Brave New World (Heroes)

"Brave New World"
Heroes episode
Samuel addressing the audience gathered in Central Park as he prepares to use his powers to bury the crowd.
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 18
Directed by	Adam Kane
Written by	Tim Kring
Production code	419
Original air date	February 8, 2010
Guest appearance(s)
Deanne Bray as Emma Coolidge David H. Lawrence XVII as Eric Doyle Ray Park as Edgar Elisabeth Röhm as Lauren Gilmore Todd Stashwick as Eli Adam Lazzare-White as Ian Michaels K Callan as Charlie Andrews Harry Perry III as Damien Daryl Crittenden as Chris Bowman Erin O'Reilly as Gale Bowman Kaleigh Ryan as Jennie Bowman
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"Brave New World" is the eighteenth and final episode of the fourth season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes, and the seventy-seventh and final episode overall. With the show's cancellation three months later, "Brave New World" serves as the de facto series finale, though the "Heroes" world would return in the 2015 miniseries Heroes Reborn. The episode aired on February 8, 2010. It marked the end of the Redemption volume, as well as the series as the show was cancelled on May 14, 2010 by NBC. It ended with a brief introduction to what would have become the next volume, also entitled Brave New World."

Claire Bennet and her father Noah realize that their attempts to dig out of the trailer Samuel Sullivan has trapped them in will only use up their limited air supply quicker. Noah accepts his death as inevitable, telling Claire that Samuel has trapped them there so she can watch him die (Claire cannot suffocate as her lungs will continue to regenerate). Claire, however, is unable to accept her father's death, even as he tells her his dying wish is for her to hide herself as a normal human after Samuel exposes his powers to the world. As Noah begins to run out of breath, Tracy Strauss arrives through a water channel in the dirt surrounding the trailer and is able to bring both Claire and Noah back to the surface alive, where they meet up with Lauren Gilmore. Lauren has called a helicopter to take the three of them to Central Park, where Samuel and his carnival are setting up for "the greatest show on earth," while Tracy has disappeared for unknown reasons.

Meanwhile, at Matt Parkman's house, Sylar and Peter, now freed from the nightmare in Sylar's mind, stop Eli from killing Matt by knocking the original Eli out. Peter reads Eli's mind and learns of Samuel's devastating plans. Matt refuses to let Sylar go with Peter, even after Sylar asks him to look inside his mind and decide for himself whether or not Sylar's intentions are noble. Although Matt still does not fully trust Sylar's mind, he grudgingly gives him a chance to prove himself on Peter's plea to trust them. As the two leave, Matt approaches the unconscious Eli and instructs him to return to the carnival.