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SEASON 1: EPISODE 6 | Air Date: 07/03/2007

Episode 6 - Better Halves

Peter tells Hiro and Ando the "save the cheerleader" message, and about his encounter with FutureHiro. Hiro is excited to learn that he will one day have a sword.

Peter and Isaac figure out that Isaac's paintings fit together like a comic book, but that a panel is missing; Simone has it. Back in Las Vegas, the High Roller takes Hiro and Ando to a backroom poker game, ordering them to cheat the other players. Ando sees that one of the players has a gun under the table pointed at him, and they take off to the toilet to freak out about it, but while they are in there, someone shows up (we'll come back to that), kills everyone outside to death, and tip-taps out of there before Hiro and Ando can emerge.

Hiro gets the guilts that he didn't save the people who apparently intended to kill him and his friend, but Ando tells him that when he gets better at bending time and space, he can come back for a do-over.

D.L. tells Niki that although he planned the big heist for which he's been imprisoned, he got cold feet and bailed out; he doesn't know who framed him, except that it was a woman. Niki believes him, and they have a nice evening together, after which D.L. tells her her he heard her sneak out in the middle of the night. Where could she have gone?!

After a lovely breakfast at home - at which D.L. tells Micah that no prison can hold him - D.L. takes Niki with him to some hideout to investigate his being framed. It's the poker backroom, and it's littered with torn-apart bodies.

Niki tells D.L. how much it resembles her own garage crime scene, tearfully confessing that she did it, but he doesn't believe her. Later, Niki and ikiN have a chat in which ikiN tells her what we've already figured out: ikiN pulled off the whole damn heist, and now wants Niki to get the money and take off with Micah before D.L. can put the pieces together and take Micah himself.

Niki recovers the money from the attic, but when she hops back down into the bedroom, D.L. is there! ikiN takes over to smash him across the face with the briefcase full of cash, but when she turns her back on him, he disappears...into the wall! Superhero fight! It gets a bit less cool when Micah walks in on his superparents trying to kill each other, but the fight comes to a swift end when D.L. reaches through ikiN's skin to squeeze her guts, and then leaves her for dead.

Mohinder leaves New York, but not before getting all smooched up by Pixie. Bennet sets up a meet-and-greet between Claire and her bio-parents. She tries to get them to admit that they have superpowers, but all she gets from them are family histories of regular, non-super diseases. However, Mrs. Bennet tells Claire, after they've left, that when she was a baby, the Bennets tried to track down Claire's bio-parents, without success, because they thought she might have some chromosomal damage; when Claire presses her for more information, Mrs. Bennet just says that Claire had a cough.

While Bennet is spying on the conversation, he gets a call from... Eden! She passes on her intel about the flying Petrelli, FutureHiro, and precognitive junkie Isaac, as well as the "save the cheerleader" message. Bennet tells Pixie to "bring in the precog" - so just as Isaac is revealing his painting of gut-squeezed Niki/ikiN, complete with a tattoo he had painted and then painted over, Pixie shows up at his door, claiming to be a big fan.

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15 Comments
1. aushellzy - Mar 08 12:16pm
Is it just me or is Niki's powers sooooo confusing!
2. gotta_luv_me_on_7_07 - Mar 08 08:37pm
its confusing dont know maybe whenever she feels threatend or scared she "turns into something else"?

I have like heaps of the Heros episodes and i think im up to No. 8?

its kinda confusing but its awesome!!!

SAVE THE CHEERLEADER SAVE THE WORLD
3. boelmatador - Mar 08 09:15pm
this sucks, i thought one could actually stream entire episodes, only to find out all they offer are "sneak peeks" and "previews".why cant stations like abc take the lead for once instead?
4. ac_hicks1 - Mar 09 12:01am
is there a way to see episodes that you have missed?
5. michaelzalloua - Mar 10 07:01pm
hey i absolutley love this show. i've taped all of them its so good. my favourite characters are Claire, Hiro and Peter.
as they say:

SAVE THE CHEERLEADER
SAVE THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!
6. lushlou_melb - Mar 11 06:51pm
"the players has a gun under the table pointed at him, and they take off to the?toilet to freak out about it, but while they are in there, someone shows up (we'll come back to that), kills everyone outside to death"
WTF?
Did you "come back to that"? What does that mean?
Pathetic episode summary again- this writing is shocking.
7. tulloch1 - Mar 11 10:33pm
how can i get a copy of episode 6 i missed it and i relly want to c it
8. pumpkinsrool - Mar 12 04:44pm
I love heroes! my fav is hiro cuz hes cute. i also like the cheerleader but i forget her name. Anyho, i'd just like 2 say,

I LOOOOOOOVE HEROES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
9. yoeyyoyo - Mar 12 08:48pm
hey lushlou_melb, are you a freakin idiot or something? yes, they came back to it. niki's power killed everyone in there. moron. and the writing's good. way better than the usual stiff recaps.
10. fantasy_silverangel89 - Mar 12 11:15pm
I like heros but its frustrating there are still so many things that need to be answered. and claire's father is really creepy I would be surprized if he is the S guy (can't remember the name). I hope they answer my question i want to know if Peter can keep using other hero's powers or if he needs to be near them.
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