… and I thought that Heroes was back in its track when they aired Episode 15 – Close to You, the the episodes where Nathan died or the Brother’s Keepers episode. That episode brought back some important ingredients of the show’s success during the first two season. But last Monday’s episode almost made me yawn. Good thing there are entertaining commercial breaks.

Although there are scenes with (the all-new shinny) Sylar and Claire, the big part of the episode is about Samuel and Vanessa’s love story or lack thereof. The one exciting thing that happened in this episode is when Samuel got really mad when he was dumped by his long time love who did not return his affection. For a minute there, Samuel scared me and the thing that he did in the town? Horrific! Reminded of the the magnitude 7 earthquake not so long ago in Haiti.

And since we are in the dullness of this episode, the viewers also died in boredom with the whole Diner Court in heaven scenes of Hiro. I say, that whole scene is a waste of air time. Peter Petrelli could have easily cured Hiro Nakamura instead of going into a dream scape where Hiro’s father is the honorable Judge.

Since I am a big Heroes fan from the beginning, I still anticipate the next episode, Season 4, Episode 17 – “The Art of Deception” where the new and different Sylar pays Matt a visit, while Peter tries to warn Emma that Samuel isn’t what he seems. Meanwhile, Noah begins his plan to infiltrate the carnival and capture Samuel.

Let’s see what’s going to happen then.. Hopefully, the Series will have a reboot of their characters and go back to the exciting stuff that Heroes do. And I bet this one is going to be exciting.. with Sylar and Matt in the cliffhanger!