The Fall of Heroes

Heroes is one of the shows that belonged to theHowever, trouble started by the end of first season.
"Golden Era of American Television." Rightfully so, theirThey whole season was setting up for the unthinkable
show is one with a unique twist on a plot that hasblowing up of New York City. And then they didn't.
been told and re-told one too many times.When a show is too coward to pursue an original idea
When they did their pilot last four seasons ago, itthat made the show exciting anyway, it is surely as
signaled not just the new found ability of writers andsign that they are not willing to take risks. Risks are
creators to come up with exciting ways to producewhat make a show great.
great drama but also of the market's preparedness toThen the writers' strike happen. The show found itself
embrace storylines that are not necessarily common. Itwithout the original writer who made came up with the
was really going well for Heroes, the ratings, the fad,characterizations and all. The raw idea fell out. The
the trend they seemed to have started all signaled thatcharacter found itself moving around a situation which
their shows is bound to be one of those that will bethey didn't create nor influenced. The heroes suddenly
remembered decades and decades after it folds.became victims. They started gaining their powers,
Just as a recap, the show is about seeminglythen losing them, then changing them, as if the writers
unconnected ordinary joes that had one thing incouldn't quite decide what to do with them.
common - a genetic mutation that gave them extraWorse, there was no plot. You don't know what you
ordinary abilities. It sounds like X-men. The difference isare waiting for and found no sense in watching them.
that they didn't have a professor X that knew all theSome reports says that the network is thinking of a
answers to their questions and is ready to guide them.shortened final season to wrap up the serialized show
They all were imperfect living in an imperfect world inbut nothing is final yet.
imperfect circumstances.