Heroes Television with Real Flair

The song went "If I could turn back time..." Cher touched out hearts with it; Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka) will try to do the same thing. It would be good for the show if he could. When you can't decide which way to go, isn't it nice to know what was there before? Hiro can move through time. It's a nice way to get those "just cooked right" ribs, every time, they won't be too hot, if they are, you just go forward a touch or back a touch, until you get them just like you want them. BBQ Ribs are important. Hiro, however, has something a tad more important on his list, saving the world.

If we just had to do deal with Hiro and his powers, that would be cool, but the show wants us to stretch our paradigms, so we get to vicariously experience:
"A young dreamer (Milo Ventimiglia, "Gilmore Girls") tries to convince his politician brother (Adrian Pasdar, "Judging Amy") that he can fly. A high school cheerleader (Hayden Panettiere, "Ice Princess") learns that she is totally indestructible. A Las Vegas stripper (Ali Larter, "Final Destination"), struggling to make ends meet to support her young son (Noah Gray-Cabey, "My Wife & Kids"), discovers that her mirror image has a secret. A fugitive from justice (Leonard Roberts, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") continues to baffle authorities who twice have been unable to contain him. A gifted artist (Santiago Cabrera, "Empire"), whose drug addiction is destroying his life and relationship with his girlfriend (Tawny Cypress, NBC's "Third Watch"), can paint the future. A down-on-his-luck Los Angeles beat cop (Greg Grunberg, "Alias") can hear people's thoughts, which puts him on the trail of an elusive serial killer." [NBC]

The premise is paradigm wrenching, you have to take your mind to a place that is purely fictional, but that's kind of nice, like being a kid again. If this premise is acted upon in a cheesy way, it falls apart; nobody wants less than fully involved acting on a premise about powers we all know we don't have. On the other hand, what do we want, a little reality in our television program?

This experience, "Heroes", is one of the best to come down the inventive pike in many moons. Those who hunger for different, who thirst for creative angst, who strive to see new in their view; have found it in this show. Astonishing changes take place each week, new twists, not just with a suspended reality, but with breath taking beauty. In one episode Hiro had to go back in time to save a waitress who was friends to friends who could help him reach the cheerleader and by saving the cheerleader "save the world." This became an odd mantra for weeks in the United States, "save the cheerleader, save the world." Save her from who (?) ever story has its arch enemy, this one is Skylar.

Imagine that every potential evil has a counterbalanced good, imagine that every good was counterbalanced by an impending evil, and imagine that you had to stop time to make those circumstance reverse, everyday- what would we call you? This show is the best for intrigue, the best for wonder, the best for mystery, and the best of the best. Get on board, so you can help us all, "save the cheerleader, save the world."