Let me sum up the finale to Heroes in one sentence:
WHAT THE FUCK?
Seriously. This entire fucking season was just a constant letdown. One of the main things that keeps me watching this show is Zachary Quinto. How cool of a fucking character is Sylar? Rhetorical question. But even his character the entire season had mommy and daddy issues which permitted him from being the total badass he is. Now as I know, all of you are nodding your heads in agreement as you think this show is a ridiculous waste of time. While I still enjoy the plot line, the writers definitely need to come up with a more enticing way to end, or even run, a series.
How can I incorporate one of the characters smelling like straight up mayonnaise?
Basically, the last episode consisted of a battle between Sylar, Nathan, and Peter. Nathan, flying man is virtually useless in this fight.
This is the kind of thing that marrying a Dixie Chick leads you to.
Sylar, being the pseudo badass he is, kills the motherfucker. Sweet. Finally we get some real action. It’s then just Peter and Sylar, which isn’t really a fight at all. Basically Sylar bounces only to later get conned into meeting the president. Peter, disguised as a black president, injects him with what I’m assuming is something to pass out. Although, plot hole, he shouldn’t pass out because he’s got the same powers the cheerleader has and shouldn’t be left incapacitated, but of course, he does. Whatever.
I can't die, but you can knock me out.
In one of the biggest fucking bitch moves, the writers make Matt Parkman, with the ability to read people’s minds and make them think whatever he wants, convinces Sylar, who is unconscious, that he is Nathan Petrelli. What does this do? Besides completely believing he is Nathan, who is now dead, he shape shifts, which he can do, into Nathan. Why? To convince the world, and the cheerleader, that he is still alive. WTF?
The only glimpse of hope lies in the remaining minute where Nathan, Sylar, notices one of the clocks in his office running too fast. Sylar, formerly Gabriel Grey, was a watchmaker before he was a psycho killer.
I was pretty disappointed with this ending, but what can I do? I’m a professed fan of this sometimes faltering show. Will I watch the show next season? Of course. Will I be happy about it? Probably not.
We're afraid so.
It’s really a simple equation, Bravo. The guy who created Heroes is not a good writer. He’s a hack who previously worked on Crossing Jordan. When you do a sci-fi show like this where people have plot-changing abilities, you need a writer who A) has a plan, and B) knows how to write in the fantastical powers genre so that he won’t be constantly writing himself into corners — which is what Heroes has been doing from about the fourth episode onward. Thus, characters constantly get amnesia, or lose their powers, or something happens to them that they should be able to prevent.
It’s sloppy writing from producers who are out of their league. Of course, the characters all also terrible cardboard cutouts, so I’m not really sure what keeps you coming back for more. Go read Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men or something if you need a superhero fix.
Heroes will probably be canceled before the end of next season. It’s expensive to produce and it’s been tanking in the ratings for two years straight. Not surprising, since the foundation they built the show on was so weak.
I semi agree with you. The writers do seem to have many problems with character development and their solution involves one of those events where something unbelievable happens, only for it to be undone in another episode. They can’t ever stick with what happens. It’s never permanent, which makes things confusing.
I really thought it would be canceled before. The last 6 episodes are so took me a while to watch because it was just juvenile. I’d watch lost, but I have no idea what’s going on.