Heroes

I'm two episodes behind on Hereos. There have been some time and scheduling issues. The Red Sox have been playing significant games. Then there's been some travelling that took me away from Mrs. noternie and then Mrs. noternie away from me, so we needed quality time together and since she doesn't watch Heroes, that's not quality time. But, obviously, I'm losing a little enthusiasm for the show, too.

They're getting into a lot of time travel and plot lines include confusing crossovers about what's happening, what's "already happened" when they go forward and what they have to do differently when they go back to stop things from turning out the way they saw them in the future. Ugh. And then they've complicated the good-evil roles of just about everyone. You don't know who's good and who's bad and when they're good or evil (good in present, bad in future? vice versa?) While it keeps you wondering, it gets to the point that you almost stop caring.

It's turning into a philosophical debate over genetic engineering, basically. The straightforward entertainment provided by "superhero" characters is almost entirely gone.

But I plan on catching up and following through with the season. Sometimes these shows go through rough patches and then rediscover themselves.