Company Man
Premiere Date: 2/26/2007
H.R.G.'s (Jack Coleman) past catches up to him as Matt (Greg Grunberg) and Ted Sprague (guest star Matthew John Armstrong), come to Texas looking for answers, and take him, his wife, son and Claire (Hayden Panettiere) hostage -- leading to a tragic, explosive showdown. Secrets are revealed and new threats to the "heroes" are introduced. Tawny Cypress, Santiago Cabrera, Noah Gray-Cabey, Ali Larter, Masi Oka, Adrian Pasdar, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Leonard Roberts and Milo Ventimiglia also star. Ashley Crow and Eric Roberts guest star. [Edit]
When Mr. Bennet thinks in Japanese, he is thinking, "I must save my family—protect them at any cost." [Edit Info]
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Company Man has more shots than any other episode of Heroes to date. Most have about 750 — Company Man has over 1000. [Edit Info]Jack Coleman (Mr. Bennet) is in 95% of the shots in this episode. [Edit Info]This episode was aired 25th of February on Global (Canada). [Edit Info]This was the first episode in which James Kyson Lee and Masi Oka do not appear (although Hiro does as a child). This left Hayden Panettiere as the only actor who appeared in every episode of the first season. [Edit Info]According to director Allan Arkush, this episode is largely based on the 1955 film noir thriller The Desperate Hours starring Humphrey Bogart. Arkush also cites other films including Martin Scorsese's 1991 thriller Cape Fear, and the film noir features Out of the Past (1947) and T-Men (1947) as having an influence on this episode. [Edit Info]According to the episode commentary, scenes at the bridge were filmed at Big Tujunga Narrows Bridge, located about 30 miles NNE of downtown Los Angeles. [Edit Info]Allan Arkush stated that two houses were used for the Bennets' home during Ted's meltdown scene: the original house seen through out the episode as well as an additional house used to film the house as it became severely damaged. [Edit Info]Arkush mentioned the shot of the Bennet family SUV pulling into the driveway was filmed using a false wall and window on the front lawn of the house. [Edit Info]
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