'Heroes' on the cliff
When I talked to "Heroes" creator Tim Kring last week about the strange and possibly-meaningful connections between his show and "Lost," he mentioned a lesson he took from the latter show's scheduling woes: He insisted that NBC set its schedule in stone. Knowing that he'd face two six-week breaks in the middle of the season, he said, allowed him to write toward mini-cliffhangers -- Kring called them "tentpoles" -- that kept up suspense, but kept the story going, too.
Tonight is one of those tentpoles: the last new "Heroes" before the show goes into reruns and returns on April 23. I can't say I care too deeply about which gray-haired actor is playing Mr. Linderman, but if I get to see any more about George Takei's role in a vast supernatural conspiracy, I'll be moderately happy tonight.
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