Micah Sanders
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Micah Sanders, portrayed by Noah Gray-Cabey
, is a fictional character
on the NBC
science fiction
drama series Heroes
. He is the son of Niki Sanders
and D.L. Hawkins. He is a child prodigy
and a technopath.
Micah is first shown in "Genesis" repairing the motherboard on his computer when Niki comes in to check on him. They are found by Linderman's agents and prepare to go on the run when Niki sees someone in the mirror who isn't her. Micah is left with Niki's friend "Texas" Tina.
In "Don't Look Back
", Niki picks up Micah and drives to the desert, following a mysterious map she had found in the trunk of a car containing mangled bodies.
Following a spat between Niki and her mother-in-law in "One Giant Leap", Niki and Micah are taken by Linderman's mobster henchman.
Micah reveals his knowledge of Niki's job as a webcam stripper in "Collision
", and suggests that her job is "safer on the Internet" rather than in the field, seemingly expressing knowledge that Niki plans to sleep with Nathan to save Micah.
D.L. Hawkins returns in "Better Halves
" to make amends with his family for walking out on them. However, after Micah reveals Niki's secret to him, he suspects Niki is not who she is when Jessica takes over, and a fight breaks out during which D.L. takes Micah away from Niki.
, D.L. and Ando's friend, Hiro Nakamura
, free the woman before the car explodes. Micah is proud of his father's heroism, though they left just as police were about to arrive.
That night, Micah and D.L. stop at a motel. Micah sneaks out to call his mother, and finds a nearby pay phone that is broken. By touching it and concentrating, Micah makes the phone temporarily work and calls Niki. His mother's alternate personality, Jessica, answers, and although Micah realizes this quickly, he still tells her where he and his father are staying. He hangs up just as D.L. arrives. When D.L. asks him what he's doing, Micah insists that he was just messing around. The out of order sign on the phone and D.L.'s own inspection of it seem to satisfy him.
Eventually, Micah tells his dad that his mom is "sick" and that she seems oblivious to having an alternate personality. He urges his father to go back to Niki and help her. After admitting that he told Jessica where they are, his father rushes him into the car. However, he's not quite fast enough, and Jessica, having purchased a sniper rifle
in the hopes of catching D.L. off-guard, puts a bullet through his shoulder. D.L. manages to avoid being shot again, then runs into a nearby forest with Micah while Jessica comes to assess the damage she caused. They stop and D.L. takes off his jacket, then they begin to walk backwards so their footprint
s will be misleading. They find an abandoned house, and Micah watches as his father phases his hand through the door and unlocks it. Micah helps his father bandage the wound, but D.L. passes out, worrying Micah. It is implied that either Micah pulled his father into the house or D.L. eventually awoke.
While Jessica searches the woods for the two, Micah begins to call out for his mom. Jessica arrives a few moments later, a gun in the waistband of her pants, happy to see Micah. As Jessica enter the house, a fight ensues between D.L. and her. Micah tries to stop Jessica, but is inadvertently pushed into a rock wall by her. As Micah cries in pain, the fighting ceases and Niki regains control of her body. The family then reconciles and walks back to the diner where D.L. was shot. Micah sits down to check his leg, which had been hurt when he was pushed into the wall. D.L. goes to check on him and tells him they were heading for a hotel. Meanwhile, Niki realizes she, or rather, Jessica, is too dangerous. When D.L. and Micah look back up, Niki is across the street, asking a police officer
to arrest her for murder.
" stealing money from automated teller machine
s by using his power. Micah comes home late to find D.L. worried severely. The two then agree to "try harder" at making their new arrangement work. Micah then opens his backpack and pours the money he stole onto their coffee table, saying "this should help." He then explains his power to D.L.
Niki is released in "Distractions
". After she comes home, Micah proposes a game of Scrabble, not realizing that he is speaking to Jessica instead of Niki. Bully, one of the Heroes graphic novels, reveals that a boy named Frank also pestered him at school. Micah asks Frank to stop, but Frank believes both Micah and his "psycho killer mom" should be in jail. Micah uses neon lights at a junkyard to scare Frank, and comes home. D.L. asks about the fight and gives Micah a sandwich as Micah admits his victory.
and requests the opportunity to "borrow" Micah for unspecified reasons. Jessica denies him, not wanting Micah to get caught up in their business arrangement, and then leaves. Shortly after, Candice Wilmer impersonates Niki, and hands Micah over to Linderman, with whom he drives away. Micah is then taken to a hotel room where Candice, disguised as Niki is made to watch over him. Eventually Micah discovers that Niki is actually Candice and tries to escape. He is thwarted, however, by Candice's illusion-casting ability. He is later met by Mr. Linderman, who promises to make sure Micah's family need never worry about money again, provided that Micah cooperates. Micah agrees, and is asked to reprogram the voting machines so Nathan Petrelli wins by a landslide. From one terminal, Micah is able to reprogram every voting machine in the district, as they are all networked together, although doing so appears to take a toll on him. He is later trapped in a closet by Candice, who fights Niki in the form of Jessica. Niki uses her new superhuman strength to knock Candice out and Micah escapes with Mohinder, D.L., Molly, and Niki, using his power one more time to repair a broken elevator.
", after the death of his father, Micah leaves Nevada with his mother, Niki
, and is brought to New Orleans, Louisiana to stay with Nana Dawson. From there, Micah has been in contact with Hana Gitelman through the Corinthian Hotel network. He quickly bonds with his cousin Monica
and after she discovers her powers and he helps her figuring it out. He has a harder time with his other cousin who bullies him but manage to get in his good graces by using his powers to get pay-per-view.
In "Truth & Consequences
", Damon gets Micah's backpack stolen. Micah is extremely upset because inside the backpack was a medal his father received during his time as a fireman. The medal reminded Micah of his father's heroism. Niki tells Micah that they are going to call the police, but that is not enough for him. Later that night, Monica wakes up Micah and says she knows where the robbers live. Micah watches as Monica scales their house and grabs the backpack. The robbers arrive home and hold Monica at gunpoint as she tries to hide. Micah watches in horror as the robbers force Monica into their car and drive off.
In "Powerless
", Micah calls upon his mother Niki to help him rescue Monica. Micah uses his abilities to track her down, only to find Monica trapped in a building that is on fire and set to explode. Niki is able to rescue Monica, but is unable to free herself, leaving Niki trapped inside when the building explodes, killing her.
", Micah, now orphan
ed, mourns the death of his mother in New Orleans, where he meets Tracy Strauss
, a woman who looks identical to his mother. However, he realizes that the woman is not Niki. He tells Tracy about his and Niki's abilities, and uses his ability to help Tracy find the doctor that delivered her and Niki. (Niki and Tracy are triplets, separated at a young age.)
", Micah is one of the posthumans that Nathan Petrelli
provides information about to the President of the United States.
In "Rebellion, Part 1: Rebel Yell", which takes place during the "A Clear and Present Danger
" events, he is seen helping Monica
monitoring the city as they fight crime. He listens as Monica is taken by DHS's agents, and later learns that Nana and Damon were abducted as well. After entering the government network, he manages to record the fugitives being transported into the Flight 195 (which is handed over to the press by Peter Petrelli
in "Exposed
"), finding out all heroes were held prisoners. He then cries as he sees the plane falling down.
In "Rebellion, Part 2: Providence in a Fall of a Sparrow", which takes place during the "Trust and Blood
" events, he goes to the crash site in Arkansas
, and meets Sparrow Redhouse while she is escaping. Many agents finally corner them so Sparrow took them down with her terrakinesis. Later, another posthuman (Flint Gordon) tries to stop them but he got shot by agents, and there's where Micah learns they are the enemy and must fight back to find his family. In the run with Sparrow, Micah sends a message to the one who will help his cause: Claire Bennet
.
In "Rebellion, Part 3: Family", Micah, whose family was torn apart before his eyes, realizes that for any hope of fighting back he would have to assemble his own army. He and Sparrow Redhouse enlist Claire Bennet's flight-empowered ex-boyfriend West Rosen and a woman named Abigail with the power to generate forcefields, and ultimately run into Claude Rains, who tells them to escape the collapsing building as he attempts to save Abigail's fiance Lee. Together, Micah, West, Sparrow, and Abigail ultimately become the resistance force known as Rebel.
In "Rebellion, Part 4: Left Behind", which takes place during "Exposed
" events, the 'Rebel' team is at Building 26 at the same time Peter and Matt are, and Micah is guiding them from afar. When West meets Peter
but they ignore each other and continue their respective missions, Micah realize that if he could trust Peter and Matt thing may go much smoother. After watching the team escaping the building and saving both Nana and Damon, Micah is taken down by a sniper, who turns out to be Eric Thompson Jr. ("Rebellion, Part 5: Wanted"). He wants to force Micah to search for Sabine Hazel and her newborn child, but Micah refuses because he already knows Eric is a killer like his father. Without notice, Micah controls a crane to take down an enraged Eric so the 'Rebel' team can come in and rescue him. In order to teach Thompson a lesson, Micah puts his name in every top ten wanted list in the country so he can feel what is like to be a fugitive.
In "Cold Snap
", Micah outs himself as "Rebel" to Tracy Strauss. As Danko's agents close in on them, Tracy has Micah set off the sprinklers and buys him time to escape by unleashing her full cold snap on the agents, freezing herself in the process; Micah barely escapes as the snap nearly catches up to him.
In "Rebellion, Part 6: Lost and Found", 'Rebel' gets to Molly Walker
in India so she can help them locating their friends and family; after her grandma convince her, she joins the "Rebellion" team and leads them to Pittsburg where they save Claude and Lee from a posthuman-prison train. After this, in "Rebellion, Part 7: The Liberation Of Saint Joan", Micah aggressively tries to make Molly talk, but she cries telling him how selfish he is for using everyone just to find Monica. Finally, Molly reveals Micah her location but with the warning that Sylar will be close enough to kill him. Without hesitation, he leads the "Rebellion" team to Washington D.C. where Monica is held hostage in an abandoned Hospital where experiments are done on her. After guiding them to Monica without being discovered, a shadowy figure haunts Micah from behind his location.
In "I Am Sylar
", Danko's team locates Micah in an abandoned building in Washington DC. After they cut the power inside, Micah scrambles to pack his things and escape, only to come face to face with Sylar. Sylar is surprised that "Rebel" is just a kid, but Micah reminds him that he knows all about Sylar and can help him, claiming that the enemy side doesn't know how special Sylar is, which piques Sylar's interest. The agents are then seen chasing what seems to be Micah down to a pier; however "Micah" is really Sylar, since the real Micah (wearing the backpack) is hiding and watching. Micah later wakes up in a house and eavesdrops on a conversation between Sylar and his mother Virginia, and is shocked to see him morphing back and forth between the identities. When Sylar spots him, he regrets bringing Micah with him. Micah tells him to become Nathan Petrelli and own up to Nathan's mistakes, but Sylar instead gives him a chance to escape with his life, and that should Micah return, Sylar will kill him.
Micah is a technopath, which enables him to "communicate with machines and electronics". His power seems to require physical contact with the device and a certain level of concentration, after which the changes he wishes to make are almost instantaneous. Using a cell phone, Micah can bypass the need for physical contact, at least in cases where the target device is controlled by a networked computer. In season three, when Micah demonstrates his ability to Tracy, it can be seen that he does not physically touch his computer when using his ability. When asked to rig an election, for example, Micah is able to reprogram the entire voting computer network, which covers the entire city, in roughly a minute, though doing so weakens him.
He first displays his power in "Nothing to Hide
", where he repairs an out of order pay phone simply by touching it. When his contact was lost and his concentration was broken, the phone no longer worked. In "The Fix
", he uses his power to manipulate an automated teller machine
, causing it to repeatedly eject cash in $500 increments. In "How To Stop An Exploding Man
", he is able to override the security lock-down on an elevator, much impressing his new friend Molly Walker
. In "Powerless
", Micah resignals traffic lights, and uses a mobile phone to track Monica when he and Niki
attempt to save her. Throughout "Fugitives," Micah, using the name "Rebel," has used his powers to keep in contact with several other posthumans in danger of elimination, including (but not limited to) assigning Claire Bennet
to help other endangered posthumans start over, as well as hacking a government computer to send Peter Petrelli
a video feed of the anti-posthuman operation to use as leverage.
In the graphic novel "Rebellion, Part 5: Wanted", Micah is able to control a crane from a considerable distance while he is held hostage by Eric Thompson Jr., and uses it to take him down, and also inform his position to the other "rebels", apparently without any physical weakness.
Micah is also exceptionally intelligent, though this has not been linked to his power. He is shown dismantling a new computer recently given to him in "Six Months Ago
" and later repairing its motherboard
in "Genesis". It is also stated in "Genesis" that public schools did not know how to nurture his gifts, so he was temporarily placed in a private school
until his mother's lack of funds forced him to leave.
Noah Gray-Cabey
Noah Gray-Cabey is an American television actor and pianist. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the television series My Wife and Kids and Heroes.-Early life:...
, is a fictional character
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on the NBC
NBC
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science fiction
Science fiction
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drama series Heroes
Heroes (TV series)
Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the...
. He is the son of Niki Sanders
Niki Sanders
Nicole "Niki" Sanders is a fictional character portrayed by Ali Larter in the television series Heroes. Niki is the wife of D. L. Hawkins and mother of Micah Sanders . Niki, a sufferer of Dissociative Identity Disorder, displays superhuman strength, being able to literally rip others in half...
and D.L. Hawkins. He is a child prodigy
Child prodigy
A child prodigy is someone who, at an early age, masters one or more skills far beyond his or her level of maturity. One criterion for classifying prodigies is: a prodigy is a child, typically younger than 18 years old, who is performing at the level of a highly trained adult in a very demanding...
and a technopath.
Beginnings
Six months prior to the start of the series, Micah receives a new laptop computer from his grandfather, Hal, who is estranged from his family. When Hal notices Micah dismantling it, he loses his temper, but Niki first bids him leave their house, and then tracks him down as Jessica and beats him up, demanding that he stay away from her and Micah.Micah is first shown in "Genesis" repairing the motherboard on his computer when Niki comes in to check on him. They are found by Linderman's agents and prepare to go on the run when Niki sees someone in the mirror who isn't her. Micah is left with Niki's friend "Texas" Tina.
In "Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back (Heroes)
"Don't Look Back" is the second episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. It was directed by Allan Arkush and written by Tim Kring. The characters deal with the consequences of their actions in "Genesis"...
", Niki picks up Micah and drives to the desert, following a mysterious map she had found in the trunk of a car containing mangled bodies.
Following a spat between Niki and her mother-in-law in "One Giant Leap", Niki and Micah are taken by Linderman's mobster henchman.
Micah reveals his knowledge of Niki's job as a webcam stripper in "Collision
Collision (Heroes)
"Collision" is the fourth episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. It was originally titled "Come Together".-Plot:...
", and suggests that her job is "safer on the Internet" rather than in the field, seemingly expressing knowledge that Niki plans to sleep with Nathan to save Micah.
D.L. Hawkins returns in "Better Halves
Better Halves
"Better Halves" is the sixth episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes.-Plot:After Peter finishes Isaac's painting and tells him about Future Hiro's message, "Save the cheerleader, save the world," Isaac receives another confusing call from Hiro...
" to make amends with his family for walking out on them. However, after Micah reveals Niki's secret to him, he suspects Niki is not who she is when Jessica takes over, and a fight breaks out during which D.L. takes Micah away from Niki.
On the road with D.L.
As they drive away from Niki, Micah grows angry with his father for running away, feeling that the good guys always stay to help and that only bad guys run away. D.L. insists that he is not a bad guy. On the road, they find a woman trapped in a burning car. While Micah stays behind with Ando MasahashiAndo Masahashi
is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction television drama series Heroes, portrayed by James Kyson Lee.The character was billed in a recurring role during the first season, and was promoted to series regular in the second...
, D.L. and Ando's friend, Hiro Nakamura
Hiro Nakamura
is a fictional character on the NBC fantasy drama Heroes who possesses the ability of space-time manipulation. This means that Hiro is able to alter the flow of time. Previously, his ability allowed him to teleport, stop time, or travel through time, but recent events in the series have prevented...
, free the woman before the car explodes. Micah is proud of his father's heroism, though they left just as police were about to arrive.
That night, Micah and D.L. stop at a motel. Micah sneaks out to call his mother, and finds a nearby pay phone that is broken. By touching it and concentrating, Micah makes the phone temporarily work and calls Niki. His mother's alternate personality, Jessica, answers, and although Micah realizes this quickly, he still tells her where he and his father are staying. He hangs up just as D.L. arrives. When D.L. asks him what he's doing, Micah insists that he was just messing around. The out of order sign on the phone and D.L.'s own inspection of it seem to satisfy him.
Eventually, Micah tells his dad that his mom is "sick" and that she seems oblivious to having an alternate personality. He urges his father to go back to Niki and help her. After admitting that he told Jessica where they are, his father rushes him into the car. However, he's not quite fast enough, and Jessica, having purchased a sniper rifle
Sniper rifle
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in the hopes of catching D.L. off-guard, puts a bullet through his shoulder. D.L. manages to avoid being shot again, then runs into a nearby forest with Micah while Jessica comes to assess the damage she caused. They stop and D.L. takes off his jacket, then they begin to walk backwards so their footprint
Footprint
Footprints are the impressions or images left behind by a person walking. Hoofprints and pawprints are those left by animals with hooves or paws rather than feet, while "shoeprints" is the specific term for prints made by shoes...
s will be misleading. They find an abandoned house, and Micah watches as his father phases his hand through the door and unlocks it. Micah helps his father bandage the wound, but D.L. passes out, worrying Micah. It is implied that either Micah pulled his father into the house or D.L. eventually awoke.
While Jessica searches the woods for the two, Micah begins to call out for his mom. Jessica arrives a few moments later, a gun in the waistband of her pants, happy to see Micah. As Jessica enter the house, a fight ensues between D.L. and her. Micah tries to stop Jessica, but is inadvertently pushed into a rock wall by her. As Micah cries in pain, the fighting ceases and Niki regains control of her body. The family then reconciles and walks back to the diner where D.L. was shot. Micah sits down to check his leg, which had been hurt when he was pushed into the wall. D.L. goes to check on him and tells him they were heading for a hotel. Meanwhile, Niki realizes she, or rather, Jessica, is too dangerous. When D.L. and Micah look back up, Niki is across the street, asking a police officer
Police officer
A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
to arrest her for murder.
Back at home
Two weeks later, Niki is in prison awaiting trial and Micah is being raised by his father. D.L. has "[his] own style" of living which Micah finds unusual, including putting peanut butter in the refrigerator. Overall, Micah just misses his mother dearly. However, due to her imprisonment and Jessica's attempted escape, Niki isn't even allowed to hug him. Tensions between Micah and D.L. worsen as D.L. is unable to find work. Micah leaves home upset with his father and is seen in "The FixThe Fix (Heroes)
"The Fix" is the thirteenth episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes.-Plot:Niki is still in the county jail. A psychiatrist arrives to work on Niki's case, and diagnoses her with multiple personality disorder; Niki refuses her help. Meanwhile, D.L. is having...
" stealing money from automated teller machine
Automated teller machine
An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine, also known as a Cashpoint , cash machine or sometimes a hole in the wall in British English, is a computerised telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public...
s by using his power. Micah comes home late to find D.L. worried severely. The two then agree to "try harder" at making their new arrangement work. Micah then opens his backpack and pours the money he stole onto their coffee table, saying "this should help." He then explains his power to D.L.
Niki is released in "Distractions
Distractions (Heroes)
"Distractions" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes.-Plot:Claude and Peter walk invisibly through a busy New York street, where Claude tells Peter that he absorbs other powers as a reflex and that he is going to help him gain some control over...
". After she comes home, Micah proposes a game of Scrabble, not realizing that he is speaking to Jessica instead of Niki. Bully, one of the Heroes graphic novels, reveals that a boy named Frank also pestered him at school. Micah asks Frank to stop, but Frank believes both Micah and his "psycho killer mom" should be in jail. Micah uses neon lights at a junkyard to scare Frank, and comes home. D.L. asks about the fight and gives Micah a sandwich as Micah admits his victory.
Taken by Linderman
In the nineteenth episode, ".07%", Mr. Linderman meets with JessicaNiki Sanders
Nicole "Niki" Sanders is a fictional character portrayed by Ali Larter in the television series Heroes. Niki is the wife of D. L. Hawkins and mother of Micah Sanders . Niki, a sufferer of Dissociative Identity Disorder, displays superhuman strength, being able to literally rip others in half...
and requests the opportunity to "borrow" Micah for unspecified reasons. Jessica denies him, not wanting Micah to get caught up in their business arrangement, and then leaves. Shortly after, Candice Wilmer impersonates Niki, and hands Micah over to Linderman, with whom he drives away. Micah is then taken to a hotel room where Candice, disguised as Niki is made to watch over him. Eventually Micah discovers that Niki is actually Candice and tries to escape. He is thwarted, however, by Candice's illusion-casting ability. He is later met by Mr. Linderman, who promises to make sure Micah's family need never worry about money again, provided that Micah cooperates. Micah agrees, and is asked to reprogram the voting machines so Nathan Petrelli wins by a landslide. From one terminal, Micah is able to reprogram every voting machine in the district, as they are all networked together, although doing so appears to take a toll on him. He is later trapped in a closet by Candice, who fights Niki in the form of Jessica. Niki uses her new superhuman strength to knock Candice out and Micah escapes with Mohinder, D.L., Molly, and Niki, using his power one more time to repair a broken elevator.
Generations
In "KindredKindred (Heroes)
"Kindred" is the third episode of the second season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. The episode was written by J. J. Philbin and was directed by Paul Edwards. It originally aired on October 8, 2007.- Plot :...
", after the death of his father, Micah leaves Nevada with his mother, Niki
Niki Sanders
Nicole "Niki" Sanders is a fictional character portrayed by Ali Larter in the television series Heroes. Niki is the wife of D. L. Hawkins and mother of Micah Sanders . Niki, a sufferer of Dissociative Identity Disorder, displays superhuman strength, being able to literally rip others in half...
, and is brought to New Orleans, Louisiana to stay with Nana Dawson. From there, Micah has been in contact with Hana Gitelman through the Corinthian Hotel network. He quickly bonds with his cousin Monica
Monica Dawson
Monica Dawson, portrayed by Dana Davis, is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. She is a young woman in her early 20s from New Orleans, and she has the power to mimic any physical motion she witnesses.- Character concept :...
and after she discovers her powers and he helps her figuring it out. He has a harder time with his other cousin who bullies him but manage to get in his good graces by using his powers to get pay-per-view.
In "Truth & Consequences
Truth & Consequences
"Truth & Consequences" is the tenth episode of the second season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. It aired on November 26, 2007. On its initial airing, it received 11.89 million viewers.-Plot:...
", Damon gets Micah's backpack stolen. Micah is extremely upset because inside the backpack was a medal his father received during his time as a fireman. The medal reminded Micah of his father's heroism. Niki tells Micah that they are going to call the police, but that is not enough for him. Later that night, Monica wakes up Micah and says she knows where the robbers live. Micah watches as Monica scales their house and grabs the backpack. The robbers arrive home and hold Monica at gunpoint as she tries to hide. Micah watches in horror as the robbers force Monica into their car and drive off.
In "Powerless
Powerless (Heroes)
"Powerless" is the eleventh and final episode of the second season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and thirty-fourth episode overall. It was written by co-executive producer Jeph Loeb and directed by executive producer Allan Arkush. The episode aired on December 3, 2007 as the...
", Micah calls upon his mother Niki to help him rescue Monica. Micah uses his abilities to track her down, only to find Monica trapped in a building that is on fire and set to explode. Niki is able to rescue Monica, but is unable to free herself, leaving Niki trapped inside when the building explodes, killing her.
Villains
In "One of Us, One of ThemOne of Us, One of Them
"One of Us, One of Them" is the third episode of the third season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and thirty-seventh episode overall. It was written by Joe Pokaski and directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan. The episode aired on September 29, 2008.-Plot:The episode opens with Angela...
", Micah, now orphan
Orphan
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ed, mourns the death of his mother in New Orleans, where he meets Tracy Strauss
Tracy Strauss
Tracy Strauss, portrayed by Ali Larter, is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. She has the ability to freeze anything that she touches. As the series progresses, her ability evolved to include water mimicry. Introduced in the third season, she is an adviser to the...
, a woman who looks identical to his mother. However, he realizes that the woman is not Niki. He tells Tracy about his and Niki's abilities, and uses his ability to help Tracy find the doctor that delivered her and Niki. (Niki and Tracy are triplets, separated at a young age.)
Fugitives
In "DualDual (Heroes)
"Dual" is the thirteenth episode of the third season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and forty-seventh episode overall. The episode aired on December 15, 2008, as the conclusion to the "Volume 3: Villains" storyline...
", Micah is one of the posthumans that Nathan Petrelli
Nathan Petrelli
Nathan Petrelli, portrayed by Adrian Pasdar, is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. He is a New York lawyer-turned-senator with the power of self-propelled flight. Ambitious and pragmatic, Nathan has a decidedly anti-hero streak, which exacerbates his complex...
provides information about to the President of the United States.
In "Rebellion, Part 1: Rebel Yell", which takes place during the "A Clear and Present Danger
A Clear and Present Danger
"A Clear and Present Danger" is the fourteenth episode of the third season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and forty-eighth episode overall. It aired on February 2, 2009. The episode is the beginning of Volume 4: Fugitives. It marks the first time a season of Heroes has contained...
" events, he is seen helping Monica
Monica Dawson
Monica Dawson, portrayed by Dana Davis, is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. She is a young woman in her early 20s from New Orleans, and she has the power to mimic any physical motion she witnesses.- Character concept :...
monitoring the city as they fight crime. He listens as Monica is taken by DHS's agents, and later learns that Nana and Damon were abducted as well. After entering the government network, he manages to record the fugitives being transported into the Flight 195 (which is handed over to the press by Peter Petrelli
Peter Petrelli
Peter Petrelli, portrayed by Milo Ventimiglia, is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. He is a hospice nurse-turned-paramedic in his mid-20s with the power to absorb and mimic the powers of other people with special abilities, or powers...
in "Exposed
Exposed (Heroes)
"Exposed" is the eighteenth episode of the third season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and fifty-second episode overall. The episode aired on March 2, 2009.-Plot:...
"), finding out all heroes were held prisoners. He then cries as he sees the plane falling down.
In "Rebellion, Part 2: Providence in a Fall of a Sparrow", which takes place during the "Trust and Blood
Trust and Blood
"Trust and Blood" is the fifteenth episode of the third season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and forty-ninth episode overall. The episode, also classed as episode 2 of Volume 4, aired on February 9, 2009.-Plot:...
" events, he goes to the crash site in Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
, and meets Sparrow Redhouse while she is escaping. Many agents finally corner them so Sparrow took them down with her terrakinesis. Later, another posthuman (Flint Gordon) tries to stop them but he got shot by agents, and there's where Micah learns they are the enemy and must fight back to find his family. In the run with Sparrow, Micah sends a message to the one who will help his cause: Claire Bennet
Claire Bennet
Claire Bennet is a fictional character in the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. She is portrayed by Hayden Panettiere and first appeared on television in the pilot episode of the series, "Genesis" on September 25, 2006...
.
In "Rebellion, Part 3: Family", Micah, whose family was torn apart before his eyes, realizes that for any hope of fighting back he would have to assemble his own army. He and Sparrow Redhouse enlist Claire Bennet's flight-empowered ex-boyfriend West Rosen and a woman named Abigail with the power to generate forcefields, and ultimately run into Claude Rains, who tells them to escape the collapsing building as he attempts to save Abigail's fiance Lee. Together, Micah, West, Sparrow, and Abigail ultimately become the resistance force known as Rebel.
In "Rebellion, Part 4: Left Behind", which takes place during "Exposed
Exposed (Heroes)
"Exposed" is the eighteenth episode of the third season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and fifty-second episode overall. The episode aired on March 2, 2009.-Plot:...
" events, the 'Rebel' team is at Building 26 at the same time Peter and Matt are, and Micah is guiding them from afar. When West meets Peter
Peter Petrelli
Peter Petrelli, portrayed by Milo Ventimiglia, is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. He is a hospice nurse-turned-paramedic in his mid-20s with the power to absorb and mimic the powers of other people with special abilities, or powers...
but they ignore each other and continue their respective missions, Micah realize that if he could trust Peter and Matt thing may go much smoother. After watching the team escaping the building and saving both Nana and Damon, Micah is taken down by a sniper, who turns out to be Eric Thompson Jr. ("Rebellion, Part 5: Wanted"). He wants to force Micah to search for Sabine Hazel and her newborn child, but Micah refuses because he already knows Eric is a killer like his father. Without notice, Micah controls a crane to take down an enraged Eric so the 'Rebel' team can come in and rescue him. In order to teach Thompson a lesson, Micah puts his name in every top ten wanted list in the country so he can feel what is like to be a fugitive.
In "Cold Snap
Cold Snap (Heroes)
"Cold Snap" is the twentieth episode of the third season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and fifty-fourth episode overall. The episode aired on March 23, 2009, and marks the return of writer Bryan Fuller.-Plot:...
", Micah outs himself as "Rebel" to Tracy Strauss. As Danko's agents close in on them, Tracy has Micah set off the sprinklers and buys him time to escape by unleashing her full cold snap on the agents, freezing herself in the process; Micah barely escapes as the snap nearly catches up to him.
In "Rebellion, Part 6: Lost and Found", 'Rebel' gets to Molly Walker
Molly Walker
Molly Walker, portrayed by Adair Tishler, is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. She is a young girl with the power to locate anyone just by thinking about them.-Genesis:...
in India so she can help them locating their friends and family; after her grandma convince her, she joins the "Rebellion" team and leads them to Pittsburg where they save Claude and Lee from a posthuman-prison train. After this, in "Rebellion, Part 7: The Liberation Of Saint Joan", Micah aggressively tries to make Molly talk, but she cries telling him how selfish he is for using everyone just to find Monica. Finally, Molly reveals Micah her location but with the warning that Sylar will be close enough to kill him. Without hesitation, he leads the "Rebellion" team to Washington D.C. where Monica is held hostage in an abandoned Hospital where experiments are done on her. After guiding them to Monica without being discovered, a shadowy figure haunts Micah from behind his location.
In "I Am Sylar
I Am Sylar
"I Am Sylar" is the twenty-fourth episode of the third season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and fifty-eighth episode overall. The episode aired on April 20, 2009...
", Danko's team locates Micah in an abandoned building in Washington DC. After they cut the power inside, Micah scrambles to pack his things and escape, only to come face to face with Sylar. Sylar is surprised that "Rebel" is just a kid, but Micah reminds him that he knows all about Sylar and can help him, claiming that the enemy side doesn't know how special Sylar is, which piques Sylar's interest. The agents are then seen chasing what seems to be Micah down to a pier; however "Micah" is really Sylar, since the real Micah (wearing the backpack) is hiding and watching. Micah later wakes up in a house and eavesdrops on a conversation between Sylar and his mother Virginia, and is shocked to see him morphing back and forth between the identities. When Sylar spots him, he regrets bringing Micah with him. Micah tells him to become Nathan Petrelli and own up to Nathan's mistakes, but Sylar instead gives him a chance to escape with his life, and that should Micah return, Sylar will kill him.
Redemption
In "Ice Queen, Part 1", sometime after meeting Sylar, Micah has encountered Tracy Strauss, who, with difficulty, convinced him to find the whereabouts of former Building 26's agents so she can make them pay for everything they have done to posthumans. Micah hesitates at first but he ends up giving her the information she wants with the condition to never kill, but he knows Tracy is not trustworthy. As stated by Micah, he has already reunited with Monica and the Rebellion team, and they continue working to make those agents stay out of their lives by "watching and warning them", which he believes Tracy is incapable of.Powers and abilities
He first displays his power in "Nothing to Hide
Nothing to Hide (Heroes)
"Nothing to Hide" is the seventh episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes.-Peter:Peter is reading the morning's stock report to Charles Deveaux. After talking about the report, Peter and Charles say "I love you" to each other, implying a close, father and son-like...
", where he repairs an out of order pay phone simply by touching it. When his contact was lost and his concentration was broken, the phone no longer worked. In "The Fix
The Fix (Heroes)
"The Fix" is the thirteenth episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes.-Plot:Niki is still in the county jail. A psychiatrist arrives to work on Niki's case, and diagnoses her with multiple personality disorder; Niki refuses her help. Meanwhile, D.L. is having...
", he uses his power to manipulate an automated teller machine
Automated teller machine
An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine, also known as a Cashpoint , cash machine or sometimes a hole in the wall in British English, is a computerised telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public...
, causing it to repeatedly eject cash in $500 increments. In "How To Stop An Exploding Man
How to Stop an Exploding Man
"How to Stop an Exploding Man" is the twenty-third and final episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. The episode was written by Tim Kring and was directed by Allan Arkush. It is the conclusion of the three-part finale for season one.The episode started filming...
", he is able to override the security lock-down on an elevator, much impressing his new friend Molly Walker
Molly Walker
Molly Walker, portrayed by Adair Tishler, is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. She is a young girl with the power to locate anyone just by thinking about them.-Genesis:...
. In "Powerless
Powerless (Heroes)
"Powerless" is the eleventh and final episode of the second season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and thirty-fourth episode overall. It was written by co-executive producer Jeph Loeb and directed by executive producer Allan Arkush. The episode aired on December 3, 2007 as the...
", Micah resignals traffic lights, and uses a mobile phone to track Monica when he and Niki
Niki Sanders
Nicole "Niki" Sanders is a fictional character portrayed by Ali Larter in the television series Heroes. Niki is the wife of D. L. Hawkins and mother of Micah Sanders . Niki, a sufferer of Dissociative Identity Disorder, displays superhuman strength, being able to literally rip others in half...
attempt to save her. Throughout "Fugitives," Micah, using the name "Rebel," has used his powers to keep in contact with several other posthumans in danger of elimination, including (but not limited to) assigning Claire Bennet
Claire Bennet
Claire Bennet is a fictional character in the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. She is portrayed by Hayden Panettiere and first appeared on television in the pilot episode of the series, "Genesis" on September 25, 2006...
to help other endangered posthumans start over, as well as hacking a government computer to send Peter Petrelli
Peter Petrelli
Peter Petrelli, portrayed by Milo Ventimiglia, is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. He is a hospice nurse-turned-paramedic in his mid-20s with the power to absorb and mimic the powers of other people with special abilities, or powers...
a video feed of the anti-posthuman operation to use as leverage.
In the graphic novel "Rebellion, Part 5: Wanted", Micah is able to control a crane from a considerable distance while he is held hostage by Eric Thompson Jr., and uses it to take him down, and also inform his position to the other "rebels", apparently without any physical weakness.
Micah is also exceptionally intelligent, though this has not been linked to his power. He is shown dismantling a new computer recently given to him in "Six Months Ago
Six Months Ago
"Six Months Ago" is the tenth episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. The entire episode is set six months before the series' premiere, displaying how all the characters initially developed their powers.-Plot:...
" and later repairing its motherboard
Motherboard
In personal computers, a motherboard is the central printed circuit board in many modern computers and holds many of the crucial components of the system, providing connectors for other peripherals. The motherboard is sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, or, on Apple...
in "Genesis". It is also stated in "Genesis" that public schools did not know how to nurture his gifts, so he was temporarily placed in a private school
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
until his mother's lack of funds forced him to leave.