Reception
"Powerless" was viewed live or recorded and watched within six hours of broadcast by 11.06 million Americans, ranking seventeenth in the weekly charts.
Robert Canning of IGN felt that this episode was "exciting pulse-pounding", being "the best episode of the season". He continued by saying that it "almost made you forget the sub-par episodes had to sit through to get ", and hoped it would be a set-up for a "powerful, more consistent Volume Three". He ended his review by giving the episode 9.5 out of 10, the highest rating he had given for the second season.
Stephen Lackey of Mania gave the episode an "A" grading, though he felt it was "rushed overall" and thought the virus story was not as powerful as the explosion story in season one.
Jason Hughes of TV Squad also felt that the stage was set for a good third volume, which he hoped would "get even darker and more dangerous".
Sean Elliott of If gave the episode a "B" grading, saying it was an "anti-climactic ending to an uninspired second season". He liked Kristen Bell's character Elle, saying she was "interesting", and "worth exploring and developing". He said that his favourite part of the episode was that the "season finally over", and that it was "time to clean the slate and start with something better".
Robin Brownfield of SyFy Portal called it a "great finale" and said that "there were lots of twists did not see coming".
Sean O'Neal of The A.V. Club gave the episode a A-.
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