The 4400 (2004–2007): Season 2, Episode 2 - Voices Carry - full transcript

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.

- Lf you join us...
- Mr Collier? Mr Dravitt's here for you.

Thank you.

... the best versi?n of yourselves.

Lan. Thanks for fitting me in.

Interesting place you got here.

I'm not gonna be abducted
by aliens, am I?

Now, lan. 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?

Lan Dravitt.

Founder and CEO
of Executive Projections,

a multinational corporation
based in Zimbabwe.

If your company wants to do business
in a third worid 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 admissi?n.

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 lan 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 Worid 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
permissi?n to take her out of school?

I'm her aunt.

I didn't know I needed permissi?n.

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.

- Mommy?
- 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 lan 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?

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.

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, lan...
- 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 S?o Tom??

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 S?o Tom?.

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.