<p>I do not watch TV shows on a regular basis ( except for news programs), and so I am pretty clueless about them. But I recently started watching Heroes on DVD at a friend’s recommendations, and now I am totally hooked. I know seasons 1 & 2 are available on DVD. Does anyone know if season 3 is out on DVD yet? I have tried to look for it, but have had no luck. Is season 3 still currently airing on TV or is it season 4?</p>
<p>I think this is season 3 but I could be wrong. I think Season 2 was impacted by the writer’s strike so this should be 3. I’m hooked.</p>
<p>This is Season 3. Our family was hooked on *Heroes<a href=“did%20not%20miss%20a%20single%20episode!”>/I</a> three years ago (save the cheerleader!). Season 2 turned everyone away from the show (too much violence, no clear direction where the plot was going, etc.). I’m not watching it this season, but H tunes in.</p>
<p>I’d only echo that when I was looking for a serial to replace my hubby’s/kids’ Lost obsession (went through all prior seasons in several weeks via Netflix), several people told me the Heroes first season was awesome–the others, not so much. Might be time for a new addiction!</p>
<p>We haven’t missed an episode. It won’t be the same next year with Son off at college - he’s the one to say, “That power was borrowed from ___ from XMen…” He gets all the references that we don’t. Plus, he’s got an incredible memory - last week when we met the three boys from 1961, Son immediately knew who they were while the rest of us only remembered Linderman.</p>
<p>Missypie: We only remembered Linderman too! Who were/are the other two boys?</p>
<p>Yes, tell us. Linderman was the only one we recognized too. I love the show. It is not predictable.</p>
<p>Yessssssssssssssss.</p>
<p>I agree with other posters, the first season was fabulous, the second season was awful. I stuck with it through “Volume 3” which was this fall’s set of episodes. It didn’t redeem itself for me. Unlike Lost, it was constantly changing the rules and losing its narrative thread. Characters like Hiro act totally out of character. So I’ve quit watching.</p>
<p>A similar show that our family really loved was the 4400. All 5 seasons are DVD. There are a lot of similarities to Heroes (actually I think Heroes swiped some of their plot points). It’s not as flashy but very addictive with a cool premise (4400 people were abducted over the course of 50+ years and all returned to earth on the same day, all with different abilities).</p>
<p>I am not normally into science fiction or supernatural stuff, so I myself am even surprised that I would become such a fan of this show! Do you guys have a favorite “super hero” character? If you could have one of those special powers, which one would you like? Just curious!</p>
<p>BTW, what is “24” like? Is it a good show, too?</p>
<p>One of the other two boys was Charles, the older black man that Peter was nursing when we first met him. I think the other (Bobby) was Bob, Elle’s father. I mainly know this because I read TWOP! Not sure where the rest of the original 12 were, like Hiro’s father, Matt’s father, etc. Not to mention Peter and Nathan’s father!</p>
<p>Hiro and Ando are my favorites. And I love Daphne’s hair- I want it! As for abilities- I would love to fly but being able to persuade people would be cool too.</p>
<p>I thought the third guy was the guy Angela married – Nate and Peter’s Dad. He was Elle’s Dad? So did they middle guy – the guy Peter nursed – have superpowers? I can’t remember that far back.</p>
<p>I can’t believe they keep on coming up with new abilities and all of them interesting. Silar as a shapeshifter was quite a twist.</p>
<p>Claire, the cheerleader, who can self-regenerate, is pretty cool. I also think it’d be cool to be able to read people’s mind. I’ve always admired people who can paint, so to be able to paint the future is even more fantastic!!</p>
<p>I just love Hiro and Ando too! :)</p>
<p>Yup, per TWOP:</p>
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<p>Deveaux was Simone’s (Isaac’s girlfriend) father and was telepathic.</p>
<p>Shape shifting Sylar-as-Nathan had a face off against Peter in some previous alternate future (if that makes sense). For some reason the time travel on Lost (great tonight) seems easier to follow than the alternate realities on Heroes.</p>
<p>I’d probably want to be able to fly, although Invisible Claud and machine-controlling Micah are pretty interesting possibilities. Painting the future seems like a good idea, but all of the paintings depicted disasters, I think. So maybe not so much fun.</p>
<p>I do better when DS is home since he remembers so much more than me; I have to look it up. </p>
<p>And I do wish they would stop killing off the women. Or is that Lost? Or both?</p>
<p>I love Hiro and Ando too! The first season was so good. I haven’t been as into it since then, but I try to catch it if I can.</p>
<p>For the poster who asked, Peter and Nathan’s father was Arthur Petrelli</p>