Posted by Dustin on 09.25.2007 at 12:37 pm

So “Heroes” premiered last night, and I loved it! So much has gone on and happened in the four months that have gone by. We will, supposedly, have an episode down the way that will bring us up to speed on all these odd and unanswered questions that came up in this episode.

First up, Surresh is in Cairo and has been lecturing about “The Heroes” and a virus that is targeting them, which also killed his own sister at a young age. We only briefly heard about this at the end of the last season if I recall, and it looks like they are setting this sickness up as a huge story this season. Also Surresh was followed by a man from “The Company” who want to hire him. It seems he’s taking the job to get in on the inside and destroy them.

Clair Bennett and her family moved to California. She was instructed to blend in, not to make a scene at all, and no cheerleading! As much as she wanted to show the rich snotty cheerleaders up in this episode, she didn’t as she had to do what her dad said. She couldn’t even answer questions in class when she knew the answer. She did draw the attention of a boy, who accused her of being a robot and fitting in and doing what everyone else did, instead of being an alien. As the show ended we learn the boy has powers! He was floating outside Claire’s bedroom window and flew away! Clearly this is Claire’s new boyfriend for the season.

Meanwhile Noah Bennett, aka HRG, is working at Copy Kingdom and did man a scene! He told his boss off and physically threatened him. He told his kids not to make a stink and blend in, but he made a stink himself. He also is in contact with Surresh, they are both trying to destroy “The Company.”

Nathan is a mess after what happened at the end of last season with Peter. He and his mother both believe Peter is dead. Nathan has become an alcoholic and when he looks in the mirror he sees his face has a terrible scar on it, but we don’t see this. Hmmmm. Meanwhile Peter was found in Ireland locked up in a storage bin somewhere. Some men were coming to steal a shipment of iPods and found him, and he doesn’t seem to know who he is! I foresee Peter being used by badguys this season!

Both Angela Petrelli and Hiro’s father received photos of them with a red symbol on it, the same symbol tattooed on many people last season by “The Company.” They knew it meant someone was coming to kill them, and it must be one of the original founders of “The Company.” Hiro’s father, in the end, was pushed off the building by an unknown assassin and appears to be dead! He did however seem surprised as to who it was who killed him. Another mystery? I think it’s all tying into “The Company” still as Linderman and Angela’s husband’s deaths were also brought up, though we know who killed Linderman.

Matt has divorced his wife, is still a cop and has adopted Molly. Molly however is having terrible dreams about a bad person, she’s drawing his eyes as well as “The Company’s” symbol. She’s suffering in school because of her dreams, but she won’t tell Matt where to find this person as they will kill him. Is she dreaming of Sylar? Hints indicate no, it’s a new villian.

We met two new heroes, or at least one hero. Maya and her brother Alejandro are making a run for America. They are trying to get to New York to see a doctor (Surresh?) who can help Maya. They are wanted for murder, but it appears it’s Maya’s powers who kill people. We don’t know what her power is yet, but she did accidentally drain the lives of several people in this episode during a truck ride to the US border. We didn’t see it happen, her brother was pushed out of the truck and knocked out by the men driving, who wanted to take advantage of Maya. When he caught up with them, they were all dead! Her power seems to be like Linderman’s old power.

Hiro meanwhile ended up in feudal Japan and met his own hero, the great swordsman whose sword he stole last season Takeshi Kensei (or something like that, I can’t recall off hand). Turns out he’s not really a hero . . or is he? He’s an Englishman who has been going around robbing people of their money! He was, as legend goes, supposed to save some village from bandits, but Hiro’s showing up threw it all out of whack and the village was ransacked. The sword smith’s daughter, who he was supposed to marry, is furious as they paid Takeshi to protect them and he vanished (Hiro’s fault, he was trying to save him, so he thought). She went off to save her father on her own, he was capturd, and Takeshi knocked Hiro out as he was tired of listening to him tell him how he had to save this and that and become the hero of legend. In the previews for the season though, it seems Takeshi does have a power of some sort! Also, his banner and symbol is the same one “The Company” uses, so there is obviously a connection. Why do get the feeling the bad guy in the present is Takeshi, who will somehow learn to time travel from Hiro?

Notably absent were Micah, Nikki/Jessica and DL . . . oh and Sylar of course. I did like it, I think it really lived up to my expectations from last season. I just hope the show doesn’t end up losing steam through the season as so many shows do in their sophmore year.