Post by dave607 on Feb 10, 2010 8:41:32 GMT 6
When "Heroes" started 4 years ago, it was a huge success right out of the cannon. It was easily the biggest hit of the year & some would even say the best show on television. However, the writers faced some criticism when it came to Season 2. Saying it went downhill from Season 1 is a little unfair. It hit such a high level of excellence, it would be hard to top. I certainly didn't want them droll out a storyline exactly the same as season one. The second season started a little slow but I think redeemed itself with the 4 episodes of the writers-strike-shortened season. With that criticism in hand, they blasted toward Season 3. That season started out great. It had lots of stuff going on in the first episode of the 2 story season. I thought the first storyline was good. It had enough action & plot & really filled out nice. The second storyline of the third season was nowhere near as good & had too many holes. It seemed like new writers came in with no idea what the show was about & things didnt make sense. Characters ideals & opinions changed episode to episode with absolutely no rhyme or reason.
Season 4 suffered the same weak writing & new weak characters. The slow building story arc was grueling to often painful to sit thru. This 19 episode season could have easily been shorted to about 5 or 6, if not less. Everything you saw early on that you would come back & play a big factor in the finale, didnt. You never saw the so-called new villain of the season do anything evil until the final 3 episodes. I know they are planning on another season this fall. Lets hope they actually get some decent writing & a good story to build upon.
Season 4 suffered the same weak writing & new weak characters. The slow building story arc was grueling to often painful to sit thru. This 19 episode season could have easily been shorted to about 5 or 6, if not less. Everything you saw early on that you would come back & play a big factor in the finale, didnt. You never saw the so-called new villain of the season do anything evil until the final 3 episodes. I know they are planning on another season this fall. Lets hope they actually get some decent writing & a good story to build upon.