I also remember them saying early on that there wouldn’t be much flying as it would cost too much money. It seems that their budget has been increased and rightfully so. With one of the hottest new shows on TV right now, Heroes will surely get better and better in the special effects department. Well, they better, at least.
Major Revelations:
A new hero appears, Hana Gitelman, with powers over computers and technology. The question is whether this new person is a hero or villain.
Comic book legend Stan Lee made an appearance at the end of this episode. He was the bus driver that picked up Hiro.
Sylar continues to add new abilities to his repertoire by killing new heroes and taking their powers.
Jessica’s new contract is to apparently kill Nathan Petrelli.
