Series of eight (painting)

Series of eight (painting)
First mentioned:	Lizards
Owned by:	Kaito's Death: Noah Bennet Remaining paintings: The Company
Current status:	Kaito's Death: In The Bennets' Home Remaining paintings: Burned in Odessa, Ukraine Mr. Bennet kept a digital file of all the paintings

Isaac Mendez created a series of eight prophetic paintings. The first in the series depicts Kaito Nakamura's death by Adam Monroe and the last depicted Mr. Bennet's death.

About

Lizards

When Noah Bennet sees the news of Kaito Nakamura's death, he tells Sandra Bennet he knew this would happen. Noah shows her one of the series of eight that accurately depicts Kaito's death. He says that the whereabouts of the remaining seven is not known.

Kindred

Mohinder Suresh, in the new laboratory set up in Isaac's loft, calls Noah while looking for the other paintings in the series. Knowing he has little time before Bob comes back, his search is frenzied until he finds a painting marked 8/8. He is so shocked that he cannot describe it, but sends a picture of it to Noah. The painting depicts Noah's death.

The Line

After interrogating Ivan, Noah and the Haitian find the remainder of the paintings in a warehouse in Odessa, Ukraine.

Out of Time

After Noah and the Haitian record the images, they destroy the paintings in the warehouse.

Cautionary Tales

Noah shows Sandra the last image (#8) in the series of eight that depicts him getting shot in the glasses. When Mohinder points the gun at Noah, image #7 of him holding the gun flashes before Noah. However that image is not tied directly to #8 because Noah is not shot by Mohinder immediately afterward. After the tradeoff between Claire and Elle, Noah shoots Elle, believing that after killing her, and then her father, his family will finally be free. This does not transpire, because Mohinder shoots him in the glasses to prevent the death of Bob. This signals the last painting coming true, although Noah does not die after all, due to Claire's regenerative blood.

Notes

• In the episode commentary for The Line, Adam Armus and Kay Foster refer to #7 as "Mohinder with a gun".
• According to Greg Beeman's blog, the painting of Peter at the window of the CDC building was painted by Tim Sale after the scene was shot. However, the scene in which the painting is first shown in the Odessa warehouse was shot before Tim had a chance to complete the art. To make this possible, a canvas was painted with green screen paint, and the visual effects guys "tracked in Tim's painting over the green canvas."

Gallery

Noah stores digital images of the series on his computer. Below, click on any image to see the full-size image.

       

As is the case with Isaac's paintings, each prophecy was fulfilled as he painted:

Prophecy	Realization
1/8 (Lizards)	Kaito's death (Four Months Later)
2/8 (The Line)	Claire gets revenge on Debbie. (The Line)
3/8 (The Line)	The Shanti virus (The Line)
4/8 (The Line)	Niki gets angry. (Out of Time)
5/8 (The Line)	The Dark Future (Out of Time)
6/8 (The Line)	Hiro fights Takezo Kensei. (Out of Time)
7/8 (The Line)	Mohinder fires at Noah Bennet. (Cautionary Tales)
8/8 (Kindred)	Noah's death (Cautionary Tales)

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  Kaito is lying in a pool of blood. (1/8)
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  Claire lies on the staircase when she is dropped by West. (2/8)
  detailed B&W version
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  Another painting shows someone holding a vial of clear liquid. (3/8)
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  Another painting shows Niki hitting a door. (4/8)
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  Peter and an officer in a containment room. (5/8)
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  Hiro fights Kensei. (6/8)
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  Mohinder has just fired a pistol at Mr. Bennet, killing him. (7/8)
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  Mr. Bennet is lying dead next to Claire holding West. (8/8)

See Also

• For a gallery of references images, sketches, and uncolored originals of several of the paintings, see here.

Fan Theories

Please refer to Theory:Series of eight (painting) for fan-created theories and other speculation.