Heroes Spoilers: Season 1 Finale Spoilers - How To Stop An Exploding Man

This is the Heroes TV Show Spoilers blog for the season finale of Heroes on NBC TV. The final episode of the rousing season 1 is entitled "How To Stop An Exploding Man", making it episode 23 of season 1. And now, for our final season 1 disclaimer, blah, blah, blah, as usual, blah, blah, blah, spoilers ahead, so if you do not want to know the future of NBC Heroes, stop reading now...

(DL Lives ... One happy family)
First, here are some Heroes Season 2 schedule spoilers... NBC is planning an astounding 30 episodes for season 2, up from the usual 23 hours of programming for a typical series. The 30 Heroes season 2 episodes include about 22 regular episodes and 8 character development episodes, which are set to try out new Heroes for inclusion in the Heroes mythology started in series 1 this season.

Now for Peter the exploding man, or is it Sylar, or neither? Promo photos for the past few weeks have featured the big red statue. The Heroes spoilers are that this is at least a part of the big red mass in Nathan’s paintings. The promo photos also are really big on Peter in the exploding man pose – arms extended with quizzical look on his face, as if saying, I’m an exploding man, how do I stop myself!

(Nathan, Big Red, and Peter's pose)
Peter, from another angle:

(How do I stop myself?)
From one of the Heroes spoilers clips:

(Sylar, Peter, Big Red ... Boom)
And...
(Come on Nathan, give your brother a hand)
The last 5 minutes of the season 1 finale will also be the first 5 minutes of Season 2. This means one of the cliffhangers will be the start of season 2, episode 1, or will set the stage for it. Here are a couple of candidates for finale cliffhangers. There will be others too.

(You can run, but not hide ... from destiny)
One is Hiro in the Shogun era. Several months ago we wrote on the Heroes spoilers painting in stashed away in Linderman’s secret art collection in the Corinthian Las Vegas Hotel (CorinthianLasVegas.com). The painting shown below is of the original owner of Hiro’s magic samurai sword, Takezo Kinsei. This is the same Kinsei of legends Hiro learned when he was young, as he discussed with his father Kaito Nakamura (Sulu - George Takai) in his samurai training session of Landslide - Ep. 22. If as it seems Hiro winds up back in Shogun era Japan, being chased by warriors it confirms speculation that Hiro actually has lived in the past, and was Takezo Kinsei himself.

(Tazezo Kinsei ... Hero or Hiro?)
Notice the warrior’s little beard, just like future Hiro’s. Hmmmmmmmmm.

Molly Heroes Spoilers: Another cliffhanger for the season finale involves Lovable Heroes "tracking system" Molly Walker. Molly winds up with Matt the mind reader, an interesting twist - the tracker has her mind read. She gives a creepy vision into the future. There is one Heroes super – Hero she fears even more than Sylar, the bogeyman who murdered her parents. And why is he so scary? He can see Molly. Here’s Molly in How To Stop An Exploding Man:



The preview Heroes spoilers clip was broadcast after episode 22, and in it Angela promises the inevitability of the bomb going off, and features a half-second teaser of the meeting of Sylar and Peter in the square, in front of the exploding red sculpture:



The long Heroes Spoilers clip below is floating around the Internet. It depicts three scenes from the season 1 finale. In the first clip, ambiguous Angela, mama Petrelli (evil or good?) confirms Linderman is dead, "murdered" as she says. She then lays the bombshell, namely confirming she has been in cahoots with Linderman all along – The plan was not just Linderman’s, she says. So Angela gives Nathan spine, putting her hands on his back and urging him to go forward with the plan and take over the world once the bomb goes off. She treats the explosion as inevitable. The second clip has H.R.G. and Peter Hereos spoilers: H.R.G., Claire the cheerleader’s no longer ambiguous dad, calls Peter. H.R.G. asks Peter to help stop Sylar, while they fix the “tracking system”, i.e. Molly. Interestingly, H.R.G. does not reveal to Peter that the “tracking system” is human. In the third clip, Peter goes to meet his flying ambitious brother Nathan, Claire in tow. Claire already knows Nathan is uncaring, so why should he care about the impending mass deaths? She decides Peter has lied to her, and Peter, using the mind reading ability he absorbed from Matt hears it loud and clear.



DL Heroes Spoilers: In a now week old Heroes spoiler, DL lives. How? The handful of Linderman’s brain, has healing powers and he survived the gunshot, but still is not really all that much better. The NBC promo photo showing DL alive is at the top of this article. DL is there with Jessica/Nikki - the dual personality assassin, Molly - the Heroes finder, and Micah - the election stealing kid.

(Really needs psychotherapy)
Hiro Spoilers: Saving the best for last ... in the end, the Hiro Heroes spoilers are, the wayward samurai warrior makes it to the square of destiny in front of the Big Red sculpture, Daddy Sulu’s sword in hand, carrying out the prophesy of Nathan the future painter.

(Get the point, Sylar ... again)

Enjoy!

Heroes Returns: More .07% Spoilers

Finally the Heroes schedule is set to resume on April 23, with chapter 19 of season 1 of Heroes TV on NBC. A lot of spoilers clips are working their way around the Internet and here are some of the more interesting we found.

From NBC is a clip of Eric Roberts, Creepy Candace the shape-shifter and poor HRG in HRG's cell. Roberts is threatening to kill HRG and is waiting for "orders" to do so. Candace tries the sympathy approach by posing as Claire in her Cheerleading outfit. Doesn't work on clever HRG:



Here is a recent NBC Heroes spoilers trailer for the remaining 5 episodes. A lot of clips of the upcoming episodes, including Isaac the painter of the future lying on the ground just before he gets killed saying finally I get to be a Hero.



Two long spoilers-light clips setting the scene, light on spoilers, but reminding us that Peter still has a confrontation to do with Sylar. Ando and Hiro get to see the future, and we will see that in .07% his resolve to increased save the world on his mission. Big Heroes spoilers are Linderman (of Corinthian Las Vegas Hotel fame) heals a dead plant - super healing powers - to heal others, not necessarily himself. Linderman tells Nathan all about the future explosion and urges him to use his abilities to help save the world.

Heroes Spoilers: "Godsend"

Finally the waiting is over for Heroes spoilers fans. The next episode is a new one, and it is right around the corner.

The title of the Heroes episode is "Godsend", and this one is Episode 12 of Season 1, undoubtedly the first of many. That's not a spoiler :)

A lot of rumors have been floated, cranking up the Heroes hype. Expect record-breaking ratings when the episode airs first on January 22, 2007. The only thing that could stop it is going heads-up against Jack Bauer. We love Jack, but the good money bets that Jack needs to find a new time slot. He may be helped by shape-shifters to ratings safety ... uh I mean time-shifters ... you know Tivo.

Ok let's get down to business. Last month we had the big spoiler for this Heroes episode...

Claude the invisible guy portrayed by the U.K.'s Dr. Who Christopher Eccleston. Chris was the ninth actor portraying Dr. Who, and is depicted in the photo at right in the role. Look for Claude to be the mature Yoda to Peter power sponge, who is of increasing importance to saving the world. However, the spoiler is Claude is a Heroes hero of ambiguous intentions and we will not know exactly who's side he is on.

Hiro and Ando go on their quest for the samurai sword used by Hiro to battle the monstrous dinosaur in Isaac's famous painting. More Heroes spoilers on the sword here.

There has been a lot of speculation on whether Hiro really goes back to the Jurassic era to fight the nasty T-Rex. However newest whispered spoiler on the street, heard only here is that the painting actually was an allegory, and the real event is that Hiro and Ando come into danger at the exhibit, grab the sword from the samurai warrior display in self-defense. As Hiro swings the weapon, the dinosaur display at the museum serves witness, as memorialized in Isaac's painting. So there are two possibilities - Hiro does battle in Jurassic park, versus the museum. We have been unable to fully verify this one, so it's just a hunch *wink*, we are going with Hiro swings the Heroes sword in the museum, witnessed by the dino-exhibit.

Do you remember Niki, the split personality, surrendered to the police in the mid-season cliff-hanger? Can you imagine what her baaad half Jessica thinks of that? Not a spoiler here, she is frustrated and pissed off!

Claire the healing cheerleader after her discussion with the Haitian memory eraser, and struggles with keeping secrets from uber controlling dad H.R.G. - Mr. Horn Rimmed Glasses (Mr. Bennett)

Here is the "official" word from NBC.com. You can see their episode summary is pretty vague, but some nice spoilers to keep us interested. So take the summary - and spoilers in general - for the fun it is:

The title refers to all the cliffhangers and to the appearance of invisible Claude:

"Following Painful Revelations and Shocking Changes, Many "Heroes" Struggle to Move Forward as a New Hero (guest star Christopher Eccleston) is Revealed"

Then they go into the meat of the episode:

Picking up two weeks after recent events, Nathan’s (Adrian Pasdar) determination to save a comatose Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) forces him to turn to Simone (Tawny Cypress) for help. Isaac’s (Santiago Cabrera) puzzling "Hiro vs. T-Rex" painting inspires Hiro (Masi Oka) and Ando (guest star James Kyson Lee) to search for the pictured samurai sword.

Notice they are coy on whether Hiro goes back to fight the dinosaur. Look for the "fight" to happen either in this episode or within the next 2 weeks.

Jessica (Ali Larter) struggles against Niki’s decision to turn herself into police.

Imagine this.

With his associate Eden dead and Matt on his heels, H.R.G. tries to focus on his orders regarding Sylar (guest star Zachary Quinto).

Hey! Sylar now is a "guest star"! This is the real spoiler. Look for Sylar to come to an end this season.

After being offered a choice by the Haitian (guest star Jimmy Jean-Louis), Claire (Hayden Panettiere) struggles with changes her decision has wrought. Taking up his father’s quest, Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) attempts to share information about who is "on the list" of people with special abilities and the threats to their lives. Meanwhile, a new hero (guest star Christopher Eccleston) makes a shocking debut.

Claude is another guest role.

Matt and Claire Spoilers

The Heroes spoilers are rolling in to Heroes TV Show Spoilers central now that we are getting some buzz.

Buzz? Like a cute bumble bee buzz?

Not what we had in mind, but that buzz is for another day…stay tuned.

As for the spoilers, they will keep rolling out of the inner sanctum to hype the January 22 mid-season Heroes premiere. As soon as we fully interrogate and vet each spoiler we will post them here ... keep checking. After all we need to maintain our track record of 100% accuracy. Seriously, not, our hit rate is not looking around 99.9%. How’s that for innovative grammar ? ;)

Without further introduction, here are the new spoilers:

If she had not yet figured it out, Matt's wife finally gets clued in as he confirms all her suspicions that there is something going on in his head. More correctly in her head since it's Matt who is there reading her mind at will. All those secrets she has really are not. She’s been bad and he knows it but also has guilt.

Claire, daughter of HRG (Mr. Horn-Rimmed-Glasses), of course spends some real quality time with the mind erasing "Haitian" superhero. Finally she blurts out she wants to meet Peter Petrelli. Why is that? Well Peter the power sponge is the key, and Claire needs to save the world. As loyal readers of the Heroes TV Show Spoilers blog already know, "Save the cheerleader .. Save the world" means a lot more than just saving Claire’s life. It means saving her Heroes memories. HER superpowers are needed to help save the world – and she needs to be kept safe from rampaging Sylar on the loose. Getting close to power sponge Peter Petrelli is a key, so he can use her healing powers, and at the necessary time Ted the radioactive guy's radiation. And Voila, world is saved! Or maybe destroyed if the dream is really what it seemed to be – which we doubt.

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Heroes Season 1 Spoilers

General Heroes Spoilers
Not Episode-Specific

Here are some general Heroes Season 1 spoilers that I've identified for the remainder of the season. In the coming weeks I'll be expanding these Heroes spoilers a lot as we gather more information.

The bare bones of the spoilers are laid out by Tim Kring in an interview. If you haven't noticed he's the guy who pops up on the title card of Heroes as the creator. So he probably has a pretty good crystal ball. On the other hand, laying out some misdirection may help with PR, so take these spoilers with a grain of salt. Also, as a creator associated with the show, he had to be pretty vague, but we have been able to fill in some of the blanks.

Claire will go through the season pretending to her father H.R.G that she does not remember her superpowers. In reality she does remember them and this leads to a pretty tense home-life for her, until she leaves eventually to help with saving the world. As we said before, "Save the Cheerleader" meant not only to save her life, but also to save Claire's memories.

One theme of the remainder of the season will be “Are you on the List?”. NBC was running "List" promos during the New Year's Day football games. This refers to the list now possessed by Mohinder, but assembled by his father the obsessed Indian professor. I'm wondering if this will last as the theme of the remainder Season 1 of Heroes, or whether a new slogan will be rolled out later. Not the compelling punch that “Save the Cheerleader ... Save the world” had. Nevertheless, Mohinder’s continuing pursuit of the superheroes on the List will be a recurring theme of his mission to assist them, putting his own life in grave danger.

And yes, Mohinder gets converted into a full-fledged member of the Heroes gang. Not necessarily with superpowers, but aiding them.

The samurai sword is another Heroes spoiler. We know Hiro the Hero winds up as a modern day samurai warrior, but how does he do that. We will find out in a few episodes as Hiro tracks down the meaningful weapon in his quest for the sword.

Christopher Eccleston (aka Dr. Who) will play a character who becomes the Yoda to Peter’s Luke Skywalker.

Ted Sprague, the radioactive guy, will reappear soon. We knew he had to because his radioactive power absorbed by power sponge Peter seems to be a cause of the explosion in the dream sequence cliffhanger.

Terrorism: Thankfully the show’s creators have had the good sense not to pursue this as the theme of the explosion in New York. That would have torpedoed the show’s popularity faster than you can say Osama Bin Laden. Instead, the focus has to do with Ted the radioactive guy. This may be an unsubstantiated rumor as we have not been able to verify it yet.

Heroes 2006 Season 1 Schedule

In total there will be 23 episodes, one more than the expected 22 episodes. Rumour has it that the ratings expectations are so high that NBC decided to fund another. A treat for Heroes fans.

NBC will start Heroes up again on January 22, 2007, with seven straight episodes. Then there will be a 5-week mini-hiatus in April, followed by the remaining 5 episodes of Heroes’ rousing season 1. There is a lot of speculation that by the end of the season, Heroes will have become the highest rated recurring series on television, even surpassing Desperate Housewives. Time will tell on that.

Dead Heroes

Here is the obvious. If you've been following Heroes you know that the characters on a daily basis face life-threatening circumstances. So it's no surprise that we have on authoritative word, another hero will die by the end of season 1. Now why call such an obvious revelation a spoiler? I dunno. It's just slow spoiler season until January so I thought I'd do a pre-New Year's post!

Happy New Year!