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Don't Look Back is episode 2 of Heroes season 1. It first aired on October 2, 2006. "Don't Look Back" was written by Tim Kring and directed by Allan Arkush
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Plot
Peter Petrelli
Peter wakes up in the hospital and his brother tells him he tried to commit suicide. Nathan tries to convince him that his belief he can fly was just in his head.
Alone in his hospital room, Peter draws stick figures of one person standing and another flying. His mother comes to visit him wanting to know why he tried to kill himself. She reveals that his father committed suicide despite previous claims of a heart attack. He'd tried to kill himself two previous times. He had a major depressive disorder, diagnosed in his twenties. His mother is worried that the disease has been passed on to Peter as symptoms often begin with delusions of grandeur. She wants him to examine his life, because he was always her favorite and she doesn't want to lose him.
Claire Bennet
Claire asks her father about her birth parents but her father is reluctant. Later at school, the cheerleaders are questioned about the train fire. The police wish to know which one of them is the hero who saved the man from the fire and Claire's fellow cheerleader, Jackie claims she was responsible.
She expresses her annoyance to Zach but he has another important matter he wants to tell her about. The tape of her suicide attempts is missing. Distracted by his story, she is accidentally tackled by a football player and her neck is broken. She recovers before anyone but Zach notices anything wrong.
When Claire returns home, her father tells her that he spoke to the adoption agency and that they will try to get in touch with her birth parents. Claire reassures him that he'll always be her dad but he can't protect her forever. Later, Mr. Bennet is seen viewing the video Claire and Zach made of her suicide attempts.
Mohinder Suresh
Mohinder returns to his father's apartment and discovers a man inside who claims to be an exterminator. Mohinder is, naturally wary and he is proved justified when the man pulls a gun. As the man tries to leave, he runs into a woman who manages to take his weapon. Still, he manages to get away and Mohinder introduces himself to the woman, who recognizes him as Chandra's son.
Mohinder and Eden discover the fake exterminator was trying to tap his phone. Eden explains that she and Mohinder's father were friends. He tells her about his father's theories. Mohinder says he found a tape of a conversation his father had with a man, Sylar, he believed to be patient zero. They look for his father's lizard, mohinder and discover in the tank a portable hard drive with his father's work.
Isaac Mendez
Isaac tries to tell Simone about what happened and his painting of the future but she doesn't believe him. He says he has to save them.
Hiro Nakamura
Hiro Nakamura teleports himself to New York City. He stops by a newsstand and grabs a 9th wonder comic off the stand with his image on it. The comic documents everything he'd done that day. He finds an address for the artist, Isaac Mendez.
Hiro visit's Isaac's address and finds the door to his studio unlocked. There is a painting of a single DNA strand. He comes across blood and a gun. He picks up the weapon and comes across Isaac's decapitated body just as the police burst in. He passes out.
Niki Sanders
Niki wakes up finds the room torn apart and blood everywhere. She takes the video camera and leaves to pick up Micah. She takes a look at the recording but shortly after Linderman's men asked her to perform, the tape goes blank except for the sounds of Linderman's men screaming. The next thing she remembers, she's wearing a new outfit. Micah calls again. It's been four hours since he last called her.
Niki tells Deirdre that Linderman's men are dead and she doesn't know what happened. Sometimes she looks in the mirror but she's unsure that the person looking back is her. She's worried Linderman will come after her when he finds out what happened.
Niki returns home with Micah and tells him to get his things while she checks out the garage. She is stunned to find it cleaned up and finds a key hanging from a hook. Outside, there is a red convertible that the key fits. It is registered in her name with a note to look in the trunk where she finds the bodies of Linderman's men.
Nikki travels out to the desert to bury the bodies in the trunk and finds decomposing bodies already buried nearby.
Matt Parkman
Matt Parkman, a Los Angeles police officer is on scene at a murder at an LA home. He hears the voice of a young girl begging not to be hurt and follows it into the house. The FBI agents discuss the possibility that Sylar, a serial killer, may be responsible. They need to find the household's missing daughter. Matt leads them right to her hiding inside a closet.
The agents become suspicious and Matt is arrested after mentioning Sylar, about whom he should know nothing. Matt is hearing thoughts but seems to believe they are actually being spoken aloud.
Peter returns to the rooftop and his brother arrives. He asks him why he didn't tell him about their father's depression. Peter demands Nathan tell him what really happened or he'll jump. Nathan tries to convince him otherwise but eventually gives in, saying they both flew but fell shortly after. As proof, he points out the Peter is floating and Peter is stunned. It's just like his stick figure drawing.
Hiro is questioned by the police. He explains that he teleported to New York from Tokyo earlier that day. The police call Ando in Tokyo who tells them Hiro has been missing for five weeks. The police show Hiro a newspaper with the current date and the headline "Petrelli Wins in Landslide". Hiro realizes he has teleported into the future. Shortly after, he witnesses the destruction of the New York and teleports back to Tokyo just in time to save himself.
Guest Stars
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