Heroes S3 episode 1: my review of the preview

[forsquilis]

I saw the first episode of Heroes season 3 yesterday at Comic Con, and...I’m cautiously optimistic. There was promise and there was also heart-sinking unpleasantness. I’ll explain why below the cut, but I will say one non-spoilery thing: smooth, calculating, unstoppable S1 Sylar is back. And right at this moment, that’s all I needed.

First of all,

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[kalikahuntress]

Hahaha, I love being validated here, thanks for writing this up. I knew Mohinder's story line was going to be WTF, but the only way this can be salvaged in my mind is if the Wrongda spoilers have any truth to them, apparently Mohinder needs to scale back and take less of the serum. This should mean, if the writers learned anything from ripping of X-Men is that the this will not be permanent and there will be consequences. If the writers are smart, they will make a point of Mohinder going to the docks to shoot up like the ex bcse he didn't want Maya to see him going against her wishes to destroy the serum. Also, I want Maya to see that Mohinder is turning into Sylar/Gabriel 2.0 and run away

[kalikahuntress]

Also, I am enthralled with everyone else's storylines, so I didn't add much except yay my girls get cool stuff to do and Sylar is rockin', I suspect the future spoiler revelation will add to his character growth, can't wait to see how my murderous baby deals with all that

[xanatosdecrion]

@ forsquilis,

Thanks so much for this. I said I wouldn't read any spoilers, but you gave such a detailed account. I'm still going to try and watch it, however, I came in on Heroes AFTER the fact; only watching the season 1 after a friend suggested I borrow his copy. THEN I became hooked. I don't know if I can wait week-to-week to view it. Kinda like watching it one sitting LOL though I did try viewing season 2 regularly; just didn't work out, plus i was bored with it. Thanks again!

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[spookmoth]

I'm sorry, but we must be friends now D: Brain Candy and Sylar and (insert third thing we have in common here) oh my. Or at least vaguely aquainted fandom-goers.

I skimmed cautiously yet eagerly through the review in-between my fingers, and it appears the season's going to go in precisely the way I figured it would. Sounds promising, though, as long as Maya gets killed off relatively quickly. Whatever happened to shows staying good for seven or eight years before they went downhill? Now you've got to fret over things going south after the first season and a half if you're lucky. Here's hoping Heroes redeems itself with lots of rampant hoyay and maybe a newly-introduced character that /doesn't/ suck cheese (seriously, guys, you did so good in the first season, what the heck happened in s2?).