One thing I've noticed are the characters on Heroes aren't as interesting as they were in season one. In season one they were interesting to watch as they reacted to their various situations, searched for answers and worked together with a few character moments sprinkled in.
Lost, Prison Break and Heroes are really very plot-driven which I don't personally mind as long as I'm entertained. The characters are more interesting on these type of shows when they are caught up in their situations, reacting, and trying to get answers. These shows rarely afford the kind of quiet character moments as other dramas, although to some degree they are there, because it is more about being focused on a process and nuts and bolts figuring out what is going on, mysteries to solve, being action figures, twists, misdirection etc.
Now that Heroes has slowed down and is trying to transition into a different show with less focus on tons of mysteries, unanswered questions and a big puzzle approach, the writers need to get the characters into some threads that they can develop in an interesting manner for the rest of the season because the interesting backdrop of season one isn't there and in some ways we are getting to know these characters all over again without all the sound and fury that characterized the show early on. And they aren't as interesting on their own.
Right now, on their own, no longer swept up in the quest that was season one I'm not crazy these days about Hiro, Suresh, Matt. Claire is okay I hate Nathan. I like Angela but she doesn't ever receive much screentime. Noah is "there". Ando meh. They should have kept Daphne. Maybe Kring isn't that interested in the characters because he had planned to get rid of all the cast and was now being forced to keep them around. He did say in an interview he was more interested in the mythology and less the characters and didn't expect for them to still be around after the first season.
And the heroes being declared fugitives and the government learning of their existence really should have felt more like a shocking game-changer to the series but surprisingly for me it hasn't really felt like a major upheaval to the status quo. It sorta has fallen flat. We really hadn't got to see these characters living their lives. They've been caught up in a big adventure and series of mysteries so to see they can't go back to their lives doesn't carry the dramatic impact. And the sense of peril and urgency is just not there yet.
They really need to stop with juggling the characters each week and placing them into episodic situations of the week and start pairing the characters off into a few interesting storylines that they can develop for the remainder of the season.
I mean that whole confrontation just should be nominated as the worst scene of Heroes EVER - and that takes some skill to achieve!