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Warning! Multiple Spoilers below! By any standard 2006-2007 was an exceptionally good season for television, with a host of very good new series being introduced. In fact, there was something of a battle for the survival of the... See more » Warning! Multiple Spoilers below! By any standard 2006-2007 was an exceptionally good season for television, with a host of very good new series being introduced. In fact, there was something of a battle for the survival of the fittest taking place, with more new serial dramas than viewers were able to support. Shows with considerable potential like SIX DEGREES and THE NINE simply did not have a chance to develop given the amazing range of competition. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, UGLY BETTY, MEN IN TREES, DEXTER, and, of course, HEROES were some of the ones that managed to survive. HEROES was one of the more hotly debated shows on the Internet this year. Few doubted that it was good; the question was how good. Was it a masterpiece, potentially one of the great series ever, or was somewhat overrated, given more credit for excellence than it deserved? Much of the debate centered on HEROES versus LOST. I'm not quite sure why these two particular shows were paired in the debate, as if the excellence of the one somehow hinged on the excellence, or lack thereof, of the other. Personally, I'm no great prophet, but I'm willing to take a few stabs on the relative merits of HEROES. I loved the show, didn't miss a single episode, and looked forward to seeing it each week. But it never hit me as a truly great affair. If I compare it with the best supernatural/Sci-fi shows of the past decades (the audience to which the show mainly catered), it didn't, in my estimation, come up to the complexity or sophistication of BUFFY, ANGEL, ALIAS, LOST, or BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. For instance, I just read of a call for papers for one-day academic conference in England on BATTLESTAR. The show is so rich and complex that I can imagine dozens and dozens of potential topics for academics to discuss. But I can't imagine this with HEROES. It simply lacks the kind of depth you find in the other shows (though I suspect LOST's depth will be end-of-series depth, if it turns out to possess it--most of LOST's academic interest lies in its narrative techniques). HEROES is enormous fun, but I get the sense that each week any viewer is able to absorb and process all of the information that he or she is given. One may be left with a few questions, but they are not terribly difficult questions. And I never found myself engaged in the kinds of online debates that I have had with BUFFY or BATTLESTAR. Part of the reason is certainly due to the fact that HEROES is focused more on plot than on character. BATTLESTAR, for instance, is always primarily about things that are taking place beneath the surface of the show. With HEROES, it is mainly about what is on the surface. In short, HEROES simply lacks a lot of the depth of the best genre shows. I read one really good description of HEROES: BUFFY seemed to be a show produced by a great TV writer who loved comic books, while HEROES seems to be a show produced by a great comic book writer who loved TV. I think there is some merit to that. (For the record, I'm primarily a lover of great TV who also enjoys comics and graphic novels, and I have a couple of large bookshelves dedicated to holding various graphic novels.) The more curious debate that I've seen on the Internet was the First Half of the Season versus the Second Half of the Season. This mystifies me because to me it seems clear that the second half of the season was far superior to the first half. This is an important question because the vast majority of really good shows--and I very much want to believe that HEROES has the potential to be a very good show--tend to get better as they go along. The best new show of the 2006-2007 season was unquestionably FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (and I'm sure the few hundred people who saw it will agree with me--how can a show be so good and get so few viewers?). And there is absolutely no question that it got better and better and better as it went along. For me I saw HEROES as being good and fun for about the first two-thirds of the season and then near great for the final third (I'll leave aside the somewhat disappointing finale for a See less »

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From the list : rsadartist's Wish List by rsadartist

I always wait until the series comes out on DVD.. can't abide commercials.

From the list : Entertainment by cyanyde

Season 1 was the best

From the list : kristymadamba's Reel Favorites by kristymadamba

Favorite. Show. Ever.

From the list : targetgurl's Wish List by targetgurl

great show. hope it has good extras

From the list : kristymadamba's Closet by kristymadamba

Just got TWO copies for Christmas. Hmmm....

Favorite. Show. Ever.

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