Heroes
A Clear and Present Danger
TV Flash files “A Clear and Present Danger” as hour 48 of 78 in the TV Flash guide — Heroes (2006–2010) on NBC, season 3, episode 14, aired 2009-02-02, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E14: listed hour 48 of 78 in the Heroes guide, hour 14 of 25 in season 3. It aired 2009-02-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Dual” (S03E13). Next is “Trust and Blood” (S03E15).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Months after explosions brought down Pinehurst and Primatech, our Heroes try to put the past behind them and begin new lives. Now powerless, Hiro tries to train a reluctant Ando to be a true superhero. Suresh returns to life as a taxi driver, Peter is back to saving lives, and Daphne and Matt try to live as a normal couple. Claire's attempt to live a regular life is cut short when she uncovers a deadly plot orchestrated by Nathan to track down and capture those with abilities. Meanwhile, Sylar begins the search for his real parents.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Clear and Present Danger sit in the Heroes guide?
S03E14 is listed hour 48 of 78 — hour 14 of 25 in season 3, season 3 episode 14.
When did Heroes S03E14 air?
A Clear and Present Danger aired 2009-02-02 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is Heroes only worth season one?
Season one is the watercooler hit with the tight mystery-box hook and the cheerleader catchphrase. Later seasons struggled under hype and strike turbulence; the premiere year defines the memory.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Ordinary people discover superpowers while a company and a killer close in. Tim Kring's NBC event made "Save the cheerleader, save the world" a national earworm in season one — then hype weight and strike turbulence. Superhero TV before Marvel owned the medium; the rise-and-fall is the lore.
September 25, 2006, NBC puts ordinary people and superpowers on Monday like a network once put a mystery on Thursday: comic-book serialization as watercooler event. Tim Kring's *Heroes* ran four seasons through 2010, later followed by *Heroes Reborn*. Season one made "Save the cheerleader, save the world" a national earworm. Milo Ventimiglia, Hayden Panettiere, Masi Oka, Adrian Pasdar, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Zachary Quinto's Sylar intersect across cities with graphic-novel chapter titles and origin-story structure.…
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