Oof, it looks like this series is coming to a close. With ratings having plummeted - leaving the series likely not to get picked up for next season - it looks like this is probably a good as time as any for the show to close up shop. The storyline of the past 3 episodes should've been the storyline to start the season. We all knew Samuel was the main villain, why it took the whole season to make it official is curious. The season moved along at a slow pace, viewers dropped by the week. I haven't watched the season finale yet, but just the whole preview of Sylar stating "I'm a hero", it just seems like a good way to get the series to come full circle. All along, it appears, Heroes was about Sylar. Sure, there were times various characters became too powerful for their (and the show's) good, but their abilities were dealt with - however sloppily. It just feels right that to start the series off with the ultimate mysterious villain, progress over the years to show how multi-dimensional and multi-layered he is, and now end the series with the ultimate villain becoming one of the good guys. Seems kinda "kumbaya" to me, but I like it.
There is no where for this show to go. It's probably too expensive to produce. Special effects this season were sparse. Various characters have been laid to rest with no room to progress. HRG is a shell of his former self (seriously, how much as this character changed/devolved from that first mysterious father figure/agent from season 1??). Hiro is useless and it's sad to see the move to turned him into him comic relief after season 1 showed the promised of how ultra-cool Future Ninja Hiro could be. Peter? Useless, his character was always flawed - the ultimate case of a person having more power than they know what to do with it. Suresh is basically banished to India. They never properly wrote off Tracey, what a sad way to just leave someone in limbo. Claire inherited the mantle of most annoying character and now seems relegated to a life of hot lesbianism. Parkman showed promise during the "Fugitives" storyline, but the writers castrated him and turned him into a housemom.
Alas, it is time. Say what you want about Heroes, but we'll always have season 1. They can't take that away from us.
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"Say what you want about Heroes, but we'll always have season 1." Yes indeed.
ReplyDeleteI must say when you were actively updating, I really enjoyed this blog, so thank you for that :) however with the probable ending of Heroes, I doubt you'll have much to talk about.
So this is just me saying thanks! and possibly goodbye.
I gave up on the show when the Cellist left his instrument worth thousands of dollars alone in the middle of Central Park.
ReplyDeleteOh, and the lady who became a musical genius because she could see colourful wisps.