Saw the most recent episode last night. I would like to give up watching it, but I can't tear myself away. A combination of not having any other weekly drama to watch and the mistaken belief that if I give it just another chance that it will change and get better keeps pulling me back.
This is precisely how I feel. There are so many things I have not liked about seasons 2 & 3.0 so far that I really ought to give it up, but curiosity and hope keep making me tune it one more week.
For me, Heroes isn't the only weekly drama, but the field is diminishing especially with the recent series finales of The Shield and Boston Legal, the upcoming series finale of Stargate: Atlantis, and the fact that I gave up completely on Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice after last season and gave up on Fringe and Ugly Betty earlier this season. That only leaves Heroes, Chuck, Prison Break, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Sanctuary, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the last two episodes of Stargate: Atlantis, and of course, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, and Dollhouse starting in 2009.
Once Lost and BSG start up again I'll probably leave it permanently.
I don't know if I can do that either. It goes back to the "hope" thing. Knowing that the erratic & convoluted Chapter 3: Heroes & Villains storyline will be coming to an end, I can't help but wonder if the Chapter 4: Fugitives (season 3.5) story will be better. And, while I'm not a huge fan of Bryan Fuller (I may be the only oxygen-breathing organism that hated Pushing Daisies), if he's partly responsible for making season one so good, the possibility of his return to Heroes may be yet another glimmer of hope.
The other glimmer of hope is that the disdain for the last two seasons seems to be pretty universal by fans & critics alike, which means it can't go un-noticed by NBC. They seem to have already taken steps to rectify the situation by firing two of the writers and inviting Fuller back (or at least not standing in his way when he expressed interest). Entertainment Weekly and TV Guide have both published bullet point lists of how to fix Heroes, so the buzz about the season 2 & 3 suckage is out there and the fans & industry insiders have practically handed the producers a free-of-charge game plan for making things better. Now all NBC has to do is listen and follow the suggestions.