Season of television series
Heroes
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Starring
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No.
of episodes
| 25
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Original network
| NBC
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Original release
| September 22, 2008
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2008-09-22
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April 27, 2009
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2009-04-27
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List of episodes
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The
NBC
superhero
serial
drama
series
Heroes
follows the lives of people across the globe who possess various
superhuman
powers as they struggle to cope with their everyday lives and prevent foreseen disasters from occurring. The third season premiered on September 22, 2008, and was released on DVD on September 1, 2009.
Within the seasons of
Heroes
are "volumes", which allow the writers to focus on shorter story arcs.
[1]
The third season comprised 25 episodes
[2]
that aired in two blocks generally without
reruns
.
[3]
The first 13 episodes of the season made up the third volume,
Villains
,
[4]
and the final 12 comprise the fourth volume,
Fugitives
.
[5]
The season premiered on September 22, 2008 in the United States on NBC and on
Global
in Canada, with a one-hour
clip-show
and two regular episodes.
[6]
The DVD and Blu-ray were released on September 1, 2009 in the United States and Canada.
Plot
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]
"Villains", the season's first volume, began with
the assassination attempt
on
Nathan Petrelli
(
Adrian Pasdar
) by
Peter Petrelli
(
Milo Ventimiglia
) from the future, and explores its consequences. In addition, several villains with abilities escape from the Company's prisons. Some of them join forces with
Arthur Petrelli
(
Robert Forster
) (Peter's and Nathan's father) at
Pinehearst Company
, who wants to find a formula that gives ordinary people abilities in order to make the world a better place. Character arcs involve
Tracy Strauss
(
Ali Larter
) discovering her origins,
Sylar
(
Zachary Quinto
) trying to decide his loyalties, Peter losing his ability,
Mohinder Suresh
(
Sendhil Ramamurthy
) giving himself an ability, and
Hiro Nakamura
's (
Masi Oka
) discovery of a family secret.
The second part of season three, titled "Fugitives", involves what happens after Nathan fails to produce the formula. After the destruction of Primatech and Pinehearst, the heroes attempt to lead normal lives until Nathan tells the
President of the United States
(
Michael Dorn
) about people with abilities, and runs a government force, headed by
Emile Danko
(
?eljko Ivanek
), to round them up.
Micah Sanders
(
Noah Gray-Cabey
), posing as "Rebel", starts to help people with abilities hide from the government. Meanwhile, Sylar searches for his father (
John Glover
).
Cast and characters
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Main characters
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Recurring characters
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Episodes
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Reception
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Season three of
Heroes
started with strong ratings that dropped steadily throughout the season. The season's finale placed last in its timeslot.
[31]
This season was met with mixed to negative reception with most criticism directed towards the storylines, writing and characters. However many retrospective reviews have considered the second half, "Fugitives", to be a major improvement over the previous two seasons.
Home media
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The Season 3 DVD Box set was released in North America on September 1, 2009,
[32]
and in Australia on September 2, 2009 with an alternative cover,
[33]
and in the UK on October 12, 2009.
[34]
References
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]
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.
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.
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