Heroes: Something's Amiss

This morning the Mister Fanboy Editorial Staff gathered around the office trough of warm caffeine and happened to discuss last night's episode of Heroes. We all agreed that for a TV show, it was engaging and would keep us interested beyond the 3 episode trial that we swore we would give it (though it's by no means in the same league as Battlestar Galactica or Sopranos, for example). The story, at this point, has just enough twists and turns to keep us interested -for now (we are very fickle). However, to a person, something bugged us about the episode last night, in particular. Now we are not screenwriters, so our apologies if we don't get the terminology correct, but here is the consensus:

The main character-to-loved one interactions were horribly staged, scripted, and acted. For example, the "I love you moment" between Milo and Simone was beyond bad. Similarly, the interaction between Ali and her mother-in-law was so cliched it was painful. And the brush off of Greg by his wife (girlfriend?) was as horrible as the previous two examples. Each one pretty much appeared to be scripted by a 17 year old and seemed forced. In all fairness, when new shows get going, there isn't necessarily a sense that it will survive more than a few episodes. So perhaps folks don't give it their all. Maybe some of the casting was a rush job and the actors haven't had time to make some sort of connection. Or maybe some of the characters, except for possibly Simone, weren't meant to be more than bit players.

Regardless, our collective intelligences was insulted (no, we're not Borgs). So folks over at Heroes, get your shit in gear.

Also, in all fairness, we should point out some of the things we liked:

Hiro and his friend - excellent
The plot twist of Nathan telling the press a lie about his brother
The bald African-American man with his own set of powers and agendas
Claire's injury/attempted rape and, most importantly, the storyline ramifications - what's evil daddy's response?
The FBI Agent - we loved her in Carnivale. Hopefully she gets a chance to shine here too.