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Sylar is one of the most powerful characters to appear in Heroes, having collected a wide variety of powers from various victims to make himself stronger. Heroes was first released in 2006, ahead of the boom in superhero content that came with the launch of the MCU two years later. The show became an instant hit thanks to its unique exploration of powers and heroes which made it stand out from traditional superhero projects.

In addition to the unique powers and story which were featured on the show, the villain, Sylar, was one of the most compelling and intimidating figures to appear in superhero TV in a long time. Played by the exceptionally talented Zachary Quinto, the show was his big break in the industry and...

Beginning in 2006, NBC’s pulpy comic book-esque series Heroes ran for four seasons consisting of 77 episodes and over 30 online “minisodes.” The original run was followed up with 13-episode reboot Heroes Reborn in 2015. All in all, the franchise produced over 65 hours of content. Of those 65+ hours of Heroes, 20 seconds are absolutely, devastatingly perfect.

That 20 second of Heroes nirvana occurs in the 20th episode of the show’s first season, “Five Years Gone.” In it, the temporally-displaced Hiro Nakamura and his friend Ando Masahashi time travel five years into the future to discover what will become of the world if a prophesied explosion isn’t stopped. Things are properly dystopian with a superpowered president Nathan Petrelli (Adrian Pasdar) rounding up and imprisoning his fellow supes. Ultimately, however, Hiro discovers that Nathan Petrelli isn’t Nathan Petrelli at all but a disguised power-hoarder Gabriel Gray a.k.a. Sylar (Zachary Quinto). Peter Petrelli...