Heroes Season 4 Premiere: Official Episode Description

Heroes Season 4/Volume 5: Redemption
Airdate: September 21, 2009 8:00-10:00 p.m.

It’s finally here! NBC has released the official summary of the premiere episode for Heroes Season 4. I’m hoping this is the start of the series of previews, sneak peeks and images that we’ve been waiting for all summer long.

If you haven’t watched HEROES yet, then there’s no need to feel like you’ve fallen behind the series so much you won’t be able to catch up. Sometimes, the reason people don’t want to watch a new show is that they don’t /won’t be able to catch what the story is about. Well, director Tim  Kring has reassured us that not’s the case with the new season. We can jump right into the story line without the need to watch every past episode since the pilot.

Heroes begins the new volume with the episode “Orientation/Jump, Push, Fall” and I think I know why.  Claire Bennet (played by Hayden Panettiere) will now be entering college, after fighting bad guys (and relatives) all her adolescent life. But her dad reassured her it’s all over now. Right before their eyes, Hayden and other people with abilities watched as the psychopath who tried to kill them is burned at the stake.

Everyone can breath a sigh of relief..

In the preview trailer and photos of season four, Claire Bennet will attend the freshman orientation. And that partly maybe the reason why the episode is titled such. There is also the case of a dead student that puts Claire in the middle of things. But was the student pushed, or did he jump and fall? And finally, a new sinister group is going public. Called the Carnival, this group has all the other special-abilities people who want nothing to do with government! The Carnival also wants to entice and use every person with abilities.

So read the official episode description for some spoilery news about Heroes season 4, after the cut.

“VOLUME FIVE: REDEMPTION” MAKES A SPECIAL TWO-HOUR DEBUT WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A MYSTERIOUS CARNIVAL CLAN WHOSE INTENTIONS ARE UNKNOWN, WHILE FAMILIAR FACES ADJUST TO NEW STAGES OF THEIR LIVES THAT WILL CHALLENGE THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF THE WORLD AND THEIR ABILITIES. ROBERT KNEPPER JOINS THE CAST. RAY PARK, ZELJKO IVANEK, MADELINE ZIMA, AND DAWN OLIVIERI GUEST STAR — Claire (Hayden Panettiere) struggles with adjusting to her new life in college when a mysterious death thrusts her into the spotlight once again. Elsewhere, Hiro (Masi Oka) and Ando (James Kyson Lee) continue their noble quest to help people by promoting their abilities. Angela (Cristine Rose) fears Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) will soon discover his true identity; while Matt (Greg Grunberg) is haunted by an unexpected visitor seeking something he has lost. Tracy Strauss (Ali Larter) and H.R.G. (Jack Coleman) join forces, looking for the key to unlock the motive behind a horrific crime. Meanwhile, Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) uses his abilities for good, but he is soon called upon to aid an old friend. While the heroes adjust to their new surroundings, a mysterious carnival clan, led by ringleader Samuel (Robert Knepper), sets their sights on familiar faces. James Kyson Lee and Zachary Quinto also star. Rachel Melvin, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Ashley Crow, Lisa Lackey, Assaf Cohen, and Saemi Nakamura also guest star. Show Cast: Milo Ventimiglia, Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Greg Grunberg, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Masi Oka, Adrian Pasdar, Jack Coleman, James Kyson Lee, Dania Ramirez, Zachary Quinto, Cristine Rose

Image: NBC/ Trae Patton