The 4400 (2004–2007): Season 1, Episode 1 - Pilot - full transcript

Previously on The 4400:

( loud, rumbling whir )

( screams )

RYLAND:

All right, listen up, everyone.

We're at DEFCON One.

MAN: The comet.

It's not a fly-by anymore.

A comet cannot change course.

This one has.

SKOURIS: Then it's not a comet.



( screaming )

MAN:

We're not sure what's happened.

There appears to be

something out there.

The light is gone,

and thousands of people

have just suddenly appeared.

Finding Shawn and figuring out

what happened to our son,

that is my job.

Diana Skouris.

Tom Baldwin.

You two will be



one of the teams

that's responsible

for investigating

what happened

to the returnees.

RUTLEDGE:

What about my parents?

They're dead, aren't they?

This is Maia Rutledge.

She's eight years old,

only she was born

in 1938.

No time has passed.

Returnee 2117: Shawn Farrell.

Uncle Tommy!

Hi.

He's all yours.

Hey, what about Kyle?

Kyle's in a coma, Shawn.

We're letting them go.

SKOURIS:

We're letting them go?

RYLAND:

We don't have

a legal right

to hold them.

Hey, Mom, Dad!

Shawn!

Hey, buddy.

Remember me?

Nikki?

I'm Richard.

Lily.

Lily Bonham from St. Louis?

LILY: You knew my grandmother.

MAN: Some of these people

have no place to go

and no families left.

What the hell

are you looking at?

I used to live here.

Heidi?

Yeah.

Heidi, it's Mommy.

It's, uh, it's okay, sweetie.

I got it.

Brian.

Lily.

Elizabeth?

Where have you been?

Have you seen the place

my wife is in?

I need money... now!

( screaming )

( wet crunch )

( distant siren wailing )

( rhythmic beeping )

Tom?

( gasps )

What are you doing here?

Your phone is off.

Ryland wants us to come in.

What's up?

There's been

a murder.

The police are holding

one of the 4400.

RYLAND:

That's him.

That's Orson Bailey.

Bailey-- some kind of

businessman, right?

Right.

Life insurance?

Yeah.

Disappeared

in the '70s.

'79, declared dead

in '86.

Seattle police

are holding him

in connection

with a homicide

in Madison Park

last night.

Do they know he's

one of the 4400?

Bailey told them.

That's why they called us.

Well, I thought

the returnees

were told not to

discuss their status.

Well, we counsel them

to avoid it

if they possibly can,

but, you know,

we were talking

job interviews

and housing applications.

There's not really

a protocol

for being questioned

about a murder.

You said holding,

not charging.

That's right. There are

some conflicting reports

about what actually went on

at the crime scene.

We'll check

it out.

Quietly.

I don't want to be

dodging microphones

at the 6:00 news.

Quietly it is.

Diana?

Hi, this is Linda.

I can't take your call

right now,

but please leave me a message

and I'll call you back.

( beep )

Linda, it's me again.

You said we needed to talk,

so pick up the phone.

Linda, come on.

All right,

call me.

Everything

all right?

Yeah, same old same old.

Call me, don't call me.

I wish she'd make up her mind.

You know, I had

a boyfriend once.

Every time he'd tell...

A boyfriend?

Well, don't look

so surprised.

( chuckles )

Yeah, anyway,

the thing about this guy

that used to drive...

You can stop.

I barely got started.

All I'm saying is,

you don't have to try

to make me feel better.

Well, it was more of an attempt

at bonding

via a shared similar experience.

Can you open the door?

How long did you go out

with this guy?

Nine months.

Nine months?

Mm-hmm.

So, you're equating

your nine months

of dating with my 19

years of marriage?

Yeah, you're right.

Okay, forget it.

You want me to drive?

What for?

I don't know.

So you can brood?

Just get in.

Look who floated in

on a ball of light.

Remember me, Farrell?

Rossi.

Hi.

Well, it looks like

the steroids finally kicked in.

( chuckles )

Funny man.

Funny.

Always did appreciate

your sense of humor.

Like that time you sold me

those concert tickets

right before

you disappeared.

To the Foo Fighters?

How was the show?

I wouldn't know; the

cops were waiting for

me when I showed up.

Tickets were stolen, man.

You got me arrested.

You got arrested

for stolen tickets?

Yeah, I had five

tabs of X on me.

I had to pee into a cup

once a week for two

years because of you!

Stop it!

Hey, hey! Come on!

Get off of him.

( grunts )

This is between me

and your brother.

Yeah? Well, I'm making

it between you and me.

See you around, freak.

Oh, by the way,

how'd you like

the new paint job

on your ride?

You okay?

I'm fine.

The security cameras

caught everything.

The guy definitely had

a bug up his ass.

Except, as far as we can tell,

he never went inside.

Kensington fell into all

that glass and impaled himself.

You've been through

all the footage?

Every scrap. Bailey never

made it past the gate.

Wait. Hold on a second.

Did you see that?

That's glass.

Yeah.

Something blew out

the windows, but

from the inside.

Yeah, we're still trying

to figure that one out.

There was no

seismic activity.

No evidence of a bomb

or a gas leak.

And Bailey's

not talking?

We've sent half a dozen guys

in there,

but he hasn't given

us anything.

Look, I've been over

and over this with you people.

We're not the police.

We're Homeland Security.

Well, tell the bozos

out there

that I had nothing to do

with what happened to Adam.

Let's just go over

your day again.

You went to see

Adam Kensington

about a job,

and even though

your name is still

on the company letterhead,

he brushed you off.

I know how that'd make me feel.

I admit it, I was angry.

I went to Adam's house to, uh...

I don't know why I went,

but I didn't kill him.

Let me read you an e-mail

Kensington sent

his attorney

after your visit.

It's not important.

Just a sec.

"Bailey is making

desperate claims

"regarding his financial

stake in the company.

"He actually

threatened to sue.

"I don't think

he realizes

"that there are

probably going to be

"hundreds of lawsuits

involving the 4400.

( rattling )

"It'll take years.

"The poor bastard,

he really is a rather...

pathetic case."

( rattling continues )

( cracking, rattling stops )

I am not a lawyer,

but I'm not an idiot either.

You've had me here

for 12 hours.

Now, either you charge me

with something...

( sniffles )

...or let me go.

So, we're just going

to let him walk, after

what happened in there?

Yeah, looks like it.

But for future reference,

if I ever want to play

good cop/bad cop,

I'll let you know.

Which one do I get to be?

This isn't a joke.

There's a time

to lean on a guy,

and that wasn't it.

You shut him down.

Look, I'm sorry.

But Bailey admitted he

was angry with Kensington.

He was at his house.

I didn't say

it was over, did I?

Do you think

they ever thought about me?

Oh, sweetie!

They were

your parents.

I am sure

that they thought

about you

every day.

Thanks for

bringing

me here.

( whispers ):

Oh!

This place used

to be so nice.

Now the kids leave their

garbage everywhere.

Ah, it really

is a shame.

You don't have to worry.

Crown Ridge is nice.

Crown Ridge Cemetery?

Yes.

That's where you'll be.

Be...?

Be what?

Buried.

Kensington's a popular guy

around here today.

The whole staff's been through

to look at the postmortem.

Yeah, why's that?

Well, he might have been

a boring old suit

when he was alive,

but in death...

he's a rock star.

God, look

at that!

Those were his

parietal bones?

We've seen beating deaths in

here as bad as you can imagine.

Even the guy that jumped

off the Space Needle

and had to be brought

to us in a garbage bag.

But I have never seen a skull

in this kind of shape before.

Thousands of tiny little

bone fragments...

Kensington

was impaled.

Are you saying

that's not

how he died?

Oh, that would

have killed him,

but he was already dead

from a shattered skull.

( phone ringing )

Hello?

Hello.

Is, uh... Lily there?

Who?

Is this Heidi?

Yes.

I'm Richard Tyler.

A friend of your mother's.

My mother's name is Carol.

Are you sure you have

the right number?

This is the Moore residence,

isn't it?

Yeah, but there's no one

named Lily here.

Sorry.

( sighs )

Well, I'm afraid

I can't give you

any medicine

for the nausea.

Why not?

Because it wouldn't work.

You're not sick, Lily.

You're pregnant.

That's impossible.

The-the quarantine doctors

would have told me.

You said

they gave you

a full screening

seven weeks ago.

If you just conceived,

it wouldn't have shown up

in their tests.

Conceived...?!

When?

I assume it happened

right before you disappeared.

But there's no mistake.

You're definitely

pregnant.

( echoing ):

Now, there's nothing

to worry about.

I would like to see

you again next week,

and you can get used

to the information.

Shawn!

Hey.

How you doing?

Mm... good.

What's up?

You get

your car fixed?

It's going to be

in the shop

for about a week.

Yeah. You know, Danny

and I are going

to a party tonight at

Eddie Tobin's house.

You should come.

I don't think so.

Why not?

Um, well, they're going

to be listening to music

I've never listened to,

talking about movies

I've never seen.

School is bad enough.

Partying with a bunch

of runts from...

Is that how you saw me,

a runt?

You were 14, Nikki.

And now?

( school bell rings )

I'm late for class.

( indistinct talking )

Where's my wife?

My wife,

where is she?

Mr. Bailey, you have our deepest

condolences.

What?

We called your hotel room,

there was

no answer.

Elizabeth?

It was a pulmonary

embolism,

about 1:00

this morning.

We tried to revive her.

No!

A pulmonary

embolism...

Please, Mr. Bailey.

Calm down.

Don't tell me she's dead.

Mr. Bailey,

just calm down.

She's all I have!

( shouting ):

Let go of me!

No!

( rumbling )

No!

Get away from me!

( yelling )

( grunting )

( muttering )

So the red dots

mark the spots where

the American members

of the 4400 originally lived.

You mean the returnees.

Not according

to the press.

It's the 4400.

You know,

you have to admit,

it's a bit strange,

a nice round

number like that.

I wonder if it has

any significance.

So you're saying that

if 3,781 people

had suddenly showed

up that night,

it wouldn't have

been as strange?

I'd say...

slightly less strange.

This, however,

is downright weird.

Here's where

the 4400 are right now,

two weeks after

their release.

65% are still in Seattle.

They're just not going home.

And none of them can come up

with a good reason as to why.

You think it

means something?

In the CDC,

we'd call this

a statistically significant

disease cluster.

Yeah, well,

in the FBI,

we'd call it

a freaky coincidence.

Well, I don't believe

in coincidences.

Disease clusters.

I believe in those.

What do you mean,

you're pregnant?

I just found out

a few days ago.

I don't

understand.

When you were disappeared,

I'd been in New York

for weeks studying

for the bar.

I can't

explain it.

I haven't been

with anyone else.

So what are we talking,

immaculate conception?

I don't know what

we're talking about.

I wish I did.

You know,

when you disappeared...

I would have given

anything in the world

to talk to you again.

I had whole

conversations

with you

in my head.

I missed you so much, Lily.

But we can't do this.

I have another

family now.

And I'm sorry, I know

that's not fair to you, but...

Brian, I'm still

part of your life,

whether you want me

to be or not.

Lily, you haven't been a part of

my life for 11 years.

I want to see Heidi.

I'm sorry, that's impossible.

She's my daughter.

She doesn't know that.

She thinks

that Carol is her mother.

You never told her about me?

She was a baby

when you left.

Hell, we were babies

when you left.

You can't stop me

from seeing her.

I already have.

What is that?

It's

a temporary

restraining order.

Brian,

I haven't done anything wrong.

Lily,

I'm a lawyer.

I know how to work the system.

Now, I don't want

to use this,

but I will if

you force me to.

My first priority has

to be to protect my family.

I am your family.

I wish

you were,

but you're not.

Not anymore.

I'm sorry, Lil,

I'm asking you,

please, stay away from Heidi.

And from me.

I'm sorry, Lil.

At first I thought

it was an earthquake.

Everything was shaking, falling

off the walls.

But then-- I can't believe

I'm going to say this--

things started to fly

around the room.

Paper, chairs.

What do you mean, fly?

I mean fly, like it

was a tornado.

Except there was no wind.

Everybody was screaming,

Mr. Bailey was shouting.

My head felt like

it was going to burst.

And then suddenly it was over.

What about Bailey?

Oh, he looked

scared.

Like the rest

of us.

That's

when he ran away.

The staff...

everyone's saying

he's one of these people,

the 4400.

Is that true?

Listen to me very carefully.

You are not going

to talk about this

to the press

or anyone else,

and the same goes

for your staff.

If I pick up a paper

and see a word of this

or I see it reported

on the news,

I'm going to take an

interest in this place.

RYLAND:

Things flying

around the room.

I know, but we got

a half dozen witnesses

all saying the same thing.

Yeah, flying.

I've got to do a briefing

for Home Sec DC

in the morning and I'm

going to tell them what?

Well, I'd go with

"the incident is

under investigation."

Bailey checked out

of his hotel

after he left

the nursing home.

He could be on the run,

we're not sure.

Find him.

You bought us some time,

but this story's

going to leak

and I want Bailey in our

hands before it does.

So is calculus everything

you remember it to be?

Uh, you heard about

Williamson and

Ms. Sinclair, right?

No.

No?

Oh, they found them in

the janitor's closet.

What is that?

Making out, not dead.

What?

Everybody in school's

been talking about it.

Yo, freak.

You still hiding behind

your little brother?

You know what,

Brad?

You need to shut it down.

You want to shut me down?

You know, the only thing I'm

shutting down is you, bitch.

You're really

starting

to piss me off now.

Come on. Bring it.

Shut me down.

( grunting and panting )

( gasping )

Let him go.

NIKKI:

Shawn!

( gasping )

What did

you do to him?

I don't want her

here anymore.

Hey, keep your voice down,

she'll hear you.

It's bad enough

she tells us

we're going to be buried

at Crown Ridge Cemetery,

but the next day

we get a brochure

from the place

in the mail?

It's a coincidence.

Look, she's not

what we expected,

so let's

just talk to her.

( whispering ):

Yeah. I...

Maia...

It's okay.

I knew I wasn't going

to be here very long.

Come on.

Come on, let's go.

Give me

the ball.

Your shot, space boy.

What is your problem, Danny?

What's my problem?

Yeah, what's your problem?

What'd you do to Brad?

Come on, Danny.

Not you, too. Come on.

The way he went down,

that's not normal.

You know it, I know it,

everybody saw it.

What are you saying?

You tell me.

I didn't do anything to him,

all right,

Danny?

Not a thing.

And is this all that's

left when you're done?

I mean, poor Mrs. Bailey.

It's a box of trinkets.

They're not trinkets,

they're memories.

The kind

you leave behind,

you know, for your

family and friends.

I should get

to work on that.

I'm not going there.

Well,

believe it or not,

some of us

are happier alone.

No one's happier alone.

If they think that,

they're kidding themselves.

I thought you

weren't going there.

You see this?

This looks promising.

"Wyler Summer Cabin."

Wyler was Elizabeth's

maiden name.

Orson's panicking,

he needs a place to run.

Well, there's

no address.

We'll have to find one.

It's better this way.

For everyone.

Everyone?

Or just you?

Maia, honey, you know

this isn't about you.

You are a wonderful girl.

It's just, Kenneth and I,

we just made a mistake.

We're not ready

to be parents yet.

It's okay.

No, it's not.

But, sweetie, those

things you say,

they can scare people

if you're not careful.

Do you understand?

Good.

For you.

Go ahead, take it.

What is it?

A CD I burned.

Think of it as a crash course

in all things new and cool.

The Darkness,

Handsome Boy,

Modeling School,

Killing Joke.

All the bands

you never heard of.

Thank you. But, Nikki,

I could listen to all the music

and watch all the shows,

but it wouldn't matter

'cause they're still going to

look at me like I'm different.

At least

you'll be listening

to some good music.

I don't understand.

See, because everybody

has been looking at me

like I'm some kind of monster

since the fight.

But you...

aren't you afraid

to be seen with me?

No.

What do I care

what those creeps think?

If you like the CD,

I'll burn you another one.

Sounds great.

All right.

Okay.

Okay.

See you.

I'll talk to you later.

Okay.

( birds cawing and chirping )

( children laughing

and shouting )

( dog barking )

( phone ringing )

WOMAN:

Hello?

( indistinct talking )

Okay, bring up

the satellite shots.

So we're looking

for a small house

with a north-

facing exposure

somewhere within

the vicinity of

Appleton Lake.

If it's still standing.

SKOURIS:

No structures in grids one,

two, three and nine.

Four and seven each have one,

but they're the wrong shape.

Let's eliminate all those.

That leaves us with

five, six and eight.

That's too small.

That's the wrong

orientation.

That's too small,

that's too big.

Nothing but trees

in eight.

It's not there anymore.

Hang on a second.

Get in a little tighter on this.

Well... it looks like

it could be a house.

No, this was taken

50 years ago.

These trees would be

huge by now.

Enlarge again.

( typing )

Bingo.

There's your house.

Bingo.

Appleton's what, about 70 miles?

Yeah.

Look, when we get up there,

I'll handle Bailey.

All right.

Are we leaning on him?

No leaning.

No problem.

Excuse me.

You Tom Baldwin?

Yeah, who are you?

You've been served.

Sorry, man.

You're getting sued?

Linda's filed for divorce.

BOY:

Throw it over

this way!

( women talking indistinctly)

( children shouting )

Lily.

Richard!

( joyful laughing):

Richard.

Oh.

I don't understand.

I... I thought

you went home.

I did, but there was

nothing there for me.

But, uh...

How did you find me here?

Woodland Park, right?

This is where you used

to bring Heidi.

Richard,

it was terrible.

Brian's remarried.

Heidi doesn't know anything...

Hello, Maia.

Hello.

Oh... I like

it out here.

It's much better

than my stuffy office.

But you didn't bring me

out here

to talk

about the weather.

You're a very smart

little girl.

Thank you.

The thing is...

that the Griffins didn't

really give a reason

why they brought you back.

Maybe they

didn't have a reason.

Could be.

Were they mean to you?

No.

Were you mean to them?

No.

Why do you think

you're back here?

I don't think

they like kids much.

Why do you say that?

They brought me back

and I'm a kid.

You don't really want to tell me

the reason, do you?

That's okay.

Maybe you'll change

your mind one day.

Maybe.

WOMAN ( over voicemail ):

Hi, this is Linda.

I can't take

your call right now,

but please leave me a message

and I'll call you back.

( tone beeps )

What,

she's still not answering?

Nope.

Can I ask you a question?

No.

Well, I'm going

to ask you anyway.

So your son, how long

has he been in a coma?

Three years.

That's a long time.

You have no idea.

Maybe you and your wife,

you can work things out?

You know, one day

Kyle's going to wake up

and I'll have to

tell him his whole

family's fallen apart.

I go to that

hospital every day

and I tell myself that

makes me a good father.

Oh, you are

a good father.

Kyle's lucky

to have a dad like you.

Not everyone does.

You can trust me,

'cause I know.

RICHARD:

A baby?

You sure?

I had the doctors

do the test three times.

'Cause the thing is that Brian

was out of town

when I disappeared

and I haven't been with

anyone since I've been back.

I don't understand it.

How-how could you be...?

I don't know.

I'm sorry to be dumping this

on you.

It doesn't...

It's not really fair.

It's okay.

I want to help.

There's some sort of connection

between us, isn't there?

I feel it.

I can feel it, too.

That's why I came back.

But it's more complicated

than that.

Your grandmother and I,

we weren't just friends,

it was... it was more than that.

We were going

to start a family.

I think part

of me already knew that.

The way you talk about her.

The look in your eye.

Here it is, I thought

I was playing it so safe.

It must have been difficult,

the two of you,

a white woman

and a black man in the '50s.

Mmm. Black.

Back then

I was Negro, colored or worse.

We didn't care.

We figured after the war,

we'd take off to some big city

like Chicago

or New York or Paris.

But you never made it home.

No.

I never did.

♪ Guess we'll never know ♪

♪ Into the dark abyss... ♪

I'm glad you found me.

Me, too.

♪ I go ♪

♪ Tell me why ♪

♪ We must stop breathing ♪

♪ Born to die ♪

♪ Life is so... ♪

♪ Deceiving. ♪

( sighs )

( car approaching )

( car doors closing )

( knocking )

Mr. Bailey, it's Tom Baldwin,

Homeland Security.

We met at the police

station,

remember?

Mr. Bailey, we're here

to help but you've got

to talk to us.

Go away.

I'm afraid we can't do that.

I just want

to be left alone.

I don't want to hurt anyone.

That's good because we don't

want anyone else hurt.

If you leave, I promise

no one will ever

see me again.

I'll just stay here...

Listen to me...

...away from everyone.

We both know

that's not going

to work, Mr. Bailey.

Now please, open the door.

We can figure

this out together.

I'm on your side.

No, you're not.

No one is.

My nephew, he's one

of the 4400.

Just like you.

I've seen how

hard it is for him.

I know it's even harder for you.

You don't know anything.

My wife, she was

everything to me.

Believe me, I'm sorry

for your loss.

I don't want any pity

out of you.

Go away!

I just want

to be left alone.

We can't do that.

I said...

get away from me.

( rumbling )

Stay away, please.

( wood creaking )

( mutters )

Tom.

Your nose.

( screams )

( yells )

( glass shatters )

( grunts )

Hold on...

I can't control it.

I can't control it.

( screaming )

Whatever it is you're

doing, Mr. Bailey, stop it.

I can't control it.

Stop it now!

( yells )

You all right?

Yeah.

( moaning )

I'll call for an ambulance.

Okay.

We're going to get you

some help, Mr. Bailey.

( moaning )

Just don't die on me.

Well, he's alive.

But it doesn't look like

he's going to be talking

to us anytime soon.

As far as the general public's

concerned,

we're going to deny it

ever happened.

Yeah,

but we know better.

The question is,

will it happen again?

So what do you suggest we do?

Round them all up and put

them back in quarantine?

You saw what Bailey could do.

I mean, you felt it...

same as me.

Who knows what the rest

of them are capable of.

I sure as hell don't.

But then again,

it's not my job to find out.

It's yours.

Aren't you glad

you wanted back in?

I never thanked you

for saving my life.

I never shot anyone before.

But seeing him lying

there like that...

You going to be okay?

Yeah, I'll get there.

You know, I meant what

I said to Ryland back there.

If Orson can do those things,

who knows where

all this is going?

So far we've got one case

and maybe that's all

we'll ever have.

You ever noticed anything

unusual with Shawn?

Because I just need to know

if you had, you'd tell me.

There's nothing to tell.

( keyboard clacking )

Wha...?

Yeah, look at this guy.

There's like three other

sites just like this,

but this one's got

a lot more stuff

than the other ones.

What are you guys doing?

( clearing throat )

Research.

It's just...

You know, the web, there's

a site for everything.

"The Forty-Four Hundred Menace"?

I know this guy.

I was in quarantine with him.

They're saying he killed someone

just by thinking about it.

So that makes me

some kind of freak?

No. No, we were just...

I want to know how you

took Brad down so fast.

Come on, he did something

to him, you saw it.

Danny, you have no idea what

you're talking about.

Neither do you.

Shawn.

What?

You were thinking

the same thing.

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