One Giant Leap

Season 1, Episode 3, Aired
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Claire's romantic interlude with the football quarterback takes a tragic turn. Hiro convinces his friend, Ando, that it is their destiny to travel to America to save the world. Meanwhile, Nathan uses Peter's accident for his own political gain. Officer Matt Parkman, Mohinder Suresh, and the FBI are all on the trail of the mysterious Sylar.moreless
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  • this was a good ep

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By cube2k8, Jun 08, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the show heroes matt parkmen is on the case of the mystrious slyer and so is mohinder sersh and hero finds out his destny and clair has trouble with the quaterback after having agood time he tries to rape her and he thinks he killed her and peter finds out the truth about his brother when his brother says he tried to killhimself this was good ep and it was very interesting everyone going on there own paths and that is why i gave this ep a 9 instead of anyting lower and why i think it deserves a 9moreless

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  • Peter sees Nathan's true face during a speech, Hiro discovers his destiny, Matt tests his newfound ability while Claire tries as much as she can to remain normal which will have dire consequences.moreless

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    By Panicos888, Jul 30, 2009 Report Abuse
    The third part of the volume, more shocking than ever, puts Mohinder closer to discovering Sylar's identity when he finds his address. Peter is shocked to find out that Nathan will do everything he can to become a Congessman even betray his own brother when he states during a speech in front of the press that his brother committed suicide just like his father months ago. Matt tests his ability more and more until he finds one person whose thoughts he can't read.
    Claire, trying to blend in as much as possible, reveals her feelings to her classmate Brody which ends up in unexpected results (and to the most shocking and most cool scene you will ever see on TV with which this chapter ends and the next one begins). We meet with Micah's grandmother and Nikki's mother-in-law and we realise that she is not very fond of Nikki. Especially when Nikki confronts Paulette, her mother-in-law, about a ring she found while she was burying the two bodies and which belonged to one of the people DL, Nikki's husband, killed when he was leaving with Linderman's two million dollars. Paulette denies it and we find out that DL is somewhere out there and not imprisoned as he escaped. The problem with Heroes is that there are two many characters and stories to deal with but that has never been raised as a problem until Volume 3 (my personal opinion is that Volume 3 was awesome despite the bad reviews). There are many characters but as their stories intertwine it doesn't seem annoying. Nevertheless, the characters are still unfamiliar about each other, something which will change in the following episodes. Stay tuned!moreless

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  • Mohinder finds the boogeyman and Claire's date comes to an abrupt conclusion.

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    By whiteraven2005, Mar 14, 2009 Report Abuse
    Hiro tries to convince Ando about his powers and not surprisingly, Ando thinks it is a joke until Hiro uses the comic then freezes time and save a schoolgirl from being hit by a truck.

    FBI agent Hansen starts to believe Matt when he reads her mind. Sylar goes after Molly while she is in protective custody and we find out that the mysterious Sylar has very varied powers which is an anomaly from the other special people we've met so far. Does it have something to do with why he removes people's brains?

    Mohinder turns out to be very resourceful, he manages to find Sylar's apartment. Seems Chandra helped Sylar find his abilities whatever that means. At Sylar's place, Mohinder finds another map but far larger and more complex than Chandra's, seems Sylar is trying to find the special people too, but something tells me it's not for altruistic reasons.

    Everyone is raving about how Jackie saved the guy in the fire and Claire says nothing. We find out that Jackie did it to look good while she is running for class president. That's a very selfish reason to 'save' someone's life.

    Claire finally gets some time alone with the cute quarterback and he tries to rape her! The only reason he didn't succeed is because he killed her! To top it all off, he strips off her clothes and throws her in the river! He should meet Sylar, they'd get along famously. Claire learned something valuable about her limits an object (in this case a branch) inserted into her brain at the right spot shuts down her brain, but once it is removed she revives.

    Haven't been wild about Nathan since we met him and this was the cherry on top to get ratings, he uses a teary story about his father's depression and suicide then follows it up with Peter's 'suicide attempt'!!! I still cannot believe Nathan did that! Peter walked out devastated and hurt. What a scumbag! Hard to believe Peter is even related to him!

    Lots of new information but my favourite storyline at the moment is the Peter/Nathan saga. Fascinating.moreless

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  • And story continues

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    By Parricida, Jan 31, 2009 Report Abuse
    There is really hard way to say anything summarizing about the episode as so much happens and in the end you won't even remember where it all started.

    I liked Hiro storyline - he following a comic book to get into the New York and trying to avoid the explosion.

    And Claire.. that end was really disturbing and it does look like her life is not going to be easy. And her words.. the thoughts she shared with her father and friend - just wanting to be normal.. Maybe we never got it before it is too late.

    And the whole thing.. getting after Sylar.. that's exciting too.moreless

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  • Life As We Don´t Know

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    By napen, Oct 04, 2008 Report Abuse
    One Giant Leap: 9,2.

    Definitivamente me acabo de casar con Heroes. Es mucho ms de lo que esperaba y no me arrepiento ni un poco de, al final, haber comprado la primera temporada original (como se debe). Hay alguna forma de no enamorarse de ese personaje absolutamente maravilloso que es Hiro? De no entender tanto a Niki y al Petrelli menor? De no querer tanto a ese polica (cuantas veces imagin que poda escuchar los pensamientoss de los dems)? El futuro juega con el presente, el malo de la pelcula aparece en toda su dimensin, esta serie es una serie del carajo!moreless

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    • When Isaac is going through his sketchbook he goes over the same page in different shots. Edit
    • The mysterious symbol turned up multiple times in this episode: 1. On the cover of Chandra Suresh's book. 2. On the side of Claire's math book. 3. On the picture of Nathan on Sylar's map. 4. Within Chandra's program as a repeating gap making the symbol. 5. In the pool using floating toys. 6. On the necklace of the man in the bar, whose thoughts can't be read by Matt. 7. On the cover of the comic book Hiro has, drawn by Isaac. Edit
    • In this episode we see the first picture of Erick Avari as Chandra Suresh, Mohinder's father. The picture in the previous episode showed a different man who was not used. Edit

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    • The Symbol: The symbol is on the cover of the book by Chandra Suresh. On Claire's geometry book which she takes out of her locker. It is also on all the pictures on Sylar's map in the hidden room. Edit
    • New Heroes: Mysterious Man/The Haitian: We know nothing about this silent, shadowy figure except that he works with Mr. Bennet/Horn-Rimmed Glasses, and he wears the ubiquitous "S" symbol around his neck. Age: unknown. Gender: Male. Hometown: Unknown, appears to be from Haiti originally. Edit
    • When Ando is watching the video of Niki, you can see the URL www.lasvegasniki.com. If you visit it, it redirects you to www.9thwonders.com. Edit

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    • Mr. Bennett: So is that the quarterback? Claire: Who? Mr. Bennett: The boy that you like over there. Claire: I don't "like" him. I mean he's a very nice boy, but... yes, he's the quarterback. Mr. Bennett: You really wanted to make me happy, you'd only date nerds. Well it worked out very well for your mother. Edit
    • Brody: Jackie told me you wanna meet your real mom and dad. Claire: I told Jackie that in confidence. Brody: You do realize you were talking to Jackie, right? Is that why you're bummed? The whole adoption thing? You didn't just find out, did you? Claire: Oh, no. They told me when I was really little. Why would you think I'm bummed? Brody: You don't seem like yourself. Thought maybe somethin was wrong. Claire: You don't know me well enough to know when I'm not being myself. Brody: You never drink plain milk. It's always chocolate. You draw mermaids in the margins of your notebook, you put chips in a sandwich to make them crunch, and you're the first person to laugh at a joke. But I haven't heard you laugh in a while... lately you've seemed sort of sad. Claire: Have you been spying on me? Brody: My goal tonight is to make you laugh. (Claire's dummy explodes) Claire: Did you put firecrackers in his head just for me? Edit
    • Jackie: I love your glasses, Mr. Bennet! Mr. Bennet: Well thank you, Jackie. Rumor has it you're a local hero. Pulled a man out of a burning train car. Jackie: You heard about that? OMG, does everybody know? Claire: It was on the news. You told half the school to set their Tivo's. Jackie: It's gonna be the cornerstone for my campaign for class president. I'm running on a campaign of moral, mental, and social advancement through good deeds. What do you think? (walks away) Claire: I think I need to get something out of my locker. Edit

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    • Superman When Peter is jumping off the monkey bars, a young boy wearing a red cape watches. Capes are often associated with superheroes, red being just as associated with Superman. Edit
    • FBI Agent Audrey: Tell me what I'm thinking, Karnack. Karnack The Magnificent was a character performed by Johnny Carson in a segment on the Tonight Show. Johnny would dress as a fortune teller and hold an envelope up to his forehead and "read" the answer sealed in the envelope. He would then open the envelope and reveal the "question". A sample would be: Karnack (holding envelope to his head) "Shogun". Ed McMahon (repeating) "Shogun". Karnack (opening envelope) "What's the first thing you do when you hold up a liquor store?" Edit
    • Episode title: "One Giant Leap" Astronaut Neil Armstrong's famous words when he first set foot on the moon were recorded as, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." A parallel meaning of the phrase may be that mankind has taken one giant leap into evolution with the arrival of our Heroes. Edit

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