planktonrules Review of Heroes

Heroes (II) (2006–2010)

Season One was amazing, then the writers were apparently replaced by marsupials!

[6/10 · 2 June 2009]

I'd have to give the first season of HEROES either a 9 or a 10. It was brilliantly written and the characters were very engaging. However, apparently NBC thought that the writers were expendable and for season two and beyond, marsupials were chosen to write the episodes. My theory is that wombats began writing it, my daughter thinks they are Tazmanian Devils--either way, this is great stuff if written by animals with little gray matter in their primitive brains. If, on the off chance, humans are still writing the show, then they really should be ashamed. Why ashamed? Well, apparently what has happened in previous seasons ISN'T particularly important and characters do things from season to season that are inconsistent--making all the characters seem like they have schizophrenia! This is especially true when Sylar becomes "Mrs. Clever" for a while and Mohinder, fighting to cure everyone, then deliberately infects himself?!?!?! What were they thinking?! In addition, some characters began with such promise but the new writers of seasons two and three apparently forgot that the characters should grow and develop--not seem pathetic and stupid. As an example, I point to Hiro. He was very likable and naive as the show began but you knew that his character would evolve into something greater. But, in season two and three he was still pretty much an idiot with no growth and apparently not much common sense (I point to his letting the letter from the safe fall out of his hands so quickly as well as his letting his arch-enemy out of the coffin--two really dumb moves). Now, instead of cute, he's just annoying. In fact, by season three they ALL were pretty much annoying and week to week their actions varied so much you thought the writers were just picking plot points out of a hat or they hated their fan base so much they WANTED to alienate them!! My advice, then, is to watch season one and just stop. Season two is bad but don't even try watching it because three only gets a lot worse!! Geez, I hope that the show gets canceled soon! I hate it for pulling me in and keeping me watching week after week only to find that ultimately there is NO payoff!!