There was enough stuff going on in this episode that makes me think this season will be worth a look.

I, for one, am looking forward to it. Except for the idiot talkbacks.

Also, I wasn't specifically talking about the creators of BSG. It's the Scifi channel that really screwed the show over...

Pennsy is the supreme authority on all things concerning Ms Bell,but,I believe she'll be around after ep.2

Heroes time!!!!

holler at the proverbial boy!

I assume we'll find out about Papa Petrelli in ep 2.Although it would be pretty funny to find out Hiro is the son of Mama P.

Maybe one day I'll be one of your "peeps".

I think a well-placed call to BSG In-House Visual Effects would do wonders for Heroes; BSG, despite their budget limitations, can deliver, to this day, movie-quality VFX.

also, if you hear "Damn you Wonka!!" it's actually a term of endearment, so no worries.

welcome to the game, sir!

did we ever find out more about that, if it was really the two of them?

What would I like to see? Kill Micah(for real kill too, no magic Claire blood.) That kid is an awful actor. I cringe whenever he has a line and it's not just the actor, the character is awful too. Killing him would show that main characters can die and give a revenge driven Jessica something to do.

This season has good energy, so far...hopefully enough people will come back after being disappointed last season. I hope.

Oh and by the way.....Damn You, Wonka!

1. On 2/27, Mike Ausiello of TVGuide (back then) reports she's not under contract for season 3;

2. Bell lands the lead role for 'When in Rome';

3. Negotiations drag on for ONE THIRD OF A YEAR with no resolution as to even IF she'd be back on Heroes;

4. People.com confirms on July 15 that Bell is finally inked to a contract - for just 5 episodes.

All throughout this process, K-Bell wanted to come back to the show. But when push came to shove, it seems the feeling wasn't mutual enough with management. She pretty much salvaged season 2 for me, and I think a few others here. Offer her a blank check if you have to, but don't let her walk away after that short a time.

And don't even get me started on her being left off the Heroes ComicCon panel.

That's not bullshit, either. Your dedication is endearing, and not in a creepy way. It actually is very sweet, and serves as a reminder that we're not ALL a bunch of sycophants. Stay cool, P.

I wonder if the producers actually regret that seeing his turn in The Dark Knight, they could have marketed the crap out of that

I loved it myself. And if they can keep this level of coolness up..great!

“Apparently, Dazzler must consciously or subconsciously will the light to leave her body. Otherwise, light would "leak" from her at all times, even when she was asleep or unconscious. Dazzler can produce numerous effects with the light she converts from sonic vibrations. She can simply cause a bright glow all about her body. She can create very simple patterns out of rays of light like circles, squares, triangles, and stars, or even certain combinations of patterns which produce trance-like effects in her targets. She can also make a shrouding fog consisting of pure light. With effort, she can even create holograms of human beings and other three-dimensional beings and objects. She can create a pulse of light on the order of several thousand watts of power, which temporarily blinds people with its brilliance. She can create a chaotic cascade of sparkling lights and colors that severely upsets other people's equilibrium, or a pulsating strobe-light effect. By concentrating, Dazzler can generate a coherent beam of light, approximating a laser beam, with which she can cut through virtually anything.

“Her training with the X-Men, especially with Cyclops, has taught her how to produce such laser-like beams with much less effort than it previously required of her. She generally directs the laser from a single finger when she requires precision in its use, since pointing aids her in defining its direction. However, she can also direct laser blasts from both hands at once when she wishes, as well as from her eyes, for example, to demolish a large structure. She most often uses her hands for directing her light effects, but she could also use other parts of her body.

“Since studying with the X-Men, she has become adept at directing her blinding strobe light blast from her eyes. Dazzler has also learned how to create a protective force field about herself with laser light that can deflect or vaporize oncoming projectiles. The most powerful manifestation of her abilities is a concentrated beam of solid photons she usually fires from her right index finger. The beam is extremely powerful and as a consequence uses a great deal of her energy reserves. She has since learned how to produce these blasts without draining herself, while still providing them with considerable power. She has also recently shown the ability to form her photon emissions into solid constructs, such as swords and staffs. Dazzler's potential to convert sound to light is unlimited. Curiously, she cannot use her own unamplified voice as a source of sound for her conversion abilities. Dazzler's body, especially her eyes, shields itself against any injurious effects of her light conversion abilities and against those of bright lights in general. Her ability to convert sound also protects her from being deafened by loud noises.

“Alison's body can store light energy for future discharge on occasional instances of extreme duress. She has been shown to create a "null space" of sound in a certain radius of her person, as a result of "pulling" the sound in her area to her person, to either protect a crowd of people or to supercharge her power reserves...she occasionally wears a pair of roller blades which magnetically adhere to her boots; she can use the skates to move at high speed.”

Nice.

Please?

She acted like how someone would really act if they had cool powers.

It is a superhero show and dead heros don't stay dead...

If they want them to...they could come back.

Every single one of them.

Here in the third season, the talkbacks are probably 10% of the size which they once were and attract very little attention. It's extremely sad to see such a thing but unfortunately justified in view of the decreasing quality.

My ratings for Heroes would go:

First half of the first season - four carrots

Second half of the first season - three carrots

Second season - two carrots

I'd love to see him as the main showrunner with McCorkle and Shonney get out of their deal with Paramount/Nick (they're the guys that did Kim Possible and Sky High for Disney) to handle all of Claire and/or Hiro's stuff

the first problem with the season is the opposite problem with last season. Whereas 2 moved too slow, this is moving way too fast. Any sort of development of characters and story went so quickly it just seemed stupid and cheesy.

Another problem, again I guess related to the speed of the pace, was the acting. If you rush everything, you give the actors shitty lines, and they WILL say those lines as good as they can get, which equals garbage. The only really good line was Sylar's eating brain's comment.

Another obvious mistake was bringing back Ali Larter, and even Nathan Patrelli. If no one dies, there is absolutely NO fear and no dread.

It was retarded of future-Peter to put present-Peter in a cell next to Claire's dad, but I guess that will lead to them breaking out. Besides, if Peter was so powerful, why couldn't he just use his powers to escape?

What else... Oh, the Hiro stuff in the office sucked balls. How lame do you have to get: "I don't want to just sit here and wait for my destiny!" *knock on door* Someone hands Hiro a package. "He says this package is a message from my father, and it is my destiny!"

I also was offended that the ENTIRE panel was one big commercial for Heroes as opposed to being an actual panel where we get to actually talk to them, but I guess the elevator can be blamed for that...

Also the Mohinder and Maya stuff. Their artificially manifested romance. Their horrible back and forths. Maya is such a terrible character, still. Maybe it's just the writing...

Oh, and when Hiro meets the Flash-Girl, the fact that AGAIN he just gets punched in the face and meanders off, when we just spent an entire season with him in the past learning to become a samurai, you'd think he'd learn a thing or two about fighting. At least when someone says "you're going to be on the floor" You'd think he'd realize that he's about to get his dumb-ass knocked out. Which is exactly what happened. I mean, fucking hell.

What is lame about the Mohinder plot is that he really gets it so easily. "Oh my god, I've magically figured out how to give everyone powers after basically no time spent on trial and error. How cool will it be to have telepathy or super-strength or whatever!" "Don't you realize there are many evil people and powers out there, essay??" "Well I'll spend a brief second debating whether to throw the syringe into the sea!" Of course, he doesn't, and injects himself, and then some muggers come and try to take his money and his watch while Mohinder's on the ground recovering from the shock. And suddenly he has super-strength. I think it would have been much more interesting if he had some evil power just like Maya predicted he would get. That way there could be some conflict for him, wondering just what to do with the drug. But yeah, I didn't think it played well at all, and the special effect of him throwing one of the muggers was pretty poor. I guess the fact the he faces zero conflict over the potential for good for the drug that will lead to future Ando and many others getting powers. And I can only assume that Nathan Petrelli, with the whole "Angel" thing, will see this as a threat and want to fight it. How can they be the chosen ones if everyone can have a power? Jeez, I can already see the horrible direction this season is going to take.

And Hiro's story line is just so damn absurd. Hiro just got lectured by his father about not playing God all the time, and what does he do? Opens the safe, just like his father told him not to, and decides that he can't go to the past to stop himself from opening the case, but he can go to the future where we see yet ANOTHER apocalyptic future.

http://tinyurl.com/5uuhs8

imagine, if you will, Dini as the head showrunner, Geoff Johns on Peter's story, and the Kim Possible/Sky High guys on Hiro's and Simone on Claire's (or vice versa) with an F/X length season (12 or so eps, one storyline)