I'd like to think, with the Writer's Strike not being a factor here, that this could have the potential to tie up the loose ends and bring the story to a proper close.

But I'm kind of feeling like NBC is viewing this as a jumping off point to restart the series. And if that's the case . . . eh, no. Not unless they've got a long-term plan.

What killed "Heroes" is what also kills lots of other things; origin stories are fun and interesting, and then when you go past that without a plan (or a Writer's Strike takes an axe to your plans), you end up making the characters meander around for a bit, trying to keep true to how you developed them, yet simultaneously wanting to take them in a new direction (which would be a lot of easier if you just scrapped everyone and started over anew). In this instance, as someone on Hypable so fittingly put it:

I really liked the original concept of "Heroes" where each season would rotate in a new cast, with some members of the previous cast making cameos or having their roles diminished. And the coinciding online comic was a brilliant way to develop that (if there's one thing "Heroes" consistently had a knack for, it was its supplemental material). But instead the writers listened to the fans (which is rarely ever a good idea) and kept all the beloved first season characters while bringing in new ones, thus having to kill off all of the new ones almost immediately in order to make room for everyone. The only TV show I can think of that had the balls to kill everyone off and start fresh was "Legend of Korra," and it served that show so well to break off immediate ties with its predecessor so it could be its own thing while still holding to the rules of that world.

I'm not saying I won't watch it. I will. But I'd like to think that if this really is the last chance to do this, that it uses its time wisely and with restraint.

Of course, this is network TV, so that probably won't happen.

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