Post 9/11

http://www.blather.net/shitegeist/2007/05/its_all_gone_grant_morrison_or_how_heroe.htm

"Episode after episode the show, visually and narratively, pushes the boundaries of its genre"


http://www.juancole.com/2007/05/cole-on-heroes-and-culture-wars-my.html

What explains the show's popularity, especially with younger viewers? I think it is that, like the Fox thriller "24," "Heroes" is a response to Sept. 11 and the rise of international terrorism. But while "24" skews to the right politically, "Heroes" seems like a left-wing response to those events.