Chapter Twenty 'Five Years Gone'

This still stands the test of time, even with the advancement of technology, green-screen and marvel movies; I always come back to this episode

All of the other cast members were all supporting characters. This series was really just the story of the protagonist, Peter, and his "infinite potential". This episode was the first showing Peter as a confident and mature man, as opposed to his scatter-brained, over emotional, childlike character. The series tanked because they kept neutering Peter, making him completely useless and annoying, but this episode was the version of Peter that the audience craved! The ultimate super hero, without weakness; humble but completely confident in his mastery of omnipotence! They could have had a much more successful show if they just continued with this episode's version of Peter.

It was noticeable how around this time. Science fiction shows would fast forward several years into the future, maybe examine an alternate timeline. Doctor Who did the same in 2007 when Martha Jones wandered the planet for 12 months.

Here Hiro and Ando teleport to a future New York and meet Future Hiro who is a wanted criminal.

The man in charge is Nathan Petrelli as the President of the USA, Matt Parkman is his enforcer, Mohinder is a special adviser to the President.

Five years after the destruction of New York, Nathan has a plan to keep people safe and that is to deal with people with special powers. They are already regarded as terrorists.

Future Hiro is a rebel, along with Peter Petrelli. Mr Bennet helps people with special powers, some of them who are kids to escape and live a life in hiding.

Made during the George W Bush era presidency and it's 'War on Terror' after 9/11. There is no doubt that Heroes is mirroring real world events in a darker exaggerated form.

The episode even has time to throw in a major twist. Did it foresee the horrors of President Trump? There is a reason why people with special powers are being thrown under the bus.

I really don't understand how this opinion has not already been voiced here. This episode is extremely frustrating and has almost completely ruined my interest in Heroes. There are endless inconsistencies in the time travel philosophy, and therefore huge plot holes that pretty much reduce this episode to gibberish. I could excuse some minor flaws and time travel paradoxes, but there are far too many here for any of it to make any sense. I've been to as many sites and message boards as I could find and no one seems able to explain all away all the problems. And with explaining away one problem, it seems another is almost always created. Really... None of it makes sense. The only way to even come close to getting through it without wanting to smash the TV, is to see it all as some alternate future with mishmashed timelines and coexisting realities. This is an easy way of fixing what's basically shoddy writing in my opinion. Perhaps, the goal of the writers was to create an episode of almost infinite paradoxes where nothing is sufficiently explained. But again, I think this is a lazy and frustrating exercise, and one that would have best been left out of the series.

In looking at how some people have voted for this episode of heroes, I can't figure out how anyone could not vote in the upper 10% range. You watch this program for a reason. You rate on IMDb for a reason, yet there were those unimpressed with this outing. Not Possible unless some mistake 1's and 2's for 9's and 10's! This style of program is designed to illicit both tenseness in the viewers as well as thought provoking "water cooler" dialog. It also always has the "wow" factor, or the jaw dropping events that used to mark the end of every episode of Lost. In Heroes, you get these moments throughout the show and sometimes just as you have digested one event, another follows. There are just no boring moments to this show and it keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout. For a new viewer, I can see where some of this might be confusing, so I hope that there will multiple heroes marathons over the summer. If so, you can bet an even larger audience coming to the program next fall. I can't say this episode is one of the best in the series because the quality has been there from day one!