I can only hope that the Heroes writers have better tricks up their sleeves than what they've shown us so far with the Honduran Wonder Twins. I went easy on their story last week, reasoning that it takes time to properly develop new characters in an already jam-packed cast. And the Maya-Alejandro thing still might improve. But last night? Wow. First there was the nutty village healer who grasped Maya's hands and, after some unsubtle woosh-woosh paranormal sound effects, declared that the girl could kill el Diablo himself with her unnamable badness. With zero subtlety, voodoo lady declared, ''No one can heal you. You are cursed!'' And it got even worse when Maya went nuts at the Guatemala-Mexico border. Looking like a cross between the dead girl from The Ring and a disaster at the Mac counter, her eyes went black and oozed an icky viscous goo that looked more than a little like the evil alien oil from The X-Files. But then Alejandro showed up and not only proved to be the calming yin to her psycho yang. He also managed to revive their traveling companion Nidia, whom Maya seemed to have struck dead. I'll give props to the significance of the siblings' connection; it's a clever metaphor for the intense closeness of twins.

So what do we have in store for the coming weeks? (Other than the arrival of Kristen Bell, that is. YAY!!!) There's sure to be more killing off of the older generation. As my colleague Jeff Jensen's interview with the great George Takei indicated, Kaito Nakamura is dead, but possibly not gone for good. Angela Petrelli is also marked for death. But assuming that the hooded hoodlum who's doing the oldie-offing is Nathan Petrelli — in addition to last week's clues, we all heard Parkman and his boss, played by the mighty Barry Shabaka Henley, surmise that whoever pushed Kaito off the roof seemed to just fly away — would the guy whack his own mother? Maybe so, if he's holding onto some weird oedipal thing because, um, hello? We learned in the interrogation room that mom and Kaito were once lovers! And moments later, something scary popped into that room that made the normally icy Angela Petrelli scream and thrash like a rubber-roomer.

Wow...here I am, at the end of my TV Watch and I'm just getting to what I found to be the juiciest clue of all: that the Swastika-like symbol of death scrawled on Kaito and Angela's photos is in fact a kanji, the kind of Japanese character that has its origins in the Chinese alphabet. (The other sets of characters in the Japanese language are hiragana and katakana. Isn't learning fun?) This particular character means ''great ability'' or ''godsend'' and is the emblem of...yes! The great and heroic 17th century samurai Takezo Kensei! Aaaaaaaand, some 300 years later, it's also the symbol of Angela Petrelli's husband's law firm. So Angie, when you say ''law firm,'' you really mean super-secret, super agency for the super-protection and advancement of super-powered peeps, right?

So many questions, TV Watchers! Most important, where is all this going? Are you confident there's ample innovative material waiting for us around the corner to keep this season cruising? Are you happy the Haitian is back? But what about this blood-cure business? Won't Mohinder eventually run out of the red stuff in his crusade to save the world from the deadly superhero virus? How long before Stephen Tobolowsky figures out Mohinder's game and comes after him and H.R.G.? What's with all the thievery? The missing iPods? Claire's car? Isn't it creepy that West keeps peeping in Claire's windows? And finally, how on earth can the Bennets afford their posh house on Noah's copy clerk's salary? Post your comments below.

Want more Heroes? Take our interactive quiz to answer the question Which Hero Are You? And don't miss EW's Ultimate Heroes Fan Guide, where you can join with other members of the Heroes community to fill in new details of season 2.

You Might Also Like

• Television News The future of 'Heroes' | Jeff Jensen
• Photo Gallery 'Heroes': What happens next? | Jeff Jensen