Categories: Entertainment

I’ve been meaning to publish this for a few weeks now. In fact, ever since the first episode, but I never got to see it, or the ones up until last night’s, which was the first episode I saw. But in my defense, I have been following up on the show through message boards, websites and of course, the online comic. At first I wrote it off as a 4400 ripoff, so I didn’t make much of an effort to see it. But after all the hype surrounding it, I checked it out, and it’s actually pretty good.

If you don’t know about the show, it’s about a bunch of average Joe’s that find out that they have superpowers, and now they must fufil their destiny by - what else? - saving the world. No spandex here, but I wouldn’t mind seeing that hot cheerleader in some. It’s the typical NBC drama. Engaging storyline, well-developed characters, good acting, and clearly a high production value, which is to be expected from such a big network. There’s a lot of interracial relationships in the show, probably to make up for Friends. (After that sitcom they should’ve changed their famous peacock’s colours to match Wonderbread’s.) And there are tons of product placements in the show.

“It’s time to play everybody’s favourite new game show, Find that Plug!” “Ok, Sarah, for 1 million dollars, name three things plugged on last night’s show.”
“Ok…um, the Razr, YouTube, and the Nissan Vespa?”
“Oh, sorry. It was the Razr, YouTube and the Nissan VERSA. Sorry Sarah. Too bad, and since you’re flat broke, they’ll probably repossess your house and put your disabled son in a foster home.”
“No! Please! I’ll do anything!”
“See you next time on Find that Plug!”

Hiro, the comic relief, seems to be the new Raymond, as everybody loves him, and why not? The guy’s into RPGs, comics, video games, Star Trek…the guy’s a nerd ok! Plus his charming naïvete makes him even more likeable. NBC seems to be making this a fan-powered show, with an online quiz, downloads, message boards, online comics, a blog, the works. See the official site for more. The villain du jour has not been revealed yet, but I wonder if it will be Nathan. There’s something about that guy I just don’t trust. Right now the heroes are in the self-discovery phase, trying to make sense of what is happening to them. And the cryptic message, “Save the cheerleader, save the world” has yet to be deciphered. With so many unanswered questions, you know I’ll be sticking around for more.