As usual, we'll post a detailed recap of the most recent Heroes episode after it airs tonight.

In the meantime, though, talk about "The Kindess of Strangers" right now with fellow fans of the show. How do you feel about Monica? Any idea who the killer of Kaito is yet?

Discuss your favorite characters, ask about the latest developments and post new theories today. We'll see you there!

Hayden Panettiere played the hero at this weekend's children's book-reading, benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of South Central Los Angeles.

Sponsored by "Milk and Bookies," parents and their children came out to a Studio City bookstore to buy books, which will then be donated to a new library in the area.

The Heroes actress brought her own book, Sassafras, which she read to the kids. Isn't she adorable?

After making his triumphant return to Heroes last week, Zachary Quinto sat down with TV Guide for an interview.

The actor discusses how quickly his career has gone from the depths of Hollywood to the summit...

TV Guide: A year ago, you were just another jobless Hollywood actor. Now you're starring on the white-hot hit Heroes and playing young Spock in the next Star Trek movie. Are you sure you're not dreaming all this?
Zachary Quinto: It's all very dreamlike, though Trek is feeling less so as it draws nearer. We're getting ready to shoot in a month, and I just had my first fitting for my Vulcan ears. It felt incredible, and in that moment there was a huge shift for me. Suddenly it was real, and I was like, "OK! Let's get this thing going!"

TV Guide: In a wild twist on Heroes, your serial-killer character, Sylar, has lost his powers. Will this help humanize the monster?
Quinto: Not really. Sylar's plans for ultimate power have been derailed, but that doesn't give us a chance to know him better. If anything, he's the same guy but even more driven and obsessed and in a place of absolute hunger: "I want my power back! No time to waste!"

During this struggle, he'll align himself with the twins, Maya [Dania Ramirez] and Alejandro [Shalim Ortiz], and they'll go on a journey to New York to find Mohinder [Sendhil Ramamurthy].

TV Guide: Do some fans root for you to slay as many heroes as possible?
Quinto: Oh, yeah! There's a group that calls itself the Sarmy — or Sylar's Army — that's dedicated to the support of my character, and they don't like it when he's disparaged. Their slogan is "Every villain needs a legion of evil supporters." But what's funny is they do great charity work. It's never bad to have an army.

TV Guide: Is it true you were ready to drop out of showbiz when Heroes came along?
Quinto: I was in the depths of despair to the point where I couldn't get out of bed. I was about to turn 30, which is a notoriously tumultuous time for people, and I was dealing with career obstacles that were profound — a real existential crisis. I was asking myself, "What's the point of all this? Why am I even in the game anymore?"

TV Guide: But you'd already had a few cool roles by that time — Tori Spelling's gay BFF on So NoTORIous and CTU analyst Adam Kaufman on Season 3 of 24. Weren't you encouraged by that?
Quinto: So NoTORIous was great fun but had no far-reaching appeal. 24 did have that, but I was an information disseminator who was very expendable on a show that doesn't have a lot of char­acter depth. Until Heroes happened, I'd never played an amazing character on a really great show that a lot of people watched.

Milo Ventimiglia is making the rounds these days.

Aside from being seen quite often in public with Hayden Panettiere - and causing a stir among celebrity gossip outlets - the Heroes star is on the cover of Prestige magazine.

Take a look:

A record number of fans responded to this week's Heroees Caption Contest. And we appreciate all entries.

But any time you can combine two of our favorite shows into one caption - 24 and Heroes in this case - you'll be a winner. See what we mean by checking out the entry submitted by "Aleander Savant" below the photo...

Jack Bauer called and says he's running a bit late. You mind defusing this?

During the upcoming Heroes episode, "The Kindess of Strangers," we'll meet Monica, Micah's cousin. Played by Dana Davis (formerly of ABC's The Nine), here's what we've learned about this new character:

Monica's mother died during Hurricane Katrina and the family has moved back into their once-flooded home, where her grandmother (Nichelle Nichols) cares for her two grandchildren.

Monica grows into an avenging angel, intent on bringing justice to the corruption-plagued Big Easy. Her storyline is expected to run for at least five or six episodes of the second season.

As we already know, Micah has been sent to New Orleans to live with these relatives.

This is one for the ladies. They've been clamoring for a look at Milo Ventimiglia shirtless - and, really, who are we to deny Heroes fans of any wishes?

Regarding his physique, the actor recently said:

"I get beat up, I'm bloodied, I'm in a flying harness, I'm knocked down. I've definitely had a lot of bumps and bruises. I've got to keep myself strong and flexible and in the right state of body to do a lot of those things."

Don't worry, guys. We've got pictures of Ali Larter nude for you to drool over. Everyone happy now?

We hope you're not sick of new characters on Heroes - because more are on the way.

These fresh faces will come aboard in order to flesh out the story line involving Micah and a relative of his we're yet to meet: Monica, played by Dana Davis.

The new characters will be Officer Warren, who could become a love interest for Monica; and Knox, who we simply know will be an evil-doer. Looks like Sylar might have some competition.

On the heels of interviews with Dania Ramirez and Shalim Ortiz, Entertainment Weekly continues to bring us insight into various Heroes actors.

The latest? Adair Tishler, better known to fans as Molly Walker...

EW: How would you describe Molly?
Adair Tishler: Molly is just a fun-loving girl. She's raised by two men so I suspect she might grow up to be a tomboy. She's a little paranoid because she did see her parents get killed in front of her.

EW: What's your power?
Adair Tishler: My power is I can find anyone or anything. I would love to have that because I lose a lot of stuff.

EW: Why do the bad guys want your power?
Adair Tishler: Think about it: Sylar wants everybody's power, but to have their power, he has to find them.

EW: Where do we find you in Season Two?
Adair Tishler: Molly is living with Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) and Matt Parkman (Greg Grunberg). She's trying to find out who the boogie man is, but she's afraid to. She knows that she's in grave danger, but the men don't really understand. I don't want to look for the bad guys and the men do want me to, so they can stop them.

EW: What's it like being a part of Heroes?
Adair Tishler: The Heroes world is crazy and fun because the cast is clowns, literally. The two guys I work with, Sendhil and Greg; one of them has a baby and one of them has three kids, so they're used to children. They're crazy and they're really nice. They're awesome.

EW: Are they like father figures to you?
Adair Tishler: It's more like I'm the mother figure because they're just kids. They just play around. The first day I got there, they were like, ''Do you like see food?'' They did all those jokes. I was like, ''Aren't you supposed to be the adults?'' Me, Hayden Panetierre and Noah Gray-Cabey are the oldest people at heart. And Noah's a big super genius. He's in the 9th grade math, and he's 11.

EW: Is it hard not to give away Heroes spoilers?
Adair Tishler: My friends ask me constantly. I'm like, ''I can't tell you! I'm sorry!'' After the season finale actually I was in another audition. The casting director stopped me and was like, ''Does Sylar live?'' I was like, ''I can't tell you, I'm sorry.''