Mohinder Suresh

Mohinder Suresh
Portrayed by	Sendhil Ramamurthy
First appearance	Genesis
In-story stats
Known ability	Mohinder's ability (injected)
Gender
Age	34
Home	New York, NY; formerly Madras, India
Residences	Apartment in Brooklyn, NY
Occupations	Medical Professional & Agent of The Company, former taxi driver, former genetics professor
Significant others	Maya Herrera, formerly Mira Shenoy,
Parents	Chandra Suresh (deceased), Unnamed mother
Grandparent	Unnamed grandmother
Ward	Molly Walker
Sibling	Shanti Suresh (deceased)

Mohinder Suresh was a genetics professor from India who took up the research into evolved humans after the death of his father. Steadily unravelling the mysteries of his father's research, as well as determined to find his father's killer, eventually Mohinder joins The Company. Mohinder's research has since made the ground-breaking discovery of the way a normal human could gain abilities, with Mohinder using the new treatment on himself and becoming an artificial evolved human.

Character History

Season One

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

Teaching a class in Chennai University, he finds out from Nirand that his father has been killed. He goes to New York, and lives in his father's apartment, getting a job as a taxi driver. One customer is Peter, and they witness the eclipse. At his home, he finds evidence about his father's killer, Sylar, and gets to know his neighbor, Eden. Together, they find an algorithm, and Mohinder tries warning Nathan of his fate. Peter visits him, and together they go to visit Isaac. He does not answer, and Mohinder concludes that Peter led him on a wacky adventure.

He returns to India and his job, when he thinks about closing off the algorithm. He starts dreaming about his father and mother, discovering that he had a sister. He finds an evolved human, Sanjog Iyer, and decides to return to America after finding out more about Sylar and the list.

Two weeks later, he discovers that Eden is dead, and receives a visit from Bennet, who gives him a business card. Nathan also visits him, and the two try to calm Peter down, to little success. Mohinder resumes his quest to find people with power, and meets Zane Taylor - actually Sylar in disguise. Together, they find another, Dale Smither, when Mohinder figures out that he is with Sylar. He holds him hostage using curare, but Sylar gets the upper hand and attacks Mohinder. However, after a fight between Peter and Sylar, Mohinder strikes Sylar down with the map, and destroys the list, escaping and taking Peter's body to his mother.

He contacts Thompson, and meets Molly Walker in a building. He works on curing her virus, only to find out that he is the cure. Giving her his blood, he learns about her power, only to be warned of two men trying to find her. He protects her, knocking out Matt, and holds Bennet at gun point. They eventually come to an agreement, and Mohinder and Molly escape from the building, finding D.L., Niki and Micah along the way. They witness the explosion from Kirby Plaza, as Mohinder tends to a wounded Matt.

Season Two

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

Mohinder is giving lectures about his research on the Shanti virus in various cities when a man comes to him in Cairo. He mentions Shanti, which prompts Mohinder to be aggressive, but Bob offers Mohinder a job at his company. Mohinder reluctantly takes the job, then secretly calls Noah about bringing the company down. Mohinder's first assignment is to heal the Haitian from the cure, but Mohinder forgets what happened and the Haitian escapes. Mohinder returns to his apartment, where he lives with Matt and Molly.

Mohinder is given Isaac's loft by the Company to run a lab to further his research. He finds a paintings from a series of eight that foretells Noah's death. Later, 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. Eventually, she helps Matt, but is rendered unconscious. Mohinder tries to calm Matt down after Molly becomes unconscious, noting that she is in shock.

Mohinder decides to bring Molly to the Company for help, which angers Noah. While Mohinder talks to Bob about Molly, he is given a new assignment to deal with another person with powers. He travels to New Orleans to get Monica. At the Company's hospital, Monica demonstrates her ability through various tests. Bob tells Mohinder to inject Monica with a variant of the virus that will disable her abilities, but Mohinder later does not, and argues wtih Bob and decides to take Molly.

Eventually, Mohinder realizes that he cannot help Molly alone, and Bob apologizes to Mohinder about asking him to inject Monica. After being partnered with Niki, Bob tells Mohinder that he needs to inject Maury with the virus. Mohinder protests, but eventually leaves with Niki to go get samples. Mohinder witnesses Niki talking to herself and suspects it is the work of Maury. As the two collect samples, Niki begins talking to herself and eventually punches Mohinder, breaking his nose. After Maury is captured and Niki injected herself with the virus, Mohinder attempts to use his blood to cure Niki, but finds the virus is immune to his blood. He informs Bob of this who tells Mohinder they can use Claire to help Niki, and reveals to Bob his partnership with Mr. Bennet and their motives to take down the company.

Mohinder is partnered with Elle to kill Noah and get Claire's blood. Bob kidnaps Claire from her home; Claire agrees to give some of her blood if they leave her father alone. Elsewhere, Elle meets up with Noah and Suresh. It appears Elle is about to attack Noah when Claire's boyfriend West swoops down and knocks Elle unconscious. Noah, having restrained Elle in his home, calls Bob to arrange an exchange: Elle for Claire. After the two daughters are released, West begins to fly to Claire to safety, but Elle fells West with an electrical bolt. Noah draws his gun and shoots Elle in the shoulder. He then points his gun at Bob, telling him "If you die, the Company dies with you." Instead, Mohinder shoots Noah in the eye, killing him. Noah's body is taken to Primatech Research, where he is given Claire's regenerative blood by Mohinder. Mohinder makes a mix of his blood and Claire's blood and begins to head to New Orleans to give an injection to Niki when he receives a phone call from Sylar, who reveals that he is at Mohinder's apartment with Molly. Mohinder rushes to his apartment, where Sylar holds Mohinder, Molly and Maya hostage and tells Mohinder to cure him of the virus. Mohinder takes all of them to his lab, where he discovers that Sylar has the same strain of the virus that Niki had. Sylar shoots Maya when she starts to manifest her ability. To test the antidote Sylar tells Mohinder to give it to Maya first. After Mohinder injects Maya, Elle appears and attempts to apprehend Sylar. Elle hits Sylar in the back with an electrical bolt, but he escapes.

The Second Coming

Mohinder comes home to his New York City apartment, and tells Maya that he has sent Molly off "somewhere safe." After arguing with Maya, Mohinder comes to a startling revelation. Seeing Maya becoming mad or upset to manifest her ability, Mohinder realizes that her power must come from her adrenal glands and not her blood. After extracting some adrenaline from Maya, he analyzes it in his lab. He finds out that he has a way to give powers to anyone. After an argument with Maya about what might happen if this fell into the wrong hands, Mohinder is left to ponder if he should use this serum, or destroy it. Later, on the docks, he stands at the edge of the water about to throw the serum away. At the last minute, he decides against it, and injects himself. He falls to the ground unconscious. While lying on the ground, two ruffians try to rob Mohinder. In self defense, he grabs the first man's gun, squeezing with enough strength to bend it. He then jumps to his feet and tosses the second man several meters away. The men run away as Mohinder, surprised, examines his hands. He runs after them only to let them go after a short run. Stupefied, he examines his hands once again.

The Butterfly Effect

Mohinder tests out his newfound powers in his lab. Maya tries to convince him to destroy the new serum he has created. Mohinder demonstrates his super strength and ability to crawl on the walls. After telling Maya that he can eventually find a way to reverse abilities, he and Maya kiss passionately. Later, Mohinder wakes up next to Maya and heads to the bathroom. While looking in the mirror, he peels a large patch of dead skin off of his back which has bulges growing underneath, and wonders what he did to himself.

I Am Become Death

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Evolved Human Abilities

Mohinder has acquired what appears to be an evolved human ability by injecting himself with a compound isolated from Maya's adrenaline, which has enhanced all of his bodily functions to the peak of human potential. He has described these abilities as being the next step in human evolution, while still remaining completely human. These allow enhancements of his capabilities such as mind, agility, strength, stamina, speed, reflexes, balance, durability, eye sight, and immune system.

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
• Taser--Used to incapacitate evolved humans who are aggressive and/or not in control of their abilities.

Memorable Quotes

"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)

"Your nose. Does it hurt?"

"Only when I breathe."

- Niki, Mohinder (Out of Time)

"What's your superpower? Punching bag?"

- Elle (to Mohinder) (Cautionary Tales)

"He's adorable. Can I keep him?"

- Elle (to Bob, about Mohinder) (Cautionary Tales)

"Hope is great, but we need caffeine."

- Mohinder to Sylar (Parasite)

Trivia

• According to an interview with Jason La Padura, Mohinder was originally conceived as a 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's name is likely a variant of the name Mahendra, an amalgam of the words "maha" (great) and "Indra" (a Hindu god). His surname, Suresh, is likely a transcription of the common first name Suresha, meaning "ruler of the gods."
• 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 other uses of Mohinder, see Mohinder (disambig).
• For other uses of Suresh, see Suresh (disambig).
• 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 Explosion Future, see Mohinder Suresh (future)

Fan Theories

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