What Happened To Heroes (2006-2010)?

[@MattSaysHello]

Heroes season 1 is some of the best TV I’ve ever watched. Absolute classic!

[@danielhathaway8817]

I also really liked the second half of season 3, the one with the carnival

[@Noneofyourbusiness2000]

Back when network TV was all we knew it did indeed feel like that, but that recollection is about something seen through rose color glasses. If you rewatch it today you would realize how absurd that statement is. Go watch Frieren or many other anime to experience something truly well written. Heros relied on hype and anticipation of what will happen next without much thought to the importance of what actually happens. It was all about ratings and keeping you coming back for more. I understand it's a business but it doesn't create an environment conducive to good story telling.

[@YanickaQuilt]

In my mind, hero was one season PERIOD.

[@Puerco-Potter]

​@@Noneofyourbusiness2000 so, you need to divorce it from context and genre? Lol

[@Noneofyourbusiness2000]

@@Puerco-Potter the context was broadcast television was and still is horrible. It sounds like you want to ignore context and genre. That's fine but at least qualify it by saying it was the best broadcast TV ever. It wasn't even the best TV at the time because we already had shows like The Sopranos.

[@mrdynamitehee]

Heroes S1 had Game of Thrones level cultural impact before GoT. I knew it was over when Sylar was revealed to be a long lost brother to the main characters like it was a cheap daytime soap. Such a shame.

[@slimmccoy8863]

Had stopped watching before that bomb dropped. Sounds like the writers were grasping at straws.

[@mrdynamitehee]

@ it was astonishing just how far this thing fell. Worse than D&D’s GoT disaster, imo. It’s just that social media wasn’t the thing it is now….

[@Bored_Barbarian]

He actually wasn’t their brother though. Angela just lied to him so he would do her bidding

[@transformerstuff7029]

the writer strike happened, and it killed one of the most promising shows ever.

[@mattbeganie4519]

Season 1 was so devastatingly unique and well done that subsequent seasons and attempts at character building just fall short

[@bosarvinski907]

Noah Bennett was a master class in character development arc. An intimidating individual who seems to have specific goals of limiting the spread of those with powers; when in reality, it was to protect his daughter.

[@Mule-chezedek]

Agreed, he went from the guy you hated to the guy you're rooting for. Heroes started out with a lot of good character development potential. But it fizzled out. It's such a lost art in today's shows and movies.

[@vinnyfalcone]

You are so spot on. The Ali Larter character had too much storyline for eye candy.

[@slimmccoy8863]

It's a shame, I liked the concept, but the execution failed.

[@Lordoftheapes79]

She should have been let go after the first season. She had served her purpose, but they just kept writing new characters for her...

[@niyaakbar1098]

@@Lordoftheapes79 I was so pissed when I saw her in season 2 lol

[@robertburton9325]

Loved that show season 1. Got the iconic Hiro "I did it!" T-Shirt from the NBC store in Manhatten and got major props when wearing it back in the UK for several years afterwards! :D

[@DanBrazierMusic]

why does the commentary keep skipping? it sounds like youre about to hear an interesting story and then it suddenly skips to something else 11:32

[@clee027]

The editor missed it.

[@Thrillhou]

Sloppy editing. You're only missing half a second, it just feels longer because your brain doesn't expect speech to work that way.

[@rjt3476]

same at about 6 minutes

[@bhgemini]

​@@Thrillhou I think @danbraziermusic means the first time when they mention a funny Greg Grunberg casting story and it skips the whole thing. It does happen like you mention later during the Masi Oka portion.

[@Thrillhou]

@bhgemini ooh, gotcha. About half-way through watching this it seemed so familiar I felt like i had heard it word-for-word at some point so i figured it must be an edited re-upload. (This is after id commented.) My new theory is that it IS a re-upload and the story in question was either debunked or was in some way undesirable to the people in question so it got chopped. Just a guess- haven't looked into it in detail.

[@Noneofyourbusiness2000]

What happened to Heros was it was written by people who were good at getting you excited about characters and what will happen to them but can never deliver on that anticipation. If the writer's strike didn't happen, the show would have lasted longer but ended up disappointing us just like lost. The public was catching on to these kinds of writers by then and the poor story writing due to the strike hastened its end.

[@Zett76]

Well, only if you, as a writer, feel that you have to explain everything. :) David Lynch created Twin Peaks, and even though it got really weird at the end of season two, it kinda worked. Almost nothing was explained.

[@Noneofyourbusiness2000]

@Zett76 if that kind of low IQ entertainment entertains you, then have a blast.

[@atdubya9576]

@@Zett76it all depends on how many narrative threads you leave dangling and if in doing so you leave compelling clues for the audience to create their own answers from. That takes a very strong writer to pull off👍🏽

[@Zett76]

@@atdubya9576 agreed. 🙂

[@dairallan]

@@Zett76 The problem is not whether the show fails to explain something or not. Its when there is no authorial intent on things that end up in the show. David Lynch almost certainly means something with everything you see on screen. It matters. It might not get explained but there is a reason its included. Meanwhile Lindelhof literally throws shit at the wall like a monkey in the zoe. Nothing has any intended meaning other than "hey the fans can talk about this" which leads to thoroughly unsatisfying shows.

[@kleeenco]

I am surprised you could do a whole section on how Heroes got made and not mention The 4440, which was a show about ordinary people developing super powers. The 4400 came out 2 years before Heroes.

[@AwareWolfOnWheels]

It was called The 4400, so there is your reason. So bad even you couldn't recall the correct name for a forgettable show.

[@Gegota82]

@@AwareWolfOnWheels to be fair he says 4400 later in the comment, you just forgot to read all of it, the 4440 might have just been a misclick, it happens, no one is perfect and certainly not you, you proved as much.

[@WowAaronIsAwesome]

Heroes downfall was a TV tragedy

[@integral]

Right there with you. The first season was brilliant, engaging, and made us hungry for more. The second season was so weak I believe I gave up midway through. Thanks for reminding me of the show. We will have to rewatch on Prime.

[@solitair79]

I was such a huge fan of the show for several season. I'll always love it. Good job 👍💯🔥

[@dash-x]

Me and my husband were JUST talking about Heroes. It started soo flipping good, and needed at the time with a silly premise of “save the cheerleader save the world.” What they did in subsequent seasons is just cruel.

[@kxnoz]

I personally think the series should receive a reboot. Just hopefully they make it good. I really like the idea of single season stories too, gives the show a consistent edge of ‘what happens when normal people get super powers’

[@joehenry9546]

The first season was fantastic. The second season felt unfinished because of the writers strike. It sadly went downhill after that.

[@marcusnolte7476]

Heroes Season 1, just like Westworld Season 1, can and should be watched as a stand alone season, both are mindblowing. Just don't watch the rest...

[@MrChupacabra555]

Is this a re-upload? It seems familiar, and there are a few strangely timed moments, like building up to Hiro's 'Catch Phrase' ("Ya-Taaaa!!") and then not showing it, or the story about how Greg Grunberg got the role seems to have been cut.

[@Jammsbro1]

Yeah, some dodgy editing going on.

[@DeltaNovum]

Yeah, very apparent cuts after introducing an idea and not following through, happened a couple of times.

[@Beliasa01]

Pretty sure I watched this a couple years ago, so it might be re uploaded

[@Silver5021]

When I was in college, my classmates and I would talk about this show non stop! It was that show that got us excited to know what would happen next episode or season. I absolutely loved the show. However, after season 2 it felt different. I mean it had potential but I wish the writers strike would have not messed with the show but life happens…

[@mikebasil4832]

I enjoyed Heroes when it began. The special guest stars cast including George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Chris Eccleston and Malcolm McDowell was certainly very attractive. Sadly I lost interest after a time. But I still have nice memories of Hayden as Claire who was my favorite Heroes character.

[@GarlandCoulson]

Heroes Season 1 was brilliant. I was so excited to see more, but then it went off the rails.

[@Iamdarthplague]

The first season was so wonderful and the writers strike really killed the entire show.

[@ChedWick05]

Writers strike. Saved you 25 minutes as this has been established since like 2007

[@suntanironman]

You left out how disappointing the season one finale was. Obviously not everybody thought it was disappointing. Some liked it. But it was a huge topic of discussion at the time. It was like they ran out of money at the very end. And maybe that’s exactly what happened. IDK. But the big fight that all of these individual storylines was leading to… and it was just a relatively-small encounter that happened in an empty city? Where were all the random people walking around at night? Has New York City ever been THAT empty at night?! 😂

[@Zett76]

I always suspected that there was a last-minute re-write, after they realized they had a hit... and the original ending would have been more definite. More deadly. That episode was also the first one with obvious signs of plot armor. 😀

[@Teffers]

What happened to the editing on this episode - the stories about Greg Grunberg’s casting and Masu Oka’s catchphrase seem to have gone missing 🥴

[@AndrewStonerock]

I watched the hell out of heroes. I still have it on DVD.

[@dandansfu]

Lost, like x files, had such a huge positive impact on landscape of TV. it also had some negative impact as at the time, every tv show has to have more questions than answers , lots of flashbacks...etc but no pay off and just began the race of "who can come up with more crazy premises " to catch your eyes without thinking about the conclusion

[@VincentNajger1]

Takei had been quite happy subsisting on his residuals from Star Trek TOS and the original movies for decades. He was already super famous and successful. Heroes may have helped a few millennials, who had somehow never seen a Star Trek rerun, find out who he was. But lots of those older actors, and musicians too, were getting their careers restarted thanks to a wave of 60s and 70s nostalgia around that time (it comes in waves. We're in a 80s and 90s nostalgia thing atm). He was already doing cameos etc and if it hadn't have been Heroes, it would have been another show.

[@Zireael83]

thank you for this video, loved heroes back then :)

[@billyrayvalentine5079]

The turning point for me was when they nerfed Peter Petrelli and killed off Arthur Petrelli all in one episode. They basically removed the opposing good yin to Sylar's bad yang. The classic never ending good vs evil between two powerhouses that you find in many stories. If you remove one, then you must remove the other. But they don't and Sylar just gets stronger and stronger without Peter around to be able to go toe to toe with him. Then at the same time the only other individual who truly could challenge Sylar and likely restore Peter's abilities while also just being a cool antagonist (Aruther), they freakin' kill. I know things would not go well after that. Before then I thought the show was just fine.

[@chadmmm5144]

I’m confused by comments @22:00 was not George Takei famous from Star Trek in the 1970’s…. Or did I enter another Mandela effect

[@metalsasquatch3410]

Yea I almost spit my drink at that line... "reignited" would be a better choice of words haha

[@TheCatsofVanRaptor]

Glad someone else pointed this out

[@ponya3.66]

Profit was SOOO good!!! 😍😍 Profit and Kindred - The Embraced were two of my favorite shows in the 90's that got cancelled way too soon 😤

[@DarkLordDiablos]

I can't imagine Emma Stone in Hayden's role because she doesn't fit the Cheerleader look. Maybe if they had her go blonde like when she played Gwen Stacy. But not as a redhead.

[@Powherkrangunch]

I binge watched this show to recap myself during the pandemic. It was one of my main comfort shows during that chaos. I think in my personal opinion season 3 was where it really fall off the rails. I still like season 2 a lot but I do agree the series would've been better off without Wesley.

[@22espec]

What happen was that EVERYBODY FORGOT ABOUT BEING HEROES, seriously, everybody was running away from the secret society or in a family drama

[@CheGuevara-uf4pm]

The stan lee cameo's started in the 80's with the first one being the incredible hulk tv movie

[@Graystaff]

Season 1 was pretty great. The rest was an exercise in watching a series fail.

[@rich1217]

I don’t like you

[@Graystaff]

@ I don’t like you either.

[@johnm7491]

As much as I loved Heroes, especially season 1, they shot themselves in the foot by regurgitating the same story line. Every season was pretty much Hiro travelling to the future to find some terrible disaster has happened, then him travelling back to try and fix it, rinse and repeat. Four times if memory serves me right.

[@sethmaki1333]

I'm reasonably certain that Kring is a big Star Trek fan. There are so many Trek-related Easter eggs that I wound up losing count, such as Hiro's father's (played by Hikaru Sulu himself, George Takei) limousine having a license plate that read "NCC-1701."

[@necrosunderground]

Pretty sure he's a Star Wars fan, too; if you watch closely, Ando and Hiro are basically C-3PO and R2-D2 in A New Hope, right down to the bit where they're walking through the desert and Hiro keeps going on about his purpose and Ando essentially does the "Go that way, you'll be malfunctioning within a day, you near-sighted scrap pile" bit before bailing on him

[@johnivory3245]

Fan service destroyed Heroes. Yes you can blame the writers strike on some aspects of the show but ultimately pandering to the audience. Or what they think the audience wants was its downfall. Keeping characters around long past their usefulness. Keeping characters alive that should have died. Dragging out particular storylines when half a season arc was all that was needed. All to keep internet chat bots happy.

[@modvavet]

I was a little thrown off by the comment about it jump-starting George Takei's career. It occurred to me, though, that I hadn't seen him in much of anything else in a very long time. Which is saying something for somebody who's legitimately one of the most well-known actors in the world and has been since decades before I was born.

[@nettack]

Thrown off? It's ludicrous. Makes one think the author is even old enough to have been around while the show was on

[@shamusomalley4263]

Oh, my!

[@OrinThomas]

Reinvigorating might have been a better term.

[@kimberlyjohnston2726]

​@OrinThomas this!

[@gunnaliteswafford3842]

Heroes season 1 disc 1 and 2 was the first DVDs I ever ordered from Netflix. My grandmother and I watched it the day we got it. It was one of our favorite shows. Number 2 was Attack on Titan btw. RIP Grammy.

[@The_Texorcist]

I absolutely love season one of the show. Sadly, the writers strike really hurt the trajectory of this show in its second season I believe, and it was never able to really recover from that.

[@beatswork]

It blew its load on the first season. They never should’ve all met each other on the first season. They should’ve dragged it out as long as possible.

[@mayorpdw5317]

One of my favorite shows ever. I remember it use yo come in the same time as 24 and all my friends was watching Jack Bauer, not me.

[@lukeluke333lukeluke]

The first season was really great and had me hooked. It still holds up pretty good. I stopped watching early in the third season. Read some reviews to see it it got better but never heard anything good. Such a shame. I wish they stuck with their original plan and had a new cast and story each season but I also understand why they did what they did considering how big it was.

[@mikeyfn-a6684]

Heeeeey, its HEROS! My lady thankfully put me on to it some years ago after it was available on streaming. The other show which I would LOVE to see a video on is the only series that ever actually made me shed tears at the end, that show being GRIMM...OOf, what a series! ❤️🖤💙 So consider this my request for a GRIMM video! Also Zachary Quinto is the shiza! 🙌

[@1-eye-willy]

that was such a good show, one of my buddies had all the seasons on dvd, and we binge watched it all over a couple of days.

[@bassguitarislife3419]

Must’ve been nice. I had to wait for each episode to release each week in anticipation.

[@jootoobersters]

i never watched this show religiously but i do remember it being a big deal at the time. good times

[@shawnathin7450]

Save the cheerleader save the world. That was one of the most important things going on tv for months. I know people who didn’t like tv shows or movies about superhero’s but because of this they watched this. season one was beyond great but after that it went downhill.

[@sleuth2077]

Think of all the iconic shows that were ruined bc of the 07'-08' writer's strike. Such a good era for shows.

[@AlexLuthore]

Season 1 was absolutely amazing. It is criminal how the following seasons dropped the ball

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Claire died giving birth to her children Because one of em held her powers Back.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Zachary quinto will play another psychopath in American horror story.

[@Malryth]

When we had that Total Eclipse of the Sun up here in Canada. I turned to that iconic Eclipse photo from Hero's. You're correct, Season 1 is solid and it was a show I truly hoped would have continued longer than circumstances gave it. Ah well, we can not change the past. We can only hope the "movie makers" of today have some New and Original idea's like we had in the 80's, 90's and the early 00's.

[@bringhurstvr]

This was the show I first watched when Netflix began streaming and cutting back on discs.

[@Wair18]

Heroes season 1 was must see tv in my house. It was the only show that the whole family got together and watched.

[@davidcasterline360]

I loved season 1. It followed the same element that spiderman captured of the audience learning of new abilities with the characters. My problem with heros came down to 1 thing: time travel. I was taking classes for season 2 and 3 and I would rush home to catch the show on tv.... only to have weeks worth of episodes to be completely erased. I felt like it was a waste of my time. The writers gave themselves an endless amount of content by using time travel to go wherever, whenever, and do whatever they wanted.

[@yoeyzee]

I never watched Lost, but when people complained about it, i understood because i watched Heroes.

[@adamJKpunk]

I worked on the show and I kind of love season 2. AMA.

[@Venemofthe888]

Honestly i think series 1 was built so well and while the ending didnt quite hit well its still gripping and this show was before a lot of these Disney Pluse stuff and even before the MCU. It was a Superhero show on tv that wasnt related to DC or Marvel. All the characters were good for the most part and Sylar was actually scary in terms of his kills as well as being in the shadows for a while, Peter felt relatable as a person while gaining powers in a passive kind of way, Hero being a bundle of joy, HRG being seen as a bad guy but actually protecting his daughter who could regenerate, Isaac who could paint the future and i always found the art amazing but painting the future was quite unique at the time and ties everything together in a way. Thats just naming a few characters but the only one i think didnt work was Nikki tbh. She kinda feels forced in and shes mostly away from everyone. The problem was after series 1 i really do think a new cast should have been the best idea with maybe the old characters popping in if the story called for it. The Issues for series 2 is that in series 1 a lot of the story arcs were tied up quite well and coming into series 2 and beyond it felt like they had nothing for them and just wanted to give them something to do. A lot of them could have benefited on being written out and maybe coming back later. Series 2 was also hit by the writers strike and along with a lot of shows were hit hard. Heroes never really recovered from this plus multiple issues

[@philp1099]

Was obsessed with this show

[@eriktremblay3011]

I remember watching season 1 and it was followed by Journeyman which became my favorite of the 2. Wish they would bring back Journeyman!

[@jesse1086]

Heroes season 01 was corny and on the nose. And i think that was a strength. It knew what it was and felt genuine. I really liked the way they played with the powers and interactions. Mainly, of course, between Peter and Sylar. You dont see powers like theirs in comics often because they are well...overpowered. But this 2 sides of the same coin power, a man who can learn powers from others, and a man who can steal powers from others, worked great for a hero/villain dynamic. The first time Peter and Sylar interact and Peter turns invisible...just for Sylar to say, "...cant wait to try that one." Ah i just loved it. Time travel shenangians are always fun. Worked in a dual sense with both Hiro and the comic book artist. They did a good job limiting Hiros power so he wasnt just everywhere all the time, spoiling everything. But seeing an aged badass version of Hiro going back in time to say "save the cheerleader, save the world" for a single episode? Chefs kiss. "Save the cheerleader, save the world." Brilliant. Simple. As simple as it is, it may not be something you think of on your own. We all knew Claire was out there, but we couldnt fathom what might happen if Sylar had gotten her power. Also, "How to stop an exploding man"??? A negative to adapting stealing powers. An uncontrollable nightmare. The simplicity of Nathan hsing his power of flight to save the city and be there for his brother really got me in the end. I dont think i ever made it past a few episodes in seaspn 2. But honestly, i didnt need to. Season 1 was a classic like 25 episodes or something like that. Ill always love it.

[@nidodson]

The #1 thing I hated about Heroes was that half of every episode was recaps, and you could legitimately skip half a season and recap would bring you up to speed completely. The episodes were great, half way in and after, when the episodes were actually happening. I quit watching the show the major of the way into the first season, and it only took watching 6 episodes to know the entire story of the remaining seasons and what the rest of the first. Even then, 3 minutes of those recaps were repeating what i watched or saw in a previous recap. It's like going to an hour long weekly work meeting, where the first half they go over what was said in previous meetings. (Aka torture)

[@rickardelimaa]

_Profit_ - a series a decade ahead of its time.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

When I speak of it to anyone, I describe it to them as Dexter meets Mad Men.

[@jay692]

I'd love to hear the story about the original catchphrase at 11:31

[@Shadowstaarr]

I'd also love to hear the fun story about Greg Grungberg

[@garyhatmaker6589]

I think if they did season 4 as season 3 it would have lasted longer. It was actually good. I'd say the second best season of the show under season 1. Unfortunately most people had already stopped watching the show by then.

[@agent95_]

I love how people who claim to be fans of this show talk so much shit about it as if season two suddenly made the show disappear like it didn’t have three out of four full seasons. The show was ahead of its time. The show was damn good. I enjoyed it every single step of the way and the only downside to the show is that it didn’t get its fifth and final season to close it out.

[@Sitwayen]

Heroes, Game of thrones, the Wire are my favorite kind of shows because their is no main character meaning anything can happen, anybody can die.

[@ImperfectDionysus]

Though 'The Midnight Club' got canceled after one season. It debuted Oct 7th 2022, two months before the article you referenced @22:51. It at least was eventually granted one season.

[@aceofalltrades8777]

I remember staying up to watch the midnight airing of the very first episode. I loved the first season so much. And I really wish I could have seen the version that Tim Kring had intended. As for this video, it seems like two sections are just cut out. Like it glitches.

[@Mayor_Of_Eureka17]

Jesse Shade = 100% quality content

[@RedDragonM1]

"Heroes"was good...at first. Then it became awful and stupid and I was told it was awful and stupid by the internet, and I stopped watching it. "Heroes" was seen as a failure, and a joke....and some say it was worse than "Lost".

[@xlnyc77]

Season 1...*Chef's Kiss* I miss watching the "webisodes" that eventually ended up as special features on the DVD. We don't get that behind the scenes magic on shows anymore

[@sonofage]

alphas was so good; i was excited for the next season but it got cancelled. still , better than getting a heroes version of a season 2

[@nevyn38]

For me, the problem was with the rules. You take a comic book, and you introduce magic, and suddenly I have absolutely no interest in it because they can write literally anything and just have to give the incantation of "magic" for it to be justified. And this is how Heroes felt after that first season. The rules kept changing. Dead characters could come alive again. Or not. And to add insult to injury, the interesting arcs of characters was kind of just dropped. And the annoying bit is that it had so much potential. The bit with Claire Bennett not being able to feel pain and questioning that was interesting. Turn her into someone unable to feel empathy as she just can't experience what everyone else feels. We got to see a bit of stuff with characters who's powers were linked with other people with powers (Syler, the Hatian) - so there was a bit of "The Lost Room" potential in there (why did that never turn into anything more??). There were the brother/sister duo with powers that were linked which could have been really interesting. Like they didn't need to constantly keep changing the rules to do a big one-up-man-ship thing to the show. It was okay for the 2nd season not to be stupidly spectacular or whatever. It could have had good writing instead. THAT would have amazing.

[@Mule-chezedek]

In regards to Sylar getting Claires power, I always kind of assumed it was the timing that mattered. Like if he got them in season 1 it would've been more devastating because a different chain of events would follow, an alternative timeline. But in season 3 there was enough heroes assembled who knew who he was to keep him in check. ... but I really liked that show, so maybe I'm just making excuses🤷😂

[@look4lec]

glad emily stone got into CW and is the best bat girl in my universe, sad she lost out on the hockey player wife role IRL.

[@Varg84]

Season 3 with Papa Petrelli was my favorite. They did him dirty by killing him off with a bullet. Should have had a multiple season villain arc for him.

[@christopherulichney]

Gone but not Forgotten is my favorite JoBlo series. I would love it if you would cover "Revolution" that ran on NBC from 2012 - 2014.

[@barneysbestbuddy5472]

Thanks for the insightful if glitch commentary. Heroes S1 was amazingly good. I even didn't hate S2. I loved the inclusions of Nichols and Takei but S3... yikes.

[@SonnyK248]

Lost, Heroes and Prison Break was the holy trifecta of shows in the 2000’s.

[@cc_tw]

Superhero origin stories are hard to follow up because the heroes become too strong. It becomes hard to tell a story that viewers can relate to afterwards...

[@TheRaven8]

This was really cool, but there were parts where you just edited out the end of your sentences, or cutt to a completely different topic

[@ThatSoddingGamer]

Studio interference where they demanded that changes be made for popularity reasons at the expense of the actual plot. Raise hands; who was shocked to hear that was a significant factor in the decline? I do remember being eager to see new episodes, and the decline in quality (and I also remember only watching like one episode of Heroes Reborn).

[@mjw1978]

I’m likely the only one who thinks this, but I really enjoyed S3 of Heroes; I found it better than both S2 and S4. Yes it has its holes but it remains to me, better than all but S1. Loved the whole show however, and I still watch it as a binge series of nostalgia

[@eon001]

I was just thinking about Heroes. So many good ideas. I think they were just too damn ambitious. I would have been happy if they focused on a few heroes like Matt Parkman, and have him be a psychic detective for like 5 episode. So many damn changes so quickly.

[@trevonh4139]

Heroes is supposedly making a comeback, hopefully it all works out.

[@krs4976]

I've just watched through all of heroes again including Heroes reborn. Personally I love the whole thing from start to finish and it's a shame it didn't run for a lot longer. Season 1 is neigh on perfect although each subsequent season pales in comparison it is still a good fun watch and much better than many other series. Definitely worth your time and Heroes Reborn is no where near as bad as people say it is.

[@carloszarzoso1724]

Reborn was alot worse.

[@Rocketsong]

Simple: It was critically wounded by the writer's strike and never recovered.

[@HandsomeGent]

I could never figure out if the storylines in Heroes were suppose to be a homage or a ripoff of X-Men but i loved the series.

[@bobscanlon5212]

Did we edit out the grunberg story?, there was a wierd cut there right after you introduced him. "Diddy Party" cover up?

[@dmann1982]

It jumpstarted the career of George Takei? Do you mean Masi Oka?..

[@Graham2777]

I wondered this. What a weird take on someone who had been in TV for nearly 50 years at that point.

[@brianmartodam1114]

One of the biggest, saddest casualties of the Writer's Strike. If nothing else it showcased that, no, not just ANY scab can become a competent script writer. Pay your artists their worth, or your beautiful art will wind up in the toilet.

[@linkdk59]

Is this the same video as Heroes : What happened to this show? It took me until the Erick Avari airport anecdote to notice.

[@georgehgordy1690]

Season 1 was like a really good movie that can never be topped. And you knew that every season after that was going to be like a really bad sequel. A good analogy would be the Eagles Hotel California and the band knowing everything the Eagles would put out after that would not be as good

[@chrispy1623]

Good video. Whats the name/singer of the "In need a hero" version in the end?

[@atdubya9576]

The writers strike just revealed the flaws early. But just like Lost before it there were just too many balls in the air for it to work long term. You can have multiple narrative threads but you have to be able to either resolve them in a compelling way, make them inconsequential to the big picture or leave enough breadcrumbs for the audience to be satisfied with their own interpretation.

[@jwalksk]

Hereos should've been just 1 season. That first seasons was so good.

[@AwareWolfOnWheels]

Yep, great show until it wasn't. One of the first shows I watched weekly every new episode that came out, each week with a buddy of mine.

[@dandansfu]

although season 1 was a beast, the ending was a bit let down.. maybe it had to do with the TV budget, but the last fight did not live up to the building up, the final fight, the end game.