After seeing something on Entertainment Weekly’s Web site on how to fix “Heroes,” I breathed a sigh of relief. For the past couple of weeks, I have felt as if I was the only “Heroes” fan that was truly unhappy with where the series is going.

When the show first premiered in 2006, I sadly missed out. Luckily, NBC.com offered full-length episodes and during the summer of 2007, I was finally able to be a part of the phenomenon/obsession called “Heroes.”

Commercials echoing “Save the cheerleader, save the world,” fit in perfectly into my now spinning mind. Questions regarding “Heroes” consumed my mind like “Who is HRG and what does he want? Why is Sylar killing all of these people?” and “What is Peter’s power?”

Even the second season kept up the suspense. Even though the questions weren’t as meaningful and the plots started to get off-track, it was a great season.

This third season, however, seems to be a huge disappointment. I hope to be proven wrong, but I doubt it. Too many characters were introduced, and too many old ones lost their morals and beliefs.

There’s suspense and questions that everyone wants answered, but it’s not the same. The sub-plots of minor characters have gone from useless to irritating. Peter, Claire, Sylar, Mohinder and Hiro have all pulled 180’s in their character’s personalities. These unnecessary personality changes are absolutely ridiculous. For example, there were no signs in any of the preceding seasons that Sylar and Peter would switch places or that they were related. Creator Tim Kring’s curve balls seem to have gone out of control.

At one point in time, I considered “Heroes” to be “LOST’s” rival. Sadly, the past few episodes of the NBC series are making me retract that point of view. I don’t know for sure whether I believe that “Heroes” should be shut down after this season because it is an amazing show, but something needs to be done.

“Heroes,” save the story, save the show.