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Jimmyzilla

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Nathan alive then?

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Looks like

there's time travel in it, or at least that's what I assumed with scarry pete

I've pretty much lost interest though, especially after seeing how bad the webisode was, a constrictor? they should have just used a stretch armstrong doll and it would have looked better...

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Looks good.

Now we have multiple villains maybe they will rely less on Sylar camping it up.

I think they are going to slowly try and turn him into a anti hero.

That's what I thought they were going for in season 2, when the promo pictures came out and he was standing next to everyone.

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That's what I thought they were going for in season 2, when the promo pictures came out and he was standing next to everyone.

Villains was supposed to be the second or third part of series two I think, but it wasn't because of the writers' strike.

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O.k. I really enjoyed Heroes S1 but for various reasons I never got around to S2 at first and then quite frankly the fairly dismal impressions I got from that season have left it lying on the back burner. However I would like to get up to date for Season 3 so I was just wondering if I should actually watch the whole thing or if I could get away with just watching say the last few eps of season 2? What do people think?

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So Season 3 starts on Monday. Is anyone going to bother with this? Season 2 got better in last half but I'm not sure how enjoyable I'm going to find it. According to episode guides the season starts with a double-header so I guess I'll take it from there.

I'm hoping Sylar does something this time around, starting with knocking off that Maya bitch.

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I'm sticking with it. The series has such amazing potential which has only been hinted at so far. At times it's been brilliant. I'm just really worried about what's going to happen next, given the fan response to the episode aired at Comic-Con.

If I can stick through so many seasons of utter rubbish in Smallville, I can stick with a show that doles out the occasional moment of greatness.

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O.k. I really enjoyed Heroes S1 but for various reasons I never got around to S2 at first and then quite frankly the fairly dismal impressions I got from that season have left it lying on the back burner. However I would like to get up to date for Season 3 so I was just wondering if I should actually watch the whole thing or if I could get away with just watching say the last few eps of season 2? What do people think?

I felt that the last 4 episodes of S2 were a complete change of gear. Like they realised how poor the earlier parts were and tried to cram as much interesting stuff and story telling before the season ended. Its worth watching.

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I believe Heroes S3 starts on BBC on wednesday or something? Only a few days behind USA.

And the last 4 episodes of S2 were pretty damn good, compared to the poor previous episodes.

Tim Kring has also said he realised what a mistake he made and says this series will be much more faster paced.

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The problem they have is all the build up to nothing.

Season 1 was great, it was building to a great conclusion where they had to stop New York from getting destroyed and in the end the finale was a huge letdown. Same with season 2 but the writers strike had something to do with that. It's the problem I've always had with the show, it never leads to anything really exciting.

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The problem they have is all the build up to nothing.

Season 1 was great, it was building to a great conclusion where they had to stop New York from getting destroyed and in the end the finale was a huge letdown. Same with season 2 but the writers strike had something to do with that. It's the problem I've always had with the show, it never leads to anything really exciting.

This was my problem with the show, and I'm not convinced it will change for season 3. The build up really catches you and reels you in, but the finale is just cack. Whenever something huge is about to happen, it either happens off screen because their budget doesn't allow them to show and epic fight, or it simply doesn't happen.

I'm treating this one like Prison Break, not going to go out of my way to watch it, but when I'm bored I'll stick on what I've missed so far. Of course I'm hoping I'm wrong and Kring will right his wrongs for next season.

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Spoilers from the premiere and other bits and pieces.

Whatever one thinks of the second season of Heroes, there's one thing you can’t deny. It sure ended with a bang with the assassination attempt of Nathan Petrelli.

Note the key word, “attempt". You don’t think they’d kill a leading character that easily, do you?

But let's not bury the lead.... Heroes fans will jump with joy beginning this Monday. If the premiere episode is any indication, it looks like the third season of the NBC series will keep the faithful on the edge of their seats. And there are a lot of reasons why.

A good place to start is the attempt on Petrelli. It’s going to lead to three interesting situations, one for each key member of the clan.

First, of course, is Nathan (Adrian Pasdar). Having several bullet holes appears in your chest can change your outlook on life. The way it changes this young Congressman’s is certainly surprising, particularly as it looks like it brings back Daniel Lindeman (in the form of Malcolm McDowell, no less). It also brings a new, for lack of better word, “challenge” in the form of Bruce Boxleitner. What the former Captain Sheridan has to do with this is barely hinted at in this debut, but one gets the impression it’s truly malevolent...

And what is Ali Larter doing coming out of his bedroom? Better yet, who is she anyway?

Probably the most confusing of this trio is brother Peter (Milo Ventimiglia). It’s well-known on the 'Net that Peter is Nathan’s shooter. Thing is, if you remember, Peter was also standing next to Nathan when he was shot. How this potential paradox will be resolved is going to take Matt Parkman (Greg Grunburg) to some very interesting places, with at least one not on his travel itinerary.

Yet probably the most interesting member of the Petrelli clan isn’t the two brothers, but Angela (Christine Rose). One of the biggest revelations of this episode is we finally learn her power. It’s impossible not to see it having ramifications for the rest of the season.

And while we have this key Gordian knot taking up the bulk of this debut episode, it would be Heroes without its side stories.

A good place to start is with the fan base’s favorite dynamic duo, Hiro Nakamura (Masa Oki) and Ando Masahashi (Jason Kyson Lee). As everyone now knows, Hiro is going to have a new adversary in the form of a speedster, Daphne (Brea Brooks). She even sports red like a certain familiar DC character. More important is what Hiro did to bring her into the picture. How this all connects to a future time where Ando zaps Hiro with what looks like a ton of red lightning is yet to be explained.

But that could be answered by what’s going down with Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy). As fans already know, he establishes the connection between what can turn a normal person into a powered one. It doesn’t take much reasoning to figure out this probably has a direct connection to Ando turning on Hiro. What has to be extrapolated is what it’s now going to do with Suresh’s first experiment with the conversion process, especially considering the warning he gets from Maya (Dania Ramirez).

Then there’s the “tasty” confrontation between everyone’s favorite cheerleader, Claire Bennet (Hayden Panettiere) and the series #1 boogie man, Sylar (Zachary Quinto). Her episode opening confrontation with Peter should also not be forgotten. Then there’s her dad, Noah (Jack Coleman) doing his Steve McQueen imitation in a Company cell.

In fact, the only critical characters not seen throughout this entire episode is young Micah Sanders (Noah Grey-Cabey) and his New Orleans clan. That can’t last for long. What’s important about all these various disparate plot lines is an implied message that they all tie together.

As has long been reported, this new arc, entitled “Villains,” was originally supposed to have taken place as the third part of the second season. Due to the writers strike and reaction to the first part of second season, series creator Tim Kring decided to take extra time to overhaul it. You can now say that Kring put this time to good use. It grabs a viewer’s attention from the opening sequence in much the same way the assassination attempt of Nathan held everyone’s attention so long ago.

NBC will actually air this episode as the middle section of a three-hour block this Monday, September 22. The first segment will be a combination recap/launch party special for the season. The last segment will be the actual second episode, which if the log lines are any indicator, will explore everything uncovered in the season debut.

Does it look like Heroes is back on track? If this first episode is any indicator, it most certainly looks that way. Yes, the atmosphere is darker. Yes, the threat to the world is very similar to the first season’s, only potentially bigger. Most importantly, it looks like there’s going to be a lot more memorable moments in the very near future.

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