'Better Halves' Story Code: '106' by Natalie Chaidez

Mr Bennet arranges for Claire to meet her biological parents, and then receives a report on Mohinder from Eden… Setting off to meet Peter and Isaac in New York, Hiro and Ando encounter the high-rolling gambler they cheated at the casino, who forces them to help him win his money back in another poker game; as the stakes rise Ando notices that his opponent has a gun pointed in his direction; as he and Hiro retire to the bathroom they hear a massacre break out in the room next door… Nikki’s estranged husband, D. L., appears in her house, and tries to convince her of his innocence; he explains that he changed his mind and pulled out of the bank raid, only to be set up by his replacement, a mysterious woman. Nikki agrees to meet D.L.’s associates and learn the truth from them, but when the two of them arrive at their establishment – where Hiro and Ando had been playing poker – they that find D.L.’s friends have been brutally murdered. After suffering more memory blanks, Nikki meets her alter ego, who reveals that she framed D.L. and committed the murders. Following her alter ego’s instructions, Nikki finds the stolen bank money hidden in the loft, but is then confronted by an outraged D.L.. Nikki’s alter ego immediately takes over and a fight breaks out…

Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli), Adrian Pasdar (Nathan Petrelli), Ali Larter (Niki Sanders / Jessica Sanders), Noah Gray-Cabey (Micah Sanders), Hayden Panettiere (Claire Bennet), Gerg Grunberg (Police Officer Matt Parkman), Sendhil Ramamurthy (Mohinder Suresh), Masi Oka (Hiro Nakamura), Santaigo Cabrera (Isaac Mendez), Leonard Roberts (D.L. Hawkins), Tawny Cypress (Simone Deveaux), Jack Coleman (Horn-Rimmed Glasses / Mr. Bennet), Nora Zehetner (Eden McCain), Ashley Crow (Sandra Bennet), James Kyson Lee (Ando Masahashi) , Mark Allen Stewart (High Roller), Karri Turner (Claire's 'Mom'), Colby French (Claire's 'Dad'), Dean Napolitano (LVPD Deputy), Paul Raci (Ernie the Weasel), Stephen Full (Lowlife), Thomas Dekker (Zach)

Directed by Greg Beeman
Produced by Jim Chory
Executive Producers Tim Kring, Dennis Hammer and Allan Arkush
Created by Tim Kring

TX (Us - Sci-Fi Channel):
30th October 2006

Notes:
*Featuring Peter Petrelli, Nathan Petrelli, Niki Sanders, Micah Sanders, Claire Bennet, Hiro Nakamura, Isaac Mendez, Matt Parkman and Mohinder Suresh