Heroes: Season 2 - SPOILERS INSIDE!

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So, in case you have been living under a rock and have not heard, there is this show on NBC, called Heroes.

It is awesome. You need to watch it.

Why? Because it's awesome! Entertaining story, pretty girls and boys, and lot's of power face offs.



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It's currently on Season 2, but have no fear! I shall do my best to help you become familiar with it.

PREMISE: Heroes is about a group of originally ordinary individuals who one day discover they are not normal. Each of them possesses an extraordinary ability, ala X-Men. However, this show is very much unlike that creation of Marvel. Instead of telling the unbelievable stories of a bunch of superpowered characters fighting super-villains, this show focuses on how these powers changed the everyday lives of people who discovered they had them, how they learn to live with them, to control them, and eventually to use them towards various ends, such as saving the world, or -- you guessed it -- destroying it.

SUMMARY and SCREENSHOTS OF CHARACTERS

Name: Peter Petrelli
Power: Can mimic other heroes' powers



Name: Sylar
Power: Various acquired abilities (see list)



Name: Nathan Petrelli
Power: Flight



Name: Hiro Nakamura
Power: Can bend space and time, allowing time travel, time manipulation, teleportation



Name: Niki Sanders
Power: Superhuman strength associated with her other personality (MPD)



Name: Claire Bennett
Power: Spontaneous regeneration, a.k.a. lizardry



Name: Matt Parkman
Power: Mind reading, telepathy



Name: Mohinder Suresh
Power: Science. :P Geneticist trying to explain the biological reasons for the existence of powers.

CLICK HERE FOR THE CHARACTERS IN FULL DETAIL

STORY SO FAR:

Wikipedia, on Heroes Season 1 wrote:

The series begins as a disparate group of people gradually become aware that they have special abilities. Events illustrate their reactions to these powers, and how the discovery affects their personal and professional lives. At the same time, several ordinary individuals are investigating the origins and extent of these abilities. Mohinder Suresh, a geneticist, continues his father's research into the biological source of the change, while Noah Bennet represents a secret organization known only as "The Company".

While coping, each of the characters is drawn - willingly or not - into the Company's conspiracy to control superpowered people, and into a race to stop an explosion from destroying New York City and millions of its inhabitants. Throughout the season, the predatory stalkings of the serial killer Sylar and continued manipulations from casino-owner and mobster Mr. Linderman affect the characters directly and indirectly. The characters' individual stories, Peter Petrelli's abilities, his brother Nathan's campaign for Congress, Claire Bennet's search for her biological parents, Hiro Nakamura's adventurous journeys and the precognitive visions of Isaac Mendez all culminate in a climactic meeting of the characters at Kirby Plaza in New York.

Wikipedia, on Heroes Season 2 wrote:

The second season explores the heroes' lives four months after the events of the first season's finale.

The Petrelli brothers are still alive: Nathan has since lost his career and is now an alcoholic, while Peter has amnesia and is found chained inside of a shipping crate in Ireland. Peter falls in love with a gangster's sister named Caitlin, and has no desire to find out about his past, until Elle, a mysterious blonde with the ability to manipulate electricity, shows up looking for him. Peter, in trying to discover why he is being hunted, inadvertently travels to the future, making a horrifying discovery: in one year, 93% of Earth's population will be dead.

Hiro is in feudal Japan (his story has not skipped ahead four months), where he assists his lifelong hero, Kensei—who is revealed to be an Englishman with the power of spontaneous regeneration—become the man history meant him to be. However, he finds himself conflicted when he falls in love with the swordsmith's daughter, Yaeko, who is supposed to be Kensei's love interest. Kensei, upon discovering this, betrays Hiro. Hiro sets to accomplish one of Kensei's final tasks: stopping Whitebeard's army, and thus fulfilling history.

The Bennets have moved to California, where Claire struggles with being normal when she knows otherwise. Noah Bennet is working with Mohinder to infiltrate "The Company" and eventually bring it down. Noah is looking for a series of eight paintings by the late Isaac Mendez, one of which depicts Noah's death. Meanwhile, Mohinder gains the resources to cure the disease that killed his sister, Shanti.

Matt Parkman, now divorced, has adopted a troubled Molly Walker with the help of Mohinder. Matt soon discovers that his father, also a telepath, is the "Nightmare Man" haunting Molly's dreams, and tries to track him down with Nathan Petrelli.

Niki Sanders temporarily leaves her son Micah in the care of her late husband's relatives in New Orleans while she goes to the Company, hoping to overcome her multiple personality disorder with their help. In the meantime, Micah discovers his cousin Monica Dawson has mimicking abilities.

New heroes and twins Maya and Alejandro are introduced, each possessing a power; Maya produces a potent and lethal illness, while Alejandro's power is the antidote. They run from the authorities towards America, where they hope to find help from the author of the book Activating Evolution, Chandra Suresh, unaware that he is deceased. They pick up Sylar lying on the road (half-dead and powerless), who claims to know Chandra and says he can lead them to him.

That's about it.

As a gesture of courtesy towards others, please use spoilers as follows:

a) for future plot spoilers
b) for anything about the most recent episode until 24 hours after it ends (not everyone is on the same timezone)

Thank you.


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dammit. duplicate thread.