finally, “heroes” is back! the second season premiere started out as compelling as the very first episode, if not more so! the ongoing story is advanced, we meet familiar characters and new faces. i like it how the show gets away with a huge cast and so many simultaneous storylines that are all connected.  i really don’t want to spoiler here, so go and watch it, it’s highly recommendable!

i haven’t watched the first episode of the forth season of “house” yet, since i am still catching up with seasons 2 and 3. although it is not strictly required to watch the episodes in a chronological order, it surely enhances the overall experience.

we’ll have to wait until january 2008 for the seventh season of “24″. after a horrendous season 6 (at least in my opinion, although i recently read somewhere it isn’t that bad when you watch all episodes in a row and not with several week long breaks inbetween), i do not get my hopes up. still, i am curious how jack bauer is going to save yet another day and if the writers can “save” the show from its current dive.

maybe the time has come for a new kind of “hero” to save the day? and that leads me directly to that fresh new show called “Heroes”. it is a bit more fictional than 24 (one could argue about that, Jack Bauer has some amazing abilities as well) and less focused on “likely scenarios” (like for example terrorism, international incidents and political string pulling behind the scenes) but provides the viewers with the feeling that there are heroes (ordinary people with extraordinary abilities) out there that can save not only the cheerleader but also the world. Heroes is a refreshing new take on the tv drama with a quite large cast and a huge story arch. i will definitely write more about this issue once i have caught up with the first season of Heroes.