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.
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?
Diana Skouris, your adoption of Maia Rutledge is hereby complete.
Shawn Farrell.
Uncle Tommy!
- Hi. - He's all yours.
- Hey, what about Kyle? - Kyle is in a coma, Shawn.
- What the hell did you do with 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.
- 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.
I intend to provide a safe haven for any 4400
in this country who needs one.
I guess what I'm asking you is if I could stay here for a while.
Tell me a little more about this ability of yours.
This is a miracle.
Is he really cured?
But people should know about that young man.
In time, they'll know everything.
My name's Devon.
- Can I sign you up for a tour? - Thanks, I'm just looking for my cousin.
I'm afraid policy prohibits me from discussing our membership.
Then tell Shawn I'm here! If he doesn't want to see me, fine.
But that's up to him, right?
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!
It won't do you any good. That baby belongs with me.
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.
Tess Doerner, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia at the age of 15.
You're sure Tess drew this before they started building?
She made her first sketch two weeks ago.
That thing started going up yesterday.
We're talking about the people who took me.
They want me to get in touch with them.
That's why they put the plans in my head.
It's gonna get built anyway.
Yesterday, a few patients were compelled to work on this thing
and today, it's the entire hospital.
NTAC? Collier?
Does this look like their calling card?
...someone knows we're 4400s.
- That child yours? - That's my daughter.
- Abomination begets abomination. - Richard!
We've got to get out of here. Now!
Time to go.
Hurry, Richard.
Hurry.
As of tonight, Abendson State Hospital
is officially under quarantine.
The patients will remain locked down.
Hospital staff and affected NTAC personnel
will be confined to the site
until we've isolated the source of the compulsion.
That sounds like a good plan,
but who's gonna watch over them?
The last group we sent was compromised within hours.
Which is, quite frankly, a little disturbing.
I mean, if you think of this like an epidemic,
in the CDC, we'd call Tess the sole disease vector.
You remove her, you remove the urge to build.
Except, as far as we know...
None of those agents had any contact with Tess.
Right, so it's like the flu or any other airborne virus.
You catch it, you can pass it on.
What is this thing supposed to be, anyway?
My guess,
and I cannot emphasise the word "guess" strongly enough,
is that Tess is telling us the truth.
It's some kind of communication device.
To contact who? The future?
The only way to find out is to let the patients finish building it.
That night on Highland Beach, they were trying to tell us something.
The conversation was cut shod.
Which is why we've been stumbling around in the dark this last year.
Tess is the only 4400 who remembers where she was taken.
No, claims to remember where she was taken.
She is also the only paranoid schizophrenic.
And it sounds to me like you two have been spending
a little too much time around her.
Maybe I caught the bug, too, but I agree with them.
The quarantine orders at the hospital remain in effect until further notice.
The guards will rotate shifts to minimise their exposure.
So where does that leave us?
Until we're sure the compulsion is not spreading anymore,
you two aren't going anywhere near that facility.
You never told me I was a prisoner.
Have you ever seen a prison cell, Shawn?
It looks nothing like your apartment.
God damn it, Jordan, since when do you decide who I see and talk to?
This is about your cousin, isn't it?
- So you did know he was here. - I know he was rude and aggressive
and had to be escorted from the premises...
You mean thrown out.
It might've been handled more smoothly, Shawn.
But all in all, I'd have to say it was for the best.
Kyle is my friend.
He was your friend.
Look. A year ago, you came to me looking for a new life.
Your old one in shambles.
Kyle, friend or not, is part of that old life.
So what do you want me to do?
You just want me to cut him loose and forget he exists?
He is no different than your mother, your brother or your friend Nikki.
- Don't... - They do not understand
what it is we're trying to accomplish here.
You know, maybe I don't, either.
Well, then I suggest you pack your bags and leave.
So what happens the next time you start screaming out in pain?
Do what's right for you, Shawn.
I'll take care of myself.
- Do you have a seven? - Go fish.
I'm so sorry I'm late.
Who do we have here?
This is Carrie. She lives downstairs.
The UPS man left their package with us by mistake.
And when her mom came to get it, Carrie was with her.
And now I'm invited to her birthday party. And it's a sleepover.
I can go, right?
Hi, Carrie. I'm Diana.
- It's nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
I already said it's okay.
I think we should probably talk to Carrie's mom first, don't you?
Look, you know what? It sounds fine to me.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Isabelle's asleep.
Rainy day came sooner than expected.
- Do you think we lost them? - I'm not ready to stop for pie just yet.
I've got $1,200 here. Another $300 in my pocket.
I'm carrying $200.
We're gonna have to get those back windows replaced in the morning.
This should be enough to carry us through to Montana.
What did Eric say when you called him?
He was a little surprised to hear from me.
But even back in quarantine
he used to say how us 4400s should stick together.
Yeah. We didn't have much choice back then, though, did we?
The bank can wire us our savings when we get there.
If things get really bad we can sell these.
I put that ring on you forever.
I guess you and Isabelle were right.
We should have taken off when we had the chance.
It's gonna be a long night.
You want me to drive a shift?
Get some sleep.
Maia, what's wrong?
I'm sorry. I know it's late, but Maia really wanted to come home.
- Why is that, sweetie? - I don't wanna talk about it.
Some of the girls,
not my daughter, but some of the other girls
were teasing Maia.
I guess she said she has a crush on Frank Sinatra.
Old Blue Eyes. Do you blame her? Right?
Most 9-year-olds don't even know who Frank Sinatra was.
I wanna go to bed.
I guess it got pretty nasty.
I feel terrible.
Maybe Maia can come back another time.
- Just her and Carrie. - Yeah, we'll talk about it.
Thank you.
- Goodnight. - Goodnight.
Maia.
I know you didn't fall asleep that fast.
It was awful.
- You were right. - I didn't wanna be right.
I don't need any friends.
Everyone needs friends, Maia.
Maia, I really think we should talk about this.
Well, I don't.
Buck's burger's good as I remembered.
Kind of a strange thing to have on top of your list,
but, hey, you know what?
I'm glad I could make your dreams come true.
Kyle, shouldn't you be in bed?
Dad, I'm 21.
Yeah, that's what I have to keep reminding myself.
I'm making some popcorn. Do you want some?
You're kidding me. You could eat more?
I've been eating quarantine food for a year.
You guys might be keeping the country safe,
but your cafeteria sucks.
Hello?
Kyle.
We gotta get the baby out of the cold.
I don't think there's any motels on this road.
I was thinking we head south, catch the 35.
Guy should lose his high beams.
That's the first car we've seen in what, like, 50 miles?
Get your head down!
Oh, my God, Richard! It's them!
Hold on! Hold on!
- Everybody okay? - I think so.
Okay. Let's go.
Spread out.
Hey, Maia, sweetie.
It's wake-up time.
Okay.
It was a late night, huh?
All right. Fifteen more minutes.
You know what? Frank Sinatra is the coolest,
and don't you let anyone ever tell you different.
So, you didn't read any of it?
No. I wouldn't want my daughter reading my diary.
- You keep a diary? Am I in it? - Come on. Don't flatter yourself.
So really, you don't even know if what she sees means,
you know, things during the day, TV shows, ponies, whatnot.
Or it could be what she sees a week, a month, a year down the line.
No, no, no. She hasn't had one of those visions in like four months.
- That's what she tells you, anyway. - Why would she lie?
She wants to be normal, right?
Every time she makes a prediction, someone calls her a freak.
Look, I understand. You're her mom now.
There are certain protocols.
Next time I'm over, why don't I take a peek?
Come on. You think that would be any less of a betrayal?
Respecting Maia's privacy is no small thing
but, I mean, you've got to weigh that
against the information that could be in that diary.
You know what?
When you stop trusting a parent, it's really hard to start again.
And yes, I'm speaking from experience.
Hey, I'm glad it's not my decision.
But if Maia's having visions, you should know about it.
And you should know what they are.
Is it bad?
I just jammed it when we spun out.
I just need to walk it off a little more.
Follow this stream south.
Hike through the water a bit, throw them off our trail.
It'll be cold.
It'll keep us awake. After a mile, we'll...
We'll double back west.
Head straight for the highway.
Sounds easy when you say it.
We can do it.
We're gonna do it, right?
Keep her quiet. She's gonna bring them right to us.
Does the name Gene Pecusa ring a bell?
Yeah, returnee 927.
Let me guess. He still has the ability to turn $20 into a crushing hangover.
And a night in the drunk tank downtown.
Come on. We gotta ferry him back to his halfway house.
Give it to Mortimer and Falcone.
- We got something else on our plates? - Yeah.
Everything's quiet at Abendson. No one's been allowed near the tower.
- That's the problem, isn't it? - Tom. Tom, no. You...
You do remember that Jarvis has still got your letter of resignation.
Yeah, she wants results. I'm gonna give them to her.
And besides, you wanna know what that thing is as badly as I do.
I'm trying not to think about it.
Yeah, well, I can't think of anything else.
So, it sounds like Tess has got her hooks in you.
I don't have the urge to pick up a tool belt.
I'm coming with you.
It's all right, Tess. We're taking you back to Abendson.
We signed you out, Tess. No one from NTAC is coming after you.
Not you people. The doctors in the submarines.
They're watching us!
Come on, what, are you having second thoughts?
No, just get in.
So, you still owe me
$4, $5 for those two six-packs. Something like that.
I got a $20 right here if you think you can take it from me.
Look at you, man. Back among the living.
- You look great. - I walk. I talk.
I seem to have full control of my limbs.
You still hit like a girl. Nothing's changed.
- Four years? Plenty's changed. - No, what are you talking about?
We saw each other right when you got out of the hospital.
- I don't remember any of that. - You don't?
So, you don't remember sitting naked in the sprinklers?
No. That sounds like something you'd do.
- Well. - Thank you.
I never got a chance to say that.
For getting me out of the coma, thank you.
You know, if it hadn't been for me,
you wouldn't have been in that stupid hospital anyway. So...
No, I'd have been the one who disappeared into 4400 boot camp.
Maybe I'd have come back with the magic hands.
- All right, all right. Okay. - Speaking of disappearing, you jerk!
Kyle, don't go there yet.
- Come on. - Don't go there?
Your mom is so freaked out.
You haven't seen her in a year. You haven't seen anybody.
Your brother. My dad.
- What was going on with you and Nikki? - Kyle, I don't wanna talk about Nikki.
We're all really worried about you, man.
You don't need to be. I mean, I'm fine.
I've been to that place where you're living.
There are some serious Stepford Wives vibes going on there.
You know that, right?
All that stuff about "unlocking the 4400 inside everybody."
Yeah?
You don't really believe Collier can do that, do you?
Kyle.
Look around us, man.
The world is in a total freefall.
These centres,
they're a chance to bring people together. Maybe our last chance.
I don't just believe that he can do it.
I believe that he has to do it.
Sounds like someone got inside your head.
- He said you wouldn't understand. - Collier?
Yeah.
I gotta tell you, man. He was right.
Isabelle!
Richard!
What happened?
Guess I wasn't looking where I was going.
Okay, you just need to rest.
You think they're stopping for breaks?
- No. - Come on, Richard.
All right, five minutes.
All right, people! Come on! Everyone out to the tower.
Come on! We have a lot of work to do and not a lot of time to do it.
So let's go. Come on. Let's go. Let's go.
- Come on, you heard me. Let's go! - This one's mine. Stand over there.
- Hey, Kevin! - Come on.
Look! I escaped.
Always thinking of me.
Kevin's a genius, you know. But he doesn't brag about it.
I bet in a couple days all these berries will be ripe.
Don't eat 'em now.
The last thing we need is to start cramping up.
Look.
I thought you said they weren't ripe.
They weren't.
Isabelle?
Had to be.
Way to go, little girl.
They're gonna have to work fast.
- I'm gonna help them. - It's not funny, Diana.
- No, I really wanna do this. - No, you'd only be in the way.
You don't understand. I really need to do this.
Have these sent to my office. Shawn, I've been looking for you.
- Yeah, I took a walk. - We have a special visitor tonight.
She has pancreatic cancer.
Her husband is willing to donate real estate for a 4400 centre
in Los Angeles.
Tonight doesn't really work for me, Jordan.
Well, you have five, no, six hours to get in the mood.
Mood's got nothing to do with it. I'm just not working tonight.
- Richard, please. Don't do this. - We don't have another choice.
There's three of them. They're gonna kill you.
Not if I get my hands on one of those shotguns.
You can barely walk.
It's our only chance.
And I've got to do it now while I still have the strength.
If I'm not back by sundown,
take the baby and walk due west.
It's that way. Just keep going in a straight line.
Understand?
I'd give up another 50 years if it meant finding you again.
- You knew about this, didn't you? - Knew about what?
Baldwin and Skouris signed Tess Doerner out of here
and took her back to Abendson.
Yeah, they're rebuilding the tower.
That would be one theory.
No crying. We can't cry now!
Drop ii.
Or I'll cut you in half.
Yeah, turn around.
I taught you boys better than this.
Get up!
Diana, how's it going?
It turns out we're in better shape than I thought.
- The fire missed most of the wiring. - So, how soon till it's ready to go?
We've gotta finish triangulating the dishes
and then we're good.
Just get it done.
Baldwin.
We've got your man!
Either you come out,
or the next sound you hear is him being blown straight to hell!
I told you, she's miles away by now!
Open your mouth again, I'll cut your tongue out.
Oh, God. Oh, God.
Watch him.
Lily, run!
- Screw it in tighter. - It's almost done.
Are you sure you don't wanna say goodbye to me?
I'm gonna miss you most of all.
Clear. Sir.
Last time, Baldwin. Unlock the door.
I can't do that. You said you wanted results.
Listen to me, Baldwin! You are not in your right mind.
And these are not the results that I was talking about.
Now, step away before you get hurt.
- Take it. - Ready?
No, no, just wait! Wait! Just wait! Just wait.
We need answers. That tower might provide them.
Just listen to me.
It's a risk, I know.
But sometimes, when you wanna get to the truth,
you have to take a leap of faith.
Just listen to me.
No.
You want the truth?
Tess Doerner's memories of the future. They're not memories.
She read them in a shod story by H.P. Lovecraft.
The Shadow Out of Time. I have it right here.
I underlined some of the passages that showed up verbatim in your report.
They're just another delusion.
No.
- I'm sorry, Tom. - Okay, let's go. Okay, you guys take it!
Hurry!
Hurry.
- Everyone step away from that tower! - The doctor!
Yeah.
Isabelle!
My son! What did you make me do?
Gabriel! My God! My son! No! No! Gabriel!
Richard!
It wasn't me!
That creature made me pull the trigger!
You've unleashed the devil into this world,
and we're all going to burn! That...
Richard!
Where are you?
All right. Let's get everyone back into their rooms.
We need a full head count before the next round of medications.
Where are you?
I did what you wanted, right?
Talk to me!
Come on, Tess.
We all could use a little rest.
But they lied to me.
Or did I lie to you?
Well, somehow, I wanted more.
I don't know what I expected.
Another ball of light,
a booming voice from the sky. Something.
- Could we have built it wrong? - Maybe.
And all I know is that I don't feel like picking up a hammer anymore.
And 10 minutes ago, that was all I could think of.
...if there's new information.
Yeah.
NORAD said the pulse dissipated before it left the atmosphere.
Could be all this sound and fury was for absolutely nothing.
Now our first priority is to help the hospital personnel
restore order here. Okay?
And then I want all of you who were infected with this thing
to be checked out by NTAC Medical.
Are you including me in that order? Because I'm not sure if I...
You were infected.
Because if you're standing here telling me you weren't,
I'm putting a date on that letter of resignation.
I was definitely infected.
I thought so.
We could use a little help policing the area here.
And we need to get rid of these tools
before one of the patients hurts themselves.
You heard the man.
Excuse me, Dr Clayton?
Kevin? Did you just speak to me?
I guess I did.
I haven't said anything for a long time, have I?
Try six years.
I can think again, too.
I don't know what happened,
but I feel
better.
You had me followed?
I could have had your conversation recorded.
- I just thought that might be pushing it. - Oh, my God, Kyle's right.
I am some kind of prisoner.
Shawn, I've told you, you can leave here anytime you want.
And I meant it. But until you do,
I will not allow these shadows from your past
to alter your perceptions of what it is we're trying to accomplish here.
You're too important.
No, no, no. You mean, you need me to help bring in the big cheques.
Shawn, the money is a means to an end.
The goal is what matters.
Ensure the future. Save the planet.
I can't do that without you.
You want proof the future works in mysterious ways?
Look no further than Mr Kevin Burkhoff.
Yes, instead of contacting the future, we got him.
Not as disappointing as it might seem at first blush.
Burkhoff was a tenured professor of neurochemistry
at Stanford University.
Neuroscience. Only class I ever got a "B" in.
Yeah, you're not alone.
Only a handful of people work at the top of the field at any given time.
Our Mr Burkhoff was the heir apparent.
Until he suffered his first delusion at the age of 30
and he was institutionalised two years later.
What was he working on?
You want a ripple effect? How's this?
Burkhoff specialised in dormant neural pathways.
He was trying to wake up parts of the brain that we can't use.
Parts that would do what?
Well, parts that could lead to all kinds of special new abilities.
Like precognition. Right, Marco?
Precognition. Telekinesis.
- Stop me if any of this sounds familiar. - Maia Rutledge. Orson Bailey.
You're saying that Burkhoff is the father of the 4400 technology?
- It's possible. - And we just woke him up.
Miss Oster next door is getting a kitten.
Hope she lets me play with it.
There's going to be a book about how we all came back...
Me and Diana get to be a real family...
A computer for Christmas!
...the pizza place when it closes...
...get his job back.
Mommy's bosses will be punished.
Mommy's bosses will be punished for betraying us.