I liked it and that's big praise from me because I was ripping it to shreads last year. 

I like that they started out by cutting the amount of characters down. I like the bad guy and the mutants running a carnival, talk about a great place to hide out. 

Killing off Hiro, if they choose to do so, wouldn't be a bad idea but I doubt they are going to do it.  If they keep him around they need to evolve the character as you pointed out in the review. I won't even get into the time travel part where he changes his buddy's past...I would think that's going to change the character completely but thats minor.  I have to be able to give them some room to fix the last two seasons.

My biggest problem last season was that almost every minute I watched was a WTF moment to the point it was driving me insane.  I didn't have one single moment like that watching it last night.

Hopefully its back...BUT...just like the football season.  Just because the team won the first game of the season doesn't mean they are going to go 16-0 rest of the way. 

HOLY FUQUIN SHEEE-AT!!!!!

I just typed a positive comment about Heroes and I think because I used the phrase "Kick@$$ A$$ Kicking" it got denied and I dont feel like re-typing it

YAAAAY Censorship!!!!! Is this site sponsored by the Mormon church now or something?

BULL$HIT!

p.s. I liked the review

FASCIST!

I really liked the season premier. Not a bad start at all.

They should keep Claire Bear's story seperate from the main story arc. The Heroes paths don't always have to cross. Let her do her "Nancy Drew" thing all on her own. Let it be a great stand alone mystery with a cool payoff at the end. Have Noah peridically check in on her, offer advice on criminal behavior then get back to the main story. I think it could be very cool way for the character to grow and develope into a real crimefighter.. Sort of like a "B" story that has nothing to do with the main arc. Just compliment it.

Also, I like Ali Larter's character in a way I never have. She has a solid direction and a good, logical reason for being involved with this whole thing.

I hope they keep it up. It could be the best season yet.

Samson.

You know what I was thinking last night?  I was thinking that the things Hiro are going to do in this season are what's going to lead to an evil Ando like shown in last season or to bad a$$ samurai Hiro from the beginning.  You heard it from me first.

Really enjoyed Noah and Peter together just talking about where they were and how Peter has found some peace by being his own version of Superman in the somewhat normal semblance of being an EMT. And how Noah didn't fight him on that because as he said a few times, redemption was the factor behind it.

Also liked Claire's moments at college and like samson, I hope they keep it separate and have her do own thing for a while. Keep it simple, writers. Simple is better.

Of course, everytime I found myself enjoying Heroes last night, the writers stuck in a scene with Hiro and Matt/Sylar that truly annoyed the hell out of me. In fact, I can't decide which sub-plot was the most annoying for me so I'll just say it's a tie and all three should go away. Please.

Enough with Sylar already. He should not be the main star. He was a villain in season 1 and he continues to get much more screentime than he deserves. After a minute of watching his behavior and Matt acting like a complete moron, I was wishing it would cut back to Noah, Peter or Claire.

Then there's Hiro. Yes, he was a great character in season one. One of my favorites. But enough already, Hiro. Grow. Up. Seriously, grow the hell up. I really wish he would just speak clear English, have a scar and be calm ala that first season subway moment. That all-important scene may have been taken out by changing the future and saving the Cheerleader but it also implied "character growth."

Hopefully, one day soon, the writers will know about "character growth" when it comes to Hiro.

Or they'll just kill him off. And Sylar too. And Matt as well if his latest sub-plot is to act like a child.

As always, the writers are still juggling a bit too much here. They give a breath of fresh air by keeping it simpler with their strong characters-- Noah, Peter and Claire, while complicating things miserably with the other side attractions they just can't seem to get a handle on--Hiro, Sylar and Matt.

No Suresh made for an interesting beginning too. No "deep thoughts" commentary from him was also nice.

The Ray Park casting was brilliant, what with his skills, and his fight with Peter was great. As was Peter's no-nonsense explanation for why he fought him. "His powers will come in handy for my job."

Keep it up, writers. And again, please feel free to kill Hiro, Sylar and Matt if you can't handle them.

Thought the episode earns the solid B it was given. Not great, but a much better start then we've seen in a while. The whole "keep it simple and focus on characters" point can't be stressed enough. And Peter is easily the most improved character. He did something last night he's never done before : go two whole hours WITHOUT WHINING!.

Although I won't presume to tell the writers to kill off every character I don't like, The Sylar/Scorpious angle will get old  very quickly. As for Parkman, they need to do what they did for Peter--man him up some. And I'll wait to see where they're going with Hiro before I join the hatewagon. And he's NOT gonna go away any time soon guys, as the fact that Jayma Mays is reappearing indicates.

And lastly, welcome to our new reviewer, and congratulations on already keeping an open mind on the show longer than the last guy  did. Two points, though: the season premiere is ALWAYS a series of almost plotless character vignettes. One realizes that it  takes two or three episodes to really get going. And be carefull on the Hirohate. You'll end up looking like last seasons endless bitchslapping of Sylar by the last guy.

I haven't watched it yet or read the review, but a B sounds like more of the same to me. I be watching it tonight.

Doublec, it's not a Hirohate bandwagon for a lot of us. Personally, for me, his childish behavior grew old halfway through season two. When the writers all of a sudden abandoned the whole "sword is fate" subplot and kept his character in carbonite, growth wise, it went past being "old" or "tired" for me. Last season through last night's episode, it seems a trial to not just roll my eyes everytime his face appears on the television.

I certainly miss the days when Hiro was my favorite character next to the mysterious H.R.G but those days are long gone. I'm hoping the writers can show me that Hiro growth sometime soon but if they can't, I'll continue wishing for his death.

And I don't wish for death upon every character I don't like. There's a few annoying characters I wouldn't want to die here really but if an episode continues to highlight the annoying characters over the grounded ones, it's a recipe for fanboy disaster.

Sylar doesn't really deserve to be bitchslapped. The writers do for turning a cool villain from season one into an overblown farce who takes too much screentime away from characters who were supposed to be the series' main stars. After all it's called "Heroes", not "Sylar".

so im fairly certain that Claires new friend killed her old roomie.  Cause she is all crazy and such. also think she was sent by the Samuel character to help push her to the carnival