Here are the Top 12 Reasons I Heart Heroes, in no particular order:

 

1. The catchphrases. “Save the Cheerleader, Save the World” and “Are You On the List?” are not cheesy to me; then again, I am a network executive’s dream demographic and am sucked in by that kind of promotion.

2. The ‘wow’ moments. This inaugural season reminds me of Lost’s freshman year.

3. I met Milo (a.k.a. Peter Petrelli). He was unbelievably nice.

4. Peter Petrelli’s hair. It has never distracted me, unlike most devotees.

       

5. Claire’s indestructibility. Last week when she emerged from her house as a veritable charcoal briquette and then morphed back into Cheerleader Claire before our very eyes, my jaw was on the floor.

       

6. Sylar and those eyebrows. Creepy good. An awesome TeleVillain.

       

7. Greg Grunberg (a.k.a. Matt Parkman). From Felicity to Alias to this. The man is golden, and I will continue to follow his yellow brick road of a career.

       

8. Beaming Beeman, the official Blog of Director/Producer Greg Beeman. 

9. Jack Coleman (a.k.a. Mr. Bennet/HRG). When I was younger I used to watch him as the very blonde Steven Carrington on Dynasty…which ended 19 years ago. What a triumphant, welcome return to the small screen.

 
      

10. The mythology and the mystery. This show is as strong as The X-Files and Lost when it comes to those two categories; each episode is ripe for conspiracy theories and rampant speculation. There are clues, answers and Easter Eggs throughout. I love it.

 

11. Suresh. He’s pretty, he’s smart, and he’s a scientist. Ergo, I like him.

      

 

12. The symbol. Much like the Dharma logo that appears in almost every episode of Lost, the Heroes symbol (which is one half of a double DNA helix) shows up on Isaac’s paintings, on Jessica’s back, on Hiro’s sword, on The Haitian’s necklace, etc. 

      

 

FYI: Did you know that Radioactive Man Ted Sprague (Matthew John Armstrong) is married to Mrs. Bennet (Ashley Crow) in real life?! And, both actors also appeared on the now defunct series American Dreams…as did Milo Ventimiglia. For a time, they weren’t the only Armstrong and Crow duo (Lance and Sheryl)… 

      

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I just returned from a weekend in Vegas for a Bachelorette Party.  I am operating on very little sleep and have to fumigate my wardrobe, but it was worth it. Aside from the usual bride-to-be debauchery, there were a few star sightings…

 

At Tao last night (which I highly recommend if you can get in and have dancing/drinking endurance), we ran into M. Night Shyamalan (director of The Sixth Sense, Signs, etc.)…again. He was also at Body English on Friday night.    

 

But the real highlight for me was meeting Milo Ventimiglia (a.k.a. Peter Petrelli from Heroes)! What an unassuming, sweet guy. I shook his hand and continued to geek out about it for the rest of the evening.  

 

Last night (well, early this morning really) there was also a strange appearance by P. Diddy’s Making the Band 3 girl group Danity Kane, who got up on stage, lip synced their song ‘Show Stopper’ and then danced on stage for a while to other hits by other artists.

 

So now I’m off to catch some zzz’s. Thanks for the good times, TS/RM/SZ/ME/LC!

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For once, I don’t have much to theorize about last night’s episode. It made me laugh, which is rare for this show. Sawyer’s multiple pop culture references and nicknames were great.

 

I may have more thoughts about it next week, but for now…

 

REPEAT THEMES

 

1. Transportation on the Island

We can now add a VW Bus to the modes of transportation that have mysteriously appeared or were lured to the island: the Black Rock ship, Desmond’s sailboat, the real Henry Gale’s hot air balloon, Yemi’s small plane, etc.

 

 

2. Daddy Issues

Add Hurley to the growing list: Sawyer, Kate, Jack, Jin, Locke, Walt, etc.

 

3. Psychics

Those who have visited them or have such capabilities: Hurley, Claire, Desmond, Rose, Walt, etc.

 

DANIELLE (a.k.a. ROUSSEAU/CRAZY FRENCH LADY)

 

I have never believed her story, because nothing adds up. For someone who has spent 16 years on an island, you’d think she would have found the Others’ village by now and also know the whereabouts of her daughter Alex. Remember that she ‘captured’ Ben (when he was Henry Gale) in her net before the survivors then took him and held him captive in the hatch. I think she is either in on it with the Others or used to be a part of them.

 

QUESTIONS

 

There was a bus in the jungle…but no roads or tire tracks. The map Sawyer found inside was a blueprint for roads that don’t exist, so how did the bus get there?

 

Here is the same question I have for all of the boats and (alleged) submarine: where do they get fuel for the bus?

 

Hurley’s former boss/new Mr. Clucks employee Randy took off with Hurley’s girlfriend. Was this before or after Randy became Locke’s boss at the box factory? (And yes, it is the same actor who has played both roles)

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