Heroes | The Rise and Fall of a Potential Classic

Honestly, as much as I loved Heroes, I don't even remember anything past season 1.

I've always said that Heroes was a victim of it's own popularity. The real decline of the show started with the decision to keep the same cast/characters despite the fact that they had just ended their stories. In fact, Heroes is a great example of what happens when company's won't let the story of a franchise end *cough Indiana Jones *cough.

I really liked the first season <3 But i remember that i was sooooo furious that they gave Sylar a motive in the second season..... I loved the idea of a true bad/cold/emotionless person so much, a villian that just did bad things because he could because he was the most powerful one and he wanted knowledge. PERFECTION.

Heroes & Lost were running around the same time for a few years, I was in network television heaven during those days!

Claire being killed off screen is infuriating. Slyer rips part of her brain out in season 3 and reveals her powers evolved to the point she can not die to anything. so how the fuck did they kill

I think the original idea to do an Anthology by focusing on new characters each season would've been great. We would've been able to discover more of the Heroes world through new storylines, more abilities, and other perspectives. Not to mention the old characters could still have made appearances without being the focus, like maybe a future Hiro who helps out from the shadows for one episode, or Peter teaching someone who can't control his powers, just like he couldn't. So many missed opportunities.

One of the biggest problems with Heros was that there was no reliable moral center, most of the good guy characters from season one became bad guys in later seasons, and numerous (failed) attempts at redemption arcs to redeem irredeemable bad guys made for a confusing and rather sickening watching experience. This was the main reason I left the show partway through the Villains volume.

It's unbelievable that Isaac, a character who died in SEASON ONE, had already drawn comics that foretell the events of THE REBOOT. How did the company or any other character think to go through every copy of 9th Wonders to put together what would essentially be a copy of the entire script of the show held by its own characters

I forgot just how much I loved Heroes. It was such joy in the first season: and there were pearls in later seasons, but by the end of season 4, I was hoping it wouldn't be renewed. It felt like a catgartic ending, in my opinion. They called back to the start of the show then ended it with a giant question mark, and let us, the audiance, answer it.

The “Fugitives” volume had an interesting premise. The idea of people with abilities being hunted by the government had a very “Xmen” feel to it

To me it seems very obvious they only had story for the first 13 episodes. That was a thrilling and tight story. But if you go back and watch... it seems like it was supposed to end there. They had to "undo" things (such as Claire's friend having his memory wiped). Then they started giving everyone powers and making it genetic (boring) and having everyone related to each other. Around episode 16 of the first season you can see they are flailing around not really having a clue what to do with people. If NBC would let me do a new heros I could fix it. The joy of the original was just that every day people were developing powers... that was what people liked explored. And you can't have too many powers... then it just gets silly and they can't be too powerful. They need to pull the power out when necessary.

Monica was actually a favorite of mine in season 2 because she was really diving into the potential of being a hero/vigilante. Wish they tied her and Micah into the major plot.

The first season of the show captured its essence brilliantly , it was unique , you could feel the scale of the stress , stakes and it had this feeling that I just can’t explain but I think it was just epic in every way , idk but there was something futuristic , poetic and captivatingly biblical yet fresh and new , they tried to ride off of that and became a shadow of their own vision , which isn’t shocking cuz most tv shows go through that when they have to stretch the material for money

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My husband and I have been rewatching Heroes. I still love the show despite its flaws but I mourn for what it could have been. It's actually been fun pointing out the plot holes and dumb character decisions (why do they ALL stare at the eclipses, don't they know that's bad for your eyes?). I'm not sure if we'll watch Heroes Reborn, we started it during the initial run but never finished it. Not sure if it's worth watching.

It educated mainstreamers in comic book style story arcs, superhero tropes, and the need for miniseries over ongoing TV series as well as the need for lower episode counts.

This show broke more hearts than chris Hemsworth

Best line ever when bad guy says “hey Matt what am I thinking now?” with a gun to Matt’s head, and Noah says “Your last thought” and shoots bad guy. Omg I love it.

The plot suffered a lot in places some due to the writers strike others due to the fact that I'm not totally sure these people completely understood superhero media you got Peter's girlfriend he lost in the future then instantly forgot about you got Maya and Alejandra who were added to the show for literally no reason barely having their own story mostly being there for syler to steal their powers

The only thing I remember about Heroes is that it was Milo Ventimiglia’s most emo role to date. That hair in S1 totally fits the decade. Man, I miss the mid 2000’s.