The first season was incredible, it followed a set of characters who suddenly discovered that they had powers. The rest of the series was about these people figuring out what to do about their powers, and incorporate them into their daily lives. This included one character who was a serial killer, Sylar, who went on to become the shows highpoint. The guy was unstoppable, and for some reason able to gain new powers from his victims. His opposite is Peter Petrelli, a man who wants to be a superhero, but due to the nature of his powers, he needs more effort to control his powers. About halfway through the season there was an episode that took place in the future, after a nuclear bomb destroyed New York. The rest of the season was about them trying to stop the bomb from going off. This season was the best of the series, and one of the best television seasons of the decade. This Season earns an A.
Season 2 was not quite as good, and honestly we should have seen what was to come. This season the hero of the last season wakes up in Ireland with amnesia, Sylar wakes up in a government facility powerless, and the big problem was that a virus was going to get out and kill off most of the world. This season was good, but not as good as the first. Another of the fan favorite characters was reduced to a comic relief character, and some characters were killed off between seasons. The biggest issue of this season however was that because of the nature of the enemy, a virus, the season's climax was a bit anti-climactic. Thus I give this season a B.
Season 3 is where everything completely fell apart for the show. Granted this is also the year of the writer's strike, so it is allowed some forgiveness. This season was split into two parts, Villains and Fugitives, because of this I will split it up into two different scores. The premiss of villains is that Aurthur Petrelli, the father of two of the main heroes, returns and gathers a team of criminals forming the first super villain team. Sadly the looming threat of this arc is that Arthur wants to give powers to the masses. This divides the heroes into two camps. I think they wanted to replicate the Marvel Civil War, but they didn't do so well. This arc gave powers to a characters who didn't have them before. I give the arc a C-.
The second half of season 3 was even worse, after the events of the last arc people with powers were considered dangerous, and the government started rounding up all of them and locking them away. This is a great premiss, but it was handled poorly. In fact, I can't even think of any episodes that stood out to me. At least the other three arcs had an exciting finale, maybe a bit anti-climactic, but still exciting. This season only had Sylar trying to be good, but deciding at the end to he couldn't do it. I give this arc a D.
And now for the reason why I was so lenient on season 3, season 4 was the opposite of season 1. Nothing was done well, the villain was stupid, the new characters were boring, the older characters were reduced to 1-dimensional versions of their former selves, and the threat was a man who wanted to create a safe haven for those with powers. What made the season so bad however is the ideas were good, and could have spawned something really good. The villain ran a circus full of those with powers, and his abilities grew in accordance to the number of super powered people around him. They tried to make Magneto, but they failed. Sylar becomes tired of being evil, and eventually becomes a hero. Everything here was a mess, so I am forced to give the final season an F.
Final score
Season 1 A
Season 2 B
Season 3A C-
Season 3B D
Season 4 F
Average C
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