This week EW published a great article on the next 3 episodes of Heroes. This issue of EW is available in 5 collector’s edition Heroes covers.

Here’s a sneak peek to Sylar vs. Hiro scene.

Zachary Quinto is rehearsing a scene in which Sylar confesses to his mother (Ellen Greene) that he has a nasty habit of murdering others of his freaky new ilk. (He spares her the part where he might be eating their brains, too.) Naturally, Mom is disappointed, so she grabs a knife and tries to gut him. The actors struggle â€â€? then they freeze. The physical universe has ground to a halt. It’s Hiro time. Slipping into the scene, Masi Oka withdraws his sword from its sheath and prepares to bring it down on Quinto’s head. Does the noble hero have the stones to decapitate a defenseless, time-paused soul, even one as nasty as Sylar? “I’m sorry,” says Oka. Then, breaking character: “Don’t worry. It’s not sharp.” Quinto, steely brown eyes unflinching, doesn’t laugh. His response: “Bring it.”

About, Volume 2 “Generations”

The May 21 season capper will set up two big ideas for the second volume of Heroes, to be titled ”Generations.” The new saga will focus on putting the Heroes mythology in a grand historical context of superpowered family dynasties. ”I know exactly where season 2 starts,” says Oka. ”It focuses on heritage, the family line, and the source of the powers.” That means the ”older” generation of heroes â€â€? including George Takei’s Papa Nakamura and especially Cristine Rose’s Mama Petrelli â€â€? should expect more screen time. ”I’d like to think she’s going to become queen of the world,” says Rose. ”But I don’t think that’s going to happen.”

Of course, the cash-cow potential of Heroes only makes the creative question more urgent: Can it last? The cast believe the key is to stick with the strategy that got them here: sheer audacity. ”We can’t just make cookie-cutter replicas of this season,” says Milo Ventimiglia, who, as Peter Petrelli, may or may not be the human nuke set to obliterate New York City. ”We have to grow. We have to change.” Kring agrees â€â€? and then some. He doesn’t believe in deferring wild, paradigm-shifting moves for the sake of a long-range master plan. He thinks great ideas beget great ideas, so why hold back? ”My guess is that we’ll find the edge of the cliff at some point â€â€? and fall off of it,” Kring says with a laugh. ”But right now, it’s the wild, wild West. It feels like anything is possible.”

You can read the whole post at EW.com..