Two characters we thought were dead and done with are coming back during the season finale. One we’ve already been given hints to and is, as you no doubt figured out, Simone - and with an ability to boot. But the real shocker is Simone’s dad Charles Deveaux is returning as well. Here’s what Kristin had to say:

Sources tell me that Tawny Cypress, who plays Simone, is—drum roll, please—not off the show for good. Far from it! I’m told that even though she was “killed,” Simone is coming back, along with her father (Peter’s patient), in the season finale. It turns out she has abilities of her own, and as my source put it, “There are people on the positive and negative side. And Simone is on the negative side.” Oh, and according to another source, “[Simone and her father] may have some ties to some other characters that we had no idea about before.”

Not sure how I feel about Simone having an ability - especially when we were specifically told she would NEVER have an ability.

Kristin also mentions that Kring says we will get to see some back story for Sylar in Chapter 21 “The Hard Part” that may actually make us think differently about him.

According to Heroes creator Tim Kring, “We learn about his home life and where he came from, and after that episode, your opinion of him may change.”

Source: Kristin @ E!Online

HeroesTheSeries.com reader Hero (who has been doing an awesome job tracking the Easter Eggs in the graphic novels, BTW) discovered that the link to the PDF version of tomorrow’s volume of the graphic novel series (#28, War Buddies - Part 5 of 6) is live and downloadable. In this volume it is finally revealed just who Austin and Dallas are at the end. Since we ARE a spoiler site, I’ve taken the liberty of giving you the answer right below with a nice screenshot:

VIEW THE ENTIRE ISSUE HERE

Source: Hero at HeroesTheSeries.com

A few days ago NBC started running a new promo spot for the final five chapters of this Heroes season one set to “If Everyone Cared” by Nickelback. Good stuff in here. Hiro and Future Hiro meet, Isaac on the floor saying “I finally get to be a hero”, and Mohinder visits Mrs. Petrelli to tell her Peter is dead. Check it out below thanks to the magic of YouTube.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yesXwwoKriM

The official Heroes MySpace site has posted a new preview for Chapter 19 “.07%”. The preview is actually two parts.

In the first part we see montage of Isaac’s paintings with a voice over by Linderman (well, it’s obviously supposed to be Linderman but doesn’t sound like McDowell). The voice over gives a hint at the true nature of Niki’s problem - not a split personality but a split soul or perhaps two souls sharing the same body (the later a tiny bit of a stretch from what he says).

In the second part we see a bit of the scene between Nathan and Linderman. Linderman sees himself as a humanitarian who will heal the world. When Nathan mocks Linderman with the rhetorical question “what do you know about healing” Linderman demonstrates what he knows on a dying plant.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2019711164

At the end of the clip is a URL to www.itstimetosavetheworld.com which features a pretty cool Heroes contest. But also on the page is a clip of the opening sequence of Chapter 19 where we find Claire running into the cell HRG’s in at PrimaTech and apologizing  for not being able to hide and follow his plan. He doesn’t fall for it and it turns out to be Candice. Thompson comes in and tells Candice he wishes to speak to Bennet alone. He tells Bennet the only reason they haven’t killed him yet is because they haven’t gotten orders to - because thats what they do, follow orders.

http://www.itstimetosavetheworld.com

ANDO from 9thWonders.com was nice enough to post both of these clips to YouTube so you can view them both below:

MySpace Preview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8bE1pQZx3o

ItsTimeToSaveTheWorld Preview Clip 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYIizVeYx3U

Source: Myspace, NBC/ItsTimeToSaveTheWorld, ANDO @ 9th Wonders

The folks over at HeroSite (pays to have contacts in the industry) scored the descriptions for Chapter Nineteen “.07 Percent” and Chapter Twenty “String Theory”. Without further ado here they are:

CHAPTER NINETEEN “.07 PERCENT”

“SERIAL KILLER SYLAR’S RAMPAGE CONTINUES — MALCOLM MCDOWELL AND ERIC ROBERTS GUEST STAR — After “helping” Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) search for more people with special abilities, Sylar’s (guest star Zachary Quinto) rampage continues with two “heroes” being confronted by the stronger-powered serial killer. Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) must factor what he’s learned from Linderman (guest star Malcolm McDowell) into difficult decisions that will shape the future — for him, his family, New York City and the world. As Thompson (guest star Eric Roberts) uses every tool at his disposal to find Claire (Hayden Panettiere), Linderman drafts Jessica (Ali Larter) into his far-reaching plans. Meanwhile, Hiro’s (Golden Globe nominee Masi Oka) resolve to “save the world” strengthens in the face of a grim reality. Santiago Cabrera, Noah Gray-Cabey, Jack Coleman, Greg Grunberg, and Milo Ventimiglia also star. James Kyson Lee, Missy Peregrym and Cristine Rose also guest star.”

CHAPTER TWENTY “STRING THEORY”

HAVING STOLEN THE SWORD AND TELEPORTED FIVE YEARS INTO THE FUTURE, HIRO AND ANDO BEAR WITNESS TO A GRIM, HARROWING FUTURE FOR THE “HEROES”– Thrown five years in the future, Hiro (Golden Globe nominee Masi Oka) and Ando (James Kyson Lee) discover that people with extraordinary abilities are not only widely known about — after the destruction of New York City and the deaths of millions — but are being registered, imprisoned, hunted and even killed as “terrorists.” As the President takes his first step towards a “final solution,” the pair get swept up in what could be the “Heroes” final battle and encounter a range of new and darkly familiar faces. If they survive the experience, can they still get back to the present and save the world? Santiago Cabrera, Jack Coleman, Noah Gray-Cabey, Greg Grunberg, Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Adrian Pasdar, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Leonard Roberts and Milo Ventimiglia also star. Stana Katic, Jimmy Jean-Louis and Zachary Quinto guest star.

Source: HeroSite.net

In an interview with TV Guide, Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman) reveals a small bit of whats to come. Doesn’t look like he, Ted, and HRG are gonna remain in custody at The Company for very long. HRG breaks them out and they go on a mission together:

With the help of Mr. Bennet/HRG, we’re all going to break out. It’s a really exciting episode and it sets us on this mission to stop Sylar and find the tracking system, because without the tracking system they can’t get to Claire, and they can’t get to me. The key to the whole thing is getting that computer and wiping it out.

Sounds like they’re gonna need Hana’s help

He also confirms what we’ve pretty much heard from various other sources about the season finale and everyone coming together:

We all come together and we have a mission, all for various reasons, and we don’t necessarily work as a “Super Friends” team, but we’re all at the same place at the same time with the same mission, and it’s just awesome. Like I worked with Adrian [Pasdar] the other day and I worked with Sendhil, people you never see me interact with ever on the show, so it’s really fun. The dynamic is exciting when we get to work together.

And lastly he further confirms that Clea DuVall (FBI Agent Audrey Hanson) will be back for the last two episodes of the season and perhaps even season two.

Audrey (played by Clea DuVall) returns in the last couple of episodes of the season, and hopefully will carry into next season.

Source: TVGuide.com

With barely four weeks left (and crawling) before season one of Heroes concludes, those in the know are holding on to what spoilers are left. Ausiello threw us another small but clever bone to chew on when a reader by the name of Dan asked him about Linderman’s powers. He had the following to say:

You know what show I miss, Dan? Carnivale. That Ben Hawkins was one fascinating dude. Oh, the things he could do with his mind…

Keep in mind I don’t have cable so I’ve never watched a single episode of Carnivale so I decided to do a little Googling. For those unfamiliar with the show Ben Hawkins has the Christ like ability to heal people.

Now I’ve been known to take spoilers and try to deduce logical theories as to what is to come without getting to crazy - so here goes. For anyone who has been following the Heroes web comics, the current story arc is focusing on a file HRG asked Hana to find. It’s contents could bring down The Company. The file was on paper and at The Pentagon so she had to do a little dirty work to sneak in and gain access (old fashioned espionage). The file tells the story of a secret rescue mission in Vietnam to find a downed plane that was itself on a secret mission. The rescue team is so secret that they only know each other’s code names and specialties. Before they could find the plane, the team was ambushed and only Dallas (the author of the report on file) and Austin (the medical specialist who turns out can heal people by laying hands).

Comparison shot of Austin (left) and a young Malcolm McDowell (right)
Source: HeroesWiki.com

It’s pretty obvious now that Austin is indeed Linderman. So how can that bring down The Company? Simple, Linderman heads The Company. In a previous web comic (#22 The Path of the Righteous) Hana separates from Matt and Ted to track down the person in charge of The Company. She tracks a wireless trail that leads her to - Las Vegas. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out (even at that point) who she managed to track down - Linderman.

Source: Ask Ausiello

When someone asked about whether or not we’d learn Mohinder’s supposedly deceased sister Shanti, Kristin had this to say:

Look for lots more Heroic relatives (like Shanti) and family history next season, because I’m told the second season is called Volume Two: Generations, and it’s all about the ancestors and descendants of the Heroes we know and love.

How come I get the feeling we’re gonna be bouncing all over time with Hiro in season two (there was another spoiler about Hiro being in another century during most of the season).

Source: Kristin @ E!Online

When asked about what future role the Petrelli family has in the upcoming episodes Kristin had this juicy tidbit to pass on from Adrian Pasdar:

Who wants my thoughts when you could have Adrian Pasdar’s thoughts?! He says about Angela Petrelli (Cristine Rose), “She has a big part to play in my life and Peter’s life and Claire’s life…And [the question of] how [my father] died is something that gets answered in 22. It wasn’t Sylar, but it’s not what we were told. He turns out to be somebody we don’t expect.” Ahhh! Why does every little snippet about this show get me so excited? (Especially when Adrian is talking?)

Yahoo TV has a new version of the promo for Chapter 19. It starts off a bit like the one shown at the end of Chapter 18 but has some different footage after the “now it’s time to save the world” part. Some highlights including seeing who the brunette version of Claire is talking to (those who guessed HRG were right on), a bit with Mohinder mentioning something about genocide to Nathan, and Linderman asking Micah if he’d like to save the world (anyone else thinking he’s gonna try and get Micah to rig Nathan’s election - can we say LANDSLIDE?). Check it out here: http://tv.yahoo.com/heroes/show/39435

Source: Watch with Kristin and Yahoo TV

And the folks over at Sci-Fi Wire get the scoopage on the titles for the final two episodes of Heroes Season One:

• Chapter Twenty-Two “Landslide”
• Chapter Twenty-Three “How to Stop an Exploding Man”

Included with the titles is a little bit of spoilage from the man Kring himself “The whole thing converges in New York, … and they’re all there, and all of them play a role,” Kring said in an interview at Wizard World in Los Angeles on March 17. “Even though some may feel like they’re less significant to the final event, when you analyze it, each one had to play that role in order for the final event to be solved, and so there really was a kind of destiny quality to them coming together and having each one fulfilling one thing and one specific role.”

Source: Sci-Fi Wire