Guess Zachary Quinto won't be doing any Taco Bell ads anytime soon.

Help me out, here, readers. Was that a genius shoving forward of a stalled TV show last night -- the reboot third-season premiere of "Heroes" on NBC -- or the most ham-fisted, absurdly written debacle you've seen in a long time? (Spoilers after the jump...)

Milo Ventimiglia as Peter Petrelli (left) and Adrian Pasdar as Nathan Petrelli in a scene from NBC's "Heroes," premiering tonight. (AP/NBC)

The only thing that can defeat one of NBC's "Heroes" is a striking writer. The hit "X-Men"-like drama was derailed last season by the Hollywood writers strike, but the legion returns tonight ... and some of them are a little mad. This season, we're going to see some very bad mutants out to get revenge on humanity. In the future, no less.

Read Misha Davenport's preview of the new season here.

Need to remember where we left off? Try EW's gallery here.

And here's a new, longer, creepy trailer for the new season ...