I was feeling annoyed at Heroes but your post reminds me of the positiveness and the things that might get better... I was pretty relieved at what they did with white-guy-Kensei, too, though I will be almightily disappointed if Hiro doesn't end up taking his place.

As for the Ireland thing... my ears are still hurting from those accents, sigh.

I like Nathan drunk and bearded much more than I liked him as All-American Politician.