List of Heroes episodes#Web-based minisodes

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The NBC superhero serial drama series Heroes follows the lives of people around the globe who possess various superhuman powers as they struggle to cope with their everyday lives and prevent foreseen disasters from occurring. The series premiered on American and Canadian television on September 25, 2006.{{cite web | last = Keller | first = Richard | title = Heroes to be Available on iTunes Before Its Television Debut | publisher = TV Squad | date = July 31, 2006 | url = http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/07/31/heroes-to-be-available-on-itunes-before-its-television-debut | access-date = 2007-12-23 | archive-date = 2018-06-16 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180616130233/http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/07/31/heroes-to-be-available-on-itunes-before-its-television-debut | url-status = live }} The first season, which finished 21st of 142 American primetime television programs in Nielsen ratings,{{cite press release | title = 2006–07 Primetime Wrap | publisher = The Hollywood Reporter | date = May 25, 2007 | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3ifbfdd1bcb53266ad8d9a71cad261604f | access-date = 2007-12-26 | archive-date = 2007-05-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070528062839/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3ifbfdd1bcb53266ad8d9a71cad261604f | url-status = dead }} was released on DVD and HD DVD on August 28, 2007.{{cite news | last = Chaney | first = Jen | title = Heroes: Saving the World on DVD | newspaper = The Washington Post | date = August 28, 2007 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/movies/features/bonus-points/082807.html | access-date = 2007-12-23 | archive-date = 2018-03-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180306082756/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/movies/features/bonus-points/082807.html | url-status = live }} The second season ranked 21st of 220 in the ratings,{{cite press release|title=Season Rankings |publisher=ABC Medianet |date=May 20, 2008 |url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=052008_06 |access-date=2008-07-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310091046/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=052008_06 |archive-date=March 10, 2009 }} and was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on August 26, 2008, with the Blu-ray release of the first season.{{cite web | title = Universal Unveils Inaugural Slate of Film and TV Offerings Coming to Blu-ray Disc | publisher = PR Newswire | date = April 17, 2007 | url = http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Heroes-Season-1-and-Season-2-Blu-ray/9411 | access-date = 2008-04-19 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080420105923/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Heroes-Season-1-and-Season-2-Blu-ray/9411 | archive-date = April 20, 2008 }} The third season aired in two blocks generally without reruns;{{Cite news|last=Silverman |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Silverman |title=Super Group |newspaper=Official Heroes Magazine |pages=A Heroic Event |date=July 15, 2008 |url=http://www.titanmagazines.com/app?service=external/Product&sp=l1077 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201052526/http://titanmagazines.com/app?service=external%2FProduct&sp=l1077 |archive-date=December 1, 2010 }} it premiered on September 22, 2008, on NBC in the United States and on Global in Canada, with a one-hour clip-show and two regular episodes.{{cite magazine | last = Schneider | first = Michael | title = NBC Makes Changes to Fall Schedule | magazine = Variety | date = May 23, 2008 | url = https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/nbc-makes-changes-to-fall-schedule-1117986367/ | access-date = 2007-05-23 | archive-date = 2008-12-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081201212922/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117986367.html | url-status = live }} The fourth season aired from September 21, 2009, to February 8, 2010. Although cast members had stated and speculated that there would be a fifth season, NBC announced on May 14, 2010, that the show was officially cancelled, but that the network was looking at plans to tie up some loose ends in either a miniseries or TV movie.[http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/05/nbc-cancels-heroes.html "Official: NBC cancels 'Heroes'"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516155419/http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/05/nbc-cancels-heroes.html |date=2010-05-16 }} from The Hollywood Reporter (May 14, 2010)

Within the seasons of Heroes are "volumes", which focus on shorter story arcs.{{cite web | last = Frutkin | first = A.J. | title = TV Hero: Tim Kring Readies Season Two of NBC Hit Heroes | publisher = Mediaweek | date = August 20, 2007 | url = http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003627815 | access-date = 2007-12-23 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090310212654/http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003627815 | archive-date = March 10, 2009 }} The first season comprises a single volume of 23 episodes called Genesis, which is also the title of the pilot episode. The second season was designed to contain three volumes called Generations, Exodus, and Villains, but Exodus was scrapped due to viewer criticism{{cite magazine | last = Jensen | first = Jeff | title = Heroes Creator Apologizes to Fans | magazine = Entertainment Weekly | date = November 7, 2007 | url = https://ew.com/article/2007/11/07/heroes-creator-fans-im-super-sorry/ | access-date = 2007-12-22 | archive-date = 2007-12-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071229013142/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20158840,00.html | url-status = live }} and the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike.{{cite web | last = Goldman | first = Eric | title = Heroes Creator Tim Kring Talks | website = IGN | date = December 14, 2007 | url = http://tv.ign.com/articles/841/841573p1.html | access-date = 2007-12-22 | archive-date = 2007-12-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071217221106/http://tv.ign.com/articles/841/841573p1.html | url-status = live }} Villains was carried over to the show's third season,{{cite press release | title = NBC Renews Drama Series Chuck, Life and Heroes for 2008–09 Season | publisher = NBC Media Village | date = February 13, 2007 | url = http://nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/entertainment-20080213000000-nbcrenewsdramaser.html | access-date = 2007-01-13 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} leaving the second season with only 11 episodes, 13 fewer than were originally ordered by NBC.{{cite web | last = Beeman | first = Greg | author-link = Greg Beeman | title = Season 2 Episode 10 "Truth and Consequences" | publisher = Beeming Beeman | date = November 26, 2007 | url = http://gregbeeman.blogspot.com/2007/11/season-2-episode-10-truth-and.html | access-date = 2007-12-22 | archive-date = 2023-09-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230915025534/http://gregbeeman.blogspot.com/2007/11/season-2-episode-10-truth-and.html | url-status = live }} The third season included 25 episodes,{{cite web |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=7938 |title=NBC Extends Howie Do It, Firms Up Returning Series Commitments |access-date=2009-02-02 |date=2009-02-28 |website=The Futon Critic}} 13 episodes comprising Villains{{cite web|last=Surette |first=Tim |title=Q&A: Heroes Creator Tim Kring |url=http://www.tv.com/story/11433.html |publisher=TV.com |date=June 26, 2008 |access-date=2008-07-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703235014/http://www.tv.com/story/11433.html |archive-date=July 3, 2008 }} and 12 episodes in a volume titled Fugitives.{{cite web |last=Wilkes |first=Neil |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a125790/exclusive-interview-with-heroes-creator.html |title=Exclusive Interview with Heroes Creator |date=2008-08-23 |access-date=2008-08-24 |website=Digital Spy |archive-date=2009-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616174044/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a125790/exclusive-interview-with-heroes-creator.html |url-status=live }} The fourth season consisted of a fifth volume of 18 episodes titled Redemption. The final scene of the last episode began a sixth volume entitled Brave New World, which became the title of the first episode of Heroes Reborn.

Originally, the second season of Heroes was to be followed in April and May 2008 by six stand-alone episodes of a new series, Heroes: Origins,{{cite magazine | last = Schneider | first = Michael | title = NBC Announces Schedule, Shows | magazine = Variety | date = May 14, 2007 | url = https://variety.com/2007/scene/features/nbc-announces-schedule-shows-1117964868/ | access-date = 2007-12-23 | archive-date = 2008-01-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080113134201/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117964868.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 | url-status = live }} which was intended as an alternative to a long mid-season hiatus like the one that led to a drop in ratings for Heroes in its first season.{{cite web | last = Bauder | first = David | title = Learning From Heroes, Struggling NBC Embraces the Supernatural for Its Autumn Season | publisher = Associated Press | date = May 14, 2007 | url = http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/14/learning_from_heroes_struggling_nbc_embr | access-date = 2007-12-23 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071223144616/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/14/learning_from_heroes_struggling_nbc_embr/ | archive-date = December 23, 2007 }} The project, which was later planned to be 12 episodes, was indefinitely postponed due to a decline in viewership and the strike{{cite web|last=Wallenstein |first=Andrew |title=False Start for NBC's Heroes: Origins |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 1, 2007 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iff716996ae2a7e21c8a3f229c7669739 |access-date=2007-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719105537/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iff716996ae2a7e21c8a3f229c7669739 |archive-date=July 19, 2008 |url-status=dead }} and was eventually cancelled to keep "the Heroes mothership as strong as possible," according to NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman.{{cite web|last=Spelling |first=Ian |title=Heroes Returns, Origins Dies |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=51591 |publisher=Sci Fi Wire |date=April 3, 2008 |access-date=2008-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406112808/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=51591 |archive-date=April 6, 2008 |url-status=dead }} A series of three webisodes collectively titled Going Postal became available exclusively online in July 2008.{{cite magazine | title = NBC Bringing Shows to the Web |url=https://variety.com/2008/digital/news/nbc-bringing-shows-to-the-web-1117983402/ | magazine = Variety | date = April 2, 2008 | access-date = 2008-04-19}} Following the release of Going Postal, four more sets of webisodes were produced, titled Heroes: Destiny,{{cite web | title = Webisodes: Heroes Destiny | url = http://www.nbc.com/heroes/video/categories/heroes-destiny/819601/ | publisher = NBC.com | access-date = 2008-11-22 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081118014455/http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/video/categories/heroes-destiny/819601/ | archive-date = 2008-11-18 }} The Recruit,{{cite web | title = Webisodes: The Recruit | url = http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/video/categories/the-recruit/873822/ | publisher = NBC.com | access-date = 2008-12-16 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081217053207/http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/video/categories/the-recruit/873822/ | archive-date = 2008-12-17 }} Hard Knox,{{cite web | title = Heroes - Web Exclusives - Hard Knox | url = http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/video/categories/hard-knox/894782/ | publisher = NBC.com | date = December 22, 2008 | access-date = 2008-12-25 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090121173710/http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/video/categories/hard-knox/894782 | archive-date = January 21, 2009 }} and Nowhere Man,{{cite web| title = Heroes - Tim Kring on Nowhere Man - Video - NBC.com| url = http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/video/clips/tim-kring-on-nowhere-man/1077681/| publisher = NBC.com| access-date = 2009-04-18| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090417042843/http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/video/clips/tim-kring-on-nowhere-man/1077681/| archive-date = 2009-04-17}}{{cite web | title = Heroes - Nowhere Man Trailer - Video - NBC.com | url = http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/video/clips/nowhere-man-trailer/1077682/ | access-date = 2009-04-08 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090410150859/http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/video/clips/nowhere-man-trailer/1077682 | archive-date = 2009-04-10 }} which stars David H. Lawrence as Eric Doyle. On September 28, 2009, a new set of webisodes titled Slow Burn{{cite web | title = Heroes - Web Exclusives - Sprint Now - Video - NBC.com | url = http://www.nbc.com/heroes/video/categories/sprint-now/1153645/ | publisher = NBC.com | access-date = 2009-10-18 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091023052225/http://www.nbc.com/heroes/video/categories/sprint-now/1153645 | archive-date = 2009-10-23 }} was released, starring members of the "Sullivan Bros. Carnival" from season four, Lydia, Edgar and Samuel. Slow Burn was set up as a Web Exclusive for the promotion of Sprint Now, and each webisode was released at the same time as the episodes of the main television series.