Unexpected (Heroes)

"Unexpected"
Heroes episode
"Do...something...unexpected!"
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 16
Directed by	Greg Beeman
Written by	Jeph Loeb
Production code	116
Original air date	February 19, 2007
Guest appearance(s)
Zachary Quinto as Sylar James Kyson Lee as Ando Masahashi Ashley Crow as Sandra Bennet Matthew John Armstrong as Ted Sprague Bill Fagerbakke as Steve R. Gustavson Lisa Lackey as Janice Parkman Jimmy Jean-Louis as the Haitian Rusty Schwimmer as Dale Smither Stana Katic as Hana Gitelman Christina Haag as Dr. Lindale Stan Lee as Bus driver Missi Pyle as Hope Christopher Eccleston as Claude Randall Bentley as Lyle Bennet
Episode chronology
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List of Heroes episodes

"Unexpected" is the sixteenth episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. Regular cast members Noah Gray-Cabey (Micah Sanders), Ali Larter (Niki Sanders) and Leonard Roberts (D.L. Hawkins) do not appear in this episode. Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance in the episode as the driver of the bus Hiro gets on. Although Ali Larter does not appear on this episode, she does do the voice over for the Previously on Heroes, which for the only time to date is placed after the first scene.

In the outskirts of the desert in Nevada, Ted Sprague sits in a remote cabin. He is mystified when someone contacts him via instant messenger on his laptop, even though he is not connected to the Internet. The mysterious person reveals herself as Hana Gitelman, an Israeli woman who can access radio signals with her mind. She reveals to Ted the marks on their necks are used for tracking by Primatech Paper Co. Hana convinces him to come along, because she can find Mr. Bennet, and then Ted can blow him up.

Claire Bennet, distraught when her mother cannot remember her or Mr. Muggles, calls her brother down to help only to find that their mother is fine and remembers them both. Later, Claire tries to broach the subject of the brainwashings to her mother. As she begins telling her mother she shouldn't trust her father and bringing up the possibility of the condition worsening, Sandra collapses in the kitchen. Claire runs over crying, attempting to wake her mother up.

In New York, Isaac Mendez explains to Mr. Bennet and The Haitian that Peter has become invisible. Mr. Bennet says that Peter, who absorbs the abilities of others, has come into contact with a man who they thought was dead. They go to the Deveaux Building to track Peter down, leaving Isaac with a gun. Isaac asks what does he do with it. Bennet replies, "Save the world." On the roof of the Deveaux Building, Peter's training continues as Claude attacks him with a long wooden staff to force Peter to defend himself; he does, using telekinesis to break Claude's staff (As shown above). Peter theorizes that he absorbed the ability from Sylar when they met in Texas. Simone goes to Isaac's loft to again enlist his help in finding Peter, and Isaac tries to convince her to stay away from Peter since he is dangerous. He once again tells Simone to keep the key to his loft.