In TV Guide’s latest story on Heroes, series creator and executive producer Tim Kring reveals that a regular character, "someone who has been with the show from the very beginning," will pay the ultimate price during February sweeps. And while I’ll be shocked (and shaken) if he’s planning to off one of my favorites (like Hiro or Nathan or Micah), there’s one player in particular whose death would be cause for celebration — the waffling, whiny Mohinder Suresh (he of the ludicrous dream sequences), who is coincidentally portrayed by the cast’s most wooden actor, Sendhil Ramamurthy (pictured)
Every time the guy pops up on my screen, I recall the words of my colleague Dawnie Walton: "Someone is Mo-hindering my ability to enjoy the show!" Seriously, one minute Mohinder is dropping everything to head to America and complete his father’s work, the next he’s decided it’s all a bunch of bunk. He’s supposedly paranoid about keeping the heroes’ identities out of the wrong hands, and yet he keeps a list of their names and a map of their whereabouts in an apartment that might as well be dubbed Break-in Central. The only constant is his droning, insipid voice-over narration. Plus, with the way Ramamurthy delivers his lines like he’s the third banana in a bad high-school production, I always find myself drifting off to the happy place during Mohinder’s scenes. So yes, in the Heroes‘ death pool, the man has got my vote. Are you with me? Or if you were Tim Kring, would you choose to exterminate a different character?
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Mohinder is just fine. I would eliminate the psychic painter Isaac Mendez. And it will be funny if he doesn’t see it coming!
But he is massively hot! That kinda helps me ignore his acting…
Right on Slezak!! Mohinder is soooooo booooring. His voice puts me to sleep. He is quite nice to look at, but a little snapshot of him in the corner of the screen would have as much personality and wouldn’t interrupt the enjoyment factor. Kill him off!!
I like the show, but A LOT of the acting is bad!
Kill Micah…PLEASE! The way he talks and acts is so annoying for a 5 year old.
The fat cop has to go. He bores me. Course he wasn’t on at the very beginning so we know it’s not him.
By the way, the only storyline more tedious than Mohinder’s is the whole when-will-Nathan-embrace-his-powers bit. Just fry already, frying man.
Since Mohinder is the Professor X of the group (albeit a horrible version), it would seem weird to kill him off. Though if Sylar were to mentally tear the flesh off of him in bullet-time, um, that would exactly depress me.
I agree wholeheartedly Slezak! I love Heroes but I always tune out during Mohinder’s scenes, he’s so boring.
Mohinder and Milo should go — I was so excited to see a South Asian character at the centre of the show, but man this guy is one terrible actor. The only time Milo/Jesse and Mohinder come to life is in their scenes togather…. maybe it would work if they made them a couple! They *do* look hot together…
As a nonfan (have watched it, and it’s fine for what it is, but not my cup of tea), I believe he will Peter’s love interest (the black woman). This will continue to help push Peter’s brother to start using his powers.
yea mohinder is booooooooooring! and isaac is disgusting. please keep your shirt on…
Ouch that was harsh! I don’t think he’s a bad actor. It is true that his storyline is the most boring, but I thought it picked up last week. I would eliminate Simone. She doesn’t seem to add anything to the show really.
While I agree that Mo is a bad character I was surprised when Is aw the actor on Leno last week and found out he is from Chicago and almost has a Chicago accent.
His chracter is uneeded though
Simone-boring, boring, boring, kill her off so Peter and Isaac can hook up
Wow, that caught me by surprise. I always enjoy Mohinder’s voice over. In fact, it’s one of my favorite parts of the show…
Ha ha Jakeem! Funny comment!
As for who will die… Will it even resonate with us, as the show keeps adding more (and more) characters and further deepens its mythology? We should be more concerned the whole darn thing doesn’t crash and burn.
Given the number of times I’ve said, “Shut up, Mohinder!”, I can’t help but agree. But I think Ando is going to be the victim.
Yeah, I liked the “international” aspect of the show – the fact that it wasn’t just about Americans – but Mohinder is a dud of a character. Too bad. I don’t think it’s really the actor’s fault, the character is just not well-written.
If he had a superhero name, it would be “Exposition Man.”
THANK YOU, SLEZAK! I have been saying from the beginning that this is THE worst actor on any show on the air. Plus, his character is written very poorly (though frankly, while I enjoy the show, the writing IS sophomoric and devoid of wit and subtlty).
KILL HIM.
He is Mohindering my ability to watch too (good one)
I thought it was supposed to be one of the Heros that dies?? Therefore I dont think it will be Mohinder, because they havent even answered if he has any powers. The same with Simone.
We have to consider the future sequences we’ve seen. In the “exploding man” visions, Mohinder is alive. When Hiro went back in time to meet Isaac, he had been killed by Sylar. Maybe Hiro has altered the future already though, or some of the visions aren’t correct. –because I doubt Nathan is really the exploding man. Next to Hiro, he’s the one who takes being a Hero most seriously.
As long as it’s not Hiro, Peter or Ando(not sure why it’d be him anyway), I’ll be ok!
Don’t dis Greg Grunberg’s Matt! I loved him on “Alias” and “Felicity” and only wish his part was written with more depth and wit.
I think it will be the Nathan Patrelli who gets it. He will probably grab Peter and fly him up into the atmosphere and make the explosion happen up there in order to save the city.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…sorry, I instantly fell asleep when I saw that photo of Mohinder (same way I do during any of his scenes). Slezak is 100% right that this guy should be voted off the show, though I doubt he’ll actually be the one to go.
I’ll bet Jessica “kills” Nikki. The show needs more bad guys with powers.
Mohinder is a good answer, but isn’t he there at the big explosion so if it’s someone before hand. I say Zack (Claire’s best friend), the actor supposely got on the producers bad side and he has a new project coming up. And more reason for Claire to disconnect from her home life, if something happens to Zack. If not Zack, then Simone. She’s not needed. And could die easily.
By the way, Binky…”Exposition Man”…nice!
I agree with the person that said it would be Isaac…right now, it seems like he’s gotten himself together a bit, which I liked seeing and is great for his character, but not so much for future dramatic storylines.
I think it’s going to be Ando…he seems to be a little superfluous now that Hiro has hooked up with some other heroes.
I wish Nicky/Jessica would go. Frankly, her character bores me, she has stupid ridiculous lines, and the actress who portrays her is pretty bad. I think Mo is very easy on the eyes and he doesn’t bore me…I’d like to see more from him. My favorite is Peter by far…Micah reminds me too much of the kid on LOST who has mysterious powers.
HRG is most definitely going to die, although I’m going to be greatly saddened by it! Sylar is going to break out finally and kill him, and that is going to free up Claire to go find her real parents and meet up with the rest of the heroes. Everyone is going to be surprised, and isn’t that what they want for sweeps?