Timeline:October 2006

==October 1, 2006==

Genesis

• Mohinder has traveled to New York to claim his father's body. He takes a job with the Chelsea Cab Company. Mr. Bennet spies on Mohinder. (Monsters)
• Jessica meets with Micah's principal about the tuition money.
  • Niki later stops by her friend Tina's house, and they talk about how Niki suspects that they are being followed.
• Peter is watching over Charles Deveaux, and dreams he can fly. He later confronts his brother Nathan.
• Angela Petrelli is arrested for shoplifting.
• Claire tapes her attempts at killing herself, has conversation with Zach.

"I've got the Bishop game next week, SATs in October, homecoming is 3 weeks from today and I'm a freak show!"--Claire

• Walking home, the Claire and Zach come across a train wreck. Claire rescues a trapped victim.
• The eclipse is visible in North America.
  • Peter takes a cab after returning to Nathan's campaign headquarters; Mohinder is the driver.
  • Niki returns home, and is ambushed by Linderman's thugs. She blacks out.
  • Niki Sanders wakes up, and finds that Linderman's thugs have been murdered. (Don't Look Back)
  • She speaks with Micah, and says she'll be there in 5 minutes. She attempts to watch the tape and blacks out again.
  • She gets another call, now 4 hours have passed.
• Hiro and Ando are at a bar after work. Ando suggests that Hiro teleport himself into the women's bathroom. He turns around, and Hiro is being escorted out of the women's bathroom.
• Peter attempts to fly by leaping off of a building; Nathan flies up and tries to catch him, but Peter slips.

October 2, 2006

Don't Look Back

Hiro plays with time

• Claire reads a newspaper article about the train wreck. The paper is dated October 2nd.
• At 11:43, while riding a subway in Tokyo, Japan, Hiro Nakamura teleports himself to the future to New York, NY. (Genesis)
  • He returns from the future a minute after he travels forward.
  • Having witnessed the explosion in the future, Hiro realizes his mission. He goes to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial to remember his grandfather, and vows not to let another nuclear explosion happen again. (The Crane)
• Mohinder returns to his apartment and finds an unwelcome visitor, the exterminator. They fight, and Mohinder meets his neighbor Eden.
• Officer Ramsford is interviewing the cheerleaders, because one of them rescued the firefighter from the train crash. Jackie claims it was her.
• Peter is in the hospital, after being injured in the fall
• Matt Parkman is standing patrol outside of the Walkers' murder scene. This is the first distinct instance of his power of telepathy.
  • James Walker and Mrs. Walker are killed by Sylar. James is frozen solid and has his brain removed. His wife is pinned to a staircase with a number of sharp instruments.
• Peter confronts Nathan about their shared ability to fly. Nathan denies it, but Peter proceeds to levitate about 3 feet above the ground.
• That night, Niki buries the bodies of Linderman's thugs in the desert. She finds the bodies of D.L.'s crew, specifically a skull ring.
• Nathan Petrelli secretly uses his power of flight to rescue a woman from a burning building. (Trial By Fire)

October 4, 2006

One Giant Leap

• Peter confronts Nathan at his campaign headquarters about how he can no longer fly.
• Niki finds a clue related to her estranged husband's disappearance and confronts her mother-in-law.
• Claire goes to a football bonfire for the upcoming football game against Bishop, where she is "killed" after being impaled by a branch.
• Hiro talks to Ando about his experience travelling through time.

"Where have you been the last two days?" "I teleported myself in the future!"--Ando, Hiro

• Peter struggles to discover the nature of his powers.
• Mohinder and Eden make a gruesome discovery about Sylar that could have implications for Nathan.
• Matt aids the FBI in the search for Sylar, then falls prey to a mysterious stranger at a bar.
• Simone calls things off with Isaac and becomes closer to Peter.
  • Simone takes the missing painting to her family's art gallery; the painting is purchased by Mr. Linderman.

October 5, 2006

Collision

• Matt awakens to find himself face-to-face with Mr. Bennet and the mysterious man from the bar.
• Claire recovers from her autopsy and returns to school, where a discovery about Brody prompts her to seek revenge.
  • After Claire nearly kills Brody in a car accident, she is forced to rescue him before the car explodes. Brody witnesses her healing ability. (Aftermath)
• Hiro and Ando explore Las Vegas, but are sidetracked from their mission.
• Niki meets with Linderman's assistant and works out an arrangement.
• Mohinder tries to warn Nathan, then receives an unexpected visit from Peter.
• Nathan and Niki meet as Linderman planned, but when Niki gets cold feet her alter-ego takes over.
• Isaac's paintings begin to show a pending threat targeting his fellow heroes.
• When time grinds to a halt, Peter receives a surprise visitor.

October 6, 2006

Hiros

Nathan Petrelli checks out of the Montecito Casino on October 6th

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• At "Future Hiro's" urging, Peter and Isaac come together and begin to formulate a plan.
• Nathan escapes from Mr. Bennet, meets Hiro, and realizes he's been blackmailed.
• While Claire recovers from the car accident unscathed as always, when her father becomes involved Brody isn't as fortunate.
• Matt uses his powers to give his wife a perfect day, but is later overwhelmed by them.
• Hiro and Ando realize they will need each other to complete their mission.
• Just when Niki is finally free of her debt to Mr. Linderman, a new menace crops up: her estranged husband, D.L. .

October 6, 2006

Better Halves

• After Peter delivers his message to Hiro, he and Isaac realize there is a missing painting in the "comic panel".
• Hiro and Ando are roped in by the high roller they cheated.
• D.L. tells Niki he was framed, and that he can prove it.
• Claire's meeting with her birth parents doesn't live up to her expectations.
• When Hiro and Ando get cold feet just in time to avoid a bloodbath, Hiro becomes worried that he has failed as a hero.
• After D.L. and Niki arrive at the money launderer's place to find everyone torn apart, Niki confesses what happened with Linderman's thugs.
• When Mohinder prepares to go home to India to scatter his father's ashes, Eden refuses to say goodbye.
• Niki's alter-ego finally reveals herself.

October 7, 2006

Nothing to Hide

• Peter dreams about Charles Deveaux just as Simone arrives with news about him.
• When Claire's parents are out of town, her brother Lyle makes a discovery about her.
• Niki tells Tina about Jessica, who takes over and prepares to go after Micah.
• Matt sees the dark side of his powers when he accidentally discovers Janice has a secret.
• Audrey is convinced she's located another victim of Sylar.
• D.L. and Micah meet Hiro and Ando and prove that they're true heroes.
• Matt and Audrey encounter a new evolved human, Theodore Sprague.
• Peter saves the day when Nathan's wife Heidi and mother Angela construct a means to help his campaign.
• After learning his wife had an affair, Matt goes on patrol. He intercepts a armed robbery suspect, and uses his power of telepathy to avoid pedestrians and apprehends the robber. (Control)

October 8, 2006

Seven Minutes to Midnight

• When Mohinder returns to India for his father's funeral, he seems content to stay, until he begins to have unsettling dreams.
• With Eden's help, Isaac seems to have kicked his heroin habit, but Mr. Bennet's needs jeopardize his efforts.
• Karen Sprague dies of radiation poisoning. (Unexpected)
• When Matt and Audrey question Ted, Matt begins to discover answers to his own memory lapse.

October 9, 2006

• Nathan contacts Mr. Linderman, requests the missing painting back.

October 10, 2006

• Ando and Hiro arrive at the diner.
• Charlie is murdered by Sylar in the diner.
• Hiro travels to the past to rescue Charlie.
• Ted escapes the FBI.

October 11, 2006

Peter Petrelli uses a glimpse of the future to save the cheerleader.

Homecoming

• Simone and Nathan view the missing painting early in the morning. Simone shares a digital photo of the painting with Peter.
• Peter calls Ando on the cell. Ando replies that Hiro has not yet returned from the past.
• Peter takes a plane from New York, NY to Odessa, TX.
• Peter arrives at the diner, converses with Ando.
• Peter arrives at the high school, meets Claire. Sylar kills Jackie, chases after Claire, and confronts with Peter. They battle and fall off the bleachers.
• Sylar is captured by Eden and The Haitian. Peter is arrested.

October 12, 2006

Fallout

• Hiro enters the Burnt Toast Diner, greets Ando, and sadly explains that he could not save Charlie from her fate.
• When Matt and Audrey follow up on a lead in the Sylar case, Matt discovers problems with his abilities that he has experienced before.
• As Peter is held for questioning, he continues to have strange dreams.
• When Claire tells her father the truth, he reveals he already knew of her abilities, even before she did.
• Mr. Bennet and his organization imprison Sylar in a maximum protection cell.
• Hiro and Ando finally meet up with a rehabilitated Isaac.
• When Jessica's actions threaten Micah, Niki makes a tough decision.
• Eden decides to take matters into her own hands.
• After Eden kills herself, Mr. Bennet and The Haitian tranquilize Sylar and re-capture him. (Fathers & Daughters)

October 12-22, 2006

• Mr. Bennet visits Eden's abusive father, and tells The Haitian to clean his memory but "leave the guilt". (Fathers & Daughters)
• After collapsing on the sidewalk outside of the police station, Peter Petrelli enters a coma. He dreams that he is a hero, and ends up stopping a villain who turns out to be himself. (Super-Heroics)

October 24-31, 2006

Godsend

• Two weeks later, as Peter remains comatose, Nathan searches for clues about his brother's dreams.
• His powers depleted, Hiro begins a quest for a means to strengthen them.
• Mr. Bennet struggles to unravel the mystery of Sylar.
• When Matt's investigation hits a dead-end, he attempts to reconcile with Janice.
• D.L. attempts to settle his family's debt to Mr. Linderman.
• Claire goes to great lengths to win back her best friend.
• After finally accepting Isaac's abilities, Simone embraces the quest to stop the explosion.
• Mohinder learns of Eden's death, and has an unexpected visitor.
• An imprisoned Niki begins her struggle against Jessica.
• Peter awakens and meets a strange man from his dream.
• Micah is bullied at school, but enacts his revenge using his ability. (Bully)

The Fix

• Peter meets Claude and asks for his help.
• Hiro and Ando are abducted.
• Niki is offered help in dealing with Jessica.
• D.L. comes to terms with raising Micah alone.
• Matt integrates his power into his personal life.
• Claire and Zach try to track down Claire's mother.

Distractions

• Claude helps Peter deal with his distractions.
• Claire meets her birth mother.
• Hiro faces his father and sister.
• Sylar encounters Mrs. Bennet while continuing his quest for Claire's power.
• Simone and Isaac speculate about their future.
• Niki's attempt to control Jessica takes some surprising turns.
• Sylar hitches a ride to Virginia Beach to find the last name he recalls from the map. (Road Kill)

Run!

• Matt and Jessica's new jobs bring them together.
• Mohinder tries to contact evolved humans from the list.
• Sylar resumes his efforts to collect new powers.
• As Sandra Bennet's health declines, Claire seeks a connection with her birth parents
• Less than two weeks before the election, Nathan travels to Texas to see Meredith.
• Hiro and Ando attempt to help a showgirl in Las Vegas.
• Hana contacts Ted about the mark and the needle before the Company comes to find him. (How Do You Stop an Exploding Man?, Part 1)
• Ted discovers more about the needle. (How Do You Stop an Exploding Man?, Part 2)

Unexpected

• Mr. Bennet and The Haitian learn someone they once knew isn't dead.
• Mohinder and Sylar encounter another evolved human.
• Matt deals with his decision to take the diamonds.
• Sandra Bennet's condition forces Claire to confront her father.
• Hiro tracks down Ando and Hope.
• With Claude's help, Peter makes a breakthrough.
• Isaac and Simone come to a conclusion about their relationship.
• Hana tries to find the source of the Company's commands. (The Path of the Righteous)

Company Man

• Ted and Matt confront Mr. Bennet about their abductions.
• Claire tries to protect her mother and brother.
• The Haitian conspires to protect the Bennets.
• After Thompson instructs him to bring Claire to the Company, Mr. Bennet messages Hana a file name in order to take down the Company. (Family Man)