TV Series Heroes
Heroes is a television series of dramatic genre, created by Tim Kring, which debuted in the U.S. chain on NBC on September 25, 2006. It follows the story of several ordinary individuals who, suddenly find they have special abilities such as telepathy, spontaneous regeneration, flight and ability to change the space-time continuum. They must learn to live with his powers, to know and master. The series largely emulates the style and recreation employed in superhero comics, which consist of a series of episodes that condense short stories about heroes and their antagonists, and that in turn give way to a longer and weft enigmatic.
The first season attracted an average of 14.3 million viewers in the United States and received the highest ratings for a premiere of the NBC drama for the first time in five years. The first season consisted of a total of 23 episodes ; Were commissioned 24 episodes for the second season premiered on September 24, 2007, but the season was cut and only 11 episodes were broadcast due to the strike screenwriters in Hollywood. 6 Needless also delay production of spin-off Heroes: Origins, whose premiere was scheduled for the month of April and May 2008.
Synopsis
The series has a writing style similar to American comics, in which several bows argumentales few short episodes are forming a larger plot. The first four episodes of the first season were so-called "ordinary people discovering extraordinary abilities." One thing happened at the end of the fourth chapter began the next arc called "Save the cheerleader, save the world '(Save the Cheerleader, save the world), with a clear reference to the character of Claire Bennet, leader of a high school sports Texas, with rapid regeneration abilities, and the apocalyptic vision of New York painted by another character, the artist Isaac Mendez.
As the cast slowly discover their skills and the existence of others like them, their paths are crossing and begin to realize that are needed to prevent catastrophe. The premise is that the characters have an important role in saving humanity.
It all begins when Peter Petrelli has visions and dreams in which flies. All this is related to his brother Nathan Petrelli. When asked Peter about the meaning of dreams, makes you feel that everything is fantasy and that he has more important things for which worry. His main concern is to win the upcoming elections for congressman.
Peter is a nurse and cared for the father evicted by Simone Deveaux, a girl in charge of an art gallery that during the first chapters, is bride of Isaac Mendez, a painter who has the ability to shape the future in their canvases. This feels he can only enter the trance that makes paint such future events under the influence of drugs-something that later prove unnecessary - and, at the beginning, Simone thinks that by being drugged, Issac only the events associated with his paintings , But soon changed his mind.
At the same time in Japan, a mere clerk, Hiro Nakamura, discovers that he can break the space-time continuum, teleporters to New York City in the future, just prior to explode a nuclear bomb that destroyed the city. During the first season, the central plot of the series will focus gradually to prevent such a bomb explodes in the heart of New York City, which also predicted Isaac Mendez in one of his paintings.
In the second season, the heroes must prevent the spread of a terrible virus that will destroy the 93% of the human population.
Professor Chandra Suresh, father of Mohinder Suresh, discovers the existence of these individuals, as the next stage of human evolution. In his book "Activating the evolution," shows the logical argument of the plot, in which human beings, who, like other animal organisms, constantly evolve, we have reached a point where the challenges of everyday life make us develop these skills necessary for the race.
Cast and characters
Originally, Tim Kring designed the series to have a division that changed forever. However, changed their motivation to realize the great success of the original deal before the public and retained the bulk of the players in the first season for second, with some additions that received the status of stars invited. 9 In his first season, the series features a cast of twelve coral main characters, becoming the third largest allocation of prime time on American television, behind Desperate Housewives and Lost. Although the division of the first season of the NBC page only contains ten characters, Leonard Roberts (DL Hawkins), which first appeared in the series in the fifth episode, is an additional member of original deal altogether. In the episode eleven of the first season, Jack Coleman (Noah Bennett) was promoted to recurring character, thus becoming the twelfth full member of the cast.
Zachary Quinto and James Kyson Lee, which are recurring in the distribution of the first season, joined as principal in the second season. They were joined by new cast members, David Anders, Kristen Bell, Dana Davis and Dania Ramirez. At first, Anders was hired as a recurring character, but was elevated to regulate before the start of the second season of the series. Appears as a guest star until the fifth episode of the second season and since then is classified as one of the leading members of the division. Since the start of the second season, Santiago Cabrera, Tawny Cypress and Leonard Roberts is not part of the main cast, although Leonard Roberts appeared as a guest star in one chapter. The series also has many recurring characters and guests, including friends and relatives of the main cast of characters, criminals and villains, and others with special abilities.
Name Interpreter Summary
Claire Bennet Hayden Panettiere is a cheerleader who previously lived in Odessa, Texas, and who now lives in Costa Verde, California. It has the ability to regenerate cells. It is the adoptive daughter of Noah Bennet and, in turn, the biological daughter of Nathan Petrelli and Meredith Gordon.
Noah Bennet Jack Coleman also known as "Mr. Bennet" or "Man of the tortoiseshell glasses", initially, Noah worked for Primatech Paper, a company which acted as a cover of The Company, which is dedicated to investigate the people with special abilities to study them.
Elle Bishop Kristen Bell A girl of 24 years who works for The Company. His father, Bob Bishop, is the current head of the same. It has the power to manipulate electricity.
Monica Dawson Dana Davis A waitress from Burger Bonanza restaurant in New Orleans. It is the niece of D.L. Hawkins and premium Micah. Monica has the ability to recreate anything you see in real life or on television.
Simone Deveaux Tawny Cypress One trader paintings and in turn owns an art gallery, daughter of Charles Deveaux, relates sentimentally with Isaac Mendez and Peter Petrelli.
D.L. Hawkins Leonard Roberts is a fugitive who has the ability to be intangible, which can pass objects. It is Niki's husband and father of Micah.
Maya Herrera Dania Ramirez is a fugitive from Central americas whose power is the virogénesis. It consists of their tears flow and are deadly poison for everyone who is around him except for his brother Alejandro, who alone can stop it.
Ando Masahashi James Kyson Lee friend and workmate of Hiro Nakamura. It becomes his inseparable companion in adventure to save the world, was brave despite not having powers.
Isaac Mendez Santiago Cabrera An artist who lives in New York and has the ability to paint images of the future in his paintings. He also writes the comic 9th Wonders! which also draws on the events of the future.
Adam Monroe / Takezo Kensei David Anders English who fought in Japan under the name Former Takezo Kensei. Its power lies in its blood, which has healing powers, both for himself and for others. This makes it immortal, why is alive at present with more than 400 years, under the name Adam Monroe, was responsible for uniting the 12 original.
Hiro Nakamura Masi Oka A 24-year-old Japanese clerk loving comics that literally makes the time stops, can travel by teleportation and continuity space / time. This convinced that it is a hero, and that, along with other people with skills are predestined to save the world.
Matt Parkman Greg Grunberg A former Los Angeles police with the ability to hear the thoughts of others. As the plot develops discovers that can control the thoughts of others. Today is the police detective in New York and is the guardian of Molly Walker.
Nathan Petrelli Adrian Pasdar Former candidate for the United States Congress for the New York State, is the brother of Peter Petrelli and his ability to fly.
Peter Petrelli Milo Ventimiglia Ex-nurse of 26 years who absorbs the powers of others when you're close to them and then train with Claude Rains, learn to use them even if their real owners are away from him.
Micah Sanders Noah Gray-Cabey A child prodigy who has powers techno-empáticos, ie can manipulate the operation of electronic systems with the mind. He is the son of D.L and Niki.
Niki Sanders Ali Larter A former stripper-31-year-old Las Vegas, owns superfuerza and suffers from multiple personality: that caused by its very ability to superfuerza, currently known two other personalities, who is Jessica vestige of memories of her sister dead (aggressive personality capable of brutally murdering several occasions) and another person born after that years ago was renamed for fun (personality who prefers to go out and have fun at nothing)
Mohinder Suresh Sendhil Ramamurthy Professor of genetics was born in India, who travels to New York to investigate the death of his father, Chandra. Their blood is capable of eliminating a virus known as Shanti virus, which affects only people with special abilities.
Sylar / Gabriel Gray Zachary Quinto is a former watchmaker with the ability to know "how things work" (Aptitude intuitive), becomes a serial murderer who steals the abilities of other people with powers to open their heads through psychokinesis of the first skill he stole. The nickname "Sylar" arises from the mark of a clock that Gabriel was repaired.
Symbols frequent
The propeller
The propeller is a symbol that appears frequently throughout the chapters. In episode 2 ( "Do not look back") appears in one of the tables of Isaac Mendez. In the early chapters, formed appears on the screen as invalid data in the computer of Dr Suresh, also shown on the collar of Haitian. Later is on the cover of a book of evolution in the department of Sylar ( "One giant leap '). In episode 12 ( "Godsend") symbol appears on the sleeve of the katana TAKES Kensei and Ando Masahashi it becomes apparent that seems to be a combination of two Kanji characters:才(Sai), which means "Great talent" and与( I) which means "Blessed". It also appears as a tattoo on the back of Niki, but only when Jessica seizes it. Appeared when Peter Petrelli was launched from a building to prove to his older brother, Nathan Petrelli, who could fly. What drew himself, along with a drawing that made him, levitating. Although it was only a "stick man".
Without any sense, appears in the third episode in a book of geometry Claire Bennet. Also appearing at the pool from the house of Molly Walker passes while investigating the murder of her family.
Also appearing in the first episode, in the tables in the study of Isaac Mendez, during the first trip in time Hiro before the explosion. Another appearance is like imprint of the cartoons or comics Micah, or those of Hiro, called 9th Wonders, created by Isaac Mendez. He is said to have great similarity with the DNA chain, symbolizing the human evolution.
The list
A list of all persons Dr. Suresh father found. It contains the names and places of origin of all located. In the first season, Mohinder is used to locate and warn those in the list of Sylar, accompanied by Zane Taylor, without knowing that this was disguised Sylar, who used the list to locate and assassinate which it appointed.
The scar
The scar consists of two parallel black lines around the neck of several characters with powers. According to the comics, "Wireless, Part 4" and "How do you stop an exploding man, Part 1" is the sequel to the scar left by injection with the needle pneumatic two tips that, as revealed in a biography of Hana Gitelman Heroes in 360 experiences, injected a radioisotope that allows to crawl injected. All characters have been injected with Mr. Bennet and / or Haitian. The brand has been seen in the following characters:
* Matt Parkman
* Ted Sprague
* Hana Gitelman
* Claude Rains
* Isaac Mendez
* West Rosen
Cast
David Anders Adam Monroe | Kristen Bell Elle Bishop | Santiago Cabrera Isaac Mendez | Jack Coleman Noah Bennet | Tawny Cypress Simone Deveaux | Dana Davis Monica Dawson |
Noah Gray-Cabey Micah Sanders | Greg Grunberg Matt Parkman | Ali Larter Niki Sanders | James Kyson Lee Ando Masahashi | Masi Oka Hiro Nakamura | Hayden Panettiere Claire Bennet |
Adrian Pasdar Nathan Petrelli | Zachary Quinto Sylar | Sendhil Ramamurthy Mohinder Suresh | Dania Ramirez Maya Herrera | Milo Ventimiglia Peter Petrelli | Leonard Roberts D.L. Hawkins |
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