(What on earth is she talking about?)
HEROES is a weekly series on American TV's NBC. It's the story
of several individuals who, after a solar eclipse suddenly experience weird powers they never knew they had. There's a man who can fly, an artist who can see and paint the future, a cheerleader who regenerates, a nurse who can mimic others' powers, and my favorite hero: the young Japanese office worker who can bend time and space. Think pre-X-Men, when the superhuman students of Professor Xavier were still only realizing they weren't "normal". But to me HEROES is more exciting: we actually see them as everyday people trying everyday, ordinary approaches to understand and harness their extraordinariness. What adds to the excitement is the coincidences the show unfolds at each turn, showing us how they are all connected in their quest -- though not all of them know what it is yet -- to save the world from total annihilation. This, while trying to stay alive against the deadly intent of one Cylar -- a superhuman himself who seems to want to annihilate the superhuman race.
The saga's premise is based on the research of an Indian geneticist who theorized that human evolution is moving to a higher level, and it is happening today. He knew that these individuals had to be united or told in some way, and this was what he set out to do. Travelling from his home in Chennai, India to New York, he tried to find these people. Unfortunately, he was killed. And now it is up to his son, Mohinder, to make sense of everything.
The program is on it's ninth episode and the stories keep getting better. I dare not spoil it for you dear reader, and will leave you to explore. You can also visit their website at http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/.
