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The Event S1E1: I Haven't Told You Everything

Sean Walker's girlfriend Leila goes missing during their romantic St. Lucia vacation. President Martinez plans a press conference to tell the world about the closure of a mysterious prison camp, and to introduce one of its prisoners, Sophia.

The Event S1E1

What is "The Event" on NBC? That has been the question that has been on everyone's mind since the previews for this new series hit earlier this summer. Tonight, the series premiere for "The Event" finally hit the network, and things start with explosively with a couple heading off on a trip, but there is a time jump where the man that was going on a trip is now hijacking a plane. A man from some secret organization tries to stop the plane from taking off in Miami, but he is unsuccessful. The airport's radar even goes dark!

The Event Time Jumps Through Time

This is where we go for another time jump with him on a cruise and proposing to his fiancee just ass a woman starts to drown. He jumps in to saves her. The time jumps in this series in the first twenty minutes are enough to give anyone a headache! This earlier time is on a cruise, and everything looks to be perfect for the young couple in love. What changes between that day and the time on the plane in Miami? From their we go back to the plane where a marshal is trying to arrest the man trying to hijack the plane. He is very intent on getting into the cockpit. It looks to be too late though! Halfway through the episode and there is still no clue to what the big event is.

Whatever the big event is, it is known by those in Washington, but the President of the United States had no clue about it. There are ninety-seven prisoners being kept, and the CIA is in control of the project. Here in this world, the president is played by Blair Underwood, and he takes charge. He wants to meet these people being held. Once he meets them, he decides to go public and takes the leader of those captive for a press conference. Will this finally tell all what the event is? Not yet! There is an attack coming for the president, and it is the plane that was taken from Miami. It is crashing towards the location of the president. Someone doesn't want this information revealed!

Family Connections And Disappearances

Another time jump takes us back to eight days before the plane hijacking where the focus is on the family of the female half of the couple. There is trouble though as her father is too tense. He won't talk to his daughter, and his wife picks up on it just as people with guns come in and break into the house. This episode has so many twists. It is hard to keep up. We learn that the pilot of the plane is the father of the daughter Sean Walker is set to marry. Another twist! Has there been enough of those in this premiere? Could this series have too many twists to keep up with? The pilot locks everyone out of the cockpit, and then there is a time jump back to the cruise and the happy couple. Sean has joined their new friends on a watching trip. When he returns to the hotel, he is locked out of his hotel room. Turns out, he is no longer signed into that room. His girlfriend is supposedly still there, but when security takes him to the room, she is gone. There is no record of him or the girlfriend even being on board.

He calls her family, but there is a lot of blood and no answer. What is going on? Still no idea what the event is! The air force wants to take down the plane, and it is still on course to crash. Sean tries to reason with Michael, but he doesn't seem to get through to him. Whatever the event is, it is huge! The plane blows up or is somehow disintegrated. There is no debris from the destruction. What in the world just happened? Who saved them? Who is them? Another alien series? Is this possible? No idea yet, but hopefully all find that out soon. An okay start with a lot of twists. Will you keep watching to find out what "The Event" is?

Notes for the week

Just a friendly reminder that we WILL be posting recaps and full episodes of the following series when possible:

• The Event
• V
• Castle (Stana Katic ex-Wireless)
• Hawaii Five-0 (any episodes with Masi Oka)

We also have a heads up that Heyden Penettiere will be a guest voice this season on American Dad.  We'll keep watch.

Now you can't say that NBC is NOT giving The Event the HEROES treatment.  The show is getting separate websites, starting with The Truthseeker. (http://www.truthseeker5314.com/) That will be a repository for any "conspiracy theories" lying about.  Plus, NBC is planning to put a deconstruction video to break down the previous episodes.

NBC STILL has the various Heroes Links up.  They are:

• Las Vegas Niki (http://www.lasvegasniki.com/)
• The Corinthian Hotel (http://www.corinthianlasvegas.com/)
• Nathan Petrelli's campaign site (http://www.votepetrelli.com/)
• Primetech (http://www.primatechpaper.com/)
• Pinehearst (http://pinehearstresearch.com/)

And of course..

• Heroes wiki (http://heroeswiki.com/)
• 9th Wonders (http://9thwonders.com/)
• Main site (http://nbc.com/heroes)

News Update: Heroes Returns...but not on NBC, Bob and Elle, NBC still has a site.

Yes, friends.  HEROES IS BACK...

Ok..not in any new episodes, but the cable network G4 is excerising its off network rights and will now begin airing episodes of the series back to back EVERY MONDAY NIGHT. 

For more information, go to http://g4tv.com/heroes/index.html.

It would also interest you to know that NBC still has the main Heroes site up at http://nbc.com/heroes. Also, there is a new grahic novel about Bob Bishop's sick experiments on poor little Elle.  Find them here at http://www.nbc.com/heroes/novels/novels_display.shtml?novel=173.

Finally, the bad news.  There will NOT be a Heroes Mini-series.  Apperently NBC will NOT be going forward with those plans, according to Entertainment Weekly. 

This is why giving the G4 airings a massive rating is critical.  In the next days we will talk about this.  But the fact that the actors were ready to move on this signals that it truly is NOT dead. 

Remember, it was the impressive following of an audience for Star Trek AFTER syndication that got that series to the big screen.

Have faith.  Heroes F1rst.  Heroes 4EVER!

Shows We'll Be Following: The Event

The Event is an emotional, high-octane conspiracy thriller that follows Sean Walker (Jason Ritter, "The Class"), an everyman who investigates the mysterious disappearance of his would-be fiancée Leila (Sarah Roemer, "Disturbia"), and unwittingly begins to expose the biggest cover-up in U.S. history.

Sean's quest will send ripples through the lives of an eclectic band of strangers, including newly elected U.S. President Elias Martinez (Golden Globe nominee Blair Underwood, "In Treatment"); Sophia Maguire (Emmy Award nominee Laura Innes, "ER"), who is the leader of a mysterious group of detainees; and Leila's shadowy father (Scott Patterson, "Gilmore Girls"). Their futures are on a collision course in a global conspiracy that could ultimately change the fate of mankind.

Shows we'll be tracking: No Ordinary Family

The Powells are about to go from ordinary to extraordinary. After 16 years of marriage, Jim (Michael Chiklis, The Shield Fantastic Four) feels disconnected from his workaholic wife, Stephanie (Julie Benz, Dexter), and two teenage children, Daphne (Kay Panabaker, Summerland) and JJ (Jimmy Bennett, Star Trek). To encourage family bonding time, Jim decides the family will join Stephanie on her business trip to South America. When their plane crashes into the Amazon River, they barely enjoy a moment to celebrate their survival before returning to the grind of everyday life. But they will soon realize that their lives have been forever changed. Each member of the family starts to show signs of new, unique and distinct super powers. (sounds familiar, guys) Will their newfound abilities finally bring them together or push them further apart?