Qunatum of Spoilers

Mercy....things get quiet the all of a sudden.......then........

Do not read lest you be SPOILED....................

07/12 - "There's an event at the Company that releases a while host of Level 5 prisoners -- all very dangerous killers -- but 'Villains' will cast a much wider net than that. We'll explore the darkness and villainy in everybody. Even the good guys. Each has a line -- what does it take for them to cross it?" [says Zachary Quinto.]

The season premiere picks right up after last December's cliff-hanger, when Nathan was shot by an assassin and Niki seemingly died in an explosion.

Hiro inherits his late father's business empire and gets a new nemesis, Daphne, who moves at supersonic speed.

Meredith returns to teach daughter Claire how to protect herself after an attack by Sylar.

But who's going to protect her in the future?

A flash-forward in time finds a very different Claire Bear. "She becomes mean, damaged and kinda nuts -- the 180-degree opposite of the character we know," Panettiere reports. "Future Claire is a real badass." Source: TV Guide

Episode 3.01 will start but moments before Nathan is shot, but we will be four years in the future. Isaac's Sketchbook will appear again this season.

Pay attention to episodes 9-11.

We will meet another artist that has a similar style as Isaac with a "familiar subject".

Since Adam is immortal and has similar blood traits as Claire it is possible for her to become immortal as well, but the same rules may not apply to Peter.

In regards to Peter and revisiting his darkside: "With great power comes great responsibility." "But we also know that "Absolute power corrupts absolutely." So basically Peter will find himself torn between these two platitudes.

Bob has files on the Petrelli boys and Matt also and we might see them.

Claude is alive.

We will see Arthur Patrelli before Episode 3.08 via flashback.

We will learn more about the Haitian this season.

Claire's mom will return this season.

We will see the items from the Company "Vault" during real time and in flashbacks.

They also mentioned that the Key will play "pretty huge into season 7 mythology." (Season 7!? Not sure if this is a typo or they are planning for 7 seasons!?)

Peter does not read Adam's mind, because he believes in goodness, but also because Adam has had 400 years to possibly learn how to stop someone from reading his mind.

In regards to healing people with their blood: Peter's power is to "Mimic" powers, but there are limitations to what his blood can do compared to Claire and Adam. the writers ended the answer with: "On the other hand...."

This season we will see more of Elle's relationship with Claire.

Peter and Elle will "kinda" meet again. The second part of Season 2 had a plan for Peter to try and find Caitlin (stuck in the future), but this season he has new problems. (So I am assuming that means we will not see Caitlin anytime soon.)

A fan asked two questions, first was about learning more about Linderman's wife and the other one was about finding out about Nathan's father and the writers said we will learn about one of the two this season.

Several character concepts are developed way in advance and it varies on how it is handled with the actors as far as letting them know the plan.

Sometimes it is a surprise and other times they tell them the details so the actor can plan and research how to deal with the power.

There are some "high-concept" ideas planned for Episodes 3.10/11 that we thought about last season.

"Sylar did not absorb Candice's power. Or Michelle's. Or Betty's. He will not get her power back when he reboots."

In the first hour of the premiere we will learn more about what Sylar does with the brains. In replying to a question about the Helix symbol and the connection to Adam, the writers said that we should look up Fibonacci and Fractals, which is about patterns repeating themselves in nature.

In regards to a question about Arthur Patrelli's potential power to control wind and if he was the one to stop the hurricane and if it is connected to Nathan's ability to fly, the writer answered: "You're on to something? Or you're on something?"

We will see more of Mohinder renaming powers scientifically and see how accurate he gets. Source: Comic Book Resources [Note: This summary was written by SpoilerTV.]

Nathan Petrelli is apparently dead. We see him rushed to hospital, where resuscitation attempts fail. "There was nothing we could do," a doctor tells the family.

I don't believe it. Looks like Elle (Kristen Bell) is going to be spending a bit of time sparring with Sylar this season.

Angela Petrelli introduces us to "Level 5", a housing place for the most dangerous criminals in the world - rapists, arsonists, killers. Presumably this is where the band of Villains escape from.

Matt Parkman is alone in the middle of a desert screaming for help.

New Villain 'The Speedster'(TM) steals something from Hiro and quips, "Gotta run."

Is Sylar in league with Angela Petrelli? In one short clip he is seen approaching her from behind and placing his hands on her shoulders.

Linderman is back with a prophecy of doom. "The second coming is at hand," he warns.

And, perhaps the most shocking tease of all: a big bald man, incarcerated in Level 5, shouts: "I'm not who you think I am. I'm Peter Petrelli..." Source: DigitalSpy

Our beloved Nathan Petrelli has a brush with death (you saw that last season) and when he comes back... Wait, what was I saying again?

For some reason I just started thinking about that movie with Bruce Willis where the kid sees dead people.

What was that called again? That was an awesome movie. Hmmm, I wonder why my mind just went there. Old age is a bitch.

Anyway, in other news, Ali Larter is coming back as a totally different person (i.e. doppelgänger), meaning someone who is not Niki or Jessica or Gina (my head is hurting), and with a whole new power.

And Claire's bio-madre Jessalyn Gilsig is also returning.

Mohinder Suresh has a lot coming up this season, including a love connection with a female Hero we already know (together, they are hot as fire).

And let's just say that if you had a sneaking suspicion Suresh might have some kind of superability, you would not be wrong at one point this season. There is more to him than meets the eye, but he ultimately may need to "scale back."

[... Matt]'s going to end up in the desert with a horse with no name...and a tortoise. Believe it or not, I'm serious about the desert and the tortoise part. Matt's storyline is about to get über-trippy! Source: Kristin on E!Online [Note: In another post, Kristin said that Ali Larter's new personality would be named Tracy Strauss.]