Heroics

Spoiler warning for Heroes. Don't read if you missed Monday's episode:

I've been enjoying NBC's Heroes--it plays like a lighter version of Lost. I thought the last episode, which told us a lot more about the past, was one of the best yet.

Still, I can't say I like how Hiro's father, played by George Takei, is sudddenly so central. Previously, he was just a major businessman disappointed his son wouldn't follow him into the business. Now he's part of the whole conspiracy behind, well, whatever's going on with all the lead characters.

Let's leave aside this seems to be inconsistent with what we've seen so far. There's also a danger, as George Lucas proved, that when you show everyone in the previous generation was intimately involved with everything happening today, it makes the present-day story less special and the world a smaller, more insular place.