One Down, A Whole Bunch To Go

Least season's Heroes finale threatened to kill a whole bunch of regulars, but then they all survived. So I was pleased, in last night's episode, that they finally killed off one of them--D. L. Hawkins. True, he was one of the least popular, but it's about time. They could use more pruning.

I enjoy the show because it doesn't stint on the action. With so many storylines, they can only give any character a few scenes per episode, so they make sure each scene moves the story forward.

But they're only in their second season and they already seem at risk of repeating themselves. Two new characters have powers we saw last season--one can fly, the other can heal wounds. (Speaking of which, we found out last night Claire can feel pain--to which I can only say after all she's been though, often voluntarily--ouch!)

Worse, they brought back last year's main villain, Sylar (too popular to kill) and apparently all he wants to do is acquire everyone else's power. Well gee, he did that last year. (Admittedly, it looks like he'll be forced into a different direction this time.)

Speaking of Sylar, as predicted, if Peter or Sylar survived, their powers would have to be compromised because they can do too much. I would have preferred just killing them off, but they were too popular for that to happen. I'd guess the producers were originally going to kill Sylar but he became too big to do that.

One of the new powers is this sister-brother team. Apparently, she kills people uncontrollably and he can bring them back to life. If this is what they do, it seems pretty pointless.

The most popular character has been Hiro, but now he's stuck in the past. He needs to come back to the present and get back in the game.