NBC’s Heroes Are Reborn But Are We Watching Doe?

The year was 2006. It was a simpler time. Pluto got demoted from being a planet, Dick Cheyney shot a dude in the face, but more importantly, ABC’s Lost was the King Cesar of the TV game. That is, until one show rose came out and gave Lost that Brutus shiv to the back. That show was NBC’s Heroes. Heroes came out and did the Lord’s work on television. The characters were all tangled into each other without knowing it. The acting was great, the visual of the powers was on point. It was X-Men done right for prime time. If Heroes was on then everything got shut down. It was dope game TV. They don’t make villains like this no more. [divider type=”space_thin”] Heroes was the show we deserved… until season two came out, then it wasn’t the show we’d need anymore. They went and fucked up so badly with the writer’s strike (remember that shit?) clearly taking a toll in season two. Season three, titled “Villains,” was better, but then it felt like they didn’t know what they wanted to do with their characters. The series finale felt like being over at your friend’s place and their parents start spanking them for trying to be slick — it’s mad awkward and uncomfortable… but you’re not going to look away because you know you’re going to bring this shit back up at some point to roast ’em. And now, Heroes is getting a second chance with a revival.

Heroes Reborn will debut September 24th, 2015 and all I can think to say is… Bruh. Why, yo? Let it go, man. Personally, I’m like “Oh shit, Mi…

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