Key Words

Anti-Hero: this is a character who doesn't necessarily have all the qualities of a hero, however still gains sympathy of the audience, making him/her desirable.
This is extremely important to my topic, as Heroes contains many characters, such as Peter Petrelli who isnt necessarily the Hero for everyone, however the audience doesnt dislike him (unlike Sylar)

Cliff hanger: Where the end of an episode is left unresolved, leacing the audience unaware of what is happening, therefore encourage the viewer to watch the next episode.
As Heroes is a continouous season, each episode leads onto the next, therefore leaving enigma for the audience.

Enigma Code: the narrative includes problems and unresolved issues, creating suspense and encouraging the audience.
In the majority of episodes, the audience is not fully aware of what is happening, and does not have full knowledge on the characters.

Fantasy: is a genre based on fiction, which may include fairy tales and mythology, often similar to imaginary ideas.
Obviously, heros is largely based on fantasy as is involves characters having supernatural powers such as flying, which is evidently fiction.

Narrator: who is an individual who tells the story, often as a voice over, this can be either first person or third person.
In heroes, one of the actual characters starring is the narrator, who introduces each episode and concludes it aswel. this may be key as although he is not actually a main character, he is interlinked to all the other characters.

Symbol: a sign that doesnt instantly have a specific meaning, however may represent something hidden.
Heroes has a specific symbol reoccuring in many episodes, and also with different characters, however it is not yet clear what the resemblence is.

Watershed: The division of before and after 9pm programs, after 9pm being able to show scenes of adult content which many not be suitable for children.
Heroes is shown at either 9pm or 10pm indicating that it does hold scenes of sexual and violent reference, also points out the peak time for teenagers and adults to watch t.v. making Heroes as popular as it is.

Disaster movie: based on the genre of disaster scenerio, where the main focus is the build up of a disaster.
Although in heroes there are no natural disasters such as volcanoes or earthquakes, there is still an element of disaster as there is always something going wrong.

Suspension of disbelief: Where the audience accepts that the program is real to make it seem more enjoyable.
In heroes, certain scenes are obviously that it can never happen for example a human flying however for the duration of the episode the audience beleives it.

Propp: A theorist analysing the structure of shows, refering to characters of having a specific role, for example the hero, villian, donor helper etc etc
Evidently in heroes... this is a hero.... in fact there are many heroes.