I finally watched Heroes episode 11 (aka the end of volume 2) yesterday. I'm not happy with the endings. Seriously, what is wrong with them trying to get Nathan killed again? The end of season 1, we're not sure if he's alive or not, and it's still same situation now. Volume 2 was really sluggish from the start and the writer himself also noted that he did some mistakes and should have just moved the story a little bit faster.

I think the problem with volume 2 was that they have multiple plot lines with 2 villains running at the same time. The first volume establish that Sylar is the villain. Then there's the "save the cheerleader, save the world" which completely points to Sylar trying to get every power that he can get and save NY from the "bomb", that's what everyone was trying to do in the first volume. In the second, it's just all over the place. First we still have Sylar alive with no abilities, when we're wondering if they're going to redeem him in the second volume, we figured out that he's not going to do that, it's very un-Sylar like. Then there's Hiro in feudal Japan and I completely think that he spend his time too long there. I think what makes that part painful to watch at least for me was how unconvincing was their "feudal Japan" set/portrayal. If their portrayal is much more convincing and authentic, I think I wouldn't mind watching it since I love historical periods. But, no, their feudal Japan feels like Western Middle Ages to me and the fact that Takezo is a westerner doesn't help either. Next, Peter lost his memories. An amnesia? How cliché is that? No matter how much I like Peter, I found myself skipping a lot on his story in vol.2. I'm not interested in this Peter for some reason. I just want my old Peter back! When he's back, he's choosing on the wrong side....it's not even funny! The more interesting thing was, Caitlin somehow disappeared and never came back...and Peter after meeting with Nathan, didn't seemed to worry about her anymore. Well, I don't really care about her anyway. Another plot that I can't stand was the whole Claire "Daddy is suspicious" again. I'm watching and going, "wait, where's the trust that you guys gain at the end of season 1?" It now seemed like season 1 repeats itself again with Claire not trusting her Dad. On top of it all, there's the Shanti virus. They were trying to do a lot of things in the second volume; finding out who the murderer was and trying to stop the Shanti virus. Sylar is on the side because he's not as dangerous now, but still he killed 3 people along the way. I really don't like the fact that they made Takezo from 400 years ago the murderer. I was really disappointed when I know that because to me, it just sounded silly. I was expecting something better, not this kind of silly plot twist.

Now I'm not really sure if I want to follow Volume 3 or not when I saw the beginning of vol 3. Sylar is back, with his powers. I'm tired of him, seriously, he's probably going to do the same thing in season 1 and tried to get all the powers he can get. Then, maybe some new characters are going to be introduced, and there's another world destruction risk that they probably have to stop. It's getting repetitive now if it's going that way. I just really wish they killed Sylar on the first season. Move on, man!

I think that's probably the fault with American TV series. They followed the audience's demand so much and as long as it's successful, the series will continue on no matter how absurd and silly the story has become. If it's episodic like CSI, I don't mind because it's episodic anyway, so it doesn't really matter. But with stories that continues on like Heroes or Lost, I don't think many seasons will do them good. Season 1 of both Lost and Heroes are really good. I was really into the stories. But starting from season 2 and on...they were losing it. Heroes season 1 is really good and the ending of volume 1 just tie all the plot together. I wish it's just going to end that way. I don't mind if Peter and Nathan died, because they died heroically. Lost season 2 is still bearable, but the story is going to a place that got me really confused and by season 3, I'm totally LOST! I'm not even following it anymore now. Let's see when Heroes come back in volume 3, I might just watch the first episode to see if I'm going to follow it or not. I think there's a bigger chance I won't. This is probably the reason why I watched a lot more of the Asian TV series. Yes, they're lower quality, they're in no way can compare to the U.S TV series, but they didn't drag the whole story out until a few seasons (except for some....) Even in Asian TV series, I prefer Japanese series because they're short (11 episodes roughly) and they moved in a pretty quick pace and didn't drag the story if not needed.

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