# Heroes 10/9 - "One Giant Leap"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-10-9-one-giant-leap/375856>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 9, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-10-9-one-giant-leap/375856 "2006-10-09T23:22:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 11

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**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-10-9-one-giant-leap/375856/201 "2006-10-12T18:39:05Z")

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Ive heard the cop referred to as OfficerTroi somewhere online. I like it.

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**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-10-9-one-giant-leap/375856/202 "2006-10-12T19:02:23Z")

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Obviously, that should be I’ve seen _not_ I’ve heard. 🙂

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-10-9-one-giant-leap/375856/203 "2006-10-12T21:55:20Z")

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[QUOTE=Risha]  
…On an unrelated topic, is anyone else wondering whether or not the genius kid is actually a \*super-\*genius kid? If these powers are genetic and Niki is superpowered…  
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Could be…

…His father, D.L., has a power, too. Go to the Wikipedia Heroes page for more info.

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**Author:** ![kurilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea5d25/32.png) [@kurilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurilla)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-10-9-one-giant-leap/375856/204 "2006-10-12T22:17:14Z")

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[QUOTE=garygnu]  
Could be…

…His father, D.L., has a power, too. Go to the Wikipedia Heroes page for more info.

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Do we know for sure that…

D.L. is the kid’s father? I didn’t see that on the Wikipedia page.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-10-9-one-giant-leap/375856/205 "2006-10-12T22:41:01Z")

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[QUOTE=kurilla]  
Do we know for sure that…

D.L. is the kid’s father? I didn’t see that on the Wikipedia page.

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He’s said to be the father on the show, but you’re right, y’never know.

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