Five Crucial Plot Points to Remember Before Watching Heroes Tonight

Season 3 of NBC ’s superhero drama Heroes starts up tonight in a special two - 60 minutes extravaganza that will introduce a time of year called “ Villains . ” If you ’re at a loss to recall exactly what transpired among the mess of characters in this intricate , cliffhangery serial , you ’re not alone . So here ’s a short five - degree redux to get you back up to speed . ( Spoilers from the last three seasons ahead . )

( 1 ) Nathan Petrelli : Seemingly Dead . Then Alive . Now apparently Dead Again . At the end of time of year one , the burgeon politician economize the world by using his powers of flight to zoom his his radioactive little brother , Peter , into the air — so he detonate in infinite . Nathan was badly burn . . . until a ego - therapist / immortal named Adam Monroe befriended Peter and convert the sib to lease him heal Nathan . The latter made a full retrieval . However , at the end of time of year 2 , the older Petrelli look death rate once again when a mysterious person in a black pelage shot him just as he was about to out himself while giving a public speech about superhumans . See picture for even more on this plot below . Click to view

( 2 ) The Company and Safe Virus Formed in 1977 , the Company set out to supervise , and sometimes perform test on , mutant superpowered mortal throughout the world . After discovering the calamitous Shanti virus — which shut down the raise ability of evolve human — the Company developed a good strain of said virus that would stamp down powers without inadvertently whacking the superhuman . This strain was used to contain the erratic , schizo She - Hulk , Niki / Jessica Sanders , and stifle the abilities of the power - suck villain / psycopath Sylar . sander wilfully submit herself to this research ; Sylar , however , has been on a warpath to get an antidote so he go get back to his badass self . The only cure comes from mixing the roue of self - healing cheerleader Claire Bennet and geneticist Mohinder Suresh . At the end of the season , Sylar obtain the serum from Mohinder through felonious means , then appears to “ heal ” himself . Muhahahaha .

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( 3 ) The Company and the Fatal Virus As mentioned in No . 1 , Peter Petrelli blow up in the sky and was presumed dead . So why is he alert ( and often shirtless ) ? He actually healed himself after the fireworks , then had a run - in with the Company ; they extend tests on him and Adam Monroe , the guy in the next cubicle over . After the couple made a breaking , Adam duped Peter into chase after after a vial of the original Shanti virus stored in a vault . You see , Adam is an immortal dude who was kick out of the Company back in the day for his dubious morality , and in season two his mission was threefold : to ( a ) kill off his old Company compadres , among them Hiro ’s dad ; and ( b ) use herculean Peter to get the Shanti virus ( under the guise of disposing of it ) to obliterate humanity . After Peter bring in what ’s what , a scuffle ensue with himself , Adam , and Hiro Nakamura — the meter - traveller who knew Adam ’s past times as baddie from the feudalistic earned run average . Peter grabbed the ampule and destroyed it , while Hiro teleported Adam into a grave where he ’s eat up awake . Meanwhile , both Peter and Hiro have traveled into an alternative future where the virus has ravaged the satellite .

( 4 ) Niki / Jessica : maybe a Goner The fresh widow , schizo - mentally ill momma moved her technopathic son Micah to New Orleans , where he could live with relatives while she went to the Company for service in deprive her of her out - of - control alternating personality Jessica ( who has super - strength ) . Meanwhile , Micah find out new power — in his cousin-german Monica Dawson , who can simulate anything she sees on TV , including ninja skills , though that proved moot when she was kidnapped by hoodlum . The newly powerless Niki — conveniently back in town — came in for the save and free Monica from the burning construction where she was give captive . Mama , however , did not come out from the embers .

( 5 ) The Horn - Rimmed - Glasses Man : Still a time-tested and True Company Man Claire ’s adoptive Church Father , once a stoic , fearsome agentive role , quit the ship’s company after they attempted to entrance Claire . Last season , he teamed with Mohinder to take down the organization , with the latter as an inside man . But the scientist switched face , and help the Company nab Claire because he wanted to use her line ’s regenerative abilities to deliver other people . In revenge , Bennet snatch the feisty , lightning - hurling Elle ( daughter of another Company operative ) , bullying the Company into swap the two abductees . Once free , Mohinder shoot Bennet , who was taken to a Company infirmary where they used Claire ’s blood to heal him . To protect his class , Bennet consort to work with the Company . Need more information?Everything io9 has ever written about Heroes(without spoiler ) News , small beer , good . prescribed NBC Heroes WebsiteIncludes webisodes , trivia , and character backstories . Heroes on WikipediaLots of selective information on the show production , as well as a handy guide to the chief characters . Insanely - detail plot of land recaps of every Heroes episode from Television Without PityYes , they are insanely detail .

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