Heroes 3.04 "I Am Become Death" Recap

Heroes 3.04: “I Am Become Death” Recap

Airdate: Oct. 6, 2008

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Suresh is recording notes about the serum’s side effects. He hears commotion in another apartment. It’s a man beating his wife and Suresh beats the crap out of him. The guy’s wife, of course, doesn’t want her hubby to get hurt.

Tracy talks to Dr. Zimmerman who tells her there were triplets: Niki, Barbara and Tracy that he genetically altered at The Company’s behest. He says he can’t tell her anymore because they were made to forget. She gets angry and almost freezes him.

Pictured: Brea Grant as Daphne — NBC Photo: Adam Taylor

Parkman thinks he can stop the future from happening. Parkman can’t see anything, though, until he puts on the Painter’s Walkman. Then Parkman’s  eyes turn white and he can see the future.

Speaking of the future, that’s where our two Peters are. The Peter from our time is shocked to see everyone has powers. Future Claire shoots Future Peter, then tries to shoot Actual Peter who flees. Knox, Evil Claire and Daphne are all working together.

In present time,Hiro and Ando argue about Hiro’s future trip in which Ando kills him. Ando tells Hiro he would never do that but is beginning to understand the temptation. The invisible-to-everyone-but-Nathan Dr.Linderman tells Nate he could be president if he plays his cards right. Nate warns that he won’t be manipulated. Yeah, right. Suresh is very rude to Maya and then records that one of the effects of the serum is heightened aggression.

In the future, Actual Peter looks for Suresh (Yes, the time travel makes my head hurt too) – he’s a monster of some sort. Suresh says he got the formula horribly wrong. Actual Peter needs to find Sylar, who is in Costa Verde at the Bennet house of all places. Sylar is a happy homemaker with a young son named Noah and now only answers to Gabriel – too funny. Sylar doesn’t want to give Peter the ability to take other people’s powers because “The Hunger” will come with it. Peter asks Sylar to paint the future and see what will happen if they don’t do something to stop it.

Daphne and Parkman are married with children. He’s worried about her going off to fight Peter and Sylar but she tells him she’s fast enough to get away from anything that might happen.

Peter has to take apart a watch telekinetically and learn how it works to get Sylar’s ability. After he’s done that, Evil Claire, Daphne and Knox show up and have a serious throwdown. Sylar tells Knox that his strength comes from fear and Sylar is not afraid. But Noah is and it turns out he should be. Noah is killed in the ensuing fight. Daddy is really, really unhappy and goes critical turning Costa Verde into a smoking crater.

Present time again. Ando and Hiro find a way out of their Level Two cell but The Haitian shows up before they can escape. Tracy calls the lead detective on the case of the reporter she accidentally killed and tries to confess. But she loses control of her emotions and thus her powers and freezes the phone.

Suresh can’t remove Maya’s ability or his own. The wife beater from earlier shows up and Suresh drags him into the apartment. Domestic violence doesn’t pay, kids.

Tracy hands Nate her resignation and Linderman tells Nate to help her. She tries to jump off a bridge, Nate flies in to save her. The ladies love it when guys do that. She shares her secret with him and they kiss. Man, is this guy to going seduce all the triplets, clones or whatever they are?

Costa Verde is gone and President Nathan Petrelli addresses the country about the tragedy. Meanwhile, his lovely yet evil daughter is cutting Peter up. The Haitian’s in the room so Peter can’t heal. The Pres wants to talk to Peter and has everyone else leave. Pres Nate tells Peter he’s got the right idea but can’t do it by himself. Peter thinks Linderman is behind everything again, so Pres Nate asks Peter to read his mind. Now Peter has “The Hunger,” and ends up ripping Pres Nate’s head open Sylar-style.

Frightened by his own actions, he goes back to the present and confronts Sylar. Realizing what Peter’s done, Sylar knows Peter has the same hunger now.

Future Daphne shows up at her house and Parkman’s happy to see her. But she collapses, saying she wasn’t fast enough to escape the Costa Verde explosion. Parkman wakes up from his trance in the present and sets out to find Daphne in our time. Angela Petrelli tells Hiro what a disappointment he’s been. She tells him there’s only one situation. The show ends with Hiro and Ando digging up Adam Monroe, who as you might imagine ain’t too happy about that whole “buried alive” thing.