Heroes: Season 1 (2006 - 2007)

The essence of superhero comic books combines with weekly television drama aesthetics in this fantasy series concerning a random group of normal people suddenly instilled with superhuman powers. Peter Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia) is a male nurse who suddenly discovers his dreams of flight have become a startling reality, and Hiro Nakamura (Masa Oka) is a Japanese office worker and comic book fanatic who awakens one day to discover he has the power to teleport anywhere he wants by bending time and space. In addition to these two, single mother and Las Vegas stripper Niki Sanders (Ali Larter) finds a duel personality with incredible strength emerging, high school cheerleader Claire Bennett (Hayden Panettiere) is shocked to discover that she can walk away from most any physical trauma completely unharmed, and heroin-addicted artist Isaac Mendez (Santiago Cabrera)'s paintings begin taking on a prophetic - and frighteningly apocalyptic - tone. Meanwhile, in India, university professor Mohinder Suresh (Sendil Ramamurthy) is compelled to continue to extraordinary research his father was conducting at the time he was mysteriously murdered - research that could ultimately provide an explanation for the inexplicable proliferation of powers while bringing all of the gifted individuals together to fight a common cause. But someone doesn't seem to want these powerful individuals to pool their remarkable resources, and it appears that they're willing to resort to murder in order to prevent that from happening.

Peter questions his own sanity; a confused Niki tries to cover her tracks; Mohinder opens up to a woman (Nora Zehetner) who knew his late father; Hiro discovers he's a character in a comic book written by Isaac; and Claire runs into trouble keeping her special powers under wraps.

Hiro employs the help of a sidekick. Meanwhile, Claire's power may have limits, and Parkman has a run-in with a mysterious man.

Hiro takes a gamble in Las Vegas, at the same time that Nathan goes to Sin City to hit the mysterious Mr. Linderman up for a campaign contribution, and Niki discovers how her creditors plan to collect what she owes them. Also, Peter tells a skeptical Mohinder about his special powers; Claire deals with the aftermath of the traumatic bonfire incident; Matt is held against his will.

Hiro sends Peter a message from the future that involves Claire, and in the present, Hiro befriends Nathan after seeing him fly. Elsewhere, Claire and Brody are taken to a hospital following the car crash; Matt's relationship with his wife, Janice (Lisa Lackey), benefits from his mind-reading abilities; and Niki wakes up confused after her one-night stand with Nathan.

Leonard Roberts joins the cast as D.L. Hawkins, Niki's fugitive husband, who has special powers that make it nearly impossible for authorities to track him down. Also, in Las Vegas, Hiro and Ando are made an offer they can't refuse; Claire hopes meeting her birth parents will lead to answers about her indestructibility; and Mohinder prepares to leave New York---and Eden---so that he can lay his dead father to rest in India.

Simone seeks comfort from Peter following her father's death; Nathan receives campaign help from his wife, Heidi (Rena Sofer); Niki reveals her personal struggles to a friend; Matt finds himself immersed in the investigation of another bizarre murder, which Audrey believes Sylar committed; Hiro unknowingly encounters another "hero;" Claire's tape is found...by her brother.

A mysterious dream causes Mohinder to rethink his decision to give up his father's cause. Meanwhile, Parkman meets a man with a volatile power.

The moment of truth arrives as Peter attempts to save the cheerleader and save the world.