"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 ?" "We 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 awhile." "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..." "Isabelle..." "What is it, baby ?" "Bad dream ?" "Same one." "She's fine, richard." "We're all fine." "Come back to bed." "It's probably just a raccoon..." "Who was it ?" "They took off before i could ask." "They left something behind." "Someone tracked us down." "Who ?" "NTAC ?" "Collier ?" "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 to pick up my last paycheck, 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, the Center 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 to 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 leukemia 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." "Floating the five." "Floating the five." " You nervous ?" " Aren't you ?" "No, not at all." "Well, maybe a little bit." "Okay." "A lot." "Now, you really want to do this, right ?" "Right." "Let's go." "Okay." "Says here she registered an ability under the dinstman-lenhoff bill." "Some kind of precognitive insight ?" "Yes, her visions stopped about four months ago." "We're not sure why." "Oh, too bad." "I was going to ask if Teledex will hit its quarterly projection." "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 t o 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 going to stop looking." "When ?" "When ?" "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." "They're afraid if they let me out I'm gonna spill the beans about their big secret ?" "Well, they can relax, because i just want to 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." "You listening ?" "I don't remember !" "Just calm down." "Just calm down." "Dad, get me out of here." "Talk to someone." "Anyone." "Please, 'cause..." "Shh." "Okay, okay." "Okay" "Okay." "Okay." "Tom." "Been awhile, huh ?" "Yeah, you know how it is." "Us desk jockeys don't have much cause to mingle with you hot-shot field agents." "Someone feeling a little sorry for himself today ?" ""The path to oblivion starts here."" "The 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." "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 want to 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've 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 going to be easy." "It's obvious what really happened." "Are you going to 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... the second law of..." " Yeah, because I'm right." "Come on, come on." " Guys !" " What's it like to not be right ?" "Am I interrupting ?" "Brady's back on his "white hole" kick again." "Well, one day you'll explain to me the difference between the white ones and the black ones, right ?" "Well, 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." "H. P. Lovecraft's" "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." "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 ?" "Because if I knew the rules..." "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 learned 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, 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." "Uh, the next time that you want to 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 what you're doing." "I got it." "I got it." "Oh, oh... 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." "I know." "It's time we get out of here." "You're right." "You're absolutely right." "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." "Diagnose of paranoïd schizophrenia at the age of 15." "Disapeared from Abendson Psychiatric Hospital in April of 1955." "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 C. A. over the hospital." "One of their orderlies is dead." "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." "I..." "Kind of looks like your 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... we really tried to make it work." "I wish you both would have tried a little harder." "I'm sorry, it's 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 the quarantine." "Yeah, you should do that." "You know, it'd make her really happy..." "Shawn is gonna freak out too." "What ?" "You know I'm gonna 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." "Me ?" "No, it was you," "And I got plenty of quarters saved up, so..." "Maybe we should stop off at the driving range too." "You want to learn how to play golf ?" "I used to beg to teach you !" "Lot of things I want to try now, dad." "You make a list." "You want it, and we'll do it." "Anything." "You can show me tonight, okay ?" "You're leaving ?" "I just got here !" "That'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 ?" "Ske made her first sketch 2 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 weather vane." "I believe it was this weather vane." "So why don't you just confine all the other patients to their rooms ?" "Well, i've been tempted, but this kind of cooperative behavior, 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 sattellite 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's 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." "Huh, 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 t 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 started screaming." "Wait outside." "Now." "Hold still." "Hold still." "Thanks." "Thank you." "They're getting worse." "Jordan..." "They're coming more often too." " You're okay ?" " I'm fine" "I don't get it." "I don't get why these attacks keep coming back." "I've cured... emphysema, leukemia... broken bones..." "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 want to 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 the breaking news, 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." "What do you expect him to say ?" "He's one of them." "You're awful quiet." "I deal in facts..." "And the fact is," "I've got to flush this radiator before lunch." "You'll be happy to hear that M. Collier's anonymous source is anonymous no more." "Agent Hubbard will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law." "So, what about Collier ?" "Guy bought national secrets on the black market." "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 Center"," "Round-the-clock surveillance is in effect until further notice." "I want pictures of everyone who comes within a hundred yards of that place." "Is it true that Collier's filing for tax-exempt status ?" "Apparently." "He's turning the 4400 into some kind of religion ?" "More like a cult." "Well, "cult" is what the big congregation calls the 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." "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 going to sign their lives and their life savings over to some... metaphysical pyramid scheme, then..." "He's in for a rude awakening." "Welcome to the Center." "My name's Devon." " What's yours ?" " Kyle." "Nice to meet you, Kyle." "Can I sign you up for a tour ?" "Huh, thanks." "I'm just looking for my cousin, Shawn Farrell ?" "I'm sorry, M. Farrell's not available right now." "Could 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'd like to leave your name and number..." "I'm not leaving anything !" "What's 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 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 going to 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." "Uh, Randy, Winston, we need a little help here." "Dr. Cho's back there with the satellite dish." "Okay." "So first the patients, 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." "The doctors want to work." "Tell them to make their rounds." "No one's stopping them from taking care of their patients." "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." "I'm not." "No, no, no one's saying you are, Tess." "Then why are you going to stick wires in my brain ?" "I promise, Tess." "No one's going to hurt you." "That's what everyone says, right before they hurt you." "Why am I being punished ?" "I'm a good person." "Really." "I'm only doing what they want." "Guys !" "Guys !" "Get over here !" "Kevin !" "Okay, Tess." "Let's go." "Come on." " It's all right." " Kevin..." "I just got the full medical workup on Tess." "Let me guess..." "Physically normal across the board." "You can say this for the 4400..." "They're consistent." "Tess draws a picture of a..." "a tower, or a monument..." "Yeah, or a beacon..." "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, 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." "They just keep working..." "Unless you take the queen away." "Let's 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." "We'd just better not get too close, because 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, well..." "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 gray clothes." "There was a giant building." "The doctors wore shiny jackets." "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." "Tess." "Tess." "Just wait..." "Tess, just wait." "Garrity, why haven't you been picking up your cellphone ?" "I'm sorry." "It's been kind of crazy down here." "So is everything all right ?" "Yeah." "Fine." "We're just about done here." "Done ?" "Well, the satellite dishes are a bitch to hook up, but we'll get 'em." "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." "Ok..." "Sheriff, what's the hell happen ?" "These new guys you sent us are no good." "Park told me he had experience with a welding torch." "Experience at what ?" "Starting fires ?" "Now our schedule's in the toilet." "Did either of you call the fire department ?" "Time to go."