My daughter is missing, so right now I don't care if you believe me or what you do to me. I just want her home, safe. You can kill me if you want, I'm gonna find her!
“Parasite” · Season 1, Episode 18
In this episode: Sylar (4), Mohinder Suresh (4), The Haitian (2), Claire Bennet (1), Nathan Petrelli (1), Peter Petrelli (1), Noah (1), Linderman (1)
When can I go back to my family?
Shall I lie to you and say it will be soon? You know who we run from.
So this is the list?
Yes, what's left of it. Most of these people are missing or dead. I'm going to run your DNA sample against my father's formula. It will take you someplace safe.
This is your father's formula? This is how he made this, this is how he found me.
Yes, although I haven't figured out what it is looking for. A specific gene? Codons? It's the proverbial needle.
Did my DNA help?
No.
Okay, well, Mohinder, you've been driving all night, why don't you just take a break?
I can't! These people are in danger. We have to warn them. If Sylar gets to them first-
Exactly! So let me help. I mean, here. This one is in New York - Isaac Mendez. I'll call him, and you just relax. Just take a minute.
You're very kind. Thank you.
...You have no idea how alone I used to feel. How insignificant. You've given me hope.
Hope is great, we need caffeine.
So this formula, if you figure it out, how many of us will you find?
Who knows? Hundreds, thousands, maybe more.
(dials Isaac's number, receives busy signal.) It's busy. I'll get him later. (Mohinder hands Sylar a cup of tea, Sylar raises his glass.) To new friends. (They clink teacups in toast; only Sylar sips the drink.) This is good, what is it?
Chai. It's a special blend my father brought from India.
Who're we going to call next?
No one. (Stands, faces Sylar) I already have you, Mr. Sylar.
(Sylar drops the glass and passes out.)
[to Claire] I do not need you happy, only safe.
I can't feel my fingers.
It's the curare. It induces paralysis of the brain. Which means you can't control your abilities.
Whoever you think I am, I'm not.
You are the man who murdered my father. Do you still expect me to believe you're Zane Taylor? Zane was killed three days ago. The same day I met you. And you thought you were so clever giving me his DNA. You're a parasite. You killed my father and fed off his work. (taps a tuning fork against the chair and holds it up to Sylar's ear.) Let me hear you say it, tell me your name. Say it. I want to hear you say it!
(in pain) Sylar!
There's only one thing to do with a parasite. Kill it before it kills again.
You're just like your father, murderers, the both of you.
I'm a scientist.
(laughs.) Your father said that but he kept leading me to them.
He had no idea what you were.
He knew. He might not have admitted it, but after all, we were making so much progress together. Why would he stop?
(Mohinder brings out a gun and points it at Sylar.) You know nothing about my father!
I know everything. He confided in me. He told me things he felt he could never tell you. Things about your sister, Shanti. He thought you were too... what's the word - fragile - to know the truth. That's why he liked me. (Mohinder presses the gun against Sylar's forehead.) You were always seeking his approval while I provided stimulation. He gave up on you, but he adored me. Now who's the real parasite here?! (Mohinder's hand falls to his side.)
You're right. My father did want answers. He called you 'Patient Zero'. You're the template he used to create this formula. You're the key to unlocking his secret. As much as I'd like to, killing you will not give me what I need.
So what are you gonna do?
I'm going to take a sample of your spinal fluid. (leans down and whispers in his ear.) And it's going to hurt. You might actually do some good before you die. (Mohinder inserts needle into Sylar's spine; Sylar screams.)
There comes a time when a man has to ask himself whether he wants a life of happiness or a life of meaning.
I'd like to have both.
Can't be done. Two very different paths. To be truly happy, a man must live absolutely in the present, no thought of what's gone before and no thought of what lies ahead. But a life with meaning, a man is condemned to wallow in the past and obsess about the future.
I finally found it. That's it, these four simple genes, they answer everything. I can make a new list. I can find them, save them.
And what about me? Don't I deserve to be saved? Aren't I just a victim, too? I didn't ask for this.
And what would you have me do?
Help find a way. Give me salvation. Give me that damn list so I can sink my teeth in! (Mohinder walks over to him.) I'm a natural progression of the species. Evolution is a part of nature, and nature kills. Simple, right?
What you've done is not evolution, it's murder. (holds gun up and points it at Sylar.) What I am doing is revenge. Now I can fulfill my duty as a son. (Sylar closes his eyes, and a gunshot is heard. The bullet is stopped before Sylar's face, then drops to the floor.)
I wasn't begging for my life. I was offering you yours. (Sylar's constraints rip off, and he stands.) You are your father's son. So determined you didn't even notice I stopped the IV. But don't worry, you might actually do some good before you die. Starting with that list.
(knock on door)
Suresh? (pause as he opens door, walks inside.) Suresh? It's Peter Petrelli. Mohinder? (Peter looks around as something drops on his head.)
(pinned against ceiling) Sylar.
I remember you. (pins Peter against wall and holds him by the throat.) You're like me, aren't you? I'd like to see how that works.
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