The touch of Bryan Fuller was felt throughout this week's episode of Heroes, as the show slowed down and allowed viewers to learn more about their favorite characters.

We loved it.

The writer, meanwhile, spoke to Sci-Fi Wire this week and touched on two important topics: the return of Tracy and the future of Sylar...

The return of Tracy: Tracy comes back in a really big way later on in the season. That was one of the things where it was like, “Is she going to come back as Barbara now?” I was thinking “Can we please not do Barbara, because that’s another sci-fi ghetto storytelling element with clones. How many Ali Larters are there?”

The future of Sylar: We’ll see Sylar strike at the heart of HRG’s life in a way that causes things for him to unravel... In episode 24, we get to the heart of Sylar’s identity crisis, and we clearly understand what his agenda is, what he’s after and who the people in his life are that made the biggest impact.

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