Hiros

Heroes, Season 1, Episode 5

Hiro, last week, stopped time on the subway to tell Peter the most important message: “Save the cheerleader. Save the world.” And to do so, he must save Isaac from being frozen and brain-robbed.

Meanwhile, said cheerleader is being wheeled into the emergency room after running rapist’s car into a wall.

And Nathan is kidnapped by Jedi mind trick guy and Bad Glasses Man, post night with Darling Nikki. And, when he tries to escape by running away, BGM instructs JMTM to “put him down.” So Nathan, I kid you not, shoots up into the sky and straight bolts. I guess he went back to NYC early, who knows. But really, a politician running for office lands in Manhattan in his pajamas when he was thought to be in Vegas…people will have questions.

Darling Nikki wakes up alone, sort of. Alone in bed, but there’s some random black dude asking what happened to Nathan. Asian lady tells black dude to leave Darling Nikki alone. DN has no idea how she got there or who Nathan Petrelli is. She thinks she left. She did. But Not so Darling Nikki returned. And really, quite the performance.

Peter has sort of a hard time trying to convince Suresh Jr. that Hiro stopped time and appeared with the most important message. Would someone get Milo Ventimiglia a haircut? PLEASE. I find it hard to believe Simone’s dad’s foundation let him work there with hair that long. He was a hospice nurse, for crying outloud.

Matt’s wife, meanwhile, is frantic looking for him, only to find him on the couch. He’s confused, and aching. Wifey is asking where he was and he realizes he doesn’t know. He sees her worry as a good thing.

Poor Hiro and Ando get thrown out of a van in the desert, in their Rainman suits. Hiro should teleport them back to New York. But, they stop at a diner instead. A desert-side diner. Cactus Cafe. Hee. But I made that name up. Ando’s not happy about getting beaten up, but really, cheating was his idea. Hiro points this out to Ando and then gets VERY excited about waffles. Waffles! Same in English as in Japanese. Ando whines some more, and Hiro tells him to go. Fine! I’ve seen this before. We’re still in Rainman. Until he looks out the window and sees Nathan land. And helands quickly, so it burns his feet. Ouch.

Nathan, half-naked, comes into the diner. How’s he going to get a t-shirt and a cup of coffee when he has no wallet?

Mattycakes has used his thought-reading powers to help strengthen his marriage. Aw. They’re playing hooky today.

Hiro stares at Nathan in awe. Too bad he doesn’t know English yet. Well, he knows a bit. Hiro shares his time-bending secret with him. He tells Nathan of the nuclear explosion in New York. Nathan’s ride pulls up, so he leaves. Another Nissan, I might add. Hiro asks him for a ride. Aw.

BGM visits his daughter, the important CHEERLEADER, in the hospital. Here’s to another creepy, Joe Simpson-style father-daughter moment. She tells dad that she ran the car into the wall on purpose. He tells her to trust him. She tells him she lied when she said nothing happened at the bonfire. “Dad, I was raped by the quarterback and he killed me and dragged me into the river and I woke up on the autopsy table.” No, that’s not what she said, but it would have been funny. She just says he tried to force himself on her, but she hit her head and so she wanted to stop him from doing it to someone else.

Peter visits Isaac, the smack-addicted painter/future-seer. Peter says he believes Isaac can paint the future. Isaac realizes how weird he sounds. Ha. He sends Peter to look at the paintings and he sees the one with Claire running away from a shadow, who I can only assume is Sylar, although I think her dad is Sylar, so…yeah. Anyway, now Peter knows what his mission looks like, at the very least.

I heart Hiro. He’s so cute. I wish he could go in my pocket.

Anyway, Hiro gets another Nissan Versa and realizes he doesn’t know how to drive it. Well, start it, really. And Nathan, for some reason, goes back to Vegas and runs into Darling Nikki. And why is Nathan speaking in that throaty, scary whisper? It’s ugly. Darling Nikki tells Nathan to expect to be blackmailed soon. I guess he’s not so into her anymore.

Mattycakes has a nice meal prepared for his wifey when she returns from getting dressed nicely. He’s got a nice Syrah in the Sonoma Valley for her. And her favorite steaks. And the song she’s had in her head for days. She’s confused, but flattered. Really, I do wish all men would read women’s thoughts. Wifey thinks Mattycakes is cheating on her.

BGM visits the rapist quarterback and he denies trying to rape her. He threatens quarterback rapist and nearly smothers him. And then brings in his shiny bald black dude to “hollow him out.” Weird. Creepy. And who is this guy?

Peter, meanwhile, tries to make sense of Isaac’s paintings. Peter then sees the explosion painting on the floor. Which, by the way, is beautiful. Peter encourages Isaac to finish his painting. Unfortunately, Isaac needs heroin to paint, but he’s out of money. Fortunately, Peter’s power is absorbing the powers of others, so he can see the end of the painting since he’s near Isaac. Peter is like the lamest superhero. But I love him anyway. And he gets the heroin eyes to paint, too.

D.L., Darling Nikki’s ex-husband, is on the lam. So when she gets home, she finds the police at her house and flips out. And, who walks in? Not D.L.m but Ando. And he recognizes Darling Nikki, and he’s confused.

Nathan gets his hotel stay comped. And then asks about the tape of his encounter with Darling Nikki. Who is his wife? Nathan somehow manages to blackmail his blackmailer. Wowza. And, that smile.

Mattycakes got some from wifey. Best time ever. And apparently she wants coffee ice cream, post-coitus? Weird. But, who am I to judge? Unfortunately, there’s some twerp who wants to rob the store. So Mattycakes tries to talk him out of it. And creeps him out in the process. But reading minds, especially in tight situations, can be more of a burden than a blessing. Poor Mattycakes.

Ando looked Darling Nikki up in the WhoIs database. She recognizes him as one of her customers. He advises her to unlist, but he wants help. Aw. It was a touching scene, really. And D.L? He’s hiding in the house.

Ando finds Hiro, stranded in a Versa. Aw. They decide to call Isaac. Again. In English.

Peter has managed to paint Claire and a lot of blood. Phone rings. Isaac tells him to ignore it, but Peter answers. Good thing he was there. Now Peter has a message for Hiro.

Next week, Peter and Hiro and Isaac and Ando begin the campaign to save the cheerleader, save the world. And Not So Darling Nikki beats the crap out of D.L. Like throws, with a hurricane-like force, against the wall. And who’s going to pay for that?