Don't Look Back (Heroes)

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“Don't Look Back”

Heroes episode

Hiro Nakamura proclaims "Yatta!" in Times Square, New York.

Episode no.

Season 1
Episode 2

Written by

Tim Kring

Directed by

Allan Arkush

Guest stars

Clea DuVall
Nora Zehetner
Cristine Rose
Stacy Haiduk
James Kyson Lee
Richard Steinmetz
Matt Lanter
Danielle Savre
Thomas Dekker
Deirdre Quinn
Jack Coleman

Original airdate

October 2, 2006

Episode chronology
← Previous	Next →
"Genesis"	"One Giant Leap"

List of Heroes episodes

"Don't Look Back" is the second episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. It was directed by Allan Arkush and written by Tim Kring.

1 Synopsis
2 Plot
3 Continuity
4 Production
- 4.1 Narration
5 Ratings
6 Notes
7 External links

[edit] Synopsis

The characters deal with the consequences of their actions in "Genesis". Peter recovers from his fall, Hiro explores New York, Niki deals with the aftermath of Jessica's rage, and Mohinder continues to investigate his father's death.

[edit] Plot

Peter wakes up in the hospital after the previous episode, where Nathan denies that they flew. Their mother reveals that their father was suffering from depression. Later, Peter and Nathan are on top of a New York City building, where Nathan tells his brother it was him that flew, not Peter. Nathan points out that as he is saying this, he is hovering over the building.

Another cheerleader takes credit for Claire's heroism in "Genesis", and Zach reveals that he cannot find the video they made in the episode. Mr. Bennet tells Claire he is trying to find her biological parents, but does not reveal that he has the video.

Mohinder meets Eden McCain, a friend of his father's who believed in his theories. A man named Sylar attempts to contact Chandra, revealing that his "hunger" is out of control. Mohinder and Eden find a flash drive that contains a program Chandra used in his research.

Having arrived in Times Square, Hiro sees himself on the cover of a comic book, which he purchases. He attempts to find the comic book's creator, Isaac. Upon arriving at Isaac's apartment, he finds Isaac's body, and the police arrive and detain Hiro. Discovering that he has accidentally traveled to the future, he manages to travel back when a large, apparently nuclear explosion occurs.

Isaac tells Simone that they are responsible for stopping the eventual explosion that he painted, but Simone denies his precognition, and forces him to choose between her or his drugs, and thus his ability.

Niki awakens to find the thugs in her garage dead. She picks up Micah, and finds a new car at her home with the thugs' bodies and a map inside. Following the map, she is taken to the middle of the desert, where she begins digging.

At a murder scene, police officer Matt Parkman begins hearing a young girl's voice in his head. Following it, he finds the victims' daughter hidden. He overhears the investigators mention a suspect named Sylar. FBI agent Audrey Hanson questions Matt's knowledge of girl's location, and arrests him on suspicion of being involved in the murder.

[edit] Continuity

the helix symbol shown in the episode

The helix, a recurring symbol throughout the series, makes several appearances in this episode. Peter draws the helix as part of a sketch; it also appears as patterns formed by data on a computer display and a rope floating in a swimming pool. Another common element, artwork that predicts the future, is represented twice. In the first one, the unfinished comic art Hiro sees on Isaac's drawing board depicts events that occur at the conclusion of the episode. The first two panels show Hiro on the phone with Ando, learning that it is November 8th, while the final panel shows Hiro's shocked expression upon seeing the explosion that destroys New York. Reversing the process, a scene set in the future (where Isaac is found dead with his skull sliced off) is painted by Isaac himself in the later episode "Parasite".

[edit] Production

[edit] Narration

Introduction:

We all imagine ourselves the agents of our destiny. Capable of determining our own fate. But have we truly any choice in when we rise... or when we fall... or does a force larger than ourselves bid us our direction? Is it evolution that takes us by the hand... does science point our way... or is it God who intervenes... keeping us safe?

Conclusion:

For all his blunder, it is the sad province of Man that he cannot choose his triumph. He can only choose how he will stand when the call of destiny comes... hoping that he'll have the courage to answer.