Six Months Ago

Season 1, Episode 10, Aired
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This episode shows the heroes six months ago. Chandra Suresh, Mohinder's father, arrives in New York looking for special people. He meets up with an individual that embraces the chance to be unique. Peter graduates from nursing school. Nathan plans to prosecute a case that could cause complications for the Petrellis. Niki receives a visit from her father which brings out the worst in her. Hiro tries to alter the future for someone important to him. Claire discovers her abilities right after joining the cheerleading squad, and her father meets up with someone special.moreless
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  • The episode that killed off all interest

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    "Terrible"
    By swagvalance, Jun 29, 2011 Report Abuse
    I gave this program a lot of tries to entertain me. It succeeded sometimes, sometimes not. But what crossed the line was this episode.

    Sure, there were irritating points of the quasi-superhero plotline that I thought were a bit far-fetched and, well, annoying. But this episode put things over the top with a cheesy plotline derived for the "High School Musical" set. It involves the concept of cheerleading as a superpower. That's when the writing surfaced itself as something too awful for me to continue viewing.

    And instead of being tongue-in-cheek with how ridiculously silly of a concept this was, the show instead took itself 100% seriously.

    Bye bye.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 peter is just gotten out of nursing school and his brother is deciding on what ever if he should prosicute a case or not and his father is mad at that and tells him he shoulnt and nikki meets with her father and is very upset by him and hiro is tring to use his power to bring back someone who is speical to him and clair finds out about her powers from cheerleading this was a good ep i thougth and it was very interesting and that is why i gave it a 9 instead of anything lowermoreless

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  • Six months before the first chapter we see Claire's first healing, Peter and Nathan's lives, Niki's father who returns asking for forgiveness, Hiro's attempt to rescue Charlie and Chadra Suresh searching for Heroes. Finally we meet with Sylar's true face.moreless

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    By Panicos888, Aug 01, 2009 Report Abuse
    This is one of my favourite episodes. Similar episodes (which take place in the past) exist in all volumes so far.
    We see how Claire became a cheerleader and her friendship with Jackie (Claire took Lori Trommel's place in the squad, she is the one that told Claire about Brody in chapter four: Collision). Her father meets up with Dr Chandra Suresh and he is told that his daughter is special. He tries however to get Claire's name off the list.
    Matt is trying to become detective (and fails for the second time - until the first chapter he failed once more). A quite funny scene is between him and Eden at the beginning of the episode.
    Peter becomes a nurse and has a party. His father is absent (we see why in Volume 3) and his mother congratulates him. We witness how Heidi became paralysed and by whom.
    It is revealed that Niki was an alcoholic six months ago. Her father, Hal, visits her and asks to become part of hers and her family's life. At this point we learn that Hal killed Jessica, Niki's sister (Niki and Jessica are NOT twin sisters, they are just sisters). Jessica takes over Niki and sends Hal away from Niki's life.
    The most important of the stories in this chapter is that of Gabriel Gray a.k.a. Sylar. We see who he was, how Chandra met with him because he thought Gabriel was special (he was special as he had the ability to see how things work), what kind of person Gabriel is (as he wished his parents weren't his real parents and always wanted to be special) and how he gained the power of telekinesis.
    Overall this is an excellent episode. It may be confusing watching Homecoming and then this one but believe once you see all four volumes you will understand more of the Heroes universe and you will be captivated by it just like so many people have. Keep this chapter in mind though. It is a vital one in the series.moreless

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  • Who I am...

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    By napen, Nov 29, 2008 Report Abuse
    Estos son los episodios que me gustan, los que explican por qu. Y no me refiero a que necesito flashbacks, porque hay flashbacks que sirven para entender algn hecho en particular o alguna caracterstica del personaje. Pero este captulo explica Heroes, sus personajes, deja en claro la historia de cada uno y adems nos cuenta de Sylar, de los malos que quizs no sean tan malos,de Hiro y no todo es como yo quiero, del accidente de la mujer de Nathan! Jessica! y tantas cosas ms.
    Me quedo con unas lneas de Gabriel que encajan conmigo a la perfeccin: cuando le dice a Suresh que siempre esper a que alguien viniera y le dijiese que su familia no era su familia para as ser otra persona porque ellos le resultaban insignificantes.moreless

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  • Loved it

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    By efc91, Aug 11, 2008 Report Abuse
    This episode, as indicated by the title, features events that take place six months before the normal Heroes timeline. Chandra Suresh finds and tests a potentially powerful evolved human. Hiro time travels too far, but tries to save Charlie anyway. Claire's life changes while her father finds out she's special. Nathan recruits Peter to help him prosecute Mr. Linderman. Niki gets a surprise visit from family. Mr. Bennet gives Eden a chance for a new life. Matt tries to pass the detective test. Another brilliant episode which put us six months earlier beleave it or not, we see the heroes before they discover there powers and we get a first good look at Sylar.moreless

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    • The laptop given to Micah by his grandfather was purchased for the production of the show on eBay. It was worth approximately $1900 when it was new (which isn't far short of the $2000 stated by Micah's grandfather). However, AndoverCG Computer Liquidators, a company that provides specialized computer equipment for TV shows, bought it off eBay for $380. The laptop, in reality, does not actually work as it was sold for "parts." Edit
    • When Jackie comes to give Claire her cheerleader uniform, Jackie mentions Lori Trammel sleeping with the entire football team. Lori was the one who told Claire that she was raped by Brody too, back in the episode "Collision." Edit
    • Goof: At the end of the previous episode, Charlie's presence to blow the candles is requested by the old woman (presumably her boss), but in the beginning of this episode it is the cop who calls her when she's chit-chatting with Hiro. Edit

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    • The Symbol: There were no new appearances of the symbol in this episode. Edit
    • International Air Dates: Germany: December 5, 2007 on RTL2 Czech Republic: March 6, 2008 on Prima Slovakia: July 28, 2008 on Markiza Edit
    • Powers Developments: There were no power developments in this episode. Edit

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    • Nathan: My brother Peter, the hospice nurse. Can you believe it? It's just -- Heidi: Oh, it's a perfect fit. He's selfless and empathic. Nathan: He's self-centered and righteous. Self-righteous. Edit
    • Tom McHenry: Dude, you're like a walking cliche. Edit
    • Sylar: (to Chandra) When I was a kid, I used to wish some stranger would come and tell me my family wasn't really my family. Oh, they weren't bad people. They were just...insignificant. And I wanted to be different. Special. I wanted to change. A new name, a new life. The watchmaker's son became a watchmaker. It is so... futile. And I wanted to be important. Edit

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    • Mohinder: To every thing there is a season and time to every purpose. These are the first words of the Old Testament book of the Bible Ecclesiastes chapter 3 verse 1. Edit
    • Hiro: Great Scott! Hiro's exclaimation of this phrase upon realizing he was talking to his past self greatly echos Dr Emmett Brown of the "Back to the Future" movies, who said the same thing when dealing with a similar situation in "Back to the Future Part II" Edit

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