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Heroes is without a doubt the best show on TV! Season 1 was awful and left us utterly begging for more, and when Season 2 premiered it didn’t disappoint us! Miss it? That’s ok, I’ll give you the rundown!

Entitled “Four Months Later,” Season 2′s basi episode starts with Mohinder Suresh journeying the country lecturing on a deadly virus with potential to devastate the population when he is met by “Bob,” a Company operative who offers him aid in finding a heal for the virus if he’ll join their efforts.

Claire Bennet and family have just moved to another town and are attempting to keep as inconspicuous as possible, but she soon finds that’s more comfortable said than done when she meets an curious classmate with abilities of his own.

Matt Parkman and Mohinder Suresh have taken in Molly Parker, who has been having extreme nightmares regarding the one person who frighted her worse than Sylar: the “Nightmare Man.” Matt has more on his mind though, as Kaito Nakamura and Angela Petrelli have both received mysterious death threats.

With Peter missing after the explosion, Nathan Petrelli is convinced that his brother is alive somewhere. Haunted by guilt feelings and dark visions, Nathan has pushed everyone away, drank himself into a slump and severely needs a shave. Peter is in truth alive…but we find him handcuffed in a shipping container in Ireland, with no memories of who he is or what he may do.

Back in 17th Century Japan, Hiro finds himself in the middle of his most cherished story: the days of Takezo Kensei! However, the legendary Japanese hero isn’t rather what you’d expect, and Hiro has his hands full figuring out how to deal with this latest surprise.

Finally, we meet a new pair of characters, Maya and Alejandro. Wanted for murder due to Maya’s stress-triggered capacity that causes every one around her to die, the brother and sister pair are fleeing to America to find a sure “Dr. Suresh.”

A LOT goes on in this new primary episode, and we may be sure of more to come. This season unquestionably keeps up the Heroes tradition demonstrated in the introductory season, and you may suppose it to keep doing it as the second season goes on!

• Released on: 2012-02-13

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Greatest American Hero Season Two Picture

90 of 92 people found the following review helpful.
The world’s least likely superhero
By WTDK
Although it’s now fashionable to watch a superhero struggle with his or her abilities in movies and TV, it wasn’t always the case. William Katt played Ralph Hinkley an ordinary guy who is left a gift from aliens from outer space-a suit that gives its wearer the ability to fly, super strength, invisibility and much more. Suddenly, he had all these super powers but lost the owner’s manual to tell him how to use it correctly. Ralph ends up flying into walls and generally having as many mishaps as a superhero could possibly have. Befriended by FBI agent Bill Maxwell (Robert Culp) Hinkley partners with him and decides to fight for good. These first eight episodes (including the two hour pilot ) made up the first season of the series. The two hour pilot soars with nice comedic touches by Katt, Connie Selleca and the perfect straight man in Culp. In fact, Culp plays it so seriously that it comes off almost as a parody of a government agent.

38 of 40 people found the following review helpful.
Still The Greatest American Hero
By Mark Baker
Schoolteacher Ralph Hinkley (William Katt) is taking his class on a field trip to the desert when their bus breaks down. Hiking back to get help, he finds FBI agent Bill Maxwell (Robert Culp). His car also mysteriously dies just as a flying saucer appears. Not to worry, they come in peace. In fact, they want to help create peace on earth by giving Ralph a suit that will give him super powers. Teaming up with Bill, he sets out to right the wrongs of the world. Rounding out the trio is Pam Davidson (Connie Sellecca), Ralph’s girlfriend. Just one little problem. Ralph lost the instruction book so has no idea how to control his powers.

Okay, I admit it. It sounds cheesy and stupid. But, if you’ll buy the premise, it works and it works well. The show is entertaining and sticks to it’s premise well. You do also have to get beyond the special effects. Many of them, especially Ralph flying, look bad by today’s standards. But if you’ll remember it was a TV show from 1981, you’ll do just fine.

Collected here, we have the 8 episodes that were the first season, including the two-hour series premier. During the episodes, not only does Ralph struggle with his new powers, but also with how to deal with them in his life. And he truly struggles, most noticeably in “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys.”

And there is also lots of humor. Great one-liners and slapstick as Ralph tries to figure things out. I especially appreciate his constantly struggle changing out of his street clothes into his suit. I can identify with that. But the humor also comes from the characters. Ralph is idealistic and Bill is cynical. Bill also has little use for Pam, even when she provides a vital piece of information. The three leads have great chemistry and pull things off admirably. This is best shown in “The Best Desk Scenario,” easily my favorite in the set.

As mentioned, this season only consisted of 8 episodes. They’re preserved here on 3 discs. The picture is sharp. Obviously, they put lots of love into restoring it. The sound is stereo. Nothing fancy, but since the show is over 20 years old, it doesn’t have to be. Also included in this set is the only aired in syndication pilot for a proposed spin-off series, “The Greatest American Heroine.” I’m not a fan since it finds Ralph having to hand off the suit to someone else. I’m a bit surprised it didn’t get included in a season 3 set, since it serves as a coda to the series. Still, it’s nice to have somewhere for completion. Rounding out this set is 75 minutes of new interviews with creator Stephen J. Cannell, the three stars, and Michael Pare, who played the leader of Ralph’s students. The interviews are interesting and well worth watching.

Did I mention you get the theme song? You can’t miss it since it plays on all the menus and, naturally, before each episode. Honestly, I’m just as glad to get it as I am the episodes themselves.

I was slightly disappointed when I found out how few episodes there were in this season. But for the price, you really can’t complain. I haven’t been able to stop watching this set and am sorry to have finished it already. Bring on season 2!

38 of 41 people found the following review helpful.
Fun and entertaining
By Donald J. Wurzelbacher
If you don’t know much about this particular series, it is not completely surprising. This series had some rough starts and a rough run overall. The show is about a school teacher named Ralph Hinkley who inherits a super-suit from aliens. With help from Bill Maxwell, an FBI agent, and his girlfriend Pam Davidson, he is able to use his suit to “capture the bad guys” with amazing abilities.
The show was intended to be a kind of comic book comedy. Ralph loses the instruction manual when he first receives the suit so he has to figure out how to use it as he goes along. Of course, the flying ability was originally one of the most “comical” of his powers.
The nice thing about the show was that it is family oriented. There is little to no foul language (Sometimes Ralph and Bill say “Damn”, but that’s about the strongest word in the series) and silly violence when Ralph throws the crooks around.
You never know what kind of powers Ralph will inherit from the suit, so anything could happen as the writers went along and continued to think up new ideas on what Ralph could do.
There were two big problems about the show. The first was that it became a major target for DC comics Warner Bros to sue over the similarity to Superman. That was an ongoing battle worthy of a comic book story in itself. The other problem was a tragic coincidence. Right when the show was beginning, that was when President Reagan had an attempted assasination by a real life man named “Hinkley”. So the producer decided to briefly change Ralph’s last name to HANLEY. But after a while it went back to HINKLEY. Ralph had some kind of temporary identity crisis.
Robert Culp is hilarious as Bill Maxwell and really is the best character on the show. William Katt is your typical American caring JOE ANYONE. Connie Selleca is beautiful even today.
The show really didn’t last long on the air. the first season was very short. The second season was a full season of episodes. The third season was cancelled halfway through the run. The show was rarely shown in reruns, so many people don’t even remember the show anymore. But many people probably still remember the theme song, BELIEVE IT OR NOT because it was a big hit on the radio. Its one of the few times a theme song became a bigger hit than the show.
If you are wondering about purchasing the show, I would recommend it as a fun, safe family entertaining show. The effects are cheesy but the stories are decent. It takes me back to the early 80s when I would watch the show religiously.
The show was meant for laughs and it succeeded in that. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

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