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Someone's going to die on Heroes. A real Hero. A real death. And it is happening real soon.

But before we get to all that goodness (yes, I think many of you will think it's a straight-up blessing from heaven!), let's dig into the craziness that went down tonight, shall we? Click in for inside dish on what you missed and what's ahead...

Oh, and did I mention a fan-favorite villain is getting killed off, too!? Welcome to the bloodbath, my friends...

WHAT WE LEARNED

Linderman Is Imaginary: Well, well, well, apparently Linderman isn't undead after all. Maury Parkman, father of Matt (Greg Grunberg), has been using his mind-control powers to project images of Mr. Linderman into the consciousness of Nathan Petrelli and Daphne Millbrook. Why? Because Arthur Petrelli, who is so totally alive (much to Angela's dismay), told him that was what needed to be done. Maury quaking in his boots in the presence of Arthur—despite the fact that Arthur is bedridden—gives us a hint of the senior Petrelli's power.

Beware Mohinder's Lair: Mohinder seems to have freaked out on his girl Maya and ensnared her in one of his superdisturbing cocoon concoctions! The good news? That should keep Maya quiet for a while. The bad news? We seem to be losing Mohinder to the dark side pretty quickly now!

Company Men: Is that a black hole in your hand, or are you just happy to see me? Sylar, HRG and Claire joined forces to capture a Level-Five escapee who can create vortexes with just a flick of his hand. HRG betrayed Claire's trust by trying to off Sylar, but not before Sylar saved Claire's life. I'm very confused about who to trust at this point, but I do know that Jack Coleman's HRG and Zachary Quinto's Sylar should definitely star in some kind of Heroes spinoff as crime-fighting federal agents. They could drive around the country, wear suits and play good-cop, bad-cop, and it would be awesome.

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Wait, That's Not Supposed to Happen: Um, did Hiro just kill Ando by sticking a sword through his gut? That can't be right! Lucky for Ando, there's a loophole at work here. Care to guess at the nature of that loophole in the comments? On another note, I love the way Hiro views the world through the lens of his fictional heroes—when he hits a club known to be populated with supers, he says "Oh this is the cantina," right out of Star Wars. Hiro rocks.

WHAT'S TO COME

A Hero Is Going Six Feet Under! And I think most of you will be OK with who this soon-to-be-dead hero is. She (yes, she) has been grating on my nerves personally since day one of this-here season three. (Mostly because I want her off of my hot specimen of a former human.) Is that too obvious? Whoopsie!

A Villain Is Going Six Feet Under! And the real crime? Poor fella just got out of there...Yes, a villain you and I both love is going down next week, and once he's gone, he's not coming back. Sadness.

So, what say you, are you gonna miss these two from the show? I know I'll miss one of them. Your comments, sobs, rants, raves and requests for photos of Sark shirtless in order to console you are welcome below. Meanwhile...

Mohinder Goes From Bad to Worse: No one knows what he plans to do with those cocoons, but he wants to add two more—he's thinking of putting in a Nathan-Tracy duplex. Ruh-roh.

Claire Discovers Why She's Special: Remember when Uncle Sylar cut off the top of her head and told her she was "different"? Before too long we will learn why and how that special-differentness came to be, and you will not be surprised to learn that the reason has everything to do with Grandma Angela, Grandpa Arthur and the whole previous corrupt generation of Heroes. (Think back to when Kaito Nakamura handed off Baby Claire to HRG.)

Now, what did you think of tonight's ep? And will the upcoming deaths help or hurt?

—Additional reporting by Jennifer Godwin