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Yes, in the neverending sequence of trailers for Heroes: Redemption, here comes the latest – at 5 minutes 40 it’s the longest and probably spoils all the good bits. It’s also the highest quality. Enjoy!
PS Sorry about the U2 Blackberry ad at the beginning
In the US: Sundays, 9pm ET/PT, Showtime. Starts September 27th
Dexter is of course America’s favourite serial killer. Trained by his adoptive police officer father to channel his homicidal instincts for ‘good’, Dexter only kills bad people.
However, as pleasing as that might have seemed, the third season of Dexter didn’t appeal to as many fans, as politician Jimmy Smits’ plan to befriend Dexter, learn his secrets and then go off killing his own enemies failed to interest viewers as much as the previous seasons’ stories did. To some (not me), it all felt a bit flabby, a bit drawn out, a bit tired.
With Dexter marrying and having a baby at the end of season three, many worried that the show might be jumping the shark or at the very least that season four was going to have a stupider or less captivating plot.
Worry ye not. Episode 1 of season four looks to be a cracker, with John Lithgow turning up as the new, mental serial killer in town. If only he didn’t spend so much of it naked. We just don’t have to see that kind of thing on tele, do we?
Well, I did say I was going to keep doing this until I got a high-res version and here it is. It’s the nearly longest version of the Heroes Redemption trailer, but it’s got some additional scenes. Lots to enjoy and theorise about!
FlashForward (or Flash Forward, depending on whom you talk to) is ABC’s attempt at a new Lost. The network has had precious little new of note in its schedules for a while, and has been cancelling just about everything in sight (eg Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone), so it’s got high hopes that FlashForward will fill the hole that Lost will leave next year.
I’ve talked about FlashForward already (everyone in the world blacks out for a couple of minutes and sees parts of their own future) and given you some trailers, but Comic-Con attendees got to see the first 16 minutes of the pilot episode. Now, in glorious shakycam vision, you can, too. What do you think, assuming you’ve recovered from the headache you probably now have?
Last one of the upfronts, it’s The CW, natural home of entertainment for young adults, particularly young women, and spin-offs from old trashy TV shows of the 80s.
Coming after the jump, complete with vids, Melrose Place, The Vampire Diaries and The Beautiful Life.
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