By Special Correspondent Arturo R. García
SPOILER ALERT
There goes the neighborhood: for the first time in what feels like ages, three POC characters were directly involved in the key goings-on in Heroes – and all of them lived!
At the center of the big twist, including the salvaging of what Roundtable member x called the Claire Gone [...]

By Special Correspondent Arturo R. García

You know it’s sad when even the good episodes of Heroes spur a lukewarm response. Somewhat amazingly, there’s actually a campaign going to save the show from cancellation – no, really. More tellingly, even the little bits of good on the show don’t hold much water anymore, as we’ll see [...]

By Special Correspondent Arturo R. García

Finally, Fuller, not filler.
Could you tell it was Bryan Fuller writing “Acceptance”? What was your first tip-off? The lack of boredom or the narratives that actually moved people along in recognizable characterization? It’s too soon to call this a turning point, but at least we got to jump into this [...]

By Special Correspondent Arturo R. García

“Ink”? The way this week’s episode slogged along, it was more like molasses.
The story, such as it was, mostly revolved around the Delusional Duo: Claire and Peter, who each found themselves being courted and, as usual, fell for it. In Claire’s case, not only did she tell the increasingly creepy [...]

Hosted by Special Correspondent Arturo R. García

Heroes begins its’ fourth season Monday night in the throes of identity crises on- and off-screen: the show’s name doesn’t really fit anymore – almost none of the titular core cast wants to be “special” anymore, let alone superheroic – and its’ most important plotline centers around Sylar, a [...]

By Special Correspondent Arturo R. García
These have truly been depressing days. Bad enough that the past few weeks of summer television hasn’t given us anything to rave about. But not even the bad stuff was inspiring – there was nothing that brought out the sweet, bileful taste of anger.
So thank you, Fox, for bringing Glee [...]

Hosted by Special Correspondent Arturo R. García

You didn’t think we’d forgotten, did you?
Actually, this is the perfect time to revisit Heroes, since Monday marked the efforts of Fens Of Color United, an effort to bring to light sci-fi’s continuing struggle with positive POC characters. (Props to Roundtable member Erica for the tip.) Here’s more about [...]

By Special Correspondent Arturo R. García
Also Posted At The Instant Callback

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD
A note about this week’s especially tardy report: Monday morning I had to undergo an emergency wisdom tooth extraction. The procedure required more than the usual amount of local anesthetic to prep me, because for most of the previous 10 hours, I’d felt [...]

Hosted by Special Correspondent Arturo R. García

One episode left in Heroes’ season, and the major players are coming together again in order to … uh, save the country from themselves. Or something. We’ve got villains riffing on the Obama campaign, a family pledging to work together for about two minutes, and one brave Roundtable willing [...]

By Special Correspondent Arturo R. García, also Posted at The Instant Callback

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD
Give credit where it’s due: writers Adam Armus and Kay Foster took a premise that could have imploded big-time – Sylar coming unraveled – and turned “I Am Sylar” into a taut, capable lead-in to next week’s season finale.
Tying it all together, [...]

Hosted by Special Correspondent Arturo R. García

Oh boy, where to begin with “1961″? With the awkward, Forrest Gump-ish approach to reframe the Heroes canon into pre-Civil Rights Act history? The needless retconning of two previously admirable minority characters? The continued hammering over the head with how “special” the Benetrellis are?
Actually, this time we’re starting off [...]

By Special Correspondent Arturo R. Garcia, also Posted At The Instant Callback

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!
“You could have told us all this in a restaurant.”
– Peter Petrelli
It’s never a good sign when Petey’s argument makes the most sense. But he’s exactly right — “1961″ was, quite the pointless trip in the wayback machine, an ostensible origin story [...]

Hosted by Special Correspondent Arturo R. García

What can you get from a first encounter? As our Roundtable demonstrates this week, plenty. We begin this week’s installment with a scene that the show’s creators might not have thought too much of when they wrote it. And about the giraffe … uh, don’t ask.
A friend of [...]

By Special Correspondent Arturo R. Garcia, cross-posted at The Instant Callback

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD
Like a bad ’80s thriller or the opening of any “CSI: Miami” episode, “Heroes” wasn’t about business this week. Instead – pause for Caruso Pose – it was personal.
At the center of the grudge matches was the show’s new Dastardly Duo, Sylar and [...]

Hosted by special correspondent Arturo R. García

The Algonquin SnarkTable continues to grow this week, with the addition of Jen* and the return of Hexy to our ranks! Did they pick the right week to come back? Well, let’s talk about that …
What’s more improbable: that Nathan & Claire made it from the U.S. to a [...]