It is better, but I am particularly fond of Chuck. Really, the greatest thing about Heroes is Jack Coleman's Noah Bennet. There are a handful of other great actors and great characters, but Peter and his e-fanbrigade are ridiculous. He's a moron and a worthless character.
To all fledgling writers: don't make your main character so powerful that your only path to humanize him is to make him an easily manipulated tool.