Heroes

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I just finished watching the entire series 1 of Heroes, the science fiction drama television series, created by Tim Kring. After being aired in America on NBC in September 2006, it came to the UK Sci-Fi channel in February this year. It had great success, and soon it made its way to BBC 2 where I caught it for the first time. For the first time in over a decade, BBC 2 surpassed its sister channel, BBC 1 in numbers of viewers.

After a fairly slow starting couple of introductory episodes, the series really began to heat up, with the Heroes beginning to use their newly discovered powers and some of the main story arcs being introduced. Mysteries abound and some of the antagonists surface. But as in any good drama, all is not what it seems and the many, many plot lines begin weave themselves together into a strong, emotive storyline.

The acting is superb, with each actor perfect for their part. I can't think of a single cheesily-American-accented over-actor with corny lines, or a single walking-cliché. Every character is believable and a Hero in their own right, and with the complex storyline they become deep and genuine.

As well as fantastic characters and brilliant storylines, there are of course the heroes' superpowers. With a fantastic special effects team, the action is exciting and realistic. Spontaneous regeneration, flying, telekinesis and radioactivity are all part and parcel of the show, along with literally hundreds of other powers in the incredible world created in the vivid imagination of Tim Kring.


Heroes manages to create that sublime combination of action, plot, and drama. It appeals to everybody; fans of comic books, fans of drama, fans of suspense and action, and fans of a shows where a new world is created and builds up slowly but surely to a fantastic finale.

From me, it gets a solid 95% Fantastic in every way: I'll be buying it on DVD as soon as I can get funds!
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Watch Heroes Online:
Season 1
1. Genesis
2. Don't Look Back
3. One Giant Leap
4. Collision
5. Hiros
6. Better Halves
7. Nothing to Hide
8. Seven Minutes to Midnight
9. Homecoming
10. Six Months Ago
11. Fallout
12. Godsend
13. The Fix
14. Distractions
15. Run!
16. Unexpected
17. Company Man
18. Parasite
19. .07%
20. Five Years Gone
21. The Hard Part
22. Landslide
23. How to Stop an Exploding Man

Season 2
1. Four Months Later


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Buy Heroes from Amazon.co.uk