Heroes: In its sophomore season, Tim Kring's highly successful series about everyday people realizing they possess superhuman abilities, wrapped up it's second volume, "Generations". Within that story arc, one of its main protagonists, Peter Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia), prevented the release of a deadly virus, destined to kill most of Earth's population. His shady dealings with immortal villain Adam Monroe (David Anders) came to a close, as did many other sub-plots, including Hiro Nakamura's (Masi Oka) travels to feudal Japan, and Gabriel Gray's (Zachary Quinto) search for a way to regain his powers, thus becoming Sylar once more.

As the season ended, the last scene we saw (which introduced us to the start of Volume 3, "Villains") was Sylar in the back alley of a building, having injected himself with a syringe concocted by Mohinder Suresh (Sendil Ramamurthy), who himself had been working on a cure for the Shanti virus. Sylar tested this injection's potency, by trying his telekinetic powers on a soda can across the alley, which promptly flew through the air, into his hand. A diabolical grin appeared on Sylar's face, as he uttered the penultimate cliffhanger line, "I'm back!"

In this upcoming third season, expect a few surprises, as our aforementioned favorite power-sucking villain liberates what the Company deemed its most dangerous superpowered criminals, those deemed too dangerous to roam freely, spreading death and destruction wherever they go. Based on the TV promo ads NBC has been running in anticipation of the season premiere, Sylar apparently finds a way to liberate said villains from the secretive Level Five (think of a top-secret, Alcatraz-like sub basement, designed to hold each villain and subdue their powers). According to the press releases, the arc for Volume 3 should run roughly 13 episodes, at which point the show will dive into Volume 4, "Fugitives". Expect much from this excellently written and produced show, with one of the most impressive, well-rounded casts on television today.