Heroes (TV Series)

Chapter Sixteen 'The Art of Deception' (2010)

Robert Knepper: Samuel Sullivan

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• Samuel Sullivan : Did I ever tell you the first carnival act that Joseph and I ever saw was the trapeze? The way they flung themselves through the air, we both thought they had powers, just like us. But when we went backstage, the man told us the only power he had was gravity. No matter how high he went, it was always there to catch him. I've come to realize that gravity is different things to people. For much of my life, Joseph was mine.

• Lydia : Nobody respects you anymore.

  Samuel Sullivan : Then I'm gonna win it back. I love them. I need them. And I'll do whatever I have to do, to prove my worth.

• [last lines] 

  Samuel Sullivan : What I did was wrong, I know that. But I was willing to sacrifice myself to protect you. To save this family that we've all come to love. But the outside world has proven once again that people like us will never be accepted. We've all seen it - in the eyes of those who come to see our shows... dazzled by our abilities, but filled with revulsion over who we are. I saw it again yesterday, in that small town over the hill. And today in the bullets that struck me and murdered our dear Lydia. It's time. It's time we put fear behind us. It's time we showed the world... what we truly are.