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While we're still lamenting the cancellation of ABC's brilliant Pushing Daisies, at least that show's demise has led to a return by Bryan Fuller.
Fuller was a lead writer on Heroes before leaving to create Daisies. He'll return in time to play a role in this season's 19th episode, and beyond.
He also recently sat down to analyze the state of his former show with Entertainment Weekly columnist Michael Ausiello. Here are excerpts from that interview:
Where did Heroes go wrong, in your opinion?
It became too dense and fell into certain sci-fi trappings. For instance, in the “Villains” arc, when you talk about formulas and catalysts, it takes the face off the drama. And I think the goal for everybody is to put a face back on the drama. You have to save something with a face; otherwise you don’t understand what you’re caring about. I thought the "Villains" arc started out very interestingly, and then became sort of muddy and dense and I couldn't get my hooks into the characters to understand their motivations.
I also started to feel confused about what people's abilities were. One of the great things about the first season is that the metaphor for their abilities was very clear. Those metaphors seem to have gotten complicated in the past two seasons. I share that concern with everybody on the writing staff. It's not like I'm coming in and saying, "This is what you need to do to fix it!" Everybody knows what needs to be fixed and everybody is sort of rowing in that direction.
Any plans to trim the sprawling cast?
People will die. And some will return. Matt’s wife [Janice] comes back. We’ll find out what happens when you have a superbaby. We're also going to tell fewer stories per episode. We're going to limit it to three or four with one big one that you can wrap the stories around. We're altering the structure of the show so that there's a very clear A story that takes up a larger percentage of the show so that that story gets traction.
Toward the end of the Fugitives Volume on Heroes, we'll meet Sylar's father. His real father, we presume.
According to Michael Ausiello, this role will be played by John Glover, the same actor that portrayed Lex Luthor's dad on Smallville.
"When Sylar meets his father, he's going to see a path ahead of him that he doesn't want to take," said a Heroes source. "He has a lot more in common with his father than he realized."
Glover is a Tony award winner, who was recently featured on Brothers & Sisters as a love interest for Ron Rifkin's Saul.
The finale of Volume Three of Heroes airs on Monday.
Among the numerous story lines the episode will focus on is the issue of Hiro: how will Ando, Parkman and Daphne rescue their friends?
The characters discuss that problem in this clip from "Dual."
In lieu of a Round Table this week, allow us the opportunity to focus on a significant issue we have with the third volume of Heroes.
As always, a disclaimer: consider this an example of tough love. We look forward to the show every week, but can't sit idly by while such lazy, illogical story telling takes place. We also invite all readers to respond to this critique in our Comments section. Now, on with it...
Heroes is a show about regular people that acquire special abilities.
The third volume of the series, however, has focused on these individuals going to great lengths to prevent others from acquiring abilities; in other words: Claire, Hiro and company are using their powers to act HEROICALLY... in order to cease the spread of similar abilities because that would supposedly lead to the end of mankind.
But aren't these same abilities exactly what enable our Heroes to act for the greater good?
It's a good thing Hiro can use his abilities to help save the world.
Isn't there a major continuity problem in having someone with abilities use those abilities to prevent others from acquiring abilities. Follow all that? It can't be any more confusing that the story line itself.
We know that Peter saw a vision of the future in which everyone possessed a power and this led to an uncontrollable, dangerous society. Okay, we can buy that. Here's a novel idea to counter that future:
Why not give the abilities solely to a select few? Perhaps those that are well-trained in combat, those committed to protecting America and its interests, those like... the Marines?
Granted, we stole this idea from someone else: Arthur Petrelli.
As you debate the developments of last night's episode in our Heroes forum, it's never too early to look ahead.
Courtesy of Kristin from E! Online, here's an idea of what fans can expect over the next few installments...
Claire, along with Heroes' viewers, have a lot to think about.
What did you think of this episode of Heroes? Are you glad Arthur is dead? Are you worried about the Marines being experimented on?
Get caught up with this complete episode guide and then help us answer this question:
Did Arthur ever come across as the super villain the show intended him to be? Or does Nathan's decision to join Pinehearst - as well as Ando's excitement over how abilities could help save Hiro - prove that Arthur actually wasn't up to anything all that sinister?
We love morally grey characters (see HRG, our favorite)... but not when that character has been built up all season as THE individual that must be stopped. Know what we mean?
Chime in with your opinion in our 
Did Heroes ever do a legitimate job of painting Arthur as an evil man? One with a plan that simply had to be thwarted at all costs?
Tonight on Heroes, Peter is ordered to kill his father.
Will he be able to go through with it? What other developments take place on the second-to-last episode of Volume Three, titled "Our Father?"
We'll post our usual detailed recap soon after the installment ends. For now, visit our Heroes forum and talk about it with fellow fans...
Who was the lucky winner of the 50th Heroes Caption Contest?
It was a close battle, but we gave this week's honor to "Geokinetic." Why? Because this user hilariously combined Hayden Panettiere's real-life passion with a pretend flirting incident.
Thanks for everyone for playing! Come back and do so every week.
Hiro: So... you like dolphins, eh?
Pushing Daisies' loss is officially Heroes' gain.
As previously rumored, Bryan Fuller - the creator of the former show mentioned above, and one of the brilliant original writers on the latter - has signed a deal to return to Heroes now that Daisies has been canceled.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fuller will be given more story control on Heroes this season, as well as on an upcoming fourth season; which, despite current poor ratings and negative critical reviews, is supposedly nearly a guarantee to be happen.
Fuller's contract is said to be for at least $1 million. But if it means he writes more episodes like Company Man, no figure could be high enough.
