Maybe it's me...

[vwvortexer]

But after watching the second season opener of "Heroes," I don't see how it's anything more than Lost, minus the gorgeous scenery and beautiful photography. Oh, and the writing, too, though I see the pilot didn't get eaten by a polar bear this time, and I would so do Greg Grunberg in a heartbeat. Just watch me

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[bizarrojack]

Well, I can't speak for season 2, having seen only 1 episode of it, but almost all of season 1 was absolutely riveting. If only I had known you were going to, I would have told you absolutely not to have watched this episode. Watching season 1 unfold was a really uniquely exciting experience, and knowing what you do now might not ruin it, but it will certainly take away a lot.

Season 1 was paced very quickly, and the only major complaints were about the season 1 ender, which was really not that bad at all. season 2 episode 1 was distinctly boring by comparison, if you ask me. Tonight's episode had "normal tv" pacing, not "heroes" pacing. We'll see if they can do it again this year. I bet they can. Season 1 episode 1 was not that amazing either, though.

I highly recommend attempting to forget anything you absorbed from tonight's episode, and watching season 1 before picking up with it again. Just DVR it or something.

[bizarrojack]

To specifically address your comments, the scenery and photography aren't ever much more interesting than what you saw tonight. At least, not that I noticed. The main thing heroes has that lost doesn't is a story where things actually happen.

[vwvortexer]

Hmmm...I doubt I'll be able to forget everything I saw tonight, and I'll probably just keep watching on Mondays even if I don't get to watch any of Season 1 till mid-way through Season 2. You've convinced me to give Season 1 a try, but I'm still not compelled to watch everything in order for better flow like I was with Lost.

And in Lost's defense, when things do happen, it's a really great show. The second half of the last season was significantly greater than the first half.

[bizarrojack]

I'll be interested to see what you think of it, from the "watching it out of order" perspective.