The Superpower Bauer Hour Showdown: Week Four

This is going to be a quick one, based on not only time but also a level of disinterest in last night’s episodes…well, one of them anyways.

Round One: Overall Quality

24 offers two hours, so perhaps it isn’t a fair comparison, but it certainly stepped up to the plate in terms of plot advancement. There was an expansion of the presidential removal conspiracy, the reveal of Gredenko, expansion on Philip Bauer, and some good action scenes (Jack + Shotgun FTW). Things with Morris were perhaps cleaned up a bit too quickly, but that’s just how the show is.

Heroes, on the other hand, was just awful. Mohinder/Sylar is a fine comedic pairing, but there was just so much nothingness on the other side of things. Making Parkman a security guard was a nice excuse to get him into the storyline, but it did nothing for his character. I should be happy about a Peter-free episode, but I’m not; his storyline was for more interesting than the rest of this crap.

Round Two: Ratings

From TheFutoncritic.com…

“Heroes” (households: 8.8/13, #4; adults 18-49: 6.3, #2)

FOX (households: 7.9/12, #2; adults 18-49: 5.0, #1) snagged a rare first place win among adults 18-49 on Monday thanks to new episodes of “24” (households: 7.7/12, #7; adults 18-49: 4.9, #T5) and another “24” (households: 8.1/12, #6; adults 18-49: 5.1, #3).

Long story short, Heroes won the head-to-head battle, but the two hours of 24 were able to build FOX to a 18-49 win, which is a huge deal. Still, I’ll give this one to Heroes. Just for fun. Not like it will matter.

Round Three: Worthless Storyline Watch

24’s most worthless storyline right now is Sandra Palmer…who was absent through both hours. Woot!

Heroes has multiple worthless storylines. Mohinder has no momentum, Hiro has indeed lost his purpose (As well as my patience), and Niki the contract killer? Snore. The show has nothing going for it right now, other than Peter…who they left out of this one. Unless he’s really perfected that invisibility trick.

And the…aw, come on, it’s pretty obvious, but anyways…the winner is…