I want to quickly address the "walk away and shut up" comment from last week. It was a tongue-in-cheek remark that I assumed most readers would understand and find humorous. We all know what happens when you assume.

I should have given the comment some context. I did not mean that there should be no criticism of the show. I was not referring to reasonable viewers who feel the show is not as good as it used to be and wish to register their complaints. I was referring to the new cottage industry of Heroes bashing that has sprouted up both online and in mainstream media.

Those of us who make the show, and there are several hundred people involved, work hard to create a compelling, entertaining show that holds up week to week. If someone feels it has failed to do so, he or she has every right to say so. And contrary to what some might think, viewers are not taken for granted, nor do the producers and cast care only about ratings. The makers of the show care deeply about its fans.

What I object to, and what I should have stated more clearly, is the recent phenomenon of serial complainers who get ever more personal and nasty. They say they hate the show yet continue to watch, week after week, with the sole purpose, it seems, of coming up with new and nasty things to say about the show, the cast, the writers, etc.

It is these folks to whom I have extended an invitation to put down the poison pen and simply stop watching.

As I have stated before, I think this volume will be rewarding to viewers, solid fans and fence sitters, alike. A show like Heroes shoots far in advance to meet its production requirements. It adjusts course like an ocean liner, slowly. I feel that we are moving solidly in the right direction. And I invite you to join us.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Jack