"Heroes" Chapter One 'Genesis' (2006)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

David Semel

Writers:

Tim Kring (creator)
Tim Kring (written by)

TV Series:

"Heroes" (2006)

Original Air Date:

25 September 2006 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In Manhattan, Peter Petrelli is the younger brother Nathan Petrelli an overly ambitious and unscrupulous candidate for the next New York congressman...

Plot Keywords:

New York City | Hero | TV Series Pilot | Mother Daughter Relationship | Mother Son Relationship

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Santiago Cabrera	...	Isaac Mendez
Tawny Cypress	...	Simone Deveaux
Noah Gray-Cabey	...	Micah Sanders
Ali Larter	...	Niki Sanders / Jessica Sanders
Masi Oka	...	Hiro Nakamura
Hayden Panettiere	...	Claire Bennet
Adrian Pasdar	...	Nathan Petrelli
Sendhil Ramamurthy	...	Mohinder Suresh
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Peter Petrelli
Cristine Rose	...	Angela Petrelli
Jack Coleman	...	Noah Bennet
Ashley Crow	...	Sandra Bennet
Thomas Dekker	...	Zach
Shishir Kurup	...	Nirad
James Kyson Lee	...	Ando Masahashi

Also Known As:

Heroes: Chapter One 'In His Own Image' (#1.0) (USA) (first segment title)
Heroes: Chapter Three 'Genesis' or 'How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (#1.0) (USA) (third segment title)
Heroes: Chapter Two 'I'm Being Followed by a Moon Shadow' (#1.0) (USA) (second segment title)
Heroes: Genesis: Tim Kring Cut (#1.0) (USA) (DVD menu title)

Runtime:

53 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

NBC Universal Television

Trivia:

In the original version of the pilot, when Simone and Peter arrive at Isaac's loft, they find that he has cut off his own hand. These scenes were used in some of the promotional videos for the series, but the script was later changed to say that Isaac had only overdosed.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): While sitting in the karaoke bar, Hiro tells his friend that he got his understanding of how time works from X-Men number 143, where Kitty Pryde travels through time. "Days of Future Past", the referenced comic book, was actually X-Men number 141.

Quotes:

[to Hiro, on the usefulness of superhero powers]
Ando Masahashi: Then what good is it? Can you teleport yourself into the women's bathroom? Now there's something useful. You won't learn your "purpose" in there but you might learn something about life.
Hiro Nakamura: Fine. If I had to, yes I could teleport myself into the women's bathroom.
Ando Masahashi: Great, then do it. I'll grab two more beers.

Movie Connections:

References "Star Trek" (1966)

Soundtrack:

I Want It That Way

Great start, will see if it can sustain.

I got a free download from iTunes, via Starbucks, for this show. I was not entirely sold on the teasers, but I decided to give it a chance. I was really surprised, I really enjoyed the character development and interaction. The acting is good, but not great. I am hoping that it is just first episode jitters and will work itself out. They have me waiting for episode 2, and with the amount of six degrees situations I am sure it will take a few episodes to fully see the entire picture, maybe even the first season. Give it a chance, could be the one everyone is talking about, similar to Lost 2 years ago. This should be a welcomed addition to my tivo season pass, hoping it is in HD.