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Nothing hurt like the disappointment of Heroes losing its way Watching this made me so nostalgic for all the original characters, the potential of this show deserved a better fate

"It's like we're all, you know, connected." I can still hear Peter Petrelli telling me about being destined for something bigger.

Heroes S1 was awesome. Then, writer's strike. It never captured the magic of that first season again. They shouldn't have brought Sylar back so soon(if at all), and they shouldn't have de-powered Peter. Also the fights between Peter and Sylar were never really shown, which annoyed people.

The mere mention of this show makes me want to go back and watch it again.

Season 1 was SO magical ... Heroes was best when the characters still had mystery ... when we longed to see them unite, but they were still thousands of miles apart and still learning about what they could do. When Sylar was a dark force of nature who killed relentlessly. When Peter was a lovable nobody with a huge destiny. It was almost TOO good at the early stages ... and it would have been SO difficult to maintain that brilliance.

We forgetting in season 2 Peter left a woman stuck in the future and didn't go back to get her

The writer’s strike killed a lot of shows of this era. Looking forward to part 2.

I feel like Heroes like most shows lost its goal and was more concerned with getting renewed which meant sacrificing characters and character development

I was a big fan of Heroes when it first came out. Sylar was my favorite villian. I loved how scary he was, he seemed terrifying on screen as he was collecting powers. Me and my dad really got into it and we would watch it together and geek out about it. I remember watching this and Chuck with my dad, they were some of the best bonding moments I had with him.

It's a real shame. NBC really built something wondrous back then, giving us a unique and original take on superheroes that was neither Marvel nor DC. Imagine if it had not burned down in flames and lasted 'till the MCU era we have today. I'd imagine that they'll have more material to work with, such as subverting the tropes of Marvel/DC movies.

Sylar in the earlier seasons was one of the best tv villains

To this day, this is still one of my fav series's. Even with the terrible outcome of the later seasons it still hold a special place in my heart after all these years. Really is a shame it had to end like it did.

I never really watched it initially, as they stuck it on the Sci-Fi channel over here, which usually means it's unwatchable schlock. But the BBC picked it up a year later and I loved it then. If it had ended with season one, it probably would have become a cult classic, but season two...

Heroes: How My Favorite Show Became the Worst Show on Television

"More of a character drama WITH superheroes, than a show about superheroes." What ruined the later seasons for me was them losing sight of this concept. They'd always try to bring the characters back to square one at the start of each season, but by episode 2 they may as well have been the X-men in all but the name and costumes.

Heroes is the textbook example to authors (Brandon Sanderson talks about this IIRC) of being conscious of the promises you're making to your readers (or viewers in this case). The promises they were (implicitly and explicitly) making were that we'd see the coming together of these awesome characters as force for good and we'd get to see the growth into awesomeness of Peter and Hiro. Instead, the "team" illogically fractures after season 1 and Peter and Hiro never live up to the small glimpses of badassness that we get teased with.

You know a show is good when “Save the cheerleaders save the world” is still a reference half the room will understand. I really watched this show as a very young kid and finding it very creepy and interesting. Like I thought it was scary but I was 100% invested.

The first season was amazing. I wish they focused more on the smaller slice of life stories instead of saving the world every fucking season. I really could have has had 6 episode of psychic detective Matt Parkman. Or high school drama with super healing Clare Bennett. I feel the youtubeRed show Impuse is what I wanted form Heroes. Life drama with a super powered twist.

Man I get chills whenever I hear the NieR: Automata soundtrack, great use of it!

It is a shame they never made a second season of Heroes. Nope. That was the only season

A Cliffhanger? THE AUDACITY!

The writers behind Heroes apparently gave all they got in the first season. From then it went downhill - which was a pretty sad thing. And I do believe that most characters were versions of known X-men : Peter Petrelli had similar powers to Rogue. Claire Bennet had Wolverine's healing powers. Hiro Nakamura was an expansion of the ideas behind NightCrawler. Matt Parkman was a mind reader not unlike Professor X. Nathan Petrelli could fly like X-men's Angel. And there's a now classic episode where future Hiro goes back in time which reminded me a lot of X-men : Days of Future Past comic books. First season? 9/10 on my book.

Heroes: going from completely innovative and amazing to jumping the shark while shitting the bed.

This show had so much potential.... it's so frustrating to watch show and think what could have been...

Season two had so much potential. It would have been amazing and on par at least if not for the writers strike. But then they had to cut so many threads and sew together what was left into a cohesive story it’s such a shame

I will always be glad I only watched S1 of this show, even if purely by accident. Never stop hearing about what a disaster it became in the later seasons.

Man, this really is one of the shows the writers strike back then really killed. It lost what made it special - especially having that half season. It's annoying as it's last finale had some real promise of going back to what made it what it was.

I've never seen a single second of heroes but I've always been intrigued by everything that surrounds it

I’ve been waiting for a video like this for almost a decade. Thank you.

Season one of Heroes was amazing. It was a steady downhill from there.

this is one of those shows that should have 1 or 2 seasons at max, a really cool story told in about 30 episodes would be perfect

Always remember 'four years in the future ' episode...best of the best episode ever

What’s great is that you don’t need to watch Heroes to enjoy this video. I haven’t and I still really enjoyed this video, good job!

Soooooooooooo much wasted potential.

Its time for a true "Heroes" Reboot. I don't mean a return to the characters/actors from the old series like was done several years ago (no matter how much I loved Masi Oka as "Hiro"), but starting over again from Square One, with new cast, new(er) characters, and this time a story line that would at least take them to 3 seasons (which seems the amount of success a new show that gets renewed for will go these days).

Heroes started out amazing and became the worst. At some point they were like, hey...the people don't want super heroes using and concealing their powers in the real world...how about we just make the main bad guy a good guy for no reason and then focus entirely on this lesbians college dorm life. Then we'll reboot the show later with effects even worse than early 2000's TV.

This is still one of my favorite shows, as far as concepts. They had such an amazing first season, they just couldn’t keep that lightning flowing though. Makes me so sad.

this show will always have a very special place in my heart and i will forever welcome another try to revive the franchise even after the poor reborn series

Nice video. EXCELLENT choice of music! - 'City Ruins' really got my attention. 1000 Thank You's for having credits in your video and including it. Top notch 4am discovery 👌

I remember watching this show back then before puberty and had a huge crush on Claire.

it ended just when I hoped it would continue for another 30mins minimally.. looking forward for the part 2, 3 and 4!!

Dude. I'm literally making this video RIGHT NOW. This is my favorite show. What are the odds lol, but great work here, glad other essayists love it

The two most powerful characters had a fistfight. WTF? I always felt like they ran out of money.

Heroes also came around at a time when people were getting weary of Lost' never-ending mystery box. It's simpler formula was comparably much more accessible and rewarding to watch.

1st season of Heroes was one of the best 1st seasons of tv series i have ever watched and i watched over 80 different tv series x 6 seasons avg

Finally, someone is reviewing this beloved show of mine.

I loved Heroes. I had an epic battle with all of the characters in my head that didn't come to fruition. Any writers or producers out there that want to create something similar let me know.

I just finished the show. I think 2 key ingredients that made it successful were: 1) The mystery/thrill element. The whole mystery/excitement of who or how new york blows up and hows isaac's paintings affect the future of our characters was so intriguing. It was always gonna make viewers glued to their tvs. Although s3 part 1 did try to maintain the mystery with Arthur Petrelli/the company , the mystery was no longer impactful. 2)The second element was chemistry of the characters working together. When you introduce a show with a unique set of characters, its vital that these characters spent time together just like how LOST did. After s1 we rarely saw that. There should have focused more on friendships between hiro-claire or peter-claire or hiro-nathan or matt-noah or even mohinder-nathan. At the start of later season each of these characters would start where they left off and it was annoying. Other big blunders: One of the biggest blunders was making peter claire's uncle. In a show like this you should have a main couple. peter and claire were perfect. what was the point of making nathan claire father? they hardly developed that relationship. Making sylar take claire;s power ruined the series as there was no way to kill him. Tension is gone. So neither the villain nor the hero could die. Sylar was ultra OP and should have not stayed beyond season Taking away peters and hiro;s powers was also dumb. Like you already made a blunder by making the villain op. so now you take away the powers 2 heroes that can actually stop him?

....and sadly....it was all down hill from S1 onward. I watched Heroes back when it first aired. I stuck with it for quite a while until somewhere in S4. This isn't to say post-S1 Heroes didn't still have some good moments or intriguing character development, but they were always fleeting. It's a shame because the show had such a good cast but they were just given such bad scripts. After the while Heroes starting taking on the worst traits of both television shows AND comics. Haha!!

Heroes was the best series of all time, up to now I haven't seen a series with live action heroes ad the interwoven characters! That interconnection between the characters and how they pushed their stories to unfold the over arching plot just got me. I was hooked and since then no show has really satisfied my itch! #bringbackhero...

I was in my 20s and I had a countdown until this show was aired . It was magical

I am one of the people who watched season one, and never watched anything more of it. good video thanks

Oh man I was looking for a good video essay on what went wrong with Heroes. I'm finally glad someone's doing it and it's super well done! Also brilliant use of the NieR: Automata soundtrack, I've been listening to City Ruins recently so it's nice hearing it here. Looking forward to the next part!

Oh The memories. I remembered I was always hype for the next episode after school

S1 was great. I think his original idea of having new characters each season was probably best. I just don't recall any other show that just consistently went downhill each season. And how it ever got brought back with Heroes Reborn, I'll never understand.

Me and my family loved watching heroes I was 5 when it came out it's a shame that after the first season it went down hill 😩

We don't deserve Milo Ventimiglia

That someone would do such justice to one of my favorite shows of all time (despite ALL the failings). THANK YOU. I've learned so much from this, I never imagined anyone that does these kinds of deep dives into tv and film would consider doing one for Heroes. I can't wait for more!!

Finally! Someone talking in this day and age about this show!

Season 1: this is great! Season 2: back to your regular scheduled programming

omg I forgot how much I loved this show

The first season is the reason why I nearly failed my classes in first year college. Discovered it then binged in several days (didn't study) After that I hung on, being wowed a few times, but more so being disappointed.

Thank you for making this. HEROES was one of my favorite shows from my pre-teens and I'll never forget the lasting impact it had on me seeing so many diverse casts of characters ultimately connected by one common event. P.S. brownie points for adding the city ruins theme from Nier: Automata!😻

Good video. I remember watching this show way back in the mid 2000s, and it's nice to see you make a video series about it. I'm very intrigued to see what you have to say about it.

Bloody awesome video brother. Worst part is that I have to wait for part 2, but the video has done a fantastic job to have me hooked. Looking forward to the next one :)

That music still sends s shiver down my spine

Christmas morning, 2008. I was watching an episode of "Heroes" on a DVD I had rented from Blockbuster. At 8:20, the call came. My mother had passed away. I finished watching the show. Why not? She wasn't going anywhere. I finished my prep and drove to the physical therapy center she was located. Along the way, I observed homes and churches full of people, celebrating the yuletide. When at Zephyr Haven, I knelt by my mother's death bed and read from 1 Corenthiens 13, which I refer to as the Love Verses. As you can imagine, the next few days were a blur. I had to contact the local funeral home. I had to make arrangements for the final disposition of my mother's remains. She didn't leave a will, but she had often expressed a desire to be creamated. It's been 14 years. My sister was supposed to return to Florida to aid me in completing this task. She will not. So it's up to me.

Long before Smallville there was a live action show: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993).

This episode was great ! I look forward to part 2, you really have a gift. If you’re looking for other superhero shows you could do the show No Ordinary Family... to me it seemed promising at the time but I guess others disagreed.

That first season was amazing..inspired..it was a shame that writers strike and restructuring with new writers with different visions...later seasons lost the direction and never were able to get back on track. I only watch the first season because it's all you need to understand. It might have been better if each season is it's own story. If the Pettrellis died saving New York it would have set a sense of gravitas that focused on sacrifice is the hallmark of heroes while destruction is the result of the Villain. Order and Chaos served by normal people with abnormal abilities. The first season demonstrated this beautifully.

I remember getting back from School and my mum got me the pilot episode on DVD, a few months before the show first aired. It was really interesting. Avatar: The Last Airbender, Teen Titans and Heroes, three of my childhood TV shows.

Great video dude, looking forward to your breakdowns of the further seasons! Will be curious to see if you go into Reborn also, while I ended up feeling like that was a trash fire I’m curious to see how you break it down. Also man, hit me right in the heart with that music transition!

Anyone who uses the masterpiece soundtrack from Nier Automata gets points on my book.

This show had been an important part of my life in some way. Sure it was one of the first TV show I watched from start to end, even though we only had the first two at the time. The thing with Heroes was that it's the first show I watched in English with subtitle and ever since, I couldn't watch a show or movie dubbed. Now I'm able to have conversations in English, watch video from anywhere in the world and understand it. It opened a lot of doors for me. It's frustrating to see what happened to it. I wish it kept going with the good writing it had in the beginning. And Zachary Quinto... What a performance. Considering it was the first show where the way actors say their lines is part of the performance to. Until then I could only appreciate the visuals, with the vocals done by an entirely different person who doesn't always portray the character right. Voice actors make weird choices in my country, and now I can't get back to it. I want to full picture brought by the actor, whether it's in a language I can understand (French/English) or not (Japanese/German/etc.). Cheers from France! 🍻

I don't know. I grew up watching Heroes as it was on air (I'm 17 this September) and I never disliked the following seasons. As long as the cast was okay with the other seasons I am too. It's one of my favorite series of all time and although I do feel the shift from the 1st to 2nd season and etc. I don't think it was a bad shift. Also, I love Sylar becoming good and then becoming Nathan. CRAZY. The only thing I can think of that I didn't like about the show is the huuuge nerf on Peter. I wish they kept him as OP as he was in S1 and then had Sylar become evil again sooner.

6:40 Actually the constant state of confusion was what got me unhooked on Heroes, it was to much like lost, a show I think you overestimate the mainstream appeal of. I could buy the confusion in the first season but when they did it again in season 2, I was like "I'm out".

"Live-action superheroes were rarely done. The only one of note in the half decade before heroes, was Smallville." *the legendary and far superior Buffy the Vampire Slayer has left the chat.*

Heroes was such a great show! Fantastic cast.

Good start highlighting the strengths and some of the weak points of the series. I'm really interested in hearing the rest of the story behind "The Rise and Fall of Heroes," as I came out of the show with regret of seeing it through to end, wishing I'd stopped a lot earlier, and would like to see what can be gleamed from it as a positive and/or a lesson in storytelling. Looking forward to what you make next!

I still love this show!

8:39 When [City Ruins] kicks in....

Heroes was a big thing on tv in the day here in Australia, it was must watch tv. Miss those must watch shows.

Its about time someone did this. I love Heroes! Thank you!

Seasons 1, 3, and 5 of lost were stellar 2 and 4 were really good 6... We don't talk about season 6 Season 6 is what happens when you have to end something you never planned in advance

I enjoyed season 1 of this show, but season 2 was garbage.

Great work! Heroes was a show that never got interested enough to watch it, so it is cool seeing it explained like this.

Man, this was THE best ever on television. One of the only weekly shows that I never missed. Everyone was talking about it. Season one was off the charts good. Then season 2 started off good with so much potential....then the writers strike happened and it turned to crap. It was such ashame man, that writers strike effectively killed the show.

I hope you explore the Heroes Reborn continuation in this series as well, very impressive editing!

Show died cuz of the writer's strike.

Still love this show so much. Need to go back and re watch it. It feels like it inspired the boys and other super human society’s but in a more realistic sense that these people don’t just get to go running around doing what they want without consequences. I also think it laid the groundwork for current day super hero shows we’re getting today with an overarching story following multiple characters and long frame episodes. Me and my dad used to sit down once a week to watch the new episode however I don’t remember it coming to a proper ending but what the story was able to work it’s way up to was so amazing imo

That montage in Chapter 3 made me so nostalgic.

One of us, one of them

I cry every time!!!

This channel is so consistently great. Good stuff, my dude.

One of my fav shows that I wished it never ended

After the season 1 finale I was so done with the show. Such a great buildup to this anticlimactic and illogical mess.

using music from Nier Automata awesome choice because it's awesome game.

The success of Heroes, as a comic TV series and original IB is still unparalleled 14 years later ... there are real conflict, development and excellent actors! How many series out there get almost everything right, in its first season?! The actors, the score, the cinematography, the writing, the narrative and special effects!

Nice video. I subscribed, I really miss Heroes. Normally I do not get hooked on a show but heroes was so good, it sucked me in and I always made time to watch new episodes. A great swell of sadness comes over me whenever I think of seasons 3 and 4. Also, quick question: what music was used for the first half of the video? I'd really like to know!