Better Halves

Season 1, Episode 6, Aired
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Hiro and Ando plan to continue on their journey to New York, but they are given a tempting offer by a high-roller while still in Las Vegas. Mr. Bennet, the man in the horn-rimmed glasses, arranges a meeting for his daughter, Claire, with her biological parents. Claire hopes that this meeting can shed some light on her abilities. Hiro calls Isaac's again, but Peter answers and is able to relay the message from the future. Mohinder returns to India to bury his father, saying goodbye to Eden. Niki receives a surprise visitor at her home.moreless
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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, Jun 10, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the show heroes hero and anodo are on ther way to new york and they keep tring to get in contact with issac but he is not there and peter picks up and they are talking and peter gives the future isstic message to him and they understand what they must do and mr bennit trys to make a arragnement with clairs real parents but turns out that it is a set up but she does not know it at all and nikki goes home and finds a big supries waiting for her there and dr sheris goes to india to bury his father this was a good ep i thought and it was very interestingmoreless

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  • Hiro and Ando continue their journey and manage to talk with Peter, who gives them the message. Niki's estrange husband returns and Claire meets her biological parents. Mohinder disappointed by his father's research returns home.moreless

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    By Panicos888, Aug 01, 2009 Report Abuse
    The sixth chapter of the first volume is clearly a more Niki-based episode. The title ''Better Halves'' clearly refers to Niki's split personality (or so I think). We meet with DL and see his relationship with both his wife and child. Ali Larter is amazing in this episode and she has good chemistry with Leonard Roberts. We find out that DL ended up in prison because of a woman (the woman is someone very close to DL). The scene of Niki and the other woman (who will be named in the following episode) is amazing and gives you the impression that there are in fact two people in the same room. Finally the confrontation of DL and Niki at the end of the episode is to ''die for''.
    The rest of the Heroes continue their quest to discover what is happening. Peter delivers the message to Hiro and Ando through the phone and arranges a meeting in New York. Claire meets her biological parents (or so it seems) and doesn't get the answers she was waiting for. Jack Coleman is amazing with his dual personality of both a loving father and a member of a mysterious organisation. Mohinder is disappointed with his father's research and decides to return to Madras and leave all the theories of his father behind. The true shocking event is actually the revelation of Eden's true colors who seems to be working with someone by providing him information about Mohinder as well as his encounter with our Heroes.
    In the end all the events will lead to chapter nine: Homecoming where the first part of the volume will end and the bigger part of it will start off.moreless

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  • Niki gets a surprise visitor and Eden isn't quite what she appears.

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    By whiteraven2005, Mar 15, 2009 Report Abuse
    We finally meet Micah's father, the infamous DL who has escaped from prison. He swears he's innocent and surprise, surprise he actually is Niki's alter ego did the crimes that DL was blamed for. He's special too can phase through objects like walls or like Niki. DL grabbed Micah and ran, leaving Niki unconscious on the floor. What a family!

    Claire finally meets her 'bio-parents' except they're not really her parents, just a plant to get Claire to stop asking. Sandra does mention something interesting that there was something strange in her DNA when she was a baby, Claire couldn't get any more details though. It does provide the opportunity for some wonderful Zach/Claire moments, I adore Zach, I hope he's going to be in this for a while.

    At the beginning of the episode, I'm suddenly became suspicious of Mohinder's neighbor Eden. Was she a plant? Someone Mohinder can talk to and confide in? It's just too convenient that she happened to live next door and know all about Chandra's work, and honestly wasn't too broken up when he died despite her insistence they were close, and how she keeps encouraging Mohinder. Then at the end of the ep, turns out I was right. Can't believe Mohinder went back to India! We need him!

    Though it is also hilarious, we finally get to see Peter talk to the present Hiro and fill him in on the whole cheerleader saga. "He *is* the guy from the future!"

    Good episode, nothing spectacular though.moreless

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    By napen, Nov 03, 2008 Report Abuse
    En, hasta ahora, el captulo menos grandioso de Heroes, Nikki se presenta en todo su esplendor hacindose cargo por entero de Better Halves. Ella y su... cmo corno calificarla?: Mrs. Hyde se disputan el control de la situacin. Qu hacer con D.L.? Por qu Hyde trata de deshacerse de l? Pavada de poderes tienen los dos! Y Micah? Qu tendr l? No es mucha casualidad que dos superpoderosos se conozcan y se casen y tengan hijos? Es la sabia naturaleza que los junta para salvar al planeta? O es Hiro que se fue al carajo con eso de turning back time?

    Heroes, Season 1, Episode 6, Better Halves: 8,8.moreless

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  • This was a fantastic episode.

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    By titiembe, Aug 22, 2008 Report Abuse
    My favorite part of this episode was Niki, seriously, she's awesome. When she had the twisted conversation between her and Jessica, that was such solid acting and I totally believed it. Then when D.L. came and stuck his hand in her stomach, wow. That was really cool. And then she was left on the floor to die... dun dun dun. Claire has a meeting with her biological parents, but her dad just set her up, those were just actors pretending to be her parents... I wonder if he got his hands on her real parents already. Hiro and Ando were about to leave to New York, but they were mysteriouly approached by this man. Also, Hiro calls Issac again, but Peter manages to relay the message to him this time. Mohinder leaves Eden behind to go to India, but it is revealed that Eden is working for Claire's dad... overall, I loved this episode, escpecially Niki's chat with Jessica. Pure awesomenss.moreless

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    • When Niki Sanders goes into the roof cavity to find the briefcase full of money, the banknotes clearly state "FOR MOTION PICTURE USE ONLY". Also, the banknotes all have the same serial number "G3 00005967 T". Edit

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    • The Symbol: There were no new appearances of the symbol in this episode. Edit
    • International Air Dates: South Africa: June 27, 2007 on SABC3 Germany: November 7, 2007 on RTL2 Finland: November 21, 2007 on Nelonen Czech Republic: February 7, 2008 on Prima Slovakia: July 14, 2008 on Markiza Edit
    • Just past five and a half minutes through the episode, when we are seeing Micah and Niki in bed, look closely: on the nightstand there is a reddish wax lion with a somewhat deformed face. This wax lion was pivotal in a show called Wonderfalls, in which inanimate animals talk to the main character. Heroes Co-Executive Producer Bryan Fuller was a writer for Wonderfalls. Edit

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    • ( Niki finally confronts her alter ago in the mirror... ) Jessica: You need to pull yourself together. Niki: You're not real. Jessica: Oh, I am as real as you are. Niki: No. No, I have a tumor or something. This is... Jessica: Poor little crazy girl. Niki: A hallucination. Jessica: Is that what you think you are? Oh, we're a lot of things, Niki, but we're not crazy. Jessica: What do you think that DL is gonna do when he finds out what we've done? Niki: What we've done? Jessica: We framed him, killed his crew, stole $2 million, we killed those thugs in the garage, killed those little bitches at the poker game. We've been very busy. Niki: Those men were ripped apart. Jessica: Yeah, well... What can I say? Niki: But they didn't do anything to me. Jessica: Leaving witnesses would be sloppy. I did what had to be done. Like I always do. Jessica: And this is what we're gonna do now. You're gonna get the money, and you're going to take Micah as far away from DL as you can. I'll do the rest. Niki: DL can take care of me. I don't need you. Jessica: Niki... He'll think you're crazy. And then he'll take Micah away from us. He'll put it all together, and when he does...it's really only a question of whether he kills you before he leaves. Jessica: So you have a choice. You can let D.L. take our son away from us forever, or... you can do exactly what I say. Niki: Where's the money? Jessica: Good choice. Edit
    • Ando: Every hero is on a journey to find his place in the world, it is a Journey, you don't start at the end, otherwise they can't make a movie about it later. Edit
    • Ando: You came from the future and told them to save the cheerleader. Oh, and you had a sword. Hiro: I had a sword? Edit

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    • D.L and Micah are looking at comic books at the kitchen table, one of which is a copy of "Tales From Space". This is the same comic as the one held by Sherman Peabody, the farmer's son in Back to the Future who mistakes the DeLorean for a spaceship when Marty first arrives in 1955. Edit
    • Eden: What do you want me to do with the precog? The word precog is short for "precognitive" and is generally used to describe someone who has that ability. It is often used in Science Fiction, most notably that of Philip K. Dick (of Minority Report fame). Edit
    • DL: Cause I got a secret. Micah: Like Superman? Superman is one of the most famous DC comic book superheroes. He was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1932 and first appeared in Action Comics #1 in June 1938. Superman is an alien from the planet Krypton who possesses super-strength and super-speed as well as the ability to fly. Superman's secret, referenced by Micah, is that he is really Clark Kent. When not saving people as Superman, he dons glasses and disguises himself as a mild-mannered reporter. Also the guy who plays DL appeared in "smallville" playing an evil kryptonian who has the same powers as Clark/superman. Edit

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