Those who thought "Heroes" was dead on NBC, it appears that next year will be the year of "Heroes Reborn." The new Heroes Reborn show will be a 13-episode miniseries from original show creator Tim Kring. Unfortunately for diehard fans of the original show, there's a bit of a wait, as the show won't be released until 2015. A teaser video for the upcoming show aired during NBC's Olympics and now has fans of the original series buzzing on the internet.

Here's a look at that "Heroes Reborn" teaser trailer video from NBC:


NBC's hit show "Heroes" first started back in Sept. 2006 and ran through Feb. 2010 finishing after four seasons. The show, as covered on this weblog, focused on everyday citizens who came to discover they had unique powers. Among the popular characters on the show were Peter Petrelli, Hiro, Claire Bennet, Noah Bennet aka "HRG", Sylar, Ando, Mohinder Suresh and Matt Parkman. Many of the actors involved, notably Hayden Panettierre and Zachary Quinto, have been involved in major shows or movies (i.e. "Nashville" on ABC and "Star Trek" reboot movies).

One has to wonder if Tim Kring decided to bring this show in due to the seeming popularity of "Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." on ABC and all of the superhero movies and news of new shows like "Gotham." It seems the idea of superheros never seems to grow old, and now has a chance to be reborn from Tim Kring. 

A few other points that many have mentioned:

• It's unknown if the original cast members will be a part of the show, but they haven't ruled out original characters "popping in" for an episode or a few. 
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• There will be a digital series online to help introduce the new characters and stories ahead of the miniseries. 

More info is available at the official Heroes website. What do you think of the idea of "Heroes Reborn"? Excited, or has the hype fizzled with the last season of "Heroes"?

Volume 5 - Episode 1: "Orientation/Jump, Push, Fall"

Volume 5 - "Redemption"

The new season opens with a group standing around a grave site in the middle of nowhere. A man spoke about his brother Joseph, and how they needed a family as protection from the outside world, that never understood what makes them different. Scenes were shown of the other Heroes including Peter, Claire, Sylar, Nathan, Hiro, Ando, Matt Parkman and Tracy Strauss. The man said in their place they offer salvation, hope and redemption so that one by one they can bring the others to their family. The man opened a compass up which he tossed into the grave. He said it's time they find their way home again, then motioned his hands to telekinetically move the dirt on top of the casket.

Chapter One: Orientation

We open in Arlington, VA as Claire Bennet arrives to college with all her belongings. Her roommate Annie comes in to introduce herself. Annie started to analyze how Claire got into college with a GED, then tells her she needs a map for her future including her grad school and job plans. Annie shows Claire a poster on the wall of her plans for the years down the road. Annie tells Claire to ditch the childish toys and start planning her future.

In Tokyo, Japan Hiro is watching a teleconferencing phone and has two laptops in front of him. Ando tells Hiro to stop waiting on the call. Hiro shows him a bar chart saying people need their help. Ando finds a picture Hiro has of them as kids from a carnival. Hiro begins to reminisce of how he was in love with Hiro's sister, but she thinks he's an idiot. Just then she enters the office and starts to yell at the two of them for their "Heroes for Hire" business, saying they are ruining business. She yells at Ando for coming up with the idea, saying she has to put her foot down. Ando says she hates him and it all started at the carnival. Just then a call comes in, with Hiro picking up eagerly.

Traffic is gridlocked in New York City, with a vehicle pulling up with Peter and another man inside. Apparently, Peter is a paramedic now. He tells the other guy he's going to go on foot, with the man saying he'll never make it. Peter hops out and starts running so he can get to the accident scene. He leaps up in an alley over a big truck and eventually reaches the accident scene where a woman is trapped in an overturned car. He tells her he's there to save her.

Claire goes to her Linear Algebar college Algebra test, where Annie quickly motions for her to come sit with her. Annie tells her this is all about sisterhood. Claire asks if this is a joke. She eventually starts to bug out, seeing images of a sniper rifle which fires a dart into her. Claire moans out in the class, and everyone looks at her. She tells her roomie she's going to leave sincet his class isn't for her.

Peter is back at the hospital where his friend from the vehicle tells him the woman he saved gave birth to two kids one she named Peter. Peter tells his friend he's going home, with his friend offering to take him out for drinks with them. Peter says he's good despite his friend saying there's a life outside of their job.

Ando and Hiro are shown helping a little girl whose cat is stuck up high inside a building area. Hiro tells Ando this one's all up to him, and tells the girl Ando will climb up to retrieve the cat. Ando makes his way up to the cat, climbing up a pipe. He grabs the cat with the girl warning him it doesn't like strangers. The cat goes ballistic causing Ando to fall. Luckily, Hiro freezes time to stop Ando before he hits the ground saying sometimes you've got to do things yourself.

Angela makes a call to HRG saying that she suspects Tracy Strauss is making revenge killings on the agents from Building 26. Angela told HRG it's time he pulled himself together to start working on this plan. HRG asked what plan, and she reminded him they had to turn Sylar into Nathan. HRG expressed his disgust over what they did, saying he can barely look Nathan in the eye knowing who it is. Angela told HRG to do his job and get The Company running, since he's the man with the plan. HRG tells her he's lost his family because of all this. He says he has to go since it's Claire's first day of college. HRG walks out to his car in the parking garage. He tries to start it and immediately water starts to flood out. The outside freezes up, while the inside starts to fill with water as Noah frantically tries to escape.

Noah tries to find a way out, and finally someone fires a gunshot into the window. The water comes gushing out and HRG falls to the ground. He gets up to see Danko standing there. Danko said it appears Tracy is after him too. Danko said he's there to make sure they kill Tracy before she kills them. HRG said last time he tried to help him, Danko almost stabbed him with a syringe. Danko said he heard HRG and the Petrelli's are back in the business. Danko tells HRG he's on his own now. HRG watches the water seep into a nearby grate.

Claire makes friends with a brunette girl on campus named Gretchen who is originally from Austin. Gretchen asked about a murder at Union Wells in Bennett, TX, where the cheerleader was murdered. Claire tells her she wants to keep the story on the DL. Claire walks off saying she has something to handle.

Back in Japan, Hiro stands the frozen Ando up with cat in hand. He unfreezes time and the little girl is overjoyed that they saved her cat. She says she will tell everyone "Dial a Hero" is the best. The girl turns to notice Hiro is just standing there frozen. Ando tries to revive him, but Hiro isn't moving.

Back in NYC, Nathan arrives to see his mother, but she's seeing him as Sylar. Suddenly, Angela awakes from her vision, terrified. A man lets her out of her car and she goes into the Sushi place. Just then, Nathan walks in asking what she did to him. He gives her a kiss on the cheek then asks if she's ok. Angela says she's worried about The Company. Nathan/Sylar starts eyeing the sushi on the table asking if he likes it, to which Angela tells him he does. He confesses that he feels like a lot of change is going on with him. It's like when he looks back on himself it's not like his own life he's looking back at. He talks about being a father, brother and son, saying he's been a jackass, but plans to change all that. He vows to reconnect with everyone who was important in his life, so he can be better person. He says he feels invincible, but Angela said it's a mid life crisis. Angela tells him to go buy a big sports car and get a younger woman with questionable morals.

In Los Angeles, CA, Matt Parkman is with his baby son. Angela Parkman calls him to say she thinks Sylar is starting to emerge again from the Nathan body. Angela orders him to go back into Sylar's mind and reprogam him. Matt said he's done and is out. Matt says he's been seeing things ever since he helped them. Angela tells him there's no such thing as out, and asks if he's not willing to fix the problem. Matt hangs up on her saying it's not his problem.

Nathan/Sylar is shown in his office at his desk. He reaches for his coffee cup which moves to his hand by telekinesis. He tries again with no luck. He then notices he has electricity between his two hands, which "shocks him" to find out.

HRG is waiting in Claire's dorm, as Annie is talking to him about how great a student Claire could become. Annie tells Claire to see her at the mixer tonight for Guitar Hero 3. Claire tells HRG she was recognized as someone from the murder in Odessa. She tells HRG she just wants to be Claire Bennet daughter of Noah Bennet. She says she told her roommate the truth that HRG works for the government. HRG said maybe she shouldn't tell the whole truth each time, and to be careful.

Scene shifts to Sullivan Brothers Carnival. The man from the beginning is in a tent, where a blond woman named Lydia enters. She takes her top off, and he walks over to her with an ink device. A tattoo forms on her back and she tells the man the guy is named "Danko". Just then another man enters to ask about what was said earlier about redemption. The man is told that vengeance is also part of their plan. He is instructed to go get the compass back and kill Danko, because it's what Joseph would want. The man seems to not be interested in doing that, but the man from the beginning grabs him and slams his arm down on a table, then stabs him with the ink rod. Ink fills the man's forearm/wrist and then travels up his body to his throat, forming the picture of a hand choking him. He grasps for air, and the other guy tells him "I wont ask again".

HRG is sitting down for a late dinner, when Tracy Strauss enters the building and sits down. She tells him he's number five. HRG said he saw her break into 1000 pieces, but now she's back. Tracy said she shattered into pieces, but then they all formed back together with one thought, killing all those who destroyed her life. HRG said he could make it so Danko wasn't interested in her anymore. HRG said after 20 years of his job he's never helped a single one of the people he tracked down. He said maybe they're both looking for redemption. HRG asked if it was a deal, and Tracy said he wishes it were that easy, then leaves.

HRG pays a visit to Danko to recommend that he let this mission to kill Tracy go. He hands Danko a relocation assignment courtesy of the US government. Danko tells HRG he's uninterested. HRG says that's not an option and just then The Haitian is shown standing behind Danko. Danko turns and Haitian grabs his forehead, with HRG saying he's going to get what he wants.

Peter is at his apartment and gets a call from Nathan/Sylar. He lets the machine get it and Nathan angrily says he needs Peter to call him because something strange is happening to him. Back in his apartment, Peter pins up an article about his saving the woman earlier.

Danko arrives at his apartment but as he goes inside he immediately realizes someone else is there. He draws his gun and aims at Tracy Strauss who's standing there. Danko has no memory of who she is, which puzzles Tracy until she realizes it was HRG's doing. She says he's not worth it and gets ready to leave. Danko walks into his apartment, and Tracy overhears him confronted by another man. He says he's been sent to get something back from Danko. Tracy then witnesses the man from the carnival quickly pull out two bladed weapons and slice up Danko, killing him. Tracy goes in and the man starts coming at her with the blades, getting a few slices in. As he strikes her, water gushes out, and her face reforms after he slashes it. Tracy grabs his arm and begins to freeze him, causing him to drop the weapon. The man quickly exits the apartment as Tracy looks down at Danko's dead body.

Claire is at the big mixer party, making her way through the party goers to see her roommate playing Guitar Hero. She sees the girl she met earlier, Gretchen. She apologizes about the murder thing she brought up earlier. Claire said she was never allowed to talk about it before and kept trying to start over. Annie spots Claire and yells for her to come over to play. Claire goes over with Gretchen saying she's going to play with her instead. Claire and Gretchen engage in a friendly game of Guitar Hero 3.

Back in Japan, Ando is wheeling the frozen Hiro around the office as Hiro's sister (the boss) is busy talking to a businessman. Ando wheels Hiro into another room and shakes Hiro to wake him up. Hiro finally comes to, with Ando saying something went wrong with his powers. He notices Hiro's nose is bleeding. Ando says he's taking him to the doctor, but Hiro says there's no need since he saw one. Hiro admits to Ando that he's dying and it could be any day. Ando suggests that Hiro go back in time to the day this happened to him to see if he can change it. Hiro pulls out the picture from the carnival. He says back then there was a fortune teller who told him he'd be a powerful hero, and from that moment he dedicated himself to being a hero. Hiro gets angry telling Ando he can't change the code or the past. Hiro becomes frozen yet again. Ando snaps him out of it again. Hiro says he thinks he was back at the carnival. Just then Hiro disappears and finds himself teleported to the carnival fourteen years ago in Japan.

We're back to present day with the ringleader of the Redemption carnival people and the woman who can form tattoos on her back. A tattoo forms of Hiro Nakamura and she tells the ringleader he was at the carnival 14 years ago. The ringleader walks out and finds an older man who's on a breathing apparatus. The man asks when they'll stop moving again. He asks the man to send him back 14 years if he can.

Claire goes to her room to find that her roommate isn't there. She also finds the windows open and goes over to shut them but then sees that down below is her roommate Annie lying dead in a pool of blood.

Back in Los Angeles at night time, Parkman trips over a toy car. The scene then shifts back to Nathan/Sylar in his office staring at a coffee cup. He angrily slams his hand down on his desk. Parkman finds that his baby is missing. Sylar/Nathan goes into the bathroom and begins looking at himself in the mirror. Parkman looks around for his son, then hears him crying. He turns to see Sylar holding him up. Sylar tells Matt he wants his body back. Matt begs Sylar to put his son down. Matt asks Sylar how he's there, and Sylar said he's inside Matt's head. Matt asks if he's not real, but Sylar said he's holding his son still. Matt's wife calls out for him, so Sylar tosses the baby at him. Matt goes to catch him, but as his wife enters Sylar is gone, and the baby is in the crib. She asks Matt if he's ok and he says he just came in to check on the baby.

HRG is at his apartment pulling down a fire alarm which is going off since he burned his dinner. He grabs a bowl of cereal instead. HRG places a call and a man answers. HRG says he must have the wrong number since he was calling for Sandra. The man says "yea she's here" and hands the phone to her. HRG hangs up. His cell rings and he picks up thinking it's Sandra but instead it's Tracy Strauss. Noan pays a visit to Danko's apartment where Danko is on the floor dead with Tracy sitting there. Tracy tells him she didn't do it.

Hiro is at the Carnival 14 years ago and realizes he time traveled, but can't go back. A younger version of himself asks for him to take their picture, making Hiro take the picture of he, Ando and his sister from years ago. Hiro sees himself going to get his fortune, then tells himself he can't change his destiny and must go back. He can't teleport back to present day. Just then, Samuel, the ringleader man appears asking Hiro if he wants to try at one of the carnival games. Hiro says no thanks, until the man calls him by name. He tells Hiro they're going to be great friends.

A police detective is questioning Claire about her roommate, asking if she knew about any suicidal tendencies. Claire said her roomie didn't seem that way at all, so the police woman shows Claire a suicide note they found on her pillow. Claire says she didn't recall seeing that at all in the room. Other students are standing outside the door getting pics with their cell phone. Claire suggests to the woman that someone murdered her roommate.

Ando is back at the office wondering what happened to Hiro. His sister enters asking where Hiro is. Ando told her that Hiro left. She demands he tell her the truth about where he went. Ando tells her Hiro went back in time 14 years to the carnival to which she doesn't believe.

Samuel makes friends with Hiro, showing him he's got a power too. Samuel asks Hiro if he's there because of the young boy. Hiro tells him how he can't alter things because then he'll never save the cheerleader and NY will blow up. Samuel convinces him that maybe he could make some changes. Hiro said it's bad to change the past since everything is connected. Hiro said he could fix things between Ando and his sister from when bumped into Ando and spilled the drink on her. Samuel says he needs to take a chance and change one thing to make things better. He pushes Hiro back towards the younger Hiro, Ando and Hiro's sister. The older time traveling Hiro is now in the line of fire for the slushie drink that spills all over him, saving his sister's dress and Ando. Just then, Hiro is teleported back to present day with Ando at the office. Ando asks if he saved himself back in time, but Hiro says no, then asks if anything changed for Ando. Ando looks puzzled saying everything still the same. Hiro asks about Kimiko, who walks in and tells Hiro he must pay a higher rent now. Hiro bows to her then leaves the office, as Ando tells her she's being too hard on Hiro. Just then, Hiro sees Ando and Kimiko start to kiss. He exclaims "I did it!" to which they both turn to look at him.

Tracy relays her story to HRG about what happened with Danko and the other man. Tracy said she didn't know HRG had helped her out so she had to come see for herself. Tracy said the man with the knives was very fast and is one of them. HRG looked at Danko's wounds saying it wasn't revenge, but the killer was looking for something. HRG reached inside Danko's guts to pull out a key. Neither HRG nor Tracy knew what it was for though.

A water delivery guy is there playing with Matt's baby, talking to his wife Janice. Matt comes out to meet the guy, and takes offense to the guy knowing his wife and having seen Matt's son grow up. Janice takes Matt aside saying she's worried about him. Janice suggests Matt could use his power to if he needed to for his job, but he says he swore not to. Matt tells her he's got things under control.

HRG pays a visit to Peter at his apartment. Peter tells him he's working as a paramedic again. HRG sees all the articles pinned up on Peter's bulletin board. HRG praises Peter for using his powers for good. Peter tells HRG that The Company hasn't been model citizens. HRG tells Peter that Danko was killed and shows him the key he found. He says it opens a safety deposit box downtown, but he suspects the guy looking for it will be there. HRG fills Peter in on the fast man with the knives, and says he needs Peter as his partner on this.

Angela Bennet pays a visit to Claire at college. Angela tells Claire it's not up to her to tell Annie's parents about the suicide note. Gretchen is in the dorm and meets Angela. Gretchen starts asking about the suicide note that Claire didn't see. Gretchen said it was weird because Annie had mapped her life out for years so why would she kill herself. Angela decides to leave. Gretchen asks Claire how they can go about proving Annie was murdered.

HRG and Peter wait at the New York Federal Bank in Manhattan. HRG tells Peter he should reconsider the way he's living his life alone, just saving lives and keeping track. HRG tells him it's not healthy to live alone with no connections, then tells Peter his own story of how he's alone now. A knock comes at the door, with a bank rep bringing in the safety deposit box. HRG opens the box to find a small pouch containing a compass. HRG remarks that it's broken. Just then, another knock arrives at the door. The bank rep is standing there then falls to the floor all bloodied on his back from knife wounds. The villain from earlier is there and wields a blade he points at HRG, saying the object doesn't belong to him.

The man begins to move forward with his blade aimed at HRG. Just then, Peter grabs him by the arm and absorbs his powers. Peter and the knife-wielding man begin to engage in a bit of a sword fight moving Matrix style around the room. With Peter eventually able to kick the man away. He stares at Peter for a moment then quickly moves out of the room. Peter checks on the dead bank worker to find he's still breathing.

The scene shifts ahead to Peter at the hospital checking on the man, finding out he's going to be ok. HRG is waiting for Peter there, and they talk about the compass. HRG hands it to Peter and as soon as it's in Peter's hand it begins spinning frantically. HRG tells Peter to keep it, but Peter is hesitant, saying he's trying to stay away from whatever HRG is doing. Peter suggests that HRG just hand over the compass. Peter says his life is simple now. Peter says he only went with HRG to get the other guy's ability so it could help him in his job. HRG wishes him luck and then tells him to call his mother.

Gretchen arrives to a cafeteria with a stack of books they can use about finding out about who murdered Annie. Gretchen suggests they find a dummy the approximate weight of Annie so they can test out to see how the crime happened. Annie asks Claire where they can find a dead body.

Matt is at an Office recovery group meeting for the LAPD. He says it's been six weeks since he last used and tells about his feelings to the group. As he's talking, Sylar enters the room and is standing in the middle of the group. Sylar says hi to the group and says it's been six weeks or so since he's seen his body and wants it back. Sylar is right in his face as Matt continues to tell the group about these images of ghosts bothering him. Matt yells out "go away!" and the group leader asks if he's ok. Sylar keeps insulting Matt telling him he's weak. The group members begin to eye Matt uncomfortably. The group leader asks for the next person to speak, with Sylar laughing about it.

Back at the office in Japan, Hiro observes the lovebirds Kimiko and Ando making eyes at one another. Hiro tells Ando he's the reason they're in love. Ando is confused saying they had their first kiss on the ferris wheel. Hiro says he prevented a slushie from falling on Kimiko's dress which saved Ando's chances with her. Hiro then says he must go back and change other things. Hiro quickly rushes out of the office ready to change the past.

Matt Parkman goes in to try to interrogate a guy in the LAPD interrogation room. As he's in there, Sylar appears once again to taunt Matt. Sylar keeps taunting Matt to just read his mind. The man asks Matt what is wrong with him as he's talking to Sylar, not him. Matt throws a chair at the wall at Sylar. The man ducks down and gives Matt a name and location. Matt's boss rushes in giving him the eye.

Peter is back on the job and his co-worker gets in the vehicle. Peter hands him a cup of chowder from Legal Seafood in Boston. Peter pretends his friend brought it up for him. Just then a call comes through for an accident. His co-worker says they have five minutes until break ends. Peter rushes out of the vehicle as his co-worker turns his back. As Peter quickly arrives at the scene, he finds HRG down on the ground slashed open. HRG tells Peter the man took the compass.

Tracy Strauss visits HRG in the hospital. She asks if HRG is going to go after the guy who took the compass. HRG says he needs one of them to help him out. Tracy suggests that maybe this guy is like her and looking to get his life back. Tracy asked why HRG called her, then realizes he doesn't want to be alone. Tracy sticks around with HRG to have some clam chowder in his hospital room.

Matt arrives to his place to find Roy the water guy just leaving after fixing the hot water. Matt asks to walk him out. As they get outside, he finally uses his power to suggest that Roy starts a new route tomorrow and never returns to their place again. He hands him some money and Roy tells him goodbye. As Roy leaves, Sylar appears again and says "Gotcha". Parkman goes inside and shuts the door fast.

Claire wakes up in her dorm late at night and decides to open the window where her roommate fell from. She gets up on the ledge and sees the chalk outline below. Claire drops down off the ledge onto the chalk outline then realizes that her roommate did kill herself.

Back at the carnival, the knife-wielder hands over the compass to Samuel. He tells him he had a tough time getting the compass back because he met an empath. The man asks if they met someone to replace their time traveler. Samuel says he met a Japanese guy who he put on a righteous path. Samuel takes out an ink utensil and sticks it into Leah's back. The knife wielder asks "so what's next?" and Samuel tells him they gather "the rest". Leah's back reveals tattoos of Tracy Strauss, Sylar and Peter.

Watch Episode 1 of Heroes Volume 5 at Hulu.com!

(Ready for some Heroes Redemption?)

Volume Five of Heroes could be a major improvement on the previous episodes seen last season during "Fugitives". This upcoming volume which kicks off Monday, September 21st, 2009 is entitled "Redemption". It follows the various characters as they look to re-adjust back to normal living, now that they are no longer being hunted. There will be a storyline involving a new band of characters who are part of a carnival, looking for redemption and vengeance, as well as others like them to join their cause.

Volume 5 Heroes Redemption also sees the return of Tracy Strauss (Ali Larter), the "Ice Queen" as she seeks vengeance against the people who tried to kill her. Additionally, there will be the story of Claire (Hayden Pannettiere) wanting a "normal life" (ok not so new), and Nathan/Sylar trying to figure out who he is exactly. Angela Petrelli, HRG, Matt Parkman, Hiro, Ando and from the looks of the preview, Danko, all make returns for the new season. The first Volume 5 Heroes episode on NBC 9/21/09 will be a special 2-hour season premiere.

There's a great four minute sneak preview of Heroes Volume Five here at NBC.com.

There's also another promo clip here for Redemption which claims Heroes will be "back at its best". Let's hope so as the previews definitely looked intriguing and like this season may have strong potential for a return to form...

According to Comic-Con 2009's glimpse at the upcoming installment of Heroes, "Redemption", fans are still hanging tight with the series. In this next part of the show which picks up where "Fugitives" left off, we'll see the heroes going back to their ordinary lives. There's a carnival where workers are really heroes in hiding, and also some insight into a few of the new cast members.

From USA Today:

The new volume includes new people with abilities, hiding in plain sight by working at a carnival. New cast members include Prison Break's Robert Knepper, whose character is an earthmover, and Ray Park, whose character has super speed.

Kring said there will be fewer stories per episode this season, with the goal of "going deeper, not wider." And Claire (Hayden Panettiere) will be headed to college, where she makes friends with another student (Madeline Zima). "I think you guys are going to like us together," Panettiere said, before cooling down the crowd. "Not in that way."

Comic-Con 2009 in San Diego, CA, also featured an anticipated look at Tron Legacy, a movie 27 years in the making, the hot Iron Man 2, starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Scarlett Johansson, and of course Twilight's sequel "New Moon" which will feature heartthrob Robert Pattinson. As for other television shows, the convention had discussions and sneak peak material for 24, Lost and True Blood, HBO's original series about vampires.

Due to NBC's political coverage and Saturday Night Live's political parody party that aired Monday night (Election eve), Heroes took a week off. Here's the synopsis of what to expect next week on the show:

From NBC.com Heroes Site:

THE ROOTS OF EVIL ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM: ARTHUR PETRELLI, FLINT, AND SYLAR REVEAL THEIR DARK ORIGINS.

In a prelude to the coming confrontation, Hiro (Masi Oka) traces respected businessman, husband and father Arthur Petrelli (guest star Robert Forster) back to the days before he "died" -- to discover what drove him to create rival company Pinehearst and strike at Angela (Cristine Rose). His journey reveals a critical moment when Sylar (Zachary Quinto), horrified and guilt-ridden, might have stopped his murderous pursuit of abilities - that is, if H.R.G. (Jack Coleman) and Elle (guest star Kristen Bell) had been swayed from their monstrous assignment. Finally, under the wing of Company man Thompson (guest star Eric Roberts), agent-in-training Meredith (guest star Jessalyn Gelsig) watches her new life go up in smoke, following the arrival of her hot-headed brother.

Greg Grunberg, James Kyson Lee, Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Adrian Pasdar, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Dania Ramirez and Milo Ventimiglia also star. Jimmy Jean-Louis, Malcolm McDowell, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Ron Perkins, Blake Shields, and Jeff Staron guest star.

Heroes resumes with Season 3 Villains next Monday 11/10/08 at 9 PM EST!

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!

(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!

Finally, a confirmed date has been given for Heroes Season 3. The third season of NBC Heroes will be called "Villains" and returns in about 5 months time, on September 15, 2008. It will start at 8pm with a show featuring clips (probably to refresh viewers' memories). A 2 hour premiere episode will follow at its regular 9PM EST time slot.

Scifi.com had the following report:

NBC's returning genre shows--Heroes, Chuck and Medium--will each air a full complement of original episodes next season, in contrast to this year's strike-truncated season, with Heroes and Chuck set to air without repeats through December.

The announcements came at the network's presentation to advertisers in New York on April 2.

"We not only have the biggest star of TV, we have movie stars on NBC," Ben Silverman, co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, said during the presentation. "The talent on NBC are the breakout talent and the cultural, relevant, leading icons of all of television. It's a hallmark of what we do, and as you'll see, ... all of your favorites are coming back."

Heroes will return to the schedule on Sept. 15 with an hourlong clip show premiering at 8 p.m. ET/PT and a two-hour season premiere airing at 9 p.m., its regular timeslot.

Mark your calendar for September 15, 2008 at 8PM, because NBC will be must see TV...

Heroes fans were cut short this past second season of the hit show, when the series ended early, thanks to a writer's strike. Now there's been rumors hinting at a possible Screen Actors Guild (SAG) strike which could once again kill the show. According to a Syfyportal.com article, Sendhil Ramamurthy (Mohinder Suresh) said the possibility is there, but he's hopeful the show will go on.

From Syfyportal.com:

"Hopefully producers and SAG will get together and sort something out," he told fans at the event. "My last scene [on 'Heroes'] was filmed on Oct. 23 so I'm hoping we'll get something together cause I'd really like to get back to work."

During the strike, projects were few and far between for Ramamurthy, but he was able to pass the time through sports.

"My tennis game got really good. I was playing all the time," he joked. "Things have to be changed on the way writers and actors are paid. And hopefully something will be done otherwise you might loose the show again for a while."

At the moment, SAG has about 120,000 members with the Federation of Television and Radio Artists following suit with approximately 70,000. About 40,000 actors also have dual membership.

(Source: Syfyportal.com)

Keep your fingers crossed fans that we head into Season 3, "Villains" where the only killing will be from Sylar and his band of new bad guys, not a SAG strike.

Fans are still anxiously awaiting Season 3 of NBC Heroes, which won't arrive until Fall 08'. Meanwhile, NBC is offering free TV shows via its website, including Heroes. A Seattle Times recent commentary piece discusses the many ways to watch TV these days. With Heroes and other shows you've been able to buy from iTunes (not anymore for Heroes), rent the DVD's from Netflix, and now watch completely free if you enjoy hi speed internet. Hulu.com is another site which is brand new to the field and offers Fox/NBC shows with ads running on them.

Read more about this Seattle Time's writer's various ways to watch TV here.

There was a special Heroes music soundtrack released this week featuring many musical artists. The inner cover art was done by a Baltimore artist, Steven Parke, who drew the various musicians in Heroes graphic novel style. Now Bob Dylan and David Bowie are true comic book legends just like Hiro Nakamura and Peter Petrelli. Parke has also done work on the Sopranos and Six Feet Under DVD packages. Read more about Steven Parke's work here.

And in other creative Heroes news, a fan has customized his Macbook Pro computer with the special emblem found on the Kensei Takezo/Hiro sword. Take a look at it here:

http://www.macmod.com/content/view/1276/205/

According to the TV Squad, NBC's Heroes will begin filming again this coming June, possibly even May. However, TV Guide's Michael Ausiello is reporting that sexy Heroes star Kristen Bell isn't signed for the new season yet.

A TV Squad author discusses Bell's character's importance:

I see her either coming over to the side of the good guys (if she signs a long-term contract) or completely going crazy because of the way her father has been treating her and trying to destroy everyone and eventually dying in a really dramatic way.

Bell turned down the role of Charlotte on Lost to take the Heroes gig.

I would be surprised if Bell doesn't return because she was shown in an early preview for Season 3 Villains, and it appeared she was caught by Sylar. Of course, it wouldn't be out of possibility for the show to find a way to write her off if a contract isn't worked out.

See Kristen Bell lingerie and bikini pics!

All that's really been revealed to us about NBC Heroes Season 3 are speculations, rumors, a glimpse at some camcorder previews from a film festival and the NBC site's online content. Fans can easily put all these pieces together and see that a season called "Villains" might offer us a really dark, gloomy verison of our favorite show.

The brightest spot for Season 3, is the return of the darkest character, Sylar. He regained his powers in our preview of Season 3, which was at the end of Season 2. This means Sylar will be on one hell of a spree. Don't forget he now will have the abilities of Candice, who once told Micah if he ran she would make him see things that he'd never recover from. With Sylar having that sort of power, you'd have to feel bad for the "good guys".

So now we will have Sylar able to turn himself into just about anyone. He can fool other characters if he chooses to, making them much easier prey. I won't spoil Season 3 by throwing out names of characters who looked dead in the preview, but it looks dangerous already. This also continues to add to the notion of the "Five Years Later" episode we saw in which Sylar was able to disguise himself as Nathan the president. It's still possible, although Sylar would need DL's power to phase which was shown there. In the episode he reached through a door, dragged Peter out, demonstrating the ability.

The emphasis for season 3 of Heroes is on the plural, Villains. So that means there are more to come. Takezo Kensei aka Adam Monroe has been alive for over 400 years, and is still going, even though he's buried in casket. Not dead is not dead, so don't expect him to stay underground.

That also leaves the door open for more villains, more powers and hopefully more climactic and dramatic showdowns and twists in what could be an exhiliarting Season 3. Heroes Season 3 is set to start again in the fall, so the wait will continue and the speculation grows..

Rejoice Heroes fans, the writers strike is finally over as of a few days ago! However, Heroes will not be returning for several more months. According to Movieweb.com:

Fans of Heroes have hoped that, with the WGA strike coming to an end, that we might see more of NBC's hit series on television this year. Unfortunately, Ain't It Cool News spoke to Hayden Panettiere, who plays the cheerleader Claire Bennett on the show, and she says that it won't be happening.

According to Panettiere, even though the strike is finished, Heroes is done for this season, with new shooting beginning in April. It is expected that Heroes Season Three will air in the fall of 2008. (SOURCE)

So the wait for "Villains" continues and will build speculation and excitement for a third run of the show. While you're waiting, head over to NBC's Heroes site to check out some of the interactive content based on the show.

There's also NBC's newest addition, Knight Rider, a remake of the original David Hasselhoff series, which will have a 2 hour movie this Sunday night.

According to website io9.com, Heroes the TV show and Heroes Evolutions, the web-based series, will begin to crossover into each other more often for Heroes Season 3, Villains. Tolerico who is project manager for the Evolutions portion of the NBC Heroes website offers the following about the online Heroes content:

Masi Oka writes and creates all of the Hiro blog entries himself. I put together the Drucker postcard code and our lead designer (Markus Hagen) created the artwork and flash file. The games and riddles for Heroes Evolutions are developed by our in-house team and the Heroes Transmedia team working together with the show writers to help guide us and keep us within the show's mythology... We miss our show writers and hope the strike is settled soon. We are working to develop pieces that are interesting to the fans, but with no new episodes these are different stories. Fortunately the tapestry of Heroes provides us with many different places to "play."

Tolerico says we will see more plot crossovers between Evolutions and Villains with this coming season. So it could become a very interesting new viral marketing campaign and experience for fans.

See the full story here at io9.com.

Also according to io9.com about Season 3 of Heroes:

"Heroes volume 3 will be less about the Company, and we'll know right away what giant disaster the good guys are racing to prevent. It'll be something to do with things we already know about."

Season 3, "Villains" will be a much anticipated next season for the Heroes franchise. Many feel that this past season was a let down, and the writers' strike certainly didn't help as it ended the show earlier than expected. That leaves promise and hope for the upcoming season. The last image we were left with was Sylar regaining his powers by using telekinesis to retrieve a metal can from a cross an alleyway. Here's some questions we'll be looking to answer in Season 3.

- Are Niki Sanders and Nathan Petrelli dead? Can they be cured via Claire's blood as Maya and HRG were?

- Who was the person who shot Nathan? Also, was this the same person that Angela Petrelli was speaking to on the phone?

- Was Candice working for Bob and The Company when she had Sylar in her custody?

- What will HRG's role be with the Company? Will HRG and Suresh continue to have a conflict?

- Will Elle become a hero on the good side or bad side? Will Sylar go after her?

- Who will Sylar's first victim be in Season 3? Will Peter and Sylar have yet another showdown?

- Will Claire and West still be a couple?

- Will we see any returning characters from the past?

- Since the season is called "Villains", what new villains will we be introduced to? What will their unique powers be?

If you're anxious and want to see some potential tidbits and spoilers on the upcoming Season, check out this article at Taylor's Entertainment News.

As you can imagine Heroes news is slow now that the show is done with Season 2. The reviews of the finale were less than stellar, but things still look promising for Season 3. Unfortunately there was bad news for another new show.

NBC has pulled the plug on another sci-fi hero type show, "Journeyman". The show was a modern day "Quantum Leap" which had the slot right after "Heroes" on Monday nights. Despite the 10 PM time slot, it was unable to pull in a decent audience to sustain itself. It seemed as if NBC was really trying to capitalize on the whole superhero style of show, with Bionic Woman as well. The show "Chuck" which came right before Heroes was able to stay alive.

2Snaps.com has a write up on the new novel "Saving Charlie". This book will feature the story of the relationship that Hiro Nakamura and Charlie (the super memory waitress) shared. If you recall Hiro teleported back in time during season 1 to try to save her. Unfortunately she died from a blood clot in here brain. The book arrives December 26th. Read more here.

If you're still stuck for gifts for that Heroes fan on your holiday shopping list, consider the NBC Store. They offer all sorts of great merchandise, including Law & Order, The Office, Monk and Heroes! They have T-shirts, mugs, calendars, sports collectibles and much more! Click here for the Official NBC Store!

Season 2 may be over, but the Heroes series lives on. You may have seen the recent advertisements on TV for the "Create Your Hero" campaign. The ongoing promotion presented by Sprint is a chance for fans to help develop a new Heroes character who will be part of live action webisodes next year. The character may also be worked into the NBC TV series at some point as well. Users can vote each week through December 17th, either online or via text exclusive on Sprint phones (HEROES text 6789), to choose all the characteristics of this new hero.



The promotion is now in week 4 of voting, with two weeks of new attributes remaining. Head over to the "Create Your Hero" page for more details!

NBC has set up yet another way for fans of the hit series Heroes to watch the show. They have now struck a deal with Netflix which will allow users of their service to watch episodes the day after they've aired. Of course with the writer's strike, there's no word on when a next season would start. This also comes in the wake of NBC not renewing its contract with Apple where episodes were sold on the site for a few bucks each.

According to broadcastingcable.com:

"We are excited to establish Netflix as a part of our off-network syndication strategy for Heroes,” said Frances Manfredi, executive vice president and general sales manager for NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution, in a statement. "This deal reflects the changing landscape of the entertainment marketplace and our objective of finding new buyers that complement our traditional customers."

Heroes is currently available on Hulu and NBC Direct for your viewing pleasure. Both sites are in beta. The rights to re-runs have been acquired by G4 and the HD Network Mojo.

This Monday night's episode of Heroes is one which should start answering a lot of questions fans may have had. For example, what happened after the Bomb? How did Peter get chained up in that container? How did DL die? What happened to Sylar after he was stabbed by Hiro's Samurai Sword? And of course the big question, what will Adam (Takezo Kensei's) involvement be in all of this?

It looks like a great episode this Monday night, and full of all sorts of great revelations. From the looks of the preview, Elle may have had a bit of an affair with Peter. It also appears like the Haitian became involved in the situation and maybe he's the reason Peter has lost his memory. Stay tuned...You can check out a preview video here at YouTube.

Writer's Strike Unavoidable

The dreaded writers' strike is officially upon us in Hollywood. Last ditch attempts to prevent the strike failed, and now writers will take to the picket lines. The WGA decided to start the strike in New York, and refused to stop the clock so that negotiations could continue. Many are saying the first shows that could be affected will be late night shows such as Letterman and Leno. Our favorite regular series prime time shows like Lost, 24 and Heroes would most likely be next to follow. Heroes has already shelved "Origins" and has filmed an alternate episode for December 2 which will now serve as a Season 2 finale for the show.

The quicker the strike ends and negotiations are worked out, the better for all of TV and its viewers. Read more about the strike here at Hollywood Reporter.