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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.
Bennet will always have secrets.	None.	+ He has a history of not telling the truth about his work. Also, he tried to hide the truth about Claire's biological parents from her. + He may be hiding that Claire received her ability through injection. - As all of Claire's maternal side of the family has powers, and these powers run in her paternal side as well, it seems quite unlikely that she was injected with a synthetic ability. Plus, the fact Claire survived the fire as a baby proves that she had the ability from birth. - Only her mother and maternal uncle were shown to have powers. - Noah was seen holding Claire after the fire, so he saved her. - Claire only began displaying a power in Six Months Ago. • It is unknown as to whether Noah knows that The Company developed a formula to grant people abilities.
Noah will eventually die permanently.	None.	+ He died in the explosion future and the exposed future. + 93% of the world died in the outbreak future. Noah was probably among them. - Probably is not a confirmation. - Noah dying in some of the possible futures has nothing to do with the current timeline that the show is following. + Since Noah does not have rapid cellular regeneration, that is a certainty for him to die sometime. • Rapid cell regeneration doesn't completely prevent death, as seen with Arthur.
One day Noah will die, protecting his family.	None.	+ Noah always does everything to protect his loved ones.
Noah's father is Samson Gray.	None.	+ Claire describes Sylar as her uncle in the future. This would be true if Noah is Sylar's brother. - Claire said so, believing Sylar to be Peter and Nathan's brother. - Noah is Claire's adoptive father. + BTE confirmed there is a link between Samson Gray and Noah Bennet. - BTE said Sylar and Noah are connected, not Samson and Noah. + This could explain how they are connected, a future revelation of brothers. - Noah had access to the Company's files, if he discovered that Arthur and Angela were not Sylar's real parents, he should know everything about his own parentage. - Noah could have captured Samson briefly during an assignment, explaining the company's knowledge of Samson. + This could explain why Noah seems so interested in Sylar, after he killed Brian Davis. - Noah said to Elle, "Mr. Gray has a unique ability to transfer abilities from one vessel to another" (which was technically incorrect), implying that he never met anyone with intuitive aptitude before. He was also amazed to watch how Gabriel was killing Trevor - something he had never seen before. (Villains) - Sylar is a serial killer who murders specials, and Noah is a father of one and a man whose job is to capture criminals like Sylar.
Noah is looking for Sabine Hazel.	None.	+ He is restarting the company. + Sabine Hazel is an enemy of the Company. + Sabine Hazel is being hunted by Eric Thompson Jr. + Medsen was looking for her. - Noah does not know about the baby. - Building 26 employees were looking for Hazel, not Company officers.
Bob Bishop and Noah are related, possibly as father and son.	None.	+ Bob was born sixteen years before Noah was born, making him just old enough to be Noah's father. + Elle's mother is unmentioned, perhaps the supposed connection between Elle and Claire is Elle is her half-aunt. + This ties in with Sylar as Claire's uncle if in the exposed future, he fathered a son with her adopted aunt. + This ties in with Sylar's link with Noah, he was involved with his sister. - So Noah, the great family man, tries to murder his own father and little sister?. + His father and sister were threatening his daughter. + Switching your last name from Bishop to Bennet to Butler (Four Months Later) is not a huge stretch. Perhaps he wanted to prove his own value, instead of being known as the Boss's illegitimate kid. - Bennet has no knowledge of Linderman's connection to the Company and is imprisoned without appeal (Parasite). It would be very odd if his father was one of the leaders... + Neither Bob nor Noah may know if they're related as cousins or father and son. + Neither Nathan nor Peter Petrelli seemed aware of their parents' activities at the Company. - Thompson mentions bringing him in personally. (.07%). + An "HRG" shot with Bob (over the shoulder, from the back) was in Powerless. Besides being symbolic reference of Bob's control over Noah, it could also be symbolic of their possible family ties.
Tracy and Noah will become partners.	None.	+ Noah trusts Tracy. + Tracy was the one Noah called regarding Governor Malden. + They are both lonely. + Sandra has divorced from Noah and is dating someone else, it seems. + Tracy keeps contacting Noah for help. + Tracy has ended all relations with Nathan and Governor Malden. + Neither have a job, they may decide to restart the Company together. + There seems to be a trend regarding romance on the show: Gretchen/Claire; Edgar/Lydia; Peter/Emma. • Peter and Emma aren't romantically involved. + Yet.
Noah did not know what powers the Company's founders had prior to the Season One.	Noah didn't know that Linderman was head of the Company (.07%). Also, Noah did not associate Jeremy Greer with Linderman when discussing his healing touch (Tabula Rasa). Angela states that the company was formed to hide people with abilities from the world at all costs (1961).	+ Noah has never mentioned the powers of the the Company's founders besides Angela (whom has kept Noah under her wing). - It isn't know if Linderman could kill with his ability, like Jeremy could. + It hasn't been said that Linderman couldn't kill with his ability, and both Jeremy Greer and Linderman are listed as healing touch. - Because the only source to explicitly name the ability, making Jeremy and Linderman's the same is vastly outdated, and clearly preceeded the manifestation of the harmful effects of Jeremy's ability. + Noah seemed to believe that Jeremy's ability to take life was a natural progression of the power. Until the writers confirm otherwise, the powers Jeremy and Linderman have could be the same. - He only recognized the effects because he knew of the Chinese woman, who manifested similarly, at first with healing, and then with killing. + Said effects could be consistent with all who have the healing touch. - Other than Jeremy and the Chinese woman, no healer was ever implied to be able to kill with the ability. + Nor has it been stated that Linderman didn't have that extension of the ability. - Considering the well established knowledge on the ability, it is less speculative to assume they're different abilities than saying they're the same. Otherwise anything could be said about everything, as long as the opposite hasn't been stated, such as "pyrokinetics can control heat without creating fire". + That contradicts what has been said about the power and the users. It has been listed as the same power. We're not discussing rapid cell regeneration and healing tough, we are discussing healing touch. Just because Linderman never displayed this extension of the ability doesn't mean he doesn't have it. This Theory is back to where it was several posts ago. - The source which lists Jeremy as having healing touch is outdated, he was documented as having an ability before all aspects of it were studied, meaning his ability might be to healing what telepathy is to illusion, a broader ability which simply accounts for the same effects and some more. The reason the wiki lists them as having the same ability is because that's what our ability naming policy says we have to do: it was explicily named as "healing touch", however, within the Heroes universe, that happened before all aspects could be studied, and precisely for that reason, there's a discussion on whether the ability should be split or not. - Can you sight a source that disproves the Theory that Linderman and Jeremy have the same power? The ability has been listed as "Healing Touch." Until a canon source (Episodes that have aired, Graphic novels, or interviews with writers) states otherwise, the viewer is left to guess that the ability Jeremy has is the same as the ability Linderman has.
Noah will develop a power.	His statement to Jeremy Greer.	- He was trying to reassure a frightened teenager. This is not a prophetic statement. + Tom Miller developed a power, later in life. - No information is given regarding when Tom Miller developed his power. + How long could Tom Miller have had his power, if he could be accidentally startled into using it? Even accounting for his age, it seems unlikely he had it that long. - In iStory, Aviv is having trouble controlling his telekinesis. - After the Level 5 breakout, Elle started having problems with her ability. - Why isn't Noah Bennet, then on the list? + The list does not mention everyone and who knows how long the gene takes to activate? - According to the file Noah had on Jeremy, the Company started keeping a watch on Jeremy before he manifested, because there his genome was a match to an ability. + Noah is only about 5-6 years older than Nathan who discovered his power at 39 in 2006. Nathan would've turned 40 according to Angela in the opening episodes of Season 4. - Noah said his "power" is to understand evolved humans, but he never tried to understand Sylar or Stephen Canfield. + He did try to understand Sylar, but he just couldn't. - BTE often joked about non-evolved characters' powers - for example, Kimiko has the power "to make Ando drool", and Mr. Muggles has the power to re-arrange matter on sub-atomic level. - Noah worked in the Company for fifteen years, they would've known if he had a power. + Or would have thought that he was just good at his job. - Lukas Bahn was a Company agent that could detect other evolved humans, given the time Noah worked for the Company, it's unlikely they never met, yet Noah was never thought to be an evolved human. + Unless Noah had leverage over Bahn, or the Haitian knew and blocked Bahn's ability.