Heroes rewatch
I’m rewatching Heroes as an adult and just finished Season 3. For context, I first watched the show when I was 15, and now I’m 24. I definitely understand a lot of the themes and characters better than I did back then.
Overall, it’s still an enjoyable watch. Nothing will ever top Season 1 for me, though. I think Heroes was a really good show for its time. One thing that usually annoys me in superhero shows (looking at The Flash) is when every side character eventually gets powers. Heroes actually handles this really well because the new abilities feel relevant to the story instead of being thrown in just because. I especially liked how they gave both Ando and Mohinder powers without it feeling forced.
Now for my complaints.
I hate how the show keeps trying to convince me that characters like Noah and Nathan are redeemable. They make the same mistakes every single season and end up causing so many of the problems everyone else has to deal with. It also feels like the writers really want us to believe Peter should just forgive Nathan because he’s family. Sure, Nathan did the right thing in the end, but he was still a selfish, power-hungry person for most of the series, and countless people died because of his ambition. One good decision at the end doesn’t erase everything that came before it.
Another thing that annoyed me was Hiro. I understand why people love him, but he treats Ando terribly. The amount of times Ando has saved Hiro, only to be talked down to, ordered around, or treated like a useless sidekick, drove me crazy. By this point Ando has proven himself over and over again, yet Hiro almost never treats him like an equal.
I also hate how inconsistent Hiro’s powers are. I get that his abilities are insanely overpowered, so the writers had to find ways to limit him, but it gets ridiculous. He’s constantly losing his powers or being unable to use them whenever the plot demands it. Future Hiro had been using his abilities for years without issue, but now I’m supposed to believe they’re suddenly killing him?
Lastly, it never stops amazing me how unbelievably dumb some of these characters are. You finally beat Sylar… congratulations! You’d think this would be the moment they finally kill the serial killer who has been terrorizing them for three seasons, right? Nope. Instead, they decide to use the psychopathic murderer as a replacement for Nathan—who, honestly, didn’t deserve to come back in the first place. I haven’t even started Season 4 yet, but I’d bet my life Sylar somehow returns anyway.
Anyway, I just needed to vent because this show frustrates me constantly, and I honestly have a lot more complaints than this. Despite all that, I still think Heroes is a fun watch and I’m enjoying revisiting it.