Trivial Matters

I watched the third episode last night, and I’m starting to wonder if the storylines are getting out of control. It seems each character has their own now, and even when they are in the same room (like FuturePeter and Noah) it is on different paths. A complex storyline is one thing. Lost has done well with their large cast, but they did so by focusing on only a few players at a time each episode.

Unless they are going to start making connections between the different arcs, the writers should limit themselves to two or three per episode. FuturePeter, Noah and Sylar, and Parkman could make for a good episode by themselves. Then follow that with Nathan, Tracy, and Hiro and Ando the next week.

Mohinder wasn’t in last night’s episode, and I didn’t miss him one bit. His story can wait, as can Claire’s. We’ve seen what she becomes (or can become) so the events leading to that don’t need to be spread out like this. Her’s and Mohinder’s stories are similar enough that they could work well together in a single (or perhaps two-part) flashback episode toward the end of the season.

On side note, the premier episode of Life came on after Heroes. I was under the impression that it was going to be this Friday (in its regular time slot) and I wonder how many viewers new to catch it last night. It seems that Friday’s ep will be the second for the season, so they’ll miss a big part of the story arc if they weren’t watching Heroes (or knew that it was going to be on after). It is available in Hulu though, if any of you missed it.