- Claire Bennet: You... How did you...
- Peter Petrelli: Where is he?
- Claire Bennet: I don't know. He ran away before I got here.
- Peter Petrelli: Police. Go get some help, okay?
- Claire Bennet: Okay. I'll be back... Hey. What's your name?
- Peter Petrelli: Peter.
- Claire Bennet: I'm Claire.
- Peter Petrelli: Are you the one? By saving you, did I save the world?
- Claire Bennet: I don't know. I'm just a cheerleader.
- Jackie Wilcox: Oh, is the gay boy your date? You should tell him that only one of you gets to wear the tiara!
- [Claire punches Jackie out]
- Claire Bennet: Ooh, sorry!
- Peter Petrelli: Sorry.
- Claire Bennet: That was my fault. I wasn't looking where I was going.
- Peter Petrelli: Hey, do you... do you know this girl, Jackie Wilcox?
- Claire Bennet: Uh, yeah, half-time show starts in about five minutes. She'll be out on the field. She's a cheerleader. Are you a reporter or something?
- Peter Petrelli: Alumni. I'm just curious.
- Claire Bennet: [pause] You know, between you and me, she's not that special. Just your average teenage girl.
- Peter Petrelli: She rushed into a fire and saved a man's life, sounds kinda special to me.
- Claire Bennet: Yeah, you're right. I'm jealous. She's our town hero. Me? I don't win too many popularity contests.
- Peter Petrelli: Hey, it gets better!
- Claire Bennet: What?
- Peter Petrelli: Life after high school. It gets a lot better.
- [last lines]
- Hiro Nakamura: My name is Hiro Nakamura... I am here to save your life!
- Sheriff: Hey, Charlie. Charlie, come over and blow out the candles.
- Charlie Andrews: Hold that thought, okay? I gotta go make a wish.
- D.L. Hawkins: The Good news is... It's just gonna be you and me from here on out. Partners.
- Micah Sanders: You mean, like Batman and Robin?
- D.L. Hawkins: Yeah, like Batman and Robin. Only... I ain't wearing no tights. You can wear tights, but I'm not wearing tights.
- Peter Petrelli: You saw this painting - alright? You can describe it to me.
- Simone Deveraux: You really believe this, don't you? "Save the cheerleader, save the world"?
- Peter Petrelli: For reasons I can't begin to understand. There are people that are counting on me to do this. I don't know if I can, but I have to try.
- Simone Deveraux: [mutters] This doesn't make any sense; I probably shouldn't be showing you this. It's a digital image. It came with the painting.
- [the image is of Peter's crumpled body]
- Simone Deveraux: Is that you, Peter?
- Peter Petrelli: [shaken] I don't know. Maybe...
- Simone Deveraux: If it's you, then you're going to die, at 8:12 tonight. Don't go, Peter.
- Peter Petrelli: I have to. I have to.
- Claire Bennet: You are being completely unreasonable! Do you have any idea what it means for me to miss this game?
- Mr. Bennet: You'll survive.
- Claire Bennet: But dad - !
- Mr. Bennet: No! Listen and you listen good! As long as you live under my roof you will do as I say. You may not agree, but don't think for a moment that that matters. You are not leaving this house tonight. Is that clear?
- Claire Bennet: Crystal.
- Sandra Bennet: She is gonna hate you for a long time on this one.
- Mr. Bennet: [sighs] Let's hope so.
- Mohinder's Computer: Are you sure you want to quit?
- Ando Masahashi: You have a power - ?
- Peter Petrelli: Sort of...
- Ando Masahashi: Super-strength? You bend time and space like Hiro?
- Peter Petrelli: No, I... I kind of absorb the abilities of others - but only when they're close. Truthfully? When I'm by myself, I don't... I'm not really anything.
- [pause]
- Peter Petrelli: I've got less than an hour. If it happens at eight twelve, I have to go. Coming?
- Ando Masahashi: No. I will wait for Hiro. Without him, I am not really anything, either. Maybe you should wait too.
- Peter Petrelli: There's no time. I've got to save the cheerleader.
- Ando Masahashi: But, Peter. You die.
- Chandra Suresh: Darwin said, "a scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections - a heart of stone". That's me, Mohinder. It's not you.
- Mohinder Suresh: He did it, you know. He discovered them. His theory was right.
- Mrs. Suresh: And that is good news, yes?
- Mohinder Suresh: Why didn't he tell me?
- Mrs. Suresh: He wanted you to live your own life. So, now that you know about them, what will you do?
- Mohinder Suresh: Find them, tell them who they are if they don't already know, warn them of the dangers they face.
- Mrs. Suresh: And who will protect *you*?
- Claire Bennet: You're being so nice, I've never been this nice to you, I mean I've been nice but I could be nicer
- Zach: Then why don't you?
- Mr. Bennet: Claire!
- Claire Bennet: Dad. Dad.
- Mr. Bennet: It's okay. You're okay.
- Claire Bennet: Dad, it was terrible, Jackie, she...
- Mr. Bennet: I know, I know.
- Claire Bennet: We have to go back. We... we have to go back, Peter...
- Mr. Bennet: No, no, no.
- Claire Bennet: He saved my life!
- Mr. Bennet: No, no, no, he'll be fine.
- Claire Bennet: But we can't leave him. We can't leave him. He almost died, but then he... He... We have to go back! We have to go back!
- Mr. Bennet: The police'll take care of everything.
- Zach: I know who I am. I like who I am. I like who you are. I just, I just wish that you liked who you are.
- Claire Bennet: I'm finally realizing who my friends really are. That maybe being different isn't the end of the world. It's just who I am.
- Zach: Exactly. You've gotta embrace your inner freak. Because the only thing you'll regret is denying who you really are.
- Mr. Bennet: You're lucky you're alive.
- Claire Bennet: It's not luck, dad.
- [pause]
- Claire Bennet: I have something I have to tell you.
- [first lines]
- Mohinder Suresh: [voiceover] We are, if anything, creatures of habit - drawn to the safety and comfort of the familiar.
- Zach: Do they actually believe that grain is a vegetable?
- Mohinder Suresh: [voice over] But what happens when the familiar becomes unsafe, when the fear that we have been desperately trying to avoid, finds us where we live?
- Nathan Petrelli: Peter's got all these... ideas in his head, delusions of grandeur. He thinks he's supposed to make a difference.
- Simone Deveraux: What are you doing? What are you doing? No... No.
- [Nathan throws a bucket of paint on Isaac's painting]
- Simone Deveraux: No!
- Nathan Petrelli: Saving his life. Why, you believe it? "Save the cheerleader, save the world"?
- Simone Deveraux: I'm not sure what to believe anymore.
- Nathan Petrelli: I am.
- Jessica Sanders: [about D.L] He took my son.
- Gun Man: Damn. You call the cops?
- Jessica Sanders: Cops can't stop him. But I can, as long as he doesn't see it coming.
- Claire Bennet: Everybody who wasn't my friend is now my friend, and everybody who was my friend, isn't.
- Zach: Well, it's not a popularity contest. It's an unpopularity contest 'cause you rocked the freak vote.
- Claire Bennet: I what?
- Zach: Look, everybody who's like Jackie voted for Jackie; and everybody who isn't voted for you. And in this school, the unpopular vastly outnumber the popular.
- D.L. Hawkins: [shouting at Micah who is running away] Micah. Micah.
- [after catching him]
- D.L. Hawkins: What were you thinking? You know how scared I was?
- Micah Sanders: Now you know how it felt when you left us.
- D.L. Hawkins: What am I supposed to do here?
- Micah Sanders: Go back. She needs us.
- D.L. Hawkins: We've discussed this. Your Mom...
- Micah Sanders: Dad, I know she's different, okay? I see it, too. Something happened to her when you left. It got really bad. Then, sometimes, she'd show up instead of Mom.
- D.L. Hawkins: She?
- Micah Sanders: Jessica.
- D.L. Hawkins: Jessica.
- Micah Sanders: Dad. Mom's sick. She can't help herself. She can't control it.
- D.L. Hawkins: I know. Does your Mom know about Jessica?
- Micah Sanders: I don't think so. Dad, we can't just leave her. If you still love her, help her.
- D.L. Hawkins: Alright.
- Mohinder Suresh: You came to me in my dream last night.
- Sanjog Iyer: I don't come to anyone. They come to me.
- Mohinder Suresh: Why? Why do they come to you?
- Sanjog Iyer: They have questions that need answers.
- Mohinder Suresh: I am not sure that I have a question.
- Sanjog Iyer: [chuckles] Yes. You do.
- Mohinder Suresh: I have two paths in front of me. I need to know which one to take. Which one's my destiny?
- Sanjog Iyer: You already have the answer that you seek.
- Mohinder Suresh: What is it? What's my answer?
- Ando Masahashi: [Ando points at photo of Charlie and Hiro] Excuse me, when was this picture taken?
- Waitress Lynette: Oh that was Charlie's birthday. About six months ago.
- Ando Masahashi: Do you know him?
- Waitress Lynette: Hiro? Sure! He and Charlie were tight.
- Ando Masahashi: Please, where is he now?
- Waitress Lynette: I have no idea darling, He popped out of her life weeks ago.
- Eden McCain: [to Sylar] You don't want to hurt me. We just need to talk. You can tell me all about yourself. But first... go to sleep.
- [echoing]
- Eden McCain: You need to sleep.
- Mohinder Suresh: [voiceover] We are all, at our cores, the sum of our fears. To embrace destiny, we must, inevitably, face those fears and conquer them. Whether they come from the familiar... or the unknown.
- Zach: What? What's with you?
- Claire Bennet: You're being so nice, I've never been this nice to you, I mean... I've been nice but I could be nicer.
- Zach: Then why don't you?
- Zach: She can call me whatever she wants. I'm not gonna be embarassed by it. I know who I am. I like who I am. I like who you are. I just... I just wish that you liked who you are.
- Claire Bennet: I'm finally realizing who my friends really are. And maybe being different isn't the end of the world. That's just who I am.
- Zach: Exaclty. You've got to embrace your inner freak. Because the only thing that you'll regret is denying who you really are.
- Claire Bennet: A good friend of mine once said it's more important to be honest with yourself and happy than popular. I think he got it right.