Previously on The 4400...
A comet cannot change course.
- This one has. - Then it's not a comet.
We're not sure what's just happened.
There appears to be something out there.
The light is gone and thousands of people have just suddenly appeared!
Diana Skouris. Tom Baldwin.
You two will be one of the teams
that's responsible for investigating what happened to the returnees.
We're letting them go.
We're letting them go?
You don't have a legal right to hold them.
Why disappear a little girl from the 1940s,
hold her for 60 years,
and then send her back with the ability to predict the future?
- Can I go home? - Home?
With you. I don't like being here alone.
Shawn Farrell?
Uncle Tommy!
- Hi. - He's all yours.
- Hey, what about Kyle? - Kyle's in a coma, Shawn.
- What the hell did you do to Kyle? - I don't know what happened.
I put my hands on him. That's it. He woke up.
You're talking about some kind of ripple effect.
Diana Skouris to the head of the class.
The incidents themselves are just catalysts for change.
I swear to God! I'll ask you one more time.
Where's my son?
- Kyle! Kyle! - No! Tom, don't!
You're not my son.
- Who are you? What are you? - I'm human.
I come from a different time, your future.
In my time, humanity is dying out.
Only those we took can prevent the catastrophe from happening.
That's why they've been altered and seeded back into the timeline.
- You mean it's all going to end? - You have to help them.
Help them how?
- Dad? - Kyle?
I intend to provide a safe haven
for any 4400 in this country who needs one.
You goddamn freak!
- Danny, stop it! - Stop blaming me for Nikki!
I guess what I'm asking is if I could stay here for a while.
Tell me a little more about this ability of yours.
I wasn't pregnant when I was abducted,
but I was when I got back.
That baby could be the key to the future
and it has to be protected and I can do that.
Go ahead! Run!
I will find you. That baby belongs with me.
Isabelle.
What is it, baby?
It's a bad dream.
The same one.
She's fine, Richard.
We're all fine.
Come back to bed.
It's probably just a raccoon.
Who was it?
Took off before I could ask.
They left something behind.
- Someone tracked us down. - Who?
NTAC? Collier?
Does this look like their calling card to you?
I don't know who it is, but someone knows we're 4400s.
Start packing.
I'll drive into town tomorrow morning,
pick up my last pay cheque and then we're out of here.
- Can't we just go now? - We're gonna need that money, Lily.
Mr and Mrs Sumlin, Peter. If you'll follow me.
Forgive our appearance.
As you know, this centre doesn't officially open until tomorrow.
Peter doesn't have time to wait.
That's where you're wrong, Mrs Sumlin.
Peter has all the time in the world.
Hi, Peter. My name is Jordan Collier.
Just this way.
Our medical lab isn't quite ready,
so we thought Peter would be more comfortable up here.
Hello, Peter. I'm Shawn.
What do you say we get started? Yeah?
Okay, buddy, I want you to take my hands.
Try and relax, okay?
You're okay.
You're doing good. You're doing so good. It's okay.
- Oh, my God! Is he okay? - He's fine.
Just watch.
It's okay.
You're okay. You're okay.
Peter?
- How do you feel, honey? - Son?
Thank you for your generous donation.
We tried everything. Radiation, bone marrow transplants.
Is he really cured?
Take him back to his doctor. Run some tests.
- Peter's leukaemia is gone. - This is a miracle.
For now, it has to remain a private miracle.
May I remind you that the confidentiality agreement
you've signed is strictly binding.
But people should know about that young man.
And they will.
In time, they'll know everything.
Very nice. Float in the five, float in the five.
- Are you nervous? - Aren't you?
No. Not at all.
Well, maybe a little bit.
Okay, a lot.
- Now, you really wanna do this, right? - Right.
- Okay. - Let's go.
It says here she registered an ability under the Dinstman-Lenhoff bill.
Some kind of precognitive insight?
Her visions stopped about four months ago. We're not sure why.
Too bad.
I was gonna ask if Teledex will hit its quarterly projection.
Yeah.
Well, we'd like to get started, if that's all right.
Certainly.
If you'll just sign where indicated.
Diana Skouris, your adoption of Maia Rutledge
is hereby complete, legal, and binding.
So witnessed by me, Henry Biederman, 10th Circuit Family Court of Seattle.
You know, some of us have to look far and wide
to find the people we'll call family.
You two had to look clear across time.
Diana, let me introduce you to your daughter Maia.
Maia, say hello to Mommy.
I'm not doing it! I mean it this time! No way!
It's just a CAT scan, Kyle. You've had them before.
This one's gonna tell them the same thing
the last 150 told them, nothing!
- There's nobody in here but me! - I know that.
And sooner or later they're gonna stop looking.
- When? When? - Jesus, Kyle, I wish I knew.
But with NTAC, the Government,
they've got bigger issues than you or me, okay? Just...
Kyle, they're still trying to make sense about what happened
that night at Highland Beach. That's all.
Are they afraid if they let me out
I'm going to spill the beans about their big secret?
Well, they can relax,
'cause I just wanna get out of here and be normal again,
and normal people don't go around sounding off
about future humans and the end of the world.
Besides, I don't even remember what happened.
- I know. - Are you listening?
I don't remember!
Just calm down. Just calm down.
Dad. Honest.
Talk to someone. Anyone. Please, 'cause...
Okay, okay, okay.
Okay. Okay.
Tom!
Been a while, huh?
Yeah, you know how it is.
Us desk jockeys don't have much cause to mingle with you hotshot field agents.
Someone feeling a little sorry for himself today?
"The path to oblivion starts here."
4400 were sent back to save humanity, and I'm supposed to help them.
I was there on the beach, remember?
They gave me a mission.
And what's my biggest accomplishment of the week?
I convinced my son to take another CAT scan.
You know, somehow, I don't think that's what they had in mind.
Diana, you ready to roll?
In a minute.
It's just we have to check in on three more returnees.
I wanna make sure we get our reports in by 5:00.
Okay, why don't you keep the car warmed up and I'll be right there.
You bet.
Vic Hubbard's the best lead investigator you could find?
Oh, no. He's the fourth one this year. Two more, I break a record.
We got to get you out from behind that desk.
I'm lucky to have a job here.
I put a gun to another agent's head, remember?
Yeah, well, I never said it was gonna be easy.
It's obvious what really happened.
Are you gonna start in with your negative energy again?
White holes. See, they're the answer.
That's how they took them and that's how they brought them back.
Yeah, but white holes is like your answer to everything.
- Yeah, because I'm right. - Come on now, come on.
- What's it like to not be right? - Guys! Guys!
Am I interrupting?
Brady's back on his white hole kick again.
One day you'll explain to me
the difference between the white ones and the black ones, right?
How about tonight?
How about you just give me that thing that we discussed?
- Can't. - Why not?
I already sent it upstairs.
I wonder if anyone's read it yet.
When they do, I'm sure you'll hear about it.
I owe you one, handsome.
Where's the textbook?
I thought we dealt with this this morning.
Okay, move on. Next.
"H.P. Lovecraft's At The Mountains Of Madness."
Are you trying to tell me something?
Which orderly did you steal it from?
Matt?
Arlo?
You're so sweet.
You're the only person here who doesn't want me dead.
I wish I could take you with me when I go, but I can't.
They only want me.
But I'll be leaving soon.
Very soon.
Joanne? Paul? What are you doing?
Sex maniac.
Don't go flashing those bedroom eyes at me.
Joanne, I'm serious.
Put that stuff down before you hurt yourself.
We're building something.
- I can see that. - Can you really?
It's gonna be gigantic.
Humongous. Rival the pyramids.
But some things are better left to the imagination, Joanne.
Besides, you two have physical therapy now.
Let's go.
Building something.
Building nothing. Now help me get rid of this junk.
You wanted to see me, Nina?
Are you sleeping with Tom Baldwin?
Should I come back in? Maybe we could start over.
Answer the question.
Never even held hands.
Do you owe him money?
Okay, what game are we playing here, 'cause if I knew the rules, maybe...
I am playing the Theory Room Paper game.
- I don't know that one. - Well, let me give you a hint.
"The necessity for the immediate reassignment
of Thomas Baldwin to active field duty."
Catchy title.
Did you come up with it yourself
or did the big brains in the basement pitch in?
Let's just say that I agree with the sentiment.
Tom is the best agent I've ever worked with.
Maybe the best you've got in this division.
In the three months that Baldwin was investigating the 4400,
this department learnt more,
far more, than it has in the entire year he's been shuffling paper.
He threatened another agent's life.
He was trying to protect his son
who these future people or whoever they are,
chose as their spokesman.
That's not to mention that his nephew, Shawn, is one of the 4400.
All of which sound like major conflicts of interest to me.
That's not what Dennis Ryland believed.
Dennis Ryland is no longer in charge here.
Maybe you should call Washington and talk to him.
I don't have to call Washington. They've got me on speed dial.
Congressmen, senators, committee chairs, subcommittee chairs.
All of them looking to this department, to me, for answers.
Which is why you can't keep an agent like Tom Baldwin on the shelf.
He's a major player in this case. He's maybe the major player.
See, funny. That's exactly what it says in this paper.
Maybe Marco had me check it for typos.
The next time that you wanna send me a message,
put your own name on it.
Mr Walcott! Get down from there!
- Arlo! - Mr Walcott! Get down from there!
Arlo! You heard the man!
Mr Walcott, get down from there this instant!
I'm calling security if you don't come down right now!
Arlo! This is your last chance!
What the hell are you doing up there?
I got it!
Arlo! Arlo, this is your last warning!
Arlo, please!
Be careful!
I'm coming down.
Arlo, be careful! Watch where you're going!
I got it! I got it!
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
No!
Lily, I'm home.
Lily, relax. We don't have to leave.
Some nut papered the entire town with these things.
He wasn't singling us out.
Well, I still think we should go.
I was scared last night, too.
But did you read this? It's a rant, not a witch hunt.
Maybe but, Richard, we still don't feel safe here anymore.
You mean Isabelle doesn't feel safe.
Richard, we've gone over this a dozen times.
I don't know why she talks to me and not to you.
Talks?
Communicates. Whatever.
Did she happen to mention where we should go?
Does she have a place picked out or will she know it when she sees it?
- We can find a town. - We already did. Right here.
Isabelle is six months old.
I know she's a special kid, but we're still her parents.
We make decisions for her, she doesn't make them for us.
Isabelle, I know. It's time to get out of here.
You're right. You're absolutely right.
You know what, we are gonna go.
We're staying put.
Sign this.
- What is it? - Your letter of resignation.
I thought I was being reassigned to field duty.
You are. Effective immediately.
I need results.
We have a high-priced collection of sheepskin in the basement
that tells me you're the best way to get them.
So I'm willing to take a risk.
But I need some insurance.
This. I left the date blank.
You cross the line, I fill it in.
Fair enough.
Good.
Here, look at this.
Tess Doerner.
Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia at the age of 15.
Disappeared from Abendson Psychiatric Hospital in April of 1955.
Wait, let me guess, they sent her back without bothering to cure her.
Curing people was not part of their agenda.
We just got a call from the CA over at the hospital.
One of their orderlies is dead.
And he claims that there's some kind of connection.
We'll check it out.
Hold on.
There's still one piece of business we need to get straight.
You're setting conditions?
- This is your new house? - It's yours, too.
Well, all your stuff is here, right?
Kind of looks like our old place, huh?
Well, I tried, anyway.
Only one thing missing.
Mom.
Yeah, I know.
Sometimes I can't believe she's not here, either.
But we tried, Kyle, you know. We really tried to make it work.
I wish you both would have tried a little harder.
I'm sorry. It just...
You know, when something terrible happens to a family,
like when you were in the hospital, it can
bring people closer together, or drive them apart.
Your mom and me...
I'll have to call her. Let her know I'm out of quarantine.
Yeah, you should do that. You know, it'd make her really happy.
Shawn's gonna freak out, too.
What? You know I'm gonna go see him, right?
You're a good cousin. Just don't expect too much.
You know, people change in four years.
I can't believe you're standing here. I...
I've been looking forward to this moment for too long.
Hey. You remember how we used to love to go to the batting cages?
- You never could hit that curve ball. - Not me, that was you.
And I've got plenty of quarters saved up, so...
Maybe we should stop off at the driving range, too.
You wanna learn how to play golf?
I used to beg to teach you.
There's a lot of things I wanna try now, Dad.
You make a list. You want it, we'll do it. Anything.
- You can show me tonight, okay? - You're leaving? I just got here.
It's my job, buddy. Now get started on that list.
You people really take your arts and crafts seriously, don't you?
You're sure Tess drew this before they started building?
She made her first sketch two weeks ago.
That thing started going up yesterday.
And you think that the orderly who died is connected to all of this?
Arlo was on the ledge of B building, prying loose a weathervane.
I believe it was this weathervane.
So, why don't you just confine all the other patients to their rooms?
We'll, I've been tempted.
But this kind of cooperative behaviour, it's unheard of with these illnesses.
Besides, I wanted you to get a look at that thing
before we tore it down again.
It's all right, Kevin. They're just here to talk to Tess.
He's very protective of her.
She's his only friend in here.
Really, it's okay.
- I'll just let her know you're coming. - Great.
We saw some of the pictures you did, Tess.
They're really good.
They'll hear you.
There's microphones in the walls.
They broadcast by satellite to the submarines.
Who does?
The doctors.
The doctors here in the hospital?
Some of them are in the hospital.
Some of them are stationed on the submarine.
All right, we'll just talk really softly.
They took my crayons away but they're too late.
- Yeah, why is that? - Because it's gonna get built anyway.
They want me to get in touch with them.
That's why they put the plans in my head.
Now, are we talking about the doctors here in the hospital
or the doctors under the sea?
Neither.
We're talking about the people who took me, stupid.
So the people who took you,
they want the patients here to build that tower?
They'll do anything to get me back.
They like me.
Did you ask the other patients for help, Tess?
I don't like talking to them.
They're crazy.
Was Arlo crazy?
I never thought he was.
But maybe crazy is catching.
He was dictating a letter. I don't know what happened.
He just grabbed his head and he started screaming.
Wait outside. Now!
Just hold still. Hold still.
Thanks. Thank you.
They're getting worse, Jordan.
They're coming more often, too.
- You okay? - I'm fine.
I don't get it. I don't get why these attacks keep coming back.
I've cured emphysema, leukaemia.
That baby really kicked your ass.
Well, you just remember that when we find Richard and Lily.
You sound pretty confident, Jordan, but it's been a year.
Sometimes I forget they're still out there.
I never forget.
And neither do the men I'm paying to find them.
Okay, but if I were you,
I wouldn't wanna be in the same time zone as that kid.
If you two meet up again,
it might just finish you off.
I have my reasons.
In breaking news,
a revelation about the origins of the 4400.
In his newly published autobiography,
former real estate mogul, Jordan Collier, claims
that the 4400 were abducted by human beings from the future.
The book contains copies of classified government memoranda
that Collier says prove his claims.
The documents are said to come from an anonymous source
within the National Threat Assessment Command.
According to Collier, the 4400 were returned to avert a catastrophe
that threatens the survival of mankind.
Why didn't you tell me?
Collier charges that the government
has had this information for more than a year,
but has kept it secret in an effort to avert a public panic.
The government claims that the documents are purely speculative
and have been quoted out of context.
Don't care who took them. Don't care who sent them back.
The government should have kept them behind bars.
Didn't you hear what the man said? They're here to save the world.
Well, what do you expect him to say? He's one of them.
You're awful quiet.
I deal in facts.
The fact is, I got to flush this radiator before lunch.
You'll be happy to hear that Mr Collier's anonymous source
is anonymous no more.
Agent Hubbard will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
So, what about Collier?
The guy bought national secrets on the black market.
Hey, I'm sure we'd all like to see Collier charged with treason, but it's unlikely.
I doubt we'll be able to trace the payments directly to him.
Now, as for this so-called 4400 centre,
round the clock surveillance is in effect until further notice.
I want pictures of everyone who comes within 100 yards of that place.
Is it true that Collier's filing for tax exempt status?
Apparently.
What, he's turning the 4400 into some kind of religion?
More like a cult.
Well, cult is what the big congregation calls a little congregation.
Cult, religion, whatever, what's he basing it on?
Have you read this thing?
Collier claims that he can unlock the 4400 within anybody.
So he expects a guy punching a clock in Pittsburgh
to believe he has some kind of latent superpower?
Most of the 4400 don't even have those kinds of abilities.
Not yet, anyway.
No, but if you thought there was a chance
that you had an ability locked away inside you...
You sound like you're ready to sign up.
No. But I wouldn't blame anyone for being curious.
Now, we keep telling the public that biologically
the 4400 aren't any different than the rest of us.
They haven't been altered genetically, neurologically...
As far as we can tell.
But if Collier thinks people are just gonna sign their lives
and their life savings over to some metaphysical pyramid scheme,
then he's in for a rude awakening.
Welcome to the centre. My name's Devon.
- What's yours? - Kyle.
Nice to meet you, Kyle. Can I sign you up for a tour?
Thanks, I'm just looking for my cousin. Shawn Farrell.
I'm sorry. Mr Farrell's not available right now.
Can you tell him Kyle's looking for him? He does live here, right?
I'm afraid policy prohibits me from discussing our membership.
I'm not looking for a discussion. I just want to say hi to my cousin.
If you like to leave your name and number...
I'm not leaving anything! What is the problem here?
There's no problem.
Then tell Shawn I'm here! If he doesn't want to see me, fine.
- But that's up to him, right? - Would you lower your voice, please?
Look, I've got nothing against you personally.
I hope the pod people return your body to you someday.
If it's all the same, I'll find Shawn myself.
This way, sir.
- Get your hands off of me! - You have to leave.
You guys didn't tell me this thing was so big.
- It wasn't. - Not yesterday.
And those don't look like patients to me.
- They're not. - Dr Clayton?
I know what you're gonna say. We're falling behind.
We'll make up the time this afternoon.
So is the entire hospital working on this thing?
It's the only way to get it done.
Excuse me. Randy, Winston, we're gonna need a little help here.
Dr Cho is back there with the satellite dish.
Okay. So first the patients and now the staff.
If this is some kind of mass hysteria, it's spreading.
This is outrageous! We have work to finish here! Important work!
If the doctors wanna work, tell them to make their rounds.
No one's stopping them from taking care of their patients.
From now on, the tower and the courtyard are off-limits.
- You got it? - Got it.
Man, look at the size of that thing.
Wouldn't mind having one of those in my backyard, huh?
Road trip's over. Wait in the car.
So yesterday, a few patients were compelled to work on this thing,
and today, it's the entire hospital.
If we get Tess out of here, do you think this compulsion will fade?
- I don't know. - It's worth a try, isn't it?
All right, I got you.
- It's okay. - I'm not a bad person.
- No. - I'm not.
No, no. No one is saying that you are, Tess.
Then why are you gonna stick wires in my brain?
I promise, Tess, no one's gonna hurt you.
That's what everybody says right before they hurt you.
Why am I being punished? I'm a good person.
Really. I'm only doing what they want.
Guards! Guards! Get over here!
Kevin.
- Come on. - Come on.
- It's all right. - Kevin.
I just got the full medical workup on Tess.
Well, let me guess. Physically normal across the board.
Well, you can say this for the 4400, they're consistent.
Tess draws a picture of a tower or a monument...
Yeah, or a beacon.
Yeah, and the people around her drop everything and start building it.
Well, they can't help themselves. They have to work.
It's like ants.
Come here.
The queen secretes a chemical that tells the other ants what to do.
The drones don't stop working until the job is done.
Doesn't matter if one of them dies,
or if a storm comes and washes away the anthill.
Yeah, they just keep working. Unless you take the queen away.
Let's just hope our drones respond the same way.
Right. So the future sent back a schizophrenic queen ant
with a blueprint for, what, some interstellar walkie-talkie?
Let's see what Tess can tell us.
You know, you just better not get too close.
'Cause if your theory's right,
anyone who gets exposed to her could be vulnerable.
All right, I'll talk to Tess.
You check in with Garrity at the hospital.
These friends of yours, the ones who took you,
what do you think they want to talk about?
They're so much smarter than you, it isn't even funny.
Yeah, I don't doubt it.
I mean, they figured out how to take you, and how to send you back.
Sending me back was a mistake and they know it.
I'm supposed to be there.
Where exactly is there?
There were doctors there, too.
They were nice. All of them.
They were nice.
You remember where you were taken?
We slept a lot, but not all the time.
We wore grey clothes.
There was a giant building.
The doctors wore shiny jackets,
and I miss it so much.
Go on.
I really like hearing you talk about it.
Our rooms had round windows,
high doorways with arches in them.
The stones had writing in them. Math symbols or something.
Inscriptions.
Jars of purplish metals,
and rods with stained tips.
These symbols, Tess, what did they look like?
Tess? Tess, do you remember what the inscriptions said?
They're waiting to hear from me. I need to get in touch with them.
No, Tess. Tess. Just... Tess, wait.
Garrity, why haven't you been picking up your cell phone?
I'm sorry, it's been kind of crazy down here.
- So is everything all right? - Yeah, it's fine.
- We're just about done here. - Done?
Well, the satellite dishes are a bitch to hook up, but we'll get them.
Come on, people! Let's get those dishes secured.
We don't have all day.
I just had the most unbelievable conversation with Tess.
Well, it couldn't have been any more unbelievable
than the one I just had with Garrity.
Can't say I see it that way.
No other way to see it. That book is blasphemy.
Well, don't buy it if that's how you feel.
"The third angel blew his trumpet,
and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch."
Revelations 8:10.
I'll take your word for it.
The day they came back was the beginning of the end times.
Sounds like you've done a little more thinking on it than I have.
Either remove the book from the store or my boy here will remove it for you.
Like hell he will!
Do you know what you're carrying there, woman?
It's just a book.
It's the doorway to hell.
- That child yours? - That's my daughter.
Abomination begets abomination.
Richard!
- What's going on? - We've got to get out of here. Now!
Hey!
Garrity, what the hell happened?
These new guys you sent us, they're no good.
Park told me he had experience with a welding torch, so...
Experience at what? Starting fires? Now our schedule's in the toilet!
Either of you could call the fire department?
Time to go.