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"Don't Look Back"
Heroes (TV series) episode
Hiro Nakamura proclaims "Yatta!" in Times Square, New York.
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 2
Directed by	Allan Arkush
Written by	Tim Kring
Original air date	October 2, 2006
Guest appearances
Clea DuVall Nora Zehetner Cristine Rose Stacy Haiduk James Kyson Lee Richard Steinmetz Matt Lanter Danielle Savre Thomas Dekker (actor) Deirdre Quinn Jack Coleman

"Don't Look Back" is the second episode of the List of Heroes episodes#Season 1: 2006–2007|first season of the NBC science fiction Television drama|drama series Heroes (TV series)|Heroes. It was directed by Allan Arkush and written by Tim Kring.

Plot

Peter wakes up in the hospital after the previous episode, where Nathan Petrelli|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 Bennet|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 Mendez|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 Deveaux|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 Sanders|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 Molly_Walker|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.

Ratings

The total viewership for this episode was 12.57 million

Notes

• This episode marks the first appearance of Matt Parkman (Greg Grunberg).

External links

• Watch "Don't Look Back" at NBC.com
• Don't Look Back at IMDb
• Beaming Beeman: Episode 2: Don't Look Back Director's blog on the filming of this episode.