Heroes (TV Series)

Chapter Fourteen 'Distractions' (2007)

Hayden Panettiere: Claire Bennet

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Quotes 

• [about meeting her biological mom] 

  Claire Bennet : Well, what am I suppose to say? "Hi I'm your daughter and I can re-grow my kidney"?

• Meredith Gordon : I bet you're all kinds of popular.

  Claire Bennet : I was homecoming queen.

  [looks away] 

  Claire Bennet : Kinda.

• Sandra Bennet : You're asking my permission to skip school?

  Claire Bennet : No, if I wanted to skip school I'd check into homeroom and sneak out Miss Robert's window. But you always trust honesty, so I'm being honest.

• Claire Bennet : [to Zach]  No-one can know we're going to see my real Mom. We have to be perfect.

• Claire Bennet : [about Meredith]  I always imagined my biological mom living in some... penthouse in New York City... not some trailer park in Kermit.

  Zach : So she lives in a trailer. Maybe she likes the open road.

  Claire Bennet : That's not what I imagined.

  Zach : [to Claire]  Stop imagining. She's right there.

  [indicates the trailer in front of them] 

• Claire Bennet : [about her biological mother]  I mean, what if she's got burns and scars from the fire. She's supposed to be dead, right?

  Zach : So were you, remember? You have that much in common.

  [he heads for the car] 

  Claire Bennet : [turns around]  Where are you going?

  Zach : [holds up his car keys]  I'm getting rid of your exit strategy. You'll be fine. I'll be back in time for fajitas.

• Meredith Gordon : [Claire hangs up from a phone call from her adoptive mother Sandra. About Sandra]  She doesn't know you're here.

  Claire Bennet : She doesn't really understand what's going on with me right now. Neither of my parents do.

  Meredith Gordon : Well, I'll pretend I know why you're sneaking around. All girls deserve their secrets, right?

  Claire Bennet : Seems like I have a lot of them these days.

  [awkward pause] 

  Claire Bennet : I have to show you something. You may understand, or you may not, but... I think you should see.

  Meredith Gordon : See what?

  Claire Bennet : I think I know how I survived that fire.

  [grabs a nearby kitchen knife and puts the blade to her arm] 

  Meredith Gordon : [in a panic]  Claire, don't...!

  Claire Bennet : [calmly]  It's okay.

  [she slowly slices her arm open in front of a surprised Meredith; within seconds, the wound heals quickly] 

  Claire Bennet : Please say something.

  [after an awkward pause, Meredith smiles] 

  Meredith Gordon : Some family.

  [Meredith holds up her own arm and opens her fist; a small flame ignites on her palm as a shocked Claire looks on] 

• Claire Bennet : I was hoping you could tell me about my father.

  Meredith Gordon : Well that's complicated. He's kind of a big shot. Why don't you let me work on that for next time.

  Claire Bennet : Some family.