"Heroes" is Shockingly Bland

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Wow. Last night's "Heroes" episode really sucked. Not even the introduction of the totally amazing Kristen Bell as electrifying new character Elle could save that plodding and dull chapter. Nobody did anything interesting! Hiro spent the whole episode recapping his feudal exploits, which weren't that enthralling to begin with. Monica and Micah went to the playground. The playground!? Mohinder frustratingly acted out of character. Peter Petrelli opened up his boring box. And Parkman's father turned out to be ... not that scary. Please, please, please don't let this be a helixed sign of things to come. If so, we'd like Sylar and Maya to return and make everyone else ooze black goo. For more speculation on "Heroes," zap over to this AP video.