"Heroes"
Chapter Five 'Hiros' (2006)

Director:

Paul Shapiro

Writers:

Tim Kring (creator) and
Michael Green (writer)

TV Series:

"Heroes" (2006)

Original Air Date:

23 October 2006 (Season 1, Episode 5)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Niki is questioned by police about her fugitive husband's whereabouts; Matt's relationship with his wife...

Plot Keywords:

Hero | Son | Father | Mother | New York City

Cast

Santiago Cabrera	...	Isaac Mendez
Tawny Cypress	...	Simone Deveaux (credit only)
Noah Gray-Cabey	...	Micah Sanders
Greg Grunberg	...	Matt Parkman
Ali Larter	...	Niki Sanders / Jessica Sanders
Masi Oka	...	Hiro Nakamura
Hayden Panettiere	...	Claire Bennet
Adrian Pasdar	...	Nathan Petrelli
Sendhil Ramamurthy	...	Mohinder Suresh
Leonard Roberts	...	D.L. Hawkins
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Peter Petrelli
James Kyson Lee	...	Ando Masahashi
Elizabeth Lackey	...	Janice Parkman (as Lisa Lackey)
Ashley Crow	...	Sandra Bennet
Matt Lanter	...	Brody Mitchum

Runtime:

45 min | 60 min (including commercials)

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Trivia:

They shot the Casino scenes on the "Las Vegas" (2003) set.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of "Collision", when Hiro and Ando are thrown out of the casino, they have a blue suitcase and a yellow suitcase. At the beginning of this episode, when they are thrown out of the van in the desert, the yellow suitcase is now white. After they get up and start walking, the suitcase is yellow again.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mohinder Suresh: [voice over] When a change comes, some species feel the urge to migrate. They call it zugunruhe. A pull of the soul to a far-off place. Following a scent in the wind, a star in the sky. The ancient message comes, calling the kindred to take flight and gather together. Only then can they hope to survive the cruel season to come.

Heroes: Hiros is another excellent episode of the best new series

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

At the end of the last episode, Future Hiro contacted Peter on a subway train with Hiro having stopped time for everything and everyone around them. He instructs Peter, "Save the cheerleader, save the world." Then he leaves as everything moves again. In Las Vegas, Claire's dad and his black assistant are holding Peter's brother Nathan in custody but Peter manages to fly off before they can do anything to him. Present Hiro and Ando are thrown out of a car near a diner after being beaten by guards from a casino. Ando goes while Hiro stays at the diner. Hiro looks out the window and sees Nathan landing in the desert with nothing but his pajama pants. Nathan comes and orders some food and a shirt while Hiro introduces himself and mentions his powers. Nathan then offers Hiro a ride. Meanwhile, Matt the cop's wife is on the phone worried about her husband when she sees him on the couch waking up. He's been gone for a day and doesn't remember much. He reads his wife's mind and eventually fixes her dinner and they start to make love. Claire the cheerleader and the quarterback are in the hospital being treated for injuries. Claire tells her dad what happened at the bonfire. The dad confronts the quarterback and threatens him, then has his black assistant do something to his mind. When Claire tries to apologize to the quarterback for wrecking his car, the quarterback doesn't even know who she is. Niki the stripper returns home to find the police there looking for her ex-husband believing he's there. Ando trespasses and gets held for questioning. Niki lets him go then we find her ex hiding where no one has found him yet. Matt goes to a convenience store to get his wife some ice cream when he hears a customer's thoughts of robbing. He confronts him and convinces him to put his gun down on a shelf then takes the gun himself and frightens the customers before passing out. Ando and Hiro reunite and call Issac the artist at his home where Peter is finishing Issac's painting of the cheerleader running from something that's covered in blood. Peter answers the phone with Hiro on the other line but since it's Present Hiro technically they haven't even met yet...Another intriguing episode with some revelations that are sure to be answered in future installments. Most entertaining characters in this episode are Hiro and Matt. Most loathsome is definitely the quarterback. This is the best new series on television right now, so by all means check it out if you haven't seen it already!