The Infallible (?) Isaac Gallery - Direct side-by-side comparrisons of Isaac's artwork, and scenes from the show. Will they ALL come true?
I hope y'all enjoy this work-in-progress: each of Isaac's pre-cog paintings & drawings shown on the air has been matched up to the actual events predicted. Paintings seen that have not yet happened are collected at the bottom, with the info known about them.
I'll update this post as the show progresses, so tune in now and then to see the new stuff! Each drawing/live-action picture set has a description of what occurs, the characters involved, and the episode(s) in which the painting and the actual event are first seen. Its presented in the chronological sequence of when it came true (or, when the future was changed
).
Look for updates made after each new episode airs. Feel free to discuss what you see, and enjoy!
After much effort, for the first time Hiro jumps back in time ... by one second
Hiro
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, this panel seen in Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Ando's cubicle. Hiro excitedly tells his best friend what just happened! Dialog shown in the comic panel is from Episode 1, but this drawing of Ando's cubicle (modified) was also used for the "sake" conversation in Episode 3. Hiro wears a jacket after returning from NYC, however, that he didn't wear inside the office in Episode 1.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, this panel seen in Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Event happened: Dialog from Episode 1 "Genesis" - Visual from Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission train wreck; Claire rescues a man from the flaming wreck
Claire and Zach
Painted: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
We first meet Simone, just before Isaac explains his ability to paint the future to her. After Simone thinks the bus bombing "prediction" wasn't authentic, Isaac shows her this painting that he'd made that morning. This sequence in the original pilot was later cut from Episode 1. The painting shows up without explanation laying around Isaac's studio in Episode 3.
The serigraph Simone carries is an example of some (non-Heroes) artwork that was created by Tim Sales, the artist who really draws the paintings we see in the show as Isaac's. Beside it is another non-Heroes sketch by Tim Sale named "Vanity" used as filler art in Isaac's studio in "Genesis."
Isaac and Simone
Painted: Original Pilot "In His Own Image" - later cut; reappears in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Terrorist bombing in Israel that Isaac sees photo of in a newspaper
Isaac Mendez proves to Simone that he can paint the future
Painted: (* 3 weeks before show) - painting seen in Episode 1 "Genesis"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
The eclipse (shown here as witnessed by Niki Sanders through Micah's science-project box)
Isaac, Mohinder, Peter, Hiro, Ando, Claire and Zach, plus Niki each watch the eclipse
Painted: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Hiro theorizes to Ando that he will be able to teleport once he develops his power
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, this panel seen in Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Ando and Hiro down a few beers after work as Hiro attempts to explain how the space-time continuum works. Ando dares Hiro to teleport into the women's restroom. Hiro gets forcibly thrown out of the bar.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, this panel seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Ando calls Hiro a pervert after Hiro's caught in the women's restroom. Ando tells Hiro to stop being different and try to be the same as everyone else.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, this panel seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
After an arguement in the street outside the bar, Ando and Hiro part company. Hiro wants to become someone "special," Ando sarcastically calls him "Super-Hiro"
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, this panel seen in Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
On the train ride home, Hiro wonders if he can teleport himself to NYC, and succeeds!
Hiro
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, this cover seen in Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
After seeing the "flying" picture in Isaac's studio, Peter calls Nathan to meet him in an alley. Peter "jumps" from the roof above. Isaac made this painting before ever meeting Peter.
Peter and Nathan
Painted: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
OOPS! Hiro examines his prize for the first time: a comicbook telling Hiro's own story! We glimpse this drawing (left side sketch) in Episode 3. The COVER of the 9th Wonders comicbook seen in that panel is the promotional art for Hiro (right side sketch), instead of the cover showing "Yatta/I Did It" that was actually shown when Episode 2 aired.
Hiro
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Hiro searches for the comicbook's creator. The centerfold (not seen before Episode 11) shows Hiro asking a comicbook shop owner about Isaac. It was probably drawn as a promotional poster for the pilot's premiere at ComicCon, but never seen acted out. Hiro finally reaches Isaac's address and inside notices a comic panel (in progress) on the work table. A short-cut in the artwork here: the sketch of Hiro looking at the drawing table is a mirror-image of the sketch used to represent Hiro being interrogated by the police, and was also used in the very first panel (above) as Hiro sits at his cubicle in Japan.
Hiro
Painted: Centerfold - Episode 11 "Fallout" (the characters act as if it happened as shown)
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, this panel seen in Episode 7 "Nothing To Hide" when Hiro is showing his comic book to Micah
Event happened: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Searching the studio, with the nuclear explosion visible on the floor, Hiro looks down to to see a pool of blood... then a gun... then Isaac's body.
Hiro (looking at Isaac's body)
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Isaac could not foresee his own death (until he was ready to die). In Episode 11 "Fallout," Hiro and Isaac talk together about the comicbook. Hiro reveals that in the future Isaac was dead with his head cut off. The comicbook shows Hiro reacting to the body, the corpse's arm, the "arc" of the open skull spilling blood... but Isaac was unable to put a "face" upon his own death!
Hiro (looking at Isaac's body)
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 11 "Fallout"
Event happened: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Super Genome Symbol (SGS) - A half-helix of DNA. Hiro's trip to the future shows many paintings of this symbol in the studio. Back in the present, we also see it when Isaac awakens following his overdose during the eclipse. A few early appearances of the SGS are seen on Hiro's comic, in the pool by Matt at the Walker murder scene, on the necklace of the Haitian, on Chandra Suresh's book "Activating Evolution" and in the computer screen saver at Mohinder's apartment [enhanced for visibility]. Below, it appears in Peter's doodle. It is later seen on Claire's geometry book, Jessica's (bad Niki's) shoulder, at the Greyhound bus stop where DL catches runaway Micah, and on future-Hiro's Katana. (Recent additions: In Mohinder-the-lizard's tank Ep.12, Formed by glass broken by Sylar next to Sandra Bennet Ep.14, and a "dolphin" ice sculpture in the casino kitchen Ep.15)
Unifying Theme - seen around most characters in some small way.
Painted: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Event happened: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back" and ongoing appearances
Peter attempted to fly after visiting Isaac. He wakes up in the hospital and doodles a crude image of himself flying above Nathan on a rooftop. Notice that both images have the SG Symbol in them (its airbrushed into the smoke rising from the chimney in the action footage).
Peter and Nathan
Painted: this was the first time Peter used Isaac's power, Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Event happened: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
The police question Hiro at Isaac's murder scene and they place a call Ando in Japan. Hiro has been missing 5 weeks. There is a shockwave and Hiro turns to see the explosion.
Hiro (and Ando on phone, Isaac's corpse being wheeled out)
Painted: seen on Isaac's drawing board in Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Event happened: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
The explosion Hiro witnesses on his October 2nd (in a future Nov. 8th) just before teleporting back to his original timeline in Japan. Do you see an exploding man in the stem of the mushroom cloud?
Hiro
Painted: Episode One "Genesis"
Event happened: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Happened during Hiro's trip to the future, now in Hiro's past timeline. Can it be averted?
After returning to the current timeline, Hiro tries to explain his teleportation to NYC and the big explosion to Ando. Hiro presents the comicbook as proof; Ando remains a skeptic.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Zach is upset Claire wants to ignore her powers; Claire just wants to be normal and not limit her choices in life to "freak or guinea pig." Simone tries to take this painting away to sell in her gallery, but Isaac grabs it back from her (its still in the studio when Peter and Isaac are painting together in episode 4).
Zach and Claire
Painted: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Hiro attempts to prove the power of the comicbook's prophecy to Ando; they arrive at the plaza just before the time shown on a clock in the panel previous.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
"Stop that truck!" Ando causes it to swerve onto the sidewalk. Hiro steps outside of time.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap
Ironically, after Ando made the truck swerve, the attempted 'rescue' is what actually caused the accident that threatened the little girl.
This poster-sized version of the rescue appears in Mr. Linderman's private collection.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
and in Mr. Linderman's collection, seen in Episode 19 ".07%"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Hiro explains to Ando their "heroic destiny" as they fly to LA (while laughing at his discomfort)
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Hiro says they must rent a Nissan Versa because the comicbook shows it. Eerily, Hiro sets the book beside a brochure on the rental counter - you see his real-time finger pointing at a picture of the car right beside his comicbook hand pointing at the same image in the book!
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Once renting the Nissan, Hiro tells Ando to head to Las Vegas because thats what is shown in the book. The sequence of actions occurs as predicted, but we don't get an actual visual of the on-ramp to Interstate 15 as shown in the comicbook.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
After Peter's humiliation by Nathan at the campaign rally, Simone 'consoles' Peter outside
Simone and Peter
Painted: (* 7 weeks before show), painting seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
This painting was displayed in the private art collection of Mr. Linderman (first glimpsed during Episode 18}. Claire returns from the dead (for the first time).
Claire
Painted: Pre-eclipse, first seen in Episode 18 "Parasite"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
To settle her $50K debt, Niki is coersed into helping Linderman blackmail Nathan. Niki refuses to go through with it, but Jessica "does what it takes."
Niki and Jessica
Painted: first seen Episode 19 ".07%"
Event happened: Episode 4 "Collision"
"Just take the one." The Haitian (off-screen) and Mr. Bennet prepare to abduct Nathan from Mr. Linderman's Corinthian Casino.
HRG, Jessica/Niki and Nathan
Painted: first seen Episode 19 ".07%"
Event happened: Episode 4 "Collision"
Another "Missing Mendez" - This is a photo of a painting hanging in Mr. Linderman's private collection. In the original timeline, before Future Hiro (f_Hiro) visited Peter on the subway, Sylar caused the bomb that Linderman wants to happen. After meeting f_Hiro, Peter dedicates himself to stopping the bomb... stopping Sylar. In Episode 5, Peter and Isaac try to find a "missing painting" to help "Save the Cheerleader, Save the World." Nathan asked Mr. Linderman about it, but Linderman concealed the importance of f_Hiro's intervention and instead allowed Nathan to see a portrait of Peter's death, hoping that Peter would not try to stop Sylar from stealing the cheerleader's power.
F_Hiro and Peter on the subway, a few days after the eclipse
Painted: (* weeks before show), a 'missing painting' sold to Linderman; concealed from Nathan. Painting first seen in a photo in Episode 20 "Five Years Gone" and hanging in Linderman's collection in Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event happens: Episode 4 "Collision"
As this episode begins, Isaac has a picture of Niki without any tattoo on her shoulder. During the episode, DL discovers he was framed and plans to take Micah and the money away from Niki. Jessica (Niki's ruthless alter-ego) emerges and battles with DL. As the episode ends, Isaac re-examines the painting and discovers the SGS (tattoo) concealed beneath.
Niki/Jessica, DL Hawkins and Micah
Painted: Episode 6 "Better Halves"
Event happened: Episode 6 "Better Halves"
Sketched for Simone to honor Charles' 70th birthday. Peter and Charles share a dream of flying together, confirmed by Simone. Charles' dying words were that Peter "told him it was all going to be okay," that he "would save the world." Simone then confides to Peter that Isaac's missing painting was sold to Linderman.
Charles Deveaux (Simone's father) and Peter
Painted: first seen Episode 7 "Nothing to Hide"
Event happened: Episode 7 "Nothing to Hide"
Holding the urn, Mohinder scatters his father's ashes into the sea at the burial grounds of Kanyakumari, India. Coincidentally, Kanyakumari is the answer to a crossword puzzle provided by Charlie (Burnt Toast Diner) to the sheriff that interviewed Claire in Episode 2.
Mohinder and Chandra Suresh
Painted: Episode 6 "Better Halves" (contributed by BertX @ Nov 19 2006)
Event happened: Episode 8 "Seven Minutes To Midnight"
Hiro will meet this waitress named Charlie at a Texas diner. Charlie is later killed by Sylar.
Charlene ("Charlie") Andrews (she was "On the List" Chandra created)
Painted: first seen in Episode 8 "Seven Minutes To Midnight"
Event happened: Episode 8 "Seven Minutes To Midnight"
"I don't belong," Charlie translates Japanese. During his captivity by Bennet, Isaac sketched some scenes of Hiro and Ando at the Burnt Toast Diner with Charlie.
Hiro, Ando, Charlie
Painted: Episode 8, sketches first clearly seen during Episode 11 "Fallout"
Event happens: Episode 8 "Seven Minutes to Midnight"
"Boiling Water Man" - Isaac is seen destroying this painting in Episode 1 because he believes his ability to see the future is evil - a curse.
Theodore Sprague is interrogated by Matt Parkman
Painted: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Event happened: Episode 8 "Seven Minutes To Midnight"
The Infallible Isaac!! Bennet implores Issac to help him catch the man called Sylar. While Bennet and Isaac speak, this sketch sits in Isaac's lap! It captures two critical moments in time; when Hiro almost reveals his powers while Sylar watches (but hesitates and decides not to at the last moment) and the moment of Charlie's death at the hands of Sylar. (Isaac will later discuss the drawing with Hiro and Ando while seated in the same diner and finally realizes he can paint the future drug-free.)
Important Note: This picture shows where Sylar could be found the very moment Bennet asked for Isaac's help in finding Sylar! Isaac did not beleive in himself and Bennet never looked at the sketch, otherwise they might have caught Sylar before homecoming.
Sylar, Hiro, Ando, Charlie
Painted: Episode 8, sketches first clearly seen during Episode 11 "Fallout"
Event happens: Episode 8 "Seven Minutes to Midnight"
Audrey the FBI agent calls Matt to tell him that Theodore Sprague has escaped from custody
Theodore Sprague, Audrey and Matt
Painted: first seen in Episode 8 "Seven Minutes To Midnight"
Event happened: Episode 8 "Seven Minutes To Midnight"
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Unseen Painting - In Episode 8 "Seven Minutes To Midnight," Bennet interviews Isaac and points off-screen. HRG refers to an event that Isaac's painting predicted about an earthquake that killed 81 people.
Earthquake = Uluru?
Painted: never shown
Event happened: -unknown- some time before Episode 8 "Seven Minutes To Midnight"
Claire warns Jackie "don't go that way" but Jackie dismisses her. Sylar grabs Jackie, tossing Claire aside like a ragdoll. Claire is crushed; only her healing powers save her life.
Claire senses the approach of Sylar.
Painted: Episode 4 "Collision"
Event happens: Episode 9 "Homecoming"
Peter and Isaac work together to create this painting. Mistaken identity - Sylar kills Jackie, the girl who took the glory for rescuing the man in burning train. Sylar quickly observes that Claire had been his intended target when she regenerates her injuries.
Syler and Jackie, as Claire watches
Painted: Episodes 4 "Collision" (started) & 5 "Hiros" (finished)
Event happens: Episode 9 "Homecoming"
Peter attempts to 'buy time' for Claire to escape from Sylar, and finds himself a target in a telekinetic shooting range, trying to deflect a hailstorm of school locker doors.
Peter and Sylar
Painted: Episode 4 "Collision"
Event happens: Episode 9 "Homecoming"
Save the Cheerleader, Save the World - THE FUTURE HAS CHANGED
This is the ONLY painting (so far) where the heroes' actions have altered destiny!
** CONFIRMATION - Graphic Novel 30 "String Theory" confirms that Claire originally died at the hands of Sylar, before f_Hiro's appearance to Peter on the subway... the future changed! **
Claire, fleeing up the bleachers, trips and falls as someone approaches
> In Isaac's original vision, just before Future-Hiro visits Peter on the subway train, Isaac sees the fleeing Claire stumble, turn around, and face the approaching Sylar alone.
> Empowered by Hiro's speech with the courage to 'save the world,' Peter defies certain death by coming to Claire's rescue. This time when she stumbles on the steps, Peter is there beside Claire to help her to her feet and Sylar approaches them together. Peter helps Claire to escape, absorbing her regeneration ability, thus they both survive.
These moving images, contributed 3/20/07 by NBC forum member kakkarot1290, clearly demonstrate how f-Hiro's message to Peter on the subway in Episode 4 altered to future in Isaac's vision.
(1st Image: Isaac's vision, Claire is alone) - (2nd Image: Peter & Claire are together)
Painted: Episode 4 "Collision" before Future-Hiro's visit to Peter
Event happens: both Episode 4 "Collision" & Episode 9 "Homecoming"
(Note: In Episode 4 we witness Isaac's futuristic vision as this scene plays out in real footage before transforming into a painting-in-progress. Isaac creates this painting while Mohinder and Peter are knocking on his door, before Future-Hiro's intervention.)
Nathan destroys this painting in an effort to save Peter from going to meet his death, but Simone finds a photo in the packing crate. Peter learns the name of Claire's highschool in Odessa TX... and it seems that he will die if he goes there! Peter is still determined to "Save the Cheerleader, Save the World" no matter the personal cost.
Peter (dead?)
Painted: (* several weeks before show), first referred to as the 'missing painting' sold to Linderman in Episode 5 "Hiros" and later re-acquired by Nathan Petrelli
Event happens: Episode 9 "Homecoming"
This comic book cover (Issue #9 of 9th Wonders) is the only Isaac drawing we've seen that is 6 months old. The "Jessica" alter-ego personality emerges from Niki to take vengance on their abusive father, after grampa acted aggressively towards Micah. (A blurry scene of Jessica's rage during the struggle, hair flying, pecs rippling, closely mirrors the drawing.)
Jessica (Niki's alter-ego), protecting Micah from her father
Painted: First seen Episode 6 "Better Halves" (in a comicbook read by Mica and DL)
Event happens: Episode 10 "Six Months Ago"
Hiro fails to arrive in time to "Save the Cheerleader" and sees only the aftermath
Hiro and Ando
Painted: Episode 4 "Collision"
Event happens: Episode 11 "Fallout"
This painting was displayed in the private art collection of Mr. Linderman (first glimpsed during Episode 1
. After saving Claire from Sylar at homecoming, Peter falls into a two week long coma during which he has a repeated dream/vision of becoming the exploding man. Isaac has also witnessed the initial scene from Peter's dream as a vision of the future, painted as seen from above. Peter awakens on a deserted sidewalk.
Peter Petrelli
Painted: Pre-eclipse, first seen in Episode 18 "Parasite"
Event happened: Episode 11 "Fallout," in a dream/vision sequence. Actually happened: Episode 23 "How To Stop An Exploding Man"
HRG took any means necessary (administering drugs) to force Issac to create another painting - this was the result. Hiro asks Isaac, "How do you stop an exploding man?"
Peter Petrelli, absorbing domesday powers?
Painted: Episode 9 "Homecoming"
Event happened: Episode 11 "Fallout," in a dream/vision sequence.
After leaving Bennet's custody, Isaac meets up with Hiro and Ando and creates this painting drug-free. Hiro exclaims, "I really need to find that sword!" Coincidentally, on Hiro's desktop in Japan, he had an action figure of a hero holding a sword in front of Godzilla and Uluru.
Ando says the Symbol on the sword combines the ancient characters "Great Talent" & "Godsend." (See discussion of the Super Genome Symbol, above).
Hiro (plus Isaac and Ando)
Painted: Episode 11 "Fallout"
Event happened: Episode 12 "Godsend" (hinted at in Episode 1 "Genesis")
Claude gives Peter his first "lesson" in trying to hold onto powers when his benefactor isn't around, by snatching a purse and thrusting it into Peter's hands. Peter fails miserably; after the purse's owner spots Peter, he nearly gets arrested.
Peter and Claude
Painted: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Event happens: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Peter says Simone is not like the rest; Claude tells Peter, "Everyone's like the rest, thats why they're the rest," as they discuss spying on Simone invisibly. Isaac still attempts to paint Peter, but, well... he's invisible!
Peter and Claude
Painted: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Event happens: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Isaac pours his very soul into this painting; he calls it "the future I still hope for" with Simone. Simone confesses to Isaac, "I believe in you." Little do they know, Peter and Claude spy upon their tryst from only a few feet away.
Isaac and Simone (watched by Peter and Claude)
Painted: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Event happens: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Peter has a "falling out" with Claude, claiming he doesn't have to do anything; "Except fly" adds Claude, tossing Peter over the balcony! Peter plummets 30 stories onto a cab below.
Another Uluru reference? Dressed in the colors of Uluru, Peter appears impaled upon the legendary helix sword of the samurai Takezo Kensei (Hiro). [See also, SGS above] Shortly after this scene, Peter realizes how to tap the full potential of his power and nearly explodes!
Peter (and Uluru? and Hiro?)
Painted: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Event happens: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Peter, now 30 stories away from Claude, finally becomes visible once more. Isaac suddenly realizes how Peter has been evading his search... he's invisible! Isaac calls HRG with the news about finding Peter and about his invisibility. HRG recognizes the influence of Claude.
Peter (Claude, Isaac and HRG)
Painted: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Event happens: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Isaac shows Mr. Bennet the picture of footprints in the water. HRG recognizes the roof of the Deveaux building without the need for Isaac to tell him. We see a quarterstaff turn invisible as Claude picks it up to continue training Peter to use his powers. Bennet gives Isaac a gun (the same one seen with Isaac's corpse in the future in Episode 2) for protection from Peter.
Peter and Claude
Painted: Episode 16 "Unexcpected"
Event happens: Episode 16 "Unexpected"
Nothing good can come of vengance. Peters confronts Isaac after narrowly escaping HRG and the Haitain. "Why'd you do it?" Peter demands of Isaac. "You're dangerous. You said it yourself. Without them to help, you'll become THAT," as Isaac gestures to the Exploding Man painting. Peter looses his temper, attacking Isaac. Isaac thinks he can stop Peter, "With one bullet I can save the world - I can be a hero." Behind him, we see a red version of Uluru!
Peter and Isaac; Simone dies
Painted: Episode 16 "Unexcpected"
Event happens: Episode 16 "Unexpected"
After stealing Takezo Kensei's sword from Linderman, Hiro escapes by teleporting back to NYC. He unexpectedly arrives in the future, where he learns the consequences of failing to stop the exploding man.
Hiro
Painted: first seen Episode 14 "Distractions"
Event happened: Episode 18 "Parasite"
The cover of 9th Wonders, Issue #15 "Hiro In the Future."
Hiro and Ando
Painted: Episode 19 ".07%"
Event happened: Episode 18 "Parasite"
Overcome with grief after killing Simone, in fear of being hunted by Peter, and conscripted into working for Primatech with no hope of escape, Isaac obsessively paints his own end. He is finally able to paint his own death because he is now ready to die.
Isaac
Painted: Episode 18 "Parasite" (foreshadowed in Episode 2 "Don't Look back")
Event happens: Episode 19 ".07%" (Visuals from Episodes 21 & 2)
Isaac's final painting... his mutilated body sprawled on the studio floor while blood drips from the hand of his murder, Sylar. As Sylar first makes use of the new power that he acquired from Isaac, his hand still drips with Isaac's blood.
Sylar; Isaac's demise
Painted: Episode 19 ".07%"
Event happens: Episode 19 ".07%"
Isaac's version - Linderman tells Nathan he'll not only insure that Nathan wins his current election but that in only two years he'll be in the White House, only a heartbeat away from the Presidency.
Sylar's version - Sylar's first attempt at using Isaac's power appears as a markedly different interpretation of Isaac's original "vision of hope." Sylar's ability to see how things work shows him the truth of his vision! The President five years from now is, in truth, Sylar himself - masquerading as Nathan. (Literary aside: Notice that in Isaac's version, the right hand is displayed; in Sylar's version, the left, or "sinister" hand is shown.)
Nathan / Sylar
Painted: Isaac's painting first seen in Episode 19 ".07%"
Painted: Sylar's painting created Episode 19 ".07%"
Event happened: Episode 20 "Five Years Gone"
A full page from the final issue of 9th Wonders, Issue #15, "Hiro In the Future." After Hiro escapes Linderman by leaping into the future, Isaac is finally able to see/create the future that will stop the bomb. Five years into the future, Mohinder explains f_Hiro's Time Map to the President (Sylar). Afraid that Hiro will find a way to change the timeline and stop him, Sylar (as President Petrelli) orders Mohinder to kill Hiro. Suresh prepares the fatal injection and orders the Haitian to hold Hiro down. As all hope seems lost, Mohinder suddenly acts upon a life of regret, inspired by the vision of a brighter future foreseen by Isaac. Dr. Suresh kills the Haitian instead and frees our Hiro!
Hiro, Mohinder Suresh and the Haitian
Painted: Episode 19 ".07%" (more revealed Episode 20 "Five Years Gone")
Event happened: Episode 20 "Five Years Gone"
Future Hiro knows, from Mister Isaac's final prophecy, that Mohinder will get "the message." Mohinder believes "all this" can be stopped from ever happening if Hiro succeeds in stopping Sylar in the past. F_Hiro kept this page of the book with him, and passes it to Ando as he dies. When unfolded, it will also reveal a character's death (see below).
Mohinder Suresh (and a character's death, under folds)
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #15, this panel seen in Episode 20 "Five Years Gone"
Event happened: Episode 20 "Five Years Gone"
With Mohinder's help, Hiro and Ando escape the future and arrive back in the past with a chance to put everything right. They discover that 9th Wonders #15 was unfinished, it is missing the words, and decide to go see Isaac for advice on what to do. There they will discover that Sylar has already killed Isaac.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #15, this panel seen in Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event happened: Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Ando is anxious (with good reason) for Hiro to slay Sylar. "I can't kill a man who is asking for forgiveness," says Hiro. "Everyone deserves a second chance." Ando angrily tells his friend that future Hiro would not hesitate to chop Sylar's head off.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #15, this panel seen in Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event happened: Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Peter copies Ted's nuclear ability. Peter explains the visions of the paintings to Ted, and convinces him that both of them need to get out of NYC so that neither of them can become the bomb. HRG sends them (with Claire) to a 'safe place' in Nevada. "I'm in," says Ted.
Peter (hands glowing with Ted's power) and Ted Sprague
Artist: Peter
Painted: Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event happened: Episode 22 "Landslide"
Sylar's paintings are different because Sylar "sees how things work." Sylar knows the original 'bomb power' belongs to Ted even though Ted's hands never glow. When Ted says, "I'm in" with Peter and HRG's plan, Sylar (using super hearing to eavesdrop) says, "me too." Sylar follows the trio of Ted, Peter and Claire, and uses his powers/cunning to separate them. Sylar then claims Ted's ability for his own.
Ted Sprague and Sylar
Artist: Sylar
Painted: Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event happened: Episode 22 "Landslide"
Sylar's final painting created while staying in Isaac's loft, surrounded by a circle of Isaac's paintings of the showdown players: Niki, Hiro, Claire, Peter and the inevitable Exploding Man. Sylar lays in wait in Kirby Plaza for Peter to show up... and for the fireworks to begin!
Sylar and Peter (Showdown!)
Artist: Sylar
Painted: Episode 23 "How To Stop An Exploding Man"
Event happened: Episode 23 "How To Stop An Exploding Man"
Sylar claims that Peter is the villain of this story, and that Sylar will now be the hero!
Sylar
Painted: Isaac's - 9th Wonders Issue #15, this panel first seen in Episode 23
Event happened: Episode 23 "How To Stop An Exploding Man"
Hiro saves Ando from Sylar's torture using his wits instead of his blade. Hiro takes Ando safely home to Yamagato in Japan, then returns to NYC with the courage to fulfill his destiny! Hiro thrusts with his sword, determined, attacking as if the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
Hiro rushes towards Sylar
Painted: Episode 19 ".07%"
Event happened: Episode 23 "How To Stop An Exploding Man"
"Yatta" Hiro does it! In the future, Dr. Suresh explained to Hiro that the work of Isaac Mendez was amazingly accurate... except THIS! Suresh shows a drawing of Hiro slaying Sylar... "this never happened." Suresh freed Hiro to escape back to the past and stop that tragic future from happening. Avenging Isaac and 'Saving the World' from a grim future, Hiro stabs Sylar.
Hiro and Sylar
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #15, this panel seen in Episode 20 "Five Years Gone"
Event happened: Episode 23 "How To Stop An Exploding Man"
Back from the future, Hiro and Ando go to Isaac's loft to ask what they should do. When they arrive, Isaac is already dead and Sylar is right there! Before being spotted, they hide behind Sylar's latest painting; "this man" was the one who killed Isaac. Ando returns to Isaac's loft alone, trying to kill Sylar himself; Sylar captures Ando and the comic book falls into Sylar's hands. "You're kidding," he laughs, not believing this is how he'll die... even when it happens, he still doesn't quite believe it!
Sylar sees himself run through with the sword
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #15, this panel seen in Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event happened: Episode 23 "How To Stop An Exploding Man"
Afraid of becoming the bomb, Gabriel Gray sought permission from his mom to "just be normal." Mom told him he MUST be "special." After committing matricide, Sylar embraced the future that he'd previously tried to fight. He'll see to it the bomb happens, alright, except he wanted to be special by being the person who stops Peter! Sylar wanted to be the Hero, but the hero was Nathan!
PETER as The Exploding Man (carried away by Nathan)
Artist: Sylar
Painted: Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event happened: Episode 23 "How To Stop An Exploding Man"
PROPHECY AVERTED - The Future was Changed, these predictions did not come to pass
In the folded page passed to Ando in Episode 20 "Five Years Gone," we see that Isaac has predicted that Ando will die in the battle with Sylar that destroys NYC. Hiro finds a way to change the future!
Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #15, these panels seen in Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event does not happen: FUTURE AVERTED
Linderman had this Isaac Mendez painting hanging in his private collection. It revealed Micah's role in Linderman's plan for ensuring that Nathan would win the election, becoming a leader that would unite the world after the bomb... bringing peace through fear.
Micah Sanders
Painted: by Isaac at some unknown time, first seen Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event does not happen: FUTURE AVERTED
Peter tells Claire that he can draw the future, and that he'll explode like a nuclear bomb. "You mean, like Ted?" Claire asks. Peter learned after drawing this sketch that his brother was in league with the bad guys, then finds out when he asks for help that Nathan fully intended to be part of making the bomb happen. Nathan is shamed by Claire's selfless example and her claim, "The future is not set in stone!" At the last moment, Nathan sacrifices himself for the good of his family and the city.
Nathan
Artist: Peter
Painted: Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event does not happen: FUTURE AVERTED
UN-FULFILLED PROPHECY -
Uluru ("the invincible") is the name of a creature that appears on the cover of issue #13 of 9th Wonders comic. Like Hiro's and Jessica's comic books, could this image (now painted by Isaac many times) also be true? In "Genesis," Episode 1, we were introduced to "Humanity's Last Hope." Does "Uluru" represent Hiro's struggle against Destiny to change the future and 'Save the World?' Or is it the thing, even scarrier than Sylar, that Molly Walker is afraid to look for? Uluru also appears in the Online Graphic Novel "Death of Hana Gitelman."
Uluru
Painted: Seen in Episode 1 "Genesis" on Micah's comic book, and the full-size painting first seen in Isaac's studio in Episode 4 "Collision," and repeated appearances throughout Season One.
Event happens: (not yet seen - possibly Season Two)
And thus ends "Genesis," Season One of Heroes.
Isaac may be gone, but both his prophecy and his powers live on!
Feel free to discuss what you see, and enjoy!
I hope y'all enjoy this work-in-progress: each of Isaac's pre-cog paintings & drawings shown on the air has been matched up to the actual events predicted. Paintings seen that have not yet happened are collected at the bottom, with the info known about them.
I'll update this post as the show progresses, so tune in now and then to see the new stuff! Each drawing/live-action picture set has a description of what occurs, the characters involved, and the episode(s) in which the painting and the actual event are first seen. Its presented in the chronological sequence of when it came true (or, when the future was changed
).Look for updates made after each new episode airs. Feel free to discuss what you see, and enjoy!
After much effort, for the first time Hiro jumps back in time ... by one second
Hiro
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, this panel seen in Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Ando's cubicle. Hiro excitedly tells his best friend what just happened! Dialog shown in the comic panel is from Episode 1, but this drawing of Ando's cubicle (modified) was also used for the "sake" conversation in Episode 3. Hiro wears a jacket after returning from NYC, however, that he didn't wear inside the office in Episode 1.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, this panel seen in Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Event happened: Dialog from Episode 1 "Genesis" - Visual from Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission train wreck; Claire rescues a man from the flaming wreck
Claire and Zach
Painted: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
We first meet Simone, just before Isaac explains his ability to paint the future to her. After Simone thinks the bus bombing "prediction" wasn't authentic, Isaac shows her this painting that he'd made that morning. This sequence in the original pilot was later cut from Episode 1. The painting shows up without explanation laying around Isaac's studio in Episode 3.
The serigraph Simone carries is an example of some (non-Heroes) artwork that was created by Tim Sales, the artist who really draws the paintings we see in the show as Isaac's. Beside it is another non-Heroes sketch by Tim Sale named "Vanity" used as filler art in Isaac's studio in "Genesis."
Isaac and Simone
Painted: Original Pilot "In His Own Image" - later cut; reappears in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Terrorist bombing in Israel that Isaac sees photo of in a newspaper
Isaac Mendez proves to Simone that he can paint the future
Painted: (* 3 weeks before show) - painting seen in Episode 1 "Genesis"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
The eclipse (shown here as witnessed by Niki Sanders through Micah's science-project box)
Isaac, Mohinder, Peter, Hiro, Ando, Claire and Zach, plus Niki each watch the eclipse
Painted: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Hiro theorizes to Ando that he will be able to teleport once he develops his power
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, this panel seen in Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Ando and Hiro down a few beers after work as Hiro attempts to explain how the space-time continuum works. Ando dares Hiro to teleport into the women's restroom. Hiro gets forcibly thrown out of the bar.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, this panel seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Ando calls Hiro a pervert after Hiro's caught in the women's restroom. Ando tells Hiro to stop being different and try to be the same as everyone else.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, this panel seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
After an arguement in the street outside the bar, Ando and Hiro part company. Hiro wants to become someone "special," Ando sarcastically calls him "Super-Hiro"
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, this panel seen in Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
On the train ride home, Hiro wonders if he can teleport himself to NYC, and succeeds!
Hiro
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, this cover seen in Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
After seeing the "flying" picture in Isaac's studio, Peter calls Nathan to meet him in an alley. Peter "jumps" from the roof above. Isaac made this painting before ever meeting Peter.
Peter and Nathan
Painted: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Event happened: Episode 1 "Genesis"
OOPS! Hiro examines his prize for the first time: a comicbook telling Hiro's own story! We glimpse this drawing (left side sketch) in Episode 3. The COVER of the 9th Wonders comicbook seen in that panel is the promotional art for Hiro (right side sketch), instead of the cover showing "Yatta/I Did It" that was actually shown when Episode 2 aired.
Hiro
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Hiro searches for the comicbook's creator. The centerfold (not seen before Episode 11) shows Hiro asking a comicbook shop owner about Isaac. It was probably drawn as a promotional poster for the pilot's premiere at ComicCon, but never seen acted out. Hiro finally reaches Isaac's address and inside notices a comic panel (in progress) on the work table. A short-cut in the artwork here: the sketch of Hiro looking at the drawing table is a mirror-image of the sketch used to represent Hiro being interrogated by the police, and was also used in the very first panel (above) as Hiro sits at his cubicle in Japan.
Hiro
Painted: Centerfold - Episode 11 "Fallout" (the characters act as if it happened as shown)
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, this panel seen in Episode 7 "Nothing To Hide" when Hiro is showing his comic book to Micah
Event happened: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Searching the studio, with the nuclear explosion visible on the floor, Hiro looks down to to see a pool of blood... then a gun... then Isaac's body.
Hiro (looking at Isaac's body)
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Isaac could not foresee his own death (until he was ready to die). In Episode 11 "Fallout," Hiro and Isaac talk together about the comicbook. Hiro reveals that in the future Isaac was dead with his head cut off. The comicbook shows Hiro reacting to the body, the corpse's arm, the "arc" of the open skull spilling blood... but Isaac was unable to put a "face" upon his own death!
Hiro (looking at Isaac's body)
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 11 "Fallout"
Event happened: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Super Genome Symbol (SGS) - A half-helix of DNA. Hiro's trip to the future shows many paintings of this symbol in the studio. Back in the present, we also see it when Isaac awakens following his overdose during the eclipse. A few early appearances of the SGS are seen on Hiro's comic, in the pool by Matt at the Walker murder scene, on the necklace of the Haitian, on Chandra Suresh's book "Activating Evolution" and in the computer screen saver at Mohinder's apartment [enhanced for visibility]. Below, it appears in Peter's doodle. It is later seen on Claire's geometry book, Jessica's (bad Niki's) shoulder, at the Greyhound bus stop where DL catches runaway Micah, and on future-Hiro's Katana. (Recent additions: In Mohinder-the-lizard's tank Ep.12, Formed by glass broken by Sylar next to Sandra Bennet Ep.14, and a "dolphin" ice sculpture in the casino kitchen Ep.15)
Unifying Theme - seen around most characters in some small way.
Painted: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Event happened: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back" and ongoing appearances
Peter attempted to fly after visiting Isaac. He wakes up in the hospital and doodles a crude image of himself flying above Nathan on a rooftop. Notice that both images have the SG Symbol in them (its airbrushed into the smoke rising from the chimney in the action footage).
Peter and Nathan
Painted: this was the first time Peter used Isaac's power, Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Event happened: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
The police question Hiro at Isaac's murder scene and they place a call Ando in Japan. Hiro has been missing 5 weeks. There is a shockwave and Hiro turns to see the explosion.
Hiro (and Ando on phone, Isaac's corpse being wheeled out)
Painted: seen on Isaac's drawing board in Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Event happened: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
The explosion Hiro witnesses on his October 2nd (in a future Nov. 8th) just before teleporting back to his original timeline in Japan. Do you see an exploding man in the stem of the mushroom cloud?
Hiro
Painted: Episode One "Genesis"
Event happened: Episode 2 "Don't Look Back"
Happened during Hiro's trip to the future, now in Hiro's past timeline. Can it be averted?
After returning to the current timeline, Hiro tries to explain his teleportation to NYC and the big explosion to Ando. Hiro presents the comicbook as proof; Ando remains a skeptic.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Zach is upset Claire wants to ignore her powers; Claire just wants to be normal and not limit her choices in life to "freak or guinea pig." Simone tries to take this painting away to sell in her gallery, but Isaac grabs it back from her (its still in the studio when Peter and Isaac are painting together in episode 4).
Zach and Claire
Painted: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Hiro attempts to prove the power of the comicbook's prophecy to Ando; they arrive at the plaza just before the time shown on a clock in the panel previous.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
"Stop that truck!" Ando causes it to swerve onto the sidewalk. Hiro steps outside of time.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap
Ironically, after Ando made the truck swerve, the attempted 'rescue' is what actually caused the accident that threatened the little girl.
This poster-sized version of the rescue appears in Mr. Linderman's private collection.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
and in Mr. Linderman's collection, seen in Episode 19 ".07%"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Hiro explains to Ando their "heroic destiny" as they fly to LA (while laughing at his discomfort)
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Hiro says they must rent a Nissan Versa because the comicbook shows it. Eerily, Hiro sets the book beside a brochure on the rental counter - you see his real-time finger pointing at a picture of the car right beside his comicbook hand pointing at the same image in the book!
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Once renting the Nissan, Hiro tells Ando to head to Las Vegas because thats what is shown in the book. The sequence of actions occurs as predicted, but we don't get an actual visual of the on-ramp to Interstate 15 as shown in the comicbook.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #14, seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
After Peter's humiliation by Nathan at the campaign rally, Simone 'consoles' Peter outside
Simone and Peter
Painted: (* 7 weeks before show), painting seen in Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
This painting was displayed in the private art collection of Mr. Linderman (first glimpsed during Episode 18}. Claire returns from the dead (for the first time).
Claire
Painted: Pre-eclipse, first seen in Episode 18 "Parasite"
Event happened: Episode 3 "One Giant Leap"
To settle her $50K debt, Niki is coersed into helping Linderman blackmail Nathan. Niki refuses to go through with it, but Jessica "does what it takes."
Niki and Jessica
Painted: first seen Episode 19 ".07%"
Event happened: Episode 4 "Collision"
"Just take the one." The Haitian (off-screen) and Mr. Bennet prepare to abduct Nathan from Mr. Linderman's Corinthian Casino.
HRG, Jessica/Niki and Nathan
Painted: first seen Episode 19 ".07%"
Event happened: Episode 4 "Collision"
Another "Missing Mendez" - This is a photo of a painting hanging in Mr. Linderman's private collection. In the original timeline, before Future Hiro (f_Hiro) visited Peter on the subway, Sylar caused the bomb that Linderman wants to happen. After meeting f_Hiro, Peter dedicates himself to stopping the bomb... stopping Sylar. In Episode 5, Peter and Isaac try to find a "missing painting" to help "Save the Cheerleader, Save the World." Nathan asked Mr. Linderman about it, but Linderman concealed the importance of f_Hiro's intervention and instead allowed Nathan to see a portrait of Peter's death, hoping that Peter would not try to stop Sylar from stealing the cheerleader's power.
F_Hiro and Peter on the subway, a few days after the eclipse
Painted: (* weeks before show), a 'missing painting' sold to Linderman; concealed from Nathan. Painting first seen in a photo in Episode 20 "Five Years Gone" and hanging in Linderman's collection in Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event happens: Episode 4 "Collision"
As this episode begins, Isaac has a picture of Niki without any tattoo on her shoulder. During the episode, DL discovers he was framed and plans to take Micah and the money away from Niki. Jessica (Niki's ruthless alter-ego) emerges and battles with DL. As the episode ends, Isaac re-examines the painting and discovers the SGS (tattoo) concealed beneath.
Niki/Jessica, DL Hawkins and Micah
Painted: Episode 6 "Better Halves"
Event happened: Episode 6 "Better Halves"
Sketched for Simone to honor Charles' 70th birthday. Peter and Charles share a dream of flying together, confirmed by Simone. Charles' dying words were that Peter "told him it was all going to be okay," that he "would save the world." Simone then confides to Peter that Isaac's missing painting was sold to Linderman.
Charles Deveaux (Simone's father) and Peter
Painted: first seen Episode 7 "Nothing to Hide"
Event happened: Episode 7 "Nothing to Hide"
Holding the urn, Mohinder scatters his father's ashes into the sea at the burial grounds of Kanyakumari, India. Coincidentally, Kanyakumari is the answer to a crossword puzzle provided by Charlie (Burnt Toast Diner) to the sheriff that interviewed Claire in Episode 2.
Mohinder and Chandra Suresh
Painted: Episode 6 "Better Halves" (contributed by BertX @ Nov 19 2006)
Event happened: Episode 8 "Seven Minutes To Midnight"
Hiro will meet this waitress named Charlie at a Texas diner. Charlie is later killed by Sylar.
Charlene ("Charlie") Andrews (she was "On the List" Chandra created)
Painted: first seen in Episode 8 "Seven Minutes To Midnight"
Event happened: Episode 8 "Seven Minutes To Midnight"
"I don't belong," Charlie translates Japanese. During his captivity by Bennet, Isaac sketched some scenes of Hiro and Ando at the Burnt Toast Diner with Charlie.
Hiro, Ando, Charlie
Painted: Episode 8, sketches first clearly seen during Episode 11 "Fallout"
Event happens: Episode 8 "Seven Minutes to Midnight"
"Boiling Water Man" - Isaac is seen destroying this painting in Episode 1 because he believes his ability to see the future is evil - a curse.
Theodore Sprague is interrogated by Matt Parkman
Painted: Episode 1 "Genesis"
Event happened: Episode 8 "Seven Minutes To Midnight"
The Infallible Isaac!! Bennet implores Issac to help him catch the man called Sylar. While Bennet and Isaac speak, this sketch sits in Isaac's lap! It captures two critical moments in time; when Hiro almost reveals his powers while Sylar watches (but hesitates and decides not to at the last moment) and the moment of Charlie's death at the hands of Sylar. (Isaac will later discuss the drawing with Hiro and Ando while seated in the same diner and finally realizes he can paint the future drug-free.)
Important Note: This picture shows where Sylar could be found the very moment Bennet asked for Isaac's help in finding Sylar! Isaac did not beleive in himself and Bennet never looked at the sketch, otherwise they might have caught Sylar before homecoming.
Sylar, Hiro, Ando, Charlie
Painted: Episode 8, sketches first clearly seen during Episode 11 "Fallout"
Event happens: Episode 8 "Seven Minutes to Midnight"
Audrey the FBI agent calls Matt to tell him that Theodore Sprague has escaped from custody
Theodore Sprague, Audrey and Matt
Painted: first seen in Episode 8 "Seven Minutes To Midnight"
Event happened: Episode 8 "Seven Minutes To Midnight"
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Unseen Painting - In Episode 8 "Seven Minutes To Midnight," Bennet interviews Isaac and points off-screen. HRG refers to an event that Isaac's painting predicted about an earthquake that killed 81 people.
Earthquake = Uluru?
Painted: never shown
Event happened: -unknown- some time before Episode 8 "Seven Minutes To Midnight"
Claire warns Jackie "don't go that way" but Jackie dismisses her. Sylar grabs Jackie, tossing Claire aside like a ragdoll. Claire is crushed; only her healing powers save her life.
Claire senses the approach of Sylar.
Painted: Episode 4 "Collision"
Event happens: Episode 9 "Homecoming"
Peter and Isaac work together to create this painting. Mistaken identity - Sylar kills Jackie, the girl who took the glory for rescuing the man in burning train. Sylar quickly observes that Claire had been his intended target when she regenerates her injuries.
Syler and Jackie, as Claire watches
Painted: Episodes 4 "Collision" (started) & 5 "Hiros" (finished)
Event happens: Episode 9 "Homecoming"
Peter attempts to 'buy time' for Claire to escape from Sylar, and finds himself a target in a telekinetic shooting range, trying to deflect a hailstorm of school locker doors.
Peter and Sylar
Painted: Episode 4 "Collision"
Event happens: Episode 9 "Homecoming"
Save the Cheerleader, Save the World - THE FUTURE HAS CHANGED
This is the ONLY painting (so far) where the heroes' actions have altered destiny!
** CONFIRMATION - Graphic Novel 30 "String Theory" confirms that Claire originally died at the hands of Sylar, before f_Hiro's appearance to Peter on the subway... the future changed! **
Claire, fleeing up the bleachers, trips and falls as someone approaches
> In Isaac's original vision, just before Future-Hiro visits Peter on the subway train, Isaac sees the fleeing Claire stumble, turn around, and face the approaching Sylar alone.
> Empowered by Hiro's speech with the courage to 'save the world,' Peter defies certain death by coming to Claire's rescue. This time when she stumbles on the steps, Peter is there beside Claire to help her to her feet and Sylar approaches them together. Peter helps Claire to escape, absorbing her regeneration ability, thus they both survive.
These moving images, contributed 3/20/07 by NBC forum member kakkarot1290, clearly demonstrate how f-Hiro's message to Peter on the subway in Episode 4 altered to future in Isaac's vision.
(1st Image: Isaac's vision, Claire is alone) - (2nd Image: Peter & Claire are together)
Painted: Episode 4 "Collision" before Future-Hiro's visit to Peter
Event happens: both Episode 4 "Collision" & Episode 9 "Homecoming"
(Note: In Episode 4 we witness Isaac's futuristic vision as this scene plays out in real footage before transforming into a painting-in-progress. Isaac creates this painting while Mohinder and Peter are knocking on his door, before Future-Hiro's intervention.)
Nathan destroys this painting in an effort to save Peter from going to meet his death, but Simone finds a photo in the packing crate. Peter learns the name of Claire's highschool in Odessa TX... and it seems that he will die if he goes there! Peter is still determined to "Save the Cheerleader, Save the World" no matter the personal cost.
Peter (dead?)
Painted: (* several weeks before show), first referred to as the 'missing painting' sold to Linderman in Episode 5 "Hiros" and later re-acquired by Nathan Petrelli
Event happens: Episode 9 "Homecoming"
This comic book cover (Issue #9 of 9th Wonders) is the only Isaac drawing we've seen that is 6 months old. The "Jessica" alter-ego personality emerges from Niki to take vengance on their abusive father, after grampa acted aggressively towards Micah. (A blurry scene of Jessica's rage during the struggle, hair flying, pecs rippling, closely mirrors the drawing.)
Jessica (Niki's alter-ego), protecting Micah from her father
Painted: First seen Episode 6 "Better Halves" (in a comicbook read by Mica and DL)
Event happens: Episode 10 "Six Months Ago"
Hiro fails to arrive in time to "Save the Cheerleader" and sees only the aftermath
Hiro and Ando
Painted: Episode 4 "Collision"
Event happens: Episode 11 "Fallout"
This painting was displayed in the private art collection of Mr. Linderman (first glimpsed during Episode 1
. After saving Claire from Sylar at homecoming, Peter falls into a two week long coma during which he has a repeated dream/vision of becoming the exploding man. Isaac has also witnessed the initial scene from Peter's dream as a vision of the future, painted as seen from above. Peter awakens on a deserted sidewalk.Peter Petrelli
Painted: Pre-eclipse, first seen in Episode 18 "Parasite"
Event happened: Episode 11 "Fallout," in a dream/vision sequence. Actually happened: Episode 23 "How To Stop An Exploding Man"
HRG took any means necessary (administering drugs) to force Issac to create another painting - this was the result. Hiro asks Isaac, "How do you stop an exploding man?"
Peter Petrelli, absorbing domesday powers?
Painted: Episode 9 "Homecoming"
Event happened: Episode 11 "Fallout," in a dream/vision sequence.
After leaving Bennet's custody, Isaac meets up with Hiro and Ando and creates this painting drug-free. Hiro exclaims, "I really need to find that sword!" Coincidentally, on Hiro's desktop in Japan, he had an action figure of a hero holding a sword in front of Godzilla and Uluru.
Ando says the Symbol on the sword combines the ancient characters "Great Talent" & "Godsend." (See discussion of the Super Genome Symbol, above).
Hiro (plus Isaac and Ando)
Painted: Episode 11 "Fallout"
Event happened: Episode 12 "Godsend" (hinted at in Episode 1 "Genesis")
Claude gives Peter his first "lesson" in trying to hold onto powers when his benefactor isn't around, by snatching a purse and thrusting it into Peter's hands. Peter fails miserably; after the purse's owner spots Peter, he nearly gets arrested.
Peter and Claude
Painted: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Event happens: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Peter says Simone is not like the rest; Claude tells Peter, "Everyone's like the rest, thats why they're the rest," as they discuss spying on Simone invisibly. Isaac still attempts to paint Peter, but, well... he's invisible!
Peter and Claude
Painted: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Event happens: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Isaac pours his very soul into this painting; he calls it "the future I still hope for" with Simone. Simone confesses to Isaac, "I believe in you." Little do they know, Peter and Claude spy upon their tryst from only a few feet away.
Isaac and Simone (watched by Peter and Claude)
Painted: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Event happens: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Peter has a "falling out" with Claude, claiming he doesn't have to do anything; "Except fly" adds Claude, tossing Peter over the balcony! Peter plummets 30 stories onto a cab below.
Another Uluru reference? Dressed in the colors of Uluru, Peter appears impaled upon the legendary helix sword of the samurai Takezo Kensei (Hiro). [See also, SGS above] Shortly after this scene, Peter realizes how to tap the full potential of his power and nearly explodes!
Peter (and Uluru? and Hiro?)
Painted: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Event happens: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Peter, now 30 stories away from Claude, finally becomes visible once more. Isaac suddenly realizes how Peter has been evading his search... he's invisible! Isaac calls HRG with the news about finding Peter and about his invisibility. HRG recognizes the influence of Claude.
Peter (Claude, Isaac and HRG)
Painted: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Event happens: Episode 14 "Distractions"
Isaac shows Mr. Bennet the picture of footprints in the water. HRG recognizes the roof of the Deveaux building without the need for Isaac to tell him. We see a quarterstaff turn invisible as Claude picks it up to continue training Peter to use his powers. Bennet gives Isaac a gun (the same one seen with Isaac's corpse in the future in Episode 2) for protection from Peter.
Peter and Claude
Painted: Episode 16 "Unexcpected"
Event happens: Episode 16 "Unexpected"
Nothing good can come of vengance. Peters confronts Isaac after narrowly escaping HRG and the Haitain. "Why'd you do it?" Peter demands of Isaac. "You're dangerous. You said it yourself. Without them to help, you'll become THAT," as Isaac gestures to the Exploding Man painting. Peter looses his temper, attacking Isaac. Isaac thinks he can stop Peter, "With one bullet I can save the world - I can be a hero." Behind him, we see a red version of Uluru!
Peter and Isaac; Simone dies
Painted: Episode 16 "Unexcpected"
Event happens: Episode 16 "Unexpected"
After stealing Takezo Kensei's sword from Linderman, Hiro escapes by teleporting back to NYC. He unexpectedly arrives in the future, where he learns the consequences of failing to stop the exploding man.
Hiro
Painted: first seen Episode 14 "Distractions"
Event happened: Episode 18 "Parasite"
The cover of 9th Wonders, Issue #15 "Hiro In the Future."
Hiro and Ando
Painted: Episode 19 ".07%"
Event happened: Episode 18 "Parasite"
Overcome with grief after killing Simone, in fear of being hunted by Peter, and conscripted into working for Primatech with no hope of escape, Isaac obsessively paints his own end. He is finally able to paint his own death because he is now ready to die.
Isaac
Painted: Episode 18 "Parasite" (foreshadowed in Episode 2 "Don't Look back")
Event happens: Episode 19 ".07%" (Visuals from Episodes 21 & 2)
Isaac's final painting... his mutilated body sprawled on the studio floor while blood drips from the hand of his murder, Sylar. As Sylar first makes use of the new power that he acquired from Isaac, his hand still drips with Isaac's blood.
Sylar; Isaac's demise
Painted: Episode 19 ".07%"
Event happens: Episode 19 ".07%"
Isaac's version - Linderman tells Nathan he'll not only insure that Nathan wins his current election but that in only two years he'll be in the White House, only a heartbeat away from the Presidency.
Sylar's version - Sylar's first attempt at using Isaac's power appears as a markedly different interpretation of Isaac's original "vision of hope." Sylar's ability to see how things work shows him the truth of his vision! The President five years from now is, in truth, Sylar himself - masquerading as Nathan. (Literary aside: Notice that in Isaac's version, the right hand is displayed; in Sylar's version, the left, or "sinister" hand is shown.)
Nathan / Sylar
Painted: Isaac's painting first seen in Episode 19 ".07%"
Painted: Sylar's painting created Episode 19 ".07%"
Event happened: Episode 20 "Five Years Gone"
A full page from the final issue of 9th Wonders, Issue #15, "Hiro In the Future." After Hiro escapes Linderman by leaping into the future, Isaac is finally able to see/create the future that will stop the bomb. Five years into the future, Mohinder explains f_Hiro's Time Map to the President (Sylar). Afraid that Hiro will find a way to change the timeline and stop him, Sylar (as President Petrelli) orders Mohinder to kill Hiro. Suresh prepares the fatal injection and orders the Haitian to hold Hiro down. As all hope seems lost, Mohinder suddenly acts upon a life of regret, inspired by the vision of a brighter future foreseen by Isaac. Dr. Suresh kills the Haitian instead and frees our Hiro!
Hiro, Mohinder Suresh and the Haitian
Painted: Episode 19 ".07%" (more revealed Episode 20 "Five Years Gone")
Event happened: Episode 20 "Five Years Gone"
Future Hiro knows, from Mister Isaac's final prophecy, that Mohinder will get "the message." Mohinder believes "all this" can be stopped from ever happening if Hiro succeeds in stopping Sylar in the past. F_Hiro kept this page of the book with him, and passes it to Ando as he dies. When unfolded, it will also reveal a character's death (see below).
Mohinder Suresh (and a character's death, under folds)
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #15, this panel seen in Episode 20 "Five Years Gone"
Event happened: Episode 20 "Five Years Gone"
With Mohinder's help, Hiro and Ando escape the future and arrive back in the past with a chance to put everything right. They discover that 9th Wonders #15 was unfinished, it is missing the words, and decide to go see Isaac for advice on what to do. There they will discover that Sylar has already killed Isaac.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #15, this panel seen in Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event happened: Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Ando is anxious (with good reason) for Hiro to slay Sylar. "I can't kill a man who is asking for forgiveness," says Hiro. "Everyone deserves a second chance." Ando angrily tells his friend that future Hiro would not hesitate to chop Sylar's head off.
Hiro and Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #15, this panel seen in Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event happened: Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Peter copies Ted's nuclear ability. Peter explains the visions of the paintings to Ted, and convinces him that both of them need to get out of NYC so that neither of them can become the bomb. HRG sends them (with Claire) to a 'safe place' in Nevada. "I'm in," says Ted.
Peter (hands glowing with Ted's power) and Ted Sprague
Artist: Peter
Painted: Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event happened: Episode 22 "Landslide"
Sylar's paintings are different because Sylar "sees how things work." Sylar knows the original 'bomb power' belongs to Ted even though Ted's hands never glow. When Ted says, "I'm in" with Peter and HRG's plan, Sylar (using super hearing to eavesdrop) says, "me too." Sylar follows the trio of Ted, Peter and Claire, and uses his powers/cunning to separate them. Sylar then claims Ted's ability for his own.
Ted Sprague and Sylar
Artist: Sylar
Painted: Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event happened: Episode 22 "Landslide"
Sylar's final painting created while staying in Isaac's loft, surrounded by a circle of Isaac's paintings of the showdown players: Niki, Hiro, Claire, Peter and the inevitable Exploding Man. Sylar lays in wait in Kirby Plaza for Peter to show up... and for the fireworks to begin!
Sylar and Peter (Showdown!)
Artist: Sylar
Painted: Episode 23 "How To Stop An Exploding Man"
Event happened: Episode 23 "How To Stop An Exploding Man"
Sylar claims that Peter is the villain of this story, and that Sylar will now be the hero!
Sylar
Painted: Isaac's - 9th Wonders Issue #15, this panel first seen in Episode 23
Event happened: Episode 23 "How To Stop An Exploding Man"
Hiro saves Ando from Sylar's torture using his wits instead of his blade. Hiro takes Ando safely home to Yamagato in Japan, then returns to NYC with the courage to fulfill his destiny! Hiro thrusts with his sword, determined, attacking as if the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
Hiro rushes towards Sylar
Painted: Episode 19 ".07%"
Event happened: Episode 23 "How To Stop An Exploding Man"
"Yatta" Hiro does it! In the future, Dr. Suresh explained to Hiro that the work of Isaac Mendez was amazingly accurate... except THIS! Suresh shows a drawing of Hiro slaying Sylar... "this never happened." Suresh freed Hiro to escape back to the past and stop that tragic future from happening. Avenging Isaac and 'Saving the World' from a grim future, Hiro stabs Sylar.
Hiro and Sylar
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #15, this panel seen in Episode 20 "Five Years Gone"
Event happened: Episode 23 "How To Stop An Exploding Man"
Back from the future, Hiro and Ando go to Isaac's loft to ask what they should do. When they arrive, Isaac is already dead and Sylar is right there! Before being spotted, they hide behind Sylar's latest painting; "this man" was the one who killed Isaac. Ando returns to Isaac's loft alone, trying to kill Sylar himself; Sylar captures Ando and the comic book falls into Sylar's hands. "You're kidding," he laughs, not believing this is how he'll die... even when it happens, he still doesn't quite believe it!
Sylar sees himself run through with the sword
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #15, this panel seen in Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event happened: Episode 23 "How To Stop An Exploding Man"
Afraid of becoming the bomb, Gabriel Gray sought permission from his mom to "just be normal." Mom told him he MUST be "special." After committing matricide, Sylar embraced the future that he'd previously tried to fight. He'll see to it the bomb happens, alright, except he wanted to be special by being the person who stops Peter! Sylar wanted to be the Hero, but the hero was Nathan!
PETER as The Exploding Man (carried away by Nathan)
Artist: Sylar
Painted: Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event happened: Episode 23 "How To Stop An Exploding Man"
PROPHECY AVERTED - The Future was Changed, these predictions did not come to pass
In the folded page passed to Ando in Episode 20 "Five Years Gone," we see that Isaac has predicted that Ando will die in the battle with Sylar that destroys NYC. Hiro finds a way to change the future!
Ando
Painted: 9th Wonders Issue #15, these panels seen in Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event does not happen: FUTURE AVERTED
Linderman had this Isaac Mendez painting hanging in his private collection. It revealed Micah's role in Linderman's plan for ensuring that Nathan would win the election, becoming a leader that would unite the world after the bomb... bringing peace through fear.
Micah Sanders
Painted: by Isaac at some unknown time, first seen Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event does not happen: FUTURE AVERTED
Peter tells Claire that he can draw the future, and that he'll explode like a nuclear bomb. "You mean, like Ted?" Claire asks. Peter learned after drawing this sketch that his brother was in league with the bad guys, then finds out when he asks for help that Nathan fully intended to be part of making the bomb happen. Nathan is shamed by Claire's selfless example and her claim, "The future is not set in stone!" At the last moment, Nathan sacrifices himself for the good of his family and the city.
Nathan
Artist: Peter
Painted: Episode 21 "The Hard Part"
Event does not happen: FUTURE AVERTED
UN-FULFILLED PROPHECY -
Uluru ("the invincible") is the name of a creature that appears on the cover of issue #13 of 9th Wonders comic. Like Hiro's and Jessica's comic books, could this image (now painted by Isaac many times) also be true? In "Genesis," Episode 1, we were introduced to "Humanity's Last Hope." Does "Uluru" represent Hiro's struggle against Destiny to change the future and 'Save the World?' Or is it the thing, even scarrier than Sylar, that Molly Walker is afraid to look for? Uluru also appears in the Online Graphic Novel "Death of Hana Gitelman."
Uluru
Painted: Seen in Episode 1 "Genesis" on Micah's comic book, and the full-size painting first seen in Isaac's studio in Episode 4 "Collision," and repeated appearances throughout Season One.
Event happens: (not yet seen - possibly Season Two)
And thus ends "Genesis," Season One of Heroes.
Isaac may be gone, but both his prophecy and his powers live on!
Feel free to discuss what you see, and enjoy!
