Monday night TV
Oh, Heroes. Why must you be so disappointing? I suppose I shouldn't be overly surprised, given that I was utterly underwhelmed when the series premiered last season, and the first season finale didn't exactly blow me away. Still, I had hoped that the second season would have the same kind of energy and momentum that the middle of S1 did. Sadly, that is not the case so far.
I continue to be bored every single second that Maya and Alejandro are on my screen. Why should I care about these people? They're on the run from the law, have no discernible personalities, and don't even have cool powers. They're more like a disease and its antidote than actual heroes. Now, of course, Maya has crossed the line to purposely killing people, and she and her brother have hooked up with the guy who apparently stole Claire's car. Does this mean they'll eventually interact with our favorite cheerleader? Or will they make it to the States and still be boring and annoying?
Speaking of Claire, she seems to have herself a "super" boyfriend. I didn't realize that I had changed the channel to Smallville, but the swoopy blue screen of romance in the sky was utterly cheesetastic. And while I want to like West, I really don't. The borderline stalker tendencies, not to mention his ham-handed questions in class, mostly just make me want to smack him. Plus, let's face it--there are already two guys on the show who can fly, and they're both way hotter than West.
We finally get to see Niki and Micah again, not that I care, although it does finally answer the question of whether D.L. survived. The answer is no, and I would be sad, except I didn't really care about their family to begin with. At least the writers killed someone.
Of course, they didn't kill Sylar, who apparently has been whisked off to Hawaii by NotMissyPeregrym. Is anybody watching Reaper, by the way? NotMissy is apparently NotBright, and manages to get herself killed and get fat all in a matter of minutes. Fortunately, Sylar is still oddly sexy in his glorious evilness.
Peter is still over in Ireland, surrounded by shitty accents and making googly eyes at some chick. On the plus side, she's not his niece. He channels Darth Vader and spends some time shirtless, which are both good things.
When did Matt and Mohinder get so very, very gay? I love them and their little insta-family with Molly. They even have coordinating names!
And finally there is Hiro, who manages to pass notes to Ando across the millennia. So cute. He's busy being adorable back in the 17th century, determined to set right what once went wrong (wait, that's Quantum Leap...) and mooning over the swordmaker's daughter. And in the one cast addition that truly seems to work so far, David Anders continues to be awesome as Kensei. His pronouncement that Hiro is "like a conscience" was delightful. Plus, he's pretty and I'm shallow. Sue me.
In contrast to my Heroes disappointment, How I Met Your Mother continues to exceed my expectations this season. Even if Ted is, at heart, basically a tool. Danica McKellar is back as Trudy, and this time she's joined by Busy Phillipps as a competitive sorority sister. The fact that the girls want to have a threesome with Ted is secondary to the hysterical preparation that goes into said threesome, particularly as Barney goes from trying to sabotage the event to providing Ted with a game plan. He even admits to choking on his own opportunity to be with two women. Neil Patrick Harris manages to strike a perfect balance between Barney's smarm and his utter adorableness. Meanwhile, poor Robin is stuck in a negligible b-plot that is noteworthy only because it features a hot guy with an accent.
I continue to be bored every single second that Maya and Alejandro are on my screen. Why should I care about these people? They're on the run from the law, have no discernible personalities, and don't even have cool powers. They're more like a disease and its antidote than actual heroes. Now, of course, Maya has crossed the line to purposely killing people, and she and her brother have hooked up with the guy who apparently stole Claire's car. Does this mean they'll eventually interact with our favorite cheerleader? Or will they make it to the States and still be boring and annoying?
Speaking of Claire, she seems to have herself a "super" boyfriend. I didn't realize that I had changed the channel to Smallville, but the swoopy blue screen of romance in the sky was utterly cheesetastic. And while I want to like West, I really don't. The borderline stalker tendencies, not to mention his ham-handed questions in class, mostly just make me want to smack him. Plus, let's face it--there are already two guys on the show who can fly, and they're both way hotter than West.
We finally get to see Niki and Micah again, not that I care, although it does finally answer the question of whether D.L. survived. The answer is no, and I would be sad, except I didn't really care about their family to begin with. At least the writers killed someone.
Of course, they didn't kill Sylar, who apparently has been whisked off to Hawaii by NotMissyPeregrym. Is anybody watching Reaper, by the way? NotMissy is apparently NotBright, and manages to get herself killed and get fat all in a matter of minutes. Fortunately, Sylar is still oddly sexy in his glorious evilness.
Peter is still over in Ireland, surrounded by shitty accents and making googly eyes at some chick. On the plus side, she's not his niece. He channels Darth Vader and spends some time shirtless, which are both good things.
When did Matt and Mohinder get so very, very gay? I love them and their little insta-family with Molly. They even have coordinating names!
And finally there is Hiro, who manages to pass notes to Ando across the millennia. So cute. He's busy being adorable back in the 17th century, determined to set right what once went wrong (wait, that's Quantum Leap...) and mooning over the swordmaker's daughter. And in the one cast addition that truly seems to work so far, David Anders continues to be awesome as Kensei. His pronouncement that Hiro is "like a conscience" was delightful. Plus, he's pretty and I'm shallow. Sue me.
In contrast to my Heroes disappointment, How I Met Your Mother continues to exceed my expectations this season. Even if Ted is, at heart, basically a tool. Danica McKellar is back as Trudy, and this time she's joined by Busy Phillipps as a competitive sorority sister. The fact that the girls want to have a threesome with Ted is secondary to the hysterical preparation that goes into said threesome, particularly as Barney goes from trying to sabotage the event to providing Ted with a game plan. He even admits to choking on his own opportunity to be with two women. Neil Patrick Harris manages to strike a perfect balance between Barney's smarm and his utter adorableness. Meanwhile, poor Robin is stuck in a negligible b-plot that is noteworthy only because it features a hot guy with an accent.