Episode:In His Own Image
| In His Own Image | |
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| Season: | One |
| Episode number: | Original Pilot |
| First aired: | Unaired |
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| Written by: | Tim Kring |
| Directed by: | David Semel |
In His Own Image is an abbreviated version of the 72-minute unaired pilot shown at Comic-Con 2006. It was subsequently re-edited as Genesis, the aired pilot episode. A screener of In His Own Image made its way onto P2P file sharing networks prior to the original airing of Genesis.
Differences from the 72 minute unaired pilot
Two subplots which appeared in the version shown at Comic-Con were removed from In His Own Image:
- All scenes featuring Amid Halebi, Matt Parkman, and the terrorist subplot were removed, except for Claire and Zach's glimpse of the terrorist truck at the train wreck.
- Mohinder does not play the Sylar tape, does not visit Paul E. Sylar's apartment, and does not encounter Paul E. Sylar.
Differences from Genesis
Additional changes were made between In His Own Image and Genesis. In In His Own Image:
- The screen font and music used throughout are different.
- Mohinder's lecture is slightly shorter
- Before Linderman's thugs arrive, Niki cautions Micah not to speak to any strangers.
- Claire and Zach's conversation after she falls is expanded. The history of their friendship is explained: while they were childhood friends, Zach claims Claire stopped speaking to him in sixth grade. At the end of their conversation, they are passed by a firetruck headed for the train wreck, and a mysterious truck.
- Ando is shown typing the other side of Niki's IM conversation as huggerz69.
- Nathan has a few more (harsh) words at the police station with Peter and Angela.
- The scene with the Yamagato Industries employees exercising on the roof is split into two separate sequences, one during the eclipse montage and one earlier.
- Isaac and Simone's scene is expanded. She suggests that his painting of the suicide bombing was just a coincidence, and that perhaps he painted it after he saw the newscast and forgot because he was high. He then shows her the painting of her standing in silhouette in his doorway as she just did a few moments earlier. After she leaves, he shackles himself to a pipe to keep himself away from his drugs (and his paints).
- Sandra Bennet explains that the reason her friend Carla says Mr. Muggles isn't breedworthy is that he's not sexy enough.
- When Simone and Peter arrive at Isaac's apartment, they discover he's cut off his hand to escape his shackles.
Cut Subplots
Additionally, there are a few subplots which were cut entirely from Genesis:
- At Tina's house, Micah makes a phone call to a bus station and inquires about purchasing a ticket. She leaves to get cigarettes, and Micah eyes the money in her purse. Later, when Niki wakes up to an answering machine message to find Linderman's thugs murdered, it's a message from Tina, telling her that Micah is missing and took $300 from her purse.
Memorable Quotes
"Why are we here? What is the soul? Why do we dream? Perhaps we’d be better off not looking at all--not delving, not yearning, but that’s not human nature, not the human heart. That is not why we are here."
- - Mohinder (voice-over)
"You know what? Leave her alone. She's okay, that's all that matters."
"Thank God mom's fine. She's a criminal, but thank God she's okay. Next thing you know, she's going to be telling us she's a crackwhore"
Notes
- In the first draft of the pilot, Sylar was supposed to appear in an Italian prison. According to Greg Beeman's blog, this version of Sylar was supposed to have long claw-like nails and sharp teeth. He was also supposed to be "way weirder and more monstrous, — like [Nosferatu]."
Gallery
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Isaac shows Simone a painting of her walking out on him, on the day she leaves because of his drug abuse. -
Isaac cuts off his hand in order to escape from a pair of handcuffs he had used to keep from using drugs again. -
See Also
- For other uses of In His Own Image, see In His Own Image (disambig).
- For the 72-minute Tim Kring Cut included in the Season One DVD, see unaired pilot.
External Links
- Video clip of Isaac cutting off his own hand
- Video clip of Claire and Zach and deleted truck scene, and deleted Angela, Peter, Nathan shoplifting scene