I’m a fan of the show but I dislike the seemingly endless adoration of the show the internet bestows. It’s because of this, and the fact that every other site online will ignore all of the issues I have, that I thought I’d list some things that I didn’t like. Obviously, there are spoilers involved so don’t read this if you haven’t watched the episode.

Sylar

That was the most anticlimactic battle ever. They’ve shown Peter get progressively more in control of his powers over the season and employing the various powers he’s retrieved and then when the final battle against “The Face of Evil” comes around he completely pusses out. He had to be saved by two doofi who took a full season to gain any semblance of control over their power. In general, I haven’t enjoyed Sylar as an enemy for half a season and the fact that he survived pisses me off to no end.

Peter

When he was nuking out in the final scene, couldn’t he have flown away? He really had to be flown away by his brother? The only reason they didn’t have him just fly away was because they’ve shown his brother being an evil villainous douche for the last half dozen episodes and they couldn’t allow him to survive without making up for it and the only way to make up for his nefariousness was self-sacrifice. Plus, they’ve already shown Peter nuking out a couple times and getting it under control. What exactly was so different about that situation besides plot expediency? Plus shouldn’t the nuclear explosion above the city have EMPed the city?

Hiro

Why was his Dad admonishing him for going after Ando when he should have been stopping Sylar? Going after Ando was going after Sylar. Why are they counter to each other? That really pissed me off. Also, when Hiro first vanished Sylar simply didn’t have the time to slice Ando’s head off? It’s not like his saving Ando was instantaneous.

The Eclipse

I thought it was cool that they had the eclipse show up at the beginning of “Volume 2″ to parallel the pilot but it’s little more than that: a superficial little thing that seemingly bookends the season with forethought but, in my opinion, is a little throw-on they thought would be cool but had no real meaning. It’s possible the second season will show that eclipses have some significance to the rising of Heroes but I doubt it since Tim Kring said in some early interviews that they weren’t really going to discuss how people got powers.

I’m pretty sure there were other things but that’s enough to make my point that, while the show is fun and entertaining, it’s not without its faults.