Mohinder Suresh

Mohinder Suresh
Portrayed by	Sendhil Ramamurthy
First appearance	Genesis
In-story stats
Known ability	None
Gender
Age	34
Home	New York, NY, formerly Madras, India
Residences	Apartment in Brooklyn, NY
Occupations	Geneticist (Chennai, India), Taxi Driver (New York City, USA)
Significant other	(formerly) Mira Shenoy
Parents	Chandra Suresh (father, deceased), Unnamed mother
Ward	Molly Walker
Sibling	Shanti Suresh (deceased sister)

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

Season One

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Mohinder Suresh: Season One History.

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Four Months Later

Mohinder is giving a lecture in Cairo about the evolved humans that have become threatened by a disease that only targets the evolved humans. Bob walks in and listens to the lecture. Mohinder urges the very few people at the lecture to spread the word and tells them that with proper funding they may be able to find a cure and save these people because evolved humans are the key to the evolutionary process. After the lecture Bob approaches Mohinder and asks for his autograph. After Bob mentions Shanti, Mohinder pushes him against the wall. Bob offers Mohinder a job at the company but Mohinder declines. Afterwards Bob insists on buying him lunch to talk about it.

During lunch, Mohinder appears to be reluctant to accept the job. After being properly persuaded, Mohinder accepts. Mohinder later talks with Noah Bennet on the phone about bringing the company down, once and for all.

Lizards

Mohinder accepts an assignment from Bob to investigate an evolved human in Port Au Prince, Haiti, who they suspect has the Shanti virus. This man turns out to be the Haitian, and after Mohinder cures him, he wipes Mohinder's memory. At the end of the episode he telephones Mr. Bennet and relates what he remembers of his first assignment for the Company.

Kindred

Mohinder returns to his apartment and is frightened by Matt and his gun. Mohinder argues with Matt that he can take care of himself and that he won't get caught by the Company.

Later when Mohinder is with Bob at Isaac's loft, he is informed that Isaac was murdered by Sylar. The loft has been turned into Mohinder's own lab. Bob tells him that a team of people will help Mohinder with his every need. Mohinder works in close quarters with Bob, but finds time to search the loft and find the last painting in a series of eight. Mohinder calls Noah with the news that the painting foretells Mr. Bennet's death.

Graphic Novel:The Crossroads

After successfully curing the Haitian, Mohinder instructs him on how to meet with Noah in Costa Verde and join their crusade against the Company.

The Kindness of Strangers

Mohinder and Molly are greeted by Matt, who asks Molly to find his father. Molly freaks out after seeing Matt's father in a picture, and Mohinder asks what her problem is. She tells Mohinder and Matt that Matt's father is the nightmare man.

Mohinder comforts Molly while Matt insists that Molly must find his father. Mohinder accuses Matt of wanting to get back at daddy and Matt makes a jibe at Mohinder's own rocky relationship with his father, Chandra. Molly interrupts the pair and tells them that she will try and find Matt's father.

Mohinder and Matt give support to Molly when she uses her ability. Mohinder tries to calm Matt down after Molly becomes unconscious, noting that she is in shock.

Equipment

• Curare--a brain-paralyzing drug used to subdue Sylar
• Gun--taken from an ersatz exterminator and used on Sylar
• License--the legal allowance to drive a taxi for the Chelsea Cab Company
• Research items--including his fathers algorithm, journal, list, map, and various files
• Tuning fork--used to torture a captive Sylar

Memorable Quotes

"Man is a narcissistic species by nature. We have colonized the four corners of our tiny planet. But we are not the pinnacle of so-called evolution. That honor belongs to the lowly cockroach. Capable of living for months without food. Remaining alive headless for weeks at a time. Resistant to radiation. If God has indeed created himself in his own image, then I submit to you that God is a cockroach. They say that man uses only a tenth of his brain power. Another percent, and we might actually be worthy of God's image. Unless, of course, that day has already arrived. The human genome project has discovered that tiny variations in man's genetic code are taking place at increasingly rapid rates. Teleportation, levitation, tissue regeneration. Is this outside the realm of possibility? Or is man entering a new gateway to evolution? Is he finally standing at the threshold to true human potential?"

- Mohinder (Genesis)

"It's the sort of cutting-edge science we used to talk about late into the night."

"The world's worst pillow talk, I'd say."

- Mira, Mohinder (Seven Minutes to Midnight)

Trivia

• According to an interview with Jason La Padura, Mohinder was originally conceived as as man in his 50s, essentially as the role of Chandra. However, when Sendhil Ramamurthy read for the part, the producers rethought the role to accommodate the actor they wanted to use.
• Mohinder can speak some French, although not fluently. (Lizards)

External Links

• Mohinder's Volume of Periodic Accounts (fan site)
• Website by Mohinder Suresh (French fan site)

See Also

• For articles related to Mohinder, see Related Articles:Mohinder.
• For images of Mohinder, see Images of Mohinder Suresh.
• For Mohinder as he appeared in the dark future, see Mohinder Suresh (future)
• For other uses of Mohinder, see Mohinder (disambig).

Fan Theories

Please refer to Theory:Mohinder Suresh for fan-created theories and other speculation.

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