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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goobermunch" data-source="post: 3921069" data-attributes="member: 10516">Actually, the reason this last episode felt so choppy is that it is an alternate ending they hastily filmed pre-strike.  That's why Peter never gets closure with Caitlin.  This was the last episode to go in the can.There are no new scripts beyond what we saw tonight.Historically, when the writers and the studios fight, it isn't over in a few weeks, much less months.  Their strikes tend to go for 5-6 months.  Given that the Director's Guild and the Screen Actor's Guild contracts both end in July, the studios have every reason to delay, in the hopes that they can force one of those groups to take a worse deal than the writers want.  Once one group cracks, it's all over.As a result, people (writers) are forced to scramble to find ways to make ends meet.  Sometimes, they come back to their shows.  Sometimes they don't.  Sometimes, they work as scabs.  Usually, if they do that, they are unemployed (or blacklisted) when the strike ends.  It's really quite cutthroat.If you want more Heroes, pray that the studios see reason quickly.  Otherwise, it's likely that the show will not resume.  It's not just Heroes either.  Very few shows survived the last big strike.--G</blockquote>