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One of the women’s magazines used to have a popular column called “Can this marriage be saved?” That’s how I feel about Heroes. I need a mediator to help me work through my feelings about Heroes. Who among you is willing to take on this monumental task?

Clearly, the show is doing some major damage control lately. Publicists are staying up late trying to figure out which entertainment mags will do cover stories, and interview requests are flying fast and furious (I’ve had a few land in my inbox unsolicited). They are BEGGING viewers to keep watching this show, but it might be too much too late, if ya know what I mean.

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(Season 3, Episode 6)

“Show’s over.” – Claire to Eric Doyle, after he forces her mom to shoot her, and Claire immediately heals and knocks Doyle out.

You know how dreams (the sleeping kind, not the awake kind) are often a jumble of bits and pieces thrown together willy-nilly? That’s sort of how I feel about Heroes right now. Things are starting to meld, but it’s still a jumbled mess.

Maybe David H. Lawrence XVII is right, and we should just take the episodes one at a time and let them wash over us. But it’s human nature to want to make sense of things. Life is messy and unpredictable, and maybe we’re looking for clarity in our TV shows. Here’s me looking for clarity:

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Feeling confused about this season of Heroes? You’re not alone. Although last week’s episode offered a few answers, I’m still trying to piece things together, as are a lot of my friends.

Maybe David H. Lawrence XVII can help us figure it out. After spending 35 years in the radio industry, including hosting a syndicated show on XM, Sirius and WGN in Chicago, the actor took the role of Eric Doyle, the villainous new character who shared a creepy pasta dinner with Meredith last week.

I recently talked with Lawrence, who says maybe we’re over-thinking things. “I thinks it’s best if you just take the show one episode at a time, and just let them wash over you like you did in the beginning. With the first episode, you didn’t know everybody’s backstory. You didn’t know everybody’s power and the ability to take away powers and all that. Just let the story unfold rather than try and figure out what’s going on.”

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