POLL Who else misses HEROES?

(*raises hand*) I do. It was my favorite show.

And I don't normally _like_ television, ok, so when I say that, I mean it was the ONLY thing I bothered watching consistently. If I missed an episode I caught it online, sometimes at midnight the next day practically.

Regarding the answer above me: That's only half true. Yes, Season One was the greatest, but the show _did_ in fact do a lot to pull itself out of its own nosedive, starting with the "Fugitives" arc.

The main and _Major_ problem this show has always had is this: it doesn't know when to let a good idea go already, and move on. NBC meddled with the original plan to kill Sylar dead in Season One and leave him _really dead_--they demanded that Zach Quinto stay on board.

And it goes without saying that Tim Kring really did need to retire from the writer's room, along with Jeph Loeb, after the debacle known as "Villains". Simply put, every lame, repetitive beginning episode, where the intros are needlessly repeated over and over again, is his fault--he authors or co-authors every single one of those. And likewise, he's had his hand in _every last_ messed-up, anti-climactic ending the series has ever had.

The show may be his baby, but he can't be trusted to write good episodes of it anymore. He bought into the network's meddling _too much_, fell in love with too many of his earliest characters, and basically _cannot_ write a _good_ original episode of the show anymore. Even when he's allowed to.

But still. _Heroes_ is like pizza to me: even when it's bad, I still like the characters and setting well enough that it makes watchable television, at least _for me_. Trouble is, it _used to be_ intelligent television as well, and it could actually get back to that.

Man.....I miss this show. I do. But I really _don't_ trust NBC or Tim Kring to do right by us anymore. We had to go _begging_ for a lame, one-episode wrap-up, maybe. One. Stinking. Episode. Two hours with ads, meaning at most 65 minutes to tell a season's worth of story. Can you say "guaranteed to fail"? Seriously.

If Jay Leno were held to the same standards as _Heroes_ was, he'd be out of a job right now. No joke.

It depends on how you define hero. I have a hero in Afghanistan that I miss with all my heart.

I need a hero...who drives 6 hours to get home...lol.

1st season was great but it was all downhill from there.