Alcohol

Alcohol
Nathan pounds tequila shots in a drinking contest.
First mentioned:	Genesis

Alcohol is often consumed by people on Heroes.

About

Season One

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Alcohol: Season One History.

Season Two

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Alcohol: Season Two History.

I Am Become Death

After Nathan saves Tracy, they share a drink in Tracy's apartment. Tracy demonstrates her ability to freeze things by freezing her glass and the alcohol inside of it.

Angels and Monsters

Adam takes Hiro and Ando to The Angry Skunk Bar. Adam insists on having a drink, as he has not had one in months.

After Adam manages to escape from Hiro and Ando, they drown their sorrows in alcohol as Daphne and Knox approach them.

Dying of the Light

Arthur enjoys a drink at Pinehearst as "the bad guys" arrive.

Shades of Gray

At a Manhattan restaurant, Angela drinks a glass of white wine with her oysters.

Cold Snap

At a Manhattan restaurant, Millie drinks a glass of white wine.

Into Asylum

At a Mexican Cantina, Nathan tries to out-drink some college students drinking tequila to win more money for their life there, claiming he was the best at it at the naval academy. When Nathan loses and passes out, Claire decides to continue the game, eventually winning due to her regeneration speeding her recovery and healing the damage from the alcohol.

An Invisible Thread

Sylar forces Claire to share a glass of wine with him.

Acceptance

Tadashi says he had too much sake and copied his butt.

Millie has a drink when "Nathan" visits her house.

Governor Malden asks Tracy if she wants her favorite drink, a Cosmo.

Strange Attractors

Matt Parkman believes that beer and harder liquors dilute the effect of Sylar's psyche on himself. After blacking out from having too much alcohol, Sylar is able to slip into Matt's consciousness and take control of his body.

Brother's Keeper

Samuel is drinking from a bottle of bourbon when Joseph sends him away so he can speak to Mohinder.

Thanksgiving

"Nathan" wakes up in Peter's apartment with an empty bottle of alcohol in his hands.

Several families, including the Petrellis and the Bennets drink wine with their Thanksgiving dinners.

Close to You

After returning from an unsuccessful trip to capture Samuel, Noah takes a swig of beer in his apartment.

Brave New World

Carlos Gutierrez gives a speech at Linderman Junior High School while under the influence of alcohol. He pours it into his soda can. He later buys alcohol from a liquor store.

Odessa

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Graphic Novel Appearances

• Lydia and Edgar share a drink. (Stolen Fate)
• Mohinder sits at a bar and drinks, musing about his death in an alternate reality. (Second Chances)
• A checkpoint officer tells his partner to lay off the schnapps. Later, Claude asks Thompson if they are stopping for a pint. Thompson then holds up a shot of vodka. (From the Files of Primatech, Part 5)

Heroes Evolutions

Bridget's messages

• In an email to Mohinder, Bridget Bailey mentions that Vince goes to a wine bar.

Slow Burn

• Evan Davis tells Chris Bowman that they are going out for drinks. They go to a local bar. (Chapter 6)

Notes

• Though known to impair various abilities like driving, drinking alcohol has not been shown to disable evolved humans from using their abilities. The abilities not affected while drinking include space-time manipulation (Genesis), enhanced strength (Collision), poison emission (Truth & Consequences), telepathy (One Giant Leap), invisibility (Distractions), empathic mimicry (while using telepathy) (Five Years Gone), rapid cell regeneration (One Giant Leap), persuasion (Six Months Ago), freezing (I Am Become Death), empathy (Stolen Fate), and super speed (Stolen Fate).
• Duzac's Diner may be named after an alcoholic drink: a duzac is gin and pomegranate juice.
• After using his powers on Sylar, Matt likens using his ability to alcoholism. He goes to a support group, says that he is clean, and carries a sobriety chip. (Orientation)
• Matt drinks Heisler Gold Ale (Strange Attractors). Heisler Beer is a fictional brand of beer, commonly used as a prop in television shows and movies (much like Gannon Car Rentals).
• While Hiro's brain was scrambled, he referred to Mohinder's sedative as absinthe.

Gallery

• 
  Ando and Hiro like happy hour after work.
  (Genesis)
• 
  Ando knows why Hiro's acting so weird.
  (One Giant Leap)
• 
  Plenty's on tap in Heroes.
  (One Giant Leap)
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  Hiro stops the game and the drinking.
  (Better Halves)
• 
  Eden's father is a lush.
  (Fathers & Daughters)
• 
  Zane melts beer.
  (Run!)
• 
  Alcohol kills.
  (Road Kill)
• 
  Hana drinks her last drink at RGS.
  (The Death of Hana Gitelman)
• 
  Can't a man drink in peace?
  (Kindred)
• 
  Linderman picks up a bad habit.
  (War Buddies, Part 7)
• 
  Brian drinks in a downtown casino.
  (On the Lam)
• 
  Jason Welkes helps a "trashed" Linda.
  (Bounty Hunter)
• 
  Thompson, Jr. offers to buy Penny another drink.
  (Faces, Part 1)
• 
  A scuffle interrupts the drinks of Nat & Noo patrons.
  (Root and Branch, Part 1)
• 
  Julien carries a bottle of wine for a picnic.
  (Root and Branch, Part 2)
• 
  Gael and Bianca share a drink at a restaurant in Berlin, Germany.
  (Berlin, Part 1)
• 
  Tom Drake drowns his sorrows.
  (The Kill Squad, Part 3)
• 
  Angela drinks to her apparent triumph over Danko.
  (Shades of Gray)
• 
  Nathan and Sligo go more than twenty shots deep.
  (Into Asylum)
• 
  Claire's ability enhances her resistance to the effects of alcohol
  (Into Asylum)
• 
  Lydia drinks with Edgar.
  (Stolen Fate)
• 
  Matt drinks Heisler Gold Ale and the liquor he got from Ensenada.
• 
  "Nathan" wakes up with a liquor bottle in his hand.
  (Thanksgiving)
• 
  The Petrellis drink wine at their Thanksgiving dinner...
• 
  ...as do members of the Sullivan Bros. Carnival...
• 
  ...and the Bennets.
  (Thanksgiving)
• 
  Mohinder orders a drink...
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  ...and downs it.
  (Second Chances)
• 
  Thompson holds up a shot of vodka.
  (From the Files of Primatech, Part 5)

See Also

• For bars and restaurants, see restaurants and bars.
• For bartenders, see bartender (disambig).

External Links

• Alcohol on Wikipedia