Powerless (Heroes)

"Powerless"
Heroes episode
Peter Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia) stops Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka) from killing Adam Monroe (David Anders), who is frozen in time.
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 11
Directed by	Allan Arkush
Written by	Jeph Loeb
Production code	211
Original air date	December 3, 2007 (2007-12-03)
Guest appearances
Cristine Rose as Angela Petrelli Ashley Crow as Sandra Bennet Nicholas D'Agosto as West Rosen Adair Tishler as Molly Walker Cory Hardrict as Hype Wilson Stephen Tobolowsky as Bob Bishop Randall Bentley as Lyle Bennet
Episode chronology
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"Powerless" is the 11th and final episode of the second season of the NBC superhero drama series Heroes and thirty-fourth episode overall. It was written by co-executive producer Jeph Loeb and directed by executive producer Allan Arkush. The episode aired on December 3, 2007, as the conclusion of the "Volume 2: Generations" storyline.^[1] It is also the final episode of Heroes that was ready for broadcast prior to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike,^[2] and acted as the season finale pending the resolution of the dispute.^[3]

The episode's main storylines revolve around Peter Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia) and Hiro Nakamura's (Masi Oka) quest to stop the release of the Shanti virus, and Sylar's (Zachary Quinto) attempt to regain his powers. The end of the episode features a brief prologue of the third volume, "Villains", which features Sylar regaining his powers. Originally, the virus was going to be released, and Tim Kring said that it was to play a big role in Volume 3. Kring stated that the ending had to be rewritten because they did not know when the show would return to air, and they wanted to make sure that they tied up all the loose ends. "Powerless" was watched by eleven million Americans and received mainly positive reviews from critics, with many saying that it was a positive end to a lackluster season.