It may be hard to remember now, a decade into the empire that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but for over a season 14 years ago the superhero franchise was an NBC drama called Heroes.
For those who don’t remember the ratings juggernaut that took America by storm, the show was the next lost and the Avengers all rolled into one, a mysterious science fiction series in which regular people found they suddenly had super powers, which they used to fight evil as they slowly discovered secret connections between them.
The show became an instant water cooler hit, surging through the zeitgeist at hypersonic speeds. It launched the careers of Hayden Panettiere, Milo Ventimiglia, and Zachary Quinto.
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