You're right, not being oversensitive -- Heroes is a pretty sexist show for 2007. (Look at the cast photos; two women, about ten men.) I especially resent Candace being killed off because the last female character who used her power to similarly selfish ends, Eden, *also* got snuffed. Niki and Claire are both more victim than hero far too often. I'm still watching because it's well done, but given the casting on TV this season, it really feels like someone has decided genre shows should not have female leads. Maybe Buffy was our one shot.

It's always one step forward, two steps back, it seems.