here are going to be many changes and a higher body count on "Heroes" during the upcoming second season that premieres later this month.
While in New York last week to promote the show and the first season DVD set, actors and writers from the hit NBC show leaked some tidbits about what's in store for Season 2. One thing that is certain is that their characters will find themselves in totally different situations this season.
So what will fans expect for their Heroes (and villains)?
Sylar
"I'm just trying to get some more power," said Zachary Quinto, who plays the brain-stealing Gabriel Sylar. When last seen, Sylar's body disappeared, leaving a trail of blood running into a cockroach-guarded sewer. He is certain to continue slicing the heads off heroes and acquiring more special abilities, but there are also changes ahead.
"The point at which we left the story in Season 1, and the point at which we begin in Season 2 are vastly different for my character, and for all of the characters, really," Quinto said.
Hiro and Ando
Hiro Nakamura's story will continue in 17th-century Japan, where he accidently time-traveled after impaling Sylar with his sword in the first season finale. Ando Masahashi was last seen when best friend Hiro dropped him off at his office in Yamagato Industries. From there, Ando will try to find a new way to communicate with Hiro from Tokyo.
"There's going to be an interesting channel of communication," said Ando's alter ego, James Kyson Lee. "I can't reveal what, but it's going to be such a great way of storytelling. What happens in one timeline may affect the other."
Lee also thinks Ando and Hiro will reunite in Episode 8.
In general
The first episode of the new season will be starting out "Four Months Later," showing where our Heroes are four months after the finale. In Episode 8, fans will also find out what happened "Four Months Ago."
This means new viewers will not feel left out if they missed the first season, said "Heroes" co-executive producer and writer Jeph Loeb.
"For the returning fans, Episode 8 fills in the gaps," Loeb said. "Hopefully, by that time, everyone will be into this mystery. When we get to the middle of November, everyone will be completely filled in and we'll move forward."
New characters
Maya, portrayed by Dania Ramirez (Callisto in "X-Men: The Last Stand") is a super-powered Dominican on the run from the law with her twin brother. Viewers will have to wait until the show's Sept. 24 premiere to learn what her special ability is.
She's going north," Ramirez teased. "There's a lot of injustices she encounters in her journey up north. She's trying to get to the U.S. to figure out or find out what's happening to her. I can't tell you what it is, but it's cool. It's really cool."
More deaths
In Season 1, fans saw a number of Heroes bite the big one.
"You really want a doughnut" Eden McCain, nuclear Ted Sprague and precog-painter Isaac Mendez died along with other "special" people as well as a few major baddies. This season, the body count is only going to get higher.
"This is not a show about stars," Loeb explained. "This is a show about the show. Everyone has the same conversation when they come on. Wherever the story takes the writers and takes Tim [Kring] is what serves that task. Keeping it very unexpected is part of what our audience demands of us. If all we're doing is continuing with the same characters, then we're the same as every other show. We have a policy in the writers' room that no one is safe."
"Heroes" returns to NBC on Mondays at 9 p.m. ET starting Sept. 24.
i am so excited right know for this show to come back and so are my freinds
mr_sledgeka
Waiting in anticapation, please send my discs now mister!
