The 4400 (2004–2007): Season 3, Episode 1 - The New World - full transcript

We're not a threat.
We're salvation.

The world will have
to deal with us.

Previously on The 4400:

What? So Navarro was really
some kind of mind reader?

I believe "telepath" is the
word you're looking for.

Just concentrate on
what you wanna ask me,

and I'll hear you.

He definitely knew
what we were thinking.

I can think of a few practical
applications for it.

You should've 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.

There's a synthetic substance
present in the blood of every 4400.

They call it promicin inhibitor.

NTAC's been studying the
4400 since they got back.

- They should've known.
- They do know.

I was ordered to work on a drug to
suppress the production of promicin.

Once I synthesized the inhibitor,
we gave it to every 4400.

But if it comes down to a choice

between the safety of
the American people

and the welfare of the 4400,
Tom, that's no choice at all.

Because if you're holding on to any
hope of keeping this covered up,

you're gonna have to start by putting
me in the ground right here, right now.

Every male in this building has
got a gallon of adrenaline

coursing through his veins right
now, and most of them are armed.



A 4400 nearly took down a
fortified government facility,

and walked away without
breaking a sweat.

I wasn't pregnant
when I was abducted,

but I was when I got back.

You've seen what
she's capable of,

what she can do when
she feels threatened.

You know Isabelle
has connections

between the right and left
hemispheres of her brain

- that have never been seen before.
- You are the stewards of the future.

Your daughter is
the Rosetta stone

for understanding what
happened to the 4400.

Isabelle?

Isabelle!

Hello, Shawn. I'm Isabelle.

The world has changed.

Everything is different now.

The Promicin Inhibitor Programme
was an international effort.

Its goal was to prevent
the coming of a world

dominated by a tiny
fraction of the population.

In short, we were doing
everything we could

to prevent the 4400 from developing
extra-human capabilities.

We believe that without
the inhibitor programme,

these abilities would show up in
virtually every one of the 4400.

I don't think I need to
explain to this committee

why that would be something less
than the best-case scenario.

Overnight, normal human
beings like you and I,

and all the institutions
we've come to rely on

would be obsolete.

The programme wasn't perfect.
People got sick. Some died.

That was not our intent.

But now it's gone.

And the future that we were
trying to prevent is here,

and we are not ready.

I believe it comes down
to a question of power.

Who is going to hold it?
Us or them?

Because, believe me, it's going
to come down to us against them.

Shawn, you're not making any sense. Just
tell me what's wrong with Isabelle.

I told you, I can't explain.

Is she sick? Is she hurt?

You gotta see for yourself.

Dad.

Who the hell is this?
Where's Isabelle?

I am your daughter.
I'm Isabelle.

- I don't get it.
- It's not a joke.

Something happened. I changed.
I don't know how.

She just walked in here.

She knew my name. She seems
to know about you and Lily...

Stop.

I don't know what game you're
playing here, and I don't care.

Richard. Richard...

Lily.

Lily.

Lily?

Is Isabelle with you?

Lily? Lil...

Lily, are you all right?

Oh, Richard. I must've fainted.

Is Isabelle with you?

Who are you? Where's my wife?

Richard, what are
you talking about?

I'm Lily, your wife.

Why are you looking
at me like...?

- Oh, my God.
- Ma'am, I don't know who you are.

Oh, my God.

No!

Your blood pressure is elevated.

But I suppose that's
to be expected.

Heart, lungs, reflexes, all
within the normal range.

Doctor, you call this normal?

Richard, I wanna see Isabelle.
Where is my daughter?

She's right outside. I'll
bring her in in a minute.

I realise how alarming
this must be.

But at least you can take
some solace in the fact

that your wife is a perfectly
healthy older woman.

If I had to guess, I'd
say she's about 75.

I'm 29, and I don't understand.

Please, help me understand.
How could this happen?

Maybe it's a reaction to being
taken off the promicin inhibitor.

But truthfully, I don't know.

There is a condition called progeria.
It's associated with rapid aging.

So this kind of thing
has happened before?

Mr. Tyler, when your wife
fainted this morning,

she was a young woman.

When she woke up less
than a minute later,

she was 50 years older.

I can guarantee you,
this is a first.

Excuse me.

- Are you okay, Dr. Burkhoff?
- I'm fine. Not enough sleep, that's all.

Research.

Well, what do we do now? Is
there any way to reverse this?

I wish I knew. I need
to do some thinking.

Are you my mother?

Isabelle?

Every day, the 4400 are
changing and getting stronger.

Instead of mobilizing
to meet this challenge,

we're wringing our hands and trying
to determine who knew what when.

I will save this committee the trouble
and expense of a long investigation.

The inhibitor programme
was my idea.

I was proud to lead it.

The men on this board were
simply following my orders.

If there's blame to be
assigned, it's mine.

Mine alone.

Yeah, I know Kyle
doesn't wanna see me.

Is there some way we
can force him to?

I'm his father. I wanna
know how he's doing.

Look, I realise you're trying,

but it'll be months before he goes to
trial, I'm not gonna wait that long.

Do you really think people are
gonna let Ryland position himself

as some kind of
patriotic martyr?

The man headed a conspiracy
that caused 28 deaths.

He says it was accidental.

A significant percentage of
this country believes him.

Try overwhelming. You guys
listen to talk radio lately?

I mean, the calls are, like,
90 percent in his favour.

You can buy a "Free Dennis Ryland"
T-shirt within a block of here.

Maybe they should put him up
for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Just tell him I need to see him. We
don't have to talk about the case.

I just have to see my son.

Just ask him one
more time, okay?

And tell him we love him.

Give him some time, Thomas.

Kyle needs to live with
his choice for a while.

We're back.

Tom, break's over.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to
call the proceedings to order.

Everyone, just take your
seats so we can get started.

Members of the press,
I was including you

in that "ladies and gentlemen"
designation, thank you.

Mr. Ryland, I'd like to pick up the
questioning where we left off.

You insist that you
alone gave the go-ahead

for the Promicin Inhibitor
Programme, is that right, sir?

Yes, sir. It was my
programme all the way.

So this committee is to
understand that your department

was able to plan and implement
an international conspiracy

without some
Cabinet-level approval?

That's correct. I was
given a broad mandate

in my duties as head of NTAC.

I felt that the project
fell within that mandate.

So there was no need to
seek outside approval...

- Excuse us, everybody.
- Did you hear that?

Well, yeah, the
microphones went haywire.

No, not that. Something else.

Just set that approval issue
to the side for the moment.

Did you ever discuss the project
with anyone outside of NTAC?

I mean, someone, somewhere,
must have taken an interest

in what your people
were doing over there.

- Listen to me.
- What? What's wrong?

- A simple question, Mr. Ryland.
- What do you mean, "What's wrong"?

Surely, it can't be that
difficult to answer.

If I could have your attention
up here, Mr. Ryland.

You need to relax, Miles.

Security! Stop that man!

Get some protection on Ryland. Stay here.
I'll be right back.

We need an ambulance!
Someone call an ambulance!

Stand back, please. Back. Back.

Hey!

Stop! T.J.!

I don't understand what I did.

Would somebody please
tell me what I just did?

Hang on, Dennis. The
ambulance is coming.

Yeah, it was her.

The blood we picked up at the scene
matches the DNA in our records.

That was T.J. Kim running
from the courthouse.

When she hit this place, T.J.
drove every man in the building

into a homicidal rage.

She's learning to control what she can do.
They all are.

Ever since we took them
off the inhibitor,

they're either developing
new abilities,

or they're refining the
ones that they've got.

So they are getting more dangerous.
I guess Ryland was right.

I'll be sure to mention
that to my daughter.

Okay, save the
point-counterpoint.

At the moment, we've been
tasked with two jobs.

We track down T.J. Kim.
What's the second job?

We are to protect
Ryland's co-conspirators

from any further reprisals.

So we arrest them, and now
we're their bodyguards?

Well, the entire country just saw
a 4400 turn a government hearing

into her own personal
slasher film.

If T.J. gets to Ryland again, or any
of them, before we can bring her in,

people are gonna start to wonder
if the United States government

is capable of protecting
its citizens.

And that's the
beginning of chaos.

Back to work, please.

Tom.

In case you're wondering,
Dennis is still in surgery.

They say that it
is touch-and-go.

It's okay. Give me your hands.
Try and relax.

Relax.

Is it better?

Much better.

For now.

When this thing first
came on, it was bad,

but at least she was healthy.

Now she's had
diabetes, emphysema.

Seems like every day,
there's something new.

I'll come help her every day.

Listen, we got everyone working on this.
We're gonna figure it out.

- Is my mother okay?
- Yeah.

She had a little problem.
Shawn fixed it.

It's all in the wrists.

Can I see her?

Mom?

Isabelle.

- Come here.
- Is there anything I can do?

No, I'm fine. Really. Sit down.

You were such a beautiful baby.

I used to hold you all daylong.

I knew exactly what you were
feeling, what you wanted.

We were so close.

I'm sorry for growing up so fast.
I didn't mean to.

I didn't want to.

Neither did I.

Crazy thing is, I keep thinking
about Patty, Ryland's wife.

I feel like I should call her or
something, help her through this.

Maybe you should. You and Ryland
were friends for a long time.

It's okay to be conflicted.

Yeah, well, Ryland's little experiment
almost got you killed. Shawn too.

The guy knew that Kyle was stalking
Jordan Collier and he did nothing.

I'd say that trumps friendship.

You have so much on your mind.

Kyle, Ryland, the 4400s.

I need to get you away from
here, away from your problems.

Yeah, well, it sounds nice.
But I can't go anywhere.

I'm starting investigation
in the morning.

What if I told you I
could take you away

between now and then?

My ability.

Since I'm off the inhibitor, I
think I can control it now.

What, you mean you wanna-f?

You wanna take me into another dream world?
Alternate real...?

- I don't even know what to call it.
- Call it a vacation.

A week. A year. As
long as we want.

All that in the space
of a few moments.

Should we try it?

What, right here? Now?

- What do we do?
- We're already doing it.

There's no one on the beach.

It's all ours, Thomas,
so is the hotel.

We can stay here for
as long as we like.

There is no jet lag.

That sounds perfect.
It is perfect too.

The door's open. Come in.

What?

- You're naked.
- I'm more comfortable this way.

Haven't really gotten used to them.
Clothes.

I have a bathrobe.

Is this better?

Almost.

Just...

Never met anybody that
read the encyclopaedia

- from cover to cover before.
- Oh, I'm not finished.

I just delivered those
to you yesterday.

Okay, you're a fast reader.
That's really cool.

Listen, they're looking
for you down in the labs.

You're like an hour late.

They sent you to get me?

- Aren't you in charge?
- Well, yeah, more or less.

You know, I go where I'm needed.

They were scared of
me, weren't they?

- Pretty much.
- That's all right.

I think my parents are
frightened of me.

I don't think your mom and
dad are scared of you.

I think they're just confused.

I don't blame them. It's
mostly how I feel too.

I don't understand
what happened to me.

I don't understand what
happened to my mother.

And I'm trying to read and learn
things, but mostly, I just...

I still feel lost.

See, now you sound
like a real 4400.

But I'm not a 4400.

Not like my mother
and father, or you.

Looks like I'm gonna live.

Sorry to disappoint you, Tom.

Why'd you ask to see me, Dennis?

I hear that you and Skouris are
in charge of the investigation.

Yeah. We know who did it.
We'll find her.

T.J. Kim attacked this
building six weeks ago.

No one's tracked her down yet?

We got a little sidetracked
cleaning up your mess, Dennis.

Did you ever think that
maybe she has help?

Other 4400s who feel the same way
about the government she does?

When we catch her, we'll ask.

Will you?

I wanna make sure you're gonna take
this thing as far as it goes, Tom.

The same way you did
when you came after me.

And I want my people protected.

They were acting
under my orders.

They're under guard.

So was the courthouse
when Kim attacked.

I'd feel better if
you brought them in.

We offered sanctuary to
every single conspirator.

There were no takers.

I guess no one
wanted to cooperate

with the organization that was
working to put you in prison.

We had to fight just
to get them to let us

post agents outside
their houses.

Crocket, are you ready
to go for a walk, boy?

Come on, Crocket. Let's go.

They wanted no part of us.

They all seemed confident that T.J.
Kim was acting alone.

Crock?

What's wrong? It's me.

This just arrived
15 minutes ago.

This is a message
from the Nova Group.

We are the defensive
wing of the 4400.

Today, the world has seen

what happens to those
who try to harm us.

A second demonstration
of our capabilities

is planned for October 19th.

A new era dawns.

Defensive wing, huh?

What happens when they
decide to play offence?

- I guess we find out in five days.
- They didn't say what they want.

No demands. No room
for compromise.

We don't even know how many
4400s are in this Nova Group.

We couldn't handle one when she walked
in here and attacked the place.

Now there's a whole team of assassins
out there, all with abilities?

They got someone who can kill you
by lowering your body temperature.

Don't forget the beast master.

What? That dog got
pissed off pretty quick.

I've been all over the files,

and none of these abilities
have been registered with us.

They're off the inhibitor now.
We can't even pretend

to have a comprehensive list
of what these people can do.

Is anyone else feeling a
little overmatched here?

You two remember Gary Navarro?

Hey, Gary. Been a while.

You're right, Baldwin.

I do think you two sold me out.

It really bothered
me for a while,

but now I understand it's just
standard operating procedure.

I guess that mind-reading thing's
working pretty well, huh?

Better than ever, actually.

Gary's telepathic abilities
have been very useful

to the National Security Agency.

They've agreed to let us borrow him
while we investigate the Nova Group.

You're clear on
what we're doing?

You want to use a 4400 to
track down other 4400s.

- Do you have a problem with that?
- Not at all.

It won't be my first time.

So can we get started?

Never heard of the Nova Group.
Not until this morning, anyway.

Now I gotta go on
television in an hour

and explain that the Center
had nothing to do with this.

Shawn.

I know there's a lot of history
between NTAC and this place.

But I trust you realise
how serious this is.

Believe me, if I knew
anything, I would tell you.

Well, do you mind if the three
of us walk around the place,

- talk to people?
- You and your pet mind reader?

No, I can't let you do that.

These people haven't
done anything wrong.

I won't let you
invade their privacy.

I actually can't believe that you
brought this guy here again.

How much do they pay you
to spy on your own kind?

Are you getting a clear signal?
See anything you like up there?

As far as I can tell,
he's not hiding anything.

I have a lot of work to do. If I
hear anything, I'll give you a call.

For now, that's the
best I can do.

Sorry about my nephew.

I get that kind of stuff a lot.
I don't take it personally.

You mind if I ask you...?

You've sort of implied that
you've pursued 4400s in the past.

What exactly do you
do for the NSA?

- Overseas stuff, mostly.
- But like what? Give me an example.

They fly me someplace.

I approach the subject, find
out what he's thinking.

And I tell the
people I work for,

who then fly me home where
I live comfortably.

What happens to the subject?

I don't ask.

That's good.

The neural pathway comparisons
are particularly illuminating.

Make sure you understand
them before you move on.

Dr. Burkhoff, I don't
understand any of this.

A bunch of her neurons
don't work anymore.

Every time one of hers turns
off, one of mine turns on.

Exactly.

And what's true for neurons

is true for muscle fibres,
synaptic pathways.

There is a one-to-one
correspondence

between the amount you lost
and the amount you gained.

So all this is just a way of
saying I'm doing this to her?

The correlation is too
precise to be random.

Your rapid aging has
caused her rapid aging.

How do we stop it? Put
me back the way I was?

- I'm afraid I can't.
- So, what do we do about it?

There is a possibility that if
the aging agent were eliminated,

that Lily might be restored
to her normal self.

- The aging agent?
- He means me.

I'm killing you.

The only way for you to live is
for me to die. Isn't that right?

Don't answer that, Dr. Burkhoff.

Thank you for your time,
but we're done here.

Where are you going?

We're not discussing this.

Not now.

Not ever.

- It's true, isn't it?
- I think so.

Guys, I went over this six weeks
ago with the men in black.

Humour us.

I went on two dates with T.J.
Kim. Then I cut it off.

- Girl had a lot of baggage.
- How long ago was that?

About two months ago.

If I'd known there would
be government agents

showing up every other
day to ask me about her,

I would've taken notes.

Hey, so listen. All this
stuff about October 19th,

you guys think it's serious?

I mean, like, should I
be getting out of town?

I don't think that's the answer.

As far as we know, you're as
safe here as anywhere else.

That kid was lying. Or at least
he wasn't telling you everything.

The whole time you
were talking to him,

he was thinking
about an address.

331 Reynolds Avenue.

Looks like it's clear.
Nobody's home.

Nobody's been home for
a while, I'd say.

Look at this.

It's the government report
on the return of the 4400.

I tried to read this once.

Kind of dry.

It looks like someone made
it right through to the end.

"Wesley Hauser."

- "Wesley Hauser. Wesley Hauser."
- Who the hell is Wesley Hauser?

Hauser was a Marine. Did two
tours of duty in Vietnam.

He led protests against the
war after he got home in '72.

Disappeared in '75.

Once he got out of quarantine,
he never checked back in.

Guy's been living off the
grid for almost two years.

Which means he never
went on the inhibitor.

So who knows what he's
capable of by now.

He was disillusioned with the
government before he disappeared.

I wouldn't say we've done much to
win him over since he's been back.

When he was in quarantine, he
was housed in barracks three,

same building as T.J. Kim.

An agitator. An organiser.

Sounds like we have our second
member of the Nova Group.

Baldwin.

You're kidding me. All right. All right.
I know. Put him through.

- He says he's Wesley Hauser.
- No way.

- Yeah, hello?
- How'd you like my apartment?

To be honest, it felt a little
empty without you there.

I'm on a tight schedule. A
lot to do before next week.

Sounds like you have interesting plans.
Why don't we get together someplace,

- talk them over?
- No more talking.

There's nothing to say.
Your time is ending.

Ours begins October 19th.

Come on. Let me go.

Why'd you run when we
asked you about Hauser?

You two used to eat
together in quarantine.

- We've got it on camera.
- So...?

The guy had a lot of
good war stories.

- Doesn't make us best friends.
- So why did you run?

Because when I see NTAC
agents, I run the other way.

You people almost killed us all.
Can you blame me?

Turn around. Turn around.

- Are we done here?
- Get out of here.

I mean, call me sensitive,

but I felt like saying to him,
"We exposed the inhibitor.

We saved your life."

You guys just don't
really get it, do you?

It's not just that guy.

Every 4400 we've talked to
today, they're scared of you.

Or they don't trust you.
Or they hate you.

I'm sorry, but the days
when you could expect

friendly conversation from
these people, they're gone.

You're the bad guys now.

Get used to it.

Now, I'm just warning you,
motherhood's no cakewalk.

Since when are you an expert?

I'm only saying she landed on twins.
Kind of a big responsibility.

Especially when she's trying to
get by on a teacher's salary.

- What are you gonna name them?
- I don't really want to play anymore.

- Is that okay?
- Oh, what's wrong, sweetheart?

I know Marco's gonna win,

I'm gonna come second, and you're
gonna end up alone with no money.

Don't be jealous.

He's smarter than you, but
Mom likes you better.

So who's smarter than me?

Who knows?

I'm not even sure
she knows exactly.

In some ways she was better off
on the promicin inhibitor.

At least she wasn't
overwhelmed back then.

All she wants to do is record
what she sees in those notebooks.

It's like some kind
of compulsion.

Well, think about
it for a minute.

Every morning she wakes up and
knows pretty much what's coming.

She's already lived the
whole day once in her head.

By the time something
actually does happen,

it's like a rerun.

- I hate watching reruns.
- Yeah, try living one.

Hey, what about Kevin Burkhoff?

Maybe he can figure out a way for
Maia to control her visions.

- He's brilliant.
- I don't say this about many people,

but he is smarter than me.

I know you.

- Of course you do. It's Diana Skouris.
- You work at NTAC.

I'm not here on business, though.
I'm here about my daughter, Maia.

She's still 10, right?
She's not 65 now, is she?

Interesting guess.

- Kind of wide of the mark, though.
- Good.

Might as well come on in.

Thank you.

- Oh, sorry about the clutter.
- That's okay.

I fired the maid last week.
She was always cleaning.

Excuse me.

So your daughter,

what's troubling her?

I'll let you do it.

I caused all this, right?

And getting rid of me is the
only way to save my mother.

No.

That's what you were
thinking, wasn't it?

- No, it wasn't.
- I don't want her to die either.

So I'll let you do it.
I'll even shut my eyes.

Isabelle, I would
never hurt you.

Why?

I don't understand. It's
the only way to save her.

We don't know that.

And I won't make a choice
between the two of you.

Won't or can't?

Sorry. I don't mean to
invade anyone's space.

Oh, that's okay.
It's not my desk.

But it looks like you'll be
here for a while now, huh?

Assuming this place is still
standing on October 20th, yeah.

Maybe we should talk to Jarvis.
Get you a room of your very own.

To tell you the truth, I could use
a little bit of a buffer zone.

This problem you're having with
your daughter's precog ability.

I keep wanting to
give you my opinion.

But I don't want to intrude.

So you are listening
to my thoughts.

You and Baldwin.
I can't help it.

I try to tune you guys out,

but every now and then
something leaks through.

I'll try to keep that in mind.

You said you had an opinion about Maia.
What is it?

When I first developed
this thing of mine,

I was a basket case. I truly
thought I was going insane.

So I fought against it.

And that just made it worse.

I had to give in to it, let
it take control of me.

And then slowly, I learned
how to take control of it.

Listen, your kid stops fighting,

and eventually it'll become like seeing,
or hearing, or any other sense.

She won't even think about it.

It's just a part of who she is.

That's how it worked
for me, anyway.

Thank you.

Diana, we just got a call
from Seattle police.

Someone down there read our APB.
They know exactly where Hauser is.

You guys are lucky, actually.
In another day or two,

we would've buried him
in the potter's field.

- Buried who?
- Him.

I always read the APB memos

when they circulate in
the police department.

Kind of a hobby.

Gets boring in here.

Anyway, there was a description
of a regimental tattoo

on the memo for Hauser.

82nd Airborne.
"Death From Above."

I remember it from a John Doe they
brought in here three weeks ago.

This guy drowned in the harbour.

Well, a lot of veterans
have that tattoo.

Do a lot of veterans look exactly
like the mug shot you circulated?

Don't believe me? Take
a look for yourselves.

Say hello to Wesley Hauser.

Hauser died two and a half weeks
before Ryland was attacked.

Obviously, that wasn't him
on the phone the other day.

And that copy of the 4400 report
with all his notes over it?

For all we know, that
could've been a plant.

Somebody wanted us distracted. They
deliberately put us on the trail

of some phantom member
of the Nova Group.

How did we first find
out about Hauser?

T.J.'s old boyfriend
gave us the address.

No, he was thinking it.

At least according
to Gary he was.

Gary Navarro put us
on to Wesley Hauser.

Get in.

You lied to me, Daniel.

You never said anything
about killing people.

No, we were protecting
you, Shawn.

If we tell you in
advance, you're culpable.

- What is she doing here?
- She's dying. She needs your help.

I told you, I don't want
anything more to do with you.

The Nova Group was
supposed to protect us.

That's why I gave
you money, Daniel.

That's why I gave you money. Not
to start a terrorist organization!

We'll talk about
your concerns later.

She's got a stomach wound
and it's infected.

She needs you right now or
she's not gonna make it.

Shawn, she's a 4400.

And if we don't help each
other, what hope do we have?

Give me your hand.

What are you doing here?

You're awake. Good.

It's important that
you know it was me.

I'm the guy who killed you.