In the soaringly earnest but effective Touch, Kiefer Sutherland barks so many of his lines with the strained desperation of an exhausted man who’s just barely keeping it together. He’s shouldering a tremendous weight and no one around him is sensitive to his plight. But then, he doesn’t really expect them to be. Best known as badass Jack Bauer, here, a more vulnerable Sutherland is Martin Bohm, widowed father of a mute, emotionally challenged boy and the nucleus of this ambitious Fox drama by Heroes creator Tim Kring.

The heroes prepare for the impending solar eclipse that will change everything. The only question is: are you still watching?

The third season of Heroes kicked off with two brand new episodes on one night — Who will be a villain? Will Sylar get to Claire? Who shot Nathan Petrelli? All was revealed, and we were there.

By the end of this evening there will have been a Brett Favre sighting on Monday Night Football as well as another episode of Gossip Girl. Oh, and this little show called Heroes will slip into its third season, quiet as a mouse. Or not.