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About Heroes - from NBC.com
In its first season, "Heroes" was honored with a People's Choice Award, an AFI Award, a Multicultural Prism Award, the TV Land Future Classic Award and was named the TV Critics Association Outstanding Program of the Year. In addition, "Heroes" received Golden Globe Award, NAACP Image Award, WGA Award, Satellite Award and Emmy Award nominations.
After a total eclipse casts its shadow across the globe, seemingly calling forth a multitude of everyday men and women with special powers, Dr. Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy, "Blind Guy Driving"), a genetics professor from India, continues to champion his father's theory that there are people with extraordinary abilities living among us. Claire Bennet, an indestructible high school cheerleader (Hayden Panettiere, "Bring it On: All or Nothing"), must hide her ability from her peers while working to maintain her relationship with her father (Jack Coleman, "Dynasty"), a man of mystery who has a keen interest in people like her. Niki Sanders, a Las Vegas single mother (Ali Larter, "Final Destination") with astonishing strength - and a dangerous, amoral mirror image (Jessica Sanders) - struggles to support and protect her young son Micah (Noah Gray-Cabey, "My Wife & Kids"), a genius who can interact with electronic machinery through touch. Matt Parkman, a police detective (Greg Grunberg, "Alias") from Los Angeles, attempts to put his ability to hear the thoughts of others to good use. In Japan, Hiro Nakamura's (Masi Oka, NBC's "Scrubs") ability to pierce the space-time continuum and manipulate time has empowered him to change the future, as he embarks on wild adventures with his best friend Ando Masahashi (James Kyson Lee, "Shutter"). Nathan Petrelli, a congressional hopeful (Adrian Pasdar, "Judging Amy") with the ability to fly, has his dreams dashed after failing to stop his younger brother Peter (Milo Ventimiglia, "Rocky Balboa"), a nurse with the ability to absorb the powers of others, from exploding over the New York City skyline. And after this violent clash in New York, the fate of Sylar, a manipulative serial killer (Zachary Quinto, "24") dedicated to violently collecting the extraordinary talents of special people, is unknown. Meanwhile, in the Dominican Republic, a young woman named Maya Herrera (Dania Ramirez, "The Sopranos") and her twin brother, plagued by her threatening ability, attempt to make the dangerous crossing to the United States in search of help. And Monica Dawson, another young woman (Dana Davis, "The Nine") with newfound special abilities, would give up everything to help the people around her. Their ultimate destiny is nothing less than saving the world...
Joining Kring as executive producer are Dennis Hammer (NBC's "Crossing Jordan"), Allan Arkush (NBC's "Crossing Jordan") and Greg Beeman ("Smallville"). The drama is produced by Universal Media Studios in association with Tailwind Productions.
 About Peter Petrelli - from wikipedia.org
The pilot episode opens with Peter Petrelli standing on a building before falling. Peter then wakes up in the home of Charles Deveaux, a patient under his care. Peter keeps "having these amazing dreams" that he can fly when he closes his eyes. Turning to his brother, Nathan, Peter talks about his intense dreams. However, Nathan is a politician running for Congress and extremely busy. Although he does listen, he disregards Peter's claims that he can fly and wonders why Peter would come to him anyway. News of their mother's arrest for shoplifting interrupts their conversation. At the police station, Peter and Nathan talk with their mother. Recently widowed by their father's death, she has been doing odd things such as this for several months. Nathan, more concerned with his campaign than his mother, tells her to "get over it." Peter attempts to be understanding and talks with his mother while Nathan eventually leaves. As they talk, Peter tells his mother about an almost metaphysical connection he feels he has with his brother, recalling a time in the past where Peter knew Nathan had been hurt prior to anyone contacting him; his mother is unconvinced.
Later, at the campaign headquarters, Nathan managed to sweep his mother's arrest under the rug and wishes she'd just get a hobby. Peter, on the other hand, simply sees it as a cry for attention and a sign of loneliness. Nathan then transitions the conversation into offering Peter a job as his coordinator. However, Peter is turned off by Nathan's self-serving intentions and attempt to "do the right thing" by him. He declines, saying he doesn't want his brother's pity and walks out. There in the street, Peter hails a cab. The driver just happens to be Mohinder Suresh and the two begin a conversation. Peter asks Mohinder about "being special" and Mohinder eventually tells him about evolution. Suddenly, Peter gets a call from Simone Deveaux — daughter of the patient whose home he woke up in at the start of the first episode — telling him to hurry over to her father's place.
Peter and Simone arrive at the apartment of her boyfriend Isaac Mendez. Simone explains Isaac's ability to "paint the future." Simone finds Isaac lying on the ground, apparently overdosed on heroin. She frantically calls 911 while Peter discovers a painting that depicts him flying off of a building. It is also revealed that Isaac painted a large floor mural depicting the city being destroyed in a nuclear explosion. Isaac's only words are, "We have to stop it."
Later, Peter stands above a building and summons Nathan to prove that he can fly. However, after Peter jumps off, his brother flies up to grab him in midair. A cliffhanger ensues as the brothers lose their grip on each other.
In the second episode, Peter awakens in a hospital bed. At his side is Nathan, who, when asked, claims neither of them flew and Peter simply jumped, nearly killing himself. Between this and his mother's revelation that Peter's late father had apparently been mentally unstable as well as suicidal, Peter is led to believe he's going crazy. Drawing a crude stick figure image with one figure levitating a few feet above the ground, Peter gets an idea. Attempting to cope and find out the truth, Peter stands on the edge of another rooftop later that evening. Nathan arrives, and Peter threatens to jump if Nathan doesn't tell him what really happened. Nathan tells Peter that they both flew. However, Peter thinks that Nathan is lying to make him feel better, and he becomes angry. Nathan then points out that Peter is walking on thin air, and Peter is relieved to know that they can both fly.
In the third episode, Peter repeatedly tries to fly (or at least levitate) while at a playground, only to crash to the ground each time. Heading back to Campaign HQ, Peter tells Nathan about a book written by Chandra Suresh. Peter believes the author "knows what's going on" and wants to find him, but neither Nathan's focus or his disinterest in his powers have changed. Bumping into Simone after just leaving Charles Deveaux's apartment, Peter tells her he has given up his job as a nurse. He says he no longer feels right "trying to save the world one person at a time" and is meant for something more. As Peter leaves the building, the two comment on hoping to see each other. Later, they do just that at an event held by Nathan. During the event, Peter confesses his love to Simone, stating "I've been in love with you since the moment I first laid eyes on you." During Nathan's speech, he talks about his family, particularly his ill late father. Over the course of the speech, the focus turns to Peter and Nathan publicly refers to Peter's attempt to fly in the first episode as a suicide attempt. Shocked and offended, Peter eventually leaves, followed by a concerned Simone. After the event, Peter punches Nathan as he is getting into his car, calling him a "son of a bitch." Immediately held back by Nathan's bodyguards, Peter furiously denounces Nathan's comment during the speech. When the guards let Peter go, he goes in for another blow to his brother's jaw. Asked by Nathan if he'll at least go along with what was said, Peter angrily shrugs and walks away.
Out in the pouring rain, Peter meets up with Simone while trying to hail a Cab. He quickly insists that what Nathan said about him wasn't true and Simone says she knows. Then the two exchange a kiss under her umbrella.
In the fourth episode, Peter and Simone wake together the following morning. Their resulting conversation is interrupted when Nathan arrives at Peter's door. Nathan says he was accused by Suresh, the man Peter spoke of earlier in the last episode, and believes Peter sent him. Ultimately, Peter turns down another one of Nathan's offers, this time money to do whatever research he wants so long as he leaves Nathan out of it. When Peter returns to Simone and they continue their talk, the subject turns to her coming back to his apartment that evening. Simone explains that she doesn't want to rush into a relationship, having just ended a destructive two-year relationship with Isaac; Peter understands. Later, Peter goes to Suresh's apartment in search of him, only to find the man's son, Mohinder. Mohinder tells Peter that his father has died. Peter explains to Mohinder that he believes he can mimic the abilities of other powered individuals when he is near them. Mohinder is skeptical, and Peter offers to take him to Isaac's so he can demonstrate. When they get there, Isaac is locked in a precognitive trance, and does not answer the door. On the subway back, a future version of Hiro Nakamura stops time relative to himself and Peter. Hiro proceeds to tell Peter he looks different from his scarred future self, then says he is there to give Peter a message.
In the fifth episode, the future Hiro tells Peter to "save the cheerleader" and go back to Isaac's. Before leaving, future Hiro also tells Peter what his future self had always wanted hear: "This is what you've been waiting for." When time unfreezes, Peter tells Mohinder what has just transpired, but Mohinder's doubts about Peter become even stronger and he chooses not to go with him. Back at the loft, Peter and Isaac have a brief conversation and agree to look past their differences and relationships with Simone. Peter looks through the man's paintings to find images of the cheerleader. One of the paintings is unfinished, with Isaac saying he ran out of heroin. Thus, Peter decides to finish it himself. Although he admits he is not a great artist, he says he can see the full image. He gets a brush and falls into a precognitive trance. After Peter finishes the image, Isaac's phone rings. Isaac says, "it's a wrong number... some Japanese guy." Peter realizes it's Hiro, answers the phone, and tells Hiro the same thing future Hiro said at the end of "Collision", saying, "My name is Peter Petrelli, and I have a message for you."
In "Better Halves" Peter speaks with Hiro and Ando and conveys the message he was given by future Hiro: "Save the cheerleader, save the world." However, he doesn't know who the cheerleader is or where she lives, but he encourages Hiro to come to New York where they can figure it out. He and Isaac look at the portraits of the future and realize that one of the series is missing. Isaac says that Simone took the canvas along with other paintings. He doesn't remember what the canvas depicted because he was high when he painted it.
Powers and abilities
Much mystery surrounded Peter's powers before and after the first few episodes. While every main character was said outright to have a power in press releases, Peter was simply billed as "trying to convince his brother he can fly". Eventually, Peter did indeed display the ability to levitate, but only after his brother flew. The exact power he had and its nature were officially explained in an article from the October 9-14 TV Guide. Peter is actually a power mimic who absorbs the powers of others in his immediate proximity. Though Peter's powers are clearly temporary, as he is shown to be unable to fly when not in the presence of Nathan, the exact time limit he has before they wear off is unknown.
In "Hiros," Peter successfully mimics Issac's precognition in order to finish a painting. While Peter's eyes undergo the same change as Issac's, he doesn't use any heroin to activate the ability. He believes his crude levitation sketch was also made by mimicking Isaac's ability to draw the future.
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