Hooray for Heroes

Ok, so let's be honest. For the past two seasons, Heroes has been close to God awful. Like, I don't even think Tim Kring knew what was going on. He just let other people control his idea while he went on vacation or hid in a cave or whatever Tim Kring's do when they don't want to take responsibility for their show.

But, we kept watching. Well, some of us did. Not a lot. Like probably me, my brother and some of Hayden's family members. In any event, we kept going. We suffered through the unbearable, pointless, toxic episodes, including such meaningless story lines as some Mexican who tried to cry her way into the country, Claire attempting to kill Peter in an alternative future that I don't think was ever even solved, and Nathan all of a sudden becoming a bigger piece of shit then he was before, causing him to round up other Heroes with the help of Noah. Oh, and Hiro went to Japan, like centuries ago and brought back some Doogie Howser look alike.

Then something happened. Someone got off their ass and declared that this shit show be ended. And they left the room. And all the writers probably talked mad shit about them. Like how they aren't even that creative and how did they even get a job here and why does he think it's acceptable to wear socks with sandals, but that's besides the point. The point is, the guy grabbed his balls and headed over to Tim's house. Not a mansion. He lost a lot of money in a bet with J.J. Abrams over whose show would suck the least. So, anyway, the writer knocked on Tim's door and told him that if he didn't get his ass down to the studio, PRONTO, he'd tell everyone that Kring was the brains behind the 1987 classic "Teen Wolf Too". So, naturally, Kring followed toot sweet.

And now we have on our hands a pretty good show. It's not season one good, but it never will be because in all honesty, the show should have just ended in season one. Now, it's just watching some of our favorite characters wander around as the writers find reasons to keep them on the show. They've even managed to bring in a few new Heroes that don't make me want to acquire the power of constant projectile vomiting. Robert Knepper, as the goth, Irish carni, Samuel Sullivan, has the ability to apparently do whatever the hell he wants and some "sometimes she's hot, sometimes she's not, but always deaf but can see colors as her power" chick, who doesn't really add anything except for giving our man Peter a much needed boner.

All-in-all, season four keeps me looking forward to the next episode. From Sylar as Nathan as Matt as Sylar as...anyway to Clair hanging out with a bunch of sorority girls, while trying to remain normal, i.e. not annoying, to Hiro dying, and in the process, traveling through time to re-write the world's wrongs, including one "funny in a Heroes way" scene where Hiro tries to keep a fellow co-worker from committing suicide because he keeps photocopying his own Asian ass. I'm happy I can once again enjoy a show that shouldn't really be on the air anymore, but since it is, I can finally muster the power to keep watching.