Heroes

Illustration by Sasha Plotnikova/Torontoist. At the very end of each year, Torontoist reflects on the previous twelve months by picking the very best and the very worst people, places, and things in and of Toronto for a feature we call Heroes and Villains. This year's edition is going all out: there're two dozen heroes and two dozen villains chosen by Torontoist's writers and drawn by our illustrators—announced and argued for next week—and...  

As Heroes concluded what vaguely looked like its mid-season finale, the show alluded to the five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance)--- all of which I've gone through unknowingly as I watch the first 10 episodes of the fourth season play out. This week, though, it's all about acceptance of the things we can't change, what is and what should never be.  Case in point: Nathan Petrelli. Ever since Sylar killed...  

We've been teased since early October about a major character death coming to NBC's "Heroes," and now reports are coming in that it'll be... Adrian Pasdar's Nathan Petrelli. The 23 of you who still watch will doubtless be scratching your heads and asking, "Didn't they do that last season?" Well... yes. Nathan was killed at the end of season three during a fight against the power-sucking villain Sylar (Zachary Quinto). When Sylar was defeated...  

It's no secret that Heroes has been slipping in quality and in the ratings since the end of its first season. Things have improved a bit this year thanks to Robert Knepper's fantastic turn as manscara-wearing carnival boss Samuel Sullivan. Watching Sylar torment Matt Parkman with some Tyler Durden-esque head games has been a hoot too. But, as we TV critics like to bring up every now and then, the current season isn't nearly as good as that...  

Heroes kicks off November sweeps Monday with the reunion of one of the show's most memorable, if tragically separated, couples: Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka) and Charlie Andrews (Glee's Jayma Mays). Check out photos of the Heroes cast The duo's brief love ...  

Tonight on "Heroes," it's a dramatic staging of "A Midsummer Night's Dream."The Course of True Love Never Did Run SmoothFuture Hiro, past Hiro, Ando, Noah, Sylar, Charlie, Samuel and a CIA agent named Lauren Gilmore are all in Odessa, Texas.Noah and Agent Lauren are all flirty-flirty, bordering on affair-having, which is an interesting ret-con.Samuel tries to convince Hiro not to upset the paths everyone is on and leave Charlie alone, but he...  

 Mini-review: Hiro shows Lydia who really killed Samuel’s brother, Thanksgiving at the Bennet household ends in a surreal triple date and Angela finally tells her sons the truth about Nathan, who promptly reveals his Sylar side. Recap: Monday night’s episode had a distinctly Manichean flavour, with the good and evil aspects of season four cancelling each other out. On the one hand, Sylar made his triumphant return, albeit briefly, and on the...  

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This week the TODAY anchors have been paying tribute to the mentors who shaped their careers. It’s a serious subject, but not too serious for Jay Leno to have some fun with it on the “The Jay Leno Show” in a clip the hosts watched this morning. “I’ve know Meredith a long time,” Leno said, poker-faced as clips of Vieira’s early days in TV began to play. “But I did not know this!” Suddenly an obviously much doctored clip from “Naked News...  

Darth Vader, Ironman, GI Joe, Super Mario and Captain America, along with Transformers Bumblebee and Megatron, headlined the cast of costumed characters at the 32nd annual Super Safe Halloween...  

On the eve of All Hallows Eve, San Diego elites got super and scoundrel-ish for the Yelpoween 'Heroes and Villians' party at All American Grill. The Halloween spirit was well in tact with costumes ranging from Batman to Quailman. Many...  

Reality intertwined with imagination will be told through music. “Heroes, Villains and Witches” will be presented by the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, Richland Township.  

This week on Heroes: all the people who took last week off are back. Last week: Hiro and HRG and Samuel and Sylar. This week: Claire and Peter... and HRG and Samuel and Sylar. Never mind. I thought I had...  

This is a movie that will bring screams of joy to many of you. Ian Beckman has released Azerothian Super Villains - Episode 7. Kael'thas continues to be the mainstay of the series, with his trademark voice and childish antics. Little shivers of glee still shoot up and down my spine at Beckman's masterful portrayal of the Dark Belf Lord. My favorite part of this episode is the Team Rocket parody. Something about Arthas leading his team in a...  

Japan's Miki Ando came from behind to win the NHK Trophy and claim her second straight Grand Prix title on Saturday. Ando, winner of the Rostelecom Cup two weeks ago, collected 162.55 points to top the fourth event of the Grand Prix series and earned ...