A Clear and Present Danger

"A Clear and Present Danger"
Heroes episode
Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) meets the Hunter (Zeljko Ivanek) for the first time.
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 14
Directed by	Greg Yaitanes
Written by	Tim Kring
Production code	314
Original air date	February 2, 2009
Guest appearance(s)
Brea Grant as Daphne Millbrook Ntare Mwine as Usutu Ned Schmidtke as Martin Gray Assaf Cohen as Hesam Joel West as Agent Daniel Simmons Steve Tom as Steve Željko Ivanek as Danko Darren Kendrick as Pilot
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"A Clear and Present Danger" is the 14th episode of the third season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and 48th episode overall. It aired on February 2, 2009. The episode is the beginning of Volume 4: "Fugitives". It marks the first time a season of Heroes has contained more than one volume. Originally, season two was planned to consist of three volumes, but was reduced to one volume due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.

Tracy Strauss is captured by armed men, while a TV interview with the new chairman of Senate Homeland Security Committee, Nathan Petrelli, plays in the background. The leader of the group (referred to as The Hunter and played by Zeljko Ivanek) calls to tell Nathan they have the first one.

Hiro tries to make Ando into a superhero. Ando is unimpressed as he feels his power is worthless, and leaves when Hiro injects him with a GPS implant. Later, when Hiro tracks Ando and calls him to apologize, Ando overhears Hiro being kidnapped.

Having earned her GED, Claire Bennet is looking into an elite college education with Angela Petrelli, but is more concerned with Sylar and the fact they never found his body. As Claire is leaving, she listens in on a phone call where Nathan tells Angela to keep Claire away from Matt Parkman and Peter. Angela spots Claire, who promptly leaves.

Peter is working as a paramedic and attending to a car accident victim. His partner Hesam has to pull Peter away from the casualty, with Peter insisting he could have saved him, had he been stronger. As the dead man is taken away, Hesam mentions that Peter's brother is in town for the day. Peter receives a call from Claire warning him about Nathan’s plans. Peter goes to talk to Angela while Claire goes to warn Matt. Peter catches a yellow cab, which happens to be driven by Mohinder Suresh. In a scene similar to the pilot episode of season one, Peter asks Mohinder if he ever had the feeling like he was meant to do something extraordinary. Mohinder points out that everyone is keeping a low profile, except for Nathan. They get to their destination and Mohinder lets him out.