Previously on The 4400...
We're not sure what's just happened.
The light is gone and thousands of people have just suddenly appeared!
We're letting them go.
We're letting them go?
We don't have a legal right to hold them.
You're pregnant?
I wasn't pregnant when I was abducted,
but I was when I got back.
- What's all this? - What's it look like?
That baby could be the key to the future
and it has to be protected and I can do that.
Go ahead, run!
That baby belongs with me.
- This is your new house? - It's yours, too.
I've been looking forward to this moment for too long.
Diana Skouris, your adoption of Maia Rutledge
is hereby complete, legal, and binding.
Her visions stopped about four months ago. We're not sure why.
Miss Oster next door is getting a kitten.
Mommy's bosses will be punished for betraying us.
It wasn't me!
That creature made me pull the trigger!
Getting dressed from the top down now?
That the way they do it on the Mariners?
Mariners? Gary's got his eyes on the Sox.
You mean the Sox got their eyes on him.
How's it feel? All those scouts in the stands,
you bend over to tie a shoelace, they make a note.
How about a little respect, huh?
You are in the presence of the new Jackie Robinson.
First 4400 to make the big leagues.
Don't worry about the scouts, man. I'll float you some right down the middle.
You just get into your rhythm, forget they're even out there, all right?
I can't blame him. Six scouts.
I'd be afraid I was gonna choke.
I'm not gonna choke.
My turn! No way! No way!
Lawrence can't serve them any better than that.
Just give me a second.
Man, he's throwing him a beach ball.
He's scared, man.
- What was wrong with that? - What a loser.
Follow through, buddy. Follow through.
Oh, come on!
This time try taking the bat off your shoulder.
Why don't you try kissing my ass!
What's your problem, Gary?
Navarro, get your head in the game! Focus. I wanna see some contact.
The majors? Kid doesn't look like he's ready for rookie ball.
Just shut up!
Want all of you to just shut the hell up and let me concentrate!
Whoa, Gary. Take it down a notch.
Yeah, you're a flake, aren't you?
Go ahead. Take a swing at me. I'll plant you where you stand.
- I am not gonna hit you! - Who said anything about hitting, man?
That's it, Navarro! You're done for the day.
I wanna see you in my office after practice.
There's nothing wrong with me.
- There is nothing wrong with me. - Keep walking, mister.
- There is nothing wrong with me! - Keep walking, mister. Now.
- Take it easy. - Don't touch me!
This kid isn't ready.
This was a big waste of time.
You gotta hit the showers.
Ready for the bigs, my ass.
What was wrong with that?
- You shut up! - Just relax, buddy.
Shut up! Shut up!
You shut up! You shut up! Shut up!
There's nothing wrong with me!
Well, it beats that ditch in the woods.
Yeah. Not by much.
It's just a day or two.
Let Isabelle get rested up, and push on the rest of the way.
You got enough to make it to White Bird?
A new car, a trip to the emergency room.
It's gonna be close.
All this running and hiding, sometimes I forget
we haven't done anything wrong.
Three dead men in the woods might disagree.
You wanna shower first, or should I?
You go ahead.
- Give Isabelle her bottle, okay? - Yeah.
Yeah.
That was you, wasn't it...
who stopped those men in the woods?
Daddy sure would like to know.
But you're not gonna tell him, are you?
- What's funny? - Marmaduke.
Can we get a dog?
Smooth how you slid that in there.
No.
Skouris.
April! Wow!
No, no, no. I'm glad to hear from you. You're my sister.
It's just... It's been a while, that's all.
No, we're here, just having breakfast.
Hang on a sec.
Mrs Lennox must have forgotten her key.
- I'll get it. - No, no.
No, I'll get it. You just keep eating.
I just have to let Maia's teacher in. Coming! One more sec.
- Surprised? - April!
- How's it going, sibling? - Good.
- You look good. - Yeah. You, too.
Thanks.
What are you doing here?
The Pacific Northwest Body Art Expo. I have a booth.
Don't tell me you haven't gotten your tickets yet.
- No. - Hello.
Oh, my God. You must be Maia.
April Skouris, black sheep of the family.
Di, you are so lucky. Look at this fabulous kid you got.
And no labour, no stretch marks, no diapers.
No crappy husband.
Oh, wait. That was me.
How come I never met you before?
- It's complicated. - We've been busy.
Okay, we'll stick with busy. Whatever. I'm here now.
So where are you staying while you're in town?
This couch looks comfortable.
It's not an execution, Shawn.
The last time I was on stage was my fourth grade spelling bee.
These people are interested in us.
They wanna hear what we have to say. You'll think of something.
Hello, my name is Shawn Farrell
and I am one of the 4400.
Wow. A few months ago
I never thought anyone would ever clap when I said that.
But we didn't know then what we know now.
The future of mankind is in jeopardy.
And right here, with your help,
is where we start to set things straight.
- If you join us... - Mr Collier? Mr Dravitt's here for you.
Thank you.
...the best version of yourselves.
Ian. Thanks for fitting me in.
Interesting place you got here.
I'm not gonna be abducted by aliens, am I?
Now, Ian. They weren't aliens.
- They were from the future. - Future, I know.
So you told me. Ad nauseam. Look, it's all the same sideshow to me.
So, here I am. Here you are.
What say we get down to business?
Ian Dravitt.
Founder and CEO of Executive Projections,
a multinational corporation based in Zimbabwe.
If your company wants to do business in a third world country,
they'll show you the lay of the land.
- It's all perfectly legitimate. - Yeah, on the surface.
But Dravitt's real money comes from mercenary activity and arms dealing.
Sold grenade launchers to the IRA,
white phosphorus land mines to the Shining Path guerrillas in Peru.
- So what's he selling to Collier? - Good question.
But our observation teams can't even tell you what time Collier takes lunch.
Beyond the lobby, that place is a mystery.
I mean, we've sent our agents in disguised as air conditioning guys,
fibre optics repairmen...
Yeah. We get a bug in, it's yanked before the day is over.
Probably sweeping the place every few hours.
As far as Collier's pow-wows with Dravitt,
all we can do is guess.
You think he's stockpiling weapons?
Arms, anthrax. Nothing would surprise me.
I mean, Collier's all but said he's at war with the US Government.
Could be laying down a defence perimeter around the centre.
That way if we ever have to go in there, he'll be ready.
Think Waco.
Jonestown.
Jarvis. I'll send them down.
Mr Navarro, I'm Agent Skouris. This is Agent Tom...
Please. Please don't talk.
It's too noisy.
Your voices and your thoughts, they just all bleed together.
The ER report said you were going on about...
No voices.
Just concentrate on what you wanna ask me
and I'll hear you.
A couple of weeks ago.
It was during the game.
I could hear everyone's thoughts.
At first it was just the pitcher, which was pretty good, actually,
'cause I knew everything he was gonna throw before he threw it.
I went five for five.
Two homers, two singles, and a double.
That is exactly...
Yeah. Yeah, it was great when it started.
But I can't control it.
First it was everyone on the team, and then everyone in the stands,
and then, I don't know, it was just everyone.
It's like this ocean of noise crashing around in my head.
I want someone to make it go away!
That's what I want.
I was this close
to making it to the majors when I got snatched.
This time I'm gonna make it.
I have to make it.
What? So Navarro is really some kind of mind reader?
I believe telepath is the word you're looking for.
Well, call it something else if the word makes you uncomfortable,
but the guy definitely knew what we were thinking.
Interesting gift.
I could think of a few practical applications for it.
Dr Ostman gave him some haloperidol.
It calmed him down. Quieted the noise some.
So he can function as long as he's on antipsychotic meds?
Well, we don't have to fit him for any straitjacket,
but he's not gonna be hitting any knuckleballs either.
Which is all he wants to do.
Yeah, I'll put NTAC Medical on it. If they can help him, they will.
Great.
- Kyle Baldwin. - Social security number?
There it is.
Baldwin, nope.
You're not eligible to register.
Sure I am. I got in last semester. I just took deferred admission.
Except your tuition hasn't been paid.
What are you talking about? My dad sent a cheque.
Nope.
Baldwin. Glad I caught you.
I've got Navarro's transfer forms right here.
You sign them, he's on his way to NTAC Medical.
- Yeah, I will. But not just yet. - Why not?
We want to know what Collier and Ian Dravitt are up to.
A 4400 who can read minds just walked through the front door.
You wanna use Navarro as a mole?
- Is that even legal? - D.C. cleared it.
Well, how about ethical?
The guy's asking us for help. Hell, he's even begging us.
And we'll help him, but he's gotta help us first.
- What if he says no? - Then you'll get him to say yes.
Excuse me. Can we get one more blanket?
- The one we have is kind of thin. - Yeah, well, they're all kind of thin.
But if you wanna bring it down, I'll switch you.
I think we might need both.
You might think you need them, but you aren't gonna get them.
See, there's only so many rooms and so many blankets.
And you have your allotment.
My baby is cold.
Can I please have one more blanket so she doesn't get sick?
I'll give you $5.
I'm a sucker for a pretty face.
He wasn't very nice to us, was he?
- Here. - Thank you.
What if they catch me?
We'll be monitoring you every step of the way.
We plant a tiny transmitter receiver behind your ear under the skin.
It takes 10 minutes. No scar.
If things go south, we'll be in there like the cavalry.
When I was a kid
my favourite show was The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Now, 30 years just gone in a snap.
My little brother is retiring
from the Tacoma police force at the end of the year.
He's 53.
Guys I played ball with, the ones that made it to the majors
are signing autographs at card shows now.
The game is all I have.
Yeah, I get that.
What. you play ball?
Senior year in college I blew my knee out
trying to slide under a tag.
- What position? - Third base.
Yeah. Another infielder, huh?
You miss it?
All the time.
But what we do here, Gary, what we're asking you to do for us...
it's not the World Series but it's pretty damn important.
I do this for you guys...
you're gonna fix me, right?
You have my word.
Okay-
Sorry about dinner.
A new case.
I'm glad you didn't wait for me.
That's what you're sorry about? Dinner?
Ask me how my first day of college was.
- How was your first day of college? - I didn't have one!
Nobody paid my tuition.
What are you talking about? Of course I did. That's ridiculous.
I tried calling you a bunch of times. You didn't answer your phone.
I was in meetings all day. I know I wrote that cheque.
- That's great, Dad. - Sorry, Kyle. I must have forgot.
We've been talking about this for months. How could you forget?
Here. Bring it in tomorrow. I'll send a note.
Or I'll talk to the registrar myself, whatever you want.
Here.
Kyle, don't walk away from me! Just... Look...
I admit it.
I'm not denying it. I screwed up.
- But work's been a little crazy lately... - The job.
I've been waiting for that one.
It finally feels like old times around here.
What's this?
Lily, what is it?
Did you spend all the cash buying this stuff?
Then what? Talk to me.
The cash register at the front desk was open.
And we needed food, and Isabelle needed diapers.
- You stole money? - It's not like I planned it.
I mean, I had to beg for a blanket,
and the drawer was open, so...
He left you standing there
- with the cash register open? - No. No. He closed it.
At least I think he did. I don't know. I...
It wasn't open, and then... And then it was open.
That still doesn't make it right.
That's not how I live my life.
Have you looked around?
'Cause this isn't how I planned to live my life, either.
Look, I know it was wrong. I don't need you to tell me it was wrong.
Stop shaking your head!
Just eat something, okay?
It's silly for all this food to go to waste.
Go ahead.
I'm not hungry.
- How much fun was that? - I liked it. Thank you.
So where have you two been? Your note just said, "Out."
Lots of places.
The pier. Pike street. And even the ferry.
What have you done to...
- You didn't. - I told you she'd freak.
- Relax, they're rub-ons. - As in fake.
- But they're pretty, aren't they? - Oh, yeah. They're very pretty.
Now, why don't you go get started on your homework?
I'm in trouble.
Do you at least like the shirt?
And by the way, you live in Seattle
and your kid's never heard of Kurt Cobain?
What's wrong with you, Di?
Thank goodness you're here to teach her
all about tattoos and suicidal rock stars.
And by the way, who gave you permission to take her out of school?
I'm her aunt.
I didn't know I needed permission.
Well, if you're going to send her teacher home for the day, you do.
Sitting at your kitchen table all day long?
Yeah, that's a big loss.
What are you keeping this kid locked away for?
If I wanted your opinion on how I'm raising my daughter, I'd ask.
- Mom my? - What's wrong, sweetheart?
I think I have to throw up.
What did you give her to eat?
- Anything she wanted. - Good going, Aunt April.
Okay, guys. I'm going in.
Collier's gonna want to meet you. You're one of the 4400.
Anything you can learn about him is great,
but our main target is Ian Dravitt.
See what you can find out about him and why he's there.
You have a two week supply of haloperidol.
It should keep your mind clear,
but hopefully you'll be done in a couple of days.
Excuse me.
Cute. Nice shoes. Steer him over to the brochures.
Welcome to the Centre. My name's Devon.
I'm Gary Navarro.
I'm kind of interested in finding out what you guys do here.
Well, I'd be happy to show you around.
Have you read Mr Collier's book?
I didn't have to. I lived it.
I'm one of the 4400.
Oh. Well, welcome home.
Gary Navarro. Jordan Collier.
It's a real pleasure to meet you.
Well, that's a nice firm grip.
I'd expect nothing less of a promising second baseman.
How did you know I played ball?
Well, it's my business to know everything about the 4400.
So has anything shown up yet?
- An ability or... - No, not me.
I have a hard enough time hitting a split-finger fastball.
It's kind of disappointing, isn't it? All those years lost...
No abilities. Pass him off to Devon. Get back to Dravitt.
Jordan, we need to talk.
Absolutely, Shawn.
First I'd like you to meet a fellow returnee.
Gary Navarro, Shawn Farrell.
- Hi. - How are you doing?
Shawn here is a little luckier than you and I.
He came back with quite a remarkable ability.
Yeah, I'm blessed, all right. See the halo around my head?
I really need to talk to you.
Give us a second.
Look, I've been doing some poking around on the internet.
I found out some stuff that you need to know.
Because let me tell you, I really hope that you don't know already.
If it can be found on a search engine, believe me, I know it.
You're okay with this Dravitt guy?
Eyes on the prize, remember?
Doing business with our friend does not make us our friend.
Dravitt's not my friend. He's a dangerous prick.
I'll meet you outside in 10 minutes.
As soon as I get Gary squared away here,
we'll talk about it.
Here you go.
Hello?
Are you all right?
- Whoa. Where was I? - Far away, I think.
First day meltdown?
I was just lost, and late,
and begging my way into classes I don't even want to take.
No, not such a good day, then.
"Introductory Survey of 19th Century Novellas." Kill me now.
Maybe it'll enlighten you in ways you never could have imagined.
Not likely. It was the only thing open this period.
Well, this is Olin Hall. Take the stairs inside to your left.
Thanks! Maybe I'll see you around.
You never know.
Hello, everybody. I'm Wendy Paulson.
Welcome to Intro to 19th Century Novellas.
Is everyone in the right place?
I will speak to you after class.
I can't hear anything.
- I'll try to get closer. - Gary, what are you doing?
Collier and that kid, your nephew,
I think they're arguing about that guy Dravitt.
Where are you?
Gary, go inside.
- Getting a good eyeful? - Look, I'm just... I...
Should we pull him out?
No, no, no. Not yet. Not yet. Maybe he can talk his way out of it.
Now what the hell do you think you're doing? Let him go!
You should be more careful who you let in your manor, my son.
We detained him as a professional courtesy.
- Jordan, these guys are thugs. - No need for name-calling.
We merely happened upon this gentleman
in the process of spying on the two of you.
I had a couple of questions for you, that's all.
I mean, I saw you guys were having an argument or something.
What am I supposed to do? Interrupt?
You wanna know what we were talking about?
Because it's no big secret.
- I'll tell you what we were talking about. - Shawn, enough!
You're gonna find I'm tied up a lot of the time, Gary.
If you have questions, any of my staff
will be happy to help.
- Yeah, sorry. Next time I'll know better. - All right.
Go on back inside.
Careful where he wanders.
No one's getting between me and $30 million.
- Richard, what is it? What's wrong? - Police.
- Oh, my God. I'm so sorry. - I'll tell them I took the money.
You didn't have anything to do with it.
- Police. Open up. - Give us a minute!
Open up now!
They're not after us.
We're okay.
- Guys, are you there? - Go ahead, Gary.
Yeah, sorry I've been so out of touch.
They've had me in these classes all morning.
I haven't even seen Collier all day. Or that other guy.
Well, that's okay. You just go where they tell you.
Yeah, but I thought you said you wanted to know more
about that money that Collier is shelling out.
Where are my meds?
- Gary, what's wrong? - My meds, they're gone. I don't...
Let's make sure we get that revised schedule as soon as possible okay?
That'll be great.
Excuse me. I had a prescription,
some tranquilizers in my room, and now they're gone.
You don't need those.
You've been conditioned to think you need them.
Taking anything that suppresses your natural openness
is counterintuitive to our programme.
Maybe you should sit through the nutrition and purification lecture again.
Did you hear that, Baldwin?
- They took the haloperidol. - Yes, Gary. I heard it.
Do you wanna abort? Do you wanna walk out of there?
Everything is just getting louder in my head already.
It's already getting worse.
Voices are starting to bleed through the walls.
Just calm down, Gary.
We'll come and get you if we need to. It's your call.
- Gary, talk to me. - Okay.
You guys are gonna hold up your end of this deal, right?
Yes, of course.
Okay. Okay.
I'll hold up my end and I'll hang in as long as I can.
Good. We'll hang in with you.
Now listen, Gary, someone's gonna be on this channel 24/7. You remember?
Yeah, right.
Right.
I read The Secret Sharer last night.
Just like your syllabus said. That's a good start.
Well, not just the first 20 pages. I got really into it. I read the whole thing.
Nineteenth century novellas not quite the hell on earth you expected?
Definitely wasn't boring. I've got a lot of questions, though.
Okay. Well, I have office hours, Wednesdays 1:00 to 4:00.
Okay, yeah. I'll try to stop by.
Or we could run by the Coop and grab some coffee.
- Like right now? - I like talking about Joseph Conrad.
It's why I picked this for a living.
Where did you learn to do all this?
'Cause mom never taught us to cook.
I don't know. I just learnt how.
Had to be better than you at something.
Aunt April, do you have any kids?
Nope. No kids.
- Are you married? - I used to be.
Ask your mom what she thought of my ex-husband.
- Don't start. - You didn't like him?
Neither did April, apparently.
She only stayed with Trevor for what, seven months?
You were hostile from day one. You never gave him a chance.
I don't really think he deserved much of a chance.
He was kind of a moron.
He was 22.
Show me one guy who isn't a moron at 22.
He knew you hated him.
And that didn't make it any easier for us to stay together.
Come on. You can't keep blaming that on me.
- I mean, just grow up. - Okay, this was a mistake.
I thought it was a good idea to come here, but obviously I was wrong.
I'll go pack. There's a little hotel up the street.
- No! - It's okay, honey. We'll still see each...
But the power's gonna go out there tonight and you won't have any lights.
What is she talking about?
Can I please be excused?
- I don't understand. - I just hate this psychoanalyst crap.
I should have had coffee.
How long do we have to do this for?
I just don't get it.
Mr Navarro, is something wrong?
This is no good. I need my haloperidol.
- Where's Collier? - Mr Collier's in a meeting.
Mr Navarro.
- Gary, what's wrong? - I've just got to talk to Collier!
That's not a good idea, Gary!
Mr Navarro, he's in a meeting!
Make it stop. Please, make it stop.
Make it stop. I need my medication.
Whatever's eating you, old son, we'll make it stop.
Count on that.
A 4400 who can read minds. So you do have an ability.
You shouldn't have lied to me, Gary.
You mean to tell me that this guy knows what I'm thinking?
Because I do not like anyone inside my head but me.
Jordan, this guy's one of us.
We can't just stand here and let him get killed.
Nobody's killing anyone.
First, we determine what our man here knows.
And then we discuss his fate.
'Cause there are things I know that could get you killed!
That could get all of you killed!
Call Jarvis! Tell her we're going in!
- Look, Ian... - Shut up!
Shut up now!
Hi, I'm Evan. Welcome to The 4400 Centre.
- Second level is not open to visitors. - Yeah? We're not visitors.
Hey, look, buddy. I've got a badge, too. And this is private property.
What the hell is he doing to him?
Let him go or so help me I'll splatter your brains
all over your highly polished floor.
Now that is enough!
Drop that weapon! Now!
- How the hell did you get in here? - You don't sound so happy to see us.
- Now, what in the hell is this? - NTAC agents.
I don't appreciate the government interfering in my business.
Maybe you should be more careful who you do business with.
They're not buying weapons. They're planning a coup overseas.
Some tiny country.
You sent a spy in here, Uncle Tommy?
Good job! You almost got us all killed!
You, too, Mr Dravitt.
Well, it'll be interesting to see
if your friend's impressions will stand up in court.
I guess I'm the one who should be more careful
who I do business with.
Shawn, you can come with us if you want.
Great. I'll tell your mother you said hello.
Gary, you should have come to me first.
I'd have treated you better than they ever will.
We're at war, here. Don't pick the losing side.
Look at the cute little baby.
I think somebody wants to try your toy, Walt.
I think you're right.
- Hi. - Hi.
Put her back in the car.
- Why? - Now, please.
What's your problem? That little boy was being sweet with her.
I just didn't want anybody getting hurt.
Hurt? Who's gonna get hurt?
What if she doesn't want to give the toy back? What's gonna happen then?
Don't look at me like you don't know what I'm talking about.
- Those three men in the woods. - They wanted us dead.
You saw what happened to them. That was Isabelle.
We both know it and there's no use in pretending otherwise.
Whatever Isabelle does, she does it out of love for us.
- She's our daughter, Richard. - I know she is. I love her right back.
But she's something else, too. And I wish to God I knew what that was.
What is it?
What's wrong?
I'm fine.
So what? So Collier planned to spend $30 million
funding mercenary activity in São Tomé?
They've had three coups since their independence in '75.
My guess? Collier was trying to buy number four.
Did Gary happen to hear why Collier's so interested
in an island off the west coast of Africa?
Without his medication, we're lucky to have got that much out of him.
Yeah. But we do know that Collier thinks
he's headed towards a conflict with someone.
NTAC, the entire government, I don't know.
He installs a friendly government in São Tomé.
It could have been a place to go when things heat up.
More like a homeland for the 4400.
Too bad you can't prosecute a man for delusions of grandeur.
They're not delusions if you can make them come true.
We're always one step behind Collier
because we keep seeing him as some kind of cult nut.
What we should be asking ourselves is before Collier was abducted,
did he ever set his mind on something and not get it done?
They didn't make him any dumber in that ball of light.
Yeah, anyway, we wanted to know what Collier was thinking.
Gary found out for us.
Time to turn him over to NTAC Medical, right?
Soon.
Soon?
The NSA is cc'd any time we register a new 4400 ability.
They have been leaning on D.C.
to borrow Gary for an op they've got planned.
But no more cloak and dagger stuff.
He'll sit in on a few conferences.
You know how it is with diplomats. They don't always say what they think.
That wasn't the agreement I made with him.
The terms have changed. Gary's too valuable.
I gave him my word. You're turning me into a liar.
You've been in the game almost 20 years.
My guess is you've committed all the seven deadly sins.
Just like the rest of us.
I should have let him stay with Collier.
He might have used him, but he would have helped him, too.
Don't you ever use me again!
All I wanted was to play ball.
You guys promised to help, but you can't do that, can you?
We're worried about the 4400.
It seems more and more like they should be worried about us.
You know that bar, Mel's?
Corner of Lancaster and 3rd? You feel like joining me?
We don't go to bars.
Well, I'm going tonight with you or without you.