My former colleagues raved about this show last year. While I was intrigued by the first episode, I was skeptical about the show’s longevity. Also, I had become so disappointed with the neverending flashbacks of Lost that I wasn’t willing to devote more time to another TV show that I felt would have the same fate.

The kudos evidently made an impression because when I saw the DVD set at Best Buy two weeks ago, I decided to get it, along with Ghost Whisperer. My husband and I sat in front of the TV the entire weekend, watching all 7 discs. Heroes kept us that intrigued.

While Heroes has plenty of action scenes and special effects, it centers on the emotions of these supernatural characters. How would you feel if you:

1. Woke up lying on an autopsy table with your ribcage exposed, after dying several times before?
2. Heard what people really thought of you as you walked through the grocery store?
3. Saw the future in the paintings you had created while high on heroin?

These otherwise ordinary people are faced with an awesome responsibility when they learn that someone is going to blow up New York City. “Save the Cheerleader, Save the World” becomes the mantra of this series as these people position themselves to defeat a vicious killer who is out to collect all their powers, as well as a secret agency that wants to keep them hidden from the world.

Heroes contains so many storylines and plot twists that you have to pay attention if you want to catch every clue. Sometimes I was able to figure out what was going to happen next, while other times I was surprised. I’m looking forward to watching Season 2, when it finally comes out on DVD. I’m not sure when that’s going to happen. But in the meantime, I can watch the bonuses, which inclue behind-the-scenes featurettes, mini-documentaries, 50 deleted scenes, select episode commentaries, the original pilot (w/commentary), and a character map.