I always thought Lost was a better show than Heroes. Heroes had some compelling story lines in the first season, but I felt that after the first year, it started declining in quality. I haven't watched it in a couple of years now.

Lost has consistently (for the most part) been very good. It started off well, and although it's not as good as it once was, it is still a quality show.
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I love Heroes. I really do. I think they have a lot of things left to explore--more story lines, more characters.

But I think Lost is more compelling, just because of the uber-mystery that is like an onion: every time a layer is peeled away, there turn out to be more layers, and our eyes water.

The writer's strike hurt both shows; I think Lost probably more because Lost was just getting to the really complicated part of the story line. Heroes has twice had major explosive disaster averted in storylines. There was a lot of tension in this season because the two strongest "good"guys, Peter and Hiro, were stripped of their powers, while Syler's just kept growing. Baby Touch n' Go was a nice little addition, but it would be nice if the two's powers were completely restored somehow.

Next year is the last for Lost, and I will miss it. I kind of wish they'd do all the tie-ins they were doing the first couple of seasons, with the Dharma Initiative and Widmore Industries websites, scans of journal pages (I guess from Daniel Farraday's journal), etc. That was really fun. And Heroes hasn't done that--extra episodes online are good, though.
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I lost interest in Heroes after the first couple episodes actually. Lost is much better in my opinion and I can't wait till the season finale!!
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