Heroes (TV Series)

Chapter One 'Genesis' (2006)

Sendhil Ramamurthy: Mohinder Suresh

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• Mohinder Suresh : 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 re-generation. 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 Suresh : This quest. This need to solve life's mysteries. In the end, what does it matter when the human heart can only find meaning in the smallest of moments? They're here. Among us. In the shadows. In the light. Everywhere. Do they even know yet?

• Mohinder Suresh : [voiceover]  Where does it come from, this quest? This need to solve life's mysteries with the simplest of questions can never be answered. Why are we here? What is the soul? Why do we dream? Perhaps we'd be better off not looking at all - not delving, not yearning. That's not human nature, not the human heart. That is not why we are here.

• Peter Petrelli : Wow.

  Mohinder Suresh : Solar eclipse.

  Peter Petrelli : Yeah. Yeah, I wonder if it's gonna be total.

  Mohinder Suresh : Not here, no. In some other part of the world, yes. A global event. Makes one appreciate just how small our planet really is. And we're all quite small really, aren't we?

  Peter Petrelli : What's your name?

  Mohinder Suresh : Mohinder.

  Peter Petrelli : I'm Peter. Let me ask you something, Mohinder. Do you ever... get the feeling like you were meant to do something extraordinary?

  Mohinder Suresh : I'm driving a cab you may have noticed

  Peter Petrelli : No, I'm not talking about what you do. I'm talking about who you are. I'm talking about... being special.

  Mohinder Suresh : Yes, we are all special.

  Peter Petrelli : That's not what I meant.

  Mohinder Suresh : Some individuals, it is true, are more special. This is natural selection. It begins as a single individual born or hatched like every other member of their species. Anonymous. Seemingly ordinary. Except they're not. They carry inside them the genetic code that will take their species to the next evolutionary rung. It's destiny.

• Mohinder Suresh : [about his father]  I spoke to him two days ago. He was convinced someone was following him, trying to steal his research. He died because of his theories.