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Ted Sprague, another one of the coolest Heroes characters, was short-lived and was killed at the end of Volume 1. However, I believe we should take a look at the background behind this explosive hero. Ted started out in a normal life with his wife who had cancer, which was caused by him. Matt Parkman and Audrey Hanson had come to investigate the murder of Ted’s Wife’s OnCologist, in which he was brutally radiated. They realize this is supernatural. They come to the hospital where Ted and his wife are, and he flips out. He threatens a nurse and the officers, but is taken into custody. Matt also discovers the mark symbolizing that Ted had been experimented on by the company. At the interrogation room, they find out the full extent of Ted’s powers. He threatens to blow up the building, and nicely boils a glass of water. At the interrogation, Matt questions him more about the mysterious mark, and trys to find answers about what it means. They realize they both went through similar scenarios. But that’s a different story. Ted later escapes from their custody, discreetly blowing up a van. After the long break after the Homecoming incident, Ted is seen in a cabin in Nevada, testing his power. He later meets with Hana Gitelman, a hero with the ability to mess with electronics, or something like that. She also has the mark. Ted visits his wife’s grave and vows revenge against the Company who experimented on him and caused him so much pain. Ted and Matt meet up again, and Matt tells them they’re being tracked. They decide to take drastic measures to take down the Company. They take the Bennet family hostage. Ted and Matt learn more about the Company’s past, and Ted. Long story short, while Matt and Bennet are getting answers and Bennet is turning a new leaf, Ted gets suspicious. He thinks they’re trying to trick them. Bennet gives Ted some answers, Thompson, an old boss of the Company, ruins it and shoots Ted. He loses it, nearly creating a mushroom cloud. Same thing happens to me. They seadte Ted, and take him, Bennet, and Matt prisoner. With help from Bennet, they escape. They discuss how to take down the Company and get their lives back to normal, and decided to go to New York to take out their tracking system, Molly Walker. They get to New York, and run into Peter Petrelli and Claire Bennet. Peter absorbs Ted’s power, which was believed to be the bomb, but Peter is able to handle it. They develop a plan for Peter, Claire, and Ted to go to Odessa to be safe. However, Sylar had a different plan. When he reports Ted to the police, he uses that as a pawn to get to Ted. He kills Ted, and uses that power to try to blow up New York, but fails. Ted is a character that will be missed by me, and any other Heroes fan that enjoyed an unstable dude.

Memorable Quotes:

“I didn’t mean to kill him. Dr. Fresco said there was nothing he could do to save her. I tried to convince him, you know? There must be something else that he could do. Anything. And we argued. And I lost control.
- Ted (to Audrey) (Nothing to Hide)

“If you’re not back in an hour, just look for the mushroom cloud.”
- Ted (to Matt and Mr. Bennet) (Company Man)

“You’re gonna upset me. Do you know what happens when I get upset? I get very bright and very hot.”
- Ted (to Mr. Bennet) (Company Man)

“Gun, I don’t need a gun, do I Mr. Bennet? Not after what you did to me!”
-Ted (to Mr. Bennet) (Company Man)

“Put the gun down and listen to the man… or else I’ll melt that bullet, melt the gun, and melt you before you can even think of pulling the trigger!”
- Ted (to Hana) (The Death of Hana Gitelman, Part 2)

Fun Facts:
Ted was loosely based on a train conductor used in the original pilot, but got cut. They later changed him into Ted.

Ted is inspired by the real life terrorist, Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber.