Will Heroes Get Redemption?

Season four of the NBC series returns with a redemption arc said to revive the show, but will it succeed?

By Natalie Abrams Jul 29, 2009 8:10 PMTags

With season four of Heroes set to premiere Sept. 21, it seems only fitting that NBC dazzle us with a taste of the new volume, Redemption, but will this truly be the redeeming season for Heroes?

Heroes is already confusing the heck out of us in this trailer alone. Sylar Nathan Sylar as Nathan is rediscovering his powers, while the camera jumps between shots of Zachary Quinto and Adrian Pasdar. While we're all excited that Zachary is here to stay, we're getting dizzy trying to figure out what's going on.

More on what the promo above means, plus, a few things for you to ponder before the Heroes premiere, including the most important question of all...

Who's in the grave?!

Now, the finer points of this sizzle reel:

  • Claire (Hayden Panettiere) is experimenting in college, which has nothing to do with her superpowers as much as it does with her new roommate, played by Californication's Madeline Zima.
  • Prison Break's Robert Knepper is trying to round up everybody with powers, which seems as though it will take a while, since Knepper was just upped to series regular this season.
  • Ali Larter is back, and if she didn't mean business before, she certainly does now.
  • Plus some blink-and-you'll-miss-'em scenes: Ando's (James Kyson Lee) kissing Hiro's sister, Noah (Jack Coleman) is injured at the foot of some stairs and Noah is drowning in a car—wow, they really don't like Noah, huh?
  • Sylar is holding little baby Matt Parkman hostage until he gets his body back. This was that very Fight Club-esque way we teased regarding Quinto staying on the show.

What do you think of the newest scenes to be released by NBC? Will it send fans running back to Heroes, or is the show headed for the grave as well?

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