Great start to Season Two!
Synopsis
Mohinder is giving lectures about mutations, then gets stopped by a man attending his lectures who wants his autograph. He acts suspicously and reveals that he knows about Mohinder's sister and how proud Chandra (Mohinder's dad) would be. Mohinder pins the man against the wall and demands to know what he is up to. The man says that his name is Bob and he is one of the leaders of the Company (The 'paper' company that HRH used to work for). Bob reveals that the Company was formed by people with powers in order to train them to use their powers for good, and kill them if they don't. Bob tells Mohinder that he should join them so they can help him with his research. Bob demonstrates that he has 'The Midas Touch' turning a teaspoon into gold.
We meet a Spanish speaking brother and sister desperate to make contact with the doctor in New York City. They have wanted posters stating that they are wanted for Homicide. They make arrangements with a criminal gang to get them to Mexico. We see that is is reading Chandra or Mohinder's book on mutation and is hopeful that he can help them. The gang doublecrosses them. They want more money, then want to molest Maya and knocks her brother out. Maya has some power that she can't control that makes people bleed frpom their eyes and die. Her brother Alejandro conforts her that it isn't her fault and that if he was with her he could have prevented her from killing them.
We find Claire and he family have moved away from Texas and are living new lives in California. Her dad, HRH tells her not to be conspicuous. She seems to miss being a cheerleader. She meet a kid name West who takes an interest in her. Surprise, he has the ability to fly.
HRH is being bullied by a young assistant manager at a photocopying place who looks down at the older man. Tiring of the jerk, HRH puts the bully in his place by applying a pressure hold on his hand.
Officer Parkman uses his mindreading power to pass a 'Shoot-or-don't-shoot' police test in his new city. We learn that he is now divorced and is raising Molly as her guardian along with Mohinder. Molly's teacher shows him that the girl is being haunted by a monsterous face and the symbol from Kensei's sword.
Hiro arrives in the past and saves 'Kensei' from being killed by sammurai archers. He is surprised to find that Kensei is a British rogue fortune hunter, not the great & noble hero of legend. Hiro tries to convince Kensei that he must perform the heroic deeds of legend and then marry 'the swordsmith's daughter', but he won't listen because he is more concerned about profit and getting drunk. The swordsmith's daughter chides Kensei for breaking his vow to protect her village, then takes back the sword that her father gave him for payment. She says that she needs it to rescue her father. Kensei gets tired of Hiro's nagging, so he knocks him out.
Hiro's father, Kaito, tells Ando that he used to be ashamed of Hiro for being a dreamer, but he now learned to admire him from his quest to save New York. Kaito is horrified to a torn photograph of him with the Kensei symbol in red over his face. He tells Ando that it means that he will be killed within 24 hours.
Nathan has become a drunk, apparently upset that he couldn't save his brother Peter. For some strange reason, his mother blames him for the death by not following her plan. Nathan tells her that she is evil and tells her to leave his appartment. Mrs. Pattrelli then finds that she has a ripped photograph of her in the hallway with the same Kensei symbol over her face.
Kaito tells Ando that he a good and loyal friend and tells him to leave for his own safety. Ando says that he'll stay and help fight. So Kaito tells him that he'll need a sword to defend himself with, and Ando leaves to get one. Mrs. P arrives at the rooftop to meet with with Kaito. We see their photos were once part of one large picture. He tells her that he thinks that one of their group is killing the others. Three are now dead (Linderman, Mr. Petrelli and Charles Deveaux); twelve are still living. He theorises that they are being punished for the misery that they've brought. Kaito says that he tried to make up for his misdeeds by helping his son with his quest. Then he asks Mrs. P what she did for her sons. She slaps him and leaves. Shortly afterward, Kaito sees someone wearing a hooded sweatshirt to conceal their face, then says he never expected it to be 'you'. Ando returns and tries to help, but the unknown person tackles Kaito off of the roof to the pavement below.
The show concludes with finding Peter chained inside a shipping container in Ireland. A gang of thieves thought that they were supposed find I-pods. One of them wants to beat him in order to find out what happened. Peter blasts him with energy and then indicates that he doesn't remember anything.