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Last week I brought up the point in my review that I thought Heroes is going to far in terms of adding characters and plot lines. In fact here is what I said in my review of Lizards last Monday night:

In some ways there is probably to many characters in an episode, and at times I just want to see what’s going on with Hiro and Peter rather then a lot of the new characters. Is Heroes growing to fast? In my opinion it might be, but then again like last season it may just be growing bigger and bigger to do better things in the future.

It seems as though I am not the only one that has this thought, and the question was asked to TVGuide by some fans of Heroes and here was there response:

Far be it from me to defend a show that most of its fans seem ready and willing to accept, no matter its inconsistencies and unevenness and the way it skitters all over the map most weeks. But “slow”? Hardly. Scattered, yes. Confusing, but of course. When hasn’t Heroes been a complete jumble? (Maybe the “Company Man” episode, still a series high point.) But I agree that the last thing Heroes would seem to need is to add more chaos to the mix when it can’t even service many of the characters it has already established. I guess that’s part of the show’s “charm.” Time/space continuum issues and logic aside, I have enjoyed the Hiro/Kensei storyline in ancient Japan quite a bit, although I really got excited when Kensei was struck by all those arrows. How daring. Until he suddenly healed and it wasn’t. Once again, it looks like Heroes is making up rules about characters and their powers whenever it’s convenient. And people (and Emmy panels) prefer this show to Lost? Whatever. Still, Hiro is fun. And his dad is dead! For good, it appears. Hmm. Also liking the Claire-and-family storyline about trying to keep her powers under wraps in a new high school, while the flying stalker classmate looks on. HRG working at the copy store is a riot, part of the season’s trend of trapping characters (like Chuck of Chuck, and Sam and pals of Reaper) in dead-end jobs with merciless supervisors. But once again, it is absolutely a fair criticism of Heroes that it has overstacked the deck with an abundance characters of unequal interest (can’t really say I’ve been missing Niki or Micah, who appear to be back this week). This isn’t so much an embarrassment of riches as it is a puzzlement. But again, what else is new?

With the addition of so many characters, and the much less enthusiastic beginning to the second season I think it is wildly accepted that things need to start coming together for Heroes. We still want to see Peter, Nathan, Nikki and Peter. Sometimes I just want to say if its not broke, don’t fix it, and with Heroes they may just be going to far. Only time will tell.

Often times the question arises when a show reaches success basically overnight, and I don’t remember a show taking off to the magnitude of Heroes has with the spin-off series announced, comic books, and the like. And it seems as though several other media outlets around the net are feeling the same way. In an interesting article over at the Boston Globe he writes about just that, is Heroes growing to fast for its own good? Here is what Matthew Gilbert from the Boston Globe had to say:

As the fall TV season approaches, and we wonder which series will shame themselves, “Heroes” is looking increasingly like a prime suspect. Since the Monday night show is NBC’s only newish non-reality hit, the network and Kring have spent the summer heaping tacky expansion gimmicks onto it with abandon. “Heroes” has been turned into a relentless and tiresome source of merchandising, casting, and spinoff hype — hype about how the show will grow as a product, not media-generated hype about how good it is.

To me, it’s as if NBC is pressing “Heroes” into child labor. The network is working the show like a mature blockbuster — on the order of “CSI” or “Lost” — too soon. Underneath all the great expectations, there is just a wee sci-fi TV series whose unformed back is carrying too much weight.

“Heroes” has great potential, based on much of its first season, to be special and enduring. But, like many new series, it still needs refining and tender loving care before it deserves to be turned into a synergistic linchpin. Its Emmy nomination this summer for outstanding drama series came too soon.

Welcome to Heroes Insider, your one stop information portal for everything about the hit show Heroes on NBC. Some may be wondering why we are starting a fan site a year after the conception? It’s simple, Heroes is a show that grew on all of us, it told stories that grew throughout the season and created one of the most exciting new series on television. Finally we have reached a time where TV is more then just reality shows and candid thirty minute comedy sitcoms, the brilliance of television was brought back to life with Tim Kring’s Heroes. So throughout our time here at Heroes Insider you can expect plenty of rumors, insight into the storyline, character development, episode reviews, and much more. I hope you enjoy your time here at Heroes Insider as much as we enjoy writing about it!