Mohinder Suresh

Mohinder Suresh
Portrayed by	Sendhil Ramamurthy
First appearance	Genesis
In-story stats
Gender
Residence	Mohinder Suresh's apartment
Occupations	Professor (India) Taxi Driver (New York City, USA)
Parents	Chandra Suresh (father, deceased)

Mohinder Suresh is a genetics professor and the son of Chandra Suresh. When he learns of his father's murder, he becomes determined to find the killer and unravel the mysteries of his father's research.

Character History

Genesis

University professor Mohinder Suresh is speaking to his class. After Nirand brings him news of his father's death in New York, Mohinder suspects that his father was murdered to silence the findings of his genetics research. He goes to his father's local apartment to look for clues and to finish his research. However, before Mohinder can thoroughly analyse his father's findings, he realizes someone is still in the apartment when the intruder's phone rings. As the mysterious stranger talks to the caller about Mohinder's father and the research, Mohinder narrowly escapes.

Later, in Brooklyn, Mohinder has taken a job as a taxi driver and rents his father's other apartment. Although it is in disarray, much of the material is still there and Mohinder begins to reorganize it.

Later Mohinder picks up Peter Petrelli, who asks him about "being special". Although Mohinder initially patronizes Peter, he eventually realizes Peter's question is more substantial and talks to him about genetics and evolution. Afterward, Mohinder gets another fare. This other man seems ordinary enough at first, requesting a ride to JFK Airport and talking about heading home after business. However, he begins to ask Mohinder about his last name "Suresh" and commenting suspiciously that he knew a Professor Suresh in India. Getting spooked, Mohinder abandons the cab and runs away. The mysterious man then gets out and is revealed to be the same man who was at Mohinder's father's apartment in India.

Don't Look Back

Mohinder finds a man in his father's apartment. The man claims he is an exterminator, but Mohinder quickly realizes that the man was planting an eavesdropping device. The man pulls a gun, after a struggle that leads out into the apartment hallway, a girl picks up the gun ("If you're the exterminator, why do you have a gun holster?"), and the man quickly leaves. The girl introduces herself as a friend of Mohinder's father and enthusiastic about his theories on genetics, her name is Eden McCain.

Mohinder and Eden discover a portable hard drive in his father's pet's cage. Mohinder discovers that the hard drive appears to have all the genetic research that his father had done on tracking those with special abilities.

Along the way, Mohinder learns that his father seems to have had a falling out with one "Sylar". Chandra thought Sylar was "Patient Zero", but on a recorded telephone message Chandra seems to want nothing more to do with the strange man.

One Giant Leap

Mohinder, jumping at every noise, fears for his life and has a pistol cocked and ready. Fortunately, no bad guys are breaking in, only Eden. She brings him macaroni and cheese, and they discuss his father's work. Mohinder recalls that his father never answered a question directly, but answered with another question. Frustrated, he throws his father's laptop, but by throwing it, he accidentally reveals a small book hidden in a compartment. As they thumb through the leather notebook, they discover a list of names, apparently of people all across the globe that possess "abilities". The name "Sylar" pops up, and scrawled there is his New York address. They also find a key in the book.

They make their way to his flat. They knock, but there's no answer. Mohinder produces the key that they found, but it doesn't fit. "It would have been too easy," Mohinder says. So he pulls out a screwdriver and pries the door open. They enter a very neat kitchen, with a teacup resting on the table. Mohinder takes pictures. As they go further into the apartment, the walls are covered with book shelves packed with books-all impeccably orderly. Eden notices an anatomy book laying open to a page were the face is dissected. "A little light reading before bed?" she comments. Mohinder bumps a closet door, and he inspects. What he finds is astonishing. A room lit by a string of light bulbs, and a map identical to his fathers-with more pins stuck in and yarn links. But going further in, he finds a more astounding sight. Painted up in red letters are the words "Forgive Me". In smaller letters all over the rough cement wall are written "I have sinned," over and over. Penitence? Who is Sylar? "My God, what was my father involved with?"

Collision

Mohinder tracks down Nathan Petrelli who does not listen to him, but tells Peter about him. Peter assumes the man is Chandra Suresh and visits his apartment looking for him, only to find that he has passed away and that it was Mohinder that spoke to Nathan. Mohinder is skeptical that Peter has any real power because he's unable to actually demonstrate it. Peter comes to realize that he can assume other people's powers when around them. Unfortunately Nathan is in Las Vegas, so he can't demonstrate his flight. Mohinder and Peter set out to see Isaac who, strung out on heroin, refuses to open the door. On the subway back, time freezes (including Mohinder) leaving Peter to talk with Future Hiro.

Hiros

When time unfreezes, Peter tries to persuade Mohinder to come back with him to Isaac's studio, but Mohinder refuses, telling Peter to just go home and that there are no answers.

Better Halves

Back in his apartment, Mohinder begins to pack to return to India so he can scatter his father's ashes. Eden refuses to say goodbye, claiming that he'll be back to solve the mystery of his father's research. They kiss, and he leaves for India.

Trivia

• The apartment Mohinder rents out in New York is apartment number 316. The apartment Sylar was using in "One Giant Leap" was number 613. Each number is the other backwards.