Every year, the networks roll out some new superhero shows to see if they can catch fire like Heroes
Our show starts off with Cameron Hicks (who we later find out is an exceptional marksman) working as a stock boy in a grocery store. Several people wander by and tell him to take a shot. He looks confused and then ends up leaving the store, walks up to a roof where he finds a rifle. He aims, waits for the clock to hit the minute and takes a shot. Then we move to Dr. Rosen going around gathering up his team. We have Bill (an ex cop who has super strength), Nina (seductive and can influence people), Rachel (who can have super senses..but only by turning off all the other ones) and Gary (an autistic/Aspergers boy who can read electric waves and pick up TV/radio/computer transmissions).
Then we find our who Cameron shot. The team gathers to watch a video of a man being interrogated in a police station before a bullet goes through his skull and kills him. The team investigates the scene and comes across enough clues to track Hicks down. In typical superhero fashion, we have a fight between the new person and the team before they realize they’re on the same side and team up to try and take down the bad guy (who has a really bad case of psoriasis on his hand).
Overall the pilot did enough to keep me interested. But with the recent track record of superhero shows on TV (and creator Zak Penn’s abysmal record of scripts), I have reservations of how the show will play out. I’m cautiously hopeful due to the characters. I like the way they interact and the strength of the relationships will determine how well the show does. Hopefully the plot will be decent enough and we won’t end up with a later season of Heroes where no one knows what’s going on from episode to episode. Mildly recommended…for now.