I just watched the pilot for a new show coming to NBC this Fall. If you haven't heard of it, here is the description from nbc.com:
They thought they were like everyone else... until they woke with incredible abilities. In Japan, a lowly office worker can teleport at will. In New York, a struggling artist can paint the future. In Los Angeles, a discontented beat cop can hear the thoughts of others. Elsewhere, a high school cheerleader discovers she is unbreakable and a single mom realizes she has a powerful alter ego. Heroes chronicles the lives of these people and the lives of others like them – whose destiny just might be saving humankind.
NBC.com weekly exclusives include an original, animated graphic novel that follows new hero adventures.
Despite what they say, these people don't just wake up one day and start flying and teleporting. It's a little more complicated than that. The storytelling is alot like Lost, a lot of questions, and few answers. Not to mention the fact that all of the characters are somehow connected to each other in strange and plot twisting ways.
The Japanese businesman is probably my favorite character. He's funny and original. He can affect time and space, which allows him to teleport. He explains time to his friend by quoting what he learned from the X-Men comics.
The painter can predict the future through his art. The problem is he doesn't remember painting them, and is scared by it.
The single mom pays the bills by running an online peep show in her bedroom. Her reflection has a personality of it's own.
The cheerleader is indestructable, as we see when she repeatedly tries to kill herself.
A regular guy has dreams of flying, and his politician brother doesn't want to hear it.
A professor in India belives people are on the verge of the next jump in evolution, and he follows his father's work on the subject after he is killed.
Being that it is the pilot, I can understand why it is a little slow, but I had no idea what direction the show will take, and after the end, I still don't. Is it going to be a team of superheroes fighting evil? Is it going to be more like the 4400? Even though it really doesn't answer this, the twists and turns it does take are more than enough to make it worth watching. If you are a fan of Lost, you are going to love it. If you hate Lost, it won't have enough action for you.
Check it out if you can get a copy. If not, wait until this Fall.