Heroes (TV Series)

Chapter Nineteen '.07%' (2007)

Adrian Pasdar: Nathan Petrelli

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• Peter Petrelli : It's a good thing I can't die, then.

  Nathan Petrelli : What?

  Peter Petrelli : Oh, I got that from Claire. She can regenerate.

  Nathan Petrelli : No matter what happens?

  Peter Petrelli : I think so.

  Nathan Petrelli : What about the painting? If you explode, I mean if that happens, you could survive it?

  Peter Petrelli : Doesn't really matter, does it? I mean, if I go nuclear, if I blow up New York, you know how many people are gonna die?

  Nathan Petrelli : Point O seven per cent.

  Peter Petrelli : Talk to her, Nathan. She wants to know her father.

  Nathan Petrelli : I can't deal with that right now.

  Peter Petrelli : She's not just some girl, she's your daughter. You know that Mom wants to send her to Paris? You can't let her go. Don't you get it? Claire's the girl I saved in Texas, save the cheerleader...

  Nathan Petrelli : ...Save the world, I get it.

  Peter Petrelli : And she turns out to be your daughter. Your daughter. Look around. Everything I said is happening is happening now. It's real. And maybe if Claire is here, I don't blow up. Maybe she's here to save us. Talk to her, Nathan. We need her.

  [Angela Petrelli walks in] 

  Peter Petrelli : About what just happened, Nathan and I need to talk to you.

  Angela Petrelli : It's okay, I know. I knew long before either of you did.

• Mr. Linderman : Look, I said people needed hope, but they trust fear.

  Nathan Petrelli : This is crazy.

  Mr. Linderman : This tragedy will be a catalyst for good, for change. Out of the ashes humanity will find a common goal, a united sense of hope - couched in a united sense of fear.

• Nathan Petrelli : [Nathan sees Hiro in one of Isaac's paintings]  I know this man.

  Mr. Linderman : Oh, great. If you see him again tell him I want my sword back.

  Nathan Petrelli : He said he needed it to save the world. A lot of people seem to be saying that these days.

• [Nathan is uncovering a painting of him, Claire knocks on door] 

  Claire Bennet : Your mom said you wanted to talk to me?

  Nathan Petrelli : I did, I do. Come in. Please. This should've happened a long time ago, under better circumstances. It shouldn't take someone nearly dying for the two of us to finally meet.

  Claire Bennet : You know, you don't have to this. Pretend to be nice to me.

  Nathan Petrelli : I'm not pretending. Claire, most people think the worst of me and I've probably given them a good reason to, but I want to do better. I want to be there for you.

  [pauses] 

  Nathan Petrelli : But I can't. Not now.

  Claire Bennet : Of course.

  Nathan Petrelli : I'm sorry, but there are things happening right now that I don't expect you to understand. I barely understand them myself. I went into politics for the chance to do something good, to have a chance to help. To be a part of something big. And in order to do that, I have to...

  Claire Bennet : The election. Can't have some illegitimate daughter popping up right in front of the cameras.

  Nathan Petrelli : I need to win.

  Claire Bennet : You need me to leave. Paris with my grandmother.

  Nathan Petrelli : She warms up. Sort of. It's just one week.

  Claire Bennet : And then what?

  Nathan Petrelli : And then you come home to your family. Okay?

  [Claire and Nathan hug] 

• [Claire walks into the room while Nathan and Angela mourn Peter] 

  Nathan Petrelli : [voice breaking]  Claire?

  Claire Bennet : I know you don't want me here. I just want to see him. I came all this way.

  [short pause] 

  Angela Petrelli : Let the girl have her moment.

  [Nathan and Angela leave the room] 

  Claire Bennet : [to Peter's seemingly lifeless body]  I didn't even get to know you... You're the only one who ever made me feel safe. I thought you were like me.

  [Claire strokes Peter's head, eventually pulling the glass shard out of the back of his head; Peter coughs loudly] 

  Angela Petrelli : Peter?

• Peter Petrelli : What do you do with something that killed you?

  Nathan Petrelli : Put it under your pillow.

• Nathan Petrelli : I don't know who I am without you.

  Peter Petrelli : Course you do. You're Nathan Petrelli. Top of his class, valedictorian, most-likely-to. You're that guy with me or without me.

  Nathan Petrelli : Who's to say I'm not all that because of you? Most of what we are is what people expect us to be. I mean, if you take them away, nothing means anything.

• Nathan Petrelli : What could you possibly know about healing?

  Mr. Linderman : [touches dying plant, then waves hand in front of it slowly as the plant heals]  A few things.

• Mr. Linderman : This isn't just a collection of art. This is a road map. These artists envisioned a brighter future: peace, prosperity...

  Nathan Petrelli : That's your idea of a brighter future?

  [points at painting of nuclear explosion] 

  Mr. Linderman : What if I was to tell you that it was?

  Nathan Petrelli : I'd say you were a lousy humanitarian.

• [Peter is holding the piece of glass Claire pulled out of his head] 

  Peter Petrelli : What do you do with something that killed you?

  Nathan Petrelli : You could put it underneath your pillow.

  [pauses] 

  Nathan Petrelli : I don't know what I would've done.

  Peter Petrelli : Don't think about it. I didn't die.

  Nathan Petrelli : Yeah, but if you had...

• Nathan Petrelli : [Nathan sees Hiro in one of Isaac's paintings]  I have seen him before.

  Daniel Linderman : If you see him again tell him I want my sword back.