Heroes: the American Sci-Fi Drama
“Heroes” is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September 25, 2006. The series begins by telling the parallel stories of apparently ordinary individuals from around the world who mysteriously develop superhuman abilities, and who then seek to use them to prevent the end of the world as foreseen in images produced by a precognitive painter. It 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 suspects 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.
Most of the characters in the series use their abilities to bring about positive change. However, with the good comes the bad as there are characters, such as the evil Sylar, who are determined to control the world by murdering fellow heroes and stealing their powers. At the same time, several ordinary individuals are investigating the origins and extent of these abilities. A geneticist continues his late father’s research into the biological source of the change, while a secret organization known only as The Company runs an interesting story alongside. Coping with these new abilities, each of the characters is drawn, willingly or unwillingly, into the Company’s conspiracy to control super powered people and into a race to stop an explosion from destroying New York City.
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