If the Writers Don't Kill Half the Characters on Heroes Now, I Will

Once a fun show, Heroes has become an unrelenting barrage of new characters whose faces blur together like the hours of a crazed night spent with six hookers and a pound of bug powder. Why can't the writers have the decency to at least kill a bunch of people before introducing ten new ones? I refuse to bother remembering what "special powers" a new character has at this point. I don't even want to give them nicknames like Vortex Guy or Fear-Eating Dude or Spaghetti Forcer. With the possible exceptions of a few cool subplots, Heroes is seriously nuking the fridge. Last night's episode, as you may have guessed, was filled with characters and not much else. Spoilers ahead. More »