Eric Doyle

Eric Doyle
Portrayed by	David H. Lawrence XVII
First appearance	The Butterfly Effect
In-story stats
Known ability	Puppet master
Gender
Residence	Eric Doyle's apartment
Occupation	Owner of Doyle's Marionette Theater
Significant other	formerly Meredith Gordon
Child	None

Eric Doyle is an escaped prisoner from Level 5. He has the ability to control a person's physical actions.

Character History

The Butterfly Effect

Elle accidentally knocks out the Level 5 power grid with an electrical outburst, inadvertently giving the Primatech Research prisoners the chance to escape. While Knox, the German, Jesse, and the others escape, Eric is running after them.

Angels and Monsters

Meredith looks through some of Noah's files with Sandra Bennet and becomes worried when she finds Eric's file. She notes that Eric doesn't live too far, and since Claire has lied about where she went, said she'd check there first. Sandra tries to follow her, but Meredith stops her, as it's too dangerous. Later, Meredith is sitting at dinner with Eric, moving exactly as he does, thanks to his ability to control another's actions. He tells her to eat, then demands a kiss. Meredith tries aggressively to tell him off, but he shuts her mouth by snapping his fingers closed, and they kiss. They sit back down, and Eric seems very pleased with himself.

Graphic Novel:Doyle

Eric is thrown into a cell on Level 5. Noah Bennet enters and describes three "suicides"--Marcus Wilde, Stephen Taylor, and Tristan Rivers--caused by Doyle. Eric demands a lawyer, but Bennet tells him he's not the police. Two years later, an agent named Michael chats with Eric while bringing his meal. They discuss the differences between "us" and "them", and Michael speculates that Bennet let Sylar kill Eden. When Elle's electrical outburst knocks out the power, Eric's cell opens. Michael tries to stop the escaping prisoner, but Eric uses his power to force Michael to kill himself with his own lasers.

Dying of the Light

While they eat, Meredith tells Eric that she will never love him. Eric uses his ability to make Meredith break a wine glass and place the sharp edges against her throat. Later, he makes her dance with him on the stage of his marionette theater.

Sandra Bennet calls him to his front desk to arrange a fictitious birthday party, hoping to distract him while Claire sneaks into the theater through the back door. When Claire accidentally knocks something over while opening the door, Eric captures both her and Sandra and sits them down at a table with Meredith. He makes his three prisoners play a game in which a gun with a single bullet will be spun to decide who will fire it at whom. Meredith begs Eric to release them, promising to love him. However, Eric does not believe her and continues the game. First, Eric makes Claire fire the gun at Sandra, though the hammer lands on an empty chamber. Next, he makes Sandra point the gun at Claire and pull the trigger twice. When Claire is shot, Eric releases her from his control. He is then knocked out by her.

Noah is called to inject him with a tranquilizer, keeping him under control.

Evolved Human Abilities

Eric has the ability to control the physical actions of other people, essentially making them move like puppets under his control.

Notes

• Eric owns Doyle's Marionette Theater. It appears that after his escape from Level 5, he is now living there.
• It appears that Meredith knows Eric from sometime in her past.

See Also

• For other uses of Doyle, see Doyle (disambig).