“Where does it come from? This quest… this need to solve life’s mysteries for the simplest of questions can never be answered. Why are we here? What is the soul? Why do we dream? Perhaps we would be better off not looking at all; not delving, not yearning. That’s all human nature, not the human heart. That is not why we are here.”

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GENESIS–As a total eclipse casts its shadow across the globe, a genetics professor (Sendhil Ramamurthy, “Blind Guy Driving”) in India is led by his father’s disappearance to uncover a secret theory — there are people with super powers living among us. A young dreamer (Milo Ventimiglia, “Gilmore Girls”) tries to convince his politician brother (Adrian Pasdar, “Judging Amy”) that he can fly. A high school cheerleader (Hayden Panettiere, “Ice Princess”) learns that she is totally indestructible. A single mother (Ali Larter, “Final Destination”) struggles to make ends meet to support her young son (Noah Gray-Cabey, “My Wife & Kids”), discovers that her mirror image has a secret. A gifted artist (Santiago Cabrera, “Empire”), whose drug addiction is destroying his life and relationship with his girlfriend (Tawny Cypress, NBC’s “Third Watch”), can paint the future. And in Japan, a young man (Masi Oka, NBC’s “Scrubs”) develops a way to stop time through sheer will power. Yet, unbeknownst to them all, their ultimate destiny is nothing less than saving the world…

TIMELINE: September 19 (50 days)

FIRST APPEARANCES: Ando Masahashi, Angela Petrelli, Charles Deveaux, Claire Bennet, Hiro Nakamura, Isaac Mendez, Jack Bennet (HRG), Simone Deveaux, Nathan Petrelli, Niki Sanders, Micah Sanders, Mohinder Suresh, Peter Petrelli, Texas Tina, Zach.

TWISTS AND REVELATIONS:

  • People around the globe are appearing with special abilities.
  • The mysterious H.R.G (Horn Rimmed Glasses) is actually Claire’s father.

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“This quest, this need to solve life’s mysteries… In the end, what does it matter when the human heart can only find meaning in the smallest of moments? They’re here… among us. In the shadows, in the light, everywhere. Do they even know yet?”