You almost can’t tell the players without a scorecard on Heroes right now. HRG could have turned Peter and Angela over to the Danko death squad, but he didn’t.
Danko has gone to Sylar for help, even after ridiculing the Company’s “One of Us, One of Them” methods. Nathan and Claire are actually trying to reconcile their relationship, while fleeing from Danko. Yes, Heroes is about people with incredible powers but also about families. Parents that realize they’ve screwed up and kids that aren’t sure they can forgive them. That’s something we can relate to, even if we can’t fly …read more

With heroes and villains alike rendered powerless by another solar eclipse, Primatech and Pinehearst continue their battle for humanity’s future. It’s just going to be a little harder to fight without superpowers. You know, actual fisticuffs and maybe even some thinking before acting. Nah, Peter Petrelli’s still around. All that thinking is for suckers.
And without powers, is Claire Bennet still the catalyst that can give people powers? More importantly, can she survive a gaping bullet wound without her special abilities?
 
 
Pictured: (l-r) Jimmy Jean-Louis as The Haitian, Milo Ventimiglia as Peter Petrelli — NBC Photo: Adam Taylor

Angela Petrelli has had visions of the future (including the Heroes’ deaths) and tells Future Peter he’s messed things up much worse than they were before.
Spoilers follow the jump!
 
Pictured: (l-r) Milo Ventimiglia as Peter Petrelli, Christine Rose as Angela Petrelli — NBC Photo: Chris Haston

“Save Ourselves, Save the World.” No sci-fi show currently going refers to as many other genre shows or movies as Heroes, so it’s only fitting that they riff on themselves to begin this season.
The big question at the end of last season was Who Shot Nathan Petrelli? They don’t make us wait long for the answer.
Pictured: (l-r) Hayden Panettiere as Claire Bennet, Milo Ventimiglia as Peter Petrelli –NBC Photo: Adam Taylor
Spoilers after yon jump!