Peter Petrelli is dead

So I think that Heroes star Peter Petrelli is dead. If you don't watch Heroes you have no idea what I'm talking about and you missed a great show that premiered last fall. You should catch up this summer or when it's released on DVD.

Anyway, I think Peter Petrelli is dead for the same reason that J K Rowling had to kill off Dumbledore at the end of book six of the Harry Potter series. Dumbledore had to exit the scene before the last book because he was a fair opponent for Voldemort. That's not dramatic. If Voldemort is to be defeated, he has to be defeated by Harry Potter.

The Peter Petrelli situation is similar. Peter becomes more and more powerful over time, and eventually he would become too powerful to write interesting stories about. So he has to be dead*. There is no other way. Sylar had to die for the same reason, and yeah, I think he's dead too.

* He could also turn evil, but since Peter is utterly noble, that's not in the cards.