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Pusitas Insertas, Heroes!

That means “F**k you, Heroes,” in TV Whore-ese / Seth Freilich

TV Reviews | December 3, 2008 | Comments (67)

As I type this on Tuesday night, I’m just catching up on the most recent episode of “Heroes.” And I know I’ve talked about this before, and Dustin’s even posted about me talking to him about it before — “Heroes” is background TV. It’s utter garbage at this point. But those of us that keep watching, keep watching anyway. Just because. But the fact that they continue to have the Hiro storylines generally subtitled interferes with one’s ability to keep the show simply in the realm of background, because you have to look up to read what he and Ando are saying. A show like “Lost,” in most seasons, can get away making me read subtitles because, you know, it’s legitimately interesting.

“Heroes,” not so much.

And yet, I’ve been willing to put up with this bogus “we lost our powers because there’s an eclipse that’s longer than the laws of physics allow for” nonsense. Fine. Whatever. But now, you’re not only going to make me look up to read Hiro nonsense, but I also have to look up to read the French dialogue between Nathan and Peter and whoever and whatnot in the jungles of wherever about whatever bullshit they’re talking about? Fuck. You.

“Heroes” is officially the winner of the most god-awful show I’ve ever continued to watch despite hating it more than a mountain-top sunburn. Why can’t I quit this terrible fucking show? This isn’t a rhetorical question. I’m serious. Why can’t I quit this garbage? Help me Eloquents-nobi, you’re my only hope….









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Comments

I've never seen one episode, and I ain't a-gunna, neither.

Posted by: Rykker at December 3, 2008 10:49 AM

It's because you have an addictive personality Seth. Much like alcohol, drugs or midget porn you have to have the will power to say "enough. I'm not going to watch that huge black man hammer the little person in the clown suit and gimp mask anymore."

It's hard Seth, but I believe in you.

Posted by: admin at December 3, 2008 10:53 AM

Sorry, Seth, I can't help you on this one, because I'm trapped in the same god damned hell. This show is beyond awful, but I continue to watch it. I have abandoned dozens of much, much better shows, but yet I can't seem to shake this one.

I this conversation with my wife on my way into work this morning:

Mrs. Ajax19: Are you going to get coffee?

Me: No. I had coffee this morning while I watched my stories (Heroes).

Mrs. Ajax19: Oh. Did you like it?

Me: No. Not at all. It was horrible. The show's awful.

Mrs. Ajax19: Why do you keep watching it then?

Me: Uh... Um... I.... have... no idea. What else would I do before work in the morning?

Mrs. Ajax19: Sleep in? Read a book?

Me: Yeah. So, anyway...

Did you really need to look at the screen to understand Nathan's French? I mean, "Je me appelle, Nathan?" "Je suis amis?"

I suck at languages and I even I could understand that without the subtitles.

I was hoping the second season was just an aberration, but apparently it was not. This season has been just as bad, if not worse.

Now that they have apparently offed the Delightful Kristen Bell this show has become even more unwatchable.

Maybe that's our rallying point. Do it for, Kristen.

Posted by: ajax19 at December 3, 2008 10:54 AM

I watched the first season and haven't bothered since. Remove your Petrelli-branded nipple clamps Seth and stop being such a masochist!

Posted by: Julie at December 3, 2008 10:55 AM

What's even worse is that I record two shows on Monday night: Heroes and Terminator. There is no doubt in my mind that Terminator is the better show, yet I have only watched one or two episodes this year (and am on the verge of deleting them all to conserve my valuable DVR space), yet have watched every episode of Heroes. And I've pretty much hated them all.

I, too, need help.

Posted by: ajax19 at December 3, 2008 10:58 AM

It's really not all that hard, Seth. All you do is wait for the show to start... and then turn off the TV.

Then you laugh giddily at the freedom you feel. The sheer, blissful freedom at no longer being tethered to this shitstain of a tv show. Confess that not even your love of what Sylar used to be, or your willingness to give anything with Kristen Bell a solid chance can keep you torturing yourself every week. Read a recap somewhere Tuesday morning, laugh at the poor sucker who still has to watch it, and go about your business.

Anyway, that's what I did.

BSG will be back soon anyway.

Posted by: lizzieborden at December 3, 2008 11:00 AM

Um, I still watch it and I thought last night's episode was pretty good.

Crap. I should turn in my Cool Card right now, shouldn't I?

Posted by: Green Lantern at December 3, 2008 11:08 AM

Maybe you are masochistic, Freilich.

Posted by: Pookie at December 3, 2008 11:09 AM

Much like smoking, which we discussed, you can quit Heroes. I did. I watched all of the first two seasons, and after two episodes of season 3, I quit. Cold turkey. Never looked back.

I'm telling you, people... once you get it out of your system, the air is fresher, the sun is brighter... you'll never regret it.

I believe in you. You can do it.

Posted by: TK at December 3, 2008 11:11 AM

I did it, so can you.

Remember, if you get hella curious you can watch it when it comes out on DVD.

Posted by: lowercasemelissa at December 3, 2008 11:15 AM

I quit this season a few weeks ago and it's been great knowing I don't have to figure that crap out anymore. It's like the writers took every possible explanation for everything that has ever happened threw it in a hat, mixed it around and made it into a storyline. It was killing me slowly so I had to get rid of it. Good luck Seth, it's hard but if anyone can do it, you can!

Posted by: jmurae at December 3, 2008 11:18 AM

I'm right with TK on this one. First few eps of S2, I watched. Then it got lamer and lamer until I said to myself, "Self, this is just too unhealthy. It's not worth it. Just walk away." And I did. Sometimes it's tough, but it's a better life you'll find on the other side.

You know, I read somewhere once that a craving only lasts about ten minutes, so if you can do something physical to get your mind off it, you get right past those. Quickie sex works really well for that...

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at December 3, 2008 11:21 AM

Ajax19 what is so impressive about that conversation you had with your wife is that you could remember it verbatim. Usually the conversations that I have in the morning go along the lines of...


Pookie: How much do I owe you?

Sapphire: Three Hundred.

Posted by: Pookie at December 3, 2008 11:21 AM


I stopped 6 or 7 episodes ago, and have barely regretted it. I miss out on the watercooler talk at work some, but I just say, "Sorry, it just got too bad for me to invest in" and then I get to feel smug and superior.

Posted by: Drake at December 3, 2008 11:22 AM

Obviously they have their own Hero kicking around, that forces you to watch the show beyond your will.

That's all I've got, because I am exactly the same. Each week I go 'meh' and yet the next week I still watch. I have given up on reading the subtitles though, and I used to like Hiro. I also have no idea why Nathan and Peter are in the jungle (I'm an ep behind here, but I still should probably know).

Posted by: Carrie at December 3, 2008 11:23 AM

Pookie

Well, first, it only happened about two hours ago.

Second, I have a kick-ass memory. I remember a lot of shit verbatim. It comes in handy when I'm not really paying attention to what people are saying to me and then ask if I'm paying attention.

>Sapphire charged you $300? For that? Man, Pookie, I thought you were all hardcore and shit. She got you good.

Posted by: ajax19 at December 3, 2008 11:30 AM

I, too, was stuck in the cycle. Even though I knew the show was sub par at best, the second eclipse helped drive the point home. I was really just watching for the different powers.

My mornings before work I spend watching the Daily Show from the previous night.

Posted by: branded at December 3, 2008 11:33 AM

I'm in the exact same situation. I watch Heroes each and every week, and I hate every damn episode of it. The brief glimpse of attempted character development during these past two "powerless" episodes was a nice attempt at being a real show, but Heroes is and always will be nothing more than "hey, look at the pretty power we have for you this week!"

I'm fairly certain I watch Heroes just to hate it. It's the same reason I watch M Night Shyamalan films, purely to feed my vitriolic hatred for everyone involved.

I'm just glad to know I'm not the only person inexplicably still watching this garbage, despite the fact that I yell at the screen every week about plot holes or characters making idiotic decisions or how bad the B-grade make up job they've done on Mohinder is...

Posted by: Steve at December 3, 2008 11:34 AM

Hahaha, Seth. My other geeky friends (there aren't many, but they are strong in their allegiance) kept pestering me to watch Heroes, but when it started I was out of the country and couldn't watch it and I never got around to watching the DVDs.

Now they all complain, just like you, and I get to laugh. Irony here: I was studying French, so I could listen to the French scenes without looking up.

Eh, because that was kind of mean, sometimes it helps to replace stupid with lesser stupid. It's hard to cut a TV show cold turkey, but maybe you could put in a DVD in it's place and then slowly ween yourself off.

However, I'm weening myself onto Chuck (*wink to Zachary Levi*) and I worry it might go the way of my beloved Daisies, so we both might be screwed.

Posted by: Kayanne at December 3, 2008 11:35 AM

I'm weening myself onto Chuck (*wink to Zachary Levi*)

Kayanne, I am right there with you. Chuck has become what allows me to turn off the tv before Heroes. It's actually a decent show. I hope it doesn't get canned.

Posted by: lizzieborden at December 3, 2008 11:45 AM

Also, can someone please help me stop watching The Mentalist. It's just another worthless, formulaic cop show, and I am well aware of that. And yet I got attached to the damn Red John serial killer storyline from the pilot episode that they have just refused to even fucking mention ever since...

They set up a major fucking storyline that was the entire foundation of the lead fucking character and these assholes don't even acknowledge it exists other than the damn titles of the episodes having the word "red" in them. Seriously. Wanting to see that storyline is raping a part of my soul on a weekly basis.

Posted by: Steve at December 3, 2008 11:45 AM

Nostalgia is no reason to watch a shitty show. Oh, it's basic psychology, that once you hit the jackpot, you keep trying to recreate it, but that kind of emotional misapplication of logic never works with TV shows. Too many of them frontload all the goodness and then coast downhill from there.

But you'll get there, you'll extinguish that unwanted behavior. I suggest getting out of the house more often. (Never seen "Heroes", since I'm always at a class on Tuesdays. Hooray for not being sucked in!).

Posted by: Wednesday at December 3, 2008 11:52 AM

lizzieborden

I know, right! That whole show is just fun. And Zach Levi is adorable, like, more so than he should be. And the other leads are so great. Everyone is likable.

I worry it'll turn out like a really awesome club that shows up on campus. You make it to their intro meeting and everyone is so cool and full of bright new ideas, but you can't make it to the meetings because of work, but you really wish them the best. And then all of a sudden their funding gets cut from the SGA. And your heart hurts.

Save Chuck, save the world!

Posted by: Kayanne at December 3, 2008 11:56 AM

But Wednesday, "Heroes" is on Monday, not Tuesday.


Sorry, I just wanted to say that, you might be somewhere else.

Posted by: Jay at December 3, 2008 11:56 AM

The best guess I can offer (as I'm still watching too) is that there are occasionally flashes of what made the show good and intriguing in the first place, and there's really not much better to do on Monday night if you're not into football. And the last few MNF games have been absolute suck-fests.

I want to punch Peter Peterelli in the face, though, and continuing to watch the series isn't making that any better. He's got this messiah complex but has he ever really made any situation he's gotten involved in better? Cause like, 90% of the time, he does something stupid and some other Hero has to come save his ass. Course, it doesn't help that Milo Ventiwhatever just seems pervy to me ever since it came out that he was dating his (literally) barely legal co-star.

Posted by: Genny (also Rusty) at December 3, 2008 11:58 AM

Oh, also, I think I may blindly hate Hayden Pannetiere (spell check?), but I have no idea why. Maybe it's because Deceiver usually calls her out on some of her BS. Maybe because she was in a Bring it On sequel. I dunno, I still haven' decided if I officially hater or or not, but it's enough to keep me away from the show.

Posted by: Kayanne at December 3, 2008 12:01 PM

Genny: I also have Peter Petrelli hate. I think it started because I hated him as Jess on Gilmore Girls, and then his stupid hair in the first season of Heroes didn't help. But you're right, he just makes everything worse, someone should vanish him to the future that no longer exists like that fake Irish Caitlin girl, and do us all a favour. (I am still stupidly annoyed by that plot line. Does he no longer care that she doesn't exist anymore??!)

Posted by: Carrie at December 3, 2008 12:10 PM

Except for the fact that I hate 90% of the show's characters, I still inexplicably sorta like Heroes. I don't know why. I think it's because I just love Kristen Bell that much. And I do sort of love Angela Petrelli's character. Let me tell you the things I DON'T like about the show, however:

1. Mohinder
2. Mohinder
3. Mohinder

I fucking hate Mohinder. His character is pointless, retarded, unattractive, scaly, and greasy. I just don't like him. I also hate Matt's ridiculous head-cocking, but love that he was called out for it this week. And oh yeah, I hate Mohinder.

Don't even get me started on that whiny cheerleader or how racist I think it is that they won't give The Haitian a real name...

Why DO I watch this show, again?

Posted by: The Pink Hulk at December 3, 2008 12:24 PM

I used to wonder why I was watching, and then I just stopped, I've found other T.V. that is not demanding, yet genuinely entertaining. Thanks to the Food Networks Good Eats, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report, the void has been filled. If you wand to learn how too cook food based on reason, and not have a lot demanded of you, Good Eats is the show for you. Maybe it will help you all kill your watching of heroes.

I hated Peter most of all ever since I realized that he should have been killed off in the first season, and he became even more of a limp dick ever since the start. So many character's on that show outstay their welcome. They just don't know how to end shit. What a clusterfuck.

Posted by: George at December 3, 2008 12:36 PM

I am happy to report that I gave up on this show about 2 episodes into this season. All the time travel and alternate universes were retarded and confusing...as if they were manipulating you into watching more in order to figure out what the "eff" was going on.
I don't like being manipulated.

Posted by: Wanda at December 3, 2008 12:38 PM

Can't help you there.

I turned the TV off during last week's episode, screaming "FUCK YOU" into Matt's face as he got pelted by Hiro with some corn. Good God how can anyone mess up a show about how people with SUPERPOWERS so badly?!

Seriously, I was just so completely fucking angry at it, and I just declared I.AM.DONE.

I tested my resolve on Monday, and was very glad to see that I didn't miss the anger, the frustration and the pure hatred for everyone in this show at all.

Fucking done.

Posted by: figgy at December 3, 2008 12:42 PM

The only reason I watch the show anymore, despite the frustrated screams it draws from me weekly:

Kristen Bell.

Posted by: Kelmo at December 3, 2008 12:43 PM

I know I blasted Dustin for dissing on Heroes, but I mostly just liked the 1st season and the first few episodes of the premire. But the rest devolved into more whiny bitching rather than action and killing of unnecisary characters, Heroes has become the Sonic the Hedgehog of T.V. I'm sorry for my early defense Dustin, but the rest of my insults to you, I still stand by.

Posted by: George at December 3, 2008 12:44 PM

Every Monday night, I am forced to listen to the crap that is Heroes because my husband refuses to quit. For a few episodes I was still watching only the Hiro portions - at least he was still funny at times. I don't know how they did it but the writers of this show have managed to take what were feelings of wonder and admiration and turn them into a deep and vile hatred. I can't stand a one of the characters anymore, and wish they would all just blow each other to hell. Save the world? Fuck no - the Heroes world needs to be sucked into a black hole.

ajax19 do yourself a favor and watch those Terminator episodes. They are mostly fantastic. Summer Glau made me cry. A machine made me cry! Then there is the Brian Austin Green hotness and both he and Lena Heady seem to have found themselves.

Posted by: Cindy at December 3, 2008 12:48 PM

Can't quit this dreck either. I hate everything the previous eloquent haters hate, and then some.

Two main reasons for not kicking it are trying to pinpoint the moment my fellow viewer colleague (enthousiastic fanatic as ever) will finally give up*. And reading the bitch-mock-bitch-mock-bitch-stab-fork-in-tender-area comments on the AV club (and now in my safehaven as well).

*not anytime soon, easily amused girl from Finance Control just won't budge.

Fellow haters, where did/should have you give(n) up?

Posted by: Adere at December 3, 2008 12:50 PM

Oh, Seth. I wish that I could yell at you and say your words are unfounded, but I can't.

I'm pretty lenient when it comes to this show, (particularly with the plot holes and ret-cons) but this week just shocked the hell out of me. There were so many "why's" that I lost count. Why is Matt dating a teenager? Why have they confessed their "love" after knowing each other a day? Why are they jerking around Sylar and making him stupid? Why make such a big deal over the eclipse when it didn't really do anything?

But the biggest why of the episode: Why the fuck would they bring back useless Maya for a 10 second cameo? No one wanted to see her! And she's coming back?!?

And yet I'll keep watching, for the small hope that things will improve. A very small hope.

Posted by: Brie at December 3, 2008 12:52 PM

Truth be told, my experience with Heroes is very similar to my experience with 24.

I breathlessly watched two seasons, and then, on the cusp of starting season 3, I had an epiphany.

"Wait a minute," I thought to myself. "Holy fuckballs... this show actually blows. It's horrible. Why have I wasted my time on this piece of shit?"

A moment of clarity. Which is why I've never seen another episode of either.

Seriously, though. 24 is just as bad.

Posted by: TK at December 3, 2008 12:56 PM

Uhm, no. In 24 people actually die. And stay dead.

Posted by: Adere at December 3, 2008 1:04 PM

I am still willing to watch, however, I've been watching "Prison Break" instead. Talk about ridiculous, but entertaining as shit. And you know what, I like "Terminator," too. It's way better than I expected it would be, given that it's a prequel, kinda.

"Heroes" just has so much going on plotwise, it's getting way too dense as far as shit you have to remember to understand WTF is going on. The subtitles ARE annoying. I don't mind them in a movie, but on a weekly show, they get tiresome.

Posted by: Slash at December 3, 2008 1:14 PM

$300? Does she have two vaginas? Or three breasts?

Posted by: Slash at December 3, 2008 1:22 PM

Beer-flavored nipples?

(off to weep in silence now)

Posted by: Adere at December 3, 2008 1:25 PM

I guess it's anti-trendy to hate Heroes now. That's a bandwagon I can't jump on. Yes, they have to many sub-plots going, and none of them seem to have any direction, but it's still a decent show. It's a far cry better than that tripe "Lost", which I think should have never been found in the first place. I have seen a total of two episodes in different seasons, and could see the writers stroking each other behind the scenes. What utter bullshit.

Even those that hate it, enjoy it enough to watch it. YOu may not want to admit it, but you watch it, so it's true.

Posted by: Dagon at December 3, 2008 1:29 PM

Actually Heroes was a lot like Lost for me.

First season was brilliant; a show that was new and exciting and flashy, and I absolutely loved it.

Then the second season (or was it the 3rd season of Lost? I can't remember) blew giant donkey balls and made me want to give the whole thing up because I don't need that kind of tear-my-hair-out frustration.

I gave Lost one final chance, and the 4th season redeemed the show beautifully. Still had its flaws but it moved along fast and they dialed down on the annoying characters.

I gave Heroes 10 episodes to redeem itself. It almost looked like it would do it, but no. I can't take it anymore. It's really fucking frustrating, because it had so much potential. Now it's going absolutely fucking nowhere. Dug itself into a hole and it'll never recover.

Blargh.

Posted by: figgy at December 3, 2008 1:30 PM

TK, I came to same conclusion about 24, unfortunately it just took me a few more season than it did you. I stopped in the middle of whatever the hell the last season was.

Season 5? Season 6?

The whole thing was so god damned awful and then he catches the bad guy (whoever he was) and all of a sudden he gets a call from the Chinese government about how they have his girlfriend hostage. And there was the whole thing with his family... Awful.

24 is dead to me. That's too bad, because despite all of incredible nonsense there are at least 2 or 3 scenes a season in which Jack Bauer does something incredibly cool.

Posted by: ajax19 at December 3, 2008 1:36 PM

Cindy, thanks for that. I will do so. I really loved the first season, I don't know why I stopped watching it.

Posted by: ajax19 at December 3, 2008 1:46 PM

It's not so much that it's horrible as that it's gotten very comic-booky. I mean yeah, it's cheap and silly and shallow now, but that's what happens when the creators get too wrapped up in the plotline, a typical trait of superhero comics.

Posted by: Lucas at December 3, 2008 2:02 PM

I keep watching because Battlestar, Lost, and Dollhouse don't start until next year.

Posted by: puppetDoug at December 3, 2008 2:23 PM

Here's what you do. You watch Chuck, then while you are feeling happy and that all is well with the world, hit that power button on your remote control. Stand up, leave the room, go for an hour long walk, come home, and continue with your night.

It seriously is very horrible. I stopped watching once I saw that the elder Petrelli was alive and controlling people. And I wanted to gouge out all of my sensory organs because Milo Veiejrakdjfawi is the worst actor I've ever seen in my life. I have no idea what emotion he is trying to show with that screwed up face of his.

Posted by: Mat at December 3, 2008 2:42 PM

I've got a bunch of episodes on my Tivo waiting for either 1) the show to get canceled - eps get deleted or 2) the show to get good - I skim through bad eps to catch big plot points and continue. This is the reason you need a lot of memory in your DVR (I have 100 HD hours on mine).

Posted by: Three-nineteen at December 3, 2008 2:45 PM

I keep watching, too. Maybe it's because I have hope that if I keep watching, the plot holes will be mended. Maybe someday we'll find out who's taking care of the orphan Micah, or where exactly Molly is hiding, (with Lyle?), how they'll bring Adam back from the dead magically only to waste him again, let FBI agent Hanson back on the case, have Nathan address the fact that he's officially leaving his wife, not just conveniently forgetting her, bring Bubbles back from his vortex, and most of all, see the return of West, just so he can make Claire stop whining.

But then again, I'm also hoping that the economy will rebound before I get laid off.

Posted by: Noelle at December 3, 2008 3:04 PM

I, Too, hate Heroes, I still watch it, but i think tonights the night to cut the cord. I have had similar reactions to Lost, which just faded into a sea of stupidity by the second series, Chuck I managed to get to the second episode before I turned it off in disgust, Whoever came up with that needs quietly leading out to a courtyard and shooting, no one would complain! It would be the only decent thing to do. Like cancer in an old dog. Weeds has also lost it, as had smallville. I just don't get it anymore. desperate housewives has also begun to show stretch marks......it won't be long. Mediums still good though

Posted by: sparky at December 3, 2008 3:16 PM

Tru Blood is also awful and yet I find myself just seeing how stupid Alan Ball can make it.

Posted by: Devo at December 3, 2008 4:14 PM

I don't know what it is about this show, but I am officially taking it off my DVR list after this season is over. I have no idea what is even happening on the show anymore, and worse, I don't care. I have to stop.

Posted by: Elfrieda at December 3, 2008 4:32 PM

I recommend you find as many spoilers as you can and read those. This may help to alleviate any lingering need to watch future episodes.

Posted by: Chupacabra at December 3, 2008 5:06 PM

I quit watching after the first few episodes this season, but since reading all the ongoing hate and disappointment, I kind of regret it.

The only thing I love more than a train wreck is being able complain about a train wreck.

Posted by: TL at December 3, 2008 6:03 PM

I've never seen it either, but I think it's because I've read too much about Hayden Panetierre to care at this point. I did hear cool things about it and maybe watch like 5 minutes of it before I got bored. Ah well...

Posted by: ph at December 3, 2008 7:15 PM

I watched the first couple episodes of this season, relaized I didn't give a shit anymore, and never looked back.

Posted by: louveciennes at December 3, 2008 8:04 PM

I stopped watching Heroes after that lame season 1 finale.

Posted by: kayla at December 3, 2008 8:55 PM

Apparently there is a small nation of us who can't quite make a clean break from the clusterfuck of Heroes. My husband and I sit down to every episode and end up barking at the screen or mocking some idiotic plot point. (For example, I personally would have decapitated the temporarily powerless invincible man and incinerated his head. You know, just to be sure. But these idiots on the show have to do everything so half-assed, so somebody can rise from the dead. AGAIN. Sheesh.)

But I guess we keep watching it because it's the closest thing to interesting sci-fi on network tv (Casa Pink is cable-free). I can't say I got into "Fringe" because it felt too much like an "X-Files" retool.

I'm starting to have the same relationship with "House". I spend most of the episode railing at the enormous inaccuracies. Hugh Laurie just keeps me coming back.

Posted by: Alabamapink at December 3, 2008 9:41 PM

Fuck it, I am with you Seth! the first season was the fucking bees knees, and planted it's roots! I missed the last two episodes due to word of mouth, cause I heard it was shit on toast. but I need to see some kind of progress. if I don't, I will pop in Arrested Development and idolize a sorely missed show!

Posted by: Hershel Webb at December 4, 2008 2:31 AM

I tried. I really tried. I thought, 'it can't possibly suck more than season 2'.

I was wrong. But, luckily for me, this is one of the few times I've been able to make the break. I didn't download it this week. I haven't watched it since about episode 5. As much as I would like to know what is going to happen in the end, I don't care enough to actually watch it.

Posted by: rach at December 4, 2008 3:02 AM

I don't understand your hatred of this show! Sure it's not the best thing on tv, but I look forward to it every week, and it's certainly less backgroundy than alot of the stuff I watch. I don't think it slid nearly as far last season as people keep saying either. It's still alot of fun, I'm always curious about where they're going (I love the suresh plotline this season) and even if the eclipse thing was kind of weird greg beeman noted it on his blog and said they made a conscious decision to do it. It's not like everything else on the show is perfectly realistic and that is the one glaring unrealistic thing.

Posted by: Chugga at December 4, 2008 4:13 AM

Meh. To be honest, I'm still finding this season better than season 2. And while I hate what they've done with Sylar, and particularly with Elle, I think they've had some nice minor plotlines along the way that have kept me interested (Meredith's return and backstory, Adam's return and, even if I hate her being paired with Matt so quickly, the whole Daphne thing), and there's still enough moments that make me go "AWESOME!" that I'm kept watching.

Posted by: Shay at December 4, 2008 10:10 AM

And then, while I was in the shower this morning, I suddenly remembered the poor Irish girl they left in an alternate reality. What the hell happened to her?

Posted by: Noelle at December 4, 2008 10:31 AM

I think I've found out what Heroes is.

Heroes is like a girl you have had a phenomenal night with, and just before you experience the sweet climax of love, she leaves the room, but says she'll come back. So you wait for days and days, and then she returns revealing she opened up a series of fake credit cards under your name to buy an expensive car. Your so shocked, you don't do anything while she leaves. Then a week later, the people at the credit card companies come over and destroy everything in your house, then she returns in the end revealing that she destroyed the car in a terrible accident, killing 18 people, and she had no insurance. Unless you give up by fleeing the country at this moment, you will be sent to prison and receive the death penalty.

Quick, get out know! There's nothing left! And you don't even want to know who your inmates will be!

Posted by: George at December 4, 2008 11:22 AM

Sorry Seth, I was about to give up on this one, but the Petrelli bros stomping out global injustice intrigued my inner International Studies grad student. Petrelli Bros vs the Janjaweed? I'd love to see them kick some genocidal ass. Of course it will probably be followed by some butterfly-effect-style justification for non-intervention, but in the offshoot chance the show does something original, I'm gonna keep watching.

Posted by: Agente Provocatrice at December 4, 2008 2:09 PM

Sorry Seth, I was about to give up on this one, but the Petrelli bros stomping out global injustice intrigued my inner International Studies grad student. Petrelli Bros vs the Janjaweed? I'd love to see them kick some genocidal ass. Of course it will probably be followed by some butterfly-effect-style justification for non-intervention, but in the offshoot chance the show does something original, I'm gonna keep watching.

Posted by: Agente Provocatrice at December 4, 2008 2:17 PM