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Heroes Postmortem: What's Next for Sylar?

• Apr 28, 2009 05:09 PM ET
• by Adam Bryant
• 30 Comments

Zachary Quinto, Heroes

Well, folks, Heroes has done it again. Nathan Petrelli may have expired with a glorious, gurgling coda, but his character lives on — thanks to Matt Parkman — reincarnated inside a mind-wiped version of arch-villain Sylar. While the closing moments of the Season 3 finale suggest that Sylar's presence still lives on in "Nathan," have we seen the last of the furry-browed Sylar we've always known?

"Zach's not done," Adrian Pasdar tells TVGuide.com. "There's Nathan, there's Sylar, and there's the point of view that you have to factor in. If I look up into the mirror, who would I see?"

Naturally, the twist sets up an epic internal battle between Nathan and Sylar in Season 4... read more

Heroes Finale Preview: Who Will Win the Nathan-Sylar Face-Off?

• Apr 27, 2009 09:34 AM ET
• by Adam Bryant
• 22 Comments

Adrian Pasdar, Heroes

As NBC's Heroes closes the book on its third season and the "Fugitives" volume (Monday at 9 pm/ET), Sen. Nathan Petrelli is on a mission to atone for what he's done: namely, making his friends fugitives in the first place. There's just one problem — the nearly invincible and now shape-shifting-enabled Sylar is standing in his way.

To make matters worse, Sylar is using his ability to live inside the skin of Nathan — all part of an effort to get close to the president and eventually impersonate him as well. But Pasdar said Nathan is fighting against himself just as much as he is Sylar

"In the last four episodes, [Nathan's] been realizing what he's done, what the overreaching ramifications his actions may have," Adrian Pasdar tells TVGuide.com. "There's been a quiet backing up into what the whole thing is really about, and a getting closer to seeing a redeeming light.

"Going into that last episode," Pasdar continues... read more

Heroes' Adrian Pasdar: Fewer Episodes Will Be Better for Viewers

• Apr 23, 2009 04:04 PM ET
• by Adam Bryant
• 17 Comments

Adrian Pasdar, Heroes

At least one Heroes cast member thinks the news that NBC is cutting the show's fourth-season episode count is a good thing.

Adrian Pasdar, who plays flying U.S. Senator Nathan Petrelli, said after working on such a long production schedule this season, shooting only 18 episodes will be "a relief."

"If things start shifting around, they can always add more at the end, but doing 25 episodes this year was nearly 11 months of work," he said. "We love the work, but in order for the quality to be maintained, you can't just keep grinding it out.

"The pacing will be a little better — we were sometimes shooting three episodes at once, and there's no way that something doesn't slip through the cracks," Pasdar said.  "It just gets crazy."

Pasdar's character is ... read more

Celebs Rock Out for Good Cause

• Oct 27, 2008 02:46 PM ET
• by Gina DiNunno
• 10 Comments

Band from TV

What do House's Hugh Laurie, Desperate Housewives Teri Hatcher and Heroes' Greg Grunberg all have in common? If you said they're all on TV, you're only half right. All of these famous faces are also using their serious musical talents to raise money for a good cause.

Find out more about who's in the celebrity ensemble band, how it came to be and watch a video interview with the band members from Heroes, House and more after the jump. read more

Is it just me or do Mad Men's ...

• Sep 22, 2008 04:00 AM ET
• by Matt Roush

Mad Men's Jon Hamm and Heroes' Adrian Pasdar

Question: Is it just me or do Mad Men's Jon Hamm and Heroes' Adrian Pasdar look like they could be related? Pasdar could play a relative of Dick Whitman's or maybe a nemesis from his past. And can't you just see him slipping smoothly into the '60s setting? Also, I've just recently started watching Mad Men and I can see the allure, but all the "isms" (take your pick: racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, etc.) are getting to me. And the smoking! Yes, people smoked back then, we get it. Hopefully, they'll dial that down a bit. And I think I have my Halloween costume for this year: Joan. Of course, I will need the biggest padded bra, ever. Answer: Oh, how cool would it be if Mad Men's fashion became a hot Halloween trend. Best dressed trick-or-treaters/partygoers ever. (And speaking of bras, how painful did it look when Joan rubbed her shoulder where the bra strap was digging in after her latest bad day at the office?) Love the Hamm-Pasdar "separated at birth" comparison. He would be perfect for ... read more

VIDEO: Inside Heroes' "Dark and Creepy" New Season

• Jul 21, 2008 01:46 PM ET
• by TV Guide News

Speaking to TVGuide.com's Erin Fox at NBC's TCA press tour party, Heroes' Jack Coleman reveals how Claire-Bear will be "kicking a lot more ass" this coming season, and teases an eye-opening run-in for father and daughter.Adrian Pasdar, meanwhile (and ultimately), talks about the "dark and creepy" tone to the new episodes, one of which sets foot on a most unexpected set.Also watch these Heroes vids from TCA:• Masi Oka• James Kyson Lee read more

Pandora's Box

• Dec 4, 2007 05:12 AM ET
• by Casey Marsella

Episode Recap: "Powerless"I’m trying to figure out what to write, so I’m going over my notes and the last thing I wrote was: "the pet. bro. are so cut"… then Nathan gets shot! WTF.I knew it was coming. A political assasination was predictable at 9:59pm.Possible Spoiler: This is what I’ve heard of the fallen heroes: dead, uncertain and healed. We know Maya was healed. I’m glad she survived. Personally, I’d pick Nathan over her, but the best way to “fix” a character problem is to get rid of the old and bring in the new. Many have complained about Maya, but you have to imagine her character’s possibilities. She’s a weapon of mass destruction and pissed. I can’t wait to see her in action. She and Sylar will meet again.So, is it Niki or Nathan that is uncertain? Although Peter’s healing abilities (and those who've already received blood transfusions from Adam and Claire) are still questionable. Nathan looked like a gone... read more

Exclusive: Tim Kring Explains Heroes' "Generations" Finale

• Dec 4, 2007 03:00 AM ET
• by Michael Logan

Hayden Panettiere, Heroes

Will Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) die by an assassin's bullet? Was Niki (Ali Larter) truly blown to hot, blonde, gorgeous bits? Will Adam (David Anders) spend eternity six feet under? And — say it ain't so! — does badass Elle (Kristen Bell) really have an inner Girl Scout? The Dec. 3 episode of Heroes, the conclusion of the show's second volume "Generations," left us with lots of big questions. Creator and executive producer Tim Kring has the answers. And, whaddya know, he's even sharing some of them!The fate of Nathan, who was shot during a TV press conference, and of Niki, who may have died in an abandoned building explosion, are " read more

Saving the World: Redux

• Nov 13, 2007 03:59 AM ET
• by Casey Marsella

The Haitian repaid his debt by saving Peter. Jimmy Jean-Louis by Chris Haston/NBC

Episode Recap: "Four Months Ago"Bonsoir mes amis! Leah Friedman (Friday Night Lights, among other blogs) in for Casey tonight, and I figured I'd stick with the Montréal theme. I'm thrilled to be filling in for her for the second in what will hopefully become a series of great Heroes episodes. We all know about the griping (and yes, I've done my own fair share of it this fall) about how the season started out, but between last week and this week, I'm hoping we can all agree that the show is back on track. It was certainly a subtle episode by Heroes standards; more along the lines of last season's "Company Man" than anything else, and as a character study of the Petrellis, Elle and the Sanders family, it worked well — most of the time.First off, thank you Tim Kring for finally revealing just how in the hell Peter ended up in Ireland. We already knew that Nathan saved New York from Peter, but in dueling bouts of self-sacrifice, Peter rescued a falling, burning Nathan and deli... read more

Heroes Scoop: Adrian Pasdar Spills Nathan's Secrets

• Nov 12, 2007 03:00 AM ET
• by Nina Hämmerling Smith

Adrian Pasdar, Heroes

You can find all four exclusive illustrated Heroes covers on newsstands, or visit our Heroes webpage for a gallery of the covers, an exclusive video of artist Tim Sale at work, and much more. In the first season of Heroes (Mondays at 9 pm/ET, NBC), Adrian Pasdar's Nathan Petrelli seemed to have it all: a loving family, a swank house, a successful Senate bid. But he sacrificed it all to save New York from nuclear apocalypse by flying off with his brother, Peter (Milo Ventimiglia), right before his bro went boom. As this season began, a scruffy Nathan seemed to have lost everything. Pasdar spoke to TVGuide.com about his c read more