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I haven't posted in a while, but I decided to make some comments on this television season so far.

Heroes is definitely going strong. The last episode was another good entry in the series. Arthur Petrelli is shaping up to be a fine villain, and I can't wait to see how this story continues to progress.

The Big Bang Theory continues to amuse. It seems like they've been focusing on Sheldon quite a bit lately. He's my favorite character on the show, so that's a win for me.

I haven't watched The Office in about 3 weeks now, and I don't think I'll bother to. Unfortunately, that show seems to have lost most of its humor now, and the little story-arcs with some of the characters are no longer interesting enough to keep me involved.

Recently I've gotten little bits of the new Star Wars: The Clone Wars cartoon. You can find brief video summaries of all of the episodes so far, and a couple of complete episodes, on Cartoon Network's website. It seems like a really engaging show, and a worthy follow-up to the animated movie. I hope I get a chance to see more full episodes of this series. I think it's a fresh take on Star Wars that really breaths some new life into the franchise.

New episodes of the Big Bang Theory and Heroes were on last night.

In the Big Bang Theory, Penny gets hooked on a massively multi-player online roleplaying game called Age of Conan. The show poked some fun at people who experience such an addiction. Overall the episode was pretty funny.

In Heroes, a good portion of the show focused on Peter traveling to a possible future where characters' allegiances have shifted. The big surprise was that Sylar was a good guy living a normal suburban life with a young son.

We got a glimpse of Mohinder's fate due to his experiment with giving himself powers. I thought his "mutant" appearance was kind of cheesily done. Mostly they just covered him up and kept him in the shadows. The plot with mohinder made it seem like they were developing him as a Beast or Nightcrawler type mutant - someone who wears their powers out in the open for everyone to see, whether he likes it or not.

Hiro and Ando's antics were a nice comical diversion, including when they went to get the "key" at the end. I'm not sure where they're going with Matt's sudden new abilities, but it might be interresting. I thought it was odd that Molly looks exactly the same four years in the future. I would think a kid her age would have changed quite a bit in four years, but I guess they couldn't really help it unless they got a different actress.

When Nathan asked Linderman if he was appearing to him through telepathy, Linderman responded that it wasn't anything so obvious. It makes me wonder what the real explaination will be.

Last night I watched The Big Bang Theory and Heroes (Spoilers Ahead!).

The Big Bang Theory was pretty funny. Leonard tries dating Leslie again, but they finally break up over a difference of scientific theory. Leslie is a hilarious guest star with almost Sheldon-level nerdiness. Her "Call me." line was perfect.

Heroes delivered even more surprises, just as I expected. I was waiting to see how they would explain Niki's escape from the exploding building at the end of season 2. Surprise! She didn't. Makes me wonder if we'll see more "Nikis" as the season progresses, and how many. It also raises a question of why one family got two (Niki and Jessica)?

So, Peter got out of the body of Jesse. I wondered how long that might last. Sylar is working for the company now. 3 of the 12 bad guys have been brought back in, and 1 of them has been killed. I didn't expect that to happen so quickly. Who is Daphne working for? Will she become a love interest for Hiro? The questions continue to mount.

I just saw the season premiers of The Big Bang Theory and The Office.

The Big Bang Theory centered around Sheldon trying to keep a secret from Leonard that was imposed upon him by Penny. It was pretty funny. Sheldon is the funniest character, in my opinion, so I always enjoy episodes that center around him.

The Office involved a company-wide contest between branches to see which branch could lose the most weight in a three month period. It had some funny moments, but it certainly wasn't their funniest episode. While I still enjoy The Office, I found the humor very hit-and-miss last season, and it looks like it may be the same this season.