Hiya readers, sorry I’ve been a little backed up this week. Plus I wanted to wait for Ausiello’s comments on the interesting conflict of dates regarding Simone’s death in Chapter 16 instead of Chapter 18. I’ve also seen some interesting remarks from Kristin on the subject. So lets first begin with Ausiello because we all know someone was bound to have asked him the burning question:

Question: Why did Simone die on Monday’s Heroes? Didn’t you say the big death would occur on Mar. 5?— Rachel Stern
Ausiello: That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. (Spoiler alert!) Feb. 19 is when she got shot; Mar. 5 is when she dies.

I had two theories (because I never doubted Ausiello, he’s rarely wrong) - 1, the above reason; or 2, changes in the editing room to move the sequence earlier for sweeps.

Now a lot of people have been confusing Ausiello’s death spoilers with Kristins when in fact (and suspected as much) they seem to relate to two separate deaths in the series. Of course in another spoiler, we were told there would be two major deaths: one near the end of sweeps and another near the end of the season. Lets look at Kristin’s latest and you can formulate your own theories (which would be great to take to the forums hint hint):

But the most important thing you need to know is that the death of Simone, aka Tawny Cypress, is not the “death of a Hero” that I have been teasing. There were two deaths in store for the current episode arc, and the second is yet to come.

As I’ve mentioned before, this death is someone whom you’d think they couldn’t kill off because of his or her ability.

Nothing conflicting right? In fact if you look at all the spoilers relating to the remaining deaths this season they really do add up as long as you keep Kristin’s death separate from Ausiello’s death that is. Our money is riding on Isaac - he still has a date with Sylar over some fava beans and a nice chiante.

Anyways, if you’re confused about what Ausiello said about Simone’s death (and really, its not that confusing other than the fact that she actually looked like she died in Peter’s arms) - USA Today has an interview with Tawny Cypress from the aftermath of Simone’s death which will leave you confused further (I love keeping people on their toes):

There is some good news for Cypress: She certainly won’t be going hungry. The single mom to son Dexter, 6, has a new boyfriend: restaurateur Tom Dillon, who “is the love of my life.” And she’s set to make at least two more appearances on Heroes, one of which is the show’s two-hour finale, set to shoot at the end of March.

So she makes an appearance in the two hour season finale (wait, did they say TWO HOURS OF HEROES!?) - my guess is it’s gonna involve Hiro or Peter utilizing Hiro’s power.

In other news, via a great on set interview by the folks over at UGO, we have official confirmation that Eric Roberts is indeed playing Thompson, an OWI recruiter (as he puts it). He makes his debut in the next episode Chapter 17 Company Man. During the ordeal at the Bennet house (which you read the comics you’ll know that Hana is not present with Matt and Ted - she’s off looking for HRG’s superiors and ends up in Vegas - let the speculations fly) it looks like Teddy goes boom and the house catches on fire. Thompson comes strolling in wearing a flame retardant suit and pulls everyone out. As of this writing, the link to the source at UGO is not working (technical issues with their database it appears). However fan extraordinaire HERO managed to capture the whole thing and has posted it over at Heroes The Series for your reading pleasure.

Lastly here’s the YouTube capture of the preview for Company Man shown at the end of Unexpected (yes it’s the annoying Windows Vista version - I am definately getting a Mac now. Also note that so far this week the Canadian version from Global TV is MIA):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx1Tc-_Ottc

Update: Our new friends over at HeroesInfo.com have provided us with a working link to the UGO article mentioned above. All of the referring links here have been updated. Be sure to check out Heroes Info, which has tons of Heroes news in general.

Source: Ausiello @ TV Guide, Kristin @ E!Online, USA Today, UGO (via HeroesTheSeries.com), and YouTube.

In an exclusive Q&A with TV Guide, Adrian Pasdar (Nathan Petrelli) dishes out some steamy hints about Nathan’s marriage and whats to come between Nathan and Jessica. Thanks to SpoilerFix for the heads-up.

Source: TV Guide and SpoilerFix

Thanks to forum member HERO over at Heroes The Series (and 9th Wonders) we’ve learned that Chapter 18 now has a title and a description posted at NBCUMV. The title leaves a lot to the imagination “Like Any Parasite”. What follows is the official description:

DEATH, DUPLICITY, AND TERRIBLE GLIMPSES OF THE FUTURE SHAKE THE “HEROES” — LINDERMAN IS REVEALED AND NEW “HERO” CANDICE WILMER (GUEST STAR MISSY PEREGRYM) DEBUTS — With the election and NYC’s destruction looming, Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) has a disturbing face-to-face meeting with the shadowy Linderman. Hiro’s (Golden Globe nominee Masi Oka) attempt to steal the sword steers him into a grim new direction. Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) makes a breakthrough on “the list” — at great cost. D.L. (Leonard Roberts) begins to suspect all is not well at home. Isaac (Santiago Cabrera) paints his most terrible painting yet. New “hero” Candice Wilmer (guest star Missy Peregrym) makes an illusive debut. Jack Coleman, Tawny Cypress, Noah Gray-Cabey, Greg Grunberg, Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia also star. Ashley Crow, Jimmy Jean-Louis, James Kyson Lee, Zachary Quinto and Eric Roberts guest star.

Of note is that it appears that Kristin was right about the cast of Eric Roberts as Linderman, which leaves one to wonder what role Malcolm McDowell will play this season. Also either the spoilers were off or there was a change in character names as Missy Peregrym is playing a character named Candice Wilmer (and not Faith as originally spoiled - although there may have been some confusion with the character Hope who’s played by actress MISSI Pyle - note the obvious common first name).

Source: Heroes The Series, 9th Wonders, and NBCUMV.

The great folks over at IESB.net have made all five clips for this coming Monday’s episode “Unexpected” available for your viewing pleasure. They include the four clips we posted about yesterday as well as a new one. Head over and check them out:

• Ted gets a suprise visit from Hana after introducing herself with her wireless powers.
• Mohinder tells Sylar how his father was murdered by a man named Sylar (poor clueless Mo).
• Claire wants to tell her mother that her headaches are caused by too much brainwashing.
• Simone wants Nathan to go public about Peter and everyone’s abilities.
• Ted and Hana meet Matt at a cemetary and try and convince him to go after HRG again.

http://iesb.net/index.php?option=com_xevidmegafx&Itemid=139&func=viewcategory&catid=4&startpage=2

Source: IESB.net

New version of the preview this coming Monday’s episode “Unexpected” is now available courtesy of Heroes TV. You can check it out on You Tube below:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qnuyyluomu8

Rumor control at it’s best, Ausielllo shoots down the theory that the big reaping on March 5th will include Claire (although I have to admit that the way Kristin put it Monday, the door was open for that) and throws a twist out there:

Question: A big glass of Smurfberry Snapple if you tell me if my suspicions are right and it’s Claire-Bear who gets killed on Heroes.— Layla
Ausiello: Here’s my dilemma: Claire isn’t the one dying, but I still want that big glass of Smurfberry Snapple. I suppose I could lie and say Claire is going to die, but that seems kinda underhanded. Thoughts? Here’s something to chew on whilst you mull that over: There are actually two big Heroes deaths coming up. One’s on Mar. 5, the other is in the run-up to the season finale.

In the review for this past Monday’s episode (Run!), Kristin had this to say about Matt and Jessica/Niki:

Matt can help Nikki. You picked up on how Matt is the only one who can hear Nikki and Jessica’s thoughts, right? Well that will definitely come into play later on, as Matt grows even more of a backbone and once again encounters Linderman’s new hit man (Jessica).

Source: Ask Ausiello @ TV Guide and Kristin @ E!Online

Clips from next week’s episode Chapter Sixteen “Unexpected” are starting to trickle forth - four in all so far. Three are posted at Yahoo TV and two at The TV Addict (one is the same as Yahoo TV). Over at Yahoo we have:

• Ted and Hana meet (same as the Hana sneak peak a few weeks ago except shorter).
• Matt meets Ted and Hana in a graveyard where we learn about the marks.
• Mohinder tells Sylar (posing as Zane still) about how his father died.

http://tv.yahoo.com/heroes/show/39435;_ylt=AniQNMMbZvhb6i6AgymB3zSAo9EF

Over at The TV Addict are two clips. One being the Sylar / Mohinder clip also available at Yahoo TV. The other is Simone asking Nathan to go public about the whole Peter exploding and everyone with powers thing.

Nathan and Simone: http://www.thetvaddict.com/movie3/screeningroom.php

Mohinder and Sylar: http://www.thetvaddict.com/movie4/screeningroom.php

The clip that was shown during Deal or No Deal (see our other article) is available to view on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeilKqg8tWg

Previews for Chapter Sixteen “Unexpected” are now available via YouTube. As usual the Canadia version is much more informative that the US version: Ando gets caught in the cross-fire beteen the agent and the showgirl Hope resulting in him getting shot (doesn’t look fatal so relax); Claire, at the risk of getting mind wiped, stands up to her adoptive father HRG “I just want to protect this family from YOU!”; Claude is mad at Peter thinking that he led HRG’s group right to him saying THEY were the reason he’s stayed invisible all those years. Check it out folks:

US VERSION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imsP2JXBQgQ

CANADIAN VERSION

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

Heroes-Pictures.com has added about five pictures from the February 26 episode Chapter Seventeen “Company Man”. They’re pretty much all of the Bennet family, including some of Mr.Bennet and Claire when she was about 12 or so. Head on over and check em out: http://www.heroes-pictures.com/thumbnails.php?album=214

Source: Heroes-Pictures.com