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Heroes may end at 11th Episode

heroesrevealed.com — As you may know, Heroes Season 2 is planned 22-23 episodes long, but first 11 were labeled as “Volume 2″. 11th episode, which will be air on December 3th, planned to be last episode of Volume 2… Unfortunately, that 11th episode may be last episode of season 2 as well, because of the writer’s strike, again!

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  • Dysarthria, on 11/06/2007, -102/+357Um, hate to break it to you but the show sucks so hard this season they may not bring it back next year even if they fix the strike. Still watching it, waiting for something to happen and I'm disappointed every week.
    • r2pro, on 11/05/2007, -112/+13Eat ***** and die.
      • plinstrot, on 11/05/2007, -7/+24What the ***** are you talking about. NBC won't cancel its staple show because it's in a creative slump. you know nothing about making TV, so don't go saying it might be canceled cause you don't like it.
        • thomasX, on 11/04/2007, -10/+14Yeah like look at Lost.
        • Dysarthria, on 11/04/2007, -1/+3Hmmm, 10th place at the start of the season, 30th place now. Yeah, I'm totally off base here.
      • mikesbaker, on 11/05/2007, -1/+5i've got balls of steel
      • Dysarthria, on 11/06/2007, -1/+9I would, but the power to "eat *****" is rumored to be the basis for the next hero; who will be born in "future" Japan and have to get to America to save a 9 year-old girl while trying to become a cheerleader.
    • dartmanx, on 11/06/2007, -13/+150Yes, we need a hero with the power to move the plot along. *stole that from someone else, but its worth sharing*
      • Neiby, on 11/05/2007, -6/+55Not only is the plot not moving along, the dialogue is horrid and the acting is insanely bad this season. Monica or Monique (the black girl who can learn to do things by watching them) drives me nuts. I want to gouge my eyes out with toothpicks whenever she's on the screen. The story gets more and more convoluted without anything actually happening. It's really bad. I had high hopes, but each week gets worse.
        • skunkman62, on 11/04/2007, -43/+3a lot of negative comments are toward the asian and black characters. are you sure there isnt something else going on with these comments?
          • apolloandi, on 11/04/2007, -3/+10nah. seriously, the character monica hasnt done anything really interesting other than to flesh out mohinders ideological discourse with the company. and even with the whole foreshadowing of her being the savior of new orleans just seems to be a shot at addressing an issue instead of telling a story. hiro is like, the most powerful hero aside from his emotional attachment and conscience, so i dont know where youre getting the asian discrimination vibe. and even if you want to take the racist route, shouldnt you be concentrating on the lack of explaination and the framing of the maya and alejandro story. i mean, come on, two mexicans trying to illegaly cross the border into the united states to find 'answers' and 'freedom' while killing border patrolmen and being influenced by gabriel the left hand of god?
          • ICSU, on 11/04/2007, -3/+13Yes, we are all ***** racists.
            Stop victimizing yourself.
          • skunkman62, on 11/04/2007, -10/+3apolloandi, calling a bunch of vigilante rednecks shooting at unarmed illegals, "border patrolmen". you're right, no racism here.
          • AnarkeIncarnate, on 11/04/2007, -3/+1They are at the border, are men, and are patrolling. Calling them rednecks is racist. Pot.... meet kettle
          • mrurc, on 11/04/2007, -0/+3No, there are a lot of Asian, East Indian, Black, and Latino characters that I haven't seen someone complain about. I see complaints about specific characters of all represented races but the bad guys are all white and we watch it anyway.
        • wootup, on 11/08/2007, -0/+52I don't mind Monique as much as that flying kid that Claire is dating. Every single scene he is in, from the moment he first appeared on the show, he has had this miniature grin on his face. I don't know if he's just a terrible actor or if he suffers from some kind of genetic defect where he can't keep his mouth straight, but I have a serious urge to punch that ***** grin off his face every time I see him.
          • Rustymetal, on 11/04/2007, -0/+14both these actors make me die.
          • paulisnotdead, on 11/07/2007, -1/+16I was really hoping for the flying teenager dude to be a regenerated peter, also they should have had Nathan die, it kinda ruined the whole self sacrifice thing.
          • roystgnr, on 11/07/2007, -1/+16If I was a high schooler who could freaking fly and who had just discovered how to use that ability to date cheerleaders, I'd never stop grinning.
          • penguinomint, on 11/06/2007, -0/+6I could not ***** agree more.
        • mrurc, on 11/04/2007, -2/+11The person who wrote the dialog for her should be taken out back and shot. I just can't stand someone who is whining about how "this county" in New Orleans didn't get no help. Well, I might be inclined to believe you if Louisiana had counties. And she works at Burger Bonanza? Did you use that name because no one in New Orleans did? There's a reason for that and the reason is that no one in New Orleans, especially the black people want to be considered Texan. Oh and the poor people in New Orleans who can barely support themselves do not have expansive yards. Makes me nuts. It's like the shows that take place in San Francisco that have poor people living is two-story houses with yards. Yeah, if they inherited it from their rich grandmother.

          I love the Guatemalans though.
          • Dysarthria, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2I lived in NOLA for 5 years, nobody ever called Orleans Parish a "county". I dug you up for noticing that too, drove me nuts.
        • thatsmyaibo, on 11/05/2007, -0/+8Yeah I have watched every episode from last season and the show thrives on a build up without a decent conclusion. This season is the same but worse.

          And am I the only one who feels like Claire's story is like watching the Hills?
        • etruscan, on 11/05/2007, -0/+3Lost and BSG will be back soon.
        • dn11, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2"Lost and BSG will be back soon.".... we don't know yet how the strike will effect those shows. I don't watch BSG anymore, but from what I've read Lost could also be affected by the strike if it goes on long enough. Supposedly they only have the first 7 episodes (of a proposed 16) fully scripted so far.
    • Onetrack, on 11/04/2007, -29/+39I hear that.. just waiting and waiting for this season to actually do anything.

      Gah. its like season 3 of LOST.
      too many sub plots, all the heroes are split up.. its too convinient when characters just gain other chars powers.. like oh the painter is dead.. but we need a painter.. peter can now paint..
      lame.
      • thezettabytes, on 11/05/2007, -6/+24Season 3 of LOST was great. Even the worst episodes of LOST in S2 look like Shakespeare compared to the crap heroes has putting out recently. If anything, S2 of Heroes is like S6 of 24 or the last season of X files.
        • netant, on 11/08/2007, -0/+2Or at least it picked up after all those zombie stupid episodes ending with Kate ***** Sawyer in a bear cage.
      • Skeea, on 11/08/2007, -0/+58peter got that talent last season the same way he got all his other powers...
      • pegisys, on 11/04/2007, -2/+13The beginning of Lost season 3 was kinda lame but everything started to come together and it went out with a bang.

        Peter always took on the powers of whoever he met, and he did meet Isaac last season. I could see if they never cross paths but peter should have the powers of all the characters from the first season, including the ones Sylar killed. So far season 2 is starting out slow but I think it can turn around, there have been some interesting parts it's jut that the development of the plot is moving kinda slow.
        • ShrimpCrackers, on 11/09/2007, -6/+1Peter mimics the powers of all the super heroes he meets nearby but he doesn't keep them all forever.
        • pjsturm, on 11/04/2007, -0/+5Actually, he retains all the powers of the heroes he comes into contact with.
      • Dylan47, on 11/04/2007, -1/+2yeah, there was that episode in season one of peter learning to paint... oh.. i guess that is pretty boring huh, suppose you right =/
      • Neem, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1I will agree with my buds up there, season 3 of lost pickedup quite nicely, season 2 however.... I still cry sometimes.
      • mistergoomba, on 11/04/2007, -0/+0yeah, a long break saved lost season 3, let's hope it happens to heroes season 2
      • jonshipman, on 11/05/2007, -0/+4I think it's lamer to have "Issac's lost paintings" being a subplot :-/
    • Twoodge, on 11/08/2007, -23/+75Downloaded season 2 (I'm in the UK) and so far I'm actually quite impressed. Not a lot has happened but the plot is still enthralling.
      • mrASSMAN, on 11/04/2007, -8/+28If you were American you would complain about every slow scene because most of us are spoiled brats. Heroes is one of my favorite shows, and I haven't had a problem with the current season at all.. viewers seem to forget that most seasons start slow and pick up as it reaches a climax (hello, Shakespearean theory anyone??)

        So the beginning of this season has been about introducing new characters and developing relationships. That doesn't mean it will be like that the entire season, the action starts later. Impatient people are annoying. Not even Battlestar Galactica had constant action (another favorite of mine), but the story elements always came together in the end.
        • jonnyeh, on 11/04/2007, -3/+3It is also the fact that a lot of people watched season 1 on DVD, and could watch one episode after another. Now that season 2 is being aired, they have to wait...gasp... a whole week between episodes. Maybe that's why it feels slower?
          • dn11, on 11/05/2007, -1/+5or maybe it's just because it sucks this season
        • bobbyi, on 11/05/2007, -0/+3"viewers seem to forget that most seasons start slow and pick up as it reaches a climax "
          No, that's exactly what people are conditioned to expect to happen. And when Season 1 rolled along slowly, everyone gave it the benefit of the doubt that it was building towards something. After the final few episodes of that season were so anticlimactic, people are finding it harder to have faith this season that the slow start is actually going somewhere.
    • donkz, on 11/08/2007, -34/+102they need to drop the whole ancient japan hiro *****. It is just so uninteresting.
      • Phoenixfury, on 11/04/2007, -7/+44Crap, I meant to digg you down. Sorry about that. LOL Actually I feel that is the most interesting part of this season. I have a hunch that Kensei (however you spell his name) is going to be the real baddy this season. Unlike Sylar, he's immortal making him tough to kill.. As long as Sylar doesn't regain his powers, Kensai is going to be a nasty force to reckon with.
        • eerbin13, on 11/05/2007, -4/+20"he's immortal making him tough to kill" LOL. Really? Immortality makes him tough to kill? It's just a hilarious statement. And I don't think Claire or Kensei are immortal.. they just heal really quickly.
          • Phoenixfury, on 11/04/2007, -0/+11Actually I think Kensei and Claire may possibly be immortal, but being immortal does not necessarily mean he can't be killed. Vampires for instance are immortal unless you drive a wooden stake through their hearts. Also keep in mind that if they are both really fast healers, their tissues could never break down. The only way they could really die is if they either somehow lost their powers, or have something logged into their brain like Claire did in season 1. When I said that immortality makes him tough to kill, I meant difficult to kill, but not impossible.
          • apolloandi, on 11/04/2007, -0/+14obviously kensei, the eclipse and the combination of japanese characters are related. it seems to me that claire and kensei are related in some way and if their cells regenerate, then shouldnt they stay young forever?
          • Dylan47, on 11/04/2007, -0/+16so.. Kensei survives through the ages as a mutant samurai so that he can come to New York and kill all the heroes because he holds a grudge on Hiro for stealing his women...
          • Phoenixfury, on 11/04/2007, -0/+6Kensei was a shady character from the beginning when Hiro first met him. He cared more about getting riches than fame and glory. I think his rage against Hiro is just the beginning. However now knowing that he can't be killed he would likely aim for world domination. The less people who can possibly stop him the better. I believe he ultimately will become money and power hungry which makes him extremely dangerous as an immortal.
        • Phoenixfury, on 11/04/2007, -4/+1Crap I didn't catch my typo in time, but before anyone corrects me I meant lodged, not logged. LOL
        • Chongo, on 11/04/2007, -0/+5I think its going to be a classic good guy group vs. a bad guy group. (i.e. brotherhood of evil mutants). and it all starts in ancient Japan!. Hiro becomes kensai, and the guy who is kensai starts some evilish group with that wacky S logo thing.

          /2 cents
        • loupanic, on 11/04/2007, -5/+6Anyone else get the feeling that Kensei and Linderman are going to end up being the same person?
          • GawtMilk, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2Two evil geniuses DUCT TAPED TOGETHER! THE WORLD IS DOOMED!
        • mrurc, on 11/04/2007, -2/+2He's mostly invulnerable, not immortal.

          The question is, is he the ancestor of all of the Heroes?
        • DickyT83, on 11/04/2007, -0/+0If you recall back in the first season, one of the stories Hiro talked about was when Kensei cut out his own heart to give to the dragon. He continued to live after that, which very well makes it seem that he is immortal. That's what I think atleast.
      • Azriel7, on 11/04/2007, -0/+11I think he will probably be immortal and show up in the present too.
        • Nesh, on 11/08/2007, -0/+12Agreed. If you look in the scene from last weeks where Peter and Kaitlyn go into that weird storage place / apt, you can see one of Whitebeard's flags in the background. Kensei = Adam Monroe, I think. Also, notice everything in that place was antique.
          • Phoenixfury, on 11/08/2007, -0/+2It looks like you win the golden cupie doll. You were right!
          • Phoenixfury, on 11/08/2007, -1/+1It looks like you win the golden cupie doll. You were right!
        • mrurc, on 11/04/2007, -0/+3Good eye, Nesh. I may have to check out that scene again, if my tivo hasn't deleted it yet.
      • Tanktunker, on 11/04/2007, -1/+12I'm still watching season one, but I never did understand why Hiro doesn't just freeze time indefinitely, cut Sylar's brain out, and be done with it.

        I mean, "present Hiro" is more akin to small child than a grown man, but "badass future Hiro" could just look up Sylar's parents and kill them, if he isn't "powerful" enough to deal with Sylar.
        • mrurc, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1Maybe we'll find out?
        • TypeEE, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1May be the ending is plain lame like everyone has commented so it shouldn't be asked too much.
        • Jrr6415sun, on 11/04/2007, -0/+8I think it's been pretty well established that he has trouble controlling his powers, which the writers try to show whenever they get the chance.. otherwise his power would just be way too powerful.. also Hiro is too noble to kill someone when they have no chance to defend themselves.. even the notorious sylar..

          although I suppose I shouldn't ruin anything for you..
        • lostboy, on 11/04/2007, -0/+5@Jrr, your comment is nearest the truth and most observant if you apply a comic book logic the the series. It's a classic super hero quandary, choosing whether to commit a despicable act in order to stop another one.
        • rylan, on 11/05/2007, -0/+2The show has hinted that he can't ***** with the space-time continuum easily. He tried to save the life of the waitress girl with super-learning-instant-recall, but failed to save her because of that very reason.
      • bobbyi, on 11/05/2007, -0/+2At the very least, the frame story involving Ando reading the scrolls was pointless.
    • anotherjeff, on 11/05/2007, -2/+43I feel like season 2 is just heading in the same direction as season 1. Went to the future, saw NY in ruins, must save the world... blah blah..
      • Azriel7, on 11/04/2007, -0/+27Don't forget, claire is a cheerleader again, her and her father went from open honesty to keeping secrets again, peter lost his memory so he has to relearn how to use all his powers, and like you said, instead of a nuke it is a plague in new york (again) in which we see in the future. Oh, and we are starting to have repeat powers (regeneration and flying).
      • TypeEE, on 11/05/2007, -0/+4The problem is, they spend 5 eps showing repetitive craps and until last second, they hint us with the future. That scene should have been shown in the first ep of season 2
    • systemdowned, on 11/05/2007, -1/+22There are more commercials than actual show this season.
      • Butros, on 11/04/2007, -0/+45LOOK SAME CAH ANDO SAN, NISSAN VERSA!
      • Dhalgren, on 11/04/2007, -0/+5Oh no!, not the Rogue...
        seriously, everyone has that car in this season
      • mrASSMAN, on 11/08/2007, -5/+18You aren't a geek if you're still being forced to watch commercials..
      • Bartboy919, on 11/05/2007, -0/+1They has the show on the internets now.. i love 30 second commercials!
    • mbuckingham, on 11/04/2007, -3/+22The season has thouroghly been a let down...couple episodes back, when the introduced Nightmare Man's powers, I was encouraged thought it was about to pick up, and then it dropped back off. It's just SO SLOW and so much teen love story angst...and not the good angst I remember with comic books....so scattered this year and so political..
    • ICSU, on 11/04/2007, -4/+6watch Life instead
      • spootmonkey, on 11/04/2007, -2/+3LIfe?..that show with that ginger? yeah ok
      • ZenMojo, on 11/04/2007, -0/+4Life? Believe me, I TRIED, but I don't want to push myself through the pointless storylines and petulant main character disguising himself with Zen ***** just to get to the plot.
      • Neem, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1Yeah life had so much potential, the main guy was GREAT in band of brothers, but here ... god its just not right for him, or the writers are just incompetent.
        • netant, on 11/05/2007, -0/+1The plot flaws are ridiculous too. No way he could get a settlement within a year of being released from prison, no way he could get his job back, and no way he could be a detective after spending that career as a beat cop.
      • TypeEE, on 11/04/2007, -0/+3I found myself interested in the journeyman more than Heroes now.
      • elemmeno, on 11/05/2007, -3/+0Watch "Pushing Daisies"
        THAT'S good TV
    • netant, on 11/04/2007, -12/+7You guys call yourselves fans? You guys are psychotic.

      Yes, season 2 so far hasn't been as good as season 1, but its far from a disaster requiring permanent removal. Frankly, as bad as season 2 has been, the episodes have been about as good as the first few heroes episodes from season 1. And I thought they really sucked. The only thing keeping me watching the show back then is Hayden Pannetierre. It literally took the 2nd half of the 1st season before I could actually say the show was good. Now, if season 2/3 STAYS as bad as it has so far, the show is going to be canned.

      And you whining bitches are missing some wonderful TV genre this season. Chuck, right now, is better than Heroes (provided you like tongue-in-cheek self-deprecating geek humor and like blonde babes). And this is going to sound weird, this is close, if not the best, season of Smallville ever. And its on ratings life support right now.
      • TheNik, on 11/04/2007, -2/+4Ew, Chuck is horrendous!
      • elemmeno, on 11/04/2007, -2/+0Want good TV? Watch "Pushing Daisies"
        • netant, on 11/05/2007, -0/+1Nah, its lame. Its for old people who like 30's style romantic comedy in a surreal setting. Wonderfalls was better, by comparison (and I only found Wonderfalls only marginally better.) I've suffered through many of its episodes. Dirty Sexy Money is a slightly more entertaining waste of time.

          If you ever watched Smallville, but stopped because of the recycled plots, random villain of the week, the pudgy black kid, and Kristen Kreuk hatred, really, you should come back for this season. Right now, its ratings is 1/2 to 1/3 of its peak, and I really think its Smallville's best year ever, in terms of stories and dialogue. If they do a major Smallville rerun this year (because of the strike), you really should catch up on them. Of course, if gorgeous blondes have absolutely no attraction for you, never mind.
    • thushan, on 11/04/2007, -3/+6I thought it was just me losing interest in Season 2, Season 1 I was hooked but the story seems to be going no-where this season. Oh well, I guess that was the same with LOST S2 for a while.
    • b3owulf, on 11/04/2007, -11/+2Season 2 doesn't suck any more than Season 1.

      The show is terrible.
      • lukas88, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1You are absolutely right. The show has always been bad. I am really happy it is ending early because that would be the perfect revenge for all the little fanboys that have been talking about this show like it was a religion.

        If you fantasize a lot about having super powers it is probably because you are just kind of pathetic in reality. There are lots of things you can do in life that will make you special. Watching a stupid TV show is not one of them.
    • firebhaal, on 11/07/2007, -2/+3^Dont watch it, and don't comment then you retard.
      Amazing everyone still watches it and cares enough to comment if its oh so bad
      • Dysarthria, on 11/05/2007, -0/+5The only retards I know sit there in front of a TV and smile/drool at anything. Heroes was good at the start of last season, slowed and became kinda lame after "save the cheerleader", then picked up again and climaxed in a lame season finale.

        Oh, and being able to comment on a good show going bad is a great thing. Maybe someone will actually tell the people writing the show that we're 6 episodes in and the Cheerleader, the old flying guy, his brother, the fat cop, and the indian scientist haven't done much. Even the guy who went back to feudal Japan is roaming around and "fixing history" we don't know about.
    • mishsquish, on 11/07/2007, -3/+6I disagree. No action != bad television. There is far more to sink your teeth into with the Heroes storyline than the cool fight scenes.
    • Darksoul, on 11/07/2007, -4/+2You people on digg worry me who the hell dugg this douchebag up 220+ times do any of you people have anything even remotely that looks like a brain. Season two is fine and I doubt they are going to cancel anything the show it to big for that if anything they would do a season two then cancel it but not during season 2 its to earily.
      • Dysarthria, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2How sad is your life that a comment about a TV going south merits an insult?
  • AriaStar, on 11/04/2007, -44/+12I'm so glad there are no TV shows I'm so hooked on. The writers' strike doesn't effect me, and it's effect on everyone else is that you all have to entertain yourselves for a while. I guess I don't understand why so many people prefer to watch fictitious characters live lives instead of living their own.
    • Sedako, on 11/04/2007, -11/+4I'm so glad I don't watch TV. So much time to do better things!
    • mimbomike, on 11/05/2007, -1/+15I agree with the aspect of living more than watching tv. But if you have a DVR, like me, you can do everything you want and watch it when you're spending time relaxing. I mean, we can't completely active 12 hours a day. And besides, people enjoy watching movies as they do TV. I hate people who think that people who spend a lot of time watching TV and/or movies aren't living
    • Okari, on 11/04/2007, -0/+13I'm soo sorry I like to take a break from work and watch some damn T.V.
    • pushmouse, on 11/04/2007, -2/+13What an arrogant and condescending attitude.
    • lhbaker, on 11/04/2007, -1/+9The word you're looking for is 'affect,' not 'effect.'
    • netant, on 11/04/2007, -0/+5It beats going to sleep after dragging your ass away from your job. TV viewing also is better than acquiring a methamphetamine addiction.
      • joshuabowers, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1Like that's the only alternative available.
        • netant, on 11/05/2007, -0/+1TV has a narcotic effect, with only psychological addiction. The only thing comparably benign is sex. I'm not Brad Pitt, and I can't afford hookers on a daily basis, even if I were interested in their services.

          And don't tell me exercise accomplishes the same sense of wellbeing. I suffered through cross-country running during high school. To this day, I'm convinced I stayed with it, because at that time, I had the same psychological pathology as a "self-mutilator". Don't really enjoy Xbox. Reading tires me, and it pisses me off everytime someone proffers a book as great literature, and I find it to be cow dung waste of my precious time.
    • mrurc, on 11/04/2007, -0/+5I watch Heroes with my boyfriend. I guess that means that I have no life despite everything else that I do. Oh well.
    • k0rDeLL, on 11/04/2007, -0/+0Xbox here I come.
  • loganhid, on 11/04/2007, -36/+3Prison Break FTW

    They keep delaying Prison Break - comes on every 2 weeks now for some reason?

    Yes Heroes is sucking major ass - Season was wasn't amazing either - best episode of season 1 was the one where their in the future. If they had all the episodes like that the show would be a lot better.
    • noots, on 11/04/2007, -2/+16prison break season 3 is sucking equally as much ass. It's getting pretty ***** ridiculous now.

      season 1 was one of the greatest TV shows ever. master piece.
    • jspegele, on 11/04/2007, -1/+3Prison Break has been on and off because of MLB playoffs. And oh yea, it sucks anyway.
    • bitemegates, on 11/04/2007, -3/+3Prison Break 3 sucks bad. I want it to end. They killed off Sara ... the -one-redeeming character they had left. *****.
      • noots, on 11/04/2007, -1/+2they had to, she didn't want to renew her contract because of her new born baby.
        • Jrr6415sun, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1no, she was willing to come back, they didn't "have to" they wrote up the script where she didn't die, fox didn't like it, said to rewrite it, so they did and had to kill her off.. she decided she didn't want to be killed off, so she declined to work.. they killed her off the only way they could, by showing her head in a box.
    • urbandistrict, on 11/04/2007, -3/+2loganhid repeat after me. They're...They're...They're...They're...They're...They're...They're
      • pintomp3, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1i tried repeating it, sounded the same to me.
      • urbandistrict, on 11/06/2007, -0/+1 "best episode of season 1 was the one where (((their))) in the future."
  • mokayogi, on 11/05/2007, -27/+12Arrested Development and maybe Lost. About the only two shows I watched religiously.
    • bingobongony, on 11/05/2007, -4/+16OK...and what does that have to do with this submission?
      • SlamShut, on 11/05/2007, -1/+7Not a goddamn thing. ***** morons on Digg these days.
    • fatdog789, on 11/05/2007, -1/+4One's been canceled and the other doesn't even begin production until next year although the scripts for the first half of the season have already been written, so neither is affected by the strike.
  • Roger, on 11/05/2007, -24/+8Curb and Its Always Sunny are all I need.

    (AND ARRESTED YOU EVIL *****!)
    • bingobongony, on 11/04/2007, -7/+3Those evil ***** for giving a show that lost millions of dollars for thje network only THREE seasons! Despite the fact that its performance rating-wise warranted only 1.
      • Roger, on 11/04/2007, -1/+6Screw rational thinking, I miss Arrested :(
        • bingobongony, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1I miss it too. But I started missing it in season 3 when it was nothing like it was in the first two seasons. It DESERVED cancellation if for no other reason than the fact that they thought that showing George Michael's Star Wars kid clip for the 8th time was still funny.
          People get pissed at Fox for giving them only 53 episodes or whatever it was. But no other network gave it 1. And Andy Richter Controls the Universe was a MUCH better show. Same 100% across the board critical acclaim. And they gave that less than 20.
    • SenorCardgage74, on 11/04/2007, -0/+8Cmon ya old sonofagun and let Buster do a line off your boner.
  • aldenhg, on 11/06/2007, -2/+184The biggest problem with this season of Heroes is that they've yet to identify what big problem is going to be resolved. Sure, Sylar is crossin' the border with the Guatemalan black-eye death twins, Parkman's dad is apparently a huge dick, Noah's going to get shot in the face some time soon and there's some guy named Adam (gee, do you think that's symbolic in any way?) who knows Peter and has the company worried, but WHERE ARE THE GOING WITH IT? We pretty much knew from the beginning of season 1 that Sylar was bad and it gave us something to look forward to. Now I'm just waiting for Claire to do something stupid and get discovered by another attractive high school student with another power we've already seen in someone else.
    On that note, does anyone think that the flying teenager is probably somehow related to Claire? Her biological dad can fly and they say it's all genetic.
    • sockpuppets, on 11/06/2007, -12/+95I hope Jack Bauer shows up and completely kicks all their asses. At least it will make 24's plot change.
    • lazyfisherman, on 11/04/2007, -0/+23"does anyone think that the flying teenager is probably somehow related to Claire?"

      oh, man... that would make sense now, wouldn't it? Nathan's long-lost son... Luke and Leia moments all the way with his secret daughter. Kensai's DNA might be in there somewhere as well.. hell, maybe most of them are related to Kensai and related to each other
      • yournamehere, on 11/04/2007, -0/+19i said this to a co-worker and we laughed about them doing each other and then finding out their related
        • inspecality, on 11/04/2007, -0/+23hey thats great
        • KizardLing, on 11/06/2007, -2/+82A friend of mine had an even funnier thought about Claire. Every time she has sex, her hymen will heal. She's the eternal virgin.
        • TypeEE, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2Ouch, that can be painful
    • RobotBuddha, on 11/04/2007, -0/+15I'd been thinking the same thing. It'd be a cruel, but hilarious plot twist for it to turn out that he's her half brother.
    • indisguise, on 11/04/2007, -1/+14"We pretty much knew from the beginning of season 1 that Sylar was bad and it gave us something to look forward to"

      we didnt even meet Sylar untill like the 9th episode,right now we're on ep. 6 of season 2
      • Curiousity, on 11/05/2007, -2/+13No, but we heard whispers about him from early on.
        • Dylan47, on 11/04/2007, -1/+1Adam Monroe?
        • Nowheredan, on 11/04/2007, -0/+10Like we've heard whispers of the guy going around killing off the older generation of people with powers?
    • neocr0n, on 11/04/2007, -0/+11Her mother had some kind of spontaneous combustion thing going on and her real dad can fly. She regenerates cells. Its quite possible he turns out to be her brother but it sounds like you based your theory off the fact that they both fly. It would seem a flying parent doesn't necessarily mean a flying kid.
      • Nesh, on 11/04/2007, -0/+8True, but Matt and Maury both have the same power, though.
        • neocr0n, on 11/04/2007, -0/+3Very true. Perhaps that's by chance because right now as far as I can tell the only trend I can spot is a super human parent be it one or two results in a super human child.

          Maybe if only one parent is super human your pretty much going to get the same power but if both are super human you might evolve your own. Who knows. Lets just enjoy the rest of the show, hopefully all 22/24 episodes :)
    • Rapsting, on 11/04/2007, -1/+6Ignore this, I was talking out of my ass.
      • spidoman, on 11/06/2007, -3/+7So you're a writer on the show?
      • Jrr6415sun, on 11/06/2007, -1/+5you can talk out of your ass? maybe this season would be better if that was someone's power...
    • ICSU, on 11/04/2007, -0/+6It seems that didn't have writers for Season 2 to begin with.
    • chocobomog, on 11/04/2007, -0/+3Actually I thought he was one of the "bad guys". He matches the profile of the guy who killed Hiro's dad and even has the same hoodie. Plus he can fly so falling off a building wouldn't matter much. He also seems to avoid Claire's dad, moreso than a kid who is just trying to avoid his secret girlfriend's dad. Plus he has a reason to hate Claire's dad and never seems to have parents who care he is gone.

    • nosecohn, on 11/06/2007, -0/+10If I ever have a band, I'm going to name it, "the Guatemalan black-eye death twins."
    • cr4wl3r, on 11/04/2007, -0/+5the problem is the fact that hiro has traveled to the past and kissed the girl that kensei was supposed to marry. this is what will ***** up time and be the problem this season.
      • SolitarySoviet, on 11/04/2007, -0/+5wrong its the reason the legend was there from the start hiro just did not know it was all because of him to begin with, thats causality for you...
      • KyleGoetz, on 11/05/2007, -0/+3I've been calling it since the last episode of Season 1: Hiro /is/ the Takezo Kensei everyone talks about. Hiro hasn't returned to the present yet, and it probably has something to do with him hooking up with Yaeko and living out some of his life as Takezo. I mean, didn't Hiro try to save his gf from last season and fail because her death was predestined by fate or something?
        So don't we know that Hiro can /not/ screw up the timeline?
    • chosenjones, on 11/04/2007, -0/+5Hiro traveled to the past, messed up the space time continuum when he kissed the Japanese Princess. Takezo Kensei is pissed now, so since he can't die, he devoted his live to messing up all of Hiro's friends/the people Hiro interacted with who made him go back in time and mess up his life. The only one who can reverse everything is Peter. Peter can travel back in time and stop Hiro from messing everything up.
    • maracle2, on 11/04/2007, -0/+5Digg for saying "Guatemalan black-eye death twins"
  • hiPpymIck, on 11/06/2007, -11/+15the two Japanese guys remind me a bit of Laurel and Hardy
    • Urusai, on 11/06/2007, -0/+3"This is a fine bit of trouble you've gotten us into this time, Ando!"
  • KrayzieKyd, on 11/09/2007, -10/+13"As you may know, Heroes Season 2 is planned 22-23 episodes long, but first 11 were labeled as “Volume 2″. "

    "11th episode, which will be air on December 3th, planned to be last episode of Volume 2"

    You just said the same thing twice. And stories about things that MAY happen don't need to be dugg. Let's worry about things that are actually happening, like alien abductions and Paris Hilton's community service.
  • daxsymbiont, on 11/04/2007, -31/+9heroes is so teenage oriented, you must be mentally 14 to enjoy it.

    at least the cheerleader spoils it up. self satisfied brat.
    • 46reasons, on 11/04/2007, -19/+3"heroes is so teenage oriented, you must be mentally 14 to enjoy it."

      Agreed!
    • bingobongony, on 11/04/2007, -0/+6So what you are saying is that it is above the level of the average Digger?
    • Nesh, on 11/04/2007, -0/+6Sounds like a self-righteous 16-year old to me...
    • Dylan47, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1pritty much all recent shows are "teenage oriented".
  • atlacatl, on 11/07/2007, -9/+16May as well end. This season is not that good anyway. Not like the first 6 episodes. Best sci-fi in a long time...
  • XBSHX, on 11/07/2007, -4/+203can you really trust a source that says december 3th?
  • lhbaker, on 11/05/2007, -11/+4Can't we all just chip in and make the writers happy?
    • samcrut, on 11/04/2007, -0/+6That's kinda the problem. If you buy the episodes online, the writers don't get their cut. If the networks stream them on the web and get money from a sponsor, the writers don't get their cut. All the progressive ways to watch the shows screw the writers out of extra revenue that the networks are collecting. If you used a Save Heroes PayPal account, the network would find a way to intercept the money and keep it away from the writers.
    • anotherjeff, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2You do that.
  • SpykerSpeed, on 11/05/2007, -18/+8Writers are way too self-important to be going on strikes. Honestly, I know there are thousands of chubby high-school girls out there who would give their left ovary to be writing the plots for some of these shows (like Lost, Heroes, Prison Break, 24, etc) and they'd probably do a better job than the current crop of writers.
    • aukxsona, on 11/04/2007, -2/+3yup...probably both.
    • s1mph0ny, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1NBC isn't that bad. They produced the USA shows Psych and Burn Notice, and both shows had excellent first seasons. Hard to say though, Psych doesn't have much of a episode-to-episode plot, and the Burn Notice plot completely changed at the end of the first season.
    • LiquidFusion, on 11/05/2007, -0/+1About those chubby high school girls..........
  • sodascape, on 11/04/2007, -17/+24after the disappointing season finale of last season, the show can rot in hell for all i care. what a waste of time.
    • lazyfisherman, on 11/04/2007, -3/+15what a waste of a good show and a good season leading up to a ***** finale and second season which isn't explaining anything fast enough to keep viewers interested..
    • netant, on 11/04/2007, -6/+4The finale wasn't so horrible. It was not knocking off the Petrelli brothers that made the finale pointless (and therefore suck).
    • t.toe, on 11/04/2007, -0/+5It has recently come to my attention that the finale last year wasn't supposed to suck so hard. They had originally written a much more climactic battle in NYC, but they were forced to cut it due to budgetary reasons.
    • TypeEE, on 11/04/2007, -2/+1I think season 1 peaked at saving the cheerleader and run downhill ever after. The ending eps suck really bad. I completely lost interest in season 2 as it went no where.
      • ricree, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2Personally, I consider "Company Man" to be the highpoint of the series so far, but I definitely agree that it peaked before the ending.
  • TSCheredar, on 11/04/2007, -4/+33OK no. Executives are not going to start canceling successful shows because of creativity. You know i'm right
    • tony4moroney, on 11/04/2007, -0/+5but they can cancel shows when people start ignoring it mass exodus
  • pilot3033, on 11/05/2007, -3/+5even after fishing for the original article, I'm hard pressed to actually believe it. Mainly because I fail to see how a season basically written and shot would end early because of the writers, who were done even before shooting started...
    Now please, I'm not Hollywood guy, so if someone in the know wants to fill me in as to how this is possible, please do!
    • joessandwich, on 11/05/2007, -1/+7First off, it never said anything about canceling the show, just that the second season would only be 11 episodes. The reason it would end there is because they don't write a full episode before they start shooting. A show like that normally only has a few scripts written before production begins and they write throughout the year, far after the first episode has been aired. If the strike continues too long, they won't be able to finish a complete season, so they've made plans to end it early.
    • bingobongony, on 11/05/2007, -1/+7Because they DIDN'T write the entire season yet. Almost no show does that. Actually, chances are ther is no "almost" about it. NO show does that, except for the premium cable ones like Curb Your Enthusaism and Sopranos, etc.
      Most shows probably have about 9-10 shows written at this point. But even that is only because they knew there was a good possibility of a striek. So hey stockpiled. Ina normal year, a show would be only about 6-7 episodes ahead. Sitcoms would have even less.
      • s1mph0ny, on 11/05/2007, -0/+3Wait, are you implying that Sitcoms have writers?
    • shibbyo, on 11/04/2007, -0/+5Yeah, they don't write/shoot the whole thing in advance. It's pretty much impossible to do all of that in the three months between season finale and season premiere.
    • fatdog789, on 11/04/2007, -0/+5Shows are WRITTEN about 1-2 months in advance of air date, EXCEPT for premiere episodes. Shows are FILMED/PRODUCED 1-4 weeks in advance (usually 2 weeks), and may be *rewritten* during filming.
    • samcrut, on 11/04/2007, -0/+3Most episodic TV is created pretty close to "just in time." It's a machine. Scripts are knocked out as the previous episodes are being shot. If the fan base goes nuts for a bit character, they can capitalize on that and use that character more. If someone isn't working out they can be killed off. The producers know the general plot lines for the season, but the details are worked out as late as the day of the shoot, or even in editing after the fact.

      When new episodes run out, they'll go into reruns. I doubt the strike will go for too long. If it's a short break, they'll get back to shooting, but they may have to plan for the worst and SHOOT a season wrap up for the 11th episode. However, they can edit the footage two ways in post depending on if the strike is over or not.
    • dagamer34, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1Good shows with a plot however will have their ACTUAL plotline semi-drawn out for a season at a time. The nitty-gritty details of each show however are what's in jeopardy.
  • kingtriumph, on 11/05/2007, -6/+35I happen to like the show. I'm a new convert, having watched season 1 in one week on DVD and now season 2 as it airs. Yes, it is slightly scattered and the plot in season 2 isn't moving that quickly, but I still enjoy it. I like that everything isn't all about the action, that there's a more human element to the heroes rather than a bunch of people in masks and tights saving the day. To me, it's far more entertaining than many shows out there.
    • ruce, on 11/04/2007, -2/+10amen
    • netant, on 11/06/2007, -1/+5The reason why season 2 sucks is not that its slightly scattered and the plot is moving too slow. Although those reasons contribute to the suckage.

      What makes a good show are compelling stories. Season 1 of Heroes, you cared about (almost) all the characters, their particular difficulties and challenges, and it all arched into that grand confrontation. This season's problem is that there were already too many characters in season 1, and instead of killing off a few of them, and focusing on the characters that were most compelling, they introduced 3-4 characters that are HORRIFFICALLY bad. You have Claire's new boyfriend which nobody can stand (probably a bad casting), the Katrina chick who's just plain lame, and I hate to say it folks, but transplanting Veronica Mars into Heroes does not make for a good character, just an incongruous one. (Unlike many people, I don't have a problem with the Irish chick; just the fact that Peter is alive.) Oddly enough, only "interesting" stories to me is the Hiro going back in time to perhaps screw up the future (and that is probably a bad thing, since so many people hate the Hiro character), and Bennet about to get a lead headache.
      • nosecohn, on 11/06/2007, -0/+3The Hiro character in Season 1, especially at the beginning, was great. He had this wonderful innocence about him, so he could drive the story and also be the comic relief. For some reason, that's just not coming off this season. Also, his plot line to date could have been accomplished in one episode: dress up in the samurai costume, convince the princess to follow kensei, convince him to fight the battle to save history, jump right to the final confrontation. As it is, I myself feel like I'm in a time loop... same thing each week.

        Oh, and I TOTALLY agree about Veronica Mars. It's hard to see her as a bad-ass.
        • netant, on 11/06/2007, -0/+2I have zero problem seeing Kristen Bell/Veronica Mars as a bad-ass. I have a problem seeing the Veronica Mars character transplanted into Heroes. It doesn't even matter that she isn't named Veronica Mars, its the same damn performance. (Could you imagine if Hugh Laurie played Greg House like his characters in Blackadder???)
  • KaptainKandy, on 11/04/2007, -16/+11The show just isn't that good. Who really cares?
  • pumacub, on 11/04/2007, -2/+6Episode 12 has already been filmed, so why would the 11th be the last because of a writers strike?
    • bingobongony, on 11/04/2007, -0/+6Well, Episode 22 hasn't been filmed, or even fully written. So, if there is a long enough strike, they very well may decide to cut the season short at a point whre they planned on there being a break, rahter than right in the middle.
      IT seems to me that the plan all along was to split the season up into two shorter seasons. The overall plotline may have spanned all 22 episodes, but likely there was a subplot that wrapped up in Episode 11. Better to end there than right in the middle.
    • plinstrot, on 11/04/2007, -0/+3actually they've already filmed through episode 13, and probobly have scripts though 15 or so, but they want to give viewers some resolution, and not suddenly brake for 6 months on a crappy cliffhanger, that will just make more viewers stop watching.
  • rmeddy, on 11/04/2007, -5/+2This writer's strike is gong to make life really ***** for No Daily Show ,Real Time. just to begin as for Heroes I,ve been watching but meh.
  • xXdredgXx, on 11/06/2007, -10/+5Thanks writers for giving us more reality t.v shows just like you did back in 1999 and this is why i don't have cable at my house and I steal the show i want to watch so you don't get paid for it = )
    • DonKarnage25, on 11/04/2007, -0/+3Your comment is so offensive to me, that I'm going to find out which McDonalds you work at and boycott it's specific location. Will it make a difference? Hell no. But it'll sure as ***** make me feel better about it.
      • ZenMojo, on 11/04/2007, -0/+3Don't boycott. Steal some frozen french fries and burger meat. They can't cook worth ***** anyway. Also, the writers aren't to blame for 1999, the last writer strike was 1988. Blame the studios for reality television.
  • HappyScrappy, on 11/04/2007, -6/+17A break will do them good. The writing is down a notch this season. It didn't get to be super popular last season by being this obvious.

    I mean why did Claire cut her toe off? She already knew she healed. She only did it so she could get caught doing it and advance the plot.

    Take a break and get back on track.
    • samcrut, on 11/04/2007, -1/+2One might think that the writers had something else on their minds this whole time....like say an impending strike perhaps?
    • Genjeta, on 11/04/2007, -0/+23She did it to see if the toe would grow back....all the other injuries simply healed the wounds, the toe could've just healed the wound, but not regrown the toe.
      • HappyScrappy, on 11/07/2007, -3/+1I find it impossible that a person who was already convinced enough that they would recover that she would willingly stay in a burning house and get 3rd degree burns would have any doubt she would regro 1/2" of toe.
    • shawnanigans, on 11/04/2007, -0/+10Her body mostly, for lack of a better work, mended. It fixed holes and fixed broken bones. If the body regenerated in those scenes where Claire is putting the bones back in there place there would already be a bone there because it regenerated, so she would have to see if parts could regenerate.
    • DonKarnage25, on 11/04/2007, -0/+8Actually, she cut off her toe to test out the theory that someone with her powers could grow back an entire limb if it were lost. There's a difference between getting hurt and damaged and having a part of you entirely severed.
    • dagamer34, on 11/04/2007, -0/+3Uhh... cutting off an arm is in a WAY different category from healing wounds. Fixing what doesn't exist is a lot different from fixing something broken.
  • squirrelza, on 11/08/2007, -4/+45Dexter is the best series on at the moment.
    • encrypter, on 11/05/2007, -14/+42Dexter's Lab?
    • Azriel7, on 11/04/2007, -3/+5I agree, Dexter(ON HBO) is getting better and better with every episode. Unlike Heroes, season 2 of Dexter is actually going somewhere.
      • AssProphet, on 11/04/2007, -0/+7it's on SHOWTIME... how do you not know that?
        • adarahsia, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1HBO is the go-to channel for quality cable shows.
          And then something strange happened...
        • FreddieD, on 11/05/2007, -1/+1When you're broadcatching everything in sight, you tend to not care which network it came from.
      • Azriel7, on 11/05/2007, -1/+1Oops, yea you are correct. Sorry, I got it mixed up with a different show that shows up on HBO.
    • Protoss, on 11/04/2007, -1/+4Amen. That and Weeds are the shows I watch religiously atm.
    • brokencode, on 11/04/2007, -1/+4Dexter is the best series ever!
    • elemmeno, on 11/04/2007, -1/+1"Pushing Daisies"
      Best network TV right now.
  • kidcodea, on 11/04/2007, -8/+1pb1, house 1 & 2 (3 is suckin), heroes upto last episode season1.
    • zennode, on 11/04/2007, -1/+7House season 3 is sucking? Are you mad? They are taking the show in a different direction. I find it refreshing
      • kidcodea, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2i guess i'm not mad but you never really know.
      • Sk8SkaNJ, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1Season 3 was definitely nowhere near as good as the first two. Pretty much its just been the same formula for every episode and its getting a little tiring. I'll still continue to watch the show, but its definitely getting boring.
      • cowcowmoomoo1, on 11/04/2007, -0/+5I thought this was season 4...
  • Nudar, on 11/06/2007, -3/+26I'm no English teacher but a small Ethiopian child with no training could speak better English than the submitter.
  • maiku00, on 11/06/2007, -14/+5good! who the ***** even cares? Heros is retarded, along with all other tv. at least maybe the writers will get their dues, even if most of the ***** they produce blows ass.
  • Pake, on 11/04/2007, -3/+9For every writer that's bitching, just think of all the new potential writer's who haven't gotten their break yet into the business to finally get their chance. Then again, the Writer's Guild is just like every other union and will harass the hell out of others who want to make their big break into the business.
    • ZenMojo, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2The writer's GUILD is interesting in that every law established for it applies to all writers everywhere. Basically, whatever they secure for writers in LA applies to every writer in Los Angeles. And it also has a stabilizing effect on the industry in that actors, crew, etc, get more benefits from the writers going on strike. Right now SAG, AFTRA, etc are encouraging actors to go out in support of the writer strike.
      • Pake, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1Technically there are not laws established for the writer's guild since they are just a union. Also, whatever they say does not apply to all writers. It's a union, and just like all unions, it requires a person to apply for a membership.
    • mrurc, on 11/04/2007, -1/+3Yeah and if they cross the lines and write for shows during the strike, they will never be able to be in the writer's guild and thus will end their careers. Sounds like an awesome plan.
      • Pake, on 11/04/2007, -2/+1It wouldn't end their career, because they could easily sue the writer's union.
        • Ravie, on 11/05/2007, -0/+0No, no they couldn't. That's why guilds work.
  • insomniac8400, on 11/04/2007, -2/+4Why don't they fire the writers and get new ones. That is a much better option than cutting the season in half.
    • DeFex, on 11/04/2007, -1/+11they could hire some air traffic controllers.
    • MaxD, on 11/04/2007, -1/+1Ahhhh somebody who doesn't quite understand unions and scab labour. I used to be like that once, give yourself 5-10 years and you'll understand _exactly_ why they don't do that :)
      (nb, not trying to be an arse or anything - I just remember thinking when I was young "goddamned wharfies! Why don't they get back to work!")
  • 5xSTUN, on 11/04/2007, -1/+7I stopped watching it after the third episode, and I'll be disappointed if it ends up being cancelled before the writers get a chance to figure out how to make it not suck.
  • samcrut, on 11/04/2007, -2/+3So wait... Writers go on strike and suddenly all current TV shows are canceled? Riiiiiiight. How about they finish shooting the episodes they have done and then *IF* the strike is still going on, they take a hiatus. When it's all resolved, they go back to shooting more episodes.
    • rufo, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2They are, which takes them to about the second episode of Volume 3 (next year's episodes). No sense in starting it if they're only going to leave it unfinished and piss everyone off.
    • sd12013, on 11/04/2007, -0/+0Doesn't give them much bargaining power does it?
    • Ravie, on 11/06/2007, -0/+1Most TV shows need writers on set in order to shoot.
    • echolyean, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1Rewrites are often done up to the last minute and even during shooting, which is not possible at the moment.
  • DeFex, on 11/07/2007, -12/+5the show really sucks why do people like it?
  • Phoenixfury, on 11/05/2007, -11/+20There's a lot of people hating on Heroes in the comments to this posting. If you don't like the show that much, why even comment at all? Does it make your dick bigger or something?
    • Cloud7654, on 11/06/2007, -5/+1Dick? No. E-penor? Yes.
    • my10cent, on 11/05/2007, -0/+1Hear Hear, I think it is all those middle aged cable subscribers that usually find a show amusing for a season and then start trashing it, I like 2nd season just fine.
  • Mossman85, on 11/04/2007, -3/+4Lost. February. 16 straight episodes. I doubt this will be effected by the strike seeing as how they have already filmed a bunch of episodes of season 4. With the season 3 dvd release coming up, the strike shouldn't be that big a deal. And if you have never watched Lost and your favorite show is effected by the strike, just rent season 1 and four episodes in you will not only forget about the strike, you may forget about your life for a while...
    • rufo, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2I heard somewhere that during the hiatus they were stockpiling scripts, so it has a good chance of being the only decent scripted show on in the beginning of next year. I haven't started watching, but I'll probably pick it up soon.
      • Ravie, on 11/05/2007, -0/+0I hate to say it, but I've heard they won't be able to shoot the rest of the episodes without the writers, so they'll probably only be airing the 10 epi's they have filmed until the end of the strike.
  • maticus, on 11/07/2007, -13/+11Now here's a good reason why unions suck.
    • ZenMojo, on 11/04/2007, -0/+9That's not selfish at all, is it? So the writers strike once every 20 years and your television schedule suffers. ***** all. Who cares? Writers who get paid are happy, creative writers. Writers who don't get paid become attorneys.
    • netant, on 11/04/2007, -0/+6Actually, its the TV ownership that sucks. Writers want a cut in the non-traditional revenue streams (ipod, streaming, etc.) because if they stick to the current methodology (TV advertising), they can be REALLY screwed, if broadcast TV dies as a revenue stream in the next few years. Also, I believe this affects their residuals (reruns) income somehow. Producers are playing hardball (only established revenues), ergo strike.
    • Urusai, on 11/04/2007, -0/+3Because you can't get your boob tube fix? Too bad everyone can't serve your every whim all the time regardless of their own personal lives. Damn writers trying to make more money? Maybe we should bring back slavery!
  • phuker, on 11/06/2007, -1/+8December 3th, will be air on How in the world does this douche bag get dugg to the top? Seriously?! ***** digg
  • brokencode, on 11/04/2007, -1/+7Dexter S1 > Your Favorite Show
    • Neem, on 11/04/2007, -2/+1Yeah dexter is way good... but Season 1 of lost, to me, is just unbeatable, however this might be due to external and independent factors and not a completely objective judgment.
  • swordedge, on 11/07/2007, -0/+17Without reading the article, I can tell you that the writers have a legit beef. They get nothing from internet downloads and little to nothing from DVD Sales. The networks get plenty. Basically, they are being screwed. This problem is just about identical to the one many bands are finding themselves in, they get money from DVD sales but not internet sales. When the contract for the bands and writers were written, there was no concept of internet downloads.
    I don't know about you but I have long been of the opinion that the writers do not get enough respect. If I buy music online, I except most of the money to go to the bands, not some fat guy in a tower office that couldn't make music if his life depended on it.
    This does not mean that I like the strike, I don't. May it be a short one cause I don't think I could survive that many reality shows (no writers on those so we may get a lot of them)
    • Phoenixfury, on 11/04/2007, -0/+3I agree with all your points! It's nice to know there are sensible Digg users out there. Don't get me wrong about the reality show comment because I do like those types of shows.. But there is also a over saturation of them too. Next thing you know there will be reality show featuring other reality shows and the voting public gets to choose which shows go and which one's stay. Heck I wouldn't be shocked if such a show already exists.
      • mrurc, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2I think that the oversaturation is the only reason that there are any on that I like at all. There would be no (q-list) Celebrity Bull Riding if the celebrities were busy doing higher quality reality shows.
  • CheeseburgerBro, on 11/08/2007, -0/+62Save the writer's guild, save the world!
    • echolyean, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1"Best. Synopsis. Ever." - said Comic Book Guy.
  • aphorizm, on 11/04/2007, -1/+8I think the writers could do with the break to try and rescue what has so far been a bloody dreadful season.

    I live in Cork, Ireland and believe me, people don't finish all their setences with "boyo!"
    • b_timmins, on 11/06/2007, -1/+4No but they speak with semicomprehensible Cork accents, not the funny half-Northern Irish accents these guys are using
    • inspireology, on 11/06/2007, -3/+3The funny thing is you just did :p
    • mrurc, on 11/06/2007, -0/+3And New Orleans is not in a county. It's like the writers couldn't care less if they are geographically correct.
      • KyleGoetz, on 11/06/2007, -0/+5To clarify for those who don't know: Louisiana has parishes, not counties. New Orleans is in Orleans Parish. One more reason why Louisiana is weird: they use a Civil Law system, while the rest of the US uses a Common Law system. The Civil Law system (I'm pretty sure) comes from Louisiana's French roots.
  • eventodd, on 11/04/2007, -0/+15I'm in this business -- actor, not writer -- and swordedge has it basically right. But one of the demands of the WGA (writers) is to get the reality show writers paid and protected by the guild. The producers of reality shows actually use writers, of course (do you think the questions and answers are ad-libbed...?) but they pay them almost nothing. And the living conditions, when they have to go on location (e.g. australian bush), are inhuman -- no water or food all day, sleeping together in leaky tents, etc. If the producers aren't FORCED to do the "right" or human thing, they never will.
    Also, the producers came to the negotiating table "offering" to pay the writers LESS than they get now. And they haven't budged from that. And interestingly, the media coverage is slanted against the writers. I wonder if that's bending backwards not to seem biased toward fellow writers (among the journalists) or an editorial instruction from the Big Business owners of the media.
    And to answer any lingering questions about the logistics, any show that is fully shot and edited will be shown. But if it has been written but not shot, it can't continue, because writers are needed for rewrites on the set, and editing advice. It gets tricky for the writer/producers who are responsible for their shows, but can't ethically do any writing work now.
    Here's hoping the strike is short. But I don't think so.
    • ZenMojo, on 11/04/2007, -1/+5The media is OWNED by the studios. NBC=Universal, ABC=Disney, Paramount=CBS, Fox=20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers/Universal/Paramount=CNN. Are you surprised?
  • tweetsa, on 11/07/2007, -6/+4WHOA

    you mean they havn't taped all the episodes yet? THANK GOD!
    Let the current writers walk and then bring in new writers who will do more than write about teen love and won't introduce new characters every episode.
    • TaySavesTheDay, on 11/04/2007, -1/+3I get excited every time they introduce a new character because I keep hoping that the character will actually be worthwhile. I guess I'm just optimistic.
  • Vector713, on 11/07/2007, -10/+1Good think I'm just a Desperate Housewives addict. :)
    • pig13, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2What's with 'Good think' lately? I've never seen that before until I started reading comments on Digg...
  • GodIsntReal, on 11/06/2007, -10/+4Man i hate strikes they are so ***** stupid.
    • mrurc, on 11/04/2007, -1/+4Wait until someone uses your work and doesn't give you any money for it. I think you would change your tune then.
  • jakdracula, on 11/05/2007, -4/+5You mean there are actual writers on this show? Could have fooled me, the show is terrible this season.
  • bs0l, on 11/07/2007, -3/+19I watch Heroes for the Haitian only now. If they cancelled the whole show and made a side show with only the Haitian, I would be fine with that. Sure Hiro and Peter are cool, but think about it. The Haitian. A title by itself.

    Before you reply with your hate, think about this: The Haitian is amazing.
    • unearth, on 11/06/2007, -0/+27I was going to reply but I just forgot everything I read here.
    • dacjames, on 11/05/2007, -1/+3You don't ***** mess with The Haitian.
  • genepooldesign, on 11/04/2007, -3/+6This whole article is a flaming pile of poop. Heroes will go on. Buried.

    (He called the ***** poop!)
  • KizardLing, on 11/04/2007, -1/+2OK, here's what makes me not believe this:
    For them to have a new ending, it would have to be rewritten. Even writer/producers can't continue writing, which includes rewrites. So, I'm guessing this is wildly inaccurate.
  • lebeau32, on 11/05/2007, -4/+3Who cares????? Heroes is so bad this season ending at the 11th episode may be it's saving grace. I canceled it off my tivo. I don't care for the Hiro storyline, he stop being funny halfway through last season, and it's way too many other heroes to care.
  • warplayer, on 11/05/2007, -3/+3I remember Tim Kring said in an interview around comic-con(i think) that while Season 1 was Volume 1, that Season 2 would be Volume 2, 3, and 4. He even spoke about doing a Volume that was like 3 episodes long possibly. I think that is why the 11th episode is labeled as the end of volume 1. I think the writer of the blog was mixed up.
  • warplayer, on 11/06/2007, -8/+2I remember Tim Kring said in an interview around comic-con(i think) that while Season 1 was Volume 1, that Season 2 would be Volume 2, 3, and 4. He even spoke about doing a Volume that was like 3 episodes long possibly. I think that is why the 11th episode is labeled as the end of volume 1. I think the writer of the blog was mixed up.
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