Show Info

Genre(s): Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Created By: Tim Kring

First Air Date: September 22, 2008

Summary

Starring Hayden Panettiere, Jack Coleman, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Masi Oka, Milo Ventimiglia, James Kyson Lee, Greg Grunberg, Ali Larter, and Adrian Pasdar

The future is in danger, and the gang must race to stop the end of the world as we know it.

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TV: Heroes: Season One Heroes: Season One DVD

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Also On The Web: Official Show Site

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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this show is 6.7 (out of 10) based on 84 User Votes

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JRM MRJ gave it a9:
I loved season 1, I HATED, HATED season 2, but I loved every minute of season 3. Haven't checked out season 4 unfortunately, but looking forward to checking it out on DVD. I just had a great time watching, that's all there is to it.

Nick gave it a7:
I thought the first half of the third season (Villains) was the worst this show has ever offered, but that the second half (Fugitives) was one of the best. Watch the second half.

Allan gave it a3:
I can probably say that the third season of Heroes is one of the worst seasons I have ever watched, of any television show. And it's 25 episodes! My god. There are about 5 or 6 episodes that are great, and the rest range from below average to terrible. Watch the first season, and you will love it. Watch the second season, and you will be entertained, if put off by the rehashed storylines and rushed ending. Watch the third season and you will wonder how one of the most exciting new shows on television has become simply terrible and derivative. Also, the last fifteen minutes of the season finale contains more stupidity, ridiculousness and just plain terrible writing that you will actually feel offended. And my god, the teaser to volume four is horrendous.

Cathy gave it a2:
I'm very disappointed with the direction the show has taken this season. It has now completely departed from the feel and the style of the first season. In the first season, each action that happened lead somewhere. Each action was important. Each person was important. Now it feels like the writers have completely forgotten the backstory of each of these characters -- completely forgetting that yes, other things have happened. The characters have all turned 180 degrees several times just for shock value. Sylar is an excellent example. I'm sick of this "He's good!" "No, he's bad!", "No he's good", "No, really, he's bad!" nonsense. Typically I do like the moral ambiguity presented when you have a good character doing something shady or a shady character doing something good, but the character is so 2-D, flipping his loyalties around so quickly is ineffective at best and terrible writing at worst. One could say the same thing for the rest of the crew -- HRG, Mohinder, Peter, Nathan, Tracy, Mama Petrelli. Terrible writing this season. I'm very disappointed.

Renarudo - gave it a1:
What once was a fun and interesting show has turned into a weekly hot mess, the characters are just one dimensional cardboard figures that turn each episode into an eye-rolling feast for the viewer. The plots just keep going from predicable to dumb and then dumber each week. The show has gotten so bad that they have started with budget cuts, you never see Petrelli taking off to fly anymore, he just jumps and then they cut to another shot and you hear a sound of him taking off. Cheesyyyyyy.

Bill B. gave it a9:
Frankly I'm amazed and quite shocked that people can give a series a score after a single episode. I at least watched a half dozen before giving it a low 9.

Elgin W. gave it a10:
I'm glad to see Heroes return to it's original form after last seasons horrible display.

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