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So Heroes is back and boy is it back in style! I really needed an episode like that to remind why I like this show, because there’s times when I began to forget. But that’s all in the past now!

I thought they re-introduced us to the show with silky transition and it made for engrossing and  intriguing viewing. Special mention has to go to the characters of Maya and Alejandro, because unlike LOST’s Paulo and Nikki, they were introduced to us in superb fashion. Right from the get-go I was intrigued by the pair and it wasn’t long before I became heavily invested in their story. It would appear that the twins need to stay together so that Maya’s abilities (or curse) remain dormant - I mean what a great concept..the idea that Alejandro negates her ability is one which has plenty of legs.

I’m not Claire’s biggest fan but I did enjoy her re-introduction and her journey into being the new kid at ‘Costa Verde’ high school. But more than that I am interested in her relationship with West. It will be interesting to see how that develops - he obviously isn’t shy about using his ability, whilst she has to keep her own even more of a secret. Will she trust him? Can she trust him? Who knows, but it will be interesting finding out of the next few weeks. Oh and man did I love Noah kicking..erm..finger. Nice shout-out to the Randy-Locke story arc in LOST perhaps? Infact whats with the borrowing from LOST - a new south American couple, Parkman in an ‘Exposé-like re-introduction..hmm, Kring..plagerism? Surely not!?

All in all this was a great episode..OK, so we had no Sylar, but I don’t think we’ll have to wait to long before we see him (and the teaser at the start was GREAT!!)! Oh and Peter’s alive too..as if we didn’t know! But wow, I can’t wait to find out more about his ‘new’ ability and who put in him the cargo hold and basically what the heck happened to him!

And what about Hiro and Kensei? I didn’t see that coming - Kensei being ‘English’ (though I knew he wasn’t Asian from the spoilers). I think that story arc has alot of steam and it will be interesting to see where they take it. I thought David Anders was good, but I think he’s got to be careful not to overdo the quirkiness..there were moments where he oversold the whole thing, I think.

I got to give a special mention to the production values in this episode - comparing this to last season (esp the first few) it’s clear that ‘Heroes’ has been given a kitty that ‘Bob’ the gold-making man himself would be proud of. I mean West’s flying visuals was better than anything we saw Nathan do in Season 1. It’s so so lavish and glossy..great stuff, roll on next Monday!

Keep an eye out for my ‘Heroes Clues’, which will include screencaps and analysis of all those important and subtle bits that you may have missed. I should have these done in a couple of hours and will post them up next.