Spring Break
'Heroes' saves the network airwaves with doses of sci-fi and fantasy
Kimberly Lien
Issue date: 4/26/07 Section: Entertainment
"I didn't like the fact that we had to wait another month for the next episode," Chen said, "because they already had a three week break earlier in the season for the holidays.
However, it was good for me because it allowed me to study for my midterms I had during the month they were on break."
The episode that aired on Monday was titled "0.07%."
The percentage was reflective of the number of people in the world who would die from a nearing explosion that could occur in New York in a future episode.
Nakamura and Mendez traveled five years into the future to a partially destroyed New York City to try to find out what went wrong and how they could save the world.
"I wanted more from it. I think we all know the characters well enough now to not be babied into the plot," Klein said. "I felt it went a little slow and nothing very dramatic happened. The only dramatic thing that happened was Peter dying, but you knew he wasn't dead for long because he has to blow up at some point."
As Klein mentioned, the explosion that would change the world would be the result of one of the show's characters - Peter Petrelli - being blown up.
Petrelli's heroic ability is the power to mimic other heroes' superpowers. He is also somewhat clairvoyant, and in one of his visions he saw himself exploding in downtown New York.
The complex and mysterious storylines that tie into the main plot of the series has been a large part of why the show has captured and maintained its core audience.
"I think 'Heroes' is a hit," Chen said, "because it's just a real life comic book; ordinary people waking up in the morning realizing they have a superpower. When I was a kid I wish I could fly, be invisible or even see into the future."
However, it was good for me because it allowed me to study for my midterms I had during the month they were on break."
The episode that aired on Monday was titled "0.07%."
The percentage was reflective of the number of people in the world who would die from a nearing explosion that could occur in New York in a future episode.
Nakamura and Mendez traveled five years into the future to a partially destroyed New York City to try to find out what went wrong and how they could save the world.
"I wanted more from it. I think we all know the characters well enough now to not be babied into the plot," Klein said. "I felt it went a little slow and nothing very dramatic happened. The only dramatic thing that happened was Peter dying, but you knew he wasn't dead for long because he has to blow up at some point."
As Klein mentioned, the explosion that would change the world would be the result of one of the show's characters - Peter Petrelli - being blown up.
Petrelli's heroic ability is the power to mimic other heroes' superpowers. He is also somewhat clairvoyant, and in one of his visions he saw himself exploding in downtown New York.
The complex and mysterious storylines that tie into the main plot of the series has been a large part of why the show has captured and maintained its core audience.
"I think 'Heroes' is a hit," Chen said, "because it's just a real life comic book; ordinary people waking up in the morning realizing they have a superpower. When I was a kid I wish I could fly, be invisible or even see into the future."
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