The Company

The Company
Location:	Odessa, TX; New York, NY
Purpose:	Locating and tracking evolved humans
First appearance	Genesis
Known leaders:	Daniel Linderman, Kaito Nakamura, Thompson, Bob Bishop
Known members:	Noah Bennet, the Haitian, Eden McCain, Claude Rains, Isaac Mendez, Candice Willmer, Haram, Mohinder Suresh, Elle Bishop, Niki Sanders, Ivan Spektor, Maarten, Charles Deveaux, Harry Fletcher, Paula Gramble, Carlos Mendez, Maury Parkman, Angela Petrelli, Arthur Petrelli, Victoria Pratt
Affiliated sites:	Primatech Paper Co., New York facility, Alaskan facility, Primatech Research, Isaac's loft
Equipment used:	Guns, Pneumatic syringe, Tasers, Tracking systems

The Company has an interest in locating and tracking people with special abilities.

About

Mr. Bennet worked for the Company from 1991 to 2006. He was a regional manager and the branch he ran was called Primatech Paper Co. His immediate superior has been Thompson from the time he was hired, but he has also taken direct orders from Mr. Kaito Nakamura to raise Claire as his own child. He tells Matt Parkman that he doesn't work for any organization with initials, so it is not part of any publicly known government agency.

The Company has two main tracking systems. Mr. Bennet's division marked people with special abilities with an isotope which can be later used by a satellite to track and find them. In certain cases, Mr. Bennet's division also trains those individuals to assist the Company. Those cases whose power becomes a threat/problem are eliminated. The second system is a girl named Molly Walker that has an innate ability to find people. Mr. Bennet's superior, Thompson, took orders from Mr. Linderman, who had been planning the events surrounding the explosion with Angela Petrelli and others for an extended period of time.

Since Linderman's death or even before, Bob Bishop has been running the operations of the Company.

History

Season One

For an episode-by-episode summary, see The Company: Season One History.

The Company works to study and tag evolved humans. Mr. Bennet, a regional manager who runs a company facility in Odessa, TX, studies new cases, looks into the research of the recently deceased Chandra Suresh, and attempts to stop the evolved serial killer Sylar--while at the same time attempting to defy the Company by protecting his own adopted daughter from them. His assistant, a seemingly mute Haitian, reveals that he is also trying to protect Claire. Another agent, Eden McCain, comes to reject the Company's mission, and in the end sacrifices herself to stop Sylar from gaining her ability. Isaac Mendez, a precognitive artist, works with the Company. He attempts to stop Peter Petrelli, whom Isaac believes will cause a foreseen explosion in New York City, but is eventually killed by Sylar.

Three of the Company's former victims--Ted Sprague, Matt Parkman, and Hana Gitelman--team up to find answers. After discovering that the mark they all bear is a tracking device, they confront Bennet and inadvertently expose his efforts to conceal Claire from his employers, leading him to leave the Company and team up with them. Meanwhile, Bennet's former boss, Thompson, enlists the assistance of Chandra's son Mohinder to cure Molly Walker, an evolved human the Company uses as yet another tracking system.

Matt discovers that Mr. Linderman is funding the Company. Thompson and Candice Willmer, another powered agent, work closely with Linderman to ensure Nathan Petrelli's election by kidnapping Micah Sanders. Linderman hopes to use a pending explosion to unite the country behind Nathan.

D.L. Hawkins and Niki Sanders kill Linderman and rescue their son Micah from Candice. Bennet and Matt Parkman kill Thompson and rescue Molly Walker. Meanwhile, Hana Gitelman destroys the other tracking system, a satellite in space.

Sylar confronts Peter outside the Company's facility and causes Peter's induced radioactivity to become unstable. Sylar is stabbed by Hiro and disappears into the sewers. Nathan Petrelli flies his brother Peter into the sky, preventing the explosion from destroying NYC.

Four Months Later...

At a restaurant, Bob tells Mohinder of the Company's formation thirty years ago by a group of evolved humans who wanted to help their own, find them and protect them, even if it meant "eliminating" the dangerous ones. He explains that the Company is aware that Mohinder has Molly Walker, yet has no interest in interfering. Instead he tells Mohinder that if he works with the Company then they will fund his research into the deadly virus afflicting evolved humans.

The Bennets, now known as the "Butlers", are hiding from the Company in Costa Verde, CA. They are all instructed by Noah to not stand out in any way. This upsets Mr. Muggles and Claire, who find it hard not to be extraordinary. During their family dinner, Noah receives a phone call from Mohinder Suresh, who has been recruited by Bob to research the virus. Noah is pleased with this, for they plan to take down the company once and for all.

Lizards

Claire continues to voice her displeasure at "laying low" from the Company, but Noah explains that his job is to keep their family safe no matter what it requires. Claire understands and tells him that it must be difficult to live such a normal life after the life he was living before with the Company. Noah tells her that their current life is a nice vacation compared to before.

In Hartsdale, NY, Mohinder enters Bob's office. Mohinder tells Bob that he needs access to the Company's records and labs. Bob agrees, but tells him that he's got his first assignment for him already and needs him to fly out to Port-au-Prince to visit a man they suspect may be infected with the virus. Mohinder tells Bob that he'll go and test this individual and bring him back if he was infected. Bob reminds Mohinder that his blood is currently the only cure for the virus and to try not to get killed.

In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Mohinder finds the Haitian laying sick in bed. Mohinder explains that it's likely he's got a rare virus and may be able to cure him. After Mohinder's blood works, Mohinder explains that he works for "a company", the Haitian remarks that there's always "a company." Suddenly, the Haitian is gone and Bob is standing in front of Mohinder's desk asking him where the Haitian is. Mohinder expresses confusion and suggests that he's in Haiti. Bob explains that they're in Haiti right now and that Mohinder has been out of contact for hours. Confused, Mohinder explains the last thing he remembers is being in Bob's office and being given an envelope. Bob explains that the Haitian wouldn't have been able to erase Mohinder's memory unless the vaccine had worked.

Claire visits her father at Copy Kingdom about her car being stolen. He takes the opportunity to tell her that he needs to be able to trust her and that she can't afford to make mistakes like this or else she'll be found by the Company. She tells him that she doesn't even know exactly how she's able to do what she can do and what the limits of her ability are, and that she may be missing an opportunity to help people. He tells her that he's protecting her because if someone gets a hold of her she'll be in for a life of agonizing tests and research.

Mohinder gets a call from Noah and Noah asks if Mohinder's trip was productive. Mohinder replies that he'll have the answer very shortly. Mohinder explains that it doesn't appear he's raised any suspicion and that Bob seemed more disappointed in himself for having trusted Mohinder so completely, however that the Company is going to watch him more closely from now on. Noah tells him that he'll find the rest of the paintings himself now and that Mohinder's given him just what he needs. Noah greets a customer, the Haitian, welcoming him to Copy Kingdom.

Graphic Novel:The Crossroads

Mohinder explains Noah's plan to the Haitian that after he leaves, he will meet up with Noah in Costa Verde so they can take down the Company.

Kindred

Claire asks what would happen if someone found out about her, and Noah mentions they'd have to leave at a worst case scenario.

Mohinder mentions to Matt that he'll be working downtown, but Matt tells him that it's not good to do spy work against the Company while Molly is around, and that he may be in over his head. Mohinder later arrives at Isaac's loft, where Bob tells Mohinder that Sylar killed Isaac, and now the Company bought the loft to outfit it with lab equipment for Mohinder. Bob further explains that the Company is observing him for Mohinder and the Company's best interest, and tells him he's part of the family.

Sylar mentions to Michelle (formerly Candice) that he can't move things or freeze things. She tells him that the Company will help and when his chest heals, he'll be able to use his abilities.

Claire and West sit on a beach and talk about their abilities, and after the two kiss, she notices marks on his neck, and he pulls away. West talks about when his family lived in St. Louis, he was riding his bike from school one day, then woke up a day later. West recalls a man with horn rimmed glasses that knew his name and looked at him like West was animal.

Mohinder is studying something under a microscope as Bob tells him he has another vial for Mohinder to examine. Bob walks out after receiving a phone call, and Mohinder makes a call himself. Bob talks to Niki on the phone. She asks if she can be cured, and Bob tells her that she has to do something for them. Mohinder, meanwhile, finds Isaac's paintings, and tells Bennet he may be in over his head, but Noah assures him that so long Noah's alive, Mohinder will be fine.

Fight or Flight

Elle tells Will that the Company is interested in finding Peter since he is dangerous. Later, Matt tells Nathan that Bob runs the Company. Mohinder takes Molly to the Company to treat her after her encounter with Mr. Parkman. Noah warns Mohinder, telling him not to give them anything that you care about. At a Company facility, Niki breaks loose, knocking Mohinder into a wall and choking Bob until Mohinder tazers her. Later, Niki is sedated and restrained, and she tells Mohinder that the Company is the only place for her to go.

The Line

Bob tells Mohinder that the Shanti virus has been genetically modified so it can remove potentially dangerous abilities, and asks Mohinder to inject Monica with it. Eventually, his principles get the better of him, and he does not do it; instead, he throws a chair into a glass cabinet, smashing it. Later, Bob tells Mohinder that he has worked for the Company for thirty years. In an attempt at a reconciliation, Niki is made Mohinder's new partner.

Bob brings Monica to her home and explains that her story is covered. He gives her a list of contact information and a video iPod with footage of just about anything for her to learn using her ability. She thanks him, and he replies that New Orleans could use her skills.

Graphic Novel:Team Building Exercise

In 1989 in Odessa, Ukraine, Ivan and Maarten show Noah Bennet the process of bagging and tagging. Noah comments on how the new system poses problems. They find a man who can turn his body into water. Noah suggests trapping the man in a train car as Maarten blocks his exits with fire. His plan works and the trio further discuss what to do with the liquid man.

Out of Time

Bob suggests that the shanti virus be used on Maury, who has come to kill Bob. However, Maury uses his ability to put Niki in a dream and DL tells her to kill Bob. In order to stop herself, she injects the virus in herself. Mohinder tries to treat her with his antibodies, but finds that the virus has mutated and cannot be stopped by his blood. When he tells this to Bob, Bob decides to destroy all the vials of the virus they have, and that they must find Claire. Bob explains that her regenerative ability may help save Niki. Mohinder tells Bob that he has been working with Noah Bennet to take down the Company and he does not know what is right anymore. After Mohinder's confession, Bob gives Mohinder a Company issue gun.

Bob tells Nathan that Peter is still alive.

Four Months Ago...

Just after the explosion created by Peter, Bob orders Elle to intercept him at the hospital where he took his burned brother Nathan. When she brings Peter in, he tells him that they are going to help him, but show that his powers have been negated by both pills and the Haitian. Bob also picks up Niki and gives her ability negation pills to control Jessica. After Peter and Adam Monroe escape from the facility, Bob has the Haitian and Elle track them down to the docks.

The Haitian forces Peter into a shipping container to be shipped to Cork, Ireland and takes his memories, but not before revealing that he is on his side and gives Peter his symbol necklace.

In the present day, Bob and Niki say "goodbye" before Niki leaves the facility.

Cautionary Tales

Mohinder meets Bob at a Costa Verde hotel. Bob says they'll kidnap Claire quickly and take out Noah in the process. Bob introduces Mohinder to his daughter, Elle, his new partner.

Mohinder answers Noah's call to his cell phone. Noah asks if Molly can track down West for him. Mohinder says yes and Noah thanks him. Mohinder then walks back into his room where Elle and Bob are packing and says that they can use this to their advantage by feeding him a false location. Elle disagrees saying that changing a plan mid-stream is a bad idea, but Mohinder threatens to tell Noah everything if they don't do it his way. Bob relents and Elle passes Mohinder a gun.

Mohinder calls Noah saying that West is at the corner of Verbena and Palm. However, Noah is with West at the corner of Ocean and 4th. Noah lets West go saying that he needs his help.

Claire is at a cheerleading practice when her coach calls her over saying that someone named Mr. Bishop from the education commission wants to see her. It turns out to be Bob, who then proceeds to call her by her real last name, Bennet. Claire quickly runs away realizing he is someone from the Company.

Noah arrives at the corner of Verbena and Palm, and Mohinder jumps into the back of his car, asking Noah to give them Claire because they need her blood. A shocked Noah tells Mohinder he's gone native and says that they will never get Claire. Mohinder then pulls out his gun saying that he must do what he thinks is right.

Noah and Mohinder stop behind the high school and Noah asks Mohinder who his partner is when Elle appears. Noah smirks at her saying that he definitely knows her. Elle starts manifesting her power and starts walking towards them but is surprised when Noah looks above her. She turns around and West tackles her into a car, knocking her unconscious. Mohinder aims his gun at Noah's head in a panic. Noah has a flash of the 7th painting in the series and immediately disarms Mohinder and points the gun at him, but West talks him out of firing. He then settles for kicking Mohinder in the chest.

Noah wakes Elle up by spraying her with a hose, who discovers she is chained to a chair with her feet in the metal doggy bath. Noah says that he needs to speak to her father and Elle asks Noah if he thinks this is her first day. She begins charging up a bolt, but she doesn't realize she is soaked. The electricity reverses and shocks her entire body, causing her to scream in pain. Noah tells Elle that he was there when they first brought her in, that her father experimented on her. He pities her for the testing they put her through. He tells her that he plans to trade her for Claire.

Bob is finishing Claire's bonds when he receives a call from Elle's cell. he picks it up expecting Elle but hears Noah saying that if he hurts Claire then he will kill Elle. He'll be waiting for Bob at a beachside parking lot in two hours to trade one daughter for the other. Bob then takes some of Claire's blood.

West, Noah, and Elle wait for Mohinder, Bob, and Claire to show up. When they do, Elle and Claire walk back to their respective parties. When West starts to fly away with Claire, Elle electrocutes her binds and unloads a blast of electricity upon West, hitting him dead center. West falls back to the ground with Claire using herself as a cushion for him. She begins to heal from the plummet. Elle charges up again to shock Noah, but he shoots her in the shoulder. She falls to the ground as her father runs to her aid.

Bob runs to his daughter's aid and finds himself looking up at Noah's gun. Noah proclaims that if Bob dies, the Company dies with him. Noah prepares to fire, but Mohinder shoots him in the eye and he falls dead to the ground, fulfilling the final painting. West holds back a hysterical Claire from running to her dead father and flies her away as Mohinder, Elle, and Bob look upon Noah's body.

In a treatment room, an IV of blood drips into the body of Noah Bennet, whose eye begins to heal, thanks to the blood. He comes back to life and gasps for air, sitting up in absolute shock.

Truth & Consequences

Bob visits the Bennets to pay his condolences, leaving a jar of ashes with them.

Bob returns from the Bennet home to meet Elle in his car. He tells her that the next 24 hours are crucial and that she is to keep an eye on Claire. She then complains that her cast is itchy and that it would be so much easier without it. Bob then mocks her, saying that he thought his little girl was tough. She then protests that she is tough but she was shot and she can't just heal herself. He apologizes that she is in pain but says that her getting shot was the result of her letting her guard down. She defends herself by saying that she couldn't of known that Noah was going to team up with West. He dismisses her excuse saying that doesn't change the fact that she got shot, that she needs to take responsibility for her actions and asks if she can regain his trust. She says that she can and that she will watch Claire like he asked.

At Primatech Research, in 1977, Hiro watches as Adam, restrained by guards, is told by Kaito that he is a traitor. Adam tells Kaito that he tried to save the world; that to release the virus would be good for a world of famine and constant war that disregards the environment. Kaito tells the guards to lock him up and throw away the key. Kaito turns off the alarm and enters a room Victoria is in. She tells Kaito that Adam was looking for Strain 138, a strain powerful enough to start a global pandemic. Kaito thanks her, but she tells him he that he needs to shut down the program. He asks for the strain and tells her he will lock it away at the Odessa, TX facility where it will be safe. She tells him that as long as it exists, they will not be safe. Kaito tells her the other founders would not allow that, and a concerned Victoria tells Kaito that Adam had help. Victoria tells him that she will no longer be a part of the work.

Bob finds that Mohinder has found a cure for the new strain of the Shanti virus. After an argument, Mohinder tells Bob that he wants the Company to destroy all strains of the virus.

Elle is drinking a Slusho while spying on Claire, but Claire sees her while hugging West and starts running towards her. Elle then tries to her start her car but is unable because of her sling and ends up spilling her drink on herself. She then steps out of her car to confront Claire. Claire asks Elle what shes doing here and Elle says she is watching the sunset. Claire then shoves Elle into her car, but is pulled of by West before she can go any further. Claire says that it isn't fair, but Elle laughs at her and says "Welcome to life."

Claire says she is going to tell the world about how the company kidnapped her and murdered her father, but Elle says she has no proof and that no one would believe her. Claire says she is probably right and that she will just have to show the world instead. She smashes Elle's car window causing Elle to startle. Claire shows Elle her ability and tells her that when she reveals what she can do, that the company will be the ones running.

Powerless

In his office, Bob expresses his disappointment to Elle for failing to handle the Claire situation and leaving it with Claire intending to go public with her abilities.

Elle goes to Noah's cell. She threatens to hurt him if he doesn't tell her what her father did to her, but he's not going to break. She finally tries just saying "Please" instead. Noah tells her about the harsh experiments Bob put her through at a young age, essentially torturing her to find out the extent of her abilities. Bob shows up and cuts their conversation short.

Bob confronts Noah, telling him that Claire is trying to reveal the Company, and asks if she has any hard evidence. Bennet just smiles, and Bob tells him that the Company will have to take drastic measures.

Noah returns home, revealing to his family that he is still alive. He tells Claire not to expose the Company, and informs her that he has made a deal, and will again be working for them. In exchange, his family will be left alone to lead normal lives.

While searching her father's office, Elle discovers that her file is empty. She then logs into her father's computer and finds a video surveillance feed showing Sylar in Mohinder's lab. She decides to stop him to impress her father.

Elle enters the laboratory and attacks Sylar. He escapes, but takes the syringe with the cure with him. Elle is upset that she let Sylar get away, but Mohinder tells her that she saved their lives, and insists that she is a hero.

Graphic Novel:Special

West, while in junior high school in St. Louis, is abducted by Mr. Bennet and the Haitian, and brought to Primatech Paper Company in Odessa, Texas. Meanwhile, Claire enters Primatech in search of her father, but spots West in a ventilation shaft where he has tried to escape. They introduce themselves, but the Haitian finds West and they disappear, much to Claire's confusion. Later, West is back at school and has no memory of the day before, only Mr. Bennet.

Graphic Novel:Elle's First Assignment, Part 1

In Bob's office, Bob hands Elle the assignment to watch over Claire. Elle says the assignment is pointless, but Bob says Claire and her blood could become assets to the Company as much as Linderman and Arthur Petrelli were.

One night outside the Bennets' home, Elle is stopped by Noah and Eden and sent away after being told watching Claire is his job.

Graphic Novel:Normal Lives

In a diner, Noah says to himself the Company must be in complete disarray after Linderman's death.

After taking care of Marcus, Noah gives Bob a call and tells him he did the Company a favor by doing away with a dangerous man. Bob tries to persuade Noah to come back, but Noah says he won't ever go back. Bob says it doesn't matter because they'll find him anyway.

Graphic Novel:The Golden Goose

Bob interrogates Goose on the current whereabouts of Drucker, and after failing to get the information, he turns Goose's body into gold. A few men from the Company carry the body away. Goose's body is next seen in a vat of a molten substance behind Bob, who looks determinedly at a laptop.

Graphic Novel:The Man with Too Much Brains

Elle takes Matt Neuenberg to the Company's facility where she and Bob watch a man and the Haitian perform several tests on him and his ability.

Graphic Novel:Hana and Drucker's Plot Discovered

In the Company's computer room, Matt Neuenberg stares at a computer screen while Elle monitors his progress. They notice two unknown files, K. Apila and T. Monk, being sent from Bhutan. Elle calls her father to find out if he knows anything. After doing so, she drops the phone, puts a goggle device on Matt, and begins displaying information from the Company's entire mainframe so Matt can memorize it all.

Meanwhile, in the Company's mainframe, Hana and Drucker begin their plan to unleash a massive viral file into the mainframe, which would completely destroy it.

Graphic Novel:The End of Hana and Drucker

In the computer room, Elle electrocutes the mainframe computer to stop Hana and Drucker from causing any damage; Bob comes in, orders a few men to put the fire out, and tells Elle she'll need to jump-start Matt's heart. She does, and when Matt wakes up, Bob calls him a hero for storing all the mainframe information and says he has a special treat for him.

In Matt's new room, Elle enters and tells Matt she was able to allow some outside time for the two of them, but leads Matt out of his room only to be escorted away to the operating room. There, Matt dies from an overload during the extraction of the information. Bob orders that the information's completeness be verified.

Graphic Novel:Blindsided

Noah and the Haitian set out on a mission to bag and tag Howard Grigsby and save the Butlers. Noah drives the Haitian from Odessa, TX to an abandoned plantation in Peach Pit, GA. Through a window, they spot Howard holding the Butlers hostage in a room of the plantation. After Noah and the Haitian split up to try and trap Howard, Noah finds the Haitian unconscious, and is blinded by Howard Grigsby. He runs into the room with the Butlers and shoots the chandelier above Howard.

The Haitian awakens and takes Noah to a Company optometrist and stands by Noah's side as the eye doctor examines Noah. Upon the optometrist removing a patch from his eyes, Noah comments that he has a weakened eyesight. The optometrist tells Noah that he already knows that, and informs him that the Butlers are okay and that Howard is now in a Level-Five holding cell in the Company's facility.

Notes

• Referencing the Company, Mohinder tells Thompson, "As far as I can tell, you're all a bunch of untrustworthy goondas" (The Hard Part). Goonda is a Hindi word meaning "a member of a crime gang or a thug".
• According to the Heroes Interactive for Kindred, the Company is often referred to as the Company 2.0 by the writing staff.

See Also

• For articles related to the Company, see list of articles related to the Company.

Fan Theories

Please refer to Theory:The Company for fan-created theories and other speculation.

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