This is truly sad: when something has so much potential and then it just fades away and dies. Heroes was the rose in the desert of NBC and then it lost it's bloom so quickly. It began with the characters waking up with the question of what purpose do they have in the world and the quest to search for that meaning while these individuals realize that they have supernatural powers: Peter Petrelli, the kind hearted and gentle nurse has the ability to absorb powers; His brother, Nathan, a politician, has the ability to fly; Matt Parkman, an LAPD officer with marital and career problems is telepathic; Nikki Sanders, a Las Vegas showgirl and single mother with a dual (and deadly) alter ego; Her son Micah, a young prodigy with the talent of manipulating technology; Hiro Nakamura, a Japanese nerd who can time travel and teleport; Isaac Mendez, a NYC artist and heroin junkie can see the future and depicts them through his art; and of course, Claire Bennett, a teenage girl and high school cheerleader who has the amazing ability to heal and even come back from the dead. While these individuals slowly begin to realize their awakening powers and that their destinies will meet there are also evil shadows lurking from the giant company led by Noah Bennett (Claire's adopted father) that wants to control and harness their powers to the soulless villain, Sylar, who kills people with special abilities and acquires them for himself. The first season of Heroes had me hooked and the show came at the perfect time when people wanted to see a show about heroes and escape from war and a looming economic recession. But then I saw Season 2 and I was disappointed but I didn't give up because of the Writer's Strike. And I waited for Season 3 and I stopped caring. The characters went from three dimensional to one dimensional; Plot holes were laid out to trap clichés; Too many new characters were introduced and viewers were never allowed to get to know more of the characters we knew from Season 1. The writers killed off key characters like Isaac Mendez, the prophet; And some and interesting characters from Season 1 and Season 2 disappeared (what happened to little Molly, the little girl who can pinpoint the location of others like herself); Why did the show become so dark so quickly? It seems that the writers and creators of the show stopped caring and so did I. It's a shame and it's sad. I loved this show and I miss it for it was...so has it's fans.
Review of Heroes
