Where Heroes Left Us

Season 2 of Heroes starts in just under a week, as the first new episode of Season 2 will be on Monday night at 9PM. The anticipation is building, but in the meantime a quick review of where we left off.

- Matt Parkman was shot by his own bullets. He tried to shoot Sylar before the battle with Peter, but it was to no avail. Sylar simply froze the bullets in the air and flung them back at Parkman. The former cop had several bullet wounds and we last saw him being loaded into the back of an ambulance.

- Sylar and Peter had another showdown. Other Heroes showed up for this battle though, as Nikki Sanders used her super strength to knock Sylar down. The power then transferred to Peter Petrelli as he began to pummel Sylar. Unfortunately, Peter had come into contact with radioactive hero, Ted Sprague. His hands began to glow and Peter did not know how to stop himself from exploding. Hiro Nakamura showed up and impaled Sylar in the midsection with his Samurai sword. As Peter asks Hiro for help, Sylar uses one last power as he's "dying". Sylar uses telekinesis and hurls Hiro towards a tall building. Hiro uses teleportation and leaves the scene, mid air.

- Nathan Petrelli swooped down onto the scene to save the day and his brother. He grabbed his nuclear brother, Peter, and the two flew straight up into the atmosphere. A brilliant explosion was seen, and we have no idea if either of the Petrelli brothers survived.

- DL Hawkins was shot, by Mr. Linderman, the mob boss. Right after being shot, Hawkins used his power of phasing through solid objects and punched Linderman in the back of the head. Hawkins then pulled out a fist full of blood and Linderman crashed to the floor, supposedly dead. DL was being cared for by Nikki, the last we saw him, as he was slumped up against a building watching Sylar and Peter battle. DL and Nikki's son, Micah was also present and uninjured.

- Molly Walker aka "the tracking system" was last seen with Mohinder Suresh. She claimed before finding Sylar, that there is someone worse than "the boogeyman", someone who can see her. A scary thought.

- Noah Bennet aka "HRG" was last seen in an arm sling, so he appears to be ok. However, it is unknown what the status of his previous employers is. The Primatech company seemed to have its top agent/boss shot by HRG. However, we don't know who else might be behind the scenes for Primatech.

- Hiro Nakamura, who Sylar flung towards a building managed to teleport himself all the way back to ancient Japan, right in the midst of Samurai warriors on horses. We most likely will open Season 2 with Hiro meeting his new mentor and learning the art of combat.

- And last but not least we saw a trail of Sylar's blood leading to a manhole, with the cover opened. As of the end of Season 1, we do not know if Sylar has survived or not. Popular belief would make one say, "of course he's alive, the villains always come back again".

Check this video of the last 5 minutes or so of Season 1 for a recap.