Season 3 - Episode One: The Second Coming

The opener for Heroes Season Three Episode One is bizarre - thank goodness. Way to go Kring and crew.

The first thing we get to see is Claire chasing Peter down. She shoots but he escapes the bullet and ends up in "Present Day."

WTF?? Great opening scenario!

In this episode (in no particular order), we have Sylar playing (mad) doctor on Claire and Dr. Suresh playing mad scientist on Maya!

Nathan gets shot and is immediately rushed to the hospital. Matt gives chase to but loses the shooter. He and Peter wait at the hospital where a doctor finally exits and says "I'm sorry" to Peter...Nathan is dead.

Or he's not?

Soon, Nathan enters a church (bizarre!) and starts talking like a religious fanatic, saying God's plan is for all people to "save the world."

Back in Tokyo, Hiro makes a blunder and loses half the secret (half a secret formula. left to him by his father) that can destroy the world...he loses the secret to a girl who moves really fast - faster than his stopping of time!

Future keeps coming into contact with the present and here, even Hiro's sidekick, Ando has powers - wow! Seriously, Ando's a major badarse in this episode!

Mohinder finds the secret to hero powers in Maya's adrenaline and, late in the episode, injects himself with a solution containing hero powers! (Mad, Mohinder, that's just Mad-Crazy and you know it!).

Peter and Nathan's mom asks Peter, "What have you done with my son?" and tho' she's talking to Peter, she means "Where is Peter, my son?"

The narration near the end of this episode, in Mohinder's voice, is particularly OMINOUS...chilling - perhaps the Dr. Suresh's new power is the supernatural power of OMINOUSNESS...we'll have to get to the next episode to actually find out what Mohinder did to himself!

For those not able to watch this episode on the American NBC television site, don't worry - I managed to watch the full episode at www.theidiotboxtv.com and the video played smoothly, without a catch or any lag whatsoever!