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Theory	Citations	Notes
Samuel will get killed off by someone from the carnival.	None	+ Nobody seems to like him. - To quote Lucius Accius, "Let them hate, so long as they fear." They may not like him, but he's in charge, and a scary guy. It would not be the first time someone ruled through intimidation. - Lydia at least seems fond of him.
Samuel murdered Joseph.	None	+ His brother was the leader before him. + Samuel is violent. - Samuel loves Joseph, killing his brother goes against his family ideology. + Samuel's 'family' has a sociopathic invisible girl (Rebecca Taylor), a knife-wielding murderer with super-speed (Edgar), and the Watcher. That sounds more like a group of escapees from Arkham Asylum than a loving, well-adjusted family. - Samuel went after Peter because he needed an empath to replace Joseph. Why go to all that work if he could have just left Joseph alive? + Samuel reduced his family home, the one place where he would have the most memories of Joseph, to rubble (killing and injuring people in the process) because the owner snubbed him. He thought that salving his own wounded pride was worth more than the house he and Joseph grew up in. + Samuel has displayed megalomaniacal tendencies. He runs the carnival like a dictatorship, and uses the statement "outsiders can't understand us" to justify destroying people's lives and their trust in people. If Joseph tried to stop his brother, Samuel may have killed him by accident. • Although it's possible that losing his brother is what drove him mad...
Samuel will cause the Earth splitting in half, not Sparrow.	None	+ BTE said that someone with terrakinesis is responsible. + BTE said a guy with terrakinesis is responsible and Sparrow is a girl. + Samuel is violent unlike Sparrow. • Samuel opened up a giant sinkhole to collapse an entire mansion, his powers are at least as great as Sparrow's. - The Earth is destroyed in an alternate future. + Just because it happened in one alternate future doesn't mean that it can't any more.
Samuel wants Peter to regain empathic mimicry.	Doesn't mean it's possible, though.	+ Lydia said Samuel tries to fill the void of Joseph's death. It was implied that Samuel wants to fill it with Peter, whom he seems to be very interested in. + It is unclear how the compass tattoo appeared on Peter's arm, but since Samuel was smiling, it may be because Peter somehow replicated his ability. • Samuel could have put the tattoo there when he and Peter shook hands. • Peter should have lost his enhanced speed and gained terrakinesis when they shook hands. - Peter has some amount of control over his ability, he has touched numerous people in the past without taking their abilities. + When Peter grabbed Emma, he unintentionally replicated her ability. + He could have replicated it passively because he could connect with her, it can be a sign that his empathy is returning. - He lost super speed when he replicated Emma's ability, if his empathy was truly returning he would have been able to retain both. + It could start with acquiring abilities through touch without meaning to. It's midway between his current ability and his original ability.
Samuel's family got new members thanks to Rebel and Ellen.	None	+ Sabine Hazel is at the Carnival and was helped by people. + Having Micah helping people to safety by moving them to the Carnival makes sense. - Micah wants to help people, not for them becoming evil, so he wouldn't send them to the carnival. + Is Micah omniscient? And there is no proof the Carnival itself is evil. Only Samuel has displayed evil. Besides the theory says Micah and Leona. Maybe Leona is linked to the Carnival? - If Samuel had been met by members of Rebel, he would have either bamboozled them into staying or destroyed their lives until joining his 'family' seemed like the only option.
Samuel is a John the Baptist/Christ figure.	None	+ He baptized Sylar to welcome him into his family. - This could just be symbolic of new carnival members being reborn into a new life.