The plot of Heroes is designed to be similar to the stories of comic books with small story arcs built into the series' larger story arc plot. Each season of Heroes is designed to involve ordinary people who discover extraordinary super powers, and how these abilities take effect in the character's daily lives.
SEASON ONE, known as "Genesis", begins as a seemingly ordinary group of people gradually becomes aware that they have special abilities. Events illustrate their reactions to these powers, and how the discovery affects their personal and professional lives. At the same time, several ordinary individuals are investigating the origins and extent of these abilities. Mohinder continues his late father's research into the biological source of the change, while Noah represents a secret organization known only as "The Company". While coping with these new abilities, each of the characters is drawn, willingly or unwillingly, into the Company's conspiracy to control superpowered people and into a race to stop an explosion from destroying New York City.
SEASON TWO, known as "Generations" begins four months after the events of Kirby Plaza. The main plot arc of Generations deals with the Company and its research on the Shanti virus. This research is explored through the Company's founders, whose identities are revealed, as well as through the effects of various strains of the virus. The heroes ultimately come together in an attempt to stop the release of a deadly strain of the virus and avert a global pandemic.
The first part of SEASON THREE was known as "Villains". Volume three began with the assassination attempt on Nathan, and explores its consequences. In addition, several villains escape from the confines of Level 5, and the Company attempts to recapture them. Arthur Petrelli (Robert Forster) heals from systemic nerve damage and aims to create a formula to give ordinary people abilities. The second part of season three, titled "Fugitives", involves what happens after Nathan fails to produce the formula. After the destruction of Primatech and Pinehearst, the heroes attempt to lead normal lives until Nathan initiates his plan to round up all people with abilities. Sylar kills Nathan in an intense duel; however, Matt is instructed to alter Sylar's mind to believe that he is Nathan.
SEASON FOUR comprised volume five, "Redemption" and takes place six weeks after the events of season three. The heroes try to return to their normal lives, Peter returns to his job as a paramedic, while Claire attends college. Sylar's acquired abilities begin to manifest as Nathan struggles to maintain his identity and Sylar's consciousness, trapped in Matt Parkman's mind, taunts him and seeks out his body. A carnival group is introduced, led by Samuel, who tries to recruit more people with abilities into his carnival family in hopes of creating a community for these people where they are welcome to be open with their abilities and respected by outsiders. The end of the Season 4 finale begins Volume Six, "Brave New World", in which Claire reveals the existence of people with special abilities to a group of reporters and photographers.
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T H E C A S T S
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Milo Ventimiglia as Peter Petrelli
Milo Ventimiglia stars in NBC's Emmy Arward-nominated ensemble drama series "Heroes" as Peter Petrelli, a young man with the ability to absorb the powers of others. Peter's power has made him both a unifying and destructive force -- resulting in his whereabouts being unknown after his detonation over the New York City skyline. "Heroes" follows the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities.
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Adrian Pasdar as Nathan Petrelli
Adrian Pasdar stars in NBC's Emmy Award-nominated ensemble drama series "Heroes" as Nathan Petrelli, a congressional hopeful with the ability to fly. His political dreams were dashed along with his happiness when he failed to stop his younger brother Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) from exploding over the New York City skyline. "Heroes" follows the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities.
The eldest son of Angela and Arthur Petrelli, Nathan originally thought that his ability to fly was a gift from God. An ambitious politician, Nathan had just been appointed junior senator from the State of New York when he learned, along with his aide and paramour Tracy Strauss, that his parents injected him with the formula at an early age, thus synthesizing his ability. Turning against his kind, Nathan convinced the President of the danger of evolved humans, and set up an agency at Building 26 to hunt them down. Despite everything, Nathan still worked hard to keep his family members -- Angela and biological daughter Claire -- out of the fray. Sadly, Nathan was no match for Sylar, who was determined to take Nathan's form in order to ascend to the Presidency. Brutally murdered by Sylar, Nathan lives on with Sylar's spirit inside him. The only problem? Despite Matt Parkman's best efforts to make Sylar believe that he's Nathan, the new Nathan isn't totally convinced he is who he thinks he is.
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Zachary Quinto as Sylar
Zachary Quinto stars in NBC's Emmy Award-nominated ensemble drama series, "Heroes" as Sylar, a manipulative serial killer dedicated to violently collecting the extraordinary talents of special people. Sylar's fate is unknown after being stabbed by Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka) in New York. "Heroes" follows the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities.
Growing up with his single, overbearing adopted mother Virginia in Queens, little Gabriel Gray always dreamed of being special, but grew up to become an ordinary watch repairman. Then one day, Dr. Chandra Suresh identified Gabriel as his Patient Zero, revealing his ability of intuitive aptitude, accompanied by an insatiable hunger. After adopting the name Sylar, the watchmaker vented his hunger to become a serial killer, capable of assimilating the abilities of his kills. Before long, Sylar was the most powerful Hero of them all, the guy everyone wanted to use and/or control. Determined to learn how he became the person he is, Sylar tracked down his biological father Samson, only to gain reckless ambition, setting his sights on the American Presidency. Shape-shifting Sylar was one handshake away from the Oval Office when Peter stepped in to tranquilize him. Angela had Matt Parkman erase Sylar's own memories, forcing him to believe that he's Nathan. As Nathan, Sylar begins living the senator's life, but something's not quite right...
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Masi Oka as Hiro Nakamura
Emmy and Golden Globe Award-nominated Masi Oka stars in NBC's hit ensemble drama series "Heroes" as Hiro Nakamura, a Japanese nonconformist computer/anime geek. Hiro's ability to pierce the space-time continuum and manipulate time has empowered him with foresight into a dangerous future -- and what he must do to change it. "Heroes" follows the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities.
The prodigal son of corporate titan and Company founder Kaito Nakamura, Hiro carried his predilection for sci-fi, fantasy, and especially comic books into his adult life -- which kept him from excelling at work and impressing his father. When Hiro's ability to manipulate space and time manifested, he took his mission to save the world seriously, operating under the code of his childhood hero, Japanese feudal warrior Takezo Kensai. Accompanied by his faithful sidekick Ando, Hiro's quest has taken him all over the world. But while taking down Building 26, Hiro began to have health issues, experiencing painful headaches and nosebleeds whenever he tried to use his powers. Now back in Tokyo, Hiro and Ando's new business venture, Dial-A-Hero, has been sidelined with news that Hiro's days are numbered, thanks to a fatal blood clot in his brain. Determined to use what time he has left to right the wrongs of his past, Hiro has lost control of his ability, and is experiencing random teleportation into the past.
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Greg Grunberg as Matt Parkman
Greg Grunberg stars in NBC's Emmy Award-nominated ensemble drama series "Heroes" as Matt Parkman, a police detective with the ability to hear the thoughts of others. "Heroes" follows the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities.
Abandoned by his father Maury at an early age, Matt grew up in Los Angeles, determined to become a police detective. Although the written exam held dyslexic Matt back from his dream job, he finally passed, with the help of wife Janice. Shortly thereafter, Matt manifested the ability of telepathy, only to learn that Janice had been cheating on him with his partner. When his abilities put him on the trail of serial killer Sylar, Matt's life changed forever. After a nasty run-in with the Company, Matt divorced Janice and moved in with Mohinder, determined to live a normal life. But as his abilities evolved to include precognition, and the ability to push thoughts and erase memories, Matt's life just got more complicated. After falling in love with speedster Daphne and then losing her to a government bullet, Matt was ready to throw in the towel. Luckily, Hiro and Ando introduced Matt to the son he didn't know he had. After reluctantly complying with Angela's plan to force Sylar to believe he's Nathan, Matt returns to Janice and the LAPD, determined to put his life back together. The only problem? Sylar is trapped inside Matt's head and he won't get out!
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Jack Coleman as HRG
Jack Coleman stars in NBC's Emmy Award-nominated ensemble drama series "Heroes" as the mysterious H.R.G. - so named after his "Horned Rimmed Glasses." Seemingly an unassuming family man as Claire's (Hayden Panettiere) father, H.R.G. is also a man of mystery who has a special interest in people with special abilities. "Heroes" follows the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities.
Caring yet conservative suburban dad on the outside, ruthless Company agent on the inside, Noah Bennet is a study in contradiction. Sixteen years ago, Noah and his wife Sandra were tasked by Company boss Kaito Nakamura with the care and keeping of baby Claire, an evolved human whose mother was purported to have died in a fire. Of course, Sandra never knew the whole story, believing that her husband was middle management at Primatech Paper in Odessa, Texas. H.R.G. maintained his cover with the help of his partner, The Haitian, an adept with the ability to extinguish human memory -- which he utilized on the wife and kids many times over. But when the Company ordered Noah to turn over 16-year-old Claire with the intention of plundering her self-healing ability, he went renegade, and nearly lost his life. After the demise of Primatech, H.R.G. teamed up with Nathan, making a deal to protect the safety of his family in exchange for capturing evolved humans for the government. When Sandra finally figured out what was going on, the marriage was over. Now that Building 26 is no more, Bennet is divorced, jobless, and awash in existential crisis. What should he do with his life, and how can he atone for his past?
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Hayden Panettiere as Claire Bennet
Hayden Panettiere stars in NBC's Emmy Award-nominated ensemble drama series "Heroes" as Claire Bennet, an indestructible high school cheerleader, who must veil her abilities from her peers as well as keep other secrets from her mysterious father "H.R.G." (Jack Coleman). "Heroes" follows the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities.
The adopted daughter of Noah and Sandra Bennet, Claire lived the ordinary life of a suburban cheerleader in Odessa, Texas, until her self-healing ability manifested at the age of 16. Shortly thereafter, Claire discovered the identity of her birth parents: soon-to-be U.S. senator Nathan Petrelli, and fire manipulator Meredith Gordon, both evolved humans. During high school, Claire was forced to assume an alternate identity and go underground with her family to avoid those who would use her for brutal biological experimentation. In addition to the problems every teenager faces, Claire had to deal with kidnappings and psycho killers, and a secret agent father who rarely told the truth about his activities. Now that she's a college freshman, Claire has finally taken back her original identity and started over, determined to live a normal life.
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Ali Larter as Tracy Strauss
Ali Larter stars in NBC's award-winning ensemble drama series "Heroes" as Tracy Strauss, a smart, savvy, well-connected Washington lobbyist from Beverly Hills, Calif., whose reputation as an "ice queen" gains extraordinary significance after she manifests the ability to instantaneously plunge temperatures, create ice and freeze anything -- or anyone -- in contact solid. Recently, she championed Nathan Petrelli's (Adrian Pasdar) appointment to the U.S. Senate and stumbled upon an unknown, hidden family, including an identical sister, Niki Sanders, and nephew, Micah (Noah Gray-Cabey). "Heroes" follows the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities.
As babies, Tracy and her identical sisters Niki and Barbara fell into the hands of the Company's Dr. Zimmerman, who injected them with the formula to produce synthetic abilities. Tracy didn't manifest her ability to freeze things until she had already earned the title "Ice Queen of K Street," while working as a political advisor for the New York's powerful governor, Robert Malden. Although it looked as if Tracy was the perfect helpmate to steer Nathan to the presidency and perhaps even become First Lady, Nathan turned against his former lover, making her the first target of his Building 26 team. Niki's son Micah helped Tracy escape, but when she realized the impossibility of regaining her old, "normal" life, she sacrificed herself to save him. Tracy froze herself, and Danko's bullet shattered her into a million shards of ice. But ice melts, and Tracy has now managed to reconstitute herself, drawn back to life by one diabolical thought: revenge.
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Sendhil Ramamurthy as Mohinder Suresh
Sendhil Ramamurthy stars in NBC's Emmy Award-nominated ensemble drama series "Heroes" as Dr. Mohinder Suresh, a genetics professor from India driven to confirm and champion his father's theory that there are people with extraordinary abilities living among us. Suresh's father died at the hands of one of these special people and he has adopted another, Molly (Adair Tishler). "Heroes" follows the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities.
Everything was going great for Mohinder, a genetics professor from India, until his father, Dr. Chandra Suresh went AWOL to study evolved humans. When Chandra is murdered, Mohinder travels to Manhattan, to live in his father's apartment and take his old job as taxi driver, determined to unravel the mysteries of his father's work, while looking for his killer. After falling in love with Maya, Mohinder is able to synthesize a formula using her blood that allows the injection of synthetic abilities. Mohinder injects himself, gaining super strength, but there's a downside. Growing oozy scales, Mohinder transforms into a sort of monster, and starts imprisoning his victims, including Maya, in sticky cocoons. Luckily, Mohinder creates another formula which cures his condition, and allows him to team up with the other Heroes to take down Building 26. Refusing Angela's invitation to join a new company, Mohinder takes off to pursue his own redemption, whereabouts currently unknown.
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James Kyson Lee as Ando Masahashi
James Kyson Lee stars in NBC's Emmy Award-nominated ensemble drama series "Heroes" as Ando Masahashi, a quiet Tokyo executive who embarks on wild adventures with his time-traveling friend Hiro Nakamura. "Heroes" follows the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities.
When we first met Ando, he was living the monotonous life of a corporate cubicle drone in Tokyo, Japan, lusting after the boss' daughter Kimiko. The only thing making life bearable was his relationship with best friend and co-worker Hiro Nakamura. When Hiro's ability to bend space and time manifested, Ando remained at his side for the many adventures that were to come. But the life of a sidekick ain't easy, and demands great self-sacrifice, especially when operating under Hiro's frequently wacky heroic code. Ando even went so far as to inject himself with the formula to save Hiro, activating his own ability: to supercharge the abilities of others. After teaming up to take down Building 26, the dynamic duo have finally returned to Tokyo to open their Dial-A-Hero business, only to learn that Hiro is dying, and the use of his ability is speeding the process along. Rather than deal with his condition, Hiro decides to right his past wrongs, starting with Ando. Although Kimiko always hated Ando, Hiro's visit to the Carnival results in a whole new status quo: Ando and Hiro's sister Kimiko are getting married!
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Cristine Rose as Angela Petrelli
Cristine Rose stars in NBC's Emmy Award-nominated ensemble drama series "Heroes" as the mysterious, calculating NY matriarch Angela Petrelli, who is willing to sacrifice anything, including her gifted sons Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) and Peter (Milo Ventimeglia), to change the world. She and her late husband were part of a core group of special individuals associated with The Company. "Heroes" follows the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities.
A special with the ability to see the future in her dreams, Angela is the last surviving Company founder. It all started in 1961, when Angela's parents brought her to Coyote Sands, a government installation created to study evolved humans. That's where a 16-year-old Angela first met Bob Bishop, Charles Deveaux and Daniel Linderman and formed the Company, to protect and prevent the existence of people like them from becoming public. Fierce in her devotion to family, Angela's choices are often ruthless and controversial. After all, she did poison her husband Arthur with a bowl of homemade minestrone. But when her son Nathan created an organization to track and imprison all evolved humans, it began to look like Angela's days were numbered, at least until Sylar stepped into the game. Finding Nathan shortly after his brutal murder by Sylar, it was Angela who hatched the plan to have Matt force Sylar into believing himself to be Nathan. Now worried that Nathan/Sylar is becoming unglued, Angela is once again scheming to keep her family together...
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Robert Knepper as Samuel Sullivan
Samuel Sullivan, portrayed by Robert Knepper, is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes, being the primary antagonist of Volume 5: Redemption. Samuel has the ability of terrakinesis. The mysterious leader of a carnival ring, "Sullivan Bros. Carnival".
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Kristen Bell as Elle Bishop
Eleanor Zoe Bishop, mostly known as Elle, is a fictional character on the NBC series Heroes. She is portrayed by Kristen Bell. Elle appeared as one of the new characters introduced in Season Two and according to contract, would continue on the series for at least 13 episodes into Season Three. Elle is introduced in the episode "Fight or Flight" as an agent of the Company, an organization whose primary purpose is to identify, monitor and study those individuals with special abilities. The daughter of Company head Bob Bishop, she possesses the power to generate and manipulate electricity. Elle is portrayed as mentally unstable, which is attributed to extensive "testing" condoned by her father to research her abilities when she was young.
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Dania Ramirez as Maya Herrera
Dania Ramirez stars in NBC's hit ensemble drama series "Heroes" as Maya Herrera, a young woman plagued by a threatening ability that has driven both her and her twin brother Alejandro (Shalim Ortiz) from their home in the Dominican Republic to make the dangerous crossing to the United States in search of help. "Heroes" follows the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities.
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Leonard Roberts as DL
Daniel Lawrence "D. L." Hawkins is a fictional character played by Leonard Roberts in the TV series Heroes. The father of Micah Sanders and husband of Niki Sanders, he has the power to phase through solid objects.
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Tawny Cypress as Simone Deveaux
Simone Deveaux is a fictional character in the TV series Heroes. She is portrayed by Tawny Cypress. When Simone Deveaux is introduced in the premiere episode, she is an art dealer living in New York City who is romantically involved with artist Isaac Mendez. However, she becomes increasingly distressed with Isaac's heroin addiction and his claims that he can paint the future.
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Noah Gray-Cabey as Micah Sanders
Micah Sanders, portrayed by Noah Gray-Cabey, is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. He is the son of Niki Sanders and D.L. Hawkins. He is a child prodigy and a technopath.
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David Anders as Takezo Kensei/Adam Monroe
Adam Monroe, also known as Takezo Kensei in non-canon feudal Japan, is a fictional character portrayed by David Anders in the NBC science fiction drama Heroes. The character first appears in the second season episode "Four Months Later...", although the legend of Kensei is referenced several times during the first season. His regenerative ability has halted his aging, making him centuries old in the present of the series. He is the primary antagonist during the second season.
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Dana Davis as Monica Dawson
Monica Dawson, portrayed by Dana Davis, is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. She is a young woman in her early 20s from New Orleans, and she has the power to mimic any physical motion she witnesses.
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