Heroes - Season Two
First Aired: April 24, 2008 [UK]
Starring: Milo Ventimiglia, Hayden Panettiere, Masi Oka, Jack Coleman
For those who don’t know what Heroes is: Go watch it now, or you ain’t no friend o’ mine.
Heroes is the popular US drama series following the lives of a group of seemingly normal people - almost all of whom have incredible powers of some kind. Whether they are indestructable, possessed of super-human strength or able to travel through space and time, these people are some of the most engaging characters I have seen on TV for a long, long time.
Season Two picks up four months after the end of Season One, pitching straight into another story which twists around the world and even in and out of time. While the first season was critically acclaimed, winning a ridiculous number of accolades, Season Two took a little flak. Midway through the season, which was cut brutally short by the Writer’s Strike, hacks were complaining that the story was too ‘lovey-dovey’, which I agreed with. For about three episodes. But with the return of old characters - Peter Petrelli (Ventimiglia) is less annoying, Claire (Panettiere) is still jailbait and Hiro Nakamua (Oka) is still funny - and the introduction of some great new ones, pretty soon I was hooked again.
Heroes still looks and feels like the greatest comic book you’ve never read, with stunning visuals and some amazing directions. Every shot, whether it’s an abandoned Times Square, a sun-scorched desert or an old warehouse, is stunning and the original characters make it that bit better.
Season Two does stumble a little at the start, like most difficult second series/albums/movies - but soon it is up and running, twisting and turning as much as ever. In fact the plot twists toward the end - which comes far too soon at Episode 11 - rival that of a whole series of Lost.
And with Season Three premiering in the States on September 22nd, I for one can’t wait.
Rating: 7 out of 10 Beans
Tags: Drama
