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HeroestheSeries.com: Heroes News Round-Up: Declining Ratings, Fugitives, Angels and Monsters

  • andrew · 1 year ago
    AWW claire and sylar are bonding that so sweet. i couldnt watch heroes last monday i had to work. Sorry NBC wont happen again
  • heroesforever · 1 year ago
    this rating its base and dvr recoring dont make any sense not everybody use dvr a lot people just watched and that's it people without cable or satelite watch heroes and of course don't had dvr if i am wrong please guys tell me ? heroes rules and its nothing better than heroes on tv
  • Casey the Great · 1 year ago
    You think Heroes is better than Lost? You sad little person...
  • divinesynder · 1 year ago
    Heroes is awesome! But so is Lost! Lost is just as confusing as Heroes and I've been into Lost since it first premiered. Both shows rock!!!
  • kidsan · 1 year ago
    i used to love lost then it went to far and lost the plot lol
  • Vorrec · 1 year ago
    I used to love lost too until Season 3 aired. I started losing interest halfway through Season two. Don't go around calling people a "sad little person" just because you have different points of view. THAT'S sad. And ridiculously childish. What I think was just slightly off for Lost was that we never got any answers. Having a constant overwhelming feeling was good in the beginning but turned out to be too much. I wanted answers and then gave up. So now I support Heroes as my favorite show.
  • Alec · 1 year ago
    Heroes is great and all but I have to admit season was the best and the show has not gotten back to that amazing system they had.
    But it sure looks like they're trying and it looks like this season will get better the longer it goes on but at the moment Lost,Chuck and the office are more consistent with how good the show is.

    Why?Because they keep a balance with those shows.
    Heroes keeps breaking that balance with season 2 it was too slow and with season 3 it is moving too fast and they keep leaving plot holes and not giving us closure or at least an Idea of what happened to West,Monica or Caitlin which feels a bit odd of you watched season 2.

    I am sure they will fix it eventually and when they do Heroes could go back to being the best show on Television again lets just hope its before NBC cancels the show.
  • Meathook · 1 year ago
    I like the idea of Sylar becoming a hero. Even bonding with Claire is a step forward. He's just completely misunderstood. After "I Am Become Death", I actually feel sorry for him, he's got an eternal addiction that he has to struggle to fight with every day, it's not really his fault why he did what he did in the past.
  • MennoKnight · 1 year ago
    The new Sylar direction is fun, but, like so many other events this season, totally out of character. Sylar was at his most evil in S2, when he had no powers, and no hunger. Anyone else remember him making out with Maya while Alejandro's corpse cooled behind the door? So, now that he has a mommy, he's the waffle-man? Totally unbelievable.

    I'm hoping that this whole disconnect (religious Nathan, vengeful Claire) is actually a plot element. Some puppet-master influencing these people would be nice. Linderman may be an indication of this.
  • mig · 1 year ago
    his mom's got powers.

    it's not your ordinary persuasion like eden

    remember... she said i've got abilities far more than those you've seen...

    and ps:

    charles devaux.
    he can walk in dreams. like the man parkman met.
    but that guy has this certain painting "addiction"

    :P
  • enlightened by heroes · 1 year ago
    Charles devaux powers is to see the unseen. Anything that shouldn't be there.
  • Vorrec · 1 year ago
    You can't really say it's out of character. It's in character after all, since the writers wrote season 3, and it's their right. But I agree that it's too abruptedly different.
  • Bridget · 1 year ago
    Ratings are down across the board after the stupid strike messed everything up. Hopefully the next few weeks will see an upswing for the show, especially since it's so awesome this season. I'm really loving it, so much is happening.

    Speaking of awesome, Sylar and Claire bonding a bit? Oh god, that's going to rock. I wonder how long it'll be until everyone else finds out that Sylar's a Petrelli? Seeing Claire's reaction to that would be brilliant. I can't wait for the next episode!
  • martin h · 1 year ago
    Sam your clearly disallusioned! yes the writers strike didnt help matters but at the end of the day the reason the show is getting below par ratings is simply that season 2 was awful! and the first few episodes of season 3 are clearly not up to scratch either!
    im a heroes fan as much as the next guy - but considering the amount of time the writers had to think of an exciting story they really have stuffed things up.
    i wouldnt be surprised if they axed heroes after this season - it really needs something special to come out of this freefall.
    and to be honest i wouldnt miss it now if they did.
  • Tyrone · 1 year ago
    Lol, you're right, the reason the ratings are low is because Season 2 was a bomb... and at the end of the day, that was because of the writers strike. Now don't get me wrong, it didn't start off great but it could've ended a lot better than it did.

    And why is there so much negativity on Season 3. Is it honestly that bad?
  • Sam · 1 year ago
    martin h,

    If you don't think the beginning of Season 3 is "up to scratch", then you're clearly not much of a Heroes fan. Season 3 is already shaping up to be an excellent season. Add in your comment that if the show was canceled now, that you wouldn't miss it, clearly marks you as a fly-by-nighter, and not a real fan by any stretch of the imagination. As such, I don't know why you bother posting on a Heroes site. See ya, go watch "Dancing with the Stars".
  • HEROGUY · 1 year ago
    lol nice one sam I agree totally
  • David · 1 year ago
    yay iam going to be in fugitives :) lol i like it when characters in my faves series have the same name as me

    other than that, im excited i think aurthur may be conspiring with mats DAD ooh

    BUT ONW HUGE PLOT HOLE THAT I CAN SEE IS

    you saw the Flame thrower guy in level five just pointlessly showing off his flame ability in his cell? so how comes none of the other heroes can use there powers? and at end of episode 3 hiro and ando were in level 5 but in series 4 they were in level 2? this dont make sense could have been moved but still why cant they use there powers? i the haitian is in the building but evidentally he not always there
  • Jim · 1 year ago
    I get what everyone is saying, but i honestly don't think season two was that bad. Another thing half of my friends that watch heroes didn't even know it was coming back on. I would die if they ended Heroes after this season, I mean come on at least 6 or 7 seasons.
  • Indian Girl · 1 year ago
    u r right Jim. a lot of ppl ar clueless about it being on. take me for example, i don't really watch the network channels or what ever u want to call it, like NBC,ABC,CBS,Fox. So usually I start to watch a show once it already started. For Heroes, i started watching at the end of season1. So i had to catch up with old episodes. that's what happens for me with most shows. so, like u said, they probably don't even know it is on. i mean really who sits around watching NBC to see when Heroes starts airing again. I found out b/c of this website and just b/c i love this show. If they axe this show, I will be flippin mad, u have no idea. It should last at least 2 more seasons for me to be happy.
  • Tarot · 1 year ago
    I know some fans can't watch because they are working when it's on. Fortunately I am not one of them.

    When I was on the 3-11 shift I missed a lot of shows, even those I tried to tape. The VCR kept messing up. Now I'm on 11-7 and I made a point of taking the premiere night off so I could watch it all live.
  • SnakeHead · 1 year ago
    Blame the damned ratings to the Torrents. Though I can't blame that as I live outside the US and are watching it from the torrent too.
  • Princess D · 1 year ago
    i'm from India, and i watch download and watch the show every week! The show is great and if this heroes craze has come so far to India, i think the rest of the season will be awesome to watch, i am looking forward to the next airing.
  • Princess D · 1 year ago
    ("watch" doesn't come twice, sorry)
  • sweetie · 1 year ago
    I started watching Heroes Season 1 last week.Finished it in 2 days so I dont have much sleep.I loved every minute of it.It's a brilliant change from the normal comedy shows which is so ordinary.To the producers and writers ... keep on doing what you do best.
  • Pete · 1 year ago
    People need to accept the fact that Heroes is a poorly written show. The first season was excellent for five or six episodes, but that's it. As soon as they were praised as the new breakout hit, the show went off in too many directions and the story was all over the place. They did a poor job trying to bring it all together for the finale and they ended on a low note. Season 2 tanked and season 3 is off to a lousy start because they are overcompensating to make up for it. The ratings are down because the show isn't worth sitting through commercials just to watch it on Monday Night. People want to see a good story, If the just wanted stupid mindless entertainment they would watch reality TV. 8.2 million viewers last week, that's not a hit show. That's a show that won't be renewed next season if it keeps dropping each week.
  • azalea · 1 year ago
    Hmm, personally I really enjoy Season 3 just as much as seasons 1 and 2. I also was happy with season 2 (maybe I'm just easy to please :] ). I pray that it gets more viewers, and quick. I don't think it's even near this point, but if it were to get canceled, I would throw heavy kitchen appliances at the TV whenever NBC was on... I half-think I'm not kidding. :|

    I like the fact that Sylar is taking on a new sort of role- a hero (or at least trying to). I think Zach plays it well. I especially loved the scenes four years into the future at the former Bennet house. (squeeeeeal! :D ) I can't wait for more villains- though I do slightly miss Sylar being the big bad wolf of the Heroes world. Oh well!
  • Joshua Boraz · 1 year ago
    To all these people who think Season 3 is terrible, you'd just prefer if the story rewound and was just the heroes saving random normal people again. THAT IS BORING!

    The show has evolved. It evolved in Season 1. Season 2 wasn't great, but a lot of that was Maya's fault and a boring Mohinder/Company plot. We're now investigating Peter a lot more, we're seeing more of Sylar and I'm sure that the ratings will come up, I still don't miss an episode and I know a lot of people who DVR the thing anyways.

    I know this, Season 3 is light years beyond the boring Lost.
  • fred · 1 year ago
    EXACTLY.

    100% agreed.
  • fred · 1 year ago
    But, it's good to save some random life once in a while :P
  • MrWithaz · 1 year ago
    I'm the biggest Heroes fan ever!!!

    Season 1 - Was great - best hing on the TV in years I thought.
    Season 2 - Hmmm wasn't so good, too short & silly ending plus a very slow start.
    Season 3 - Seems okay at the moment but not sure where they going with it, they seem to be trying to hard??

    So in summary Season 1 was the best, Season 2 was the worst and Season 3 is somewhere in the middle. I will keep watching although I'm in England & have to torrent it. As I said above they seem to be trying 2 hard so far in Season 3, with lots of big things happening! But don't get me wrong I won't stop watching as I'm a loyal fan.

    Cheers

    Mr Withaz
  • Sylar Petrelli · 1 year ago
    I think that the strike ending season 2 was a blessing in disguise. That season was awful and where they were going with it seemed bad too. The virus was supposed to get out and the boring stories they had going would have just dragged out. Hero in Old japan and the New Orleans stories were just boring and seemed inconsequential to the overall story. Plus the time spent on Maya with a powerless Sylar wasn't entertaining either. Its a good thing they had the strike because I'm loving Season 3 and it might have been different if season 2 wasn't changed. I think they are giving us everything they can this year and I'm happy with iy. We finally get to see Arthur next week too.

    I just hope we get many more seasons and these ratings don't cause the show to end!!! There better at least be 5 seasons!
  • mattman · 1 year ago
    i don't know what most of you are whining about, this season is awesome, can't wait to see what arthur patrelli can do and what he and maury parkman have been plotting. Bet his (and angela's, i'm sure she has more than 1) power is very similar to peter's.

    This season is awesome, there is gonna be a huge showdown on the horizon, whoever is on the losing side i'm sure will be the main focus in "fugitives".

    Season 3 is heroes saving grace, i can't wait to see what is coming next.
  • Kristian B · 1 year ago
    Hey guys, Im just wondering, why doesn't Sylar just kill all the good heroes take their powers and become invincible? instead of doing what Angelas is telling him to.

    Also Hiro needs to travel back in time and kill Sylar when he doesn't have his powers.
  • Brookie · 1 year ago
    Wow I think season 3 is great we can't stay in season 1 forever now.These people had to grow with thier power.I love the Sylar and Peter stories now Angela and arthur this is getting good.I agrre season 2 was too slow nobody used thier powers but they are making up for it now.
  • Sezza80 · 1 year ago
    It pains me to say it but I can understand why the ratings are dropping. I love series 1-2 but I've not really enjoyed a single episode of the new series. I find it quite sad cos I adore all the characters but this series they are all bugging me. I felt no sympathy for anyone in 'I am become death' which surprised me (couldn't give a monkeys about Daphne) and even my favourite hero Hiro is annoying me with how stupidly he's been behaving. I hope it picks up soon. People slagged off series 2 but I don't get it cos I think that was much better written than this series.
    Why on earth did Peter tell himself to nick Sylar's power? It had better make sense at the end of the series or else that was just stupid (much like Peter taking Ted's power, why didn't he just send Claire or HRG to get Ted out of the city?), I know we wouldn't have a series if things were simplified but they could write it better so the same outcome happened but more believeable (i.e. in series one Peter being forced to stay in NY by Linderman or Angela instead of voluntarily going there when he knew how risky it would be were he to attain that power). I dunno, I just hope it improves soon. I looked forward to this show for so long and so far it fels like a letdown.
  • divinesynder · 1 year ago
    Heroes is awesome! Claire and Sylar bonding! That I can't wait to see. I think that SYlar should be the one to teach Claire to defend herself. Not only could she learn but she could also let out that anger and fear she has of him.
  • Analeigh Bleak · 1 year ago
    I hope they don't cancel heroes after this season. I think season 2 was terrible and i think in season 3 they are moving to fast. We don't know what happened to all the people like West and Caitlin.
  • achley · 1 year ago
    i always wonder what happened to caitlyn and west. it seems that they were just dumped out of the story. i really like this season so far but i would like some closure from last season at least. i don't think season 2 was that bad as everyone says it was but still i want closure. it just seems that there is this big hole in the story that needs to be filled to complete the story.

    heroes rocks and so lost.. i am a big fan of heroes but i have been watching lost ce forever and they have a good formula as to where the story is going. maybe heroes could pick up a few pointers but hey i love this season 3 so far!
  • fred · 1 year ago
    Heroes is an awesome show, has always been, will always be.

    I was so hyped to see Season 3, because it hits the ground RUNNING. I LOVE action. But I don't get some of these people, because Season 3 is the best season YET. Why? Because Season 3 is finally changing a LOT of stuff.

    Ando and Hiro fighting? It may seem like a flashback of the Casino place, but think about it. If Hiro sees Ando KILL him, wouldn't that turn Hiro... evil?

    Hiro and evil NEVER came together before.

    Adam is going to kick ass this season, I'm pretty sure. He won't get locked back up. Hopefully. :P

    Digging the pity for Sylar, he's become my new favourite character!

    The worst storyline though right now has got to be Mohinder. But let's hope it gets more interesting once Nathan brings Tracy to him.

    Heroes is an unbelievable show. The second season may have been cut off and ruined, but I'm SURE season 3 will be back with a blast.

    HEROES FOR LIFE. \_|_|__/--|-\ (A very crappy helix :P)
  • Sylar Petrelli · 1 year ago
    who cares about West and Caitlin!! I mean if you want to be picky like that you'll never enjoy the show. I guess supposedly they were gonna have Peter meet back up with Caitlin if season 2 wasn't shortened. And i'm sure west will show up again like other boring characters like Monica. THE BEST WAY TO SHOW THEM AGAIN WOULD BE TO HAVE SYLAR KILL WEST AND MONICA AND TAKE THOSE POWERS! THOSE 2 POWERS WOULD BE PERFECT FOR HIM TO HAVE! One thing I never understood is how in season 1 when Parkman shoots Sylar (after he tries to get to Molly and has the fed girl with her gun to her head) the bullets don't kill him and he flies away but he didn't have those powers yet did he???
  • 311 · 1 year ago
    If you have not seen season 3 episode 5 then do not read below.

    Season 3 is great, best episodes I've seen yet, and all my friends agree. The ratings are low most likely because people just assume it sucks without watching it, thanks to season 2. I think the direction they're headed is awesome, "Angels and Monsters" shows that everyone, even Peter or Sylar, is human and has both good and evil inside.

    The only thing that bothers me so far is what Hiro did to Ando, and how quickly they kill off new characters. Almost all of level 5 was owned easily, only a few remain. I thought Bennet spent his whole career putting these people away? They're easily beaten and killed all in the same episode. I like the Linderman/Maury idea, that was a smart way to return a very popular character. Overall Heroes is headed on the right path, tell your friends about the show and get them into it!

    Extra

    I see some bad posts above, some examples:

    "One thing I never understood is how in season 1 when Parkman shoots Sylar (after he tries to get to Molly and has the fed girl with her gun to her head) the bullets don’t kill him and he flies away but he didn’t have those powers yet did he???"

    Well lets see, even back then Sylar uses telekinesis to stop the bullets.... It was the first power that Sylar "collected". Look him up on the Heroes wiki.

    "(Peter's)his mom’s got powers.

    it’s not your ordinary persuasion like eden"

    Angela Petrelli, although once thought to have persuasion, has been confirmed as NOT having that ability. Although I can see why you might think that.
  • Mighty_Coyote · 1 year ago
    About Hiro killing Ando: I'm sure Hiro has a plan. He has the power to stop time, so I'm sure he was able to do something to fake Ando's death.

    About the Petrelli's: I really enjoy how Nathan has a synthetic ability. I think the climax of this season is how the "natural heroes" are going to be fit against those that were manufactured. Primatech vs. Pinehurst

    Lastly, I wish to see the continued storyline of Monica. I personally think her power is not only unique but is also an asset to this upcoming battle.

    Keep up the good work Heroes writers! I now have something to look forward to every Monday!
  • ivy · 1 year ago
    I own and have watched all of heros since the begining and I am very disappointed with the new season. I will no longer be watching due to horrible story lines and it just dose not make any since anymor. What happended to the writers after the writers strike did they all get firered and did heroes have to hirer new writers. I would like to have the old writers back and have heroes stay go back to the great characters they once had. I am very sad and disappointed. Ivy
  • Newbunkle · 1 year ago
    Season 3 rocks, its much better than both of the other seasons combined. Can't wait for next week, its awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Guardian · 1 year ago
    DOES NO ONE REALIZE HOW MANY DISCREPANCIES THESE WRITERS HAVE CAUSED? In season 3, after being cut, Peter doesn’t heal? How is that possible when in season 2 he shows us he has Claire’s power by healing from her bullet wound? And how is it possible for future Peter to die from a mere gunshot wound? When in season 2, he healed days after having a glass shard stuck in the back of his head, merely by pulling the shard out (again, this happened days later). Another question, How can Tracey, Barbra and Nikki be triplets, if in season 1 we are shown that Nikki has a twin sister, Jessica who died as a child?

    I am disappointed with this season so far, and hope the writers will find a way, to fix their mistakes.

    And no I am not happy that Claire and Sylar, who practically raped Claire of her powers 3 episodes earlier, are bonding. Heroes is founded on the principles of good versus evil and at present these lines are blurred!

    Guardian
  • Vorrec · 1 year ago
    Again, the lack of clues has been mistaken for discrepancies. There are many reasons why Peter could not have healed from the cut on his face. This is something the writers have promised to explain this season. Future Peter died because the Haitian was present-Present Peter had to hit him on the head to escape. Claire knows her powers-she could easily prevent Future Peter from awakening from the wound after Present Peter escaped. Tracy's storyline is still a blur! Why can't people realize that they're not supposed to know everything at first? You're all waiting for so much information to be thrown on you in a single episode. How is Heroes so different to Lost in this perspective? We have to wait for information, we are not the ones who write the script! This is really getting on my nerves. What is wrong with blurring the line? I would imagine that if it were a straight good versus evil theme throughout the series you critics would complain even more for lack of plotline. You know, all us Heroes fans should just sit back and let you critics try to write a story and we'll see how THAT goes. I am very disappointed with the collapsing support of Heroes just because it is treated differently than Lost but are respectively the same thing—they’re both mysteries, and in Lost this can be accepted, but not in Heroes.
  • enlightened by heroes · 1 year ago
    yeah, that's right vorrec. even speculating here is fun. who knows, maybe one of us is correct on what will happen. and don't forget. Were only on the start of the show. Many things will happen and be explained. Maya's storyline should be clear on the 2nd season, peter's scar was supposed to explain in that same season. They'll cope up for the delay that was caused by the writers' strike. just keep watching heroes. it will unfold sooner or later.

    There's also a 4th season called Fugitives. New mysteries, new plot lines, new questions or new answers. If after Season 3, any of our questions is not answered, by God we have the right to rant about it.
  • Tag Heuer Petrelli · 1 year ago
    Maybe Peter needs to get back his great hairstyle from season 1. That'll give the ratings a boost...It all went downhill when he cut his hair short, dont u think...It's all feng shui stuff...Anyway, love Heroes season 3!!!