The adventures of Hiro Lost in Time would definitely make for a great spinoff series of NBC's Heroes. Seeing Hiro's mishaps and quests in ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, battling real dinosaurs, or even exploring other planets in the future would all be captivating. For now, Hiro is stuck 16 years ago, back when he was just a young boy who cared more about his Gameboy than saving the world. He was able to convince his mother to give the catalyst to him rather than Claire bear, but all of a sudden, Arthur Petrelli was there and snatched everything away. So that now makes 2 of our heroes powerless, Peter and Hiro.

The current plan is for Ando to try to get the ability to time travel, then go back and save his friend. Is it that easy to decide who gets what ability? As we saw with Scott the Marine in present day, he received super-strength, but who knows what else. He may also have received an over-agressive mindstate to accompany that. The other question is, will Hiro and Peter want to have powers again? Or will they be content as normal human beings amongst their fellow heroes? Angela Petrelli was able to help Peter regain his memory, will she have the ability to restore powers? Or will it take another eclipse to restore their powers? If so they could have a long wait..

Some other quirks about the last episode. Sylar told Peter not to worry, he wouldn't kill him because he didn't have anything he wanted. True, but what about the Haitian? Is there any reason Sylar wouldn't want the ability to block others' powers? Does Sylar know something about the Haitian we don't? For example that Haitian's power would limit Sylar's other abilities? Or was Sylar just ignorant to the fact that the Haitian has a power? Another thing about this season that just seems odd is Arthur Petrelli just showing up places all of a sudden. Yes, he's the super-villain but he just seems out of place when that happens. Robert Forester was great in Tarentino's Jackie Brown but his work as a villain seems strange at times. We may not have to worry about that, because as of right now Arthur's out of commission.

NBC's third season of Heroes is entitled "Villains". It follows the escape of villains from The Company's "Level 5", as well as the battle lines being drawn between good and evil. The season sees the emergence of several new heroes and new villains. Use the links below to read full, descriptive recaps from the various episodes of NBC Heroes Season 3.

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Episode 301 - "The Second Coming"
New forces of good and evil begin to arrive. The Ice Queen of K Street has a deadly response for a nosy reporter.

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Episode 302 - "The Butterfly Effect"
Charged with a sacred quest, Hiro opens Pandora's box.

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Episode 303 - "One of Us, One of Them"
Matt Parkman goes on a spiritwalk to see what the future holds for the heroes. Meredith takes Claire into her school of hard knocks, forcing a true confession.

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Episode 304 - "I am Become Death"
Future Peter shows Peter a dark future that he must change.

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Episode 305 - "Angels & Monsters"
Claire Tries to Help.. but her dad won't let her.

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Episode 306 - "Dying of the Light"
Hiro and Ando meet Usutu; Matt meets Daphne; Claire saves Meredith from Doyle; Peter finds his father alive, only to be drained of his powers.

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Episode 307 - "Eros Quid Sum"
At Angela's behest, Sylar goes after Peter, only to be recruited to Pinehearst.

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Episode 308 - Villains
Hiro's spirit walk takes him back in time one year, to the events surrounding the "death" of Arthur Petrelli.

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Episode 309 - "It's Coming"
With a catastrophic event on the way, Arthur and Angela gather their people to their respective sides, as Hiro languishes under the belief that he's ten years old.

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Episode 310 - "The Eclipse Part 1"
As the prophesied eclipse gets underway, the heroes are surprised when their powers evaporate, just when they need them most.

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Episode 311 - "The Eclipse - Part 2"
As Sandra Bennet tends to her dying daughter Claire, HRG goes after Sylar and Elle to avenge the shooting. Hiro, Ando and Matt Parkman search for answers in Kansas, while Peter tries to save Nathan.

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Episode 312 - Our Father

Peter and The Haitian try to get rid of Arthur Petrelli for good but are interrupted by Sylar. Suresh has a breakthrough with the formula.

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Episode 313 - "Dual"
Sylar toys with Claire, Meredith, Angela & HRG. Hiro and Peter both make attempts to destroy the formula, while Nathan tries to unleash it.

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Season 3 was split into a second installment which was entitled "Fugitives". While considered Volume 4, it's still technically Season 3 of NBC Heroes. "Fugitives" involves a plot by Nathan Petrelli to influence the government to round up those with extraordinary abilities so they can be contained safely and not become a major hazard to the general public. He has the help of a mysterious headhunter agent named Danko as well as HRG (Noah Bennet) from Primatech.

Episode 14 - A Clear & Present Danger

Episode 15 - Trust and Blood

Episode 16 - Building 26

Episode 17 - Cold Wars

Episode 18 - Exposed

Episode 19 - Shades of Gray

Episode 20 - Cold Snap

Episode 21 - Into Asylum

Episode 22 - Turn & Face the Strange

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More NBC Heroes Episode Recaps:

Season 1 - "Genesis" - Episode Recaps

Season 2 - "Generations" - Episode Recaps

Season 3: Episode 10: "The Eclipse Part 1"

The episode opens with Suresh's narration of the moment when a battle can change us and we usually can't do much to prepare for it. Pencil shaded sketches are shown on white paper, which appear to show various heroes. One sketch appears to show Nathan kissing Tracy and another shows HRG holding a bleeding Claire in his arms. The scene shows Arthur Petrelli sketching on a large white pad of paper. Angela Petrelli is shown looking a picture of her family. Hiro and Ando are shown looking over the comic book with the eclipse in it.

Sylar meets with Elle and says he needs to learn to use her electricity power better. Arthur Petrelli bursts in and orders Gabriel to go bring Claire Bennet back. Gabriel accepts the mission and Elle adds that she should go along to help him, since she used to be with The Company. Arthur agrees to the pair going out to find Claire.

Angela Bennet walks through Primatech with Claire, telling her she has a plan. Nathan is going to find the Haitian, Matt Parkman will find Hiro Nakamura, and Claire must stay hidden underground. They arrive to the cell block where Doyle the Puppetmaster, and another villain are being held. Angela Bennet says she won't lock Claire up, she has a different plan. HRG walks in and smiles at Claire as they reunite.

Nathan and Peter are outside Primatech where Nathan says he needs to fly off and find the Haitian. Peter pleads with him to take him along. Nathan says even without powers Peter still has purpose, and eventually agrees to take him. The two rocket off into the sky together.

Suresh is performing an autopsy on the test patient who died under his experimentation at Pinehearst. He pulls off his bloody rubber glove to notice more lesions and deformities on his hand. Suresh rushes out to tell Arthur he needs the catalyst now. Arthur shows him the sketch of Claire dead in HRG's arms, saying all their plans might be for nothing. He asks Suresh to use his science skills to ask how this will happen. Suresh puts the various sketches around the picture of the eclipse, saying he doesn't know what it means, but if Claire dies, he can't be cured. Arthur shows him another sketch, of Suresh severaly mutated and dying. Arthur says everything is going to change today.

Daphne is nervous about the plan Angela Bennet has set in motion and communicates it to Matt Parkman. Matt says he must find Hiro per Angela's orders. Daphne says she's scared of Arthur Petrelli since he can take powers or kill them. Matt says he won't let anything happen to them. A knock comes at the door. Matt and Daphne open the door to find Ando and Hiro, comic book in hand. Matt asks what it says, and Ando tells him he must fix Hiro who thinks he's only 10 years old.

HRG takes Claire to stay safe at Stephen Canfield's house. Claire has an attitude with HRG, and he says he must keep her safe, not just the catalyst.

Matt tries to go inside Hiro's head but he's thinking in Japanese. Matt says Hiro can still time travel and teleport, but he just believes he's a child. Daphne says she has to leave, telling Matt he paused earlier when she asked if he trusted her. Matt went inside Daphne's mind and pulled out "Lawrence, KS", asking if that's her home. Daphne speeds off.

Gabriel and Elle discuss having to capture Claire with HRG around. The pair are at a car rental place, but the clerk isn't showing at the desk. Gabriel rings the bell again asking where the guy is. Elle says she told him that a serial killer kidnapped her, so he's probably calling the police. When Gabriel finds out she's serious, he tells her they have to leave. The clerk comes out, rifle in hand, telling Gabriel to let the girl go. Elle rushes over to the man pretending he saved her. As the man points the gun at Sylar, Elle taunts him to bring out his instinct or hunger. The man hits Sylar in the face with the butt of the gun, causing a scar, which immediately heals. Sylar says he "hates heroes" as he gets a mean look in his eyes.

Suresh continues getting sicker by the minute, with sticky substance emitting from his hands. He records in a tape recorder questioning how the eclipse relates to their abilities. He says he's changing and can't control it.

Inside the safe house, HRG puts Claire through a training exercise, handing her a piece of wood. HRG gets Claire mad by insulting her ability to catch bad guys. He asks Claire to hit him, and as her anger grows she takes a swing. HRG reacts quickly and restrains Claire, telling her to try again.

Tracy talks to Arthur on the phone. Arthur tells her to go to Paris Island to talk to her connections, so Nathan will "see the world for what it really is". Tracy says she won't take orders from him, but Arthur says if she wants Nathan to get into the White House, she will do as told. As Tracy hangs up the call, Angela Petrelli is there. Tracy quips "no rest for the wicked" and Angela responds "obviously not" with a smile.

Matt tells Ando he needs Hiro to teleport him to Lawrence, Kansas to find out what's going on with Daphne. Ando says it's more important to get Hiro back to normal, but Matt says it'll take just a minute to go to Kansas. Hiro notices them in a cornfield in the 9th Wonders comic book he has. Ando tells Hiro in Japanese to teleport them, and he does so excitedly. They arrive in the cornfield at Daphne's house. Matt says he can hear her thoughts, since she's inside. All of a sudden, Ando notices the eclipse start above them, causing Matt and Hiro to look up.

Various scenes are shown, including Suresh in a cocoon, Angela viewing her family photo, the sketches drawn by Arthur Petrelli, and Nathan/Peter falling from the sky into water. Gabriel and Elle speed off in a convertible from the rental spot. HRG continues training Claire, and a shot is shown again of the sketch of HRG holding a bleeding, dead Claire in his arms.

Suresh is shown in a coccoon of the sticky substance up against a wall. All of a sudden he falls out of it to the ground and gets up. Meanwhile, Nathan and Peter brush themselves off after falling into a swamp water. Nathan mentions he's lost his ability to fly. Peter notes there was an eclipse when Nathan first learned he could fly. They start walking and find little dolls up against bamboo or trees. Peter says they are symbolic of prayers for salvation and redemption. Peter says the Haitian's village is one way, Nathan says its the opposite way. Peter tries to argue, then follows.

Over in Kansas, Matt Parkman knocks at the house Daphne's inside. An older man answers saying Daphne's not home. Matt tries to use his mind powers to persuade the man to let him in, but finds his abilities are gone. The man calls Matt strange then shuts the door on him. Hiro and Matt both notice their powers are gone. Inside the house, the man goes to Daphne who's sitting on a bed in a room. He tries to ask her who the guy was at the door, but Daphne says she doesn't want to say anything. She tells him "it's happening again", to which the man says he's sorry. Daphne asks him to go get something for her.

Nathan and Peter wind up on the edge of a cliff, and Peter gets mad at Nathan for not listening to him before. The two argue, with Nathan saying he always saves Peter. Peter tells Nathan he's a puppet, and in the future he chooses their father over Peter. Nathan says he's there now and asks Peter for his help. As Nathan turns, the Haitian's there and signals that they keep quiet.

HRG continues to train Claire as she swings away with a piece of wood to perfect her strength and swing. Claire's frustrated and tired. HRG tells her to swing at him and hit him, taunting her. She keeps trying with HRG avoiding it. As Claire gets more angry she lets out her anger towards HRG and strikes him in the leg. HRG falls to one knee and Claire says she needs to go out for fresh air. As Claire's walking to the door, it swings open and Elle's there. She goes to shoot electricity from her hand but it fails to work. She asks HRG if the Haitian's there, and he says no then draws his gun.

As HRG backs up with Claire, Sylar's standing behind them. Sylar tries to use telekinesis but it fails as well. A brawl ensues between HRG and Sylar on the ground, with HRG beating up Sylar and dislocating his arm/shoulder. Claire hides in a corner. Elle has grabbed HRG's gun and is about to shoot HRG. Claire gets up and runs in front of the bullet to stop it from hitting HRG. An enraged HRG swings a piece of wood and knocks Elle to the floor. Elle and Sylar are on the ground as HRG carries a bleeding Claire out the front door, looking just like Arthur Petrelli's prophetic sketch.

HRG rushes Claire home to Sandra who helps him attend to Claire's bloody shoulder. Claire tells HRG she's in pain and never thought she'd feel it again, but it's wonderful to feel normal. HRG thanks Claire for saving his life by taking a bullet.

Hiro, Ando and Matt meet out in the cornfield. Matt asks how he can save Daphne without his abilities. Hiro begins to throw corn stalks and corn at Matt, saying he must not doubt his mission. Ando trasnlates Hiro for Matt saying "the corn will keep coming, only you have the power to stop it". Eventually Matt catches one of the pieces of corn in the air and Hiro is pleased. Matt walks off to go save Daphne. Hiro tells Ando they will go find a way to get their abilities back, but they must find a place in Kansas where all the wise men meet.

Suresh is in the lab and notices all effects of the formula have disappeared. Suresh types into a computer to find Maya's address and prepares to go find her. Arthur enters with Flint and tells Suresh he needs to stay there and find out how to get all the abilities back. Flint roughs Suresh up saying he needs his abilities back so he can be somebody again.

Hiro and Ando enter a Sam's Comics store in Lawrence, Kansas. Hiro tells Ando to go ask for the latest issue, since it's new comic day. The two guys working at the store hold up the latest issue which shows them in the comic store looking at Hiro and Ando saying "This is so Awesome". Hiro says now they will find out all the answers they need.

The Haitian leads Peter and Nathan through the thick jungle. Nathan says they need to bring him back home, and tells him that Arthur's still alive, surprising the Haitian. Haitian says he can't go anywhere until he stops his brother. Peter mentions it's the escaped villain from Level 5 he read a file on. Peter tells Nathan they should try to help The Haitian, to get his cooperation. All of a sudden gunfire breaks out, and soldiers are rushing at them with guns in hand. Haitian and Peter escape but Nathan doesn't. The head soldier says Arthur Petrelli warned him that Nathan would come, and he told him to be himself. The leader knocks Nathan down with his gun and has his men take him away. Peter tries to go save him, but Haitian stops him. As they look up, the eclipse is still going on.

HRG checks on Claire and says she has no fever. Claire says she's fine considering the circumstances. HRG prepares to leave but Sandra tells him to stay because Claire is scared and needs him. HRG says there's something he has to finish, and leaves.

The older man finally drives off away from the house, and Parkman rushes to the door. He yells to Daphne he won't leave until she talks to him. Matt tells Daphne he's in love with her and will never give up. Daphne says the door's open. As Parkman goes in, he asks where she is. Daphne says she didn't want Matt to see her like this, and walks out revealing she's using crutches and has leg braces.

Sandra goes to bring a tray of food to Claire in her room and drops the tray in shock. She finds Claire in bed with massive blood loss from her shoulder, and checks to see if Claire's alive still.

Back at the house where the fight went down, Elle helps Sylar set his shoulder back in the socket. Sylar screams out in pain. Sylar tries to use his telekinesis but finds it doesn't work. Elle asks what's going on and Sylar says they're just human now. Sylar says he's relieved. Elle tells Sylar they can't take what they want anymore. Sylar asks "says who?" and begins to kiss Elle passionately. As they are kissing, the scene shifts to across from the window of the house. HRG is in position with a sniper rifle ready to fire. To Be continued...

Watch episode 310 "The Eclipse Part 1" at NBC.com.

(Arthur Petrelli debriefs the troops with a sketch)

It seems Heroes episode 310 may offer us an "epic battle" between good and evil superheroes, or maybe just a good chase. In case you didn't notice, there's some sort of eclipse on the agenda. Viewers of Heroes have been inundated with drawings, paintings, sketches and comic book renditions of a big eclipse. The writers must think the audience doesn't understand what's coming. It's still uknown what exactly the big eclipse will bring, whether it's a symbol of the world going dark, or if it's symbolic of a reset of all the Heroes' powers. Possibly it wipes out everyone's powers for that moment, or creates a dark battlefield as Suresh alluded to in his narrative.

We know that Arthur realizes they need to get Claire to get the living host Suresh needs to complete the power-giving formula. So maybe the hunt is on with a good ol' game of "Capture the Claire", pitting good versus evil. Also, right now Peter in particular lacks abilities, but as we saw Sylar is able to gain abilities through empathy. Maybe the eclipse gives Peter the ability to get abilities back. But either way, let's hope for a great showdown between good and bad. It's also a shame that Nikki isn't around so we could see her super strength versus that of fear-charged Knox. A Sylar vs. Peter showdown could definitely rev things up for Season 3.


(Look familiar? Total eclipse of the Heroes...)

Once again, you really have to wonder, where's The Haitian been hiding at? This guy can block people's abilities. He could just walk into the middle of a heroes vs. heroes fight and stop the whole thing like a well-respected sports referee. It seems the writers just don't want it to be so simple, but wouldn't the Haitian be the key to stopping just about all forms of chaos? It's either that or Hiro needs to do some serious time traveling...

Feel free to leave your own comments/opinions of Heroes Season 3, and what you think's coming...

Is Heroes in jeopardy of being vaporized much like Matt Parkman's dad, or the villain we saw commit suicide by jumping into his own vortex? We're deep into Season 3 of Heroes, the Villains installment with more and more fans jumping ship or at least harshly criticizing the "revival season". Last season was considered a disaster by many, and creator Tim Kring promised he had addressed all the flaws of that season for Season 3. Unfortunately, two of the show's co-exectuive producers were fired, Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander. They also served as senior writers, overseeing much of the script development. Luckily, writers are into episode 20 of the 25 episode season, so time will tell how much of an effect the firings have.

Read more about Heroes losing ratings and writers at NY Times.

I've found Season 3 compelling at times, but again they tend to cram a lot into a little frame of time. They've also made up some quick relationships by jumping back in time. For example, we have now seen that Elle and Sylar shared a brief romantic glimmer of hope. It ultimately may have been what snapped Gabriel Gray into his murderous mind state of Sylar. We also learned that Flint is Meredith's brother, and that The Company tricked him. Meredith also believed she lost her daughter Claire (invinvible cheerleader) to a blazing fire, but we all know later this is not so. We still need to learn the particulars of Claire being given to HRG, and also how Mrs. Petrelli hooked up with Hiro's father.

Right now, the biggest issue may be that Arthur Petrelli just simply zaps people of their powers or annihilates them. Yes, it makes for a great type of villain as seen in comic books, but makes the show ackward, because of the storyline. Hiro spent a large amount of time dreaming of the past so he could warn others, only for Arthur to come forth and perhaps wipe out his memory? If that's so, why did Arthur not just execute Hiro like he did to the precog? It was revealed earlier in the season that Hiro is the key to stopping all this madness, but now he looks like a mindless accomplice. However, one would have to believe the true key to stopping Arthur is now The Haitian. We saw him in the last episode coming into play as he stood in the dining room behind Arthur, blocking his power of suggestion towards wife Angela. So why wouldn't Haitian be necessary to stopping the ultimate evil-doer? He's been able to block Sylar, Hiro, Peter, Matt Parkman, basically everyone with a power.

The only other answer right now is Sylar, but we are unsure if he's truly good or bad to the core. He may have gotten close to his "dear ol' dad" but will he have what it takes to turn the tides and stop the destructive force?

Recap of Heroes Episode 308: "Villains"

Heroes opens with a montage of scenes showing Sylar meeting with Suresh's father, Claire meeting her real mother Meredith and finally Hiro in Africa taking his spirit walk journey. Suresh narrates questioning why some become so evil while others don't stray. As we see Africa, Hiro passes out from what the precog, Usutu, gave him to eat. Hiro's eyes become glossed over in complete white, and next Hiro is dreaming of the past at an elegant dinner party celebration with the Petrelli family featured.

Arthur Petrelli is toasting Nathan as the finest assistant DA around, Peter as a compassionate soul, and his wife Angela as the love of his life. Mr. Linderman comes up to shake Nathan's hand and asks if he's going to investigate all things Linderman. Nathan jokes with him about handcuffs/jail, and Linderman goes over to talk to Arthur. Arthur begins searching in Nathan's mind and tells Linderman he sees trouble. Linderman says if Nathan investigates him he'll see Arthur's hand in various operations they worked on. Arthur says if worst comes to worst they kill Nathan.

In Memphis, Tennessee (1 year ago), Meredith is with her brother, Flint, who can cast plasma charges from his hands. The two are inside a convenience store, robbing it. One man doesn't heed Flint's warning to get to the floor. The man turns to reveal he is the head agent, Thompson, from The Company. He sprays Flint with a type of extinguishing substance, preventing him from shooting plasma. Meredith blasts fire in the Thompson's direction, and Flint takes off running. Thompson avoids the flames, then points a stun gun at Meredith and she raises her hands in surrender.

In Brooklyn, NY, also one year ago, we see Gabriel Gray in a clock repair shop. Gabriel is having a flashback of killing a man to steal his power of telekinesis (from season 1). Gabriel prepares a noose to hang himself and gets up on a chair, adjusting the noose around his neck from the ceiling. As he drops to hang himself, Elle enters the shop. Elle hears something from the backroom and goes in to check. She sees Gabriel hanging and blasts lightning at the noose to cause it to break. Gabriel drops to the floor, and as Elle checks on him he tells her to forgive him.

Gabriel tells Elle he's done terrible things and doesn't deserve to live. Elle says he deserves a second chance since she broke the rope for him. Gabriel calls Elle an angel, and Elle asks him to fix her watch. Elle leaves the shop to go to a white van. In the back is HRG (Mr. Bennet). Elle and HRG discuss how to capture Sylar. HRG tells Elle to use pie.

Company agent Thompson interrogates Meredith in a cell room. The agent asks Meredith to join them as a new agent or spend her life in an asbestos-lined cell. She agrees to join, but asks that they don't go after her brother. The agent makes no promises to her.

Angela Petrelli asks Arthur to come to Peter's graduation, but Arthur refuses, unhappy with Peter's career choice of nurse. Nathan stops by, and Arthur asks Nathan to assign another DA to the Linderman case. Nathan refuses to do so. Next scene is Nathan and his wife driving in their car on the highway. An SUV comes up behind their car, ramming it. Nathan is able to fly up above the car all of a sudden as the car crashes into a barrier. Next, we see the scene at the hospital as Nathan is checking on his injured wife. Arthur and Angela show up, and Nathan angrily yells at his father saying Linderman was responsible for this. Nathan asks his father to decide "client or family".

Angela and Arthur are back home, with Angela saying how Nathan's wife's spine is broken and things don't look good. Angela confronted Arthur and asked if he ordered Linderman to kill Nathan. Arthur tells Angela "No".

In Austin, Texas one year ago, Meredith and Thompson go to take down a villain. Thompson pretends he's an agent with the Veteran's association, and the man becomes suspicious saying another man visited last week for the same thing. All of a sudden, the man's hand turns to metal and he clocks Thompson in the head. Thompson falls to the ground, but Meredith shoots a flame at the man's arm. He screams out from the pain and Meredith takes out Thompson's stun gun and subdues the man. Thompson sits up and welcomes Meredith to the Company.

In Queens, NY, HRG is running surveilance on Gabriel Gray. Elle shows up with a pie, and tells Gabriel she's been thinking about him and how he's been. Gabriel told Elle he's better and just cleaning up. Elle sees a list of names Gabriel has, and he lies saying they're friends. Gabriel reveals to Elle he has a special ability, then shows her his ability to move objects with telekinesis. Gabriel says there's more people like him with abilities, then goes to have some pie. Elle retrieves the list of names Sylar tossed out.

Thompson says once they see Meredith is loyal, they'll call him agent Gordon. Thompson tells Meredith to bring the villain they captured to cell 9. As she does, someone yells out for her and she sees her brother Flint in a cell. Flint tells her an invisible man tackled him out in the alley. Flint says he was told he gets to be an agent with her. Thompson enters asking if there's a problem, and Meredith says no problem, but is upset her brother was lied to.

Elle and Gabriel enjoy pie together at his apartment. Elle asks how many are like him, and Gabriel says he doesn't know. Gabriel discusses his hunger, how he covets the power of others. Gabriel says thanks to Elle he knows maybe he doesn't have to be so special. Elle continues to seduce him and tells Gabriel he's special the way he is. Elle leaves the apartment and talks to HRG about not going after Gabriel, saying maybe his suicide attempt was a wake up call. HRG tells her she needs to witness Gabriel in the act of killing and suggests they introduce Gabriel to a name off the list Elle retrieved.

Arthur Petrelli meets with Linderman. Linderman suggests he flies in one of his best hitmen from Vegas. Just then, Angela arrives home and overhears their plans. She rushes upstairs upset and Arthur follows. Angela pulls out a large knife to keep Arthur back. Arthur begins to use his suggestive mind powers saying "Nathan has to die, it has to be done". Angela eventually repeats the phrase "Nathan has to die" herself, converted by Arthur's suggestions.

We see Hiro again with Ando and Usutu in modern day Africa. Hiro is exclaiming out "Murder!" Ando tries to wake him but Usutu tells him Hiro's spirit walk is not complete. They prepare a mixture to give off fumes to snap Hiro out of the dream state. Hiro collapses back and we flash back to the past with The Company.

Meredith attempts to break Flint out of his cell at The Company. She reveals to Flint that the Company was tricking him into thinking they would make him an agent. The two board a train together, taking off for the border. As Meredith's talking all of a sudden she's hit by a stun gun, and Thompson's there. Flint yells out thinking Thompson killed her. Flint rushes off to hide behind some cargo in their train car. Thompson chases him, and as Meredith yells out she warns Flint to watch out. Flint's able to open the train car door and jump out. Thompson yells at Meredith for betraying the Company. The two struggle, with Meredith eventually getting free and setting flames on the cargo. She and Thompson both jump from the moving train car as an explosion occurs.

Linderman pays a visit to Angela Petrelli. Linderman tells Angela he still has an ounce of morality and can't stand by while Arthur destroys her. Linderman says Arthur has scarred her mind with his suggestions. Linderman says Arthur has betrayed her in the worst way possible, planning to kill her son. Linderman says he can heal her scars and help her see the truth. Linderman places his hands on Angela's head and helps her regain her memories. She cries out for Nathan.

Thompson is escorting a captured Meredith in handcuffs near a fiery scene. Meredith tells Thompson why she hates the Company, because during a scuffle, her daughter Claire was killed in a fire. Thompson shakes his head remarking that's what they told her. He cuts the bindings on Meredith's hands and tells her its a get out of jail free card. Next we see Claire the cheerleader running inside the fiery scene, going to rescue a trapped man.

Elle and Gabriel Gray enjoy a dinner date with baked Ziti. A knock comes at the door, and Elle tells Gabriel she invited someone over. A man comes in and Elle introduces him as Trevor to Gabriel. Elle tells Gabriel he has an ability too, and she wants Gabriel to meet others like him. Trevor reveals his power to shoot things with his hand as a gun. Elle asks Gabriel "isn't that special?" and Gabriel is in disbelief. Elle leaves the room saying she has to get something. HRG is seen in the surveillance van grinning.

Angela has dinner with Arthur. As the two are talking, all of a sudden a figure is seen standing behind Arthur. It's the Haitian, and he's able to block Arthur's power of mind suggestion. Angela asks Arthur if he still knows her. He says she's his wife. Angela asks him to reveal if she's going to kiss him or kill him.

Elle plays it up that she's overly impressed by Trevor's power. Gabriel becomes upset asking why she thinks that's so special. Gabriel shows his ability, using telekinesis to throw Trevor up against the wall and pin him there. Elle pleads with Gabriel not to do anything harmful. When Gabriel refuses to let Trevor go, Elle blasts him with lightning. Gabriel asks Elle who she is, then throws her across the room. Gabriel yells for Elle to get out now, and then he begins to cut into Trevor's forehead to steal his ability. Elle rushes out to the van where HRG is. HRG is watching surveillance video with interest, saying Gabriel actually exposes their brain. We see Gabriel inside again, hands covered in blood. He rushes out the door of his apartment.

Angela continues to confront Arthur about his evil intentions. Arthur tries to justify what he's doing, but she refuses to be a party to the murder of her own son. All of a sudden, Arthur gasps, looking at the food they had been eating. Angela says she lied and it's not his mother's recipe. Arthur keels over on the floor. Angela instructs the Haitian to bring Arthur to Level 3 and say he's a "casualty of a field op". Just then, Nathan arrives home, and finds Arthur laying on the floor. He yells out and goes to check on him. Angela rushes in pretending to think he had a heart attack. Nathan says he's still breathing and phones 911.

Elle confronts HRG about how they could have saved Gabriel's soul. HRG tells her they follow orders since they're agents. HRG leaves in a taxi cab. Peter Petrelli exits the cab, being driven by Mohinder Suresh. HRG gets in and tells him to head to JFK.

Angela prepares to talk to Nathan about what happened. A doctor comes out and informs Nathan and Angela that Arthur died of a heart attack. Angela requests an immediate cremation. The doctor goes back into Arthur's hospital room and informs him "it's been done". Arthur continues using auto-mind suggestion and the doctor agrees to find another body for the cremation. The doctor tells Arthur he likely has permanent paralysis. At Arthur's funeral, Peter and Nathan discuss how great a man their father was. Angela tells them not to idolize him like a God, he was just a man. She mutters under her breath "a man who did things they'll never understand".

We finally flash back to Hiro in Africa. Hiro awakens from his dream state, and tells Ando "he's alive" and talks of warning Mrs. Petrelli, Meredith and the others. Ando tells Hiro to slow down. Just then a scream is heard in the distance. Hiro and Ando rush out to see the precog, Usutu, lying in a pool of blood, beheaded. The find his head around a bush, and just then Arthur Petrelli appears behind Hiro. Arthur remarks he knows Hiro's been dreaming about him. Arthur puts his hands on Hiro's head and Hiro begins to scream...To be continued.

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Heroes seems to be on a roller-coaster type good and evil ride this season. We have a menacing villain, cryptic clues, new characters and questionable loyalties. And once again, Peter lacks the full use of all his wonderful abilities. Sylar seems to have re-aligned himself with the dark side, and Hiro is the key to saving everyone. With the way things are progressing, we have elements of Spiderman, The Fly, Back to the Future, X-Men and Star Wars mixed together. And we just might see this season's ending mirror one of those flicks.

It's starting to seem as if we might be headed towards a predictable end for this season. My speculation is we'll be treated to a scene straight out of Return of the Jedi, the final Star Wars installment. In that movie, the evil Emperor is trying to get his apprentice, Darth Vader, to bring his son Luke over to the dark side. Luke refuses to do so, as he's the good guy and last Jedi knight. So since Vader isn't getting his son to budge, Evil Emperor begins to electrocute the life out of Luke. His loving father Darth Vader realizes he'd rather save his son than watch him die, so he ends up tossing the evil Emperor down into a cosmic abyss.

Well it turns out that Sylar, although pretending to be bad, doesn't really seem to be on Arthur Petrelli's side. He did in fact save Peter from falling all those stories and dying. So we just might be headed towards a big finish with Arthur instructing Sylar to kill off Peter since he won't join their cause. Sylar will end up picking up Arthur over head and tossing him down into the sewer, rather than destroying his own brother. So it just might be a bit of been there, done that, and that could spell trouble for writers who need to give us new ideas in this exciting series.

So we have Arthur the Ultra-Villain, Sylar playing his shifty apprentice, and Peter rendered powerless...Once again questions linger...Will Peter be able to regain his abilities? Will he simply start re-learning his powers? Is Hiro going to time travel and restore Peter's powers somehow? Is Hiro the only one who can stop Arthur, or can Sylar? Can the Haitian block Arthur Petrelli's abilities? How many heroes will lose their powers this season and become average joes? Will Suresh be able to cure himself and stop the Company? Are Elle and Clai possibly related somhow? Will we ever see Monica or Maya in the show again? Stay tuned faithful Heroes fans!

Heroes Season 3: Episode 7: "Eros Quid Sum"

Ando urges Hiro to use his power and travel back in time to stop certain catastrophic events. Hiro refuses to, and then the precog asks Hiro if he'll choose his own path or have it chosen for him. Hiro and Ando look at one painting on a rock of Matt Parkman marrying Daphne.

An angry Suresh confronts Tracy and Nathan for "ruining everything". Suresh says he needs just one more sample from them to find a cure for removing abilities. Nathan says no way, and Suresh leaps up towards where he has Maya in a web. Suresh undoes the web, then crashes through a glass pane with her escaping the lab.

We see a vision of Peter and Nathan discussing their father's death. Peter has a nightmare recollection of his father Arthur Petrelli taking away his powers, then awakens handcuffed to a gurney. Arthur says he's trying to make sure the future Peter saw never happens. Peter tells his father he will find a way to shut him down and make him pay for everything he's ever done. Mr. Petrelli tells Peter he's grounded until he changes his attitude.

Claire and Sandra Bennet arrive home discussing their incident with Doyle. Claire says it's weird they just starred in a puppet show, her father's working with a serial killer and now she can't feel any pain. As they enter their home at night, they notice the lights/electricity are acting strange. Inside they find Claire's brother Lyle down on the ground from an apparent attack. Claire finds Elle sitting at their computer, and asks her why she's in her home. Elle says she's not leaving until she gets what she came for. Elle begins trying to electrocute Claire, but Claire smiles as she feels no pain from it. Claire grabs Elle by the hair and prepares to throw her out, but Elle knocks her down and increases the voltage. Just then, Claire's brother tosses a bucket of water onto Elle causing her to scream out in pain. Elle sinks into a corner in the kitchen and tells Claire she needs help and didn't know where else to turn.

Suresh meets with Arthur Petrelli at Pinehearst, where Maya is strapped down in a hospital bed. Suresh asks why he would put his children and family through thinking he was dead. Arthur tells Suresh he is among friends. Suresh says he's been trying to find a way to help Maya get rid of her abilities. Arthur tells him to just watch, then walks in and puts his hands on Maya, causing her to convulse. Shortly after, Maya's powers are removed and Arthur's eyes gloss over completely black. Suresh is amazed by what he sees happen. Suresh goes in to greet Maya and she tells Arthur to get Suresh away from her. Arthur takes Suresh into a big Pinehearst laboratory where Suresh sees formulas written up similar to his own. Arthur says they've taken it as far as they can and need Suresh's help to finish it. He says then maybe a fresh injection will reverse the side effects Suresh is getting yet allow him to keep his powers. Suresh asks for test subjects.

Angela Petrelli is still in a coma and goes to talk to Gabriel Gray aka "Sylar", in what appears to be a visionary state (possibly an illusion made by Matt Parkman's dad). Angela tells Sylar he needs to go help Peter. Sylar says he belongs in this cell. Angela tells Sylar to show everyone how he's her favorite and make her proud. Sylar is able to use his powers to undo his straps and move the cell door open. He goes in to kiss Angela on the forehead and says he'll save Peter.

Elle tells Claire that her abilities are uncontrollable now and its causing her not to eat and making her feel a lot of pain. Claire tells Elle she's feeling similar effects, except she can't feel pain and feels it's a matter of time before she can't feel a thing. Elle reveals a card to Claire for Pinehearst and says she thinks they can help but wanted to ask Mr. Bennet first. Claire and Elle decide to team up and head to Pinehearst to see if the people there can help them.

Arthur Petrelli, Knox and Maury (Parkman's dad) confront Daphne over her mess up in not fully recruiting Parkman. Daphne says he wasn't buying the pitch. Arthur asked if she thought thoughts that would convince Parkman not to join. Daphne says no, but Knox senses her fear level rising and says she's lying. Mr. Petrelli asks Daphne to revisit Parkman, only this time to kill him. Maury gets in Arthur's face saying he won't allow this. Arthur strkes Maury causing him to fall to the ground dead. Daphne asks if there's any other way to do this.

Claire prepares to head to Pinehearst. Sandra Bennet urges her not to leave or trust Elle. Claire begs her mother not to contact HRG because he can't fix her. Claire says both her and Elle need help so they have to go. Sandra ok's the trip.

Matt Parkman calls Suresh to leave a message about the crazy week he just had. Just then, Daphne shows up at Parkman's apartment pointing a gun at him. Daphne says they think she's not one of them because she told him not to come to Pinehearst. Matt tells her to shoot him if it will save her life. Matt turns her back on her and says they will eventually get married and love each other. Daphne drops the gun crying, saying she's sorry there's nothing she could do. Matt reads her mind and realizes that his father was killed.

Arthur and two guards go into Peter's room to find him missing from the bed he was cuffed to. Peter comes running towards Arthur with a side of the bed, ready to hit him. Arthur uses telekinesis and flings the metal away from Peter. Arthur tells Peter he will help him get this done one way or the other. The two guards strap Peter back on a gurney and wheel him to the lab for Suresh.

In the lab, Peter realizes it's his old friend Suresh and tells him of the future he saw. Suresh says he needs to experiment on Peter because he has a high metabolism for abilities. Peter says in the future Suresh asked him to help. Suresh asks what he looked like and Peter says like a monster. Suresh tells Peter he's too late then, and prepares to inject him. Just then the syringe flies out of Suresh's hand and Sylar appears. Sylar flings Suresh against a back wall and kills the other lab technician. Peter's shocked by Sylar helping him. Sylar unstraps Peter and says he came to save him since that's what brothers do. Just then, Suresh leaps down with his superior strength and pummels Sylar. Arthur enters the lab as Peter manages to start running down the hall. Suresh is pounding Sylar's head against the floor causing him to bleed massively. Arthur tells Suresh to stop because it's his son who he's been waiting for a long time.

Nathan and Tracy await the arrival of someone from the Company at Suresh' lab. Tracy comments about the people who are suspended against Suresh's wall in a web-like substance. Tracy walks over and tries to free one man, but finds the substance is too tough to break through. The man suddenly reaches out and grabs Tracy around the throat. Nathan goes over to try to break the hold. Just then, a stun gun shoots into the man in the web. HRG is there with Meredith who comments that Nathan still has a weakness for blondes.

Elle and Claire are on board a plane heading off on their trip to Pinehearst. Elle tells Claire she's an anxious flier, as her electricity seems to be out of control. Claire starts to remark how Elle messed up and let all the villains escape from Level 5. Elle becomes more upset and her electricity starts to shake the plane uncontrollably. The pilot comes on the PA asking all passengers to shut off electrical devices. Claire yells at Elle to take her hand and dump all her electricity into her. After doing so for several moments, Elle is able to calm the power down. The two smile at each other then let go of each other's hands.

Daphne tells Matt they're sending someone to make sure she killed him. Knox shows up outside the apartment and overhears Daphne warning Matt saying she's scared. Knox grows stronger off her fear and kicks the door in. Daphne's fear continues to build in Knox. Daphne tries to run, but Knox puts out an arm and clotheslines her down. Matt gets in Knox's face saying he'll dig dip inside his head to find out what scares him, then make it eat him alive. Knox tells Parkman he's the one who's scared, then punches straight through Parkman's guts. Parkman falls to the ground next to Daphne.

After Knox leaves the apartment, the scene of Daphne and Matt lying on the floor dead disappears. Matt and Daphne rush in from the kitchen and Daphne tells Matt what he just did was amazing. Daphne gives Matt a kiss on the cheek and says now they have time to escape. Matt tells her again he's not running. Daphne says no matter what Matt does he won't be able to bring his dad back. Matt says he's a cop and bringing guys like Knox down is his speciality. Daphne says they'll need help to do this and Matt suggests Primatech.

One of the villains tells Arthur that Peter is long gone. He asks the thug to bring Peter back to him alive. Arthur has Sylar suspended in the air so he can talk to him. Sylar says he's going to get revenge on him for what he did to his mother. Arthur tells Sylar the truth about Angela. He says she was so horrified of her vision of what Sylar would become in the future, she tried to kill him. Arthur says he got to the bathtub just in time to stop her. Arthur dropped Sylar from the air and reached out a hand.

Peter was shown escaping from Pinehearst, ducking down a hall just as Suresh turned a corner. Peter got into an elevator as Suresh spotted Maya on a lower level about to leave. Suresh went down and told Maya his feelings and intentions with her were real. Maya says maybe one day she'll be able to forgive him. Maya says she needs to make amends for what she did, and so does he. Maya tells Suresh to get well, and walks off on him.

Claire and Elle arrive at Pinehearst. Claire admits to Elle she was scared about finding out what is going on with her. Claire thanks Elle for this. Meanwhile inside Pinehearst, Peter finds Sylar sitting in a chair in one room. Peter tells Sylar he's not leaving without him. Sylar says their mother did terrible things, and their father is trying to help. Peter tells Sylar not to trust him because he manipulates people. Just then, Arthur enters the room. Peter tells Sylar not to listen to him and just use his abilities to beat him up so they can leave. Sylar says he's not going anywhere, then uses telekinesis to fling Peter through a glass building. Peter falls several stories to the ground below.

Claire and Elle see Peter crash to the ground and rush over to him. Claire tells Peter they came to get help with their abilities and issues. Peter warns them that they stole all his abilities, so they need to leave immediately. Elle tells Claire she can't go and apologizes, then turns to head into Pinehearts. Claire helps Peter walk, and asks why he didn't die if they took his abilities. Peter says he doesn't know.

HRG, Meredith, Nathan and Tracy discuss what Suresh did. Nathan says they were injected and HRG tells them they need to come to Primatech for testing. As Nathan gets a phone call from Claire, Meredith warns Tracy to watch out for Nathan. Tracy says they're not together. While talking on his cell to Claire, Nathan says he won't tell anyone.

Arthur and Sylar look through the broken glass window that Sylar tossed Peter through. Sylar tells him that Peter won't ever give up. Arthur remarks it's because Petrelli's have that in their blood. Arthur mentions it's strange Peter fell so far down and survived the fall. Just then Arthur gets a call from Daphne. Daphne tells Arthur that the plan worked and Parkman believes her. Arthur tells Daphne not to screw things up or she'll be back where he found her.

Claire tends to Peter who's badly injured from his fall. He tells her that he didn't fall as far or hard as he should have, so he believes Sylar must have saved him. Just then, Nathan and Tracy show up. Peter reveals to Nathan that their father's alive and stole his powers. Nathan asks where he is. After more questioning, Claire tells him Pinehearst. Peter warns Nathan not go because it's too dangerous. Nathan says he'll call the Justice Department to shut Pinehearst down. As Tracy and Nathan leave, Nathan reveals he's going to Pinehearst. Tracy informs him she has been taking a consultant fee from them for a year, and will come along to help.

Ando and Hiro sit with the precog. The precog serves up a special recipe he mixed up in a wooden bowl. Hiro asks for another way to learn his enemy's weaknesses so he can stop them. The precog tells him about taking a spirit walk. As Hiro eats the food the precog serves him, the precog tells him what he needs to do to start his journey. All of a sudden, Hiro's eyes gloss over completely white and Hiro falls back knocked out. Ando yells at the precog for tricking Hiro. The precog says he warned him and he didn't choose his own path. Ando tries to revive Hiro as the episode ends.

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Heroes Episode 306 "Dying of the Light"

Heroes opens with Suresh narrating and images shown of Mr. Petrelli laying in his hospital bed, then Peter laying subdued within the Company and finally Angella Petrelli laying down. Matt Parkman is shown pushing a cart with the turtle he found in Africa through an airport. Nathan and Tracy are traveling to see Suresh. Sylar is shown waking up, and Suresh is shown looking over at Maya who he put up in a web in his lab.

We return to the scene of the Skunk Bar, where Knox has challenged Hiro to kill his friend Ando, to prove he's a bad guy. Hiro freezes time and teleports to a costume shop where he takes a retracting fake sword and some packets of fake blood. Hiro then teleports back in time to when he and Ando were in the bar with Adam Monroe. Hiro teleports in front of Ando and tells him to use the fake blood packets under his shirt, since he'll have to fake stab him in a few hours. Hiro returns to the present moment, where he turns and stabs Ando with the fake sword. Ando fakes death, and Knox tells Hiro he's in. Daphne gives Hiro a folder and assignment, to track down the precog in Africa. Ando and Hiro teleport off after Daphne leaves.

Claire dashes down the stairs to leave her house as her adoptive mother stops her. She asks Claire where she's going and Claire says to save her mom from the villain Doyle. Mrs. Bennet tells Claire "one of us one of them" and that since she's got no powers, she'll go along. Claire leaves, frustrated. The scene shifts to Doyle's Marionette Theater, where Doyle is continuing to hold Meredith Gordon captive. Doyle vows that he will make her love him once again, but Meredith tells him she never did and he disgusts her. Meredith tells him to let her go or he dies. Doyle tells her he's in control and she can't make a move, since he does it for her. He makes Meredith pick up her wine glass, break it, and then holds the glass against her neck. Meredith begs him not to kill her, and he eventually releases the hold saying she will love him.

At the Pinehearst Company in Fort Lee, NJ, Adam Monroe meets with Knox. Adam asks Knox about his power, and Knox tells him. Knox tosses Adam into the room where Dallas Petrelli is on a breathing device. Adam stands up and walks over to Petrelli, then Mr. Petrelli uses some sort of mind technique to get into his head. Adam begs him not to and tries to run, but Knox turns him back. Eventually, Mr. Petrelli grabs Adam around the arm and drains him of his power and lifeforce, turning him to a skeleton and then to ashes. Mr. Petrelli sits up and tears the breathing tube from his throat, and says "It feels good to breathe again".

At JFK Airport in NY, Daphne is looking at the file folder containing Matt Parkman and Hiro Nakamura's info. She shakes her head and tosses them in a garbage can, but Linderman appears, telling her that's a mistake. Daphne says that she watched Hiro become a killer and doesn't want part of this any longer. Linderman reminds her of some arrangements that had been made for her based on their deal, and Daphne agrees to cooperate. Linderman disappears as Matt Parkman is arriving down an escalator, turtle cage in hand. Parkman's dad is shown nearby hanging up a telephone, then walking off in disgust. Parkman spots Daphne and thanks the turtle. Daphne asks Parkman how he knew her name, then asks him to go sit and talk with her.

Nathan Petrelli and Tracy Strauss arrive at Suresh's lab/apartment. Suresh thinks its Niki, until Nathan fills him in that it's actually her sister and she too has abilities. Tracy shows Suresh her ability to freeze objects and says a Doctor named Zimmerman did this to her and Nathan. Suresh is surprised, saying this is what he's been researching all along and tells Tracy he feels they can be of great help to each other. Suresh gives an injection to both Tracy and Nathan, saying it's the solution to all their problems. All of a sudden, Tracy says something's wrong and collapses on a chair to the floor. Nathan starts seeing things blurry and falls onto the floor, then sees one of the victims Suresh put up in a web. Nathan passes out with Suresh standing nearby.

Daphne gives Parkman a business card and tries to recruit him to work at Pinehurts. Parkman tells Daphne all about his dream vision of the future where they were married and had a baby. Daphne tells Parkman he's getting kind of stalkerish, and is about to run off when Parkman says they named their baby after her grandmother, Daniella. Daphne rushes back over and is amazed Parkman knew this. She tells him to wait for her to come back to the airport in a bit.

Daphne shows up to visit Sylar in his cell and says she's there to break him out so he can meet the man she works for. Sylar refuses to go saying he's no longer a killer. He uses telekinesis to hold Daphne there. She tells him she's on his side and that the Company's trying to change him. She says the man she works for likes Sylar how he is. Daphne quickly puts a business card for Pinehearst in Sylar's hand and then rushes out to run off with another inmate.

Sylar goes in and unstraps Peter from the bed he's on and wakes him. Angrily Peter says that Sylar gave him his killer-type hunger and he wants it gone. Peter informs Sylar that in the future Sylar was different and found a way to supress his ability. Sylar says that gives him hope to find a way to. Sylar tells Peter he needs his help because their mother is in trouble.

Hiro and Ando teleport into Africa in search of the precog who Parkman met with. Hiro warns Ando to be careful since this man can see the future. Ando waits out front of the hut, and Hiro enters the precog's hut. Hiro sees all sorts of the paintings and then spots one of a man hitting him over the head with a shovel. Hiro sees that the paint is still drying and as he turns, he gets hit over the head with a shovel, knocking him out.

Claire and Sandra Bennet arrive at Doyle's place. Claire goes in with one of HRG's stun gun devices, and Sandra chases after her. Inside, Doyle is dancing with Meredith on a stage. Doyle hears a news coming from the front lobby area, and closes Meredith's mouth, then goes out. Out in the lobby he finds Sandra Bennet who says she's looking to book a birthday party for her son. Doyle says he doesn't do parties, but Sandra shows him cash and he tells her to fill out a form. Sandra distracts Doyle a bit saying she'll fill the form out right there, then notices Claire rush down a hall. Sandra says she'll leave to go fill the form out, but Doyle stops her in her tracks, makes her turn around and asks who she is. Claire rushes in and sees Meredith still frozen in position on stage. She tries to get her to escape, but Meredith won't move. Doyle walks in with Sandra and freezes Claire in place just as Claire pulls out a stun gun. Doyle says they have just one shot and makes Claire fire it into a puppet, then drops the gun from her hand.

Ando wakes Hiro up from being knocked out. Ando suggests Hiro warp back in time to just one minute before he was hit. Hiro at first says he vowed to never go back in time again. Hiro finally agrees to do it. He warps back in time and hides behind a rock, to watch the precog inside the hut, hitting another version of himself. Unfortunately, a painting on a rock shows the precog hitting Hiro behind the rock with a shovel. Hiro realizes it, turns and is knocked out yet again. Hiro wakes up again and goes to tell Ando he's done trying time travel on the precog. Hiro suggests they do things the old fashioned way and hide, to wait for the precog to show up.

Daphne speeds into Suresh's place where she recruits him to come help at Pinehearst. She hears a noise from the nearby room and goes in to see Tracy and Nathan on tables and other people in webs on the wall. Suresh tries to grab her, but Daphne rushes off, leaving a card with Suresh to contact Pinehearst.

Doyle has Claire, Sandra and Meredith seated around a table for a game of "spin the gun roulette". The gun spins and points to Claire. Doyle makes her pick it up and tells her to choose who to shoot. He realizes that Sandra is Claire's mom, but isn't sure what relation Meredith is to her. Doyle finally makes Claire point the gun at Meredith and then makes Claire pull the trigger. There's no bullet and the gun clicks as Claire screams. Doyle puts the gun down and tells Sandra it's her time to spin. He makes Sandra spin the gun and it lands on Claire. Doyle forces Sandra to pick up the gun and aim at Claire. Claire tells her mom it's ok to shoot her, as she cries. Sandra pulls the trigger several times and the gun goes off, firing a shot into Claire. Claire falls back and Doyle believes she's dead. Doyle stands up saying, that was fun. As he's turned towards Meredith and Sandra, Claire hits him over the back of the head, knocking him out, then says "show's over".


The scene shifts to Angela Petrelli in a hospital bed, recovering from the vision she had where her believed-to-be-dead husband was alive and taking out the Heroes violently. Sylar and Peter are there. Peter notices Sylar is concerned, and Sylar says she's his mother too. Sylar suggests that Peter go inside her head to find out what's wrong. Peter is knocked back and then draws the helix symbol from Pinehearst. Sylar shows him the card that Daphne gave him earlier.

HRG shows up and shoots Doyle in the neck with something to keep him subdued.. Sandra tells Claire she was amazing, and HRG is impressed that Claire subdued Doyle herself. HRG tells Claire he's impressed, but Claire shoots him a look and walks off. Meredith tells HRG that Claire's a young woman now. HRG says there's a lot more bad guys out there like Doyle they need to watch out for. HRG asks Meredith for her help.

Peter prepares to leave for Pinehearst. Sylar says he's concerned over their mother too, and this angers Peter. Sylar tries to stop him, saying he's consumed by the ability he took in the future. Peter and Sylar get into a fight, with Sylar saying he refuses to let him leave. Peter shows Sylar he's the stronger one now after taking powers. Peter uses lightning to blast Sylar against a wall, then repeatedly punches Sylar with Knox and Niki's strength powers. Peter puts Sylar in his place in the holding cell, hooked up to a machine to keep him subdued.

Back at Suresh' lab, Suresh prepares to do something to Tracy and Nathan. Tracy tries to talk Suresh out of what he's doing, saying she understands how he feels. She puts out her hand and Suresh takes hold of her hand. Then, Tracy uses her power and freezes Suresh's arm. Suresh falls back, and Tracy uses her power to break herself out of the restraints. She frees Nathan and they prepare to escape. Just then, a table flies across the room over their heads. Suresh is back up and tells them they're not done yet.

Parkman is about to leave the airport, and just then Daphne rushes in. Daphne tells Matt he wouldn't fit in at Pinehearst and he needs to stay away from them. Matt tells Daphne that in the future Pinehearst will kill her. He informs her that he met a man in Africa. Matt asks Daphne what Pinehearst has over her and say's he'll protect her. Daphne tells him she can't and runs off, saying goodbye to Parkman.

Hiro and Ando prepare once again to face the precog in Africa, this time at night. Ando spots a shovel leaning against a rock. Hiro enters the hut with the shovel in hand. The precog is at a fire, and Hiro prepares to bash him over the head. The precog tells Hiro that he passed his test, and stopped relying so much on his powers, but instead used his head. The precog shows Hiro a painting with the helix symbol and four villains around it. The precog asks Hiro to take him to them, and then he can follow his own path.

Peter teleports to Pinehearst and walks into the building invisible. Inside Dallas Petrelli is enjoying a drink as Knox, Daphne, Parkman's dad and another of the escaped villains are there. All of a sudden, Peter busts in. The villains prepare to battle him, and Mr. Petrelli says its ok, because it's his son. Peter asks how it's possible he's alive, then asks if he's behind what happened to his mother. Dallas tells Peter to give him a hug, and in doing son, Mr. Petrelli drains Peter of all of his powers. Mr. Petrelli reveals that now he has all of Peter's powers.

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(He's alive! Dallas Petrelli assembles an army from his hospital bed!)

Heroes Season 3 Villains is starting to seem more appropriately titled as "Heroes Season 3: Mindfreak", with the way that Tim Kring and the writers are twisting and turning our realities and those of the various characters. With the introduction of Dallas Petrelli, the considered-dead dad of Peter & Nathan, and the various manipulations, who knows what to believe?

First off, we have time travel galore going on this season. We're thrust 4 Years into the future, then 4 tears back to the present. It's enough to make Marty and Doc's time-traveling car overheat. Hiro, Peter and Matt Parkman all have either been in the future or seen it and have ideas about what will happen. We've seen alternate (present day and future day) versions of several characters, Peter's learning how to change the future, as well as Sylar going nuclear and blowing up Costa Verde (in the future). Sylar's mushroom-cloud explosion just might be symbolic, like the combustion of Heroes' fans brains as they try to digest all the concepts going on this season.

As for Peter, not sure if this bothers other fans, but it seems he never quite gets to fully use and develop his powers. We saw him training with Claude the invisible man during Season 1, but he's been in and out of comas, had amnesia, joined a group of thugs, been stuck into the body of a villian and now put back into a coma-induced state by his mother. Some of the coolest and best-delivered moments of the show have been Peter using those powers to rescue someone or fight Sylar. Kring and the writers have to know that fans would like another Sylar-Peter showdown, so what gives there?

We also have Mr. Linderman, who is really just some sort of figment of the imagination that Dallas Petrelli has Matt Parkman's dad playing in Nathan and Daphne's minds. With the introduction of that concept, who knows what's really real now. Everyone's reality we are seeing just might be altered, including ours as we watch the show.

There's also the concept of Good & Bad, which the show warned us about for this season. Anyone can turn evil as we've been seeing, and anyone can become a good guy. Also, this season more than ever, the writers seem to be introducing the concepts of religion and evolution. Linderman and Nathan have discussed doing God's work and the concept that they could be angels, with Nathan becoming ultra-religious after his "rebirth". Of course then he found out he wasn't exactly born to fly.

Tracy Strauss, the triplet sibling of Niki and Barbara Sanders, learned about the genetic creation of various heroes in a lab, including Nathan. So we also get to toy with the concepts of creation vs. evolution. How many heroes were born with abilities and how many were manufactured? As for Tracy, is Niki still alive or did she perish in that explosive fire, rescuing Monica? Where's Barbara, the other triplet? And wasn't there a Jessica in the mix? Is Tracy just another manipulation of the mind?

The writers have definitely set this up good so we can't second guess a thing, even if they hand it to us. While the storyline has been pretty straightforward with no real holdouts in terms of surprises, it's still left open a world of possibilities. In Season 3, it looks like our brainwaves will truly be put to the test. With the changing of alliances, the deceptions, the secrets uncovered, the manipulations of space, time and mind and Suresh' transform into a Spiderman/Fly type monster, we have a season full of the good, the bad and the ugly!

Season 3: Episode 5: "Angels & Monsters"

Season 3: Episode 305: "Angels & Monsters"

The episode opens with Nathan Petrelli narrating about his second chance and how everything's happening so fast. He's shown in bed with Tracy Strauss, and scenes are shown from various Heroes; Hiro & Ando digging up Takezo Kenzei, Claire getting a gun ready in her car, Peter confronting Sylar in present day, and Mohinder Suresh in the woods overlooking a village area. In his narration, Nathan questions whether he's an angel or a monster, hero or villain?

Nathan gets up for a late night snack and as he's shutting the fridge, Linderman appears. Linderman and Nathan discuss the various religious signs that God sent. Nathan disagrees that a dead mobster could be sent by God, but questions how Linderman knew Tracy would need help. Tracy comes into the kitchen and asks Nathan who he was talking to.

Mohinder confronts a stranger, saying he needs something from him. Mohinder says he needs something to "take the edge off". The man offers a variety of drugs, but Mohinder says he needs him, and grabs the man.

Peter confronts Sylar in his cell at The Company, saying he'll never be like him. Sylar informs Peter they're brothers, and as Peter goes ballistic, his mother Angela comes walking over. Peter breaks Sylar's neck, and drops him. Angela enters and Peter suspends her motion, asking what other secret's she's keeping. Peter decides to buzzsaw into her forehead to get the secrets himself. Sylar is able to heal himself back and then flings Peter against the wall to knock him out before he can get into Angela's head. Sylar asks if Peter will be ok, and Angela says she'll make sure of it. HRG comes up to the cell window, and Sylar goes out to meet him. HRG says they have a lead on a new target and need to go. Sylar is surprised he was asked to go by HRG.

Claire's adoptive mother Sandra is rifling through files of villains from Level 5. Meredith walks in, and Sandra tells her that Claire lied about going to a cheerleader retreat. Sandra says Claire must have gone after one of the villains and points out one man who is able to create vortexes and make people disappear forever. Meredith finds one man in particular, Eric Doyle, who she seems concerned about. Meredith says the man lives not far from there. Sandra says she'll go along, but Meredith tells her that's a bad idea and leaves.

The man Sandra Bennet had seen in the files (who creates vortexes) is shown having an angry conversation on the phone at a house. He yells about not being able to see his wife and kids, then in anger creates a vortex to make an object disappear. He hears footsteps and Claire comes up behind him, then hits him with a Tazer to knock him to the floor.

Adam Monroe grabs Hiro around the neck after he's been dug up from being buried alive. Hiro tells him he needs his help to find out the villain who has stolen the formula. Ando suggests it's a bad idea since Adam killed Hiro's father, but Hiro says as a hero he needs to make the sacrifice. Adam asks what's in it for him, and Hiro says a more spacious cell when they're done. Adam suggests Angela Petrelli, and Hiro says she asked for him to find the formula. Adam says he's out of ideas and Hiro teleports him back into the coffin. Adam then yells out that he has a plan for how to find the villain.

Linderman speaks to Daphne about recruiting individuals for a "New World Order". Linderman manipulates her, and she says she will do it as long as she gets paid. Linderman gives her a file folder about "others" she can recruit, including Knox and Suresh.

HRG and Sylar are driving to follow up on the lead HRG has. In the car, HRG again confronts Sylar for terrorizing his daughter and family, and for killing someone with valuable info. Sylar says rehab takes time.

Claire continues to confront the man who can create vortexes. He says he made one mistake and was judged to be a monster because of it. Claire says he needs to be put away. The man creates a vortex and pulls the Tazer out of Claire's hand, making it disappear.

Suresh drags the dead body of the drug dealer into his lab. He takes off his own shirt to reveal the lesions all over his back. Just then, Maya shows up, with a flier that was in the door, showing the neighbor Suresh attacked is missing. Suresh tells Maya he's getting closer to a solution. Maya notices a trail of blood on the floor and leaves the scene. Mohinder goes back into the other room and his neighbor is shown dead in a web of a sticky substance up against the wall.

The vortex villain interrogates Claire about who she's working for. He realizes she's not from The Company and pulls out another business card for "Pinehearst" in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The man asks Claire if she's with them and she shakes her head no. Claire tells him she read his file and he killed a man. The man says he got into an argument with his neighbor and lost control, killing him by mistake. He says he never got a trial was just locked up. The man says he just wants to be normal, to see his family and kid. He tells Claire to leave, and she's surprised he is allowing her to leave. Claire tells him maybe she can help.

Nathan asks Tracy why she was trying to commit suicide and she tells him about accidentally murdering a reporter. Tracy tells Nathan she needs to turn herself in, and he says it's a bad idea because nobody will believe her power/story. Nathan tells her not to turn herself in, because he wanted to tell everyone about his power before, but saw God and believes in a higher purpose now. Tracy tells Nathan about the doctor she met who may have created their powers.

Claire helps the man she met to give a phone call to his wife and kids, since she has the info in the file folder. He calls his wife asking to arrange a place to meet up with her and the kids. All of a sudden the phone goes dead on him. The door bursts open and HRG is pointing a gun at him, but sees Claire. Sylar enters and Claire's asking why he is there. The man who befriended Claire starts thinking she set him up, and he creates a vortex in the floor, pulling objects from all over the room into it. Claire, HRG and Sylar hang on to things to keep from getting sucked in. Sylar extends a hand to Claire as she screams "Dad".

The vortex disappears with Sylar saving Claire. She angrily asks her father if he's working with Sylar after what he did to her. HRG continues to ask Claire where Mr. Canfield went and she tells her father the man isn't bad he just needs help. HRG says he will talk to him then. Claire reveals he is meeting people at a carousel in a park.

Adam Monroe takes Hiro and Ando to a bar where "for hired" people go to. Adam says he needs a drink badly. Hiro threatens to put him back into the coffin if he tries anything. Adam orders a drink and a large man comes up to confront Adam about something he did with his wife. Adam says he didn't know she was the man's wife. The man goes to punch Adam in the face, but Adam ducks and Hiro gets punched. With Hiro down, Adam takes off with the other man chasing him out of the bar.

Nathan and Tracy visit with Angela Petrelli at the cell in The Company. Angela says she put Peter in an induced coma due to the face he took Sylar's evil ability. Angela also discusses Dr. Zimmerman, and how he did experiments with a synthetic techonology on infants, including Tracy, Niki and their sister Barbara. Angela tells Nathan they gave him his ability too.

Maya returns to Suresh's loft/lab and finds the missing neighbor stuck up against the wall. The man is still alive and makes eye contact. She tries to pull the substance off him to get him free, but just then Suresh arrives back home. Maya hides in the lab, and as Suresh is seeing that the man against the wall is partially freed, Maya unleashes her plague-like power. Suresh begins to feel the effects and screams for Maya to show herself. Suresh finds Maya and tells her to control her power, because she doesn't want to be a killer again. Maya calls Suresh a monster, and Suresh goes after her.

Hiro regains consciousness and he and Ando go searching an alley near the bar for Adam. They rush by a dumpster and Adam pokes his head out. Adam tries to sneak off down the alleyway but is punched out of nowhere by the villain Knox. Knox grabs Adam to toss him into a van. Knox calls someone via cell phone and says it's done, then asks what to do about the 2 Japanese guys.

Angela Petrelli says the reason they gave Nathan an ability was because his father was disappointed he wasn't born with an ability. Tracy asks why she was given it then since her parents died. Angela says she realizes what was done to her was wrong and that's why they divided up the formula and tried to hide it away. Angela says she needs help to get the formula back. Nathan tells his mother to go to hell and questions who else she used as a personal guinea pig. Nathan and Tracy leave and outside Nathan says they must find Dr. Suresh, who is harmless, but can help them find answers. Just then the scene cuts to Suresh making sure Maya is secure against the wall in the sticky substance he's been emitting.

Claire goes to find Mr. Canfield at the carousel. Canfield is in a depressed state and tells Claire his family never showed up to meet him. Canfield says his wife and kids must be afraid of him. Canfield says maybe he is a monster. Just then HRG shows up pointing a gun to his head. Sylar is a little ways off standing next to their car. HRG makes Canfield a deal, saying if he kills Sylar right now, he's free to go. Claire asks HRG why he's doing this and he says for what Sylar did to her. Canfield says they've already taken his life away from him. He creates a vortex and pulls himself in, killing himself.

Ando and Hiro drown their sorrows at the bar, with Ando saying they are the worst heroes ever for losing Daphne and Adam Monroe. Hiro continues to drink, and Daphne shows up with Knox, asking if they're looking for work. Hiro and Ando claim they've changed and are "badasses" now. Daphne says they'll need to prove it. Knox grabs a sword off the wall and gives it to Hiro. He says since Hiro has powers and Ando doesn't, Hiro must kill Ando to prove he's a badass. Hiro turns and faces Ando with sword in hand, and tells Ando he's sorry but must make sacrifices to save the world. Hiro thrusts the sword into Ando's chest, killing him in front of Daphne and Knox.

HRG brings Claire back home and tries to tell her that he tried to do what was best for her. Sylar is in the car and tells Claire that HRG is a user and tries to use them to get what he wants. Claire gets out of the car and HRG asks her if she understands. Claire says she does, and goes back into the house. Sandra Bennet finds Claire and hugs her and mentions that it's good Meredith found her. Claire asks what she means.

Meredith is shown eating dinner with the man, Doyle, she tracked down to see if he had Claire. The man has the power of human puppetry, and is using his power to make Meredith eat dinner and then kiss him. His place is full of various puppets.

Angela Petrellia is reading a file in her office. All of a sudden she's in what appears to be a dream scene made by someone else. She opens a door and finds Tracy Strauss lying on the floor in blood. Next to her is Nathan, who's laying bleeding against the wall. Peter is standing in the hall and Angela asks if he did this. Peter falls to the floor with an object stuck in the back of his head. A man's voice begins speaking and Angela turns around in horror/surprise. The man puts his bloody hand on Angela's shoulder, telling her she won't even be able to move if she tries to stop him. The man's hand reveals a ring.

Daphne shows up to meet with Linderman. He asks if everyone's on board, and Daphne says even the Japanese guy is. Next, Linderman gives her a file of a final man to recruit, but says he will be the most difficult. She opens the file to find a picture of Matt Parkman. Linderman tells her Parkman can alter her thoughts and make her see things that aren't really there. Daphne then tells Linderman she can sneak up on anyone except Linderman. She swipes her hand through him and says she knew he wasn't really there. Linderman tells her to just get Parkman. As the two leave the scene, Matt Parkman's dad shows up in a suit and walks through the courtyard.

Parkman's dad enters the Pinehearst laboratory building. He walks up to where a scientist is checking on an unseen patient. He informs the patient, who's on a respirator, that everything's going according to plan, and he even planted thoughts in Nathan's head, to make him think Linderman was having him dow the work of God. He then seizes up and says that Knox will bring Adam Monroe by tomorrow and he'll be ready. He says everything is going just as planned and then refers to the man as "Mr. Petrelli", as his face is shown, and Heroes ends to be continued..