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Noah could have been the Noah Bennet from the past. Noah may be able to age reverse or clone.	Claire says to Future Sylar "you took everything away from me".	+ Mr. Bennet needed glasses when he was 41 years old. He said his father also needed glasses at 41. + They are living in The Bennets' new home in Costa Verde, CA. + He likes waffles just like Noah Bennet. + It would also explain why he named his son Noah in a possible future. - Noah received Claude as a partner in the company. The policy was one normal human, one evolved human. Noah did not have a power. + Because they have not seen a power from Noah does not mean he doesn't have one. - The writers have been steadfast on the issue of Noah not having a power. + The writers have been known to be inconsistent with what they say sometimes. - Noah could always get a synthetic ability.
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 used to have the power of enhanced vision before he lost it in Graphic Novel:Blindsided.	None.	+ In an optometrist's office, Noah and Claire talk about Noah's perfect eyesight, something Claire's grandfather liked to call "eagle eye". + The blinding light would have most likely left Noah permanently blind without enhanced vision. - Then he didn't actually lose the ability. - There is no evidence that Noah had "enhanced vision", rather than just perfect vision. The story is most likely just to show how HRG came to be. - It seems highly unlikely that the ability of enhanced vision can be removed from an evolved human by simply exposing their eyes to too much light.
Noah has a power - he doesn't age.	None.	+ Noah doesn't seem to have aged since he began working for The Company, and it was 16 years, or maybe more. - If Bennet was "special", he'd have The Mark on his neck, because The Company would've bagged and tagged him. For example, Claude has the Mark. + Unlikely, but perhaps The Company doesn't know of his supposed power.
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.
Noah will be employed by the government to capture evolved humans.	None.	+ Bennet has experience with bagging evolved humans. - In that situation, Noah would be thrown in the same situation he was in Volume One, the writers are smart than to recycle that plot. - Does the government even know about the Company? The files Nathan gave the government were about evolved humans, not the ones who used to handle them. + The government might question Nathan on how where he got that information from, the Company would certainly come up. - If the Company came up, so would Nathan's relatives, he probably doesn't want the government to go after him as well. + Noah would do anything to protect Claire, Nathan knows that, and could coerce him into working for the government by threatning to expose Claire, perhaps not truly intending to do so, but enough to convince Noah. + Noah might do it himself, if he works for the government, he'll have inside information, putting him in a better position to protect Claire.
Noah will protect evolved humans, as he did in the explosion future.	None.	- Bennet doesn't think evolved humans are actually human at all, as pointed by Sylar. + He doesn't feel like that towards all evolved humans, the most notable example being Claire.
Noah Bennet is Sylar's "gifted" son.	None	+ We don't know who Noah's biological father is, so he may be Sylar. While HRG's biological mother may be Elle Bishop, since we know she shares a story arc with Sylar in Season 3. + They could travel back in time to the 1960s, in order to put Noah up for adoption. His adoptive parents are unknown, but HRG must’ve recognized the house that he grew up in. So when his family was on the run from the Company, Noah knew exactly where to find the perfect safe house.