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Well, this show is back, and now with even more characters than ever. Not sure we truly cared about all the other ones, but whatever. The first new guy is a creepy carnival employee who goes by the name of... well, we don't actually learn his name, so let's call him T-Bag since he's played by Robert Knepper. T-Bag has a funeral for his brother, talks about the importance of family, fills in the grave with telekinesis and can do magical psychic tattooing on a coworker (it disappears after a few minutes), which causes him to send his knife guy after Danko to get something. Also, T-Bag's pals with an older ailing gentleman who possesses the ability to send people back in time. He's like Hiro, but without the ability to talk, which is just about my dream.
Speaking of Hiro, he and Ando have gone in to business together. They've started a Dial-a-Hero helpline and it is remarkably unpopular. Hiro's sister Kimiko, who seems to be the brains of the family, hates Ando and thinks this is a stupid idea. Still, Hiro and Ando run to the rescue of a little girl's cat, Mr. Muffin. They realize that neither of their powers are useful in scaling buildings, but Hiro is able to stop Ando from crash landing by freezing time. However, using his powers paralyzes Hiro (sadly only temporarily) and gives him nosebleeds. Apparently, he's dying. And the only way to stop it would be to go back to 14 years ago to see the fortuneteller who told him he'd do great things with his life and stop his younger self from fulfilling his destiny. But he's way to ethical for that. Also, magical tattoo lady gets a picture of Hiro on her back.
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