"Heroes" (2006/II) TV series 2006-????

Creator:

Tim Kring

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Save the Cheerleader. Save the World.

Plot:

They thought they were like everyone else... until they woke with incredible abilities.

Plot Keywords:

Death | Multiple Personality | Gun Shot | New York City | Politician

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 24 wins & 59 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 23	8:00 PM	NBC
Mon. Nov. 30	8:00 PM	NBC	The Fifth Stage	#4.11

Cast

Jack Coleman	...	Noah Bennet (67 episodes, 2006-2009)
Hayden Panettiere	...	Claire Bennet / ... (67 episodes, 2006-2009)
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Peter Petrelli (64 episodes, 2006-2009)
Masi Oka	...	Hiro Nakamura (60 episodes, 2006-2009)
Adrian Pasdar	...	Nathan Petrelli / ... (60 episodes, 2006-2009)
Sendhil Ramamurthy	...	Mohinder Suresh (59 episodes, 2006-2009)
James Kyson Lee	...	Ando Masahashi (57 episodes, 2006-2009)
Greg Grunberg	...	Matt Parkman (56 episodes, 2006-2009)
Zachary Quinto	...	Sylar (54 episodes, 2006-2009)
Ali Larter	...	Niki Sanders / ... (50 episodes, 2006-2009)
Cristine Rose	...	Angela Petrelli (49 episodes, 2006-2009)
Ashley Crow	...	Sandra Bennet (39 episodes, 2006-2009)
Jimmy Jean-Louis	...	The Haitian / ... (32 episodes, 2006-2009)
Noah Gray-Cabey	...	Micah Sanders (29 episodes, 2006-2009)

Also Known As:

Heroes: Villains (USA) (third season title)

Runtime:

45 min | 60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 1) (season 2) | South Korea:15 | Hungary:16 (some episodes) | Netherlands:12 | Australia:MA (Season 1 DVD rating) | New Zealand:R13 (Season 1 DVD rating) | Finland:K-13 (Season 1 DVD rating) (2008) | Norway:15 (TV rating) | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

NBC Universal Television

Trivia:

Mr. Bennett's business card has no name, no phone number, and no other contact information. All it says is "www.primatechpaper.com". If you go to the URL, you'll find a rudimentary website for the Primatech Paper company, including a brief company history, a phone number (1-800-PRIMA-16), and an online job application, complete with personality test.

Quotes:

Sylar: You have the hunger. You're like me.
Peter Petrelli: No! I will never become you.
Sylar: You already are... Brother.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: 2009 Teen Tournament Quarterfinal 1 (#26.36)" (2009)

Great start but season 2 & 3 goes downhill

I loved the first series - innovative, good story, slick cgi, great cliff-hangers. Sadly season 2 seemed to lose it's way (story wise), and it all started to get messy - worse still it was full of moments when you say "what the... why would you do that?!!!?!" for example, you've had a major fight within your arch nemesis & for once he's on the floor unconscious - now is your chance -finally! - so what do you do - would you a) pick up the gun on the floor and take the 2 seconds to shoot that person, or b) leave & then come back later..... let me see now...

Let me give you another example - you are a Dr, and the former most dangerous man in the world, who you know murdered countless people & almost brought the city to the edge of destruction, comes to visit - but you find out he's lost all his powers. He "thinks" you can help him get these powers back with an injection, do you a) give him the injection - knowing he'll probably be unstoppable & continue to murder his way through humanity, or do you b) give him an injection of something like saline, or even better some sort of poison - which he wouldn't have known you were doing as he had no medical knowledge??? Again, let me think....

Too many moments like this made it silly and unbelievable, which is a shame....