“The Hard Part” · Season 1, Episode 21
In this episode: Sylar (7), Virginia Gray (4), Hiro Nakamura (3), Mohinder Suresh (2), Ando Masahashi (2), Thompson (1)
Now the hard part...
Why are you smiling?
It's exciting! This is our chance to change the future.
But how? How will we know what to do?
I have Mr. Isaac's comic book. It's not finished. It only has the pictures, not the words.
We could be talking about anything.
Let's go ask Mr. Isaac. He'll know what we say. (yelled, in English) Don't worry New York! We will save you!
[over the phone]
Hello?
Mohinder. It's me. I need your help.
Sylar?
I think I'm gonna do something bad.
You're a murderer. You don't get the luxury of regret.
You don't understand. I think I'm gonna kill a lot more people. a lot more. I understood it before, the killing. To take what others didn't deserve. It was natural selection. But this time its different.
What are you talking about?
An apocalypse. A massacre. Half the city gone in an instant...They mean nothing...They're innocent. There's no gain, so why would I do it? What possible reason could I have for killing so many?
[dialing on another phone] Wait. Listen. You don't have to -- If you are truly repentant about what you've done. Turn youself in.
I can hear you dialing 9-1-1. It was a mistake to call.
No. Wait. Sylar? Sylar!
[Sylar hangs up the phone]
So, have you thought about my offer? Are you ready to come work for us?
As far as I can tell, you're all a bunch of untrustworthy gunders.
That clock's broken.
Oh, that old thing. I should've thrown it away years ago.
It was Dad's.
It's junk.
It's a beautiful piece. It just needs a little attention.
I can't tell you how proud I am.
I haven't done anything.
You've traveled the world. Some of us only get to see it in snow globes.
I fix watches.
That's a hobby. Investment banking is a very lucrative field.
I can't be an investment banker.
You could be anything you want.
Mom, he wouldn't even remember who I am.
Who could forget you?
Mom, you're not even listening to me!
I am listening.
No...you're making a tuna sandwich.
So?
I asked you not to.
I made a mistake. I'm sorry.
Mom - mom, don't. It's just... maybe I don't have to be special. That's okay, to just be a normal watchmaker. Can't you just tell me that's enough?
Why would I tell you that when I know you could be so much more? If you wanted, you could be president.
What if I told you I can be special? Important. But to do that I have to hurt a lot of people. Should I?
You? You could never hurt anyone.
There's a lot of things I can do you don't know about. I have something to show you. (sprays water into the air.)
What are you doing?! (Sylar moves his hand over the water and turns it into snow.)
I know how much you love snow globes.
How did you - Gabriel? Gabriel! (snow globes start spinning with the snow and one hits his mother in the cheek.)
[Hiro and Ando watching Sylar and his mother.]
He's so sad.
He's distracted. Go on, do it!
I can't kill a man who is asking for forgiveness. It's not in the Bushido code. Everyone deserves a second chance.
[outside his mother's room, banging on the door.]
Please. I'm sorry I scared you, just come out. Mom, I saw a vision of the future and I'm gonna kill a lot of people. Tell me why I would do that. Mom. Mom!
Future Hiro killed so much, he forgot it should be hard.
I'm leaving. And when I get back I expect you to be gone.
Don't say that, mom. It's me, it's Gabriel.
You're not Gabriel. You're damned. And I want you out of my house. (Sylar reaches forward and takes hold of his mother's wrist.) Let go! Get away from me! Get away!
Calm down!
(she tries to pull away.) I want my son! What did you do with my son!? Give me back my boy.
Mom, it's me, it's me, please, stop it! (his mother picks up a pair of scissors.)
You're not Gabriel! You're not, you're not! (There's a struggle, then Sylar backs away from his mother. Scene reveals he has accidentally stabbed her in the chest with the scissors.)
I understood it before, the killing. I had a reason -- to take what others didn't deserve. It was natural selection.
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