Heroes: Unexpected

Peter learns of the betrayal that he and Claude were faced with. Matt's world crashes with Ted Sprague, a radioactive man, and Hana Gitelman, a woman with extraordinary mental abilities. Meanwhile, Claire is unable to control her anger at her biological father.

Episode Info

Episode number: 1x16
Production Number: 116
Airdate: Monday February 19th, 2007

Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: Jeph Loeb

Alternate Airdates:

BE (VT4)	Apr 23, 2007
AU (Seven)	May 16, 2007
UK (BBC TWO)	May 28, 2007
NL (RTL 5)	Oct 04, 2007
DE (RTL 2)	Jan 23, 2008
FI (MTV3)	Jan 30, 2008

Currently 9.1/10

9.1/10 (16 Votes cast)

Guest Stars

Ashley Crow As Sandra Bennet Recurring	Bill Fagerbakke As Steve Gustavson Recurring
Christopher Eccleston As Claude Recurring	Elizabeth Lackey As Janice Parkman Recurring
James Kyson Lee As Ando Masahashi Recurring	Jimmy Jean-Louis As The Haitian Recurring
Matthew John Armstrong As Theodore Sprague Recurring	Missi Pyle As Hope Recurring
Stana Katic As Hana Gitelman Recurring	Zachary Quinto As Sylar Recurring
Christina Haag As Beth Lindall	Rusty Schwimmer As Dale Smither
Stan Lee As Bus Driver

Co-Guest Stars

Randall Bentley
As Lyle Bennet

Recurring

Lilas Lane
As Nathan's Aide

Main Cast

Jack Coleman As Noah Bennet	Greg Grunberg As Matt Parkman
Masi Oka As Hiro Nakamura	Hayden Panettiere As Claire Bennet
Adrian Pasdar As Nathan Petrelli	Sendhil Ramamurthy As Mohinder Suresh
Milo Ventimiglia As Peter Petrelli	Tawny Cypress As Simone Deveaux
Santiago Cabrera As Isaac Mendez

Recap

Ted Sprague is in his cabin in the desert when he receives an instant message on his laptop computer from a user named "Wireless." However, his laptop isn't hooked up to the Internet. Wireless says that she knows what happened to him and sends him a schematic of a pneumatic needle. When Ted says they should meet, Wireless is already behind him and introduces herself as Hana Gitelman. She says that she has the power to send and receive wireless signals, and that she needs help in confronting the people who got both of them...

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Episode Notes

Noah Gray-Cabey (Micah Sanders), Ali Larter (Niki/Jessica Sanders) and Leonard Roberts (D.L. Hawkins) are not credited and do not appear in this episode.

NBC advertised this episode with the tagline "Someone flies. Someone dies." The person who flies is Peter and the person who dies is Simone.

Comic book writer and creator Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance as a bus driver.

Ratings: 14.10 million viewers

Episode Quotes

Mr. Bennet: So Peter's invisible?
Isaac: That sounds so crazy.
Mr. Bennet: Any more than a man who can paint the future?

Claude: What are you doing?
Peter: Something unexpected.

Claude: Aha! You pushed that away with your mind. Which one of your sorry friends has telekinesis?
Peter: None of them do. Wait...that guy who was chasing Claire in Texas. He sent some lockers flying at me.
Claude: Texas? And you pulled that little trick out in here right now? Well, we might just have a chance of stopping you from going nuclear.

Issac: I would do anything for you, Simone, anything.
Simone: Find Peter.

Hope: The less questions you ask, Ando, the better off you’ll be in life.
Ando: Why is that?
Hope: That would be another question.

Sylar: I believe in fate, Mohinder, and karma, and I'm not just saying that 'cause you're Indian.

Janice: You know, Matt, for a guy that can read other people’s thoughts, you should spend a little time on your own.

Claude: (to Peter) You wanted to know why I was invisible all these years? It was because of them, and you brought the bastards right to my door!

Peter: Hey, I can't do this on my own.
Claude: Then I guess you go boom.

Simone: Where Peter sees hope, you see disaster. I guess I'm voting for the other guy.

Ando: But you kissed me. I thought you liked me.
Hope: Don't remind me.

Ando: Did your powers work? I had my eyes closed.
Hiro: Me too.

Dale: Funny, I didn't hear your footsteps.
Sylar: That's because there weren't any.
Dale: That sound, in your heart. What is it?
Sylar: Murder.

Ted: I had my blood tested. It's in me, that isotope.
Matt: Ted, you're radioactive by nature.

Mr. Bennet: Claire. We'll get through this. Your mom needs us. Lyle too.
Claire: I don't even know if I'll remember any of this tomorrow.

Peter: (to Isaac) What'd they give you, money? Drugs? What's a Judas get these days?

Episode Goofs

While Isaac is trying to shoot Peter, the painting of Hiro and the T-Rex is on one of Isaac's stands. However, Hiro had previously taken the painting to Las Vegas and it was ripped up by his father.

Cultural References

Peter: They give you money? Drugs? What's a Judas get these days?

Judas is a man from the Bible who betrayed Jesus for 30 silver pieces.

Analysis

Abilities Development
Dale Smither: Dale has super-hearing.
Hana Gitelman: Hana can access all wireless signals and transmissions.

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