Creator Tim Kring may admit that the second season of Heroes eats ass, but if there's a silver lining to be found amid this dark (and mind-numbingly boring) cloud, it's been the abundance of Milo Ventimiglia shirtless!

During last night's episode, Milo's embattled character, Peter Petrelli, was on the run from Elle (Kristen Bell) and The Haitian (Jimmy Jean-Louis).

Hey, if all you're gonna be doing is hauling ass trying to escape from the evil minions of The Company, what the hell do you need a shirt for?

Here are a couple of Milo Ventimiglia topless (or shirtless, whichever term you prefer) pics from last night's somewhat respectable episode of Heroes ...

All we have to say is damn. While a nude Hayden Panettiere may be able to roll over and see this every day, the rest of us need Heroes for our Milo Ventimiglia fix. At least a sub-par - and soon to be truncated - Season 2 has provided that.