Theory:Mohinder Suresh

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Theory	Citations	Notes
Mohinder has lived in the US prior to Genesis.	Mohinder has a license to drive a taxi cab. (Genesis).	+ To acquire such a license in the 36 hours the show leaves him is impossible. Therefore he must have acquired the license, or at least its prerequisites, at a previous date. + After seeing Chandra's taxi drivers license among his personal effects, Mohinder goes to the Chelsea Cab Company. The boss offers him a job and he accepts. (Monsters) - Mohinder may have been awarded the license illegally. Mohinder's license expires on a day that doesn't exist. It could be a fake, but this most likely a production gaffe or an in-joke. + Many people who study English choose to spend a few years in an English speaking country. - India is an English-speaking country. • If the accent is an intended trait and not an acting variable, then it would seem as if Mohinder has spent a good amount of time in a primarily English speaking country, probably in Europe.
There have been two Mohinders. The Sureshes tailored the fetuses of their children after Shanti, so it would cure her. The first Mohinder died before it was old enough to survive having it's blood taken and used, so a second identical fetus was made to cure Shanti afterwards.	Two different times of birth (one where he was born while his sister was alive, one he was born after) have been given.	- Why make two fetuses, when the first would have been able to cure Shanti? What would the purpose of the current (second) Mohinder be? How would they have been 'tailored?' • Only Mohinder's antibodies seemed to be the cure for Molly and Shanti's sickness. If he was not tailored in some way, wouldn't anyone's antibodies do? - Mohinder says that 'sometimes, when a mommy and daddy have a sick child, they have another baby, a healthy baby, with healthy antibodies' (The Hard Part). Seeing how the disease started with Shanti, even though there have been EH's around since the 16th century (Takezo Kensei), there is a high probability that only Mohinder (and perhaps Chandra and Mohinder's mother too, unless Mohinder is an EH himself and only EH relatives of Shanti's have healthy antibodies) can cure the virus. Furthermore, it is improbable that anybody's (EH or not) antibodies would work, else there would be no need to fear this virus spreading over to the general population.
Mohinder has a power - he doesn't need to sleep.	In Five Years Gone, Nathan says to him: "You haven't slept in five years, Mohinder."	- This is just a figure of speech. - The fact that Nathan could tell Mohinder's tired gives it away. - Mohinder slept (and had his dreams manipulated by Sanjog) while in Chennai. Both times, he seems to have fallen asleep unintentionally. + Perhaps Mohinder discovered his insomnia power after his encounter with Sanjog. + After meeting Sanjog, Mohinder has never been shown asleep in Heroes.
Mohinder has a power.	None.	+ When asked by Bennet "Are you on the list?", he changes the subject. + His sister Shanti was infected with "the virus", which only infects these evolved humans, so it's very possible that he has a power too. + It would explain Chandra's persistant enthusiasm with the whole topic of evolution. + Only Mohinder's anti-bodies can cure the virus. This would make sense as his DNA would be pretty close to Shanti's, the first recorded case of the virus. • Mohinder's power could be healing that disease. It's pretty specific, but so is Alejandro's ability to counteract Maya's ability. + In The Line one of Isaac Mendez's paintings shows Mohinder having smoke come from his finger. - Mohinder clearly is holding a gun, there is smoke coming out of it, not out of his finger. - In Blackout, Part 1, the patient asks Mohinder if he is one of the special people he talks about. Mohinder says that he isn't. He has no reason to lie to the man either. + He could be in denial or unaware of his abilities.
Mohinder is related to Takezo Kensei.	None.	- Mohinder is of Indian descent, while Kensei is of European or Western descent. + After so many generations it is very likely that any obvious trace of descenty should have be "washed" through the generations. + Takezo has traveled the world, he might have gone to India on his way to Japan. • If Mohinder is related to Kensei then it is unlikely that he wouldn't inherite an ability. Though his sister had an ability so it may have skipped his generation. • None of the wives that Kensei mentioned were Indian. Though he could have slept with an Indian women without marrying her. - The only thing that supports this theory is the fact that Kensei has been around for a long time. As Evan and Khufu prove, there were other evolved humans before, or at the same time as Kensei.
Mohinder is morphing into a cockroach after using the serum	None.	+ In the past powers have been somewhat related to the users needs or desires. Based on Mohinder's lectures on the cockroach and its use as a symbol of evolution in the show, it would follow that Mohinder's power would be based on the cockroach. + His abilities shown thus far (agility, clinging to walls, enhanced strength) are characteristics of the cockroach.