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| The man who is able to see Molly is [[Uluru]]. || None || {{plus}} In an [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=10548 interview], the writers stated that "we would see a hint of Uluru before the season is over".<br>{{plus}} Molly states that, if she uses her power to see this person, he can see her back. While using his power, [[Isaac]] saw Uluru, and Uluru saw and spoke to Isaac. (''[[Isaac's First Time]]'')<br>{{plus}} Uluru has been hinted at as a villain for quite some time now. This could be a set-up to [[Season Two]].<br>{{minus}}Kring [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11412 confirmed] that Uluru only existed in the pages of the comic books.
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| Maury has an ulterior motive for telling [[Daphne]] to recruit [[Matt]] into the [[Pinehearst Company]]. || None || {{plus}} If Maury, a [[telepath]], is already a member, why would they need Matt, another telepath?<br />
| The man watching Molly plans to use Sylar's body in some way to achieve his evil means. || None || {{plus}} At times, Sylar speaks in a different voice, similar to Eden's 'command' voice. However, she shot herself before he could take her brain, and he clearly does not have this ability. He also appears to change character at times; he tries to give his mother a 'snowglobe' experience and when she begins to get upset, he starts to revel in her fear. This 'inner' being may well be [[Uluru]].<br>{{plus}} Sylar's body disappears mysteriously, with a trail of blood leading to an open sewer cover. The trail of blood indicates that Sylar's body was dragged, possibly by the man watching Molly. (''[[How to Stop an Exploding Man]]'')<br>{{minus}} Sylar could have moved himself with the little strength he had left or with telekinesis.<br>{{minus}} Tim Kring stated in an [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=10657 interview] that Sylar "clearly somehow dragged himself into a manhole."
:{{minus}} It's logical for Pinehearst to recruit multiple individuals with the same ability.<br />
:{{minus}} It doesn't seem likely that Maury would go over Arthur's head.<br />
:{{plus}} Maury may be recruiting his own Trojan army at Pinehearst to overthrow Arthur Petrelli in a coup, starting with Matt and Daphne.<br />
:{{minus}} Arthur also insisted in recruiting Matt.<br />
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| Although [[Maury]]'s physical body is dead, his [[telepathy]] allows his mind to survive and possibly return in a later episode (possibly in another body). || None || {{plus}} Both [[Charles Deveaux]]'s and [[Hana Gitelman]]'s minds have survived beyond physical death.<br />
| The man's power is power reflection, similar to [[Peter]]'s [[Empathic mimicry|mimicry]] (in earlier episodes, when the power was only available when another evolved human was using it).||[[Molly]] says that when she [[Clairvoyance|thinks]] of him, he can see her. (''[[How to Stop an Exploding Man]]'')||{{plus}} If he can reflect powers, he could possibly know where Molly is if she knows where he is.
{{plus}} The Astral Plain in Marvel comics allows psychics to survive physical death and it wouldn't be the first idea the Heroes team have "borrowed" from the X-Men.<br />
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| [[Maury]] lost his powers to [[Arthur]] once, but regained them by taking the [[formula]] serum. || None || {{note}} [[Telepathy]] had to come from somewhere.<br />
| The man's power is omnipresence or something similar. He can be present in every place at anytime.||None.|| {{plus}} This might be how he can see Molly.<br> {{minus}} Molly said that the being can only see her when she sees him.
{{minus}} Nothing suggests Maury ever lost his ability.<br />
{{minus}} It seems more likely that Arthur would have taken the ability from someone that he did not deem as useful to him as Maury was.<br />
{{plus}} Arthur told Peter that he can give Peter his powers back using the formula. He seemed pretty sure that it would work. So the formula had already been used to give a powerless evolved human his power back. This could be Maury.<br />
:{{minus}} But it didn't give Peter his powers back, indicating speculation.<br />
:{{minus}} Arthur being sure doesn't constitute the formula doing that in the past.<br />
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| [[Maury]] was responsible for "healing" Nathan at the start of Season 3. || We know for a fact that [[Maury]] was responsible for [[Nathan]]'s visions of [[Linderman]], placing him at the hospital just after Nathan was shot. || {{plus}} It seems likely that [[Maury]] would try to "sell" Nathan's miracle visions with a "miracle recovery". After all, Nathan's visions of the afterlife wouldn't work if the doctor's told him he was never legally dead.<br />
| The man [[Audrey]] believed to be [[Sylar]] in ''[[One Giant Leap]]'' was actually this man. || None || {{plus}}Molly said to Parkman: "How could he find me?"<br>{{plus}}He didn't take her brain.<br>{{minus}} He displayed Sylar's powers, such as telekinesis. He even had a baseball cap.<br>{{minus}} Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite stated in an [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=9411 interview] that the man who was chasing Molly in the FBI building was Sylar.
{{plus}} It would be well within his powers to manipulate the doctors into thinking Nathan had died, even if the surgery had been successful. All it would take is a few seconds of mind-control...<br />
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| [[Maury]] is a [[precog]]. || None || {{plus}} Matt is a precog.<br />
| The individual in question is the Haitian. || None. || {{note}} The Haitian's power is currently ill-defined, so some facet of his power may enable him to see Molly.<br>{{plus}} The Haitian has worked for a variety of individuals throughout the show's run. His true loyalties and intentions are still in doubt.<br>{{minus}} In an [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=10692 interview], Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite assured us that the man is not the Haitian.
:{{plus}} Maury's ability could be hereditary and he passed on both telepathy and precognition to Matt.<br />
:{{plus}} Telepathy is likely to be connected to precognition if Matt were to have gotten both of his abilities naturally.<br />
{{plus}} Maury had known about his ability longer than Matt had when he had discovered he was a precog, giving Maury a higher chance of discovering that he was a precog.<br />
{{minus}} Maury was never stated as having either met a precog or gone on a spirit walk.<br />
{{minus}} The writer's have stated that Matt's powers are developing in ways his father's never did or could have. Precognition could simply be one of these developments.<br />
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| [[Maury]] succeeded another founder in the Group of Twelve || None || {{plus}} He joined in 1978 after Victoria left and after Adam's imprisonment.<br />
| Molly is talking about a still living [[Charles Deveaux]]. || Charles knew Peter was there when Peter had his dream of the past. (''[[How to Stop an Exploding Man]]'') || {{note}}The nature of Charles's ability is unknown. He may have a power that allows him to see Molly.<br>{{plus}}The old movie adage says that if you don't see the body, s/he isn't actually dead.<br>{{minus}} Simone states that she was there when her father died. (''[[Nothing to Hide]]'')<br>{{minus}}Charles, and even Angela, knew of his impending death. (''[[How to Stop an Exploding Man]]'')
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| Molly's villain and the dragon from [[Kaito Nakamura]]'s story in [[Episode:Landslide|Landslide]] are one and the same. || None. || {{note}} Since [[Volume Two]] opens with Hiro in the past meeting the [[Takezo Kensei]], we may soon learn more about the legend of the dragon.
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| The man's power is [[empathic mimicry]]. || [[Molly]] says that when she "[[clairvoyance|thinks about him]]", he can see her. (''[[How to Stop an Exploding Man]]''). || {{plus}}This could be the result of mimicry. <br>{{plus}} Also, if the new villain were an empath, it would not be difficult to be 'worse than [[Sylar]]' in the danger stakes. While Sylar needs to study your brain to take your power, an empath only needs to meet you, once.<br>{{plus}}Claude has implied that he has met other empaths before.
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| The man who is able to see Molly is [[Daniel Doyle]]. || None || {{plus}} The only man who is running against [[Nathan Petrelli]] in the election is a man named [[Daniel Doyle]] (''[[Landslide]]'').<br>{{plus}} Molly states that if she uses her power to see this person, he can see her back. Also, considering that ''[[Heroes]]'' is comics-oriented, it isn't surprising to see a character in the smallest hints and plainest sights.<br>{{plus}} If he is a villain, and somehow connected to the older generation of evolved humans or [[The Company]], it would be understandable for him to run against Nathan Petrelli.<br>{{plus}} "[[Daniel Doyle]]" is alliterative, much like "Peter Petrelli" or "Gabriel Gray".
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| The man who is able to see Molly Walker is [[Haram]].|| ''[[Golden Handshake, Part 4]]'' || {{plus}}In the comics Haram is able to turn the water vampire's ability against her. He does the same with Molly Walkers ability.<br>{{minus}}Haram doesn't appear to use any particular power to turn the water vampire's power against her but merely forces her to touch her own face and drain the water from herself.
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Maury has an ulterior motive for telling Daphne to recruit Matt into the Pinehearst Company. None + If Maury, a telepath, is already a member, why would they need Matt, another telepath?
- It's logical for Pinehearst to recruit multiple individuals with the same ability.
- It doesn't seem likely that Maury would go over Arthur's head.
+ Maury may be recruiting his own Trojan army at Pinehearst to overthrow Arthur Petrelli in a coup, starting with Matt and Daphne.
- Arthur also insisted in recruiting Matt.
Although Maury's physical body is dead, his telepathy allows his mind to survive and possibly return in a later episode (possibly in another body). None + Both Charles Deveaux's and Hana Gitelman's minds have survived beyond physical death.

+ The Astral Plain in Marvel comics allows psychics to survive physical death and it wouldn't be the first idea the Heroes team have "borrowed" from the X-Men.

Maury lost his powers to Arthur once, but regained them by taking the formula serum. None Telepathy had to come from somewhere.

- Nothing suggests Maury ever lost his ability.
- It seems more likely that Arthur would have taken the ability from someone that he did not deem as useful to him as Maury was.
+ Arthur told Peter that he can give Peter his powers back using the formula. He seemed pretty sure that it would work. So the formula had already been used to give a powerless evolved human his power back. This could be Maury.

- But it didn't give Peter his powers back, indicating speculation.
- Arthur being sure doesn't constitute the formula doing that in the past.
Maury was responsible for "healing" Nathan at the start of Season 3. We know for a fact that Maury was responsible for Nathan's visions of Linderman, placing him at the hospital just after Nathan was shot. + It seems likely that Maury would try to "sell" Nathan's miracle visions with a "miracle recovery". After all, Nathan's visions of the afterlife wouldn't work if the doctor's told him he was never legally dead.

+ It would be well within his powers to manipulate the doctors into thinking Nathan had died, even if the surgery had been successful. All it would take is a few seconds of mind-control...

Maury is a precog. None + Matt is a precog.
+ Maury's ability could be hereditary and he passed on both telepathy and precognition to Matt.
+ Telepathy is likely to be connected to precognition if Matt were to have gotten both of his abilities naturally.

+ Maury had known about his ability longer than Matt had when he had discovered he was a precog, giving Maury a higher chance of discovering that he was a precog.
- Maury was never stated as having either met a precog or gone on a spirit walk.
- The writer's have stated that Matt's powers are developing in ways his father's never did or could have. Precognition could simply be one of these developments.

Maury succeeded another founder in the Group of Twelve None + He joined in 1978 after Victoria left and after Adam's imprisonment.


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