Matt Parkman

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Matt Parkman

Portrayed by	Greg Grunberg
First appearance	No Mires Atrás
In-story stats
Known ability	Telepatía
Formal name	Matthew Parkman
Gender
Age	38 años
Home	New York, NY; anteriormente Los Angeles, CA
Residence	Anteriormente en un hogar en Los Angeles, CA, actualmente en el departamento de Mohinder Suresh en Brooklyn, NY
Occupations	NYPD Detective, anteriormente guardaespaldas, anteriormente oficial de la LAPD
Significant other	Anteriormente Janice Parkman
Parent	Maury Parkman
Child	Matthew (en un posible futuro)
Ward	Molly Walker

Matt Parkman es un detective del Departamento de Policía de Nueva York, aunque ha tenido muchos problemas para alcanzar su actual posición debido a que su dislexia le ha dificultado aprobar el examen de admisión. El es un humano evolucionado con la habilidad de telepatía.

Historia del Personaje

Primera Temporada

Matt Parkman es un oficial de la LAPD, quien está ocupado resguardando la escena de un crimen, cuando descubre que tiene la capacidad de escuchar los pensamientos de la gente. Esto le permite localizar a una niña perdida. Sin embargo, al mencionar el nombre "Sylar", Matt es arrestado, pero le prueba a Audrey que su poder es real, y empieza a trabajar para el FBI. Mientras tanto, después de una discusión con su esposa, Matt se va a un bar, se desmaya, y despierta atado a una mesa en unas instalaciones médicas. Mr. Bennet ordena a un hombre misterioso a "limpiar a Matt." Más tarde, descubre que tiene dos marcas en su cuello, algo que tiene en común con Ted Sprague, el nuevo blanco del FBI.

Obsesionado con el Sr. Bennet, Matt ordena una redada de la SWAT en Primatech Paper Co., que termina en fracaso. Matt es suspendido de su trabajo, toma un empleo de guardaespaldas, y consigue unos diamantes. Desesperado, Matt se une con el fugitivo Ted Sprague y confrontan al Sr. Bennet en su propio hogar. Cuando las cosas se vuelven tensas, Matt es aprehendido por la Compañía, pero escapa rápidamente de su celda con la ayuda de Bennet. Se une con otras personas y se dirige a la ciudad de Nueva York a destruír el Sistema Walker, y se sorprende al saber que el sistema es ni más ni menos que Molly. Matt usa la habilidad de localización de Molly para encontrar a Sylar en Kirby Plaza. Sin embargo, al dispararle al asesino serial, Sylar detiene telequinéticamente las balas y las dirige al abdomen de Matt, dejándolo malherido.

Six Months Ago

Matt está junto a una puerta, diciendole a la gente tras de ella que no deben mantener rehenes. Abre la puerta junto a su escuadrón y le dispara a los captores. Después llega a un cuarto donde hay dos personas, ambos diciendo ser el rehén. Matt lee las mentes de ambos y le dispara a la persona correcta. Al final resulta ser un simulacro y es evidentemente una prueba para la admisión de detective. El Detective Fuller lo felicita por ser un nuevo oficial de la NYPD y le da su insignia.

Más tarde Matt, ahora cuidando de Molly Walker junto con Mohinder, la recoge en la escuela. La señorita Gerber le muestra a Matt unos dibujos que Molly ha hecho de unos ojos con el símbolo en medio, y le informa que cree que Molly está en un ambiente familiar inadecuado debido a sus heridas recientes y a su divorcio de Janice.

De vuelta en su nuevo hogar, Matt y Molly comen pizza. Matt intenta hacer que Molly le hable sobre sus dibujos y sus pesadillas pero ella se rehúsa. Molly critica a Matt por su ascenso a detective debido a su injusta ventaja sobre los demás aspirantes. Cuando Matt la presiona sobre los dibujos que ha hecho en la escuela se enfada y grita. Más tarde usa su telepatía para escuchar el sueño de Molly y descubre que está soñando con alguien que puede verla. Ella despierta y le dice que la persona que ve en sus sueños es muy peligrosa, y si Matt intenta perseguirlo, morirá.

Lizards

On the Deveaux rooftop, the NYPD questions Ando about Kaito's death. Matt and Detective Fuller arrive, where Fuller briefs Matt> Fuller shows Matt a portion of a photograph of Kaito with the symbol drawn on top. He informs Matt that Ando was a witness and that he saw Kaito being pushed off the building despite there being only one body found. Fuller continues and tells Matt that the photo had Angela Petrelli's fingerprint on it. Matt points out the obvious and tells the detective that they need to bring her in for questioning. Matt asks Ando if he's seen the symbol before and Ando tells him that it is a kanji meaning "great talent, godsend" and that it is the crest of Takezo Kensei.

Matt and Detective Fuller interview Angela Petrelli, and Matt points out that she and Kaito had a fight the previous day. Angela explains that they had been long friends and that sometimes people can come to the wrong conclusions. Fuller states that Angela is a major stockholder in Yamagato Industries, which has been doing poorly recently. Matt tells Angela that common motives for murder include money and sex. Angela tells them that she doesn't need the money and hadn't slept with him in a long time. Matt asks her about the symbol on the picture fragment found on Kaito and she explains that it was the logo of her husband's law firm. He asks why it was drawn over his face and she replies that she doesn't know. Matt hears her thoughts, however, and finds out that someone is seeking revenge for something terrible they did. Matt asks her whether anyone would want revenge on him and Angela instantly asks for a lawyer. Matt asks again who wants revenge and Matt hears Angela's thoughts as she screams for Matt to get out of her head.

Matt meets Nathan, who is at the station to pick up his mother. Nathan tells Matt that she's not going to want to see him, but that she called him because she doesn't have anyone else to turn to. Angela starts screaming in the interrogation room, and Matt breaks through the glass in the adjacent room. Nathan holds her as Matt asks who did this. Matt finds Angela holding another picture fragment of her with the symbol also drawn across her face.

In Mohinder's apartment, Matt and Molly are asleep when Mohinder returns.

Kindred

Matt wakes up and finds that Molly is sleeping. He hears something in the kitchen and grabs his side arm. He finds Mohinder making tea, and asks him what he's doing in New York. After Mohinder tells Matt about working in the city, Matt warns Mohinder that he shouldn't do his "spy work" so close to Molly.

The Kindness of Strangers

Matt sees Angela Petrelli in her hospital room where she confesses to the murder of Kaito Nakamura. He reads her mind and finds out that her confession is false and that she wants him to "let it go." He later meets Nathan and reveals his power to him. Nathan recognizes the photos that the killer sent to Kaito and Angela and shows the original to Matt. Matt sees his father in the photo and tries to get Molly to find him. She tries and panics, realizing that Matt's father is the "nightmare man" who can see her when she looks for him. After Molly faints from her experience, Matt hears her thoughts calling out for his help.

Fight or Flight

Matt, helpless to help Molly, resolves to hunt down his father, and confronts Angela Petrelli about what she knows of him. Teaming up with Nathan, Matt tracks down the correct apartment block and storms the room, where Matt disarms and puts his father in handcuffs. Demanding to know why he had rendered Molly comatose. His father justifies that Molly could use his ability to find him, and he was protecting himself because he had also recieved a death threat. Matt is forced to fight Nathan in a telepathic nightmare generated by his father. A prison guard in his nightmare accuses Matt of knowing that Janice's infant son was actually his. Matt claims he walked out on her and the baby because "he didn't know anything (for sure)".

Poderes

El poder de Matt es la telepatía, aunque hasta ahora solo puede escuchar los pensamientos de los demás. En Fight or Flight, Matt fue capaz de proyectar su pensamiento a otro en un momento de crisis, aunque no podía explicar lo que sucedió después. Matt es a veces incapaz de controlar sus habilidades y puede estar abrumado por los pensamientos de los demás.

Equipment

Diamonds--located and kept after Aron Malsky was murdered by Jessica
Gun--carried by Matt as a police officer and as a private security guard

Notes

Matt is on the List.
On the official NBC Heroes page for Matt Parkman, a link hidden in the monitor on the squad car displays a video clip of an unaired incident of Parkman using his powers to locate a man speaking in a foreign tongue under a grate in the floor. This scene is from the unaired 72 minute version of In His Own Image shown at SDCC 2006.
In an interview, Greg Grunberg insinuates that Matt is Jewish.

Trivia

In an interview, Jason La Padura said that originally, the prototype for Matt's character was Ryan Phillippe in Crash.
Matt's NYPD detective badge is number 8954.