What the hell is happening on this show? Jeezus Christmas! This season is so bad it's making me long for the days of time travellers altering events as they see fit and all-powerful gods with more power than they know what to do with. And we STILL don't know what the purpose of this season is. Things were much easier to follow when we knew the fate of the world was in peril or evil government agents were hunting people with powers. Why is it taking so long for this season to get to The Point. The Point is what every season of every show is based on, and The Point is normally outlined within the first two episodes, 3 episodes tops. What does that Carnival Guy want with the regular cast? Yes, I know, to be a part of the family. But why? To sing Kumbaya?
Every single character is shitting the bed this year. No one has any good storylines. I know this show is on its last legs - you'd think they'd want to start coming out with the firecrackers to set up some type of "big bang". All indications are this will be the final season, and I've heard from another person who follows this show that writers are being encouraged to make sure things are wrapped up for the most part by the end of this current volume. Meaning there can very possibly be no 2nd part to this season after this current volume is done. This is how they want to go out? Who cares about this Carnival Guy? If this is going to be it give us another "save the cheerleader, save the world" premise. Give us some big stakes.
The writers have done a horrible job at limiting the powerful characters. Peter, Hiro, Parkman and Sylar have all been neutered. The four most powerful characters in the show have been mired in horrible plot devices meant to ensure that the writers don't have to deal with worrying about how to fit in these uber-powerful characters into a storyline with normal people or people with useless abilities. People don't want to see these four characters as a shell of their former selves. They want action, they want hero vs. hero fighting. They want Future Peter vs. Future Sylar in the second to last episode of season 1. It's very obvious that Heroes should not have been a regular series - it should have been a mini-series. Something along the lines of "V". Get in, get out quickly and leave them wanting more. That first season is a loooong time ago, it certainly seems. Who knew a hot series could unravel so quickly just cause of one writer's strike. Right now the show should probably be relegated to some kind of webepisode show. It seems like they're trying to introduce a webisode element with the side story of that Carnival Tattoo Chick, but unfortunately I don't watch simply because I don't care about her.
And dammit, based off the ending of this latest episode - looks like Suresh is back in the picture. In the words of Charlton Heston: "DAAAAMN YOUUUU!".
What this show needs to do to go out with a bang - cuz it really does need to end now, as much as I used to love this show - is (and you're going to think I'm crazy here) introduce Micah again, but an evil Micah. There. I said it. Earth needs to be attacked by a crazy teenage boy with the ability to control electronics, who has assembled a force of cyborgs/robots to take over the world. Think Marlon Brando in Apocolypse Now. Sitting on a throne, worshipped as a king in his own little world by his own creations. You pair Peter, Sylar, Claire, Bennett and Suresh together to stop Micah and save the world from an impending cyborg doom. Hiro must die. There always needs to be a sacrificial lamb, and quite simply there's no drama or tension with a guy who can stop everything with the blink of an eye or worse - travel back in time and prevent everything from happening. Kill him off, set the stakes real high and let's see some fireworks as Peter and Sylar team up against a common enemy. I was gonna say the enemy should be an invading alien force but the show probably doesn't have the budget for the effects needed to pull that off. They barely have the budget to keep up with the show as-is.
Btw, please kill the deaf-girl who sees colors. Serves. No. Purpose. WHAT IS THE POINT?!? We're halfway through the season and I shouldn't be asking this question for a character who has had as much screentime as she has. Get her off the show.
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