The one thing you can say about Heroes Season Two is that they tried really hard to come up with characters that weren’t just the X-men re-hashed.

There was the girl that learned things from watching them and Maya, the black-teared wonder who killed everyone with her bitchy weeping.

Second season sucked, just like the second season of Friday Night Lights was lackluster.

And now the two shows have more in common than a sophomore slump.

From Michael over at TV Guide:

Sources confirm to me exclusively that the enchanting Brea Grant — who made quite the impression as Landry’s short-lived rebound girl on Friday Night Lights — is joining the cast of Heroes next season as The Speedster.

As you’ll recall, last month I reported that Heroes was casting the role of Joy, who’s “quick on her feet — and adept at getting herself into and out of trouble.”

Good! Nothing like a cute, hipster really-really-really fast chick to spice things up when we aren’t watching Hayden Panettiere heal from very attractive wounds.