heroes: Setting Up The Season Finale

And in today's new character category, we have: Victoria Pratt. The biological engineer who originally recovered the virus from Mohinder's sister, Shanti, and spent years testing it and developing new strains. Including a strain that will be released and kill 93 percent of the population.

Unless Peter and Adam can get to it first. Or maybe it's when Peter and Adam get to it first. Because Victoria certainly seemed to believe that Adam's real goal was to release it, even though we see him both in the present and the past claiming he wants to save the world. And Victoria Pratt is now dead (I think).

Hiro's also trying to get to virus before Adam. He teleported back to the scene when Adam originally tried to get the virus in the 70s, and since he know Adam pushed his father off the building, is convinced who the bad guy is.

But who can be sure? Last night's episode really had me reeling once again about who the good guys are, and who the bad guys are.

And that's something Elle seems to be questioning as well, as her "dad" ordered her to keep an eye on Claire. You could see it in her eyes that she was losing faith in her father and The Company. Now she and Claire are set up for their own blond-on-blond showdown.

In Sylar's world, he continued to manipulate Maya into trusting him (this guy is evil and powerful without his powers) and convinced the whiny little brat that her brother needed to go back to Mexico. He didn't convince her brother though, and Alejandro came back to fight it out with Sylar, who of course killed him (again, I think. One can never be sure).

I know Sylar wants Maya's powers, but doesn't Alejandro have powers too? He was the only one immune to Maya's black eyes, and even if she can learn to control them on her own, it seems like he must have some sort of power that Sylar could take. And did anyone else notice that he threw out some English before Sylar killed him? Is it possible that he can understand the language after all (like Sun in Lost)?

Now Sylar and Maya have made it to Mohinder's apartment, where they're all alone with a sleeping Molly. Anyone remember where Parkman's at right now? I completely forget. And down in New Orleans, Michah and Monica ignore Nikki's warning about being a hero, and Monica ends up getting caught by the thugs who stole her cousin's book bag.

The season finale (the "fall season" finale) has been set up, and the preview promises two fallen heroes. Thank goodness. The show needs less storylines to follow, and I can only pray that the don't add more characters to the mix.

Any guesses as to who will die? I'm pinning my hopes on Maya.