Dear God — and by God, I mean ...

• Oct 17, 2007 04:00 AM ET
• by Michael Ausiello

Question: Dear God — and by God, I mean you, Michael — what is up with this week's Heroes leaving out two of my fave characters, Hiro and Peter? Do you have some scoop to tide me over until their return?

Answer: Who needs Hiro and Peter when you have Paulo and Nikki, er, Maya and Alejandro!? All sarcasm aside, did Heroes learn nothing from last season's Lost?! Echoing Bruce Fretts' spot-on Jeer, bring back our old favorites! The good news: Based on my intel, it appears the show will shake off its mini-sophomore slump just in time for November sweeps. Among the juiciest things I'm hearing…

• A new Hero has a shocking connection to another character, ahem, relatively speaking.

• A major character will die, but, alas, there's a twist.

• Someone will be coming out of the closet… as a Hero.