Software Developer, Media Nut, and Proud Father of Two

Monday was the three hour premiere of Heroes, with the first hour being a long promo that was built up to the real two hour premiere. I'm happy to have Heroes back, and there were some big twists in the story, shocking revelations and a big start to what I hope will ultimately be a successful season. However, as an avid watcher and reader of the online comics, I can't help but feel that there were some issues with the story that made this opener feel a bit rushed, and by rushed I mean crammed with so many different plot elements so as to create a "shocking" and "crazy" two episodes. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, but now that I look back on it and think of the inconsistencies, unexplained circumstances and apparent continuity errors, I can't help but feel that the writers of the show are aiming harder for crazy twists and turns than they are with producing a quality story. Spoilers ahoy, so read with caution.

The story opens up with Peter running (because running is so much easier and faster than flying, or turning invisible, or phasing through walls, or changing his appearance, or doing all of the above) and eventually he runs into a building where Claire is waiting with a gun. In the future, people with abilities are hunted down and forced into hiding, but this future apparently becomes non-existent because Nathan never reveals that he can fly. What transpires from here causes a butterfly effect, drastically changing the future:

• Mohinder has figured out how to give people abilities
• We now have a formula that can bring about the destruction of the world
• Sylar now has Claire's ability of regeneration
• Some of the most dangerous people in the world have escaped captivity

The nature of the formula is not immediately known, but what we do see Hiro witnesses his future self getting killed by his best friend, Ando, who has a power of his own. My theory, which is probably reading too much into the show, is that the future of people with abilities being hunted no longer exists, or at least it won't exist until Volume IV starts, which has been titled Fugitives, and has no been replaced with a world where everyone can have a power. I'm sure this will somehow tie into the formula, which Mohinder may need to stop himself from mutating, so as to perfect his serum.

Other moments saw the return of Nikki, or at least it's a woman that looks exactly like Nikki, except her name is Tracey. One theory is that it's really her twin sister Jessica that supposedly died, though that wouldn't explain Nikki having a Jessica personality if Jessica were really alive (she has an ability, so I won't buy "trauma" as the reason she went schizophrenic). In a burst of anger, she froze a guy instantly, which was a big whoa moment. Nathan was magically healed and has now gone religious. Initially it seemed that Linderman was behind it, however, Nathan is the only person who can see Linderman, so how he survived is still a mystery. Future Peter displayed a few new tricks, being able to teleport a person without teleporting himself and putting a person inside another person's body. What I want to know is... what happened to present Peter's body? Is it just Peter's personality? We know that Peter's abilities didn't "transfer" else he would have escaped captivity. Now we move on to my gripes, some more head scratching than others.

I already mentioned Peter being on the run. So many ways for him to get away, and he chooses to actually run? When Sylar was inspecting Claire's brain, why wasn't she healing, replacing what was missing (the top of her skull)? How exactly does touching the brain give Sylar a person's power as opposed to doing some kind of fusing? How did Sylar go from New York City to California in what could only be conceived as a few hours, if not minutes? How did Noah get back to his cell in Sector 5 so quickly? How did Sylar get back to NYC so quickly when he killed Bob and confronted Elle? If they end up playing that Tracey is Nikki, that doesn't correlate to her being an adviser for the NY governor while being in a burning building in New Orleans at the same time. How the events played out would have better suited some kind of gap, but instead we're treated with concurrent events and the timeline just doesn't add up. Then there's the notion that a bullet in the head can kill a person with healing powers, which I don't see why. If the person can regenerate limbs, why not the parts of the brain that are missing? Unless, of course, they destroy the part of the brain that gives them their ability, then that makes sense since you're destroying the source. Because of this, cutting off the head of someone that regenerates shouldn't equate to their death, yet that's what appeared to have happened to Claire in Angela Petrelli's dream. Bah.

I'm glad Heroes is back, but I sincerely hope more overlooking isn't done with the story. They could take notes from Lost, where