Powerless Episode 1: New Clips and Stills Released

NBC has released a trio of clips and over a dozen stills from the first episode of Powerless, a new half-hour comedy series based in the DC universe.

The first sneak peek features Van Wayne, the incompetent head of Wayne Security, receiving an unexpected phone call from his billionaire crime-fighting cousin: Bruce Wayne! In the following clip, Emily is introduced to some of the peculiar members of her Research and Development team. In the third and final clip, Emily tries to motivate her department to be more innovative.

Check out the Powerless pilot stills and character portraits in our gallery below.

Emily Locke lands her dream job as Director of Research and Development for Wayne Security in Charm City, home to super heroes and villains and citizens fed up with the collateral damage of their constant fighting. Full of confidence and big ideas, Emily quickly learns that her aspirations far exceed those of her new boss and officemates, so it will be up to her to lead the team toward their full potential and the realization that you don't need superpowers to be a hero.

The cast: Vanessa Hudgens, Alan Tudyk, Danny Pudi, Christina Kirk, and Ron Funches.

Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker, Len Goldstein, Marc Buckland and Dean Lorey are executive producers of Powerless. Buckland served as the director of the pilot. The series is produced by Warner Bros. Television and is based on the characters from DC.

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Powerless premieres Thursday, February 2 at 8:30/7:30c on NBC.