State of Heroes

Beeman's Blog talks about the episode Angels & Monsters. There are spoilers, of course, but I won't talk about specifics here. Those who have been watching this show this season will understand. In describing Hiro's unexpected choice of action, he says, "And this really comes out of nowhere in a great way."

No, it wasn't a great way. It was an incredibly stupid way. It is clear to me that the writers, directors, and producers are completely off their nut.

It has been said that the first season of Heroes was great because it represented what was great about comics. It has been said further that the second (shortened) season sucked because it represented what sucked about comics. Unfortunately, season three continues the nosedive into the abyss of suckitude.

The two primary trends that make it so bad are:

• Characters being dumb, allowing themselves to be manipulated, and simply acting out of character. Presumably, this was done purposely for the sake of the plot and not simply the result of making scripts out of fanfic. This applies to every single major character from the first season: Peter, Hiro, Nathan, Mohinder, Matt*, Noah, Sylar Gabriel, ... And Claire has just become terribly boring.

• Back stories and connections being revealed that betray any trust the audience might have had in the plot. While I appreciate the notion that anything that hasn't been revealed on-screen is fair game, it's just bad form to jerk the audience around. It's soap opera in the worst sense. Next, we'll find out that Mohinder's sister isn't really dead and has been living in a state of suspected animation by The Company on the hitherto unknown Level 14.
  

I know I should purge my Heroes season pass from the TiVo, but I can't bring myself to it. Not quite yet. But I've been up on shows far sooner for far lesser offenses.

*: Arguably, he's always been a tool.