Theory:Emile Danko

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Theory	Citations	Notes
Danko has had some past experience with evolved humans, probably of a negative nature, prior to the events of Fugitives	none	+ In Cold Wars, when Bennet states that he successfully hid the existence of evolved humans from men like Danko for 20 years, Danko coolly replies that Bennet should not presume to know anything about him.
Danko originally had abilities, but had a bad experience with other posthumans and ultimately had his abilities stolen by Arthur Petrelli.	The conversation between Noah Bennet and Danko, where Danko tells Bennet to not "presume to know anything about [him]". (Cold Wars)	+ It would explain who Arthur got his telepathy from. • Arthur experimented on people with the formula (notably Nathan and the triplets and the elephant man). He could have easily taken powers from his test subjects. + He seems to have a motivation to work against people with abilities that is beyond a strong belief. + Angela talks like she knows Danko, so he may be an old acquaintance of the Petrelli family. - If he was an acquaintance, Nathan would know or remember him. • He hired nobody other than Danko for his operation, suggesting a prior favoritism. (Cold Wars) • Danko seemed to have been assigned for the operation by the US government. • Nathan had no idea about anything Arthur and Angela were up to. He couldn't even tell that Linderman was more than a client. It's easily possible that lesser relations were never seen by Nathan at all. + Angela pointed out that Danko was the only one who survived an incident in Angola. He got nervous and left.
Danko's family or one of his loved ones was killed by an evolved human.	None.	+ This could be the reason why he hates the evolved human so much. + Danko has no known family, and even has to create a false one for Alena. (Turn and Face the Strange)
Danko hates the evolved humans because one of them rescued him in the Angola incident, but let the others die.	Angela states in Shades of Gray that she knows about Angola and wonders how Danko managed to survive.	• This would resemble the "I, Robot" movie, where the main character hates robots for the similar reason. + Danko appears to be emotionally upheaved when his agents are slaughtered by James Martin, and even opens a manhunt in vengeance. (Into Asylum)
Danko was at Coyote Sands, and witnessed the deadly storm that wiped out the camp.	None.	• If he knew that a special was capable of wiping out an entire camp, he could probably gain a serious hate for them. + This would explain the remarkable coincidence of Building 26 sharing the exact same name as the shack where specials were experimented on in the Coyote Sands camp. • The similar named buildings could simple be a story telling technique to emphasize the connection between what Chandra Suresh was doing and what Nathan Petrelli tried to do. - Angela implies the Company eventually killed or brainwashed everyone involved with the Coyote Sands camp to hide the existence of evolved humans. + The Company's overall competence is somewhat questionable, given their track record with Sylar. • Sylar is the most powerful evolved human the Company has ever gone up against. Their track record before he surfaced is fairly good (on-screen they've only ever been seen failing to catch Nathan, Claude and Peter; Nathan most likely due to him being Angela's son, and Claude and Peter due to Peter being just about as powerful as Sylar at that point). • Sylar is proven to be a master escapist: he got away from Matt Parkman and Audrey Hanson in One Giant Leap, from Audrey again in Turning Point, from the police in Road Kill, from Mohinder Suresh in Parasite, from Candice in Kindred, from the Citizen Border Patrol in The Line, from Elle in Powerless, from Noah Bennet in The Eclipse (albeit Noah found him again thanks to Elle), from DHS Agents in A Clear and Present Danger and Building 26, from Emile Danko in Into Asylum, and from his father in Shades of Gray. - Danko doesn't seem to be old enough to have been to Coyote Sands (or anywhere) in 1961, which is 46 years before the current timeline. + He could have been a small child at the time. Zeljko Ivanek is 52 years old, if Danko is the same age he would have been 6 years old during the incident. Childhood trauma shaping a character's actions later in life seems to be a recurring theme in the show. His young age at the time could also explain how Angela and the others missed him when eliminating all witnesses to the events at Coyote Sands. - Unless he was a detainee (which would not make sense, as he has been confirmed to not be an evolved human) there is no reason for a small child to be at Coyote Sands, a military-run concentration camp. + He may have been the son or nephew of a soldier, officer, or service personnel at the camp, visiting them at the time of the incident.
Danko will be angry when he discovers that the office chair in his apartment is missing.	None.	+ Office chairs with a full back can often cost well over $200.00. + Danko has such a 'barebones' apartment that he may not have a single alternative seating accommodation for which he can use his computer. To become aware of this dilemma at the end of a hard day would be highly frustrating. + Danko expresses disdain for most usage of abilities, and his orientation in regards to Matt Parkman (who he is likely to assume is responsible) may lead to additional frustration. - Matt made Danko to tell Alena the truth and turned her against her lover. A chair is nothing compared to that. - Danko is dead, so he now can not become angry.
Danko will be resurrected and return.	Noah noted that Edgar did not try to kill him and his body was not visibly decapitated.	+ He's a popular character who will anger viewers not to see him again. - If writer wrote characters in and out just because they're popular, many more people wouldn't like it. - Even if he wasn't killed, he would not have recieved medical attention until hours later, he would of bled to death if he was just injured. - There is no purpose to bringing back Danko. That storyline has played out, so the character was killed off. + He may very well return in a flashback episode (as several other Killed Off For Real characters have), if only to explain his connection to the Sullivan Brothers Carnival and the compass, and also possibly reveal the source of his massive grudge against evolved humans.
Danko stole the compass from an evolved human during the Angola incident.	None.	+ The evolved human may have hurt Danko in some way and he took the compass from him as a reminder. + Angela seems to know about the Angola incident, either through much research, or through The Company (the incident involving an evolved human and being investigated by The Company). • It is possible that he ate the compass, given the fact that Edgar cut his stomach open. • Not necessarily in his stomach, he could have had it implanted in his abdomen through surgery, and it was the key to the safety deposit box that was there, not the actual compass.