Do you think Heroes season 2 is better than its season 1?

I made a poll to see what you Heroes watchers think. So far, I still think season 1 was better.

I still

it's not even close.

So far, I agree.

I tune in every week to watch and would consider myself a fan. And while I don't have any major issues with the storyline per se, the progress of the storyline via the writing and directing choices so far has been very sub-par.

Just one example. In episode 3 we are treated to Ando getting his first scroll messages from Hiro, and flashbacks are used to explain everything we've seen Hiro do with Kensai over the previous two episodes.

When you only have 40 minutes of actual air time, it's an INCREDIBLE WASTE to blow any part of it re-telling the viewers what they've just seen in the last two weeks!

Actually, I don't believe they were flashbacks in the sense that we've seen them before. At least not all of them.

Yes you've seen every episode of Heroes. But what of someone just tuning in to check it out.

There is an old adage in comic books about writing as if it's the readers first issue.

Maybe Heroes is trying to also somewhat take this approach?

So far Season 2 hasn't come close to season one in my opinion. Of course it's still early in season 2 and if enough suprises happen and things start moving along it has great potential.

There's people who watch it every week (and post to this group) who seem to have overlooked or forgotten major plot points of the past.

The first episode of the first season presented us with a bunch of exciting characters and a major threat: the annihilation of New York City.

The problem with season two so far is..nothing is happening. The new characters are boring and no major threat has been defined.

I think the writers are trying to build suspense but they are only making me bored. The Hiro subplot has all the depth of a romance novel written by a 12 year old (no offense to 12 year olds meant).

But don't give up hope. The first 8 episodes or so of LOST's season 2 were dreadful but the show bounced back.

The way they handled the flashback sequence was SLOPPY at best.

More than that. Isaac's apocalyptic visions held promise of something exciting, that overcame the weakness of the show, which was having to introduce the characters. The series did not start to happen for me until DL and Hiro saved the accident victims, linking their paths. Once that chain of causality was established, it was easy to say 'Save the cheerleader, save the world'.

However, many people I know never got to that point, turned off by the overwhelming exposition.

Season 2 was a reboot. It started up faster, because the main characters were established, but introducing the new characters ran into the same problem season 1 began with. Overwhelming exposition, which was compounded by having to explain how people we assumed dead had survived, having been pulled away to safety in some faraway land.

The Hiro's subplot's biggest problem is that it isolates him from society. He can't afford to damage the space-time continuum any further, so he can't play off the ancient society, and it was the wrong move, although typical for television.

Spinoff the cute side character. Give him his own universe to be the central character of.... WRONG!

The show's charm was that Hiro was a rebel of modern society. Yes, the two Hiros from Season 1 were the same person, but normal Hiro was really a smaller rebel. To think himself into Times Square was winning the battle of the cubicle. He was also appreciative of his powers when they were a curse for others. And the Nathan rockets into the diner scene was priceless.

'Flying man!!!' ROFL

Hiro provides contrast. He is a foil for the other characters as they realize their role in the grand scheme. Why he should be separated from them is beyond me.

Actually, I never got into Lost - Season 1 until a customer raved about all the action that had taken place, just before the finale. That hooked me, and sustained me, and it was Season 2 of Desperate Housewives that was receiving my bitching. The poor integration of the Applewhite storyline was the best argument against quotas I've ever seen. With Lost, though, it was always understood, 'We're not alone.' and I wanted answers.

With Heroes, everything depends on the story threads weaving an exciting tapestry, and the Twins stuff feels like laundry lint. The show will jump the shark if Sylar is back to his old tricks. He was a great baddie, but to keep him, he needs more dimension, maybe going from heel to recalcitrant face, to borrow from pro wrestling.

If they have a chance to do it again, with a third season, I would suggest anthologizing the threads into stand alone episodes, and then weaving the tapestry. The storyline aspect of the Season One DVD set is the best feature I've heard of, although Season One could not function that way.

My re-editing of Season 2

Ep. 1

If you can call this overwhelming exposition:

M: I'm so scared! We must make it America! A: I'm here for you my sister! (Run, run) (Gurgle, gurgle) S: You're fools if you don't let me help you.