If there was ever a second time around for a recent TV show that could be defined as “sophomore slump”, it is most certainly ‘Heroes’. I can easily compare it to the near death of season 2 of ‘Desperate Housewives’, which also imploded spectacularly. What was once considered to be the most enthralling TV show since ‘Lost’ quickly became more easily comparable to ‘Commander in Chief’ as fans cried out against the disappointing second season of ‘Heroes’. There is an upside, though. Now that everything is settling down, and with much talk about the promising third season, we can take a look at the second season with, perhaps, an open mind, and ask ourselves if it was really that horrible.
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Believing that a virus will kill 93% of the world’s inhabitants in the future, Peter and his new friend make their way to Primatech Paper in Texas to destroy it. Niki has to break some bad news to Micah. Monica must fix what is done by putting her powers to the test. Hiro tracks down his father’s killer. Using his mental abilities, Matt tracks down the final person in the Company picture. Nathan discovers that his brother is still alive. Just outside of New York, Maya is forced to choose; Alejandro or Sylar?
H.R.G. is certain that the Company will soon be knocking on their door, and prepares the family to move, but Claire has her own ideas. After returning to the present and learning of his father’s death, a grieving Hiro thrusts himself into the past only to make a shocking personal discovery. Suresh makes a life-changing decision after his initial encounter with Elle. With his mental abilities expanding, Matt struggles with his powers. While travelling with Sylar, Maya and Alejandro find their relationship tested. Peter finds someone who has the potential to unlock his past.
Nathan suffers horrible consequences for his heroic doings when all of the heroes are thrown four months into the past. Peter survives the tragic happenings high above New York City, and the Company tags him as a threat, which eventually leads to an ugly confrontation with the Haitian and Elle. D.L. makes the supreme sacrifice for Micah and Niki. Horrifically, Maya’s dark abilities manifest for the first time, further fueling her and Alejandro to America in search of help. An unexpected yet familiar face is introduced.
Peter and Caitlin get first-hand experience in just how dangerous the virus effecting people with abilities can be, when one of his forgotten powers suddenly shows itself, and they are thrown into a crisis. Bob, Matt, Nathan, Niki, and Suresh must stick together in order to fend off the “boogyman’s” wicked attack. In spite of Claire’s attempts to keep them separate, West discovers that the man who once kidnapped him when he was young is her father. Hiro and Kensei’s legendary journey in feudal Japan takes a final dramatic turn. 
After Debbie deems Clair ‘too ordinary’ to join the cheerleading squad, West convinces Claire to seek revenge. H.R.G. visits his Russian mentor in an attempt to find the last of Issac’s prophetic paintings, while Suresh deals with a serious moral impasse with the Company. In the meantime, while nearing the U.S. border, Alejandro’s unease grows about Sylar’s intentions, particularly towards Maya. During their search for a mysterious doorway Peter painted, he and Caitlin end up in a pretty surprising place. Hiro, who is still trying to repair history in feudal Japan, must face his feelings for Kensei’s “princess” Yaeko. 
While a lost Hero in Ireland tries to move ahead of the past, he discovers that a strange woman, Elle, is willing to kill in order to find him. After a horrible attack on Molly by the “boogyman”, Matt and an unlikely ally go to Philadelphia to hunt him down. Monica, the new local hero, struggles to accept her new abilities. After meeting his new partner, Suresh gets an unsettling assignment. H.R.G. must take extra measures to protect his family. Ando tries to piece together what has happened to his best friend historically, while Hiro continues to fix feudal Japan’s past.
While working over at a local fast food join, Monica Dawson starts displaying some amazing new abilities, leaving her brother, grandmother, and cousin in the dark about her findings. As new information about the prior generation of Heroes is unveiled, Angela Petrelli makes a surprising declaration. Matt asks Molly to put her fears with her “boogyman” aside and locate him on a map, with disastrous results. H.R.G. has concerns with the future when he suspects that Claire has found a new boyfriend. Maya and Alejandro make a dismal discovery as they draw closer to the U.S. 
After returning to New York, Suresh is panic-stricken when he discovers an Issac Mendez painting depicting the death of someone he knows very well. H.R.G. and Claire both follow their own personal, secret agendas. Maya, who is focused on making it to the U.S., employs the use of her abilities to help Alejandro escape from a Mexican jail. Ando makes a very happy discovery after returning to his job in Japan. In Japan’s past, just as Hiro writes off his childhood hero, Kensei, he surprises him. Micah and Niki leave Las Vegas in hopes of starting over. Afterward, Niki and a lost Hero independently make sketchy deals in order to reach their goals. Two well-known people with abilities make an unforeseen revisit.
With one individual dead, Matt seeks out some improbable help as the attacks on people with abilities continue. Claire’s attempts to hide her healing power are at stake when a fellow student at her new California high school with a secret of his own comes into play. In an effort to make a fresh start, Niki and Micah leave Las Vegas. Dr. Suresh must locate The Haitian as part of his new job. While continuing their journey to the U.S. border, Maya and Alejandro’s powers prove to be a serious problem to anyone in their proximity. In the meantime, Hiro, who finds himself disappointed with his hero, Hensei, decides to repair any damage his being in feudal Japan may have done to history. Also, another lost Hero finds his way into an Irish gang which holds clues to his past.
The second season of Heroes starts off with the illumination of Peter, Nathan, and Matt’s fates, subsequent to the face-off with Sylar and Peter’s unrestrained nuclear detonation high above NYC. While everyone is attempting to move on, a new, ominous power begins eliminating Heroes. Hiding in Southern California with the family, Claire and H.R.G. try to live as unobtrusively as they can, which turns out to be much harder than at first thought. During all of this, Hiro lands in feudal Japan and winds up meeting his hero, Takezo Kensei. Siblings Maya and Alejandra Herrera strive to make it across the border into the U.S. from Mexico, in an attempt to find help with their dangerous abilities. 
