Chapter Twenty-One 'The Hard Part' 

As Nathan and his family ready for the election, Hiro and Ando face the hard part of saving the world; Eric Roberts, Rena Sofer guest-star.

Director:

John Badham

Writers:

Tim Kring (created by), Aron Eli Coleite

Stars:

Santiago Cabrera, Jack Coleman, Noah Gray-Cabey

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Santiago Cabrera	...	Isaac Mendez
Jack Coleman	...	Noah Bennet
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
Zachary Quinto	...	Sylar
James Kyson	...	Ando Masahashi (as James Kyson Lee)
Cristine Rose	...	Angela Petrelli
Ellen Greene	...	Virginia Grey

Storyline

Hiro and Ando return from the future and start looking for Mr. Isaac. Bennet, Parkman, and Sprague are on their way to New York. Peter tries to convince Claire not to go to Paris, but this gets much harder when she sees Thompson with Nathan.

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Plot Keywords:

woman wrapped in a towel | reference to playstation 3 | hdtv | sixaxis controller | sixaxis | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

The 'Kirby Plaza' is actually the City National Plaza in Los Angeles. The red stair step art piece in the fountain is "Double Ascention" and has been a favorite piece of public art since 1973.

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Goofs

In the scene near the beginning of this episode we see Sprague "defrosting" a Volvo station wagon. The writing on the windshield says "Automatic", but later in the scene when we see Sprague opening the hood and Parkman getting in the front seat, the windshield now says "Low Mileage, 1 Owner".

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Quotes

[first lines]
Hiro Nakamura: [in Japanese] Now the hard part...
Ando Masahashi: [in Japanese] Why are you smiling?
Hiro Nakamura: [in Japanese] It's exciting. This is our chance to change the future.
Ando Masahashi: [in Japanese] But how?

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Connections

Features The Woody Woodpecker Show (1940)

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Soundtracks

Hiro's Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman
Performed by Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman

User Reviews

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

7 May 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tailwind Productions, NBC Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1