Heroes Episode 1-13 Review and Synopsis

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Episode: Volume 1, Episode 13
Name: “The Fix”
Writer: Natalie Chaidez
Director: Terrence O’Hara

Character Plots Advanced:

Peter Petrelli: Peter continues to seek help from the invisible man, Claude. Claude seems to have been using his abilities for some time now and agrees to help Peter better control his powers. He has a confrontation with his brother Nathan Petrelli about wanting to go away and seclude himself to keep from inadvertently hurting others, as he did in his vision.

Hiro Nakamura: Hiro and Ando try to take the painting from Isaac to Mr. Linderman. Hiro still seeks Kensei’s sword so that he will be able to regain control over his powers. The duo is chased by some mysterious men and Ando has a crisis of faith, wanting to return to Japan. They are eventually captured and told to return to Japan, but Hiro refuses and is instead taken to their boss – Hiro’s father.

Matt Parkman: Having finally come clean to his wife about his powers, Matt must now face his peers in his decisions to raid the Primatech facilities. His report tells them the whole story, about how the man Mr. Bennet is holding a super powered serial killer. When Matt uses his mind reading ability to see that his report will cost him his job, he recants his account and is put on six month suspension pending a full investigation.

Matt tells this to his wife, whom he fears will be leaving him as well. She surprises him by telling Matt that she is staying by him as she is also pregnant.

Mohinder Suresh: Mohinder and Nathan Petrelli talk about finding a cure for the genetic powers the heroes posses. Mohinder believes that Peter may be the lynchpin to finding a cure for the others if he can only take the time to run tests and continue his fathers research.

D.L. Hawkins: D.L. is having severe difficulties dealing with raising a young son and dealing with rent and money issues. He tries to get help from friends and relatives, but to no avail. In a desperate attempt, he visits Niki and tells her to escape from the institution and come home. He returns empty handed, but is determined to make it work with his son.

Niki Sanders: Niki is taken off the drugs that keeps her alter ego “Jessica” weak. She refuses her husbands attempts to free her from the psychiatric ward and agrees to be helped by the doctor, who asks to speak with Jessica herself.

As soon as I thought that the cast would be coming together to form a merry band of heroes, they have been whipped off in many different directions, each facing new issues and dangers. It will be interesting to see how the group comes together again.

The new characters are a breath of fresh air, especially the charismatic Claude, the invisible man. It was worrying to see a hero pop up, only to become victim to Sylar. It is nice to see that more heroes will be included into the cast. If there weren’t so many revelations in this episode, I think I may have been disappointed as I felt there wasn’t a lot of, “action”. The revelations though, were huge and bode to make the story more complex and interesting.

Major Revelations:

Mohinder Suresh reveals that the “list” contains the names of 36 individuals.

Claire’s mother is revealed to be alive. Her name is Merideth Gordon.

Hiro’s father is revealed in this episode to be played by George Takei.

When Mr. Bennet comes into the room that Sylar was located in, he finds the body of the doctor assigned to watch over him. Mr. Bennet couldn't see Sylar as he entered the room. This asks the question – What other powers is Sylar not showing us?