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By Tony Black | Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 12:43 AM
I think it is safe to say that the vast majority of Heroes fans have been gradually getting more and more disappointed with the series since the awful season 1 finale.
Well, fellow fans, I think the moment we’ve been waiting for has arrived. The return of Heroes (Volume 4: “Fugitives”) on Monday was one of the best episodes I had seen in a long while.
They appear to finally be breaking away from the standard season template they have been stuck on since season 1: Saving the world from some devastating event.
This season promises to bring most of the heroes together (at last) to fight the forces of evil and I can’t wait to watch it happen.
With the dwindling ratings in the fall of Volume 3: “Villains,” Heroes creator Tim Kring new it was time to make some changes. New writers and no time travel? Sounds promising to me.
Side note: Did you happen to catch the un Heroes Super Bowl ad where the cast is playing football against NFL players? If you didn’t, you can watch it below or on Hulu.com.
Did you watch the return of Heroes? Did you like it, or did you feel like it was more of the same? What do you hope to see this season?
By Tony Black | Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 12:01 AM
The hour long episode of The Office which followed the Super Bowl on Sunday delivered some chuckles, but I wouldn’t go so far as to call them laughs.
The opening sequence where Dwight stars a fire just to see if his coworkers were paying attention during his lessons on fire safety is the funniest scene of the episode. From there, the episode just gets less funny.
The entire bootlegged film storyline where Jim, Pam and Andy try to watch a new movie on a laptop starring Jack Black, Jessica Alba (who was only in it for what seemed like 2 seconds) and Cloris Leachman was pointless.
Blogger Roger Catlin felt that The Office was the wrong type of show to air after the Super Bowl. “Its subtle, understated deadpan is the opposite of the boisterous, over-the-top excess of the game and its trappings.”
Bloggers from Newsday.com and PalmPeachPost.com, however, enjoyed the episode. Verne Gay of Newsday writes “The episode is largely brilliant, and includes some of the most inspired bits/lines in the show’s run.”
Don’t get me wrong, the episode had its moments… like Angela throwing her cat into an opening in the ceiling and then watching as it fell crashed through a ceiling panel onto her desk. And you’ve got to love the Pam-Jim love.
If you forgot to record the episode or missed part of it you can watch the entire post-Super Bowl episode of The Office below or at Hulu.com.
What did you think of the post-Super Bowl Office? Was it all that you had hoped for, or did you find it lackluster? Did you see the promo for the next episode? Do you really think Karen’s baby is Jim’s? I don’t. But if it is, I might stop watching the show. YOU DON’T MESS WITH THE PAM-JIM LOVE!!!
