Heroes

Claire...

when you are ready to talk about it,

you know I am here, right?

Yeah.

I am so angry.

To think that monster was in this house.

Maybe we should go to motel.

He is not coming back.

How do you know that?

Because he got what he came for.

You don't have to give me any details, Claire.

But I need to know...

Did he...?

No.

No, it wasn't that.

Claire.

I'll get you a towel.

I don't feel anything.

It's getting hurt, there is no pain.

But that's your power, isn't it?

No.

I heal, but I always feel everything.

It hurts the same as anyone else, but...

not this time.

That pain...

I am always so grateful for.

Because it's the only time.

I know I am still human.

I had another dream.

One I'd rather not repeat.

And all because you're not where you're supposed to be.

So go back where you came from, Peter.

I'm sorry, mother.

I'm a little too busy saving the world right now.

You never were as smart as you thought you were.

I see a few more years on this planet hasn't changed that.

There are things that I know.

Things that you can't see, mother.

Even in your dreams.

I've seen what you become.

I've seen what you do.

So don't think that I came back here for my health.

You have no idea the fire that you're playing with.

You don't screw with time.

It's called the butterfly effect.

You step on a butterfly today,

three years from now,

a million people are wiped out.

Let's just hope it's nobody that I know.

Oh, but what if it is?

What if it turns out to be someone you do know?

Someone you care about?

Claire.

You talked to her today, didn't you?

What'd you tell her?

I told her not to go to Odessa.

I told her to stay home. Why?

She listened to you.

Ended up being where she wasn't supposed to be,

And had a pretty bad day because of it.

Don't believe me?

Go see for yourself.

Dr. Suresh.

Hello?

Dr. Suresh?

Up here!

How did you--

I-I came to apologize about last night.

I'm sorry I was...

So, uh...

How did you just do that?

That serum I made?

You know how I said it would give abilities to anyone instantaneously?

You didn't.

I sure did.

But you said it still needed to be perfected.

I was wrong.

And the results have been beyond my wildest dreams.

I woke up this morning

and I've never felt anything like it.

I've been cataloguing the whole experience,

monitoring my vitals.

So...

It didn't give you my abilities?

Far from it.

My senses are heightened.

I'm stronger, faster, more agile.

I have boundless energy.

I'm a new man. Watch this.

I've run a blood sample, checked reflexes,

hormone levels, blood pressure,

balance.

They're all normal.

I am completely the same in every way.

My god.

It's unbelievable.

Just different.

Better.

And if I give powers to anyone,

then it's only a matter of time

before I figure out a way to reverse the effects.

Take the powers away. Your powers.

And this all came from you, Maya.

From what's inside that...

Extraordinary body of yours.

You are different.

Season 3 Episode 02: The Butterfly Effect.

Karina and Cruz were two of our best agents.

Fine. I'll own it, daddy.

I screwed up. Sylar got away.

And he got to Claire Bennet,

Making him virtually unstoppable.

I can stop him.

You know, I can't help but think about you as a child.

When your mother died, your need for approval,

Affection... It was hard to bear.

I will find him.

And I'll figure out where he's gonna strike next--

No, no, no, why should I keep putting you

into a position where you're just going to be

letting me or yourself down again, huh?

That's not fair to either of us, is it?

Please tell me you're not getting cold feet.

I know we wanted to make a bold move,

But Petrelli is a loaded gun.

The seat's been vacant for a month now.

As governor, it's your job to fill it.

Doug Hargis is a safer choice.

Oh, Hargis is a stiff!

You'd be better off leaving Dickenson's dead carcass in there.

All right, if...

If we went with Petrelli,

do we really know what we're buying?

Yeah. The future.

Someone who would owe you a real debt

in a very strategic place.

He's untested.

Some say unbalanced.

Well, he somehow got elected to congress

from the most populous district in the state.

And gave up his seat for personal reasons.

Do you really think the press is gonna look the other way?

If we point 'em in the other direction, yeah.

The man was shot, died on the table,

And lived to talk about it.

Who does he credit with this little miracle?

- God. - God and politics.

Risky bedfellows.

Maybe so, but he is landing huge

on every major media outlet in the country.

And the far right is loving him,

which fits in nicely with your priorities.

Sure, they love him now.

You don't pay me for sex, governor.

I give that for free.

What you pay me for is my advice,

And my advice to you is to appoint Nathan Petrelli

the junior senator from the state of New York.

But then again, like I said,

it's your call.

We're ready, sir.

Reach out to him.

My flight leaves in an hour.

Ms. Strauss.

The governor hasn't made his choice yet.

Oh, no, this isn't about filling the senate seat.

This is about you.

Me? There's no story with me.

Oh, I don't know.

Las Vegas stripper becomes K street ice queen.

Big story.

You're kidding, right?

This isn't something some grammar school kid couldn't do with his laptop.

No, no, no, no, now I have my sources.

They tell me this is you.

Your sources are wrong.

Why would someone like me do something like that?

That's exactly what I want to know.

I'm running this story with or without your comment.

You run this story,

and I will hunt your ass down and destroy you.

It seemed to help last time I made a tape.

But this time it's different,

Because I'm starting to wonder

if I'm even human anymore.

Because if you can't feel anything,

do you still have a soul?

Will I live forever?

All of these questions, I just--

I need to prove that I'm still alive.

So I guess I should just start by saying

my name is Claire Bennet,

and this is attempt number seven.

- What are you doing? - What were you doing?

What does it look like? Trying to get hit by a train.

Just...

I just needed to feel something.

Hey, what happened to you?

Something awful.

He put the top of my head back on and left me there.