Heroes Series 1 Episode 7
Nothing to Hide -- Written by Jesse Alexander and Tim Kring
Scriptwriters Alexander - a veteran of Lost and Alias - and Kring have written a complex episode in which we learn the truth about Nathan's marriage and Matt's wife.
In episode 7 of Heroes, Lyle Bennett spies a videotape peeking from his sister Claire's bag, and when he pilfers it, is shocked to learn it's content -- footage of her repeatedly trying to kill herself.
Hiro Nakamura helps D.L. Hawkins save a woman from a burning car by freezing time, but later, when he fails to act like a proper superhero when he is confronted by danger, Hiro has a crisis of conscience, and questions what the use of his powers are if he is not prepared to use them.
Peter is reading the stock pages to Charles Devaux, when the other man interrupts. "In the end," Charles says, "all that matters is love." Peter tells Charles his secret -- that he can fly. As Charles watches, Peter leaps from the window and wakes up in his own apartment to the sound of Simone leaning on the buzzer: While Peter dreamt of him, Simone's father passed away.
Peter tells Simone of Isaac's power, which is also his burden. Together they travel to his loft, but when they arrive, they find him gone. Peter asks for one painting in particular, and when she sees his desperation, Simone reluctantly tells him that a man named Linderman bought it.
At crisis point over Micah's abduction by D.L., a distraught Niki reveals her recent turmoil to a friend, but then abruptly changes into the threatening Jessica, scaring the woman badly.
Putting aside his own problems at home, Matt helps F.B.I. Agent Audrey Hawkin's investigation into another bizarre murder, but their pursuit of the mysterious Sylar takes an unexpected turn. Later, while he is changing at his locker, a colleague congratulates him on the FBI putting him forward for promotion again. Then Matt reads his mind as his colleague gloats that Matt has no idea that the other man has been sleeping with Janice. Enraged, Matt punches him -- a seemingly unprovoked attack to those around them.
Nathan and his wife Heidi discuss how to win the congressional election, and she finally convinces him that her being wheelchair bound does not have to be a liability to the voters; that his compassion can be seen as strength.
Claire is shocked to learn Lyle has seen the missing tape.
Little by little, series creator Tim Kring (who played a part in creating Crossing Jordan) and scriptwriter Jesse Alexander -- a veteran of Alias and Lost -- have speeded up the pace of Heroes, and Nothing to Hide is a complex multi-layered episode.
