Heroes is the Dollar General equivalent to Lost

Yes, I think if we can all agree that Heroes is, in fact, the Dollar General equivalent to Lost (which might be, say, Target), then we can enjoy the show that much more. In fact, if we graded all television by this, it would all be much more enjoyable. Battlestar Galatica would be Wal-Mart, and Stargate would be the Dollar Tree, where each item costs exactly the same. Yet I digress.

Heroes, despite being the Dollar General brand, was actually okay last night. It took several months for the producers to put forth another episode that didn't suck, but they managed to do it, ironically after the WGA strike. Maybe they were hoarding their good scripts.

Yes, Heroes finally brought both the storylines and the timelines together, making a much more interesting show than the "Hiro Nakamura Variety Hour." Plus, there were no twins OR road trips involved, and therefore no one's power sucked. Bad. The twins' power sucks bad.

Hiro's adventure wrapped nicely, despite an ending that has appeared in numerous westerns and, before that, epic poems so old that no one knows who wrote them. Sometimes, I like to write myself into the show, whenever it moves slow, and during the duel between Hiro and Kensei I wrote myself in as a character who appears and punches both samurai in the face. But, when it comes to Heroes, I've learned to forget the bad (because there's so much) and focus on the good. Hiro's back in the present. And...um...oh yeah, Takezo Kensei is freaking Adam Morton! And here I was insulting the plot lines of Heroes.

In other news, Mohinder is a terrible double-agent, Matt became a man (in a single episode), Peter left his girlfriend in the post-apocolypic future, HRG came close to beating his children, and West is still a creeper. Actually, West might have creeped further than he's ever creeped before.

Next week is the obligatory time warp episode, which I can't knock, because precedent has shown that these are the best episodes. Cross our fingers for more Kristen Bell.

Let's hope that the story surrounding the company, Adam Morton, and all those mystery thingies return. And let's hope Kristen Bell returns.