Question: I watched the 
Heroes pilot again after Tim Kring told you someone from the opening minutes would soon die. Well, in the first 10 minutes, the main people are Mohinder, Peter, Simone, H.R.G., Niki/Jessica, Micah, Claire and Zach. I'm putting money on Simone or H.R.G. only because we saw Peter die, and that's too easy. Any odds? Andrew 
 
Ausiello: I can confirm that it's definitely one of the nine you listed. Actually, make that eight. We can rule out Zach (see below for more on that). 
 
 
Question: How much longer is the character of Zach going to be on 
Heroes? When he was mind-wiped and forgot his friendship with Claire, it seemed like a natural opportunity for producers to resolve his story line and rid themselves of a 
problem actor. So I was disappointed when I tuned in to the Jan. 22 episode and saw actor Isaiah Wash  oops, I mean Thomas Dekker  still under their employ. Is Zach going to officially "come out" as straight on the show, or will his orientation remain a mystery until he leaves for his sure-to-be-canceled 
Terminator series on Fox? John 
 
Ausiello: Get this: Monday's episode was Dekker's  and Zach's  last. And let's not be so quick to blame Dekker. As I was recently made aware, his manager was one of several forces conspiring to "straighten up" Zach (one of which is 
very high up). 
 
http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx
 
 
And I can't find it, but I'm almost entirely positive that he also said that the person dieing would be a woman.  So, my guess is either Simone or Jessica.  There's no way they're going to kill off Claire, and it would make sense for Niki to find a way to eject Jessica out of her for good, since we saw that she can use the strength powers without Jessica's help.