"Heroes" Chapter Eighteen 'Parasite' (2007)

Director:

Kevin Bray

Writers:

Tim Kring (creator)
Christopher Zatta (written by)

TV Series:

"Heroes" (2006)

Original Air Date:

4 March 2007 (Season 1, Episode 18)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

With the election and NYC's destruction looming, Nathan has a disturbing face-to-face meeting with the shadowy Linderman...

Plot Keywords:

Spinal Tap | Punched In The Face | Tuning Fork | Pickpocket | Syringe

Cast

Santiago Cabrera	...	Isaac Mendez
Jack Coleman	...	Noah Bennet
Tawny Cypress	...	Simone Deveaux
Noah Gray-Cabey	...	Micah Sanders
Greg Grunberg	...	Matt Parkman
Ali Larter	...	Jessica Sanders / Niki Sanders
Masi Oka	...	Hiro Nakamura
Hayden Panettiere	...	Claire Bennet
Adrian Pasdar	...	Nathan Petrelli
Sendhil Ramamurthy	...	Mohinder Suresh
Leonard Roberts	...	D.L. Hawkins
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Peter Petrelli
Eric Roberts	...	Thompson
James Kyson	...	Ando Masahashi (as James Kyson Lee)
Zachary Quinto	...	Sylar
Ashley Crow	...	Sandra Bennet
Cristine Rose	...	Angela Petrelli
Missy Peregrym	...	Candice Wilmer
Jimmy Jean-Louis	...	The Haitian
Ian Gomez	...	Art Dealer
Eugene Byrd	...	Campaign Manager
Matt North	...	Linderman's Guard
David Barrera	...	Federal Agent Quesada
Markus Flanagan	...	Federal Agent Alonzo
Malcolm McDowell	...	Daniel Linderman
Dutch Johnson	...	Linderman's Guard
Anne McKnight	...	Security Agent
Annie McKnight	...	Security Agent
Martez Covington	...	Security Guard
Louis Iacoviello	...	Detective Jeff Tracy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nathan Mussell	...	Thompson's Man (uncredited)

Directed by
Kevin Bray

Writing credits
Tim Kring		(creator)
Christopher Zatta		(written by)

Produced by
Jesse Alexander	....	co-executive producer
Allan Arkush	....	executive producer
Adam Armus	....	supervising producer
Greg Beeman	....	co-executive producer
Natalie Chaidez	....	co-executive producer
Jim Chory	....	producer
Aron Eli Coleite	....	co-producer
Nora Kay Foster	....	supervising producer (as Kay Foster)
Bryan Fuller	....	co-executive producer
Michael Green	....	co-executive producer
Dennis Hammer	....	executive producer
Michael J. Ketelsen	....	associate producer (as Mike Ketelsen)
Tim Kring	....	executive producer
Jeph Loeb	....	co-executive producer
Lori Motyer	....	co-producer
Mark D. Warshaw	....	associate producer (as Mark Warshaw)

Original Music by
Lisa Coleman
Wendy Melvoin

Cinematography by
Nathaniel Goodman		(as Nate Goodman)

Film Editing by
Scott Boyd

Production Design by
Ruth Ammon

Art Direction by
Matthew C. Jacobs		(as Matthew Jacobs)
Thomas T. Taylor		(as Tom Taylor)

Set Decoration by
Dena Allen

Costume Design by
Debra McGuire

Makeup Department
Wendi Lynn Allison	....	key makeup artist
Glenn Hetrick	....	special makeup effects designer and supervisor
Michelle Keck	....	makeup artist
Lori Madrigal	....	makeup department head
Nicole Michaud	....	makeup effects hair: Optic Nerve
Linda Vallejo	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Daniel Rodriguez	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tony Adler	....	first assistant director
Susan Carpenter	....	second assistant director (as Susan L. Carpenter)
Mark Lyon	....	assistant director: second unit
Alison Troy	....	second second assistant director
Chris Corrado	....	dga trainee (uncredited)
Robyn Linn Willey	....	second second assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
James Clark	....	on-set propmaster
Walter Eckert	....	art department coordinator
Brian Ferguson	....	on-set dresser
Bryan Gettman	....	set dresser
Bobby N. Jones	....	assistant property master
Rebecca Keeling	....	set dresser
James LaBarge	....	leadman
Trevor Larkin	....	set dresser
Frank Leasure	....	propmaker foreman
Ronnie Lombard	....	set dresser
Owen Martin	....	art department assistant
Drew Pierce	....	painter
Chandler Poling	....	art department assistant
Paul Roome	....	buyer
Rebecca Rosenthal	....	props
Dana McCall	....	props (uncredited)
Bob Ross	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Nate Arrigoni	....	assistant sound editor
Tim Chilton	....	foley artist
Bob Costanza	....	sound effects editor
Kenn Fuller	....	sound mixer
Erich Gann	....	sound editor
Jeff Gomillion	....	adr mixer
Tiffany S. Griffith	....	foley editor: M&E's
Stephen Grubbs	....	adr editor
Stephen Grubbs	....	supervising sound editor
Ronald Hairston Jr.	....	utility sound
Gerry Lentz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Thomas A. Payne	....	boom operator
Chris Quilty	....	boom operator
Richard S. Steele	....	sound designer
Scott Stolz	....	sound mixer
David Torres	....	foley mixer

Special Effects by
Gary D'Amico	....	special effects supervisor
Randy Fitzgerald	....	special effects technician
Lori Madrigal	....	special effects makeup
Chris Nelson	....	special effects foreman
Ken Rudell	....	special effects foreman
Dennis Yeager II	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Michael Enriquez	....	visual effects artist
Diego Galtieri	....	digital compositor
Ragui Hanna	....	digital compositor
Mark Kolpack	....	visual effects supervisor
Daniel Kumiega	....	visual effects
Sam Nicholson	....	supervising visual effects producer
Anthony Ocampo	....	3D artist
Mark Spatny	....	visual effects producer
Ryan Wieber	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Randy Fitzgerald	....	stunt rigger
Ian Quinn	....	stunt coordinator
Erik Rondell	....	cover unit coordinator
Steve Schriver	....	stunt coordinator
Mark Aaron Wagner	....	stunt double: Adrian Pasdar
Gary J. Wayton	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Charles Crivier	....	key grip
Christopher Crivier	....	grip
David Erickson	....	second assistant camera
Andrew Glover	....	gaffer
Morgan Jenkins	....	film loader: second unit
Derrick Kolus	....	gaffer
Jon Lindsay	....	second assistant camera
Brent Matejcek	....	dolly grip
Greg Morris	....	first assistant camera
Tony Olivieri	....	first assistant camera
Ron Provenzano	....	set lighting technician
Rod Robertson	....	gaffer: second unit
Mark Sadler	....	rigging gaffer
Michael Santoro	....	best boy grip
Jonathan Shier	....	assistant camera
Eddie Tucker	....	rigging best boy electrician
Kenny Tucker	....	rigging electrician
Russell Geltman	....	film loader: second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department
Kendra Patterson	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nancy Jarzynko	....	key costumer
Daniela Kurrle	....	tailor
Laura Neeff	....	costumer/shopper
Krissy Rudell	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Danielle Andrae	....	post-production assistant
Luyen H. Vu	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Michael Perfitt	....	music engineer
Michael Perfitt	....	music recordist
Michael Perfitt	....	score mixer
Alicen Catron Schneider	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Michael Coady	....	transportation co-captain
Mike Painter	....	transportation captain
Frank Porras	....	transportation co-captain
Brian Steagall	....	transportation coordinator
Richard Vincent	....	driver
Mark Webb	....	transportation
Jon White	....	transportation captain
Scott Howard	....	transportation (uncredited)

Other crew
Eric F. Aguilar	....	set medic (as Eric Aguilar)
Sam Alvelo	....	set production assistant
Jeff Bonnett	....	production assistant
Andrew Chambliss	....	assistant to executive producer
Dylan Chatterjee	....	production assistant
Federico Ferreri	....	production assistant
Elisa Forni	....	script supervisor
Oliver Grigsby	....	script coordinator
Talie Grill	....	second assistant accountant
Matt Haggerty	....	set production assistant
Timm Keppler	....	assistant to executive producer
Pearl A. Lucero	....	production coordinator
Josh Marrazzo	....	production assistant
Jim Martin	....	assistant to executive producer and director
Stephen Foz McDermott	....	assistant to producer (as Foz McDermott)
Daniel Shepard	....	set production assistant
Kelly Sullivan	....	production secretary
Lincoln Thompson	....	production assistant
Marc Turchin	....	set production assistant
Harrison Wilcox	....	clearance coordinator
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot (uncredited)
Darryl Chan	....	personal trainer: James Kyson Lee (uncredited)
Dan Harder	....	lot medic (uncredited)
Matthew Rudolph	....	key assistant accountant (uncredited)
Jessica Noel Smith	....	photo double/stand-in (uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tim Kring		creator

Art Department
Karl J. Martin	....	set designer

Sound Department
Javier M. Hernández	....	boom operator

Visual Effects by
Marie Victoria Denoga	....	compositor
Sid Jayakar	....	digital compositor
Frank Lawas	....	visual effects I/O supervisor
Patrick Thompson	....	digital compositor

Other crew
Matthew Balzer	....	production assistant
John Hinterlong	....	key craft service

Production Companies

• Tailwind Productions
• NBC Universal Television

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (2007) (USA) (TV)
• RTL Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)
• TV2 (2007) (Hungary) (TV)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• VT4 (2007) (Belgium) (TV)

Other Companies

• Khaos Digital  video playback services
• LCW Props  set equipment
• Sunset Gower Studios  sound stages & facilities

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Stage 33, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Tailwind Productions

Trivia:

When Hiro is searching in Mr. Linderman's vault for the sword, it's listed as being in drawer CRM-114. "CRM 114" is an alphanumeric code used in many of the films of Stanley Kubrick. One of the films using that code was A Clockwork Orange (1971) (see trivia), which stars Malcolm McDowell - who also appears as Mr. Linderman in this series.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Isaac Mendez:[to Peter] I thought it was you. It was supposed to be you. Can't you do something?

Heroes and Marvel Comics

In the past few episodes there have been some connections between Heroes and Marvel Comics. Certainly the watchful comic book fan will have caught them, but for the rest of us, here they are:

1. When Hiro got on the bus in Ep #1.16(?), leaving Ando behind, the driver of the bus was none other than Marvel Comics founding father, Stan "The Man" Lee!

2. During this episode (#1.18) we of course were treated to a sneak peek at Marvel's upcoming SPIDER-MAN 3!

3. Two two FBI guards in this episode were named QUESADA and ALONSO ... no doubt after Marvel Comics Managing Editor, Joe Quesada, and another Marvel Comics editor,Axel Alonso.

4. All of Isaac's artwork was actually done by an artist named Tim Sale, who has worked for DC, but is also known at Marvel for his work on SPIDER-MAN BLUE, HULK GREY, and DAREDEVIL YELLOW.

There is also a HEROES graphic novel on NBC.com, and I wouldn't be a bit surprised if we eventually find Marvel Comics collecting the pages and publishing the book.

Interestingly, though, a lot of people compare HEROES to Marvel's X-MEN, and while certain similarities can be spotted, the show perhaps more closely mirrors DC's WATCHMEN - as a story of "real world" superheroes who are being killed as they try to stop the destruction of NYC.