Distractions (Heroes)

"Distractions"
Heroes episode
Claude begins to teach Peter how to control his powers.
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 14
Directed by	Jeannot Szwarc
Written by	Michael Green
Production code	114
Original air date	February 5, 2007
Guest appearance(s)
Jessalyn Gilsig as Meredith Gordon James Kyson Lee as Ando Masahashi Zachary Quinto as Sylar Ashley Crow as Sandra Bennet Thomas Dekker as Zach Paula Newsome as Dr. Witherson Jimmy Jean-Louis as the Haitian Kevin Chamberlin as Aron Malsky Saemi Nakamura as Kimiko Nakamura Colby French as Hank George Takei as Kaito Nakamura Christopher Eccleston as Claude Link Baker as Guard
Episode chronology
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List of Heroes episodes

"Distractions" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes.

Claude and Peter walk invisibly through a busy New York street, where Claude tells Peter that he absorbs other powers as a reflex and that he is going to help him gain some control over it. With Claude's mentoring, Peter begins to question those people closest to him. Claude is convinced that Peter needs to put his loved ones out of his mind because they are distracting him from releasing his full potential. At Claude's suggestion, the two men follow Simone.

Niki's psychological counselor tells Niki she wants to speak with Jessica. She assures Niki the cuffs on her wrists could contain an elephant, and she is able to use a taser. After a mild sense of hypnosis, Niki starts to talk about how Jessica was talented at playing the piano and how her sister said that she could "turn Mozart into a monkey." Then Jessica comes out and confirms she said this. She breaks free of the cuffs and grabs the psychologist before she can subdue Jessica with the taser. The guards later discover Niki lying on the ground and the psychological counselor lying unconscious, a hand bent unnaturally, with several taser burns on her jacket. Later, Aron Malsky visits Niki in her room. He tells her that all charges against her have been dropped, thanks to the help of Linderman. Niki returns home to reunite with D.L and Micah, but unbeknownst to the two, Jessica is in control.

Sylar, his powers restored, attacks Mr. Bennet and locks him up in the glass cell. He rifles through Mr. Bennet's wallet and takes out his licence, which reveals his home address. Sylar goes after Claire while Mr. Bennet helplessly pounds his fists against the window as Sylar leaves him trapped inside. At the Bennets' home, Sylar goes under the guise of a worker at Primatech Paper and tells Mrs. Bennet he found Mr. Muggles in the street while making a delivery. She invites him to stay for dinner, and he accepts. They begin to talk, but his heightened interest in Claire makes Mrs. Bennet suspicious. When she picks up the phone to call her husband, Sylar uses his telekinetic power to knock the phone out of her hand. He tells her that he will kill Claire, and maybe kill her first. Mrs. Bennet dashes towards the front door, but Sylar uses his telekinetic power to slam her against a glass cabinet. It is then that Mr. Bennet and the Haitian burst through the door and shoot Sylar, though Sylar quickly escapes. The Haitian erases Mrs. Bennet's memory - yet again.