Tim Kring

Niki harbors a secret dark side, cheerleader Claire heals from any injury, Japanese Dilbert Hiro can bend time and space, Senatorial candidate Nathan is able to fly, his brother Peter can copy others' powers, Matt is a cop who can read minds, and junkie artist Isaac sees the future. While Claire and Hiro explore the potential of their new powers. Niki and her son try to elude some hired thugs and end up overwhelmed by her dark side. Suresh searches...

Niki harbors a secret dark side, cheerleader Claire heals from any injury, Japanese Dilbert Hiro can bend time and space, Senatorial candidate Nathan is able to fly, his brother Peter can copy others' powers, Matt is a cop who can read minds, and junkie artist Isaac sees the future. These "Heroes" begin slowly coming into contact through a haze of dreams, visions, murder, swords and death. They need to stop a serial killer and save New York.

Niki harbors a secret dark side, cheerleader Claire heals from any injury, Japanese Dilbert Hiro can bend time and space, Senatorial candidate Nathan is able to fly, his brother Peter can copy others' powers, Matt is a cop who can read minds, and junkie artist Isaac sees the future. These "Heroes" begin slowly coming into contact through a haze of dreams, visions, murder, swords and death. They need to stop a serial killer and save New York.

Select people from all over the world are slowly discovering that they have special powers. Now they are learning about each other and must come together to stop one man from taking their powers for himself.

Nathan creates a secret government program to hunt and capture people with superhuman abilities that gets out of his control, while those with abilities fight or flee. Peter struggles with his limited powers, and Hiro struggles with his lack of powers. Sylar searches for his father and has a run in with the government program, but makes a different decision than any of the other superpowered people.