TV: November 2006 Archives

"Save the cheerleader, Save the world," was the resounding message preceeding last night's episode of Heroes.

But, in all honesty, I gotta admit that I felt the hype left me feeling let down. I can only walk away scratching my head and wondering if there was something more to the episode. My reasoning is quite simple. I expected a much more climactic ending when the cheerleader was to be saved. I expected that Hiro, as well as many of the others would be there using their combined powers. Certainly there are questions needing answers:

1. Will Peter go down for the murder of Claire's cheerleading nemesis?
2. Is DL out of the picture?
3. What's up with Hiro?
4. How will Claire coming clean with daddy change things?
5. Now that Mohinder has decided that he will continue his father's research, what's his next move?
6. What are they gonna do with Sylar?
7. Did the cheerleader actually get "saved"?

I'm sure there's more so feel free to add your's to the list. The next episode is supposed to turn the clock back a bit and reveal some of the reasons that these people have such extraordinary powers.

If you've ever seen Groundhog Day ( Bill Murray ) then you'll understand Daybreak.

However, there's a bit of a switch-up. This isn't about an egotistical, cynical, newscaster re-living the same day and chasing after the love of his life in an effort to end the vicious cycle. This is about a decorated, 12 year veteran cop framed for the murder of a D.A. forced to re-live the same day in an effort to stop a desperate chain of events as well as clear his name.

Detective Brett Hopper ( Taye Diggs ) is the cop who is framed despite his alibi - the ex-wife ( Moon Bloodgood as Rita Shelten ) of his former partner and Internal Affairs cop ( Adam Baldwin as Chad Shelten ). Movie and TV fans will recognize Adam Baldwin. He's been around for a while ( My Bodyguard, Independence Day, and a recurring role on X-Files ).

Clearing his name is no easy task. Hot on his trail is Det. Spivak ( Mitch Pileggi well known for his character on X-Files ) and Det. Choi ( Ian Anthony Dale who was on last year's dead series, Surface ). Not only must he clear his name, but in doing so he is driven to save his sister ( Meta Golding as Jennifer Mathis ), her son, and his girlfriend ( his alibi ) from a mysterious group of men that appear to be the bad guys.

Lastly, his current partner ( Victoria Pratt as Andrea Battle ), is under investigation for her shady dealings. It's anyone's guess if he can trust her to help him. While it's implied that he can, as a viewer I can only suspect that she may have ulterior motives. However, the central guy under suspicion on my list right now is Chad. Brett knows he has to fix the day somehow. He has to get it right. In one scene he even admits, "It's much bigger than I thought."

Will he get the day's events right? Is it somehow linked to the girl in the bus crash? This series is definitely going be on the top of my list. The cast is top notch and the storyline keeps the action moving at a great pace. I'll admit that I was a little disappointed with the fact that there was such a short fall season for Lost. But, I think that this series will more than make up for the long wait until Lost's next season.

After watching last night's episode of Heroes I can say, without hesitation, that my favorite Hero is Hiro.

It's probably a little too early to make judgements about all the character's on the show, but I have made a decision and I'm going to stick with it. If you wonder why, as I'm sure some people will, he's my favorite you'll be pleasantly surprised because I'm going to list a few of the reasons.

This morning I had an interesting email in my inbox.

According to BrilliantButCancelled, Six Degrees isn't doing very well. I noticed that it wasn't on last night opposite of Shark. Although I've said in the past that I do like Six Degrees, I haven't been watching it lately opting to record it and watch it at my convenience.

For the time being it is going to be pulled from Thursday nights and possibly return in January.

It's been a while since my last post of any real substance.

Recently, as you may or may not know, I was looking into the shows that would make up the fall season. I kicked it off with my own review of Men in Trees. I admit, I wasn't able to review as many of the new ( or even existing ) series. If this was my day job perhaps that would have been possible. I thought I would give it a try and predict the shows that would last and the one's that wouldn't.

Well, things are turning out as I expected ( or at least kind of ).