@Chris: Likewise, I too believe that Sylar is not the main villian, but just one of many that the Heroes will encounter. Although, they’ve fleshed him out enough where I could see him staying through the course of next season and I hope he does.

Eventually Peter might be able to absorb a specific power and harness it for much longer than he can now. If that’s the case, he too could play a part in saving the Heroes, rather than aiding in the destruction, as he has convinced himself so far.

It’s been awhile since I’ve gone to the site and written in the comments, but I had to with this post. I also really enjoy Heroes, though I think it’s not nearly as good as Lost, it’s still well done. Anyway, here’s a some of my notes that I debated with the roommates:

- Syler is NOT going to end up being the main villian. This may be hard to believe, but I’m going off of comic book theory here. While he’s capable of causing a lot of damage, I doubt he has the means to destroy the world. His motives don’t match. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up helping the Heroes temporarily a la Hannibal Lecter. Every time I think of him I think Magneto because of this anti-hero/villian straddling, but they’re really different types of villians.
– The “ending” shown in the last episode is most likely not going to be the destruction of the world that is being predicted, but part of a much larger scheme of things. It’s certainly a plausible event though.
– I really like the idea of Syler being a foil for Peter due to similarities in their powers. It makes me think of Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty or several comic book nemeses (Spiderman/Venom, Wolverine/Sabertooth). I hope that they establish it more, but since Heroes focuses on several people I doubt they would. It’d take too much time away from other characters.

For example, I suspect Hiro will eventually be able to bring others with him when he controls time/space. And I have a feeling Peter will eventually be able to hold on to the powers he gets from others… beyond when he’s just with them.

As for Hiro, I think he hasn’t tapped into the true potential of his powers and hopefully they reveal more of that next season (starting January 22nd).

Oh, and as Joshua pointed out and I’ll just mention here as well, NBC has put up every episode of Heroes online. This is great for people who missed it the first time around and for those who want to see some of the earlier episodes to piece together things.

One interesting point that I’d like to bring up: Hiro learned that he can’t go back and change the past, so I’m curious about how him going back to the past (present?) and stopping the explosion.

You know, I hadn’t thought about the Linderman/Mr. Bennett connection but in the context of the story I wouldn’t be surprised!

As you mentioned, he does come up an awful lot as far as the yin/yang relationship he has with the Petrelli brothers; Nathan’s political funding provided by Linderman and Peter’s disgust with the guy.

It’s such an involving, and at the same time almost dizzying show, that it’s often difficult to connect the dots.

(oh, and as a side note, hoping to see you at SXSW ’07)

Personally, I’m REALLY enjoying the show… so much so that it’s the only one I’ll consistently watch week to week. I don’t really have any spoiler-free theories to post, so I’ll save those for another time. However, I will just say that I think Linderman will play a larger role in this series and the Heroes’ lives. He comes up way too often for him not to be involved somehow. Who knows… maybe he’s Bennett’s boss!?