Every previous episode was dragged down by molasseses pacing, unsympathetic characters, wooden acting, and virtually none of the titular subject; heroes. Hell, it took like two episodes to see anything out of the ordinary happen, and then the next episode the characters all deny that anything took place. The audience is left betrayed as the character who can fly denies his ability to his brother, the girl who can heal very quickly denies saving a man from a burning train, and the man who can travel through time has his power treated as an idle daydream. PHOOEY.

This episode laid it all out though. Hiro, the Japanese time traveler, appears from the future to let the dopey young doctor character, Peter, know where to go to get the plot rolling. Peter?s brother, Nathan, actually uses his power of flight to escape from men from an unknown organization trying to steal his brain. The psychic druggie paints the future, and finally shows someone who knows what his pictures mean. Without revealing too much, it was much more exciting, and actually had people doing things in it! Plots progressed! People talked to each other about meaningful things instead of hiding them! It?s a goddamn miracle.

CONCEPT: 4/5 - I enjoy the concept.

INNOVATION: 3/5 - Superheroes are nothing new, but a prime time TV show with Heroes treated with respect? Well, it?s not that creative, but it?s been a long time coming.

SATISFACTION: 4/5 - This episode was particularly satisfying, lots of action and some actual foreshadowing that didn?t make me go AW, COME ON.

EXECUTION: 3/5 -Even the cinematography seemed a bit better this go around, and the special effects aren?t bad. But I expect better from a high profile show. Maybe it?s not high profile yet. All I can hope for is better effects than Buffy I suppose.

FUN FACTOR: 4/5 - Fwoosh! Zooo! I?m a Superhero!

OVERALL: 8/10 - Not disappointing like I was made to believe I would always be with this show.