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Theory	Citations	Notes
Noah, knowing what would happen in the painting, arranged with Mohinder to be shot by him. Mohinder was able to access Claire's blood and used it to revive HRG.	None	+ Mohinder and HRG had a lot of time together alone in the car to work on a plan. + Mohinder and HRG still planned to take down the Company, even though it appeared that Mohinder was on both sides. - Bennet seemed genuinely surprised when he regained consciousness - it seems unlikely that he expected to be revived in a company facility. + It's possible he was simply surprised by the feeling of being brought back from the dead. Even if he knew it was coming, it's difficult to prepare oneself for something like that. - Mohinder was distraught looking over the gun he had almost in tears by what he had done. He couldn't have been in two places at the same time. - Noah stopped Mohinder from shooting him when painting 7/8 was realized.
Noah killed Nathan Petrelli.	None	+ Noah had just been rerecruited by The Company when Nathan was killed. + Noah has shown himself to be proficient with firearms throughout the entire series. - As of Root and Branch, Part 3, Noah is still being imprisoned in a Company holding cell. The Company probably still does not trust him. + The assassin looked like him. - We are only shown the assassin's backside. + The assassin has the same hairstyle and head shape as Mr. Bennet, and like Mr. Bennet appears to be significantly taller than normal. + Matt looked shocked as he was looking into the crowd after Nathan was shot. This suggests that he knew the assassin, which is another reason to suspect Bennet. - It could suggest shock at the fact that his recent ally was just shot. + Matt and Peter didn't use their powers to stop the assassin. Perhaps this was because they couldn't use their powers, because of the presence of The Haitian? If so, this would also suggest Bennet's involvement since he was recently partner with The Haitian. - Though this would indicate a lack of wisdom on his part, Matt declared he would keep the crowd's attention, not scan for potential threats. • It is possible that Matt, who was still developing this new aspect of his power, would not be able to both read and persuade so many people at the same time. - No loud shots were heard, indicating that the weapon was silenced with a suppressor. If Peter wasn't expecting an attack, he wouldn't have been able to prevent it with telekinesis or time manipulation. + The assassin appears significantly taller than the other members of the crowd. Mr. Bennet is also significantly taller than normal. + The show's villains seem to have a habit of assigning important tasks to potentially untrustworthy subordinates in order to gauge their loyalty; i.e. President Sylar assigning Future Mohinder to execute Hiro, and Adam Monroe assigning Peter to kill Hiro so he'll stop bothering them. - On the G4 TV Post Show, Jack Coleman claimed not to know whether or not Bennet was the assassin. This indicates Jack Coleman was not involved in the scene where Nathan gets shot. • He may have simply been coy to avoid spoilers. • This is not the first time the show has used a stand-in to represent a character, even though the role of that character has already been filled and the actor is available for shooting (i.e. the hooded killer being played by a stand-in, despite David Anders already playing the role of Adam Monroe.) - It was confirmed that David Anders did, in fact, play the hooded killer.
Noah will have The Haitian seek out Claude to help them take down the Company from the inside.	None	+ Noah knows that Claude is alive and hates the Company as much he does. - Noah tried to kill Claude (Company Man). So it seems very unlikely that Claude and Noah will work together in the future. + The Company gave the order to kill Claude, not Bennet. Claude may realize this and put aside his differences with Bennet if it means taking down the Company. + Claude has the perfect ability to get inside information about the Company. + Claude is slated to return in volume 3. + If the Haitian finds him, Claude won't be able to fight back or turn invisible. He may not be given a choice whether or not to help them.
Noah Bennet is the one who found Hana's contacts and has begun sending messages to them.	None	+ Hana may have left Noah her contacts in case she didn't survive her latest mission. + Noah may have discovered Hana's contacts when rummaging through the Company's new computer system.