So it’s getting better.  We got to see some cool stuff (mostly Peter being a badass) and some interesting plotlines are emerging. 

[Mild Spoilers]

The Good:  Seeing Peter doing some awesome superhero stuff in a “fighting scenario”.  The fact that the writers/creators do seem to actually have a few interesting plot lines up their sleeves for Hiro’s yawn inducing Kensei trip to the past (self healing for the drunken gaijin?  didn’t see that one coming).  Nicki, Micah, & DL are still blissfully absent.  I was frustrated to no end last year by “the Haitian” character (if only because he was called only “the Haitian”) but his return was surprisingly interesting and it was cool to see him reuinited with HG.

The Bad:  The predictable and repetitive stuff going on with Hiro in the past…it was better than last episode but it is still really rough and slow.  The super annoying and creepy “boy that will obviously be Claire’s love interest this year” peeping in windows and spying on people like a standard issue peeping tom.  Claire’s whiney behavior and childish antics, she’s above this.  Peter can kick the crap out of three guys, but he can’t take his precious little box of information from one guy?  Gimme a break.  I concede that he doesn’t have much control right now, but the writer’s can’t just decide to make him a badass one minute and a pussycat the next because it suits their needs.

The Ugly:  We still have to endure those bad Irish accents (some better than others – Caitlin’s was pretty good).  The twins are muy annoying.  Why are all the women characters so whiny lately?  The frustrating thing is that i like the twins power, or what we know of it, it’s an interesting idea that one twin can in effect “bring the other one down” from her killing sprees and that they have to stay together to prevent deaths, but so far it is not interesting to watch and the writers have given us no reason to like or relate to these characters.  Also, twins, notoriously in comics and SF etc., have similar powers or their powers work in synch or augment eachother, so it’s not like this is ground breaking stuff…I’m going to need a little more here.

Overall I give this episode a C+/B- and I am hopeful that the grade will continue to get better (although we are obviously due an appearance by NMDL – Nicki, Micah, DL – and that will likely only hurt the show’s grade).  But here’s to hoping that the superhero bubble doesn’t burst this year…if Heroes can stay smart and interesting…superheroes as a whole can hang on a bit longer to their current pop culture domination and maybe so can publisher/agent interest in my book (please please please…did that sound like begging? Cause it was).

ah Invisible Man Claude…where are you?  Please come back and while you’re here kill some of the lame characters who eat up your screentime okay?