Heroes 3.06 "Dying of the Light" Recap

Heroes 3.06: “Dying of the Light” Recap
Airdate: Oct. 20, 2008

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Hiro, as you probably suspected, rigged Ando’s “death.” He stopped time and teleported to get a fake sword and fake blood. Knox says Hiro’s in, and that he’s taking Adam Monroe to the boss. Daphne and Hiro argue about Ando’s death, she assigns him to take out the African painter. She warns him that catching a guy who can see the future won’t be easy.

Spoilers here! Somebody dies! I’m serious!

Pictured: Jamie Hector as Knox — NBC Photo: Adam Taylor

Claire goes crimefighting with Mrs. Bennet, who drops a “one of us, one of them” reference. Somehow I don’t think soccer moms are the one of us The Company had in mind. Puppet Master Guy plays minds games with Meredith, even threatening to make her kill herself with a broken wine glass. This guy is not a fun dinner date. Knox does take Adam to the boss, Arthur Petrelli, who drains Adam’s power to get healthy again, killing Adam.

Daphne throws away Matt Parkman’s file and Linderman shows up and threatens her with death if she tries to leave Pinehearst. Just then, Parkman gets off the plane, complete with his magic African turtle. She and Matt go to have a talk and tells her they’re married in the future. She thinks he’s insane until he tells her the girl was named Daniella after her grandmother. Tracy and Nate Petrelli find Suresh, who they don’t know is evil now. He injects them with something that makes them pass out. Right before Nate fates out he sees Suresh’s wall of prisoners.

Daphne tries to break Sylar out but he won’t go. Instead, he frees Peter and explains their mother is in danger. Peter tells Sylar in the future he had learned to control the hunger, which gives Sylar hope. That’s right, heroic Sylar for the fans. Hiro goes to get the precognitive painter and sees a picture of himself getting clocked with a shovel. Then, of course, the painter clocks Hiro with a shovel.

Ando suggests Hiro simply go to one minute before he got hit. Hiro reminds Ando he’s vowed never to go back in time again. But they both agree one minute couldn’t hurt. So Hiro goes back one minute and the exact same thing happens. This time Hiro decides to do it the “old-fashioned” way: waiting for his quarry and hiding.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Bennet is just as bad at crimefighting as you might expect. Puppet Guy quickly sees through her snooping around ruse and ends up catching her and Claire with his powers.

Daphne finds Suresh (and his food) then decides he’s as “bad as the rest of them.”  He tries to grab her but of course can’t lay a hand on her. Puppet Guy makes Claire play Russian Roulette with her moms.  First he gets Claire to shoot at Mrs. Bennet and the chamber’s empty. But he doesn’t know Claire’s power, so when he forces Mrs.Bennet to shoot Claire she does.  The villain turns his back, Claire quickly recovers and knocks him unconscious.Noah is impressed with Claire’s work, but she’s still ticked at him. Meredith explains that Claire doesn’t really need either of their help.

And speaking of unconscious people, Peter and Sylar find Angela in a coma. Peter tries to get inside her head and all he sees is the Pinehearst Company logo. Noah is impressed with Claire’s work, but she’s still ticked at him. Peter and Sylar fight, with Peter winning and leaving Sylar in the lab. Tracy tricks Suresh into coming close to her (easy to do when you look like Tracy/Niki) and freezes him, then her bonds and frees Nate. He hurls a piece of furniture at them and warns they’re not done with this fight yet.

Sneaking up on the painter works, and he explains the whole thing was a test.  Hiro had become too reliant on his powers, our precog explains. He tells Hiro that he can follow the villains’ orders or choose another path. One of the paintings on his wall is Peter and Nathan hugging each other.

Peter is shocked to see his father alive and for some godforsaken reason agrees to give him a hug. Daddy Petrelli promptly jacks Peter for his powers and we’re done with this one. Peter, Peter. So powerful, so incredibly dumb.