Monday Premieres I Watched

Worst Week is absolutely horrible.  Do yourself a favor and just rent the British sitcom Worst Week of My Life There was very little redeemable from the first episode of this adaptation.  The only bits I found funny were referring to Sam as “the friend” and carrying the drunk girl in a rolling trash bin.  The rest was drivel.  Quit now, or better yet, never start it.  If you watched the CBS version and did not like it, trust me when I tell you the UK version doesn’t start so over the top.  Please give it a chance.  The guy actually does not come off as a complete freaking moron, which makes the show work much better.

Heroes left me kind of wanting more, but not wanting more.  The first episode felt very unfocused, which may be a hangover from the previous strike shortened season.  There was a good bit of “this is what happened to me” which could have been cut down.  Nathan’s religious business does not intrigue me, yet.  Peter, though, is still pretty cool.

The second episode gave me more hope.  The developments with Sylar, Peter, and Claire look promising.  Parkman’s story remains lackluster, but the African he met intrigues me a bit.  Anyone else think his sidestepping of the painting issue was interesting?  Did you watch the promo for next week?  Sylar and HRG as partners?  Nice!

I am open to the Mohinder storyline, but not optimistic since he is tied to the remaining wonder twin.  Did I miss the bit where he got into a teleportation pod with a fly and Jeff Goldblum?  Time will tell.

Hiro and Ando deserve their own mention since I think they are such great characters.  These two have always been a bit separated from the others and that must be purposeful on the part of the writers.  Good story for these guys in this season (well haven’t they had the best story lines all along?).  There remain so many questions that I want to have answered.  What is the formula?  Is it the same thing Suresh discovered?  Who does the cute speedster girl work for?  Will Ando actually kill Hiro?  Is the future set?

Oh, and Ali Larter remains really hot!

More next week.