Heroes - Season 2

Aside from how much the writer's strike ruined this show.....I'll side step that point and just get into the season itself.

A good story arc begins with Hiro in 1671 Japan. A wonderful story that I think fans would agree didn't play out at all as we expected. Personally I thought that after the first time he had to step in, Hiro would realize that Adam wasn't the one, but he was. (I am trying to avoid spoilers for those who will read this prior to watching).

The arc however continues in another direction than the writing would have suggested, which was a nice twist, but is rather disappointing overall when we discover that the villian we don't even like to hate - we just don't like - is still around. And the story seems to be focusing on him at points which makes no sense as his role in the season is minimal at best. At the end of the season it makes no difference anyways as our favorite characters are written out almost as quickly as they were written in......I will try not to point out how much the writer's strike is a thorn in my side that will not go away....oops, just did.

Connections between characters seem even more far-fetched then ever before and because of the strike when they came back had only 2-3 episodes to close up all the loose ends with....which they did poorly as some of them they don't even close up, we simply never hear from the characters again. The beginning starts strong, but by the end of the season you're left reminding yourself that the first season was so impressive and they just had a hiccup it will get better.....but it never does.