Heroes finale pregame

Finally tonight, the bomb goes off.

Or it doesn't.

Honestly, other than those viewers who have read spoilerish interviews or watched spoilerish clips, how great have the writers been at clouding everything so that tonight's final chapter is a complete mystery to the entire audience?

And more than that, who even knows who will survive tonight and who will die? Already last week we had several major characters die — or at least it appears they've died — and with this new "Heroes: Origins" series out next year introducing several new characters, room needs to be made, right?

I have a feeling that some people won't be happy with what happens tonight and who dies... but other than that I am honestly as clueless as anyone else.

So, instead of giving a list of predictions for tonight, I'm going to list a few of the things I really want to see happen. Feel free to list your own hopes in the comments section.

1) I want to see Mr. Bennett survive. This isn't just because he's one of my favorites (as he is for many viewers) but because, amidst all these super-powered types, he is a heroic character with nothing but his wits and courage. And every team needs someone like that. In fact, in many teams the lesser-powered but couragous and brainy type is the leader. I am dying for more scenes like when he mentally guided the escape plan out of the Company stronghold a few episodes ago. I also don't mind seeing his father daughter moments with Claire.

That said, if he dies saving Claire or a whole bunch of people, it would be fitting.

2) I want to see the Eclipse mean Something. All year, the eclipse has been the image in the beginning of each and every episode, and the eclipse is the image on the cover of the Season One DVD — and does anyone have a clue as to what it means? If we don't receive some sort of payoff by the end of this year — a self-contained year, according to creator Tim Kring — then I'll be disappointed.

My prediction? The eclipse is no eclipse at all, but rather the bomb going off IN SPACE. How is it in space, you ask?

3) I want to see Nathan use his "harmless" power. How can he do this, you ask? I would love to see Nathan be presented the choice, between fleeing and becoming this all-powerful congressman and President, and saving the city. He can lift his brother out of the city and into space where he can explode "safely."

Of course, could Nathan survive this? Probably not... And I would hope that Peter cannot survive it either because...

4) I want to see Peter Die. Don't get me wrong, I like his character. What I don't like is a Hero who is far too powerful. Can there be anyone stronger than Peter? By now, he can explode, and read minds, and tell he future, and dream the future, and go invisible, and become invulnerable, and travel through time, and he picked up telekinesis from someone, and who knows how many powers he absorbed from Sylar? I don't think a show like this can have a good guy be this dominant.

But before that...

5) I want to see Peter and Sylar throwdown!!! Both of these two guys are too powerful for the show's good. But when you have two God-like characters, THEY NEED TO FIGHT! I know there is a time restriction involved with a finale this big, but if this show lets either Sylar or Peter die without a fight lasting at least 7 or 8 moves (unlike the 2 move fight in Mohinder's apartment), then they have not served their audience. For a show about superpowers, they have done a surprisingly little amount of powers vs. powers fighting — this is the chance to make up for that in a big explosive (no pun intended) way.

Those are the major things. I'm also hoping to find out where the Haitian has been, I'm hoping Candice survives, and I'm hoping that somehow the general public miraculously still doesn't find out about the existence of these superpowers, but those are all lesser things.

Enjoy the show! By late tonight I'll have a full recap.