Heroes was a science fiction show about normal people who learn that they have superpowers. There was a mind-reading policeman, a regenerating cheerleader, a time-travelling office worker, a webcam model with superstrength and — perhaps most pointlessly of all — a potential congressman who could fly.
And, at first, it was breathlessly received. It was nominated for Golden Globes. This hype was almost purely based on its first few episodes, which managed to introduce conspiracy theories, shadowy companies, apocalyptic visions of the near future and a billboard-ready tagline.
All that, plus it managed to revive the entire superhero genre from its pre-Marvel slump. But niggles began to set in. If you have a particular interest in locations from a specific TV show or movie, please let your tour guide know and we will do our best to accommodate your request. Straddle fiction and reality as you visit famous sites from both the big and small screen.
Click here to Learn More Learn More. Most Popular! By its second season, viewership dropped by 15 percent, and things only got worse from there. Its fourth season premiered in to an audience of 5. So what happened? Was Heroes a series that simply wasn't meant to survive its first couple of seasons? Was it an issue of acting, directing, or writing? Until we can sneak a peek into parallel universes and see what our alternates are doing, here's the real reason Heroes was canceled in this timeline, anyway.
Heroes could be fairly merciless when it came to killing off important characters. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, but as early as the first season, characters who had wonderful promise — including ones played by actors any series should've bent over backwards to keep — were getting taken out like Batman 's sidekicks. McDowell is an amazing talent, his name was arguably the biggest in the series, and Linderman was a fantastic villain — the kind you can't wait to see again.
He was also a good example of one of Heroes ' refreshing touches: the types of abilities certain characters had went against what you would normally expect. For example, Nikki Ali Larter is the only character in season 1 with super strength, a power usually associated with male heroes.
Likewise, Linderman's superpower was healing, which is a pretty benevolent power for a bad guy. But whatever potential Linderman had was lost in "Landslide" — the first season's penultimate episode — when D. Leonard Roberts phased his fist through Linderman's brain, killing him instantly.
Other characters with great promise who were taken out before the first season was up include Isaac Mendez Santiago Cabrera , who had the ability to paint the future, and Eden Nora Zehetner , who killed herself in the 11th episode rather than allow Sylar Zachary Quinto to absorb her powers.
While the first season of Heroes had an issue keeping promising characters alive, the following seasons took one too many pages from the comic books that inspired the show, and as a result suffered from not letting anyone stay dead. The first season finale, "How to Stop an Exploding Man," ended with Nathan Petrelli Adrian Pasdar flying his brother Peter Milo Ventimiglia as high as he could, after which Peter's radioactive build-up caused him to explode.
Yet the second season premiere, "Four Months Later In the case of Nathan, the fact that he'd survived a nuclear explosion wasn't even treated as particularly strange. The return of Peter was given much more weight, and the reveal acted as the episode's surprise conclusion. What was much more jarring was the death of Nikki Sanders and a strange resurrection that wasn't really a resurrection. Nikki was caught in an exploding building in Heroes ' season 2 finale.
The actress playing Nikki, Ali Larter, appeared as someone completely different in season 3. The new character was Tracy Strauss and instead of Nikki's super strength, Tracy exhibited the power to create and manipulate ice. Fans speculated Nikki had survived and was altered somehow, but no. It was eventually revealed Nikki and Tracy were two of three identical triplets, an explanation so lame they probably wouldn't even try it in a comic boo — no, they would.
They totally would. Season 2 of Heroes was 11 episodes long — less than half the length of its first season. Sign In. Episode guide. Play trailer Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi. Creator Tim Kring. Top credits Creator Tim Kring. See more at IMDbPro. Episodes Browse episodes. Top Top-rated. Clip Heroes: Season 4. Trailer Heroes: Season 3. Heroes: Season 2. Heroes: Season One. Heroes: Season 1. Featurette Video
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