"Heroes" Chapter One 'Genesis' (2006)

Director:

David Semel

Writers:

Tim Kring (creator)
Tim Kring (written by)

TV Series:

"Heroes" (2006)

Original Air Date:

25 September 2006 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In Manhattan, Peter Petrelli is the younger brother Nathan Petrelli an overly ambitious and unscrupulous candidate for the next New York congressman...

Plot Keywords:

New York City | Brother Sister Relationship | Mother Daughter Relationship | Super Power | Heroine

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Santiago Cabrera	...	Isaac Mendez
Tawny Cypress	...	Simone Deveaux
Noah Gray-Cabey	...	Micah Sanders
Ali Larter	...	Niki Sanders / Jessica Sanders
Masi Oka	...	Hiro Nakamura
Hayden Panettiere	...	Claire Bennet
Adrian Pasdar	...	Nathan Petrelli
Sendhil Ramamurthy	...	Mohinder Suresh
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Peter Petrelli
Cristine Rose	...	Angela Petrelli
Jack Coleman	...	Noah Bennet
Ashley Crow	...	Sandra Bennet
Thomas Dekker	...	Zach
Shishir Kurup	...	Nirad
James Kyson Lee	...	Ando Masahashi

Also Known As:

Heroes: Chapter One 'In His Own Image' (#1.0) (USA) (first segment title)
Heroes: Chapter Three 'Genesis' or 'How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (#1.0) (USA) (third segment title)
Heroes: Chapter Two 'I'm Being Followed by a Moon Shadow' (#1.0) (USA) (second segment title)
Heroes: Genesis: Tim Kring Cut (#1.0) (USA) (DVD menu title)

Runtime:

53 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

NBC Universal Television

Trivia:

In the originally aired version of the pilot, Claire injured her hand badly by putting it into a running sink garbage disposal to retrieve her class ring. However, Emerson (the company which makes the "In Sink Erator" brand disposal which was used in the shot), threatened to sue NBC for airing footage which they claimed "seriously damaged the reputation" of their product. NBC settled out of court, so all future airings of this episode have the "In Sink Erator" brand name removed from the offending shot.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Several characters are shown looking directly at the sun during a partial eclipse. In reality they would all suffer serious eye damage from doing so. Only Niki, who views the eclipse through a pinhole camera, uses a safe method.

Quotes:

Mohinder Suresh: This quest. This need to solve life's mysteries. In the end, what does it matter when the human heart can only find meaning in the smallest of moments? They're here. Among us. In the shadows. In the light. Everywhere. Do they even know yet?

Movie Connections:

References "Star Trek" (1966)

Soundtrack:

Mustang Sally

Great start, will see if it can sustain.

I got a free download from iTunes, via Starbucks, for this show. I was not entirely sold on the teasers, but I decided to give it a chance. I was really surprised, I really enjoyed the character development and interaction. The acting is good, but not great. I am hoping that it is just first episode jitters and will work itself out. They have me waiting for episode 2, and with the amount of six degrees situations I am sure it will take a few episodes to fully see the entire picture, maybe even the first season. Give it a chance, could be the one everyone is talking about, similar to Lost 2 years ago. This should be a welcomed addition to my tivo season pass, hoping it is in HD.