You have got to be kidding me! I don't like the way everyone is dissing the show for what? a measely few flaws and mistakes. For goodness sake get life.

Eventually everyone runs out of cards! Heroes like every other show, must have different plots and subplots in every episode or every other episode. After a while the writers run out of plots and they try to present something trivial as something important, but people realize it and they abandon the shows. The thing about those shows, is that they don't know when to stop, they see money coming in and they drag things way too much! See lost for example, first season was amazing! The minute they realize how successful the series was, instead of the 3-4 original seasons they dragged to 8 -10 (if i remember correctly) but what they don't realize is that the audience can't be fooled so easily. So number go down and they shorten the seasons to half the episodes and i believe that next year is their last season? For some reason they all begin with great character depth and promising plots and they end up becoming a "regular action movie" episode! Why do they flatten the characters so much???

Now back to heroes! I wrote in a blog (while the series was still half way on volume 3) how peters power to acquire all others' powers and hiro's power to time travel were uncontrollable and inconsistent. In the next episodes they both lost their powers, to regain them later on with limitations! I also wrote about sylar's power which has the same effect and I was so satisfied thinking that he finally died in the fire, but instead he returns and also acquires the shape shifting power! For crying out loud, just kill him already!!! He is practically god at this point! And then he is bad and then he is good and then bad again... Please, enough already! I don't care what his background is or if he had psychological problems as a kid! Either make him president or just get over with him! The writers just won't stop putting overloaded ideas that they will have to fix later on! But this makes the plot flawed and people can sense it!

Another question is... Shouldn't Silar be like dead unless someone actually removed the knife of his head (see Claire in season 1 with the tree branch). Ali Larter will probably return as the 3rd sister, they all seem quite consumable afterall! Why do they kill of characters with potential and keep ones whose stories and drives have practically died? ( I would rather see Elle, or Claire's fire-shooting mom in the show than boring Suresh! He was cool back in the day, but now he has no real purpose!) That's that! See you later!

I think Tim Kring only had one good 22-episode story arc in him, and then got trapped once the show became popular and was renewed. Other people have come in and out to fix it, but to no avail. I wish American networks would start thinking more like the BBC and do one 13- or 22-episode run of a particular series, and then if it is popular, give the writers some time to come up with another good story arc before starting a new run. The traditional ongoing series doesn't work with serialized dramas.

You have to watch all of the shows before you knock it. I love this show I watch it every Monday.

The biggest problem with the show was that is, much like its audience members, was a loser.

Heroes was never a really good show. The acting was mostly terrible; the writing derivative. It was cheesy good fun for most of the first season until it fell flat in the finale and, for me, it never recovered. There simply are much better shows to waste an hour on once a week, and that's what I chose to do after about plowing through about five episodes of the second season. If we didn't have, in particular, Lost and Chuck to show us how it should be done, maybe then I would have tried to hang in there longer. MAYBE. The truth is a healthy chunk of the audience just figured out the emperor wasn't wearing any clothes.

Hey David, how are you?
I think Heroes still blows away a lot of its competitors. It seems the producers realize it's in for the long haul, and they are always planting new seeds, new characters etc.
The fan base for this show is incredible. To keep it alive they have to introduce new people in a more timely fashion, and be ruthless in getting rid of some stalwarts...
...we shall see...hope all is well with you.

Hi Ray, Good to hear from you. Thanks for the comment. Please let me know what you think after you see tonight's finale. i am interested. Thanks. Z

I plan on sticking with Heroes. Maybe it's just me being a glutton for punishment. Sometimes being a fan requires a labor of love like that. Just like I survived several years of lazy writing and other shenanigans on one of my other favorite shows (Power Rangers -- yes, I'm serious; watch Power Rangers RPM then try to tell me it's not awesome), Heroes too is beginning to look up now that Bryan Fuller is back at the wheel.

I like the shapeshifting. It added a real layer of uncertainty to the episode. Then bam, there's the scene with Sylar and not-really President Worf.

I like what they did with killing Nathan. He's cheated death too many times. Though it kind of sucks he will never get his redemption with his wife and sons.

It's certain that eventually, Mr. Sylar Petrelli will remember who he is (maybe Parkman should schedule regular mind-meld appointments?) but how and when will be very fun.

I've watched 24 from the beginning, so I know good episodes from bad ones. This season has been fun, thrilling, and fantastic. Tony turning hurts me as a fan, but I didn't think it was lazy storytelling or plotting since it seemed planned from the beginning of the season.

Help me understand.

Why didn't they inject Nathan with Claire's blood? It's worked before, and it makes sense. As then Nathan would actually be alive

At least they could then take the time to deal Sylar...and then chop him into little bits and put him on a fire.

This was awful. I don't want a water mimicry sister. I don't care anymore.

I cannot help, Rob. Sorry, I didn't like it either. Thanks. Z

this show is amazing...i have always been entertained and i see no flaws. if you don't like the show then don't watch it!

Hello All,

So I keep on reading in forums about the Claire blood thing and why they didn't use it on Nathan. Here is my theory - because Mama Petrelli doesn't believe in changing the future. She chastised future Peter for changing the future before telling him, changing the future can lead to worse things, and in this episode with Claire, when Claire says okay if you have a dream why don't you just tell Nathan what it is, she says that isn't how it works. She had a dream and in it she saw Matt standing over Nathan (Sylar) it wasn't until she saw dead Nathan that she knew what she saw, and she what to do, so I think that is why they didn't use Claire's blood.

Hi Ana, Thanks for this explanation. I wonder why it isn't getting more traction. Z

I thought it was a great ending. I can't wait till next season. The storyline with Sylar as Nathan was brilliant and sad of course. I would like to see more of the other characters, but all in all it was a good season for Heroes.

I really loved heroes when it came out and thought it had heart, soul and some wit to keep it moving. It seems like a mere shadow of itself now, but I am hooked and will keep watching for better or worse.
I also felt the same way about the West Wing when it was on -- the first few seasons were fantastic -- everything else was a shadow of that greatness.

I lost interest in Heroes, Lost and many other shows of their ilk. It's hard to sustain a good plot when you crank out episodic TV and rely on teams of screenwriters to move in and out of the storyline. The reason why reality TV works is because there is an ending instead of these tired old cliffhanger shticks! 24 worked for awhile because it did have year end resolution but it ultimately failed as well because you can't rehash the same premise forever. Unless the networks abandon the false lure of future syndication rights (not really viable with season long plot programs) reality programming will continue to replace old fashioned entertainment and in turn that will lead to NBC, ABC, FOX and CBS following in your newspaper's footsteps into irrelevant oblivion. Cultural progress sure can be a female dog!

Just because some people (ex. ME) complain a little, doesn't mean we have totally given up hope! Or else we probably wouldn't be writing in this blog. So please don't tell us not to watch the show! :)

Anyway... About the Claire blood thingy that everyone is talking about! If you notice in the series, nobody actually gets resurrected by her blood, it just has healing powers for the living! Besides if Claire Bear could bring the dead back to life, there would be no interest in the show after a while. Death is a strong component in these shows (anxiety for fav characters' lives, pleasure, etc.)

Hi StiV: I am glad you rejected the words of wheoever it was that told you not to write to this blog. Thanks.
Z

Why Heroes should be cancelled:

After a great first season, the team dropped the ball and has been struggling to make it interesting or original, but after much of season 2 - which I consider a false start, it got into first gear. By season 3 -- I started watching again and seeing some good stories, only to see them beat a dead horse as the main plot point.

1. Nobody "really" dies. And even if they do -- they will come back.
2. Powers here are a macguffin, they change every time to solve a plot issue.
3. Sylar is an unbeatable again.
4. Heroes team members never act together (except season 1 finale).
5. How many sisters does Ali's character have?
6. This seasons main plot was lifted straight from a comic book. I was waiting for professor X to show up.

I watch heroes because well..just "because" its one of the better sci fi shows on television, which, isnt saying much at all. Battle star galactica is finished, and that terminator show didnt get any good until like 2 episodes before the last.
I agree, the stories in heroes all feel like "what if" comics. There is no narrative nothing interesting to be said. In the first season I felt like I could be a hero, now I cant really relate to anybody in the show... lets hope they get it right with the next season, but I doubt it.... and also, the season finale was "underwhelming"

Heroes has been getting progresivly worse since season one. The epic, fresh and original approach to the super hero genre is long gone. It's as if the creators/writers of the show spent all there good ideas all at once and are now fresh out. Also who is responsible for continuity on that show and monkey? Plot hole after plot hole, promises to the audience broken and error after error is all they serve up. Who has the climactic battle behind a closed door? Like an idiot trying to get a square peg fit in a round hole they keep bashing at the story to fit the holes int here plots.

I agree it's not as good as the first season, but saying "Hiro gets a nosebleed" hardly captures the most exciting moments of the episode.

For me the first season was even better because I watched them one after another online, and then read really well done recaps on NBC.com. I can't find those recaps anymore - and they explained so much.

Perhaps watching the Heroes try to save themselves is less exciting than watching them save the world ("Save the cheerleader, save the world") but there is still plenty of interesting plot.

omg heros has gone so down hill and all the ppl still defending it are in one 110% complete denial this season and the season finally were complete bull sh*t, they turned hero into a punk that gets his ass beat ever ten seconds,despite the sword training he received. they also turned him into a whiny punk who is jealous of his best friend which made me hate the only reason i watch this show. now grated this is with in hero's character but you cant build him up with sword training and accepting his fathers death, just to punk him right back down.
they left huge plot holes like them not being able to bring Nathan back to life with Clare's blood, if it could bring a man back to life after a nuclear explosion, another man after being shot in the brains, and another person after having his neck chopped open im pretty sure it could have brought Nathan back to life.
also during the fight with sylar,the climax, not only is the audience stuck watching clare, the most useless character in the story at this point, but for some odd reason peter leaves the fight after absorbing sylars powers, its not even like sylar knocked him tremendously far away, peter just walks away from the fight. and has a conversation with the agents down stairs. heroes is just not trying. also i love the introduction of characters/reintroduction of characters that dont do anything. for example rebel. where was he after the whole sylar saving his life deal he just disappears and is no longer needed. also where the heck is that girl from new Orleans or where she;s from. she just disappeared after being locked up in that shed by that gangster that captured her, of course that makes sense specially since this particular gangster was unarmed and this girl just got done learning kung fu moves from bruce lee movies since that was her power, but it makes sense that gangster was probably the chuck Norris of the bloods.
then they kill of Nicky just to bring her back as "her long lost twin sister", i just thought this was special. then they are killing off "Nicky's twin" just to bring in "Nicky's sister's long lost twin sister" in order to continue the series. and lets not forget the complete rip of powers and of the wall ability's *cough* magneto *cough* fake fifty cent with the ability to get stronger from,get this, people being afraid of him *cough* and all the complete rip off of x-men powers, now i know there are only so many powers in the world but common a person that is able to control the weather, that doesnt even make sense for the xmen how can a person control the weather, the powers in heros typically stem from stuff people are said to be able to do but there was never a rumor of a man who is able to control the freaking weather, unless he was some type of Norse god.
but basically the bullet point of this rant is that heroes sucks now, season one was a master peace then they made the other seasons with so many plot holes in it that it would make Swiss cheese jealous,bad joke but you get the point. and now they want to reestablish the company after destroying it, complete and total crap!! and its insulting. all those that defend heroes even after its horrible changes i hope your still willing to watch it after its new prime time slot, after "passions", for this show is becoming a soap opera based on what it once was.

ps. i still cant get over that we were watching clare during the fight with sylar. then peter just left his brother who can just fly, that all he could do and he had to fight by him self, man fu#k peter.

AS a former entertainer and music critic and a person of quality taste and judgment regarding the arts in general, how can anyone give Heros a bad review?! It's unique and a quality series, both in substance and acting.....what is wrong with you??? I am so sick so-called critics in this country who's taste is only in their mouths!!

why can't they follow startrek's model. Have a fresh story in every episode that overlaps somewhat but not too much. Their plots are scatters all over the place, way too many unresolved issues, too many weak endings. The show lost direction, I had no idea what goal they were trying to reach...
that's why shows like CSI, HOUSE etal. are still popular. Their plots are simple. The main story ends with every episode with just enough cliffhanger in the relationship among the actors.
I'd bet a new star trek series would kick any of those shows butt provided it follows the same model as previous ones; simple but effective.

I was watching first two seasons breathlessly. I haven't seen something so interesting for a while. I couldn't wait for a next episode. But when the third season started I was so disappointing. I couldn't believe that they can make such a big turn to worse. Pity.