Television Review: Season Finale of Heroes: An Invisible Thread - Show Creator Tim Kring

There is a lot to be said about Heroes, being a fan ever since day one of the show and being so supportive of it.

However, I must draw a line now, I want to make this very clear before I write my review on the finale. Season 1 of Heroes, excellent, season 2 of Heroes, good, season 3, volume 3, very good and season 3, volume 4...

Volume 4, fugitives. Since the explosive finale to volume 3 of Heroes just before Christmas, I have wondered just exactly what angle the show was going to take, unfortunately they didn't chose a good one. This volume of Heroes without a doubt has been bad and has hurt the series in many ways, most importantly being the viewing figures. This whole angle of our Heroes on the run from the government, just didn't sit comfortable for me, I feel that the show was trying too hard to be something which it isn't. I felt that they were playing out of their depth with this one and so therefore ended up making a poor quality volume in parts.

The thing is that worries me particularly, is that the show looked as if it was running out of ideas for stories and character's. This is not good for a series so early on in the game to be having problems like this.

After enduring this volume, hoping that Claire may not cry in one episode and that Nathan will eventually get the cut from the show, we come to where we are know, the season finale. This episode was clearly the weakest finale so far and had no real type of depth to it. You had Sylar (by far the best actor and character on the set) in a position which seemed unbeatable, whilst the other characters were trying to pull themselves together.

Anyway, the plot outline is that Sylar, with his shape shifiting ability, is going to appear as Nathan in an attempt to meet with the president, to acquire his appearance, leading to him becoming the most powerful person on the planet, in a matter of words. In a attempt to stop this well thought plan out, you had Nathan and Peter. This is the basic outline in what this finale had install for everyone.

Finally, this is my overall say on the finale, it was good, but it was only good, when you look at a poor volume it had to finale at the end of. The whole volume had a weak story and moments of really bad acting. For me the thing that got me about this episode, was when Peter and Nathan came face to face with Sylar and they all fought each other. At this point I thought to myself, right this may be a poor episode, but this could make it good. The conclusion to this fight scene, is we see nothing, Peter and Nathan fly in and begin to battle with Sylar, then the double doors to this room where this is taking place closes and we are left with a scared claire peaking through the crack in between the door. You don't know how frustrating that was for me and my mates. Tim you really need to up your game (script and story) for the next season and sort out this insecurity to let characters sometimes die. Volume 4, 2/5.