Random; Heroes, Friday Night Lights

Raining again; minor accident with a giant Hummer on the way to work caused a bit of slowness, but I was pleased when I saw it - serves the guy/girl right for buying one of those things. Wished I could have been on my bike, but given the weather - not a good plan.

I am constantly hungry. I think some hibernation instinct is kicking in.

I now feel badly for wanting to punch Studio 60's Harriet all the time, as she was Merlyn on American Gothic which is like, the best show ever. Even now when I see Gary Cole in a show, I yell, "Don't trust him, he's the devil!"

Heroes: An online acquaintance complained that the 'Bad Guy' was being poorly written because of his supposed omniscience - how did he know to look for, let alone steal, Claire's tape of her falling off of stuff? I don't know that I felt that was fair - I pointed out that it doesn't precisely serve the story to explain everything about shady government dude in the first two episodes. (We think Claire is adopted in the sense that she's under observation for just such powers.)
I like Heroes a lot. Like A LOT. It's to be expected - I'm likely part of the audience that they're aiming for. The characters are interesting for the most part, and Hiro is exceptionally well-written - as a Japanese Studies geek, I was loving how he sounded like an anime hero - and how his buddy sounded like a sidekick from the same.
"We -are- like everyone else. We're Japanese!" And the emphasis - Ni-Hon-Jin. Perfect.
The Heroes mostly have parallels in comics, but I am guessing new power combos are tough to come up with. Even Niki, Mirror-Image-Murderer, apparently is like Rose and Thorn (or as the husband pointed out, Jekyll and Hyde). Loved the Kitty Pryde shout-out. I like Peter and Nathan's mom, as well. As it appears that the powers are genetic (Suresh the Elder's research, Claire's adoption, Peter and Nathan, the possibility of Micah's hyper-intellect), I am curious as to what -she- can do, what Peter and Nathan's dad could do, who Claire's parents are. There's a lot to work with, and I am looking forward to the next episodes - and more Greg Grunberg would be awesome. I also enjoyed seeing Grace from Joan of Arcadia again in the detective role.

Friday Night Lights: I have to mull this one over a bit more. I'm not a football fan, and I enjoyed it - enjoyed the characters and the conflict they set up - but I called what was going to happen very early on (Chris Street being paralyzed; the back-up QB having to win the game; thus a season's worth of OMG PARALYZED! and OMG PRESSURE! for two characters). I don't know if that's good for me or bad for them or a little of both. I guess we'll see, but the acting is good and the story is compelling. It's hard for me not to be interested - with people not into footbal, it likely takes on a sort of sociological aspect - looking at what it's like to have football-as-life. I'm glad I don't live in Texas.