Heroes (II) (2006–2010)

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

Creator:

Tim Kring

Stars:

Jack Coleman, Hayden Panettiere, Milo Ventimiglia

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 26 wins & 79 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jack Coleman	...	Noah Bennet (74 episodes, 2006-2010)
Hayden Panettiere	...	Claire Bennet (74 episodes, 2006-2010)
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Peter Petrelli (70 episodes, 2006-2010)
Masi Oka	...	Hiro Nakamura (66 episodes, 2006-2010)
Sendhil Ramamurthy	...	Mohinder Suresh (63 episodes, 2006-2010)
James Kyson	...	Ando Masahashi (62 episodes, 2006-2010)
Adrian Pasdar	...	Nathan Petrelli (61 episodes, 2006-2010)
Zachary Quinto	...	Sylar (60 episodes, 2006-2010)
Greg Grunberg	...	Matt Parkman (59 episodes, 2006-2010)
Ali Larter	...	Niki Sanders (53 episodes, 2006-2010)
Cristine Rose	...	Angela Petrelli (53 episodes, 2006-2010)
Ashley Crow	...	Sandra Bennet (40 episodes, 2006-2010)
Jimmy Jean-Louis	...	The Haitian (32 episodes, 2006-2010)

Storyline

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

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Plot Keywords:

super powers | villain | birth parents | death | internet chat | 

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Taglines:

Some people are born to be extraordinary.

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

G4 NBC [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese Spanish

Also Known As:

Heroji

Filming Locations:

Freeway Park, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tailwind Productions, NBC Universal Television, Universal Media Studios (UMS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min 60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

The casino that Hiro, Ando, Niki and Nathan visit in the early episodes of season one is the Montecito, the fictional casino featured in the NBC TV series Las Vegas. The scene where Hiro and Ando are seen coming down an escalator, having used betting profits from the casino to suit up, pays a very strong homage to a similar scene in the movie Rain Man.

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Quotes

Elle Bishop: [talking about her murdered father] You killed him.
Sylar: I kill a lot of people, Elle. You're as much to blame for that as anyone... Maybe even more so.

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Connections

Referenced in Meet the Spartans (2008)

User Reviews

mind over matter? style over substance more like!

The fatal flaw of Heroes, particularly in the recent series, is its inability to stick to one central idea, or at least one of any value. When we reach the end of an increasingly convoluted plot line every episode, we are treated with a Jerry Springer style moral-of-the-story, but you can't help the feeling that it is more an attempt to hold the whole thing together in the mind of the maker, to give a meta narrative or deeper purpose to the whole mess. Which is problematic, because the maker clearly doesn't have any higher vision or godlike qualities, just look at the randomised way in which characters are given abilities one moment only to have them stripped the next. I know this is a fictional genre but guys, it has to be believable. And given what we already know or understand of the human race, heroes is just ridiculous and above all frustrating, not because of the strung out episodic formula but simply because unlike life it is all a lot of oysters and no pearl.