1961 (Heroes)

"1961"
Heroes episode
Angela (Alexa Nikolas) and Alice (Laura Marano) Shaw at Coyote Sands in 1961.
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 23
Directed by	Adam Kane
Written by	Aron Eli Coleite
Production code	323
Original air date	April 13, 2009
Guest appearance(s)
Diana Scarwid as Alice Shaw Ravi Kapoor as Young Chandra Suresh Alexa Nikolas as Young Angela Shaw Edwin Hodge as Young Charles Deveaux Laura Marano as Young Alice Shaw Michael Croner as Young Bob Bishop Casey Kringlen as Young Daniel Linderman Zachary Knower as Mr. Shaw Ginger Pauley as Mrs. Shaw Jon Donahue as Young Jonas Zimmerman Sofie Calderon as Waitress
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"1961" is the twenty-third episode of the third season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and fifty-seventh episode overall. The episode aired on April 13, 2009.

Angela Petrelli has gathered the family--- sons Nathan and Peter, granddaughter Claire Bennet, and Claire's adoptive father Noah--- at the abandoned settlement of Coyote Sands, and prepares to explain what had happened there.

It is revealed that back in 1961, the site had been a relocation center, sponsored by the government, to study people with abilities. Angela and her sister, Alice Shaw, were two of many individuals that were sent there. The young Angela soon meets the younger Bob Bishop, Daniel Linderman, and Charles Deveaux, who is revealed to have telepathic abilities. Alice, who is revealed to have the ability to control the weather, remains suspicious of the project's intentions, headed by Chandra Suresh, with Dr. Zimmerman also working there. Angela insists they are here to be treated, but Charles and the others convince Angela they have essentially become prisoners. The four soon hatch a plan to escape from the compound, though the boys convince Angela that Alice must remain behind, as it would slow them down. Angela lies to Alice, saying she has had a dream that in order for Alice to be safe, she must remain there. That night, Chandra Suresh calls Alice in for treatment, but she refuses and ends up causing a storm with raging winds and deadly lightning. The ensuing chaos escalates in a riot, resulting in the deaths of most of those in the camp. Later, Angela meets with the three boys at Coyote Sands Cafe (where she had shared a dance with Charles earlier), explaining she has dreamt of their future and that they must form a company, and do terrible things ("It's a necessary evil"), to keep people like them safe from others.