Heroes: Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 25, 2006
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Metascore
67 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 29
  3. Negative: 4 out of 29
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    10
    You could watch the first few episodes of “Heroes,” or you could repeatedly hit yourself on the head with a brick. The effect is surprisingly similar.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    30
    The show is too diffuse, hokey and self-consciously portentous to suggest suspenseful possibility.
  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    20
    Despite oodles of cool effects, it lands, splat, in a pile of nonsense and dim dialogue.
  4. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    20
    A largely dreary dirge.

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User Score
8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 323 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 165 out of 188
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 188
  3. Negative: 15 out of 188
  1. Paxster
    10
    The first series of Heroes was the best television I have ever seen. So inventive and so clever it really did eclipse anything I had ever seen before. I think its that idea of aspiring to achieve your goals whether you can time travel or are just a normal human being that really shines through. Shame that the writers strike killed the rest though.… Full Review »
  2. cameronmorewood
    10
    An absolutely captivating genre-beding show. It is nearly flawless.
  3. voiders
    6
    The first season was amazing. I watch like 10 episodies at once. I start thinking about all mysteries and cant stop watch at next episody.

    But, at season 2 i get bored, i stop watch becouse every think change. With the writer's strike the series come down, was never the same from the first season.… Full Review »
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