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9.0 Superb
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Ended

Premiered

September 25, 2006

Ended

February 8, 2010

Genre

Drama , Sci-Fi

Theme

Fantasy

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Aired: 02/08/10

Show Summary

Heroes is a serial saga about people all over the world discovering that they have superpowers and trying to deal with how this change affects their lives. Some of the superheroes who will be introduced to the viewing audience include Peter Petrelli, an almost 30-something male nurse who suspectsMore he might be able to fly, Isaac Mendez, a 28-year-old junkie who has the ability to paint images of the future when he is high, Niki Sanders, a 33-year-old Las Vegas showgirl who begins seeing strange things in mirrors, Hiro Nakamura, a 24-year-old Japanese comic-book geek who literally makes time stand still, D.L. Hawkins, a 31-year-old inmate who can walk through walls, Matt Parkman, a beat cop who can hear other people's thoughts, and Claire Bennet, a 17-year-old cheerleader who defies death at every turn. As the viewing audience is discovering the nature of each hero's powers, the heroes themselves are discovering what having superpowers means to them as well as the larger picture of where their superpowers come from. Tune in each week to see how these heroes are drawn together by their common interest of evading the series' antagonist who wants to harvest their super-DNA for himself. Their ultimate destiny is nothing less than saving the world! The series will star Greg Grunberg ( Alias ), Leonard Roberts ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer ), Milo Ventimiglia ( Gilmore Girls ), and Hayden Panettiere ( Ally McBeal , Guiding Light ). Tim Kring ( Crossing Jordan , Chicago Hope ) is the series' creator. The pilot is set to be directed by Dave Semel ( American Dreams , Buffy, the Vampire Slayer , Beverly Hills, 90210 ). Heroes will be produced by NBC/Universal/Tailwind. Summary revised with help from: space-cowboy.

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    3 Bad

    Creators should have re-watched the 1st series before continuing. hide show

    The creators should have gone back and watched the 1st series and observed what was so great about it. Then continued instead of getting caught up in the hype and making silly plot choices. Kill Sylar, Parkman, and Pete's mum, Claire's dad. They should never killed off Issac that early, instead they should have found a way to save him and keep the love triangle going. Split personality chick should've gained control of the strength and done more. Bringing her back as a water power kinda sucked. Indian bloke shold have always stayed human without powers ( what were you thinking...Were you thinking??? ). More about saving the future, Pete going into the future to save the Irish chick, c'mon they endless plot directions and they always zigged instead of zagged. it's a pitty that it ended on such a disappointing note when it should have gone down as one of the great shows this decade. Instead it is a good example of what not to do when making a TV show.

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    2 Terrible

    Ended just the way no one wanted it to. But oh well, no surprise there. hide show

    This show could have been so good. It started out as one of my favorites and led to a feeling of complete anti-climax. All of the things the viewers had been hoping for never happened and things turned out really weird... the character had a lot of weird turnouts and ended up being unrecognizible... that's a death sin any scriptwriter should avoid - making the characters unrecognizible!!

    First of all, it seemed as though Claire and Peter would end up as a couple, as goes in any show where there is a cute guy and a cute girl, I think a lot of viewers had expected that to happen - but NO, it turns out the writers had decided to make him her uncle!! Are you guys brain-dead, or what??

    Second of all, what the freakin' hell is the deal with the carnival...? I mean, come on! A carnival? That's just stupid. To all scriptwriters in the world - let the turnout of Heroes be a lesson to you. Look at it and remember how not to do things!

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    8.5 Great

    a good show when it came out but has been sliding for the last few years hide show

    the show was a huge show when it came out tons of people were interested in it.i myself included i own all the season that are out right now and will buy the 4th when it comes out . but i have to say its been sliding and going even more down hill. its cool with a show with people with powers a guy that can stop time a man that can paint the future a cheer leader that can not get hurt a guy that can fly and a man that kills people for powers. that makes a good show but its been going down .

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    7.5 Good

    Started great, had a huge downfall and slowly starting to build up to fine expectations hide show

    When i first started watching Heroes i gave it a score of 10.0 ... yes thats how exited i was to the show now i have reset my score to a 7.5 and i think that is fair due to the storyline and development of the show. It had a fair ending.... lets hope we see no more of the bad changes. If they will make another season to this complicated puzzle of a show they have to do it right and be wise about it because any more mistakes the show might end up being a disaster .... all in all the show is pretty good ... great cast .. nice acting just needs a solid finishing touch to the storyline and character storytelling.

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    6.5 Fair

    Great start, lousy end. (Hopefully it ended with Season 4!) hide show

    Heroes began as great as Lost once did: A superb known (tried many times before on TV, cinemas, comic books,etc.) formula that was actually hard to fail:A load of different powers and (some ordinary, some with big secrets) characters who possess them.Suspense, action, drama. Perfect for comic book lovers.The first season of Heroes was a huge success making the fans expect for more and better.The second season (which was almost as good as the first)was cut short thanks to the writers' strike and it all began with the promising 3rd season:No details actually worth mentioning but the whole season totally sucked.The characters were dull, the story seemed like it came out of the hands of a 10 year old boy and nothing satisfied at the end.There was even no final fight; everything happened behind closed doors and they showed in right after everything happened!
    The 4th season was not accepted (by me, at least) but there came a 4th try.Comparing to the 3rd this one was very good but overall it brought nothing new and fullfilling.And there was again no serious final fight;another huge dissapointment.
    Well, hopefully this was the last season!

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