Wow.

Tim Kring wasn't joking around when he said this season was fast-paced.

We've recapped the opening two hours of Heroes as best we can, but we strongly urge readers to visit our

Tonight's season premiere began with Future Claire aiming a gun at Future Peter. And from there, well...

... we tried out hardest to recap The Second Coming and The Butterfly Effect.

Review those episode guides now and check back here for constant Heroes quote and photo updates from the first two hours of what looks to be an incredible season.

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