Heroes
The Art of Deception
TV Flash files “The Art of Deception” as hour 76 of 78 in the TV Flash guide — Heroes (2006–2010) on NBC, season 4, episode 17, aired 2010-01-25, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E17: listed hour 76 of 78 in the Heroes guide, hour 17 of 19 in season 4. It aired 2010-01-25 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Pass/Fail” (S04E16). Next is “The Wall” (S04E18).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Enacts his plan to take down the Carnival with the help of Lauren and Suresh. Sylar visits Matt looking to understand his desire to make a human connection, but Matt has a plan of his own. Meanwhile, Peter warns Emma of Samuel's intentions after his grim vision of the future.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Art of Deception sit in the Heroes guide?
S04E17 is listed hour 76 of 78 — hour 17 of 19 in season 4, season 4 episode 17.
When did Heroes S04E17 air?
The Art of Deception aired 2010-01-25 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.
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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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