I really enjoy the heroes TV show and look forward to it every Monday night.  First season was great and unique but I have enjoyed it since then aswell.  What surprises me is the microscope it is under.  It seems to me like their early success has given them too high of expectations to live up to.  In some ways it reminds me of a public company just looking at the next quarter rather than thinking long-term.  Yes, it would be nice to have small plots and resolutions on a given TV season, but they should be targeting for a longer horizon as that is what will allow them to make it long term.  All shows eventually spiral into predictable patterns and run out of plots, lets take it slow.