Maveric

I am soooooo looking foward to this. It seems they are taking a serious/realistic approach to how superpowered people would be percieved in today's society. Just from watching the few video previews and reading what information has already been released, to me it seems to have a "Lost", "Unbreakable", and "Rising Stars" feel to it. I really hope NBC gives it a chance.

I heard the Pilot was already leaked on the internet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_%28TV_series%29

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813715/

http://tv.yahoo.com/tvpdb;_ylt=AsVk...&id=1809428999&

They have a pretty nice official website;
http://heroes.nbc.com/

http://www.nbc.com/NBC_First_Look/Heroes/
(includes video preview)

NETWORK:NBC

SHOW DESCRIPTION:

This one-hour drama chronicles the lives of ordinary people who find out they have some extraordinary abilities. After a total eclipse, a genetics professor -- whose father recently went missing -- uncovers a theory regarding people with superhuman powers. Elsewhere, a young man tries to convince his politician brother he can fly, a teenage girl finds she's totally indestructible, a Vegas showgirl discovers that her mirror image is a separate being and a gift artist (struggling with a drug addiction) can paint the future. Ultimately, this disparate group of folks will be asked to save the world.

Synopsis

The drama tells the story of people who "thought they were like everyone else... until they woke with incredible abilities".[1] A Japanese salaryman discovers that he can manipulate time and space. A struggling New York artist can paint the future but only whilst he is using heroin. A discontented police officer in Los Angeles can hear the thoughts of others. A high school cheerleader discovers she recovers from any injury and a single mom realizes she has "a powerful alter ego". The premise is that these people have a role in "saving humankind".

According to the NBC website,[1] not only do the characters discover what having superpowers means to them, but also uncover a larger picture of the origin of their superpowers. The characters eventually become involved in each other's lives as they attempt to evade the series antagonist. The antagonist wishes to harness their "super DNA" for his own ends. Together, they must find a way to save the world.[2]

BRIEF HISTORY:

"Heroes" is executive produced by creator/writer Tim Kring ("Crossing Jordan"), Dennis Hammer ("Crossing Jordan") and David Semel ("House").

STARS:

Santiago Alvarez as Isaac Mendez
Tawny Cypress as Simone Deveraux
Greg Grunberg as Matt Parkman
Ali Larter as Niki Sanders
Masi Oka as Hiro Nakamura
Adrian Pasdar as Nathan Petrelli
Hayden Panettiere as Claire Bennet
Sendhil Ramamurthy as Mohinder Suresh
Leonard Roberts as D.L. Hawkins
Milo Ventimiglia as Peter Petrelli

Redjake

I saw a short clip of this at Best Buy. It had Hayden Panettiere as a cheerleader who was helping the victims of a train wreck. It was kind of weird, because she made sure that someone got her on film saving the people in the wreck - as if she wanted everyone to know she had superpowers. She pulled people out of the train wreckage while her cheerleading outfit was on fire, sticking to her. I was like uhh ouch? until I realized it was the Heroes TV show.

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777

Cool, if this show gets popular, we'll get more supers shows

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TexanAvenger

Well, it's a show that's certainly caught my attention. It remains to be seen whether it will hold it.

Heroes, just so you know, that's not an easy job. You've got your work cut out.

777

I saw the pilot this morning. It's really good. All the characters come from different walks of life, and have a very different idea as to what their gifts are. For those who know how to download torrents, you can find the pilot available online. If not, then you'll be waiting until the 25th of this month

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Roger Zelazny

Maveric

i was bored and wrote detailed spoilers for the first half of the pilot episode if anyone is interested...

Spoiler:

The series starts of with a brief introduction;

[quote]In recent days, a seemingly random group of individuals has emerged with what can only be described as "special abilities". Although unaware of it now, these individuals will not only save the world, but change it forever. This transformation from ordinary to extraordinary will not occur overnight. Every story has a beginning. Volume One of their epic tale begins here...[quote]

The first scene begins with a voice over of Mohinder Suresh, an Indian Teacher of Genetics. Mohinder discusses the meaning of life and human nature. During the voice over we see Peter Petrelli standing on the ledge of a building preparing to take a step off an dive into the air. Peter fall head first in slow motion until right before he hits the ground everything turns black and he sees his brother's face then wakes up.

Next scene, Peter wakes up in a home located Manhattan, Central Park West. Enter through the doorway, the sexy hottt African American babe, Simone Deveaux. Simone inquires about her father who is dying. Peter is a male nurse who attends to the elderly who are near death. Peter seems to be the sincere, compassionate, sensitive type. Simone mentioned that Peter is like a son to her father and Peter replies that it make her his sister and then it would be awkward if he ever wanted to ask her out. She's flattered but she has a boyfriend. He realizes how inappropriate that statement was and quickly apologizes. Simone gives Peter a once over look as he attends her father. Definitely some sexual chemistry there...

Next scene, we find ourselves in Madras, India (3 days ago) listening to a lecture from Mohinder Suresh about evolution. Mohinder starts discussing the possibility of humans evolving and the possibility of special abilities. The class ends and Mohinder chats with his colleague, Nerod (sp?) about his father and his father's work. Apparently the college has fired his father for teaching the same theories. A somber Nerod informs Mohinder that his father is dead. Mohinder's father was apparently killed while driving a cab in Queens, New York City where Mohinder's father believes Patient Zero for the next step in evolution will be located. Mohinder has just spoken to his father two days ago. Mohinder claims that his father informed him that he was being followed, and that someone was trying to steal his work. Mohinder believes that his father died because of his theories. Mohinder is going to New York to recover his father’s research. Mohinder voices his dedication to finishing what his father started... Mohinder enters a doorway in Madras and we cut into a new scene.

Next scene, Mohinder enters the doorway of his father's New York apartment. (Btw, nice seg-way into the new scene) Mohinder notices a pair of thick eye glasses on a pile of opened books. Rummaging through his father's notes we see files on human flight potential, rapid cellular regeneration, teleportation, etc. We see a picture of Mohinder and his father who apparently does not wear eye glasses, especially heavy prescription. While messing around with some notes his father has pinned on a large world map hung on the wall a cell phone rings in the next room. A tall man in a trench coat, unaware of Mohinder, answers the phone and speaks. Trench coat man says that the father left everything behind but the computer and that they should bring a team in to tag and bag everything. (it sounds like police detective or FBI lingo to me...) Mohinder starts quickly gathering notes, taking a couple of pictures of the maps with various pins stuck in them. Mohinder takes a moment to make sure to remove the pin stuck on the New York location, then quickly exits. Trench coat guy walks back into the Map room and picks up his glasses. Cut to next scene.

Scene opens to stripper music and a hot blonde, Niki Sanders, displaying a little scantily clad TnA for an internet linked tri-pod camera somewhere in Las Vegas, Nevada. ((OMG I wanna drink tequila (patron silver) shots off that belly button!!!)) After a few minutes of teasing an alarm goes off. Niki throws on a robe, (((Why God Why!!!)) goes over to her laptop, and enters “times up” under the alias XXXNikki4u in a message chat window. A reply from Huggerz69 states “Little more. Please.”. Niki responds, “It’ll cost you another 39 bucks”. Huggerz69 promptly replies,”BITCH!”. Niki verbally replies “Pervert.”, and shuts off her computer. Eerie music starts to play. Niki walks past a mirror, stops in place, and then looks around as if someone is watching her… Niki walks into another room and loudly announces “time to get up Mica”. Niki walks into a back bedroom obviously belonging to a child. The room is empty and the window left open. Eerie music intensifies. Niki raises her voice calling for Mica and storms out of the bedroom, her reflection in the bedroom mirror pauses momentarily then follows. Niki finds Mica (played by child piano prodigy turned actor Noah Gray-Cabey) in the kitchen building a new logic board for his computer. Upset with Mica Niki warns him not to do that again, he needs to be careful, and not to talk to any strangers. Mica is obviously a child prodigy. Niki notices another of Mica’s projects. Mica explains it’s a school project; it’s for viewing the eclipse that happens later that day. Niki tries to rush Mica to get ready for school. Mica chastises his mom because he’s dressed, and already made and packed his lunch. “What have you been doing all morning?” Mica sarcastically replies. Niki tells him not to get smart with her, that she has been working to pay bills. “Yeah, that’s why they turned off our gas again?” retorts Mica. The door bell rings. Niki tells Mica to get his stuff and wait by the back door. Niki peaks out the window and notices two menacing looking guys at the door, one of them putting on gloves. Niki grabs Mica and heads out the back. Apparantly, Niki was expecting a visit from these guys because she parked on street behind her house. The two thugs break down the door as Niki speeds away in her P.o.S. car that almost doesn’t start, and blows a lot of smoke out the back. End Scene.

Scene opens in Odessa, Texas with a video camera background. ((*note camera timer is at 47 minutes meaning that 46 minutes of video footage has already been used…)) The camera focuses on a Blonde haired cheerleader running up a mill chute about 70-80 feet off the ground. The cheerleader asks if the camera is ready. An unseen teenage boy operating the camera provides some narration. The cheerleader jumps off the ledge and falls to the ground. Camera boy freaks and rushes to where she landed. The cheerleader awkwardly gets up, pops her obviously dislocated shoulder back into place, looks into the camera and states “This is Claire Bennet and that was attempt number 6. End scene.

The scene opens with soaring music as the camera point of view flies over and through the buildings of New York. Cut into scene the noise of a loud bus braking at a red light which wakes up Peter Petrelli who was daydreaming in a cab. We see a picture of Nathan Petrelli (Peter’s brother) who is running for Congress. Peter exits the cab and enters the campaign office of his brother Nathan, who is running late for a fund raiser. Peter tells Nathan that it has happened to more times. Peter tell Nathan that sometimes he dreams he is falling and sometimes he is flying and sometimes Nathan is in them. Nathan is busy and in a hurry and doesn’t want to hear it. Peter swears it’s not just dreams and that this morning when he got out of bed his foot just hovered for a split second before hitting the ground, like he was floating. Peter tells Nathan that he thinks he can fly. Nathan laughs and tells him to try jumping of the Brooklyn Bridge and see what happens. Peter suggests starting with something a little lower, like learning to walk. Once Nathan realizes that Peter is serious he tells Peter to snap out of it, go see a doctor, get some drugs, but do not pull a Roger Clinton on him because Nathan is 8 points down in the polls. Peter exclaims that isn’t about Nathan, it’s about him. Peter feels that something is happening to him and Nathan will be the only one to understand. Nathan gives Peter an agitated look and replies, “Why do you think I would understand that you could fly?”. “Because you’re my brother!”, Peter says. Nathan’s cell phone rings. It’s their mother; she is calling from jail for shoplifting. Peter and Nathan get in a cab, and then make their way to the jail. End scene.

New scene opens with Claire Bennet (the Texas high school senior cheerleader) walking down a country road with a geeky looking teenage boy who is reviewing the footage he just filmed a little while ago. Claire announces that she is depressed. The boy asks why. Other than nearly “fudging” himself, that was the single coolest thing to happen to this town in a hundred years. “Not if nobody finds out, it’s not”, replies Claire. The boy asks her, “why did you want me to tape it?” Claire informs the boy that she has her reasons. The boy still can’t believe that she asked him to video tape her because she had stopped talking to him since the sixth grade. “It’s safer this way”, Claire responds. He believes that Claire chose him because he is so unpopular that if he did tell, which he wouldn’t, that no one would believe him. The boy tells Claire that it’s not like she wouldn’t be popular anymore. Claire freaks out on him, claiming that her life is over, and she is a freak show. The boy thinks Claire is a little dramatic. Claire goes off on him again, explaining the multiple attempts she has tried to harm herself but can’t. Clair has broken every bone in her body, stabbed herself in the chest, put a 2’ steel rod through her neck, and she doesn’t have a scratch on her. The boy notices something poking out of the side of her shirt. Claire lifts her shirt to see some bloody rib bones poking out. Claire shoves the bones back in, and the wound rapidly heals itself over. Claire makes the boy give her the video tape. The boy offers to give Claire a ride on his handle bars. Claire gives him a look that implies “you have got to be joking”. And tells him no thanks then walks away. Feeling bad she turns around and promises to talk to him in front of people at school the next day. A fire truck blares it’s horn and heads down the road. Another truck coming from the opposite direction with A & I Transportation (hard to tell, could be wrong) with a Texas state logo painted on the side door. As the truck passes by, the back flaps open and two men in black masks can be seen holding onto some sort of tank (with a serial number I think) loaded in the back of the truck. ((I missed that part the first time I watched it.)) Scene fades to black.

Scene opens in Tokyo, Japan at the cubicle of Hiro Nakamura. Toys line his chaotically messy desk, cartoon art is proudly displayed, and an anime screen saver flashes across his flat panel monitor. Hiro, the young cubicle jockey for Yamagato Industries, stares intensely at his desk clock. After a few moments of intense concentration, Hiro wills time to stop for a second and then go backwards for a second. Hiro grins, pumps his fists into the air, and screams “I did it!” in Japanese. Hiro runs down the alley of cubicles spazzing out with glee.

((side note – is it just me or does the Japanese language use too many words to express a sentiment? Two and three word statements seem to verbally require a paragraph’s worth of words.))

Hiro excitedly makes his way to his friend’s cubicle. Hiro’s friend gives him this embarrassed look and asks, “What now?”. “I have broken the space / time continuum!”, declares Hiro. Hiro friend tell him “Good for you.” As he tries to get some work finished. Hiro explains that he made the hands of his clock turn back time for one second using only the powers of his mind. Hiro’s friend sarcastically replies, “Too bad you’re not paid by the hour.”. Hiro claims that he is serious, and that would explain why the train was 14 seconds late today, and the train is never late. Hiro cockily declares that he has discovered powers beyond any mere mortal. “You and Spock”, retorts his friend. “Yes. Like Spock. Exactly” beams Hiro proudly. Hiro’s freaky looking (Caucasian???) manager grabs him forcefully by the back of the neck, and drags him back to his cubicle. Hiro’s friend screams after Hiro, “Use your ‘death grip’, Spock! The ’death grip!”. ((I nearly pissed myself from laughing so hard during this scene!!!)) Hiro’s friend goes back to “work” on his computer. We see NikkiCam.com on his screen and a message from XXXNikki4u that states, Time’s up”. Hiro’s friend types a message reply “Little more. Please.” under the handle Huggerz69. End scene.

The scene quickly opens with Mica reading a 9th Wonders comicbook pictured *here* without the titles and captions.

((9thwonders.com also happens to be the official unofficial website for the TV show. There are a lot of spoilers for up coming episodes, interviews, pics, superhero art, to check out.))

The scene moves into the Mica’s school office. The dean admits that Mica is quite “gifted” but that’s not the issue. Niki tries to flirt with the dean but fails miserably, and embarrasses herself in the process. The dean smugly claims that he feels his school is not the right fit for Mica. Niki tries to make excuses but the dean only replies with unsympathetic apologies. Niki quickly gets angry and reminds the dean that she gave him $25,000.00, not counting tuition fees, to get Mica in this school. The dean coldly reminds Niki that the $25,000.00 was a donation, and that her checks for the last three tuition fees have bounced. They argue over the money. Niki get pissed and grabs the dean by the tie angrily demanding her money back. The dean replies, “That’s not possible”. Niki storms out of the office and tells Mica that they are getting out of there, and that he’s too good for their school. Niki passes a large aquarium with a mirrored backdrop. Niki’s reflection gives her a dirty look. Niki tells the reflection to leave her alone, and they leave.

Scene opens with Peter and Nathan being brought into the holding area for their mother who was arrested for shoplifting. Nathan chastises her while Peter gives her a kiss and asks her how she is. She states that the store is going to drop the charges and all she has to do is fill out a form, that it’s no big deal. Nathan paces back and forth while berating his mother because if this scene gets out to the public it will hurt his chances of becoming a congressman. Nathan irritated, asks his mother what she could have possibly needed so badly that she needed to steal it. Nathan quickly reconsiders and doesn’t want to know. “Socks”, replies his mother anyway. Nathan can’t understand why she would need to steal socks, especially after her husband left her a fortune when he died. Since her husbands death 6 months ago she has been pulling these kinds of stunts. Nathan exclaims, “Dad’s gone! Just get over it!” Peter defends his mother by telling Nathan to leave her alone, and that all that matters is that she is okay. Nathan sarcastically disagrees, saying next thing you know she will be telling the media that she is a crack whore. Peter opens the door and tells Nathan to leave, that he’ll take care of this. Nathan lopoks at him a moment, agrees, and states that he has to make sure this gets buried. Nathan leaves sarcastically thanking his mother. Peter gently asks his mom, “What were you thinking?” Peter’s mom replies, “I just wanted to feel alive again”. They leave the office while discussing Nathan’s actions. Peter states that Nathan only thinks of himself. Peter’s mom says his father was the same way, that they are both alpha dogs. Peter’s Mom worries that his selflessness and caring for dying old people will leave him broke. Peter retorts, “I’ll just shoplift some socks”. Peter’s mother advises that when you put everyone else first, that you end up last. They discuss how Nathan always needed more attention and how Peter allowed it. Peter doesn’t deny it because he loves his brother. Peter’s mom believes love is overrated. Peter knows Nathan loves him, they have always been close. They argue a bit more and Peter’s mom apologizes. What Peter’s mom is trying to point out is that Peter has always hero worshipped his brother, but those feelings were never returned. Peter disagrees, claims it’s biological, that they are connected. Peter reveals that when Nathan had his accident ((*potential flashback storyline set-up – Mav)) that he woke up and he knew/felt that Nathan had been hurt even before he got the phone call. Peter’s mom dismisses him, and leaves. End Scene.




-Mav

Maveric

you can watch the first episode on Yahoo TV before the pilot airs....

http://tv.yahoo.com/feature/fall06/?d=503

-Mav

NoSoup

I had never even heard of this show until I saw it on last night - I watched the episode, and it was actually really quite good.

Anyone else catch it?

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Jove

I watched twenty minutes of the show before I was sidetracked by a phone call. I thought the first 20 minutes were interesting (I stopped at the part where the woman in Vegas was looking for her son and her image in the mirror was faster or slower than she was).

I need to get a TiVo.

Daval

I just watched it, had it Tivo'd from last night. I really liked this first episode and quite liked how they all interconnected. Spoiler: As soon as dude jumped off the building I yelled out - oh crap its the brother that can fly! just before they showed it. I didnt see that one coming before. I felt really bad for the guy

I can't wait till next week!

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fresnelly

I dunno. After watching the pilot, my thought is that this would work better for me as a short miniseries or feature film. It looks to me like they are going to develop the plot really, really slowly. And iven that slow build, I didn't find any of the characters (except the Japanese guy) engaging enough to earn my commitment to following the show.

Maybe it's because the cast is so young. I'm not saying it's "Heroes 90210", but I'd be more interested in a wider age range in the main cast.

I felt the same about Lost earlier on, so I think I'll check back in on this show later in the season when the mythos is firmly established.

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777

Heroes 90210! That can be a spin off

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Moskie

About the girl in Vegas... what does everyone think her power is? They kinda want you to think that her mirror image comes alive or something... but I'm hoping that's just a ruse for what her actual power is. Maybe she's schizo and her other personality has some super-speed or strength abilities.

The reason I say that is because the idea of her mirror image coming alive doesn't jive with the rest of the show. That would be more "para" normal and X-Files-like than I think this show is going for.

*edit* I'll ammend: my guess is that she has a second personality that she's created because her abilities have freaked her out to the point of schizophrenia. This second personality has the ability to control glass and mirrors. Or something. I'd stake my life on it!! well, not really, but it's a guess.

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777

I think it's more of a Dr. Jeckle, Mr. Hyde thing. So don't piss this one off or she'll go all "Buffy" on your ass.

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Roger Zelazny

guthmund

That's pretty close to my initial impressions as well.

I like the professor and Hiro is a hoot; everyone else is rather generic and uninteresting. It's not great, but I'll give it a few more shows before writing it off completely.

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lindalove

mmkay, so I'm wondering what's in what storyline in that second episode.

Spoiler: Was Hiro's timeline the only one shown for the day of the election? It's obvious that the flying brothers weren't in the same one. It's just not that clear.

I'm still very drawn to it and I'll stay til next week at least.

wwcd101

I'm enjoying it. The Japanese guys and the comicbook tie in keep it surprising and fun.

Girlfriend of the artist definitely "not" enabling his addiction.

Thanks for listening.

777

Wow, did you guys see how the third episode ended? That's NOT how I want to wake up in the morning

And, man, how can you not like Hiro and his buddy? It's going to be fun once the meet the blonde gal (for the life of me, I can't remember her name). Especially Hiro's friend. I'm positive that he's gonna be very shy/shocked once he meets his favorite cam girl

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Daval

This show is getting better and better every week. Hiro and freind go to Vegas. I can't think of anything more entertaining.

The hot cheerleader waking up on an autopsy table is kinda freaky for sure. I guess she couldnt heal untill the spike was out of her brain. We found her weakness.

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Locke7

The endings of these episodes are killing me. Kind of reminds me of how they like to end episodes of 24. I pretty much fall off my chair every time To Be Continued... shows up on screen. This past Monday was the same way when out of nowhere an english speaking Hiro shows up looking all bad ass with that outfit and a sword hooked to his back. (That was Hiro right??)

Daval

It was indeed Hiro of the future, and he looked seriously badass, I can't wait till next week!

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ratbastid

Okay, I just acquired *koff* the first four episodes and watched them, and... WOW. This feels a lot like the first season of LOST. It's a really well-done show.

The pacing in particular is very nice. Enough movement to keep us interested, but generally pretty measured.

Moskie

Dude, Hiro on the subway was awesome. The show is definitely getting better each week.

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777

Now, I can't believe that was Hiro. He was more of a Super "Hiro" by then. And we saw Vicky's other half in action. And don't get on the chearleader's bad side

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Roger Zelazny

Moskie

You know, at first, I was skeptical. I thought this would be a typcial network show that wouldn't try anything crazy... it would have a few comic book references to appease people like myself, but in the end, it wouldn't amount to anything much.

But then they have a dude, randomly show up, from the fucking future, with a sword on his back. that gets points in my book.

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guthmund

Just finished watching episode 5 and boy, am I impressed.

It's become one of the few shows a week I look forward to watching.

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Jove

Is this Heirio in the future? Because right now in the present he seems a bit quirky and having a good time with his ability. But, the future self seems a bit more serious and he can speak english really well!

Buk

Awesome show.

They sure are taking their time (Hiro and friend) getting to NY. And now they take a side trip to Texas???

ratbastid

I would say it's narratively necessary that Hiro and Ando visit Odessa, TX.

The two question marks are how they find out where to go, and whether either of the Flying Petrelli Brothers go as well. Isaac the Future Painter isn't likely to leave his studio--but they can dope him up and keep him cranking out the cheat-sheets.

Nathan flies like a mo-fo!

troit

I watched DVR'd the Sunday marathon and was somewhat sceptical at first but ended staying up until 3:00am watching the first four episodes back-to-back. BTW - if you every miss the latest episode you can watch it online.

http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/

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777

Actually, I don't believe that Peter's power is "flying", comsidering that he finished Isaac's painting. I believe that Peter copies other people's powers. He only flew when he was with his brother, and he painting the future with Isaac. Imagine what he can do with all the heroes in one place :-D

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Roger Zelazny

lindalove

This show is getting really good. I'm not sure why all the critics were so "meh" about it at the beginning of the season.

Moskie

Yea, this past episode solidified what Peter's power is. Shall we just call him Rouge from now on?

Oh man, seeing Nathan rocket into the sky like he did was amazing. Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but I wasn't expecting that at all.

If I had one complaint, it's that the heroes are meeting each other too fast. The first few episodes, all the heroes had their own stroyline going on, independent of each other. You knew that they would cross paths eventually, but you sort of got the impression that that would happen when some major shit was gonna go down. But they're running into each other sort of on a whim now. It seems like a missed opportunity for a plot line to climax with the coming together of two story threads and their respective heroes...

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jusolson00

I beg to differ... I find it kind of cool that they are all running into each other by chance now... and not really realizing it only to depart again and then have to find their way to each other. You just know when Nikki and Nathen meet up again to "save the world"... he'll be like.. holy shit.. Your that great fuck!!!.. ha.. great stuff.

Moskie

I take it people weren't all too thrilled with this last episode? I thought it was definitely just mediocre. So bascially we learned two things: the Vegas chick's alter ego screwed her husband over, and the short-haired chick is working with the cheerleader's dad. Sorry, I'm not too good with names.

The vegas chick's story here wasn't spectacular, and probably didn't warrant an enitre episode dedicated to it. And the short-haired girl being with the bad guys was no surprise... it seemed like the only logical place her character could go.

Hopefully next week has little more bite to it.

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zed wolf

Hmmm...Vegas chick seems to have......used? her powers long before the others if she screwed her husband over before. Also interesting was her husband having his own powers.
And why is it the girl I think is the cutest, the one I would like to get alone in bed turns out to be a bad guy (girl) ? Bloody hell.....
I am interested also in what was showing through the painting when painter guy was rubbing at the paint. is there other stuff in other paintings? was it somehow connected to something I missed?

Daval

That would mean she used her powers about 6 months previously since that is when the father dissapeared?

I just watched the episode last night, Is Nikki (vegas girl) dead? The powers her ex had are pretty bad-ass. I read somewhere some fan speculation that he maybe just stopped her heart and that means she could be revived. Wasnt really expecting that plot twist though.

It means that she is the bad guy and the husband is the good guy essentially.

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Jove

This website should help you with their names:The Characters

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World. Claire's father is up too something, I wonder what it is?

777

Nikki lives. Her hubby reached through her chest, grabed her neck, and choked her out. Man, I didn't think Nikki was able to talk to her "other half". Maybe she can talk some sense into her.

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