The first episodes of season three of the NBC series Heroes premiered last night.

I’ll analyze these episodes as soon as I get a chance to watch and ponder them, but until that happy day, I’ll refer you to the interesting recap from E! Online:

"So now…everything has changed."

The article is packed to the gills with plot spoilers, so be forewarned. For those not satiated after reading the E! piece, here’s one from NJ.com.

Last season the show was marred by difficulties created by the writers’ strike, and the producers struggled to establish a new story line with a different threat of catastrophe. The show was still watchable, but nowhere near as interesting and evocative as before. Ratings suffered as a result. It will be interesting to see whether the prooducers have managed to get the franchise back on its feet.