Fixing “Heroes” – or – Hey NBC, Give Me a Job!

3. Remember what powers people have, and how they work – Remember, almost everybody except Hiro, Sylar, and Peter has one power, and one power only. Don’t throw extra powers in there all willy-nilly. Arthur Petrelli could steal people’s powers, but also always had the power to control minds? Matt can see into the future when it’s convenient? Ando can power up other people, but sometimes also it works like lightning? And I never figured out how the hell Samuel made magic tattoos. Also, think about how the powers work. If the Haitian cancels out other people’s powers, and it has been definitively established that he can’t turn that off, then you can’t Peter use his power to copy the Haitian’s power. No why? Because Peter’s power wouldn’t work near the Haitian!