by Emma Durman

Created on: April 21, 2008

Heroes was first broadcast by NBC in September 2006. It's first season consists of 23 one hour long episodes. The second season, however, was brought to an abrupt halt by the writer's strike, consisting of only 11 episodes. Heroes is due to return to American screens in September 2008 with a third season.

Warning: This review may contain spoilers - I have tried to keep to as basic an outline as possible to avoid spoiling the plot for new watchers.

Heroes is a sci-fi/fantasy drama created by Tim Kring.

Heroes follows the lives of many interconnected people, all with special abilities, who seem to be taking the next step in human evolution. They all have some part to play in an ultimate destiny in which they must save the world.

This is a difficult one to review, mainly because it has so many characters and quite a complicated plotline. I'll start by explaining the characters and their abilities.

Main Characters and Plot

Claire Bennet (Hayden Panettiere - Ally McBeal, Malcolm in the Middle) is a high school cheerleader who lives with her adopted parents in Odessa, Texas. Claire becomes increasingly curious about her biological parents after discovering she has amazingly extensive powers of regeneration. She can jump from great heights and repair all injuries within seconds. Claire tries to hide these powers from her adopted family, however her adopted father knows more than she could imagine.

Noah Bennet (Jack Coleman - interestingly is descended from Benjamin Franklin!) is Claire's adopted father. He appears to be an average businessman, specialising in paper. However he hides a secret from his family that threatens them all. He has a mysterious aquaintance known only as "The Haitian" (Jimmy Jean-Louis).

Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) is a brilliant genetic scientist grappling with the recent murder of his father, noted geneticist and author of "Activating Evolution" Chandra Suresh. Mohinder had a difficult relationship with his father with them disagreeing over his fathers theories. Chandra's theories however, were absolutely correct, there were indidviduals across the globe who had taken the next step in human evolution. Mohinder discovers his father's work was legitimate, and works to complete it.

Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka) is a geeky, misguided, naive office worker who has the power to bend the space time continum. Hiro lives in a bit of a fantasy world. However he is very brave, and genuinely believes his power carries a great responsibility. Hiro is by far

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