Heroes (TV Series)

Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (2006)

Hayden Panettiere: Claire Bennet

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• Claire Bennet : You... How did you...

  Peter Petrelli : Where is he?

  Claire Bennet : I don't know. He ran away before I got here.

  Peter Petrelli : Police. Go get some help, okay?

  Claire Bennet : Okay. I'll be back... Hey. What's your name?

  Peter Petrelli : Peter.

  Claire Bennet : I'm Claire.

  Peter Petrelli : Are you the one? By saving you, did I save the world?

  Claire Bennet : I don't know. I'm just a cheerleader.

• Claire Bennet : Ooh, sorry!

  Peter Petrelli : Sorry.

  Claire Bennet : That was my fault. I wasn't looking where I was going.

  Peter Petrelli : Hey, do you... do you know this girl, Jackie Wilcox?

  Claire Bennet : Uh, yeah, half-time show starts in about five minutes. She'll be out on the field. She's a cheerleader. Are you a reporter or something?

  Peter Petrelli : Alumni. I'm just curious.

  Claire Bennet : [pause]  You know, between you and me, she's not that special. Just your average teenage girl.

  Peter Petrelli : She rushed into a fire and saved a man's life, sounds kinda special to me.

  Claire Bennet : Yeah, you're right. I'm jealous. She's our town hero. Me? I don't win too many popularity contests.

  Peter Petrelli : Hey, it gets better!

  Claire Bennet : What?

  Peter Petrelli : Life after high school. It gets a lot better.

• Claire Bennet : You are being completely unreasonable! Do you have any idea what it means for me to miss this game?

  Mr. Bennet : You'll survive.

  Claire Bennet : But dad - !

  Mr. Bennet : No! Listen and you listen good! As long as you live under my roof you will do as I say. You may not agree, but don't think for a moment that that matters. You are not leaving this house tonight. Is that clear?

  Claire Bennet : Crystal.

  Sandra Bennet : She is gonna hate you for a long time on this one.

  Mr. Bennet : [sighs]  Let's hope so.

• Claire Bennet : You're being so nice, I've never been this nice to you, I mean I've been nice but I could be nicer

  Zach : Then why don't you?

• Mr. Bennet : Claire!

  Claire Bennet : Dad. Dad.

  Mr. Bennet : It's okay. You're okay.

  Claire Bennet : Dad, it was terrible, Jackie, she...

  Mr. Bennet : I know, I know.

  Claire Bennet : We have to go back. We... we have to go back, Peter...

  Mr. Bennet : No, no, no.

  Claire Bennet : He saved my life!

  Mr. Bennet : No, no, no, he'll be fine.

  Claire Bennet : But we can't leave him. We can't leave him. He almost died, but then he... He... We have to go back! We have to go back!

  Mr. Bennet : The police'll take care of everything.

• Zach : I know who I am. I like who I am. I like who you are. I just, I just wish that you liked who you are.

  Claire Bennet : I'm finally realizing who my friends really are. That maybe being different isn't the end of the world. It's just who I am.

  Zach : Exactly. You've gotta embrace your inner freak. Because the only thing you'll regret is denying who you really are.

• Mr. Bennet : You're lucky you're alive.

  Claire Bennet : It's not luck, dad.

  [pause] 

  Claire Bennet : I have something I have to tell you.

• Claire Bennet : Everybody who wasn't my friend is now my friend, and everybody who was my friend, isn't.

  Zach : Well, it's not a popularity contest. It's an unpopularity contest 'cause you rocked the freak vote.

  Claire Bennet : I what?

  Zach : Look, everybody who's like Jackie voted for Jackie; and everybody who isn't voted for you. And in this school, the unpopular vastly outnumber the popular.

• Jackie Wilcox : I thought you were grounded.

  Claire Bennet : It didn't take.

• Zach : What? What's with you?

  Claire Bennet : You're being so nice, I've never been this nice to you, I mean... I've been nice but I could be nicer.

  Zach : Then why don't you?

• Zach : She can call me whatever she wants. I'm not gonna be embarassed by it. I know who I am. I like who I am. I like who you are. I just... I just wish that you liked who you are.

  Claire Bennet : I'm finally realizing who my friends really are. And maybe being different isn't the end of the world. That's just who I am.

  Zach : Exaclty. You've got to embrace your inner freak. Because the only thing that you'll regret is denying who you really are.

• Claire Bennet : A good friend of mine once said it's more important to be honest with yourself and happy than popular. I think he got it right.