The View From Here

Before you begin to think that all my wife and I do is watch Heroes, know that Season 2 is much shorter than the first one.  Less than half as long.  This is what almost killed it for us.  I say almost because we really ended up enjoying it.  It seemed like the creative team had gotten off track from the things that made the first season so great but they corrected this by the end.

When we watched the first season, Lacey and I were excited about what was happening.  We spent time talking about what we thought was going to happen and how awesome we thought some plot or character element was, but the first few episodes of the second season left us kind of bored.  Granted, the first season was similar in that we didn’t really know what was going on for  a while but it still kept us interested and then the story picked up.  This is what kept us watching Season 2.  By the end we were having the same conversations about it that we were about Season 1.  I knew that they planned on it being a normal length season so they were starting slowly and then building it into a great story.  This is what the first season was like.  I can honestly say that by the end I was not disappointed.  It was shorter so it felt rushed in some parts but the story came together.  If the writers strike hadn’t happened I think that the second season would have been almost as good as the first.  As it is, it was good but it doesn’t compare with the awesomeness that was the first season.

So we are now all caught up with the rest of the world and we are really looking forward to Season 3 which will be coming on later this month.  We are very excited!

One of the biggest pluses for me with this show is that both my wife and I really enjoy it.  It is important to me that we find things that we enjoy doing together.  Heroes has turned into that for us.

Brian