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The Eight Paintings by Isaac Mendez — What do they Mean?

By Sam | October 30, 2007 (12:26 pm)

Besides Peter stuck in the future one year from now, the other big mystery from last night’s “The Line” episode involves those prophetic paintings by the late Isaac Mendez, who apparently found time to paint them before getting his head sliced open by Sylar. What do the paintings mean? We already know that the first painting has come true, and we know how it all ends — with HRG’s death — but what happens in-between?

Painting #1: Kaito’s death. (As seen in the Season 2 premiere.)

Painting #2: It’s already happened: Claire fakes her death to freak out a drunk Debbie with West’s help. (In “The Line”)
Eight Paintings by Isaac Mendez

Painting #3: The Cure. Is the Caucasian hand holding it significant?
Eight Paintings by Isaac Mendez

Painting #4: Blonde girl Trapped. Is this Niki/Jessica or Claire?
Eight Paintings by Isaac Mendez

Painting #5: Peter in the future. (From the upcoming “Out of Time” episode, as seen in the previews.)
Eight Paintings by Isaac Mendez
Eight Paintings by Isaac Mendez

Painting #6: Hiro and Kensei: WHO YA GOT???
Eight Paintings by Isaac Mendez

Painting #7: Man with a Smoking Gun. Mohinder?
Eight Paintings by Isaac Mendez

Painting #8: The one that started it all — HRG dead, Claire and a mysterious figure in the background.
Eight Paintings by Isaac Mendez

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kristina on October 30, 2007

maybe #3 is elle?

 
Mathsorcerer on October 30, 2007

Your numbering is slightly incorrect: painting number 1 showed Kaito’s death; the paintings in the crate were numbers 2 through 8.

I suspect one painting will be fulfilled per episode over the next 6 episodes.

 
Golliv on October 30, 2007

Niki dies!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
She can not die!
She is my favorite character!
If she dies I did not watch the series more!
I am sure that many people will stop watching too.
Campaign “Niki can not die”
Do you party too!
Heroes without Niki is not Heroes!
Niki forever!

 
eoren on October 30, 2007

about #3 (or #4? whatever …), i think that’s nikki’s personality which is trapped inside her. Means that the one with mohinder is Jessica …

 
Sam on October 30, 2007

You’re right, Math, forgot about that. Corrected.

 
Alz1014 on October 30, 2007

Isaac knew he was going to die but accepted it because he said something like… he understood what he was ‘meant’ to do. How does that tie in with the paintings he left behind? Sylar in my opinion must have been given the cure or something and that’s why he doesn’t have his powers, but I still don’t get where the writers are going with Maya/Alejandro/ and Sylar? Any thoughts?

 
frank on October 30, 2007

I think the last 2 paintings are related. Maybe the guy in the 7th painting is the one that kills HRG. Or I could be wrong any ideas??

 
maDskiLL on October 30, 2007

As said by dr Suresh. The mutated virus will bounce from those with special powers to the normal people so.. 93% of ppl will be dead in the fututre.

#4 The blonde isnt claire is niki/jessica. Claire never had a harmfull expresion on her face.

#6 Hiro vs Kensei .. i know now that Takedo kensei as spirit is realy Hiro.. the english man just dont fit the legendary tales descrption.

As for the 7th and 8th picture. I dont think that they are connected becouse in any issac`s paint the killer apears. So.. make`s me wonder.. isnt clarie boyfriend suspect for her father death in the last painting? I say this because u know he is terrified by “the man with Horn Rimmed Glasses”… But i can be wrong :) These series suprise me in every single episode.

 
Marisa on October 30, 2007

If Isaac paints the future, why would he have painted Hiro and Kensei battling (ostensibly something that took place in the past?!)

 
Ruddaga on October 31, 2007

Obvious isnt it… Kensai must still be alive in the current timeline as well..

 
nosssweat on October 31, 2007

that’s might be true. in the picture, hiro’s got his glasses back… soooo maybe.

 
tait on October 31, 2007

haha it would me so messed up if suresh’s smoking gun was the one that killed bennet

 
Lt on October 31, 2007

maybe the reason why isaac was able to painting the battle between hiro and kensei was because although it happened in the past, it still occurred in hiro’s future

 
Alz1014 on October 31, 2007

Who’s Adam Monroe? I have a feeling whoever he is he’s gonna turn Peter bad.

 
Mick on November 1, 2007

Adam Monroe is Kensei

 
J on November 1, 2007

okay this sounds incredibly wrong but i think the guy kissing the blonde girl (clare) in painting 8 is nathan because that looks like his hair but it could be a father-daughter kisss u never know…and i know its clare yes because look back at the season 1 paintings of clare, its her!

painting 3 probably already happened, its when bob is giving mohinder the vile to give 2 monica with the virus

 
comrade on November 1, 2007

Is it possible the blond in the crate is the new girl who came after Peter?

 
RoX on November 2, 2007

the guy kissing claire in #8 is either west[he has his enemity with HRG] or nathan(his hair as said by J)….the trapped girl is jessica most probably, trapped by the company maybe, or its possible that the chick is that veronica mars star who tried to find peter

 
Fingaz on November 2, 2007

Seriously you need to drop the whole Nathan kissing Claire thing thats just too messed up and would never be put into the show

 
Maj on November 2, 2007

I beleive its Nathan kissing Claire’s Biological Mother(Fire lady) and not West and Claire or Nathan and Claire. The guys hair is up in the kissing painting and Wests is down, and thats most definately Mohinder with the Gun in the other painting. The girl banging is Elle I think banging on teh side of a Freight.

 
Brat on November 2, 2007

@Maj, no that’s definitely not fire lady, because fire lady would probably not wear a skirt, whereas claire is always shown with a skirt…

Why does peter have a scar in the painting across his eye, while he doesn’t in the trailer??

 
Mick on November 2, 2007

Its not west in the painting notice the Hair of the man Kissing/Fighting/Holding Back Goes inront of her face
West’s Hair is very Different i think mohinder with the gun is killing bob because i read in the spoilers angela petrelli will eventually be the last of the final “12″ alive
and if u havnt noticed i think Elle is Bobs Daughter

 
Ron on November 4, 2007

I reckon Mohinder shoots HRG, it kind of explains why he’s crying but it would be pretty cheap if they use two paintings to show one event

 
J on November 5, 2007

okay okay okay well mohender could be shooting HRG but i also think that nathan is kissing clare BUT its just a hello kiss from father to daughter NOT a romantic kiss (like bf gf stufF) and remember nathan’s mom said u need to get u r self checked into a clinic and get ur family back. She said this before she went to jail. So maybe he’s getting clare back.

Also painting 3 has happened and that needs 2 be changed cause its just bob giving mohinder the vile with the virus in it 2 give 2 monica.

hey i never noticed mohinder is crying in painting 7. maybe he could be shooting HRG or just shooting someone close to him (matt, maybe his father is alive and shot him (dunno just saying), bob, peter)

 
J on November 5, 2007

yeah and i agree with Ron, it would be cheap if those 2 painting would depict the same event. This is unlikely though because the other paintings are seperated a lot throughout the episodes like for example, the 1st one happend in the 1st episode and the 2nd one happened in the 6th episode and maybe the 3rd one 2 but it could happen in the 7th if we watch the previews for it cause matt is supposed 2 use the virus on his dad

 
Lebrand76 on November 5, 2007

No doubt!!! Picture #7 is definately Mohinder Surresh. If you catch the latest trailer “Out of Time”, you notice that HE DOES have a Band-Aid over his the nose, the same as in the Mendez painting. My theory is that maybe something seriously happens to Molly, and due to his love for Molly, he gets psycho pissed at HRG and pops him! That’s my guess!!!

 
Tom on November 5, 2007

I have a feeling that painting 4 is Niki in a nightmare from Maury, with the trailers bob wants Mohinder and Niki to inject him with virus and so he finds them a puts them into their nightmares, thus DL is there. Though i dunno…

 
Jimbo on November 5, 2007

I have researched the pictures and now have the answers regarding them all…

Painting 2. I took a picture of the painting into a graphics program and lightened it up in order to prove, 100%, that it is indeed a dipiction of when West dropped Claire on the steps to screw with the head cheerleader chick. The bloody spot matches, the position of the arm, and the rail in the back, as well as the clothing…

Painting 3. This is from the same episode, The Line, from the scene where Bob is showing/handing Suresh the vial containing the serum that negates powers. The painting is from a different angle than from the scene, but the vial is the same.

Painting 4. This is definitely Nikki/Jessica as a digital picture that was used for the artist was shown on his website, and showed Ali Landry hitting a door. I orifginally thought that it was a wall with windows, but the fact that the digintal showed her hitting a door indicates that she will be trying to get in to a room. It also appears that she is in a hallway in the digital, but that does not necessarily mean that the painting/scene will be in a hallway/trying to get in, though likely.

Painting 5. This shows Peter (I compared to previous Isaac paintings) and another man that looks like Sylar in the background. In the bottom left there is a biohazard sign. Again I found a digital picture used by the artist for the drawing on his website. In this picture there is a different man standing in the background, someone we have never seen. Though it could still end up being Sylar and the actor/person used during the digital is a stand-in.

Painting 6. Definitely Hiro and Kensei. Verified the clothes match perfectly.

Painting 7. This is definitely Suresh and the clothing, nose injury, etc., all match the spoiler photos found throughout the web of a future episode. This is the same scene in which West appears to be embracing Claire, indicating that Suresh is the one that shoots HRG (though I believe that it is fake and used as a way to make Bob believe that Suresh has truly joined the company).

Painting 8. As mentioned, there are photos of this episode, having already been filmed, circulating around the net. Many things happen in this scene. In appears as though it is a prisoner exchange of Claire (held by Bob & Suresh) for Elle (likely held by Bennet and Hatian). Claire’s hands are tie-wrapped behind her back, and Elle’s hands are duck-tapped. Bob shows HRG that he is going to cut Claire’s hands free using a pair of cutters. There is a photo that then shows Bob having to force Claire to go to her father, while she seems enraged towards the area (out of the shot) where Suresh would be. Suresh’s eyes/nose have make-up indicative of an injury. I believe that this may have been caused by Claire. Elle comes walking towards Claire and meets up with her. I believe that this is where the revelation about their relationship will be (”I’m you sister”). Then all hell seems to break loose. West somehow shows up. I have to assume that he flies in, having tracked them by following HRG and the Hatian. Since his flying is all CG this is not shown in the pics. What is shown is West trying to prevent a very distraught Claire from going to the area where HRG would be. Why would she be so upset? Because Suresh just shot HRG, her daddy (this is speculation based on many things). Her clothing and West’s clothing match the painting 8 of 8, including his untucked shirt at the waste, the pleats on her skirt, her eyes closed, the position of his hand, etc. This means that they are not in a loving embrace, as the show would want us to believe, but that Claire just witnessed the murder (likely faked) of her father and is upset. The angle of the camera (hiding Claire’s mouth with West’s shoulder) makes it seem as though they are kissing. The next photos show Claire and West on the ground, West likely uncounsious, and Claire’s leg in an angle to indicate being broken. My speculation is that they must have crashed to cause such disarray. This indicates that West grabbed Claire and started to fly away and that something brought them down. The likely candidtaes are, the Hatian (though unlikely due to distance), Suresh or Bob using the gun (unlikely), Bob having injected West with the serum (unlikely due to the timing, distance, etc.) or the most likely, Elle frying West and/or Claire. In one of the photos it appears as though West has his hand at his chest and that Claire has pushed him off of her and it “fixing” her broken leg. All of this stuff would be added in using CG. The is one photo of Claire being shown the storyboard and I was able to enlarge and sharpen enough to see a picture of HRG with his glasses, sideways, just like in painting 8 of 8.

Hope you guys like knowing the future.

Jimbo

 
Miki on November 5, 2007

Matt killed HRG in ‘Five Years Gone’..

 
Miki on November 5, 2007

& Can’t Nikki find her way out with her super strength?

 
Rob on November 6, 2007

@Miki, Nikki was struck with “The Cure”

 
Azrael on November 8, 2007

I think the blonde in #8 is Nikki. We have seen growing chemistry between Nikki and Nathan every time they see each other, and Nathan is now separated from his wife.

Perhaps Nikki is saved by Nathan, who takes the cure from HRG? Also interesting to note is the clamped position of HRG’s hands in the pic. Trying to choke someone? Nikki?

Miki, Matt killed HRG in an alternate timeline. That’s what would have happened if they hadn’t stopped ‘the bomb’.

 
johnny on November 10, 2007

I think there is still more paintings, Isaac said to Sylar “They killed you, you die” or something like that….. And like what Miki said : HRG died in “Five Years Gone”…..

 
loki on November 26, 2007

U sure all of u haven’t got it all wrong?
1:confirmed Kaito
2:Yes def claire falling
3:cure, maybe
4:i didn’t actually see this part
5:yup peter
6:hiro and kensei
7:Mohinder with a smoking gun (when he was in the house with HRG? HRG knocked the gun, but the smoke?)
8:The person, the mysteririous one is WEST! he flew out as HRG directed him to in ep.10 (?)

 
Dan on December 1, 2007

PLEASE HELP

i what to buy the paintings are they being released does anyone have any infomation about ISAAC MENDEZ paintings??????

 
Marcus on December 5, 2007

In the eight painting it’s defenetly Nathan Petrelli and Clare, but he ain’t kissing her. He is keeping her away from the body “HRG”.

 
dylan hadfield on December 11, 2007

nikki is a great character just that she gets a new elta ego called gina is gina another relative of nikki and i can’t belive mr nakamora dies because of kensi and sylar returns

 
dylan hadfield on December 11, 2007

HELP NEEDED
anyone know if you can get a copy of issac mendez’s painting of nikki,jessica or claire stuck in a box

 
dylan hadfield on December 11, 2007

to marcus it is west a kid who can fly even chck on u tube ‘n’ i manadged to see a different picture where it’s sylar pretening to be west

 
freddy on December 12, 2007

the picture which is the ‘cure’ is actually a virus called the shanti virus which can get rid of 97% of the world and think new york is only 0.7%

 
freddy on December 12, 2007

picture 4 is nikki and it isn’t a box it’s a door or maybe a mirror

 
freddy on December 12, 2007

help wanted

does anyone know what sylar does to people who he kills does he eat there brain or just rip out a part of there brain

 
freddy on December 13, 2007

claire bennit musn’t be killed in season 2 she is fit

 
dylan hadfield on December 13, 2007

claire bennit is a great character and she is afit girl

 
freddy on December 13, 2007

HELP NEEDED
can anyone tell me if claire bennit looks fit

 
freddy on December 13, 2007

claire is well fitttttttttt

 
freddy on December 14, 2007

if nikki dies jessica is releadsed so if jessica dies nikki is free but what about gina a new personality and is elto ego another of nikki’s abilitys?

 
freddy on December 14, 2007

please responed
if you had to have an ability which one would it be ( has to be from heroes ) i would have telekenisis

 
freddy on January 11, 2008

any sylar fans out there please if u like sylar just say

 
dvill on January 15, 2008

nikki dosn’t get struck with a cure because its a virus

 
dvill on January 15, 2008

and it might be her in a mirror not a box

 
yea on May 18, 2008

The girl banging on the door is jessica when she is sent to to kill bob by matt parkmans dad. It is when she’s breaking the door down in episode 7.

 
dvillster on June 6, 2008

painting 8 is where hrg dies but he gets revived by claires bood and as sick as it may be but regrows an eye
and claire is makin out with west

 
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