The Kindness of Strangers - Recap

A New Hero -Monica - Photographic Reflexes

Micah is woken up in the house of his great-aunt Nana when is cousin Damon throws water on his face. His other cousin Monica is excited about a manager exam at "Burger Bonanza" she is about to take which she hopes will help her get out of flood ravaged New Orleans. Damon wants $65 so he can watch a pay-per-view wrestling match, which Nana declines to give to him. Monica starts her shift, and while talking to her friend, carves a decorative tomato rose which she done on TV earlier that morning. Her manager grabs her to talk about the results of the test, which were average, but he doesn't believe she is capable because of her home life.

Micah is able to get the Pay-per-View wrestling match so Damon can watch, but he is scolded for doing this by Monica. As Monica prepares to give them their dinner, she sees a wrestler perform the 619 move. Later, as she locks up the burger joint, a thief attempts to rob her. She instinctively performs the 619 move on him, and successfully gets him to flee. Her manager sees what happens and as where she learned that move. Monica replies, "On TV"

A Blossoming Romance

Claire's parents have concerns about whether or not Claire is seeing anyone. She insist she is not. She is later approached by a cheerleader who wishes to see Claire on the team after she demonstrated her willingness to stand up to the head cheerleader, Debbie. Wes catches up with Claire to tell her how amazing their time together is. She attempts to stop seeing him, but he insist that she give him one more night together. Claire lies about going to the library. When her father follows her around the corner, she is gone, having flown away with Wes. He takes her to the top of the Hollywood sign. He ask to see her powers, to trust him, and when she jumps off the sign, he flies to catch her and they embrace in a kiss. When she returns home late, she uses the excuse that she snuck off to do cheerleading to cover her tracks. The Haitian comes to talk to HRG and tells him that he has found another painting in Odessa, Ukraine.

The Bogeyman revealed

Molly wakes up in another nightmare and is comforted by Matt and Mohinder. The frequency of the nightmares is increasing, to two a night.

Nathan visits his two boys at their private school and promises to come home soon. He reminds them that when Petrellis make promises, "They keep them"

Matt later meets with Angela Petrelli who is in a hospital. She confesses to the murder of Kaito Nakamura, although she is clearly lying. She states, "My head is clear now. I understand. The only way out of this is for me to confess". The words are cryptic, and clearly have a deeper meaning. Nathan confronts Matt over the confession, but Matt reveals that he knows Angela is innocent because he read her mind. He convinces Peter to help him uncover the mystery of the "Symbol". They go back to Peter's place to find the photo of the "12". When they find it, they are shocked that one of them, is Matt's Father.

Matt goes to Molly to see if he can find her. He left him at age 13 with only $120 and a pat on the head. However, when he shows the picture to Molly, she screams in horror. Matt's father is the boogeyman! Despite her fear, Molly agrees to help Matt find his father. However, as she searches for him (she locates him in Philadelphia, in a 3rd floor apartment, #9). As she finds him, she screams and enters a coma. In her mind, she screams, "Matt, Help Me! Matt!"

Sylar Is Found

Maya and Alejandro continue to try and make it into the United States. Along the way, they find a nearly dead Sylar, who introduces himself by his real name, Gabriel Grey. How he got there is a big mystery since last time we saw him he appeared to be on a jungle island. They share their respective stories, and they discover that Sylar knows the man they seek, Chandra Saresh. Sylar offers to introduce them.

It is discovered that the twins are wanted for murder. When confronted, Maya almost loses it but is brought back by Alejandro. Sylar, almost killed by this, discovers the twins' power, and they take off leaving a murdered Derek behind. (A cockroach is seen by Derek's dead body as they leave) It should be noted, that Sylar seems to have lost some of his powers, as he kills Derek by smashing a brick to his head. Sylar comforts the twins by saying, "Believe me, I understand. To be held responsible for things that you didn't mean to do".