[Jeffmet3]

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while some of the show might have poor writing, i think they do an excellent job of creating a broad storyline and then fitting everything together.

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I'd say it's less that they do a great job of this than that almost no shows do it at all. I mean, some shows have arcs like BSG, but outside of anime the only ones that are telling a constant story are what, Heroes, 24 and Lost? The closest we've really had to this before was like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but even on that the individual episodes stood alone while telling the season's story. I'm just saying, it's not the writers standing out so much as that they're doing something that's not really being done. If better writers were doing the same thing much more often on TV, the sucky writing on this show would stand out more.

Of course, soap operas have been doing this for decades. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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yea, i was going to compare it to Lost. Having a great concept, and the ability to intertwine so many different characters and relationships, can definitely compensate for poor writing. They just better not [censored] up the culminating ending like they did with the 1st season.

which i think will involve hiro killing kensei (adam monroe)