As I anticipate watching my DVR’d Heroes season finale, I reflect on what has been, for me, a sub-par season. And here’s why.
After you watch enough television, you learn what kind of fan you are. I like complicated. I would prefer to be a little confused rather than feel like everything is being spelled out for me. That’s why, even though I’m still not entirely sure what happened, I still love season two of Veronica Mars
The first half of Heroes season three, the one with Alexander and Loeb, is complicated. It moves in unpredictable, (mostly) interesting directions with almost every ep. A few times it really loses the character thread, and even the narrative thread, but it never feels boring, predictable or oversimplified.
The second half, without them, has every important plot point repeated in every ep, sometimes more than once. Very few surprises.
But it’s easy to follow.
(That having been said, mad shout out to Željko Ivanek, who is pwning this half.)
I am totally with you on Heroes this season. Fringe and Dollhouse both leapfrogged it for me for exactly the same reason. Check out this month’s Wired mag guest edited by JJ Abrams for the shiznit on mysteries and storytelling.