The first 56 minutes had me intrigued enough that I was pretty sure I’d watch again next week. The last four minutes – the previews for next week – made me sure I’m going to watch again next week.

The first episode of “Heroes,” an X-Men-ish concept that has a handful of humans across the world jumping ahead in evolution, introduced the superhumans. There’s a Texas high school cheerleader with regenerative powers, a political-wannabe who can fly, a heroin-addicted artist who paints the future, a single mom (the smokin hot Ali Larter) who loses it when she gets angry and kills people and whose reflection moves without her, and a hilarious Japanese comic-book geek who learns he was the power to bend the space-time continuum. In normal speak, he can teleport. And then there’s the sweet in-home hospice nurse who can … well, we’re not really sure if he can do anything, but we know he’s important because he’s the first person we meet, and he manages to come into contact with at least three major players on the show.

The other main characters are creepy guy with glasses – who just happens to be the cheerleaders father – who is “the face evil,” according to previews for next week’s show. We don’t anything about that, but we do know that he a brilliant Indian geneticist who was studying the genetic code in these superpowers. The geneticists son, himself a professor, leaves follows his fathers trail to New York, gives up his teaching job and snags a gig driving taxis. Both the evil incarnate man and the nurse end up in his cab.

And apparently, all of the superheros are already in comic books. Which would have been kind of interesting to learn earlier. I spent the whole pilot thinking this was just going to be following superheros and then, two minutes before the end, they tells this is actually a big Lost-like conspiracy to save the world. Which is much cooler and more interesting. I admit it. I think I’m hooked.

Also, check out the creator’s live blog of the season opener here

Did anyone else watch this show? Is it worth watching again? Am I geeking out because it reminds me of a few of my favorite comics?

“Heroes” airs at 8 p.m. Mondays on NBC.