Heroes Spoilers

Some of our "Heroes" have been very generous over the past few days in revealing a few secrets about the upcoming season of the hit show and this has helped me gather enough content for yet another post.


The Japanese connection

Season two is going to begin with two parallel timelines going on, one starting four months after the explosion and another-mainly Hiro's storyline-starting 400 years in the past. And we'll see how they kind of affect each other. At the end of the first season, Hiro found himself transported back in time to 16th century Japan. According to Oka, Hiro will spend at least eight episodes there before returning to the present. There, he will encounter some of the characters from the stories of his childhood, including the legendary samurai Takezo Kensei, who will be played by David Anders (Sark from ABC's Alias ). The show is currently finishing the third episode of the upcoming season. There's also gonna be a princess, Princess Iako, played by [Japanese pop star] Eriko Tamura.

When Hiro meets Kensei, he discovers that "the storybooks have exaggerated and Kensei isn't the kind of man Hiro idolized. This will put Japan's future at stake, so Hiro has to make Kensei into the one of legend." The producers told Masi that while Hiro is in the past, "something terrible will be happening in the present, maybe because Hiro wasn't there. When he returns to modern day, he's in for the shock of his life." The Japanese princess that Eriko Tamura is playing is supposed to fall in love with Kensei, but falls for Hiro instead, which will be "a disaster."


Maya

Dania Ramirez will play Maya, a new hero whose powers are being kept under wraps. Maya is one of four to five new characters expected to be added to Heroes next season, but her character might be the only regular one. Alejandro is Maya's twin, and the two are on the run. They will make their way "through Central America and Mexico to try to enter the U.S. illeagally," and will "find border trouble along the way." According to Dania Ramirez, "Maya is a very good person, but her abilities have made her extremely dangerous. This has caused a lot of havoc in her life."


Niki

Ali Larter, who plays the dual-personality Jessica/Niki says her character can be expected to channel another popular kickass female hero in the coming second season. "I've heard a little bit," Larter said about the upcoming arc for her character. "A little La Femme Nikita... I'm happy about most things they give me on the show."


Petrelli

Adrian Pasdar, Nathan Petrelli on Heroes, in a hurried dressing room conversation, said "Apparently not!" when asked if he died in the season finale, after blasting into the stratosphere. Though it wud've been more believable if it were Peter who got back alive, what with his ability to heal......