Parasite

Season 1, Episode 18, Aired
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As the election and destruction of New York approach, Nathan meets up with Linderman. Hiro attempts to steal the sword heading him in a new path. Suresh and Sylar make progress with the list at great cost. D.L. begins to suspect problems at home. Isaac paints an even more terrible painting. A new hero, Candice Wilmer, appears.moreless
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  • this was a good ep

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By cube2k8, Jun 10, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the show heroes matt and bennet and ted excape from the building and clair is tring to find her real dad and that the hation is tring to keep clair safe and that bennit is tring to find her his daughter and dr suchshi is working with slyer to find more people with powers this was a good ep i thougt and it was very itnerested and that is why i gave it a 9 instead of anyting lower and it had very intense parts in this ep and the story line was ok i thoughtmoreless

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  • another reason this show is one of the greatest things ever to hit the airwaves!

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    By jopy666, Apr 21, 2010 Report Abuse
    Yet again, major plot twist after major plot twist. This show just keeps on giving! Each episode makes me think they can never surpass it, but, with each episode i am proven wrong again and again. This episode is not different. Major plot twists keep coming out of nowhere and blindsiding the viewers, taking the series in directions no one could have imagined. I will never understand how anyone can come up with something so awesome!moreless

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  • The Haitian tries to get Claire as far away as possible from danger, as her father tries to find her. Isaac paints a painting he wished he never had. Hiro tries to find the Kensei sword and Mohinder and Sylar come closer to discovering the list.moreless

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    By Panicos888, Aug 06, 2009 Report Abuse
    The eighteenth chapter is much more exciting than the previous one.
    Mohinder is with Sylar trying to disencode the list in hopes to find the special people before Sylar does. Mohinder however, after he discovers that Sylar is really with him and has been this whole time, ties up Sylar and manages to get the thing missing in order to find the list, and it's in Sylar. When Sylar however gets the upper hand, Mohinder finds himself in a tough situation and quickly Peter joins him (in one of the most shocking cliffhangers in Heroes ever).
    Elsewhere, Claire is with the Haitian who, after taking his orders from a mystery person, tells her they have to leave the country. Claire manages to escape, however, and tracks down Peter's home address thinking he is the only person who can understand and help her. When she arrives there, she finds her grandmother Angela instead and we are revealed that Angela has been giving the orders to the Haitian. Mr Bennet doesn't remember the events of the previous chapter (thanks to the Haitian) but his wife does who was given orders by him before his memory was gone. Regardless, Mr Bennet looks for his daughter, while the Candice (the girl we saw in the previous episode taking care of Matt) tells him of their new assignment; to save Isaac from all the mess he has caused. In the end Mr Bennet is caught conspiring against the company (thanks to Candice's illusion ability).
    Meanwhile, after Isaac is saved from the police, he paints the one painting he wished he never did, his own death.
    Hiro is in Las vegas to retrieve the sword but he is facing problems passing through the security. Nathan appears at the right moment (he has a meeting with Linderman) and Hiro manages to get inside. After he finds the sword, Hiro teleports both him and Ando (yes, Ando returns to Hiro's rescue dressed as a security guard) to a future where the bomb has exploded and he has failed in his mission (that we will see in chapter twenty: five years gone).
    Nathan, who has been working with the FBI for six months now to take down Linderman, is wired by the FBI in hopes to find a way to incriminate the mafia boss. Niki/Jessica however gets in the way and kills the FBI agents at the other end of the microphone. Niki manages to gain control of her body for moments long enough to warn Nathan about the trap Linderman has set on him. Nathan takes the gun from Niki and goes to Linderman thinking that he might be able to kill him. Linderman however makes him an offer than he doesn't refuse.
    This episode is full with surprises and the reason is because after this episode was broadcasted there was a one and a half month hiatus for Heroes and the producers and writers of the show wanted to keep the exciting steady, something that did not work as much. That is the reason why the following year they tried to do a spin-off called Heroes: Origins an idea tha failed due to writers strike.
    Key facts: The episode shows just how much each Hero's story interracts with the others. All of our Heroes slowly start to come back together and it will all lead to the explosive volume finale. Enjoy!moreless

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  • One way of dealing with things..

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    By Parricida, Feb 02, 2009 Report Abuse
    Ok.. That one was starting little low but the end turned everything upside down. I specially loved how they dealt with Claire's father - it looked so promising storyline but the twist in the end, what a cruel one.

    And then the whole thing with Isaac. I was so shocked when that girl woke up but again, cruel twist.

    But most exciting storyline definetly goes to Mohander and Syler. I hope Mohander is ok but that does sound interesting Peter and Syler face to face.

    And Nathan seems to be getting into trouble too. The whole Lindermann thing.. oh.. that has been going around so long and seems to continue.moreless

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  • Awesome

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    By efc91, Aug 11, 2008 Report Abuse
    Parasite" was another great episode of this amazing first season of Heroes, I really enjoyed the storylines of Hiro and Ando trying to get there hands on the sword, Jessica going on a rampage again and Mohinder capturing Gabrielle Gray AKA Sylar, the ending was great even though I kind of geust throught the entire episode what was going to happen next.
    I'm beginning to find Peter to get quiet annoying and Claire she is too stuburn and is always crying and he is just being a idiot running around everywhere thinking he is the greatest, during this episode I began to like Hiro and Nathan a bit more they are great when they are both together on the screen "Flying Man" genuis and Mohinder who has finnaly shown his badass side, brilliant.
    The episode was great however with plenty of action, tension and plot twists.moreless

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    • Malcolm MacDowell as Linderman waxes lyrical about time, the past, the future and meaning. It is very reminiscent of the discussion his character, Dr Tolian Soran, has with Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: Generations. Edit
    • On the episode of Last Call with Carson Daly, which aired March 2, 2007, Masi Oka showed a clip from this episode of Heroes. This clip took place during the meeting between Hiro and Nathan at the Las Vegas casino in which Hiro tells Nathan that he is a "lone wolf". Due to Hiro's thick accent Nathan doesn't understand and he has to repeat the line several more times before Nathan gets it. This scene was not in the original airing of the episode "Parasite", but is on the DVD in the deleted scenes. Edit
    • When Mr. Bennet feels pain from the gunshot wound, he holds his right side. However, he was shot on the left side by the Haitian in "Company Man." This is later revealed as a view from a mirror. Edit

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    • The Symbol: There were no new appearances of the symbol in this episode. Edit
    • New Heroes: There were no new heroes introduced in this episode. Edit
    • International Air Dates: Germany: February 6, 2008 on RTL2 Czech Republic: May 1, 2008 on Prima Slovakia: August 25, 2008 on Markiza Edit

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    • Mr. Linderman: Voilà! A pot pie. Wholesome, warm, healthy. That's, of course if you can live without the cream sauce. Personally, I can't. I mean, what's the point? You know, people can sleep, or they can gamble, or they can even make love when they're miserable. But I think that most people eat when they're happy. I like to see people happy. Are you happy, Nathan? Edit
    • Sylar: I wasn't begging for my life. (A terrified Mohinder steps back) I was offering you yours. Edit
    • Hiro: (about the Isaac Mendez painting) This one is very special. Curator: This painting is ripped .. and repaired with scotch tape. Hiro: Yes, VERY special. Edit

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    • The Curator: There are so few Dead Sea fragments left in the world. It'd be a pity if you crushed this one. The Dead Sea Scrolls are ancient documents found in Qumran from 1947 onward, including segments from the Old Testament of the Bible. Edit
    • When Hiro is looking on the PC for the sword it has the stock code "CRM-114". This code appears in many of Stanley Kubrick's films in various guises. Malcolm Macdowell, who plays Lindermann, also played Alex in "A Clockwork Orange", where the code appears as "Serum 114" (CRM-Serum... geddit?) - the serum he is given to reduce his violent tendencies. Edit

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