Chuck !!!!!

Chuck returns tonight. And I am cautiously excited. I really loved the first Season, and I hope that it can sustain itself.
The Second season of Heroes has me a bit gunshy, I think(and the two hour season premiere of Heroes 3rd season did not do much to ease my concern about the show from Season 2), and I know that they very different shows and all...But still...Heroes was a show that I absolutely loved the first season, and pretty much DESPISED the 2nd, and I never would have guessed that was possible. I certainly don't foresee that happening with Chuck, but I'm still a bit cautious, that's all.
I hope that it's good.

Heroes- Season 3 Premiere(aka Any Excuse To Show A Picture Of Kristen Bell)

SPOILER ALERT!!!!
I will discuss plot details, etc. below.


I thought this was better than last year, but I still thought parts of it were pretty bad.

First of all- Why did they bring Maya back ? She was awful last season, and she picked up right where she left off.
I just needed to get that out of the way.

I do believe that I know why this show does frustrate me so much, at least why last night's episodes did...I would have to go back and check to see if it tracks to the first two seasons...But last night's episodes annoyed me because so much of the narrative seems to depend on people being DUMB.
Examples: Hiro with the formula. Why open the safe ? After you open the safe-why open the envelope with the formula ? After you open the envelope with the formula, why hold it up in the air ? Oh, so someone could steal it, of course !! And the "trap" for the speedster was just idiotic.

Shuresh: Why would he inject himself with that serum ? he's supposed to be a SCIENTIST, isn't he ? They should have had Maya being threatened, THEN I might have believed him just jabbing it in his arm, but otherwise, why would he do that without any real research ? DUMB !!!
They just need to kill him and Maya off together. NOW!!!

Parkman just keeps getting more and more useless. that storyline looks, to quote Mrs. Krabapple- "Pretty lame, Milhouse."

I did like some of it. I was very very happy to see the lovely Kristen Bell back as Elle, and I am hoping that her being fired does not remove her from the show. That will make me very unhappy.

I liked the villains being evil just to be evil. that has potential, I think. Though I do wonder why they keep mentioning a dozen escaped, and they only show us the same 4.

I am a bit curious as to exactly who Ali Larter's character is...Is she related to Niki/Jessica/Gina ? My initial guess is that she is who Niki became in the fire to survive.

Is Linderman a figment of Nathan's imagination ? Or is there something else going on there ?

I kinda like the Claire storyline, and the larger arc of what Peter changed, and the revelation that Angela is Sylar's mother(but is he a Petrelli ?) but I do wonder if I will make it through the season. We shall see, I guess.