User:El Sandifer/Heroes/Episodes/Collision

"Collision" is the fourth 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 originally titled "Come Together".

Plot
Matt Parkman is a prisoner of Mr. Bennet (Heroes)|Mr. Bennet and the Haitian (Heroes)|mysterious man. When it is revealed Matt knows of a Claire the mysterious man is ordered to "Clean (Matt) out", a painful process.

Hiro Nakamura|Hiro and List of characters in Heroes#Ando Masahashi|Ando arrive in Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas. They will be staying at the Montecito Hotel and Casino. Ando helps Hiro with the warning messages for Isaac Mendez, so Isaac will know that he and the city of New York are in danger. Ando, however, gambles almost all of their money away, leading Hiro to use his powers to get it back, and, subsequently, to cheat further. They are caught, thrown out, and attacked.

Niki Sanders and her son Micah Sanders|Micah are in the same casino, on their way to meet Mr. Linderman. Instead, they meet one of his associates. With Micah in the other room, Niki is told she will sexually blackmail a politician Linderman is involved with, as a form of 'insurance'. The politician turns out to be Nathan Petrelli. While the two of them are sleeping, Mr. Bennet and the mysterious man arrive to take one of them.

Mohinder Suresh attempts to warn Nathan of the dangers facing him, but is rebuffed. He is subsequently visited by Eden McCain|Eden, who gives him a package containing his father's ashes. Mohinder plans to return to Madras. Peter shows up with the revelation he can copy other people's powers, and talks to Mohinder, learning more about his powers.

With the coroner distracted by a phone call, User:Phil Sandifer/Heroes/Characters/Claire Bennet|Claire heals up sufficiently to steal a lab coat and sneak out. At school, User:Phil Sandifer/Heroes/Characters#Zach|Zach confronts Claire over what happened the previous night. Claire just wants to ignore it knowing that she can't press charges against her assailant, but eventually crashes Brody's car into a brick wall.

Peter and Simone spend the night together, but in the morning, after an angry confrontation between Nathan and Peter, Simone leaves to talk to Isaac, who knows about her affair with Peter, having painted it weeks earlier. As she leaves, he shoots heroin and prepares to do another painting, which turns out to depict Claire fleeing from a large shadowy figure, Hiro and Ando in a casino, and himself coming to. The portion of the picture with Claire is noticeably incomplete.

The episode ends with Peter on a subway train when time stops. A very different looking Hiro, with a sword bearing the mysterious symbol, appears. He states, in perfect English, "My name is Hiro Nakamura. I am from the future. I have a message for you..."

Location
The Las Vegas casino which Hiro & Ando are thrown out of, is revealed to be The Montecito, the focal point of another NBC series, "Las Vegas".

Ratings
The total viewership for this episode was 13.07 million