This sci-fi drama tells the stories of ordinary individuals from around the world who discover they have superhuman abilities. Latin babe Maya Herrera (Dania Ramirez) can create an illness fatal to those around her, not to mention render men speechless when she puts on a tank top.

Hiro Nakamura has an ability to manipulate the space-time continuum. Importantly, all of the cast share one power in particular: the ability to act in a poorly plotted and highly derivative TV drama without any apparent concern for their future careers.

Tonight, Hiro gets a secret DVD from his late father that tells him he has "a dangerous gift", while Maya continues to harass genetics professor Mohinder Suresh for a cure.