CP3S said:
As far as season one goes, I rather liked Claire. Sylar on the other hand, he was a good villian, but even by the end of the first season I was feeling a little burnt out on him. I can imagine any number of ways they could drag these two characters out over the next couple of seasons for something really awful.
Imagine the third season as Sylar and His Amazing Friends, written by George Lucas, and you get a pretty accurate picture of how awful the show was at that point.