Dual (Heroes)

"Dual"
Heroes episode
Claire guards Angela against Sylar.
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 13
Directed by	Greg Beeman
Written by	Jeph Loeb
Production code	313
Original air date	December 15, 2008
Guest appearance(s)
Jessalyn Gilsig as Meredith Gordon Jamie Hector as Knox Brea Grant as Daphne Millbrook Blake Shields as Flint Gordon, Jr. Ntare Mwine as Usutu David H. Lawrence XVII as Eric Doyle Chad Faust as Scott Michael Dorn as President Kiko Ellsworth as Echo DeMille George Takei as Kaito Nakamura Robert Forster as Arthur Petrelli Franc Ross as Daniel Pine Sekai Murashige as Young Hiro Nakamura
Episode chronology
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List of Heroes episodes

"Dual" is the thirteenth episode of the third season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and forty-seventh episode overall. The episode aired on December 15, 2008, as the conclusion to the "Volume 3: Villains" storyline. The episode, which was originally titled "War", is the final episode of the "Villains" story arc, and was the last episode to be written and produced by Jeph Loeb prior to his departure from Heroes in November 2008.

At Pinehearst, Peter explains to Nathan that Sylar killed their father and it was the only way to stop his plan. Nathan reveals that he has taken over and warns Peter to stay out of the way, causing Peter to knock him unconscious. He then goes to destroy Mohinder's Pinehearst laboratory and all of the newly created formula.

Elsewhere, Ando, Daphne, and Matt go to Mohinder’s laboratory so that Ando can take the formula, gain the ability to travel through time and rescue a stranded Hiro. Unfortunately, Mohinder is at Pinehearst, so Daphne goes there to steal the formula.

At Pinehearst, Mohinder himself has discovered that his infection has spread to his lungs and his only hope of a cure is to take the formula. He is interrupted when Peter arrives to destroy the formula. During their discussion, Daphne steals a tube of formula from Mohinder's hand, which causes the pair to fight. Flint and Knox arrive to destroy the lab, rescuing Peter in the process. Flint explains that if other people gain powers they will become less special. Knox leaves to guard Nathan whilst Flint pins down Mohinder.

Upstairs, Scott wakes Nathan up and tells him he was the only Marine injected with the formula but Knox arrives and breaks Scott's neck. Eventually, Nathan fights Knox until Tracy arrives and saves him, freezing and killing Knox. She tries to persuade Nathan to leave before it's too late. He fires her and leaves.