SyFriday: What's Wrong With 'Heroes'?

This year, however, has more than a few fans worried over the recent directions the series has taken with some convinced that “Heroes” was a one-shot wonder.

Series creator Tim Kring has already spoken out about the negative response this current season has been receiving, promising that the complaints from the fans have not fallen on deaf ears and that changes are coming to fix the show. The main problem with “Heroes” is that with such a stellar first year, can anything top that in the eyes of the fans?

One of the examples Kring offered was Peter’s (Milo Ventimiglia) visit to the future where the virus has wiped out most the world’s population, a plot device that wasn’t introduced until the seventh episode of show. The scenes, which were oddly reminiscent of “28 Days Later,” are very similar in tone to the scenes of New York’s destruction last season following the detonation of the exploding man … but they came into play far later in the game than they should have.

When the series made its debut last year, the images of a burning New York, the cryptic message to save the cheerleader and the dark visage of Sylar (Zachary Quinto) all began in the opening episodes and helped to build up an addictive serialized story that would continue to unraveled as the episodes went on. Even toward the end, the whole picture didn’t come together until the final episode -- it certainly kept me glued to the television and I know I’m not the only one.

This year, we received hints of a larger threat looming on the horizon and also the next natural progression for each of the major characters. In essence, we saw the fallout and aftermath of the first season’s explosive climax. It wasn’t until the six episodes in that the serialized story started to fall together and we’ve got a villain worse than Sylar, an apocalyptic prophecy on a larger scale than New York plus more absorbing additions to the cast.

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