He said the problem was that Heroes' low ratings weren't an accurate gauge of its viewership. Instead of ending the first half of a season (as was originally intended), the strike forced Heroes to retool season 2's 11th episode as a season finale.Ĭontrary to the numbers, Kring claimed Heroes' fourth season was a spectacular success. The EW article predicts things would be looking up for the show, but calls season 2 "a wash." Because of the strike, the storytelling course-correct was too little, too late. Among other things, Kring felt the pace was too slow and that the season's threatening Armageddon took too long to be introduced. He also gave reasons for season 2's underperformance. "Yes, I'm picketing my own show," he told EW. In fact, Heroes creator Tim Kring was on the picket line when he called Entertainment Weeklyto discuss the show's 15 percent rating decline. Bones of contention included compensation for internet content, DVD residuals, and whether the WGA would have jurisdiction over writers of animated entertainment and/or reality shows. They totally would.įrom late 2007 to early 2008, members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike over stalled contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. It was eventually revealed Nikki and Tracy were two of three identical triplets, an explanation so lame they probably wouldn't even try it in a comic boo - no, they would. Fans speculated Nikki had survived and was altered somehow, but no. The new character was Tracy Strauss and instead of Nikki's super strength, Tracy exhibited the power to create and manipulate ice. The actress playing Nikki, Ali Larter, appeared as someone completely different in season 3. Nikki was caught in an exploding building in Heroes' season 2 finale. What was much more jarring was the death of Nikki Sanders and a strange resurrection that wasn't really a resurrection.
The return of Peter was given much more weight, and the reveal acted as the episode's surprise conclusion. In the case of Nathan, the fact that he'd survived a nuclear explosion wasn't even treated as particularly strange. Yet the second season premiere, "Four Months Later.," resurrected both brothers. The first season finale, "How to Stop an Exploding Man," ended with Nathan Petrelli (Adrian Pasdar) flying his brother Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) as high as he could, after which Peter's radioactive build-up caused him to explode.
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