Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.
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The peak run. Top 40% of seasons by average rating — consecutive, with an average of 7.94.
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Zachary Quinto
Gabriel 'Sylar' Gray
Hayden Panettiere
Claire Bennet
Milo Ventimiglia
Peter Petrelli
Masi Oka
Hiro Nakamura
Jack Coleman
Noah Bennet
Adrian Pasdar
Nathan Petrelli
Greg Grunberg
Matt Parkman
Sendhil Ramamurthy
Mohinder Suresh
Ali Larter
Tracy Strauss
Robert Knepper
Samuel Sullivan
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23 episodes • 2006Avg: 8.2Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis | Sep 25, 2006 | 8.1 |
| 2 | Don't Look Back | Oct 2, 2006 | 8.0 |
| 3 | One Giant Leap | Oct 9, 2006 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Collision | Oct 16, 2006 | 8.1 |
| 5 | Hiros | Oct 23, 2006 | 8.1 |
| 6 | Better Halves | Oct 30, 2006 | 7.7 |
| 7 | Nothing to Hide | Nov 6, 2006 | 7.8 |
| 8 | Seven Minutes to Midnight | Nov 13, 2006 | 7.9 |
| 9 | Homecoming | Nov 20, 2006 | 8.6 |
| 10 | Six Months Ago | Nov 27, 2006 | 8.3 |
| 11 | Fallout | Dec 4, 2006 | 8.4 |
| 12 | Godsend | Jan 22, 2007 | 7.9 |
| 13 | The Fix | Jan 29, 2007 | 7.8 |
| 14 | Distractions | Feb 5, 2007 | 8.1 |
| 15 | Run! | Feb 12, 2007 | 7.9 |
| 16 | Unexpected | Feb 19, 2007 | 8.3 |
| 17 | Company Man | Feb 26, 2007 | 8.9 |
| 18 | Parasite | Mar 5, 2007 | 8.5 |
| 19 | .07% | Apr 23, 2007 | 8.3 |
| 20 | Five Years Gone | Apr 30, 2007 | 9.0 |
| 21 | The Hard Part | May 7, 2007 | 8.1 |
| 22 | Landslide | May 14, 2007 | 8.4 |
| 23 | How to Stop an Exploding Man | May 21, 2007 | 8.4 |
11 episodes • 2007Avg: 7.7Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four Months Later... | Sep 24, 2007 | 7.7 |
| 2 | Lizards | Oct 1, 2007 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Kindred | Oct 8, 2007 | 7.5 |
| 4 | The Kindness of Strangers | Oct 15, 2007 | 7.5 |
| 5 | Fight or Flight | Oct 22, 2007 | 7.6 |
| 6 | The Line | Oct 29, 2007 | 7.3 |
| 7 | Out of Time | Nov 5, 2007 | 7.8 |
| 8 | Four Months Ago... | Nov 12, 2007 | 7.9 |
| 9 | Cautionary Tales | Nov 19, 2007 | 8.1 |
| 10 | Truth & Consequences | Nov 26, 2007 | 7.6 |
| 11 | Powerless | Dec 3, 2007 | 7.9 |
25 episodes • 2008Avg: 7.4
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Second Coming | Sep 22, 2008 | 7.6 |
| 2 | The Butterfly Effect | Sep 22, 2008 | 7.5 |
| 3 | One of Us, One of Them | Sep 29, 2008 | 7.4 |
| 4 | I Am Become Death | Oct 6, 2008 | 7.5 |
| 5 | Angels and Monsters | Oct 13, 2008 | 7.3 |
| 6 | Dying of the Light | Oct 20, 2008 | 7.4 |
| 7 | Eris Quod Sum | Oct 27, 2008 | 7.2 |
| 8 | Villains | Nov 10, 2008 | 7.6 |
| 9 | It's Coming | Nov 17, 2008 | 7.3 |
| 10 | The Eclipse (1) | Nov 24, 2008 | 7.4 |
| 11 | The Eclipse (2) | Dec 1, 2008 | 7.4 |
| 12 | Our Father | Dec 8, 2008 | 7.8 |
| 13 | Dual | Dec 15, 2008 | 7.5 |
| 14 | A Clear and Present Danger | Feb 2, 2009 | 7.6 |
| 15 | Trust and Blood | Feb 9, 2009 | 7.4 |
| 16 | Building 26 | Feb 16, 2009 | 7.1 |
| 17 | Cold Wars | Feb 23, 2009 | 7.0 |
| 18 | Exposed | Mar 2, 2009 | 7.1 |
| 19 | Shades of Gray | Mar 9, 2009 | 7.4 |
| 20 | Cold Snap | Mar 23, 2009 | 7.8 |
| 21 | Into Asylum | Mar 30, 2009 | 7.2 |
| 22 | Turn and Face the Strange | Apr 6, 2009 | 7.4 |
| 23 | 1961 | Apr 13, 2009 | 7.2 |
| 24 | I Am Sylar | Apr 20, 2009 | 7.4 |
| 25 | An Invisible Thread | Apr 27, 2009 | 7.5 |
19 episodes • 2009Avg: 7.2Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orientation | Sep 21, 2009 | 7.4 |
| 2 | Jump, Push, Fall | Sep 21, 2009 | 7.2 |
| 3 | Ink | Sep 28, 2009 | 7.1 |
| 4 | Acceptance | Oct 5, 2009 | 7.4 |
| 5 | Hysterical Blindness | Oct 12, 2009 | 7.3 |
| 6 | Tabula Rasa | Oct 19, 2009 | 7.1 |
| 7 | Strange Attractors | Oct 26, 2009 | 7.5 |
| 8 | Once Upon a Time in Texas | Nov 2, 2009 | 7.4 |
| 9 | Shadowboxing | Nov 9, 2009 | 7.3 |
| 10 | Brother's Keeper | Nov 16, 2009 | 7.2 |
| 11 | Thanksgiving | Nov 23, 2009 | 7.2 |
| 12 | The Fifth Stage | Nov 30, 2009 | 6.9 |
| 13 | Upon This Rock | Jan 4, 2010 | 6.8 |
| 14 | Let It Bleed | Jan 4, 2010 | 6.9 |
| 15 | Close to You | Jan 11, 2010 | 6.8 |
| 16 | Pass/Fail | Jan 18, 2010 | 7.2 |
| 17 | The Art of Deception | Jan 25, 2010 | 7.4 |
| 18 | The Wall | Feb 1, 2010 | 7.6 |
| 19 | Brave New World | Feb 8, 2010 | 7.3 |
