News, Next Episode - Written by Infelt on Thursday, February 7, 2008 1:39 - 30 Comments

Good News, Bad News, Our Opinion…Your Opinion?

The GOOD News:

As previously discussed, last week’s talks between WGA leaders and top studios execs have been productive. So productive, in fact, that WGA leaders have scheduled bicoastal (Los Angeles for the WGA West, New York City for the WGA East) meetings with their members.

At the meetings (both scheduled for Saturday February 9th, at at 2 PM at The Crowne Plaza in NY and 7 PM at The Shrine Auditorium in LA) WGA leaders will go over the details of the proposed agreement, and the discussion of the proposed agreement with WGA members will tell WGA leaders if the deal is going to pass in a ratification vote by the 10,000+ WGA members.

It is also possible next Saturday’s meetings go so well that WGA leaders might decide to issue an immediate ‘Back To Work’ order to its members. In that case WGA members could be back to work as early as Monday, February 11.

Under this scenario Hollywood studios will resume production on comedy and drama show in 2 to 4 weeks and air the first new episodes starting in May.

The BAD News:

Since Heroes’ production times are longer than the average drama (or comedy) show, and no new episode will air during Summer, Tim Kring thinks he can complete only three new episodes this season (this season = before Summer).
The next ‘Volume’ of Heroes ( before the strike ) planned to air between December and June, is titled ‘Villains’. And this is Tim Kring’s opnion: ”With a show like Heroes that’s so strongly serialized, and given what we wanted to accomplish with the new storyline, to come back with just three episodes could be creatively dangerous.”

Our Opinion:

Since producers and writers are creative people…they should think ‘outside the box.’
If it’s true that airing only three episodes (out of a dozen) of a ‘Volume’ could be dangerous,
is also true that those three hours of Heroes could be utilized to air an ‘Epilogue’ to Volume 2 (and tie a few loose ends caused by the need to end quickly the story arc) and an ‘Introduction’ to Volume 3.

Or film three self-standing episodes (who did not enjoy Episode 17 of Season 1 “Company Man’, please rise your hands) to explore, in depth, the past of our favorite characters… Hiro, or Peter, or Claire, or…

Your Opinion?

Sources: EW.com, NBC.com, Variety.com, Eonline.com, TVGuide.com

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Opinion.
Feb 7, 2008 2:00

A self-standing 3 episodes would be the ’safest’. Volume 2 should be left untouch-ed and volume 3 shouldnt be probed into because with just 3 episodes, the flow would be broken.

Matej ( Heroes Television)
Feb 7, 2008 5:50

It would be good if they launch at least that 2or3 episodes because that should give fans something to talk about like theories, rumors or more spoilers. Keep them interested

op-ed
Feb 7, 2008 6:50

ummm, can you say: bring on heroes origins?

Opinion.
Feb 7, 2008 7:27

Yea actually origins would be a pretty good idea.

Nutz
Feb 7, 2008 7:40

I think the best thing to do would be origins or something like that. Not particularly connected up to this point, but potentially having an effect on future episodes. It would be too difficult to build enough tension for a good summer break cliff hanger or anything though I think, let alone any sort of satisfying conclusion to a new short story arc.

jack
Feb 7, 2008 8:06

I guess I would keep volume 3 on shelf until fall. But I think they should start all over with season 2, and just add in 3 episodes inserted where the writers think they could have used more detail or expansion as they deemed necessary. I for one have been getting my weekly fix of Heroes from the graphic novels.

Pai
Feb 7, 2008 8:52

play those Heroes:Origin!!! arghhh!!!

F1RESTORM
Feb 7, 2008 9:54

Another ’safe’ way to go would be to adopt 3 online comics into real episodes. That way they would have a backbone of a story that they could creatively fill around and still be tied in story-wise. Just a thought. Personally at this point anything new is welcomed.

my $.02

b-ry
Feb 7, 2008 11:27

origins!!!!!

Maj
Feb 7, 2008 11:29

I say …think outside the box and play season 3 during the summer….who says everything has to be on schedule…..Look at “Lost”. Besides majority of the shows will go into season hiatus during the summer so if heroes comes on during that time everyone will be watching it. Thats my 2 cents.

EVIL OTTO
Feb 7, 2008 12:32

im ok with any epsiodes before the summer..theyh ave to give us something we thing of heroes as a dying show

ADAM (HEROESRULES)
Feb 7, 2008 12:37

i would like it to happen so a few loose ends are tied as long as they arnt the last episodes ever

i would cry!!!!!

Mark
Feb 7, 2008 12:50

I’d rather wait.
I don’t want just 3 episodes and be left with a MAJOR cliffhanger that came out of nowhere.

Daniel
Feb 7, 2008 14:21

Isn’t it possible to broadcast the new Heroes V3 in the summer (outside the regular tv season) period?
That would even raise the nuber of people watching, don’t you think?

Jon
Feb 7, 2008 14:44

They had a three-month hiatus already. Why take summer off? Start Villains and finish it before the regular fall start. Then turn around and pick it back up in September with Volume 4.

Secret Drinker
Feb 7, 2008 20:04

It seems to me the “Three Episodes” Tim would have been talking about are probably episodes they already had in production- not freshly written episodes. That said, we would only get part of a story line and then have to wait.

In my opinion, it’s better to wait.

Jay
Feb 7, 2008 20:10

Would be great to see “past” episodes of the major “?” events. Something like an episode of the day Matts dad left him? Showing reasons for it and how he actually felt when doing it.

Another one would be the mystery behind Authors death, murdered, went in hiding? It would be sort of in the same timezone as S01E10 “Six months ago” but from Authors perspective.

One could speculate that he was murdered in order to keep Nathan from prosecuting him and Linderman (murdered by Linderman/Angela?) It could also be that he simply went into hiding and let people assume he was dead, a plan formulated by himself, Angela and Linderman to ensure the events would proceed as planned and Nathan would end up running for Congress and thus, setting in motion the whole big bomb plan :)!

I sooo should be a writer!

Give us some creative singled out episodes explaining past stories and ancestors of our beloved heroes!

Thanks \o/

brianna
Feb 7, 2008 22:49

Hello, just a thought… how about a haitus spinoff all about the the founders of the company placed in their own time. AKA Heroes placed in the 70’s about the founders to offer some insight. Just a thought.
;-) -Brianna

Tony
Feb 8, 2008 7:46

Good shout. I say bring on the Origins volume would be a great idea. Afterall, Villain is supposed to be the last volume of the 2nd season, and it’s only fair that it’s shown all at once for the audience and its continuity.

If Origins was s’pose to be an intermediate volume, then having it stopped for the Summer after 3 episodes wouldn’t be so heart breaking and mind bugging.

Maj
Feb 8, 2008 16:54

Their is no harm in playing S3:Villains in the SUMMER!

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