The Second Coming (Heroes)

"**The Second Coming**"
"The Second Coming"
Heroes episode
	Matt Parkman (Greg Grunberg) sees a painting of the Earth splitting in half.
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 1
Directed by	Allan Arkush
Written by	Tim Kring
Production code	301
Original air date	September 22, 2008
Guest appearances
	Bruce Boxleitner as Robert Malden; Ashley Crow as Sandra Bennet; Jimmy Jean-Louis as the Haitian; Jamie Hector as Knox; Francis Capra as Jesse Murphy; Brea Grant as Daphne Millbrook; George Takei as Kaito Nakamura; Malcolm McDowell as Daniel Linderman; Randall Bentley as Lyle Bennet;
Episode chronology
← Previous; "Powerless"	Next →; "The Butterfly Effect"
	Heroes season 3
	List of episodes

"The Second Coming" is the first episode of the third season of the NBC superhero drama series Heroes and thirty-fifth episode overall. It was written by series creator/executive producer Tim Kring and directed by executive producer Allan Arkush. It first aired on September 22, 2008 as the beginning of the "Villains" storyline.