I saw the first episode of Heroes season 3 yesterday at Comic Con, and...I’m cautiously optimistic. There was promise and there was also heart-sinking unpleasantness. I’ll explain why below the cut, but I will say one non-spoilery thing: smooth, calculating, unstoppable S1 Sylar is back. And right at this moment, that’s all I needed.
So...I don’t know. There’s an awful lot of “WTF???” in this episode, particularly with Mohinder, and there wasn’t enough gut-grabbing awesomeness for me to forget about season 2. However, Sylar’s intensely creepy scenes rocked, and the other spoilery character awesomeness made me actually bounce up and down in my seat. In the end, “cautious optimisim” is the best description of how I feel. It certainly looks like it’s improving, but I’m going to have to see several episodes of increasing coolness before I’ll be completely back on board.