The 4400 (2004–2007): Season 3, Episode 2 - Being Tom Baldwin - full transcript

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

The world will have
to deal with us.

Previously on The 4400:

- You two remember Gary Navarro?
- You're clear on what we're doing?

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

You insist that you
alone gave the go-ahead

for the Promicin
Inhibitor Programme.

We were doing
everything we could

to prevent the 4400 from developing
extra-human capabilities.

It's going to come down
to us against them.

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.

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

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

You never said anything
about killing people.

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

- Dad.
- Where's Isabelle?

I am your daughter.
I'm Isabelle.

Lily, are you all right?

- Is Isabelle with you?
- Who are you?

There is a one-to-one
correspondence

between the amount you lost
and the amount you gained.



I caused all this, right? Getting rid of
me is the only way to save my mother.

No.

What are you doing here?

It's important that
you know it was me.

I'm the guy who killed you.

Med post, do you have
a 20 on Gary Navarro?

- Yeah, he just walked by. Why?
- Get him.

Hey. Stop!

Go. I'll check on Ryland.

He's seizing. He's
bradying down.

I need a crash cart and Ativan.
Find Dr. Danoff. Now!

Stay right there, Gary.

Isabelle.

Isabelle. Oh, God!

Somebody call an ambulance!

What's everybody
standing around for?

- Somebody call an ambulance!
- They're on their way.

- Somebody call an ambulance.
- Dad.

What am I?

It's miraculous, Shawn.

When I watch you heal someone,

well, it makes me wonder
why they hate us so much.

They hate us because you're
killing them, Daniel.

They're afraid of us.
I can't blame them.

You make it sound like we acted
out of some sort of blood lust.

These were precise
tactical strikes, Shawn.

And you and every other 4400

were ultimately much
safer because of them.

You killed people.

That's not what we discussed
when you approached me.

I gave you money to start a
defensive arm for the Center,

in case the government
ever came after us again.

It was a precaution.

And all we've done is taken
precautionary measures.

Shawn, do you think because their
inhibitor programme was exposed,

that the government's just
gonna leave us in peace?

They know we've gotten stronger,
which threatens their hold on power,

which increases their
need to eliminate us.

So we strike first?

Is that it?

Is that what happens
on the 19th?

Look, Shawn.

You do great work at
that Center of yours.

You just focus on that.

I don't wanna distract you.
Knowledge can be a burden.

And thanks for helping T.J. out.

You're a hero to
your own people.

Don't forget that.

Yeah.

It did not work, you know.

Ryland was OD'ing, but the
doctors pulled him out of it.

He'll be awake within
a couple of hours.

Well, I'm sure you're as
disappointed as I am.

Don't worry, we'll get him.

Let's talk about Wesley Hauser.
You first met him in quarantine.

I liked Wes.

He was ten kinds of crazy, but his
heart was in the right place.

I guess he was bipolar or something,
but he never took medication.

After quarantine, he
lived on the streets.

I used to visit him
down at the docks.

You know, give him
food, a little money.

So when did you
decide to kill him?

Wes, he didn't need
my help with that.

He drank about three
bottles of Mad Dog a day.

One morning, about a month
ago, I went down to see him,

and I found him by
the dumpster, dead.

Somewhere in the middle
of your grieving process,

you figured he'd
make a handy decoy.

No, Hauser wouldn't
have minded it.

I mean, he hated people like you
going back to his Marine Corps days.

So when I found him, I said a
word or two over his body.

And I pushed him
into Elliot Bay.

So how long you been working
with this Nova Group?

Did someone approach you? Was
the whole thing your idea?

Tell me. You and this
girlfriend of yours.

Is it like a role-playing
thing you get up to,

or is she actually taking
you into these...?

I don't know. What do you call it?
Fantasy worlds?

Oh, and this guy, Marco.

Does he know that you're too

embarrassed to tell your partner
that you two have been dating?

Done showing off?

Why don't you tell us what's
gonna happen on October 19th?

I guess you're gonna have to
find yourself another telepath.

Good luck with that.

- So you got nothing out of him?
- He told us about Hauser.

But as far as the Nova goes, it's
gonna take time to break him down.

- How much time?
- He's a telepath.

- He knows what we're thinking.
- Longer than usual.

Okay, so it's not easy.

But Gary Navarro has a Level
7 security clearance.

We must assume
he's been using it

to funnel national secrets
to the Nova Group.

We need to know what he knows.
Now.

He'll talk.

Gary's been inside our
heads for a year.

I think I know how to
get inside of his.

- Careful with this, please.
- Matthew.

I didn't expect to see you
back for a couple weeks.

Nova Group provides
my calendar for me.

Wiped it clean, actually.

It's difficult to lobby
on behalf of the 4400

when some of them are boasting
about their body count.

I suppose.

How's Lily? Any
improvement since I left?

- If anything, she's getting worse.
- Sorry to hear that.

Isabelle?

She tried to kill
herself this morning.

She jumped off the roof.

A few minutes later, she was walking
around like nothing happened.

I gotta tell you, Matthew.

I'm not gonna lie. I'm
really glad you're back.

Hello, Isabelle.

Hello. Who are you?

My name is Matthew Ross. I
work closely with Shawn.

I'm an adviser to the 4400.
May I come in?

I understand there was an
incident this morning.

You attempted to harm yourself.

I see.

You had no right to do that!

Don't you understand
who you are?

What you're here to do?

- No.
- Well, I do.

I know everything about you.
I know why you're here,

and I know what you're
supposed to do.

Sit.

And I'll tell you a story.

You'll like it.

It's about your past and
it's about your future.

I know you went to a lot
of trouble to get this.

- Thank you.
- But...?

I'm not sure I wanna
send Maia to a school

that only teaches 4400s.

It sounds like a great way to get her to
withdraw even further from the world.

Just pretend it's got nothing to
do with the 4400 for a second.

It's a good school. You
know, top-notch faculty.

The facilities are great.
And it's all free.

The 4400 Center picks
up the whole tab.

They even have a class on how
to manage your abilities.

Just give me some time to think
about it, okay? It's a big step.

I was kind of hoping Dr.
Burkhoff would have,

I don't know, a magic
pill or something.

What's he working on?
Anything interesting?

You know that promicin serum that
he invented that saved everybody?

Well, I saw a syringe at his place, and
it looked like there was some in it.

You don't think he's injecting
it into himself, do you?

That's ridiculous.

I am not injecting myself
with the promicin serum.

Good. I'm glad to hear it.

I'm injecting myself

with a modified version
of the promicin serum.

Dr. Burkhoff, I have
to ask you this:

Have you stopped taking
your medication?

Of course not. I'm
as sane as you are.

Once the course of
treatment is finished,

I will have taught my body
how to produce promicin.

And then I will be the first

non-returnee to develop
4400 abilities.

The first of many.

You're talking about the next
step in human evolution.

Do you think the world's
ready for that?

The world is never ready for change.
You have to force it on them.

Isn't that why the 4400
were brought back?

Isn't that why the
future woke me up?

You shouldn't be doing
research of this magnitude

in, excuse me, but... In a dump.

These aren't exactly
sterile conditions.

You could help me with that.

You have a scientific
background, right?

I have graduate degrees in
microbiology and epidemiology.

Good. That'll be handy.

I need someone to
monitor my progress

as the changes continue.

Changes?

I think it's an exciting
first step, don't you?

I was thinking, next time,
we could make a world

where Kyle never shot Jordan
Collier, never went to prison,

the inhibitor scandal
never happened.

Sounds nice.

Although I have to tell
you, at the moment,

I'm not really feeling a
need to be transported

to some kind of fantasy world.

As long as this water stays hot,

things are A-okay with
me right here and now.

Maybe tomorrow we
can try it again.

I'll take a rain cheque.

I'm going to a seminar at
the 4400 Center tomorrow.

It's about what we can
expect physically

now that we're off
the inhibitor.

Is everything okay? You're not
having any problems, are you?

No, I feel fine. I
feel great, actually.

Well, then I don't get it.
Why do you need to go?

I don't. I wanna go.
I'm curious.

But why? You never wanted
to go to the Center before.

Why start now?

I never felt the need to be
around other 4400s before.

Now you do?

It's just a seminar, Thomas.

Yeah, okay.

I get it.

You're sitting in my spot.

Sorry.

It's okay. There's room
for two people to sit.

You've got Stalin, Pol Pot
and the Marquis de Sade?

Did you finish all
the fun books?

Well, I'm interested in
learning more about evil.

Everybody's scared of me. So I
thought, what if they're right?

- What if I'm bad?
- Why would you think that?

Sometimes, I think I
feel it inside of me,

like, I could be
capable of anything.

Everyone's capable of anything.

- Believe me, I know.
- How?

- Have you done bad things?
- Yeah, of course I have.

Will you tell me about them?

Okay.

- I slept with my brother's girlfriend.
- How bad is that?

Some people would call
that a major betrayal.

- This man did much worse than that.
- Well, I'm not a dictator.

But I've done the big
kind of bad too.

I can't say much about it,

but I gave some money
to some people.

They used it for something
really, really wrong.

And I don't think that
they're finished.

Well, can you stop them?

The thing is, so far, they've
only gone after bad people.

People that tried to kill me.
Tried to kill all of us.

So if they've only
gone after bad people,

- then doesn't that make them good?
- I don't know.

We're relating now, aren't we?

I read about this.

Yeah, we are.

How was it for you?

I liked it.

We talked.

It helped me understand
good and evil.

According to you, you get to pick.
It's a choice.

I have it right, don't I?

Yeah, you do.

Do you recognise those names?

They're 4400s. All of
them foreign nationals.

Alesandro Ortiz from Venezuela.

Ismael Namir from Libya.
Chitra Singh from Indonesia.

They've all gone missing
in the past year.

That's one year.

That's about as long as you've
worked for the NSA, isn't it, Gary?

We checked your travel records.

You left Venezuela two days
before Ortiz disappeared.

Same thing in Libya, Indonesia.
Everyone on that list.

You were there. They went away.

What exactly did you
do for the NSA, Gary?

There's an arms race
going on, isn't there?

Only now it's with 4400s.

These people, I bet their abilities
make the wrong people very nervous.

And the NSA couldn't stand by

while foreign and potentially
hostile governments developed what?

Human weapons of
mass destruction?

Is this list complete, huh?

Because I'm just wondering
how many 4400s you did kill.

- I did not kill anyone.
- Oh, no, no, no.

You got the right people
in the right ZIP code

because you were
living back home

"very comfortably when the
actual dirty work was done."

And that's why you went across to
the Nova Group, isn't it, Gary?

Because you just couldn't
live with yourself.

The NSA told me that I
was helping my country.

They didn't fill in the blanks.
I had to do that myself.

You felt used.

They made you a weapon
against your own people.

So when did you figure it out?

What's up? Who are these guys?

This is Agent Wood and Dr.
Boll of the NSA.

They've been brought in to help
expedite the interrogation.

First of all, no more sitting.

- Brought in by whom?
- Gary Navarro tried to kill me.

- I made a phone call.
- I had him talking.

- I was making progress.
- Not fast enough.

The members of Gary's cell
know he's been taken.

They're already
changing their plans.

If it takes too long to break him, the
information he gives us is stale.

- Yeah.
- I know you find this hard to believe,

but we are on the same side.

We have the same goal.

Those agents are tools.

Use them.

I can't open my hand.

I woke up from a nap, and it
was all bunched up like this.

Arthritis, I can handle.

I've been trading e-mails

with somebody down
at the Mayo Clinic.

He says we should go to Sweden and
try this experimental treatment.

Here.

What's this?

Open it.

Can you believe that the Air
Force lets you do that now?

You give them some money, and they
let you ride along in an F-16.

It says here I get to
take the controls.

I talked to the guy who was
in charge of the programme

and I told him about your
background as a pilot,

and he said he would let
you drive for 30 seconds.

Lily, I was a pilot in 1950.

That's why it's only 30 seconds.

Happy birthday, Richard.

Thanks, but it's not my
birthday for another six weeks.

Richard, I'm not going
to be here in six weeks.

- That's not true.
- Yes, it is.

You and I have both
known for a while.

Richard, I'm dying.

Lily,

I know how hard this is on
you, but you can't give up.

Shawn said he's willing to stay
here with you all day if he has to.

- He'll keep you healthy.
- He can't.

Not anymore.

Are all these people 4400s?

Some are. Some just
wish they were.

Why would they want that?

Good morning. Welcome
to the Center.

Are you a 4400?

No, sweetie. Are you?

Well, it is an
honour to meet you.

- Are you here to take our seminar?
- No. We're here to look at the school.

We have an appointment with Ms.
Tobey.

I'll get her right away.

In the meantime, would you sign
in and register your ability?

We're creating a database.

You sure you wanna do this?

I wanna meet kids like me.

My name is Alana Mareva.

I have to admit,

I was pretty hesitant
about coming here today.

I was lucky. My life was pretty
much intact when I was returned.

I never thought much
about being a 4400.

But when we all got sick,

and seeing everyone
together in quarantine,

it made me feel like I had
been denying a part of myself.

So here I am.

And I'm glad I came.

Anything you wanna tell me?

Gary.

Let's end this.

Who contacted you first?

Just give me a name.

Oh, man.

October 19th is two days away.

Now, you got something
to tell me or not?

Suit yourself.

One of our members has
been compromised.

I have to assume he's
gonna give up my name.

What, so you call me?

For all I know, NTAC is
monitoring this line.

Well, we're gonna have
to go underground.

It's gonna cost money.

You think I'm just gonna
write you a cheque?

You can arrange it
however you want.

I need it tomorrow.

I will see you at the usual
spot, at the usual time.

We are in a war, and we
all have to do our part.

Talk to me, Gary. What
do you got to say, man?

Talk to me! Talk to me.

I need names.

Give me a name!

- Talk to me, Gary.
- Daniel Armand.

Daniel Armand.

Daniel Armand.

Okay. That's a start.

- Who else?
- That's it.

He was my only contact.

I never met anyone else in the group.
He kept us all separate.

I'm sorry. I'm just having a
hard time believing that's true.

His pulse is tachy at 210.
Systolic's up to 240.

- We need to lay off.
- We've only got one name.

Can't put him under again.
Not for a few hours.

We haven't got a few hours. Don't worry.
He's my responsibility.

No. No.

No, he's not. He's ours.
And he's done for the day.

Okay, so he's back. It's not
like we weren't expecting this.

No. Relax.

He won't get anywhere
near Isabelle.

We'll find him, and
we'll deal with it.

You made a mistake.

- You got the wrong person.
- I have to go. I don't think I do.

Those things you told me, those
things you said I'm going to do.

That's not me. I have a choice.

I don't know who you are,

and I don't know how you think
you know so much about me,

- but you're wrong.
- Isabelle,

I understand why you're
having trouble adjusting.

Growing up is hard, but don't
be angry at the messenger.

It's not my plan.

I'm just here to help facilitate, to
help you reach your full potential.

Think of me as a
favourite uncle.

No. No, I don't have any uncles.

I don't have any uncles, and I
won't be a part of any plan.

That's fair enough. You
can always opt out.

You can even try saving
your mother if you like.

How?

- What is that?
- Open it.

There aren't a lot of things
that'll hurt you, Isabelle.

But that right there,
that'll do the job.

If you can't accept the
fact that your life

is vastly more important
than your mother's,

just give yourself that shot.
You'll be dead in minutes.

And Lily? Who knows?

Maybe she'll wake up and
be a young woman again.

- Will it really save her?
- I don't know. It's a gamble.

But if you can't live with
who you are, then don't.

Sorry about that.

Good. I knew it.

I knew I had a clean
cup somewhere.

Now, where are the filters?

- It's okay. I don't need coffee.
- I swear I just saw them.

Do you mind if I just
use paper towels?

- Kevin, if I do this...
- If you do it?

You're already doing it.

You're here, right?

If I monitor you throughout
this experiment,

I need you to know one thing.

If it gets to a point where
your life is in danger,

I am cutting this off.

I will not stand by
and watch you die.

Well, I would hope not,
because I'm too valuable.

I think this is gonna be fun.

I haven't really worked with
anyone for quite some time.

I'm looking forward to it.

Wanna draw some blood?

Nina.

We were just downstairs. The guard
on duty said Wood signed Gary out.

Gary was transferred to
an NSA-run facility.

But he's a 4400. He's
our jurisdiction.

And someone at the Pentagon
signed an order overriding us.

Apparently, they feel
we lack experience

in high-pressure interrogation.

And who do you think put that
little bug in their ear?

I don't know if it was Ryland or not.
But we had our shot at Navarro.

Now, tomorrow is October 19th.

We are a day away from an
announced terrorist attack.

The NSA thinks they
can get him to talk.

- So where are they taking him?
- They didn't share that information.

This is so wrong. This is the
only place in the country

that's at least somewhat
equipped to handle 4400s.

Do you think that I
didn't tell him that?

They weren't interested.

- Isabelle.
- Hi.

May I come in?

Are you going somewhere?

I saw Dad putting
luggage into his car.

Oh, we're just gonna try another clinic,
but we will be away for a while.

- Do you want me to come with you?
- No.

No, it's all right. Thank you.

Now, if there's anything that you
need, you can talk to Shawn.

He's...

He'll be looking
out for you, okay?

And...

I wanna give you this.

It's my wedding band. I inherited
it from my grandmother.

Her name was Lily too.

You used to love to play with
it when you were a little baby.

- I remember.
- You can wear it if you want.

I always knew that I would
give it to you one day.

It doesn't fit me anymore,
and I'd hate to lose it.

I'll keep it safe for you.

I know you will.

I'm sorry I have
to leave so soon.

I wish we had more
time together.

Well, when do you
think you'll be back?

It's hard to say.

Goodbye, Isabelle.

Bye.

Thank you very much.
I'll take her from here.

Thank you.

Okay,

you told her we were going
over to the hospital?

- How'd it go over?
- Oh, fine.

I had it easy. I got to lie.

You're the one who has
to tell her the truth.

What's going on?

What's happening?

We'll get him.

Funny, that's the exact same
thing Navarro said about you.

So far, he's wrong.

He never should've been
moved in the first place.

- There was no reason.
- There was every reason.

You're too soft, Tom. I don't
know what's happened to you.

No, I had him, Dennis!
You lost him.

Sunset's in four hours.

At this point, we can't even
say with 100% certainty

that it's gonna rise
again in the morning.

And the one guy who
can tell us is gone.

That's a defeatist attitude.
We'll get him.

Yeah, I know. You
keep saying that.

Hey, Shawn.

- You got something for me?
- Where's Daniel?

Busy. He sent me.

- No, no, no. That's not how we work.
- Today it is.

You can trust me.

You saved my life. I owe you.

Come on. Let's get this over with. I
feel a little naked standing out here.

Thanks.

Listen, if there's ever
anything you need...

You sold us...

Get in there, get in there.

- You okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

I don't guess we'll be seeing
her in court anytime soon.

No, you did the right thing
by calling us, Shawn.

Seriously.

You're a hero.

One minute to go.

Just tell me one thing. Are
we as prepared as we can be?

The entire country's on
level-red terror alert.

All commercial air traffic has
been suspended for the day.

The National Guard has been
deployed to likely targets.

"Likely targets."
Kind of a broad term.

I wish T.J. could've
narrowed that down for us.

Well, me too. But we have to keep
her sedated to inhibit her ability.

She's already turned this
place into a war zone once.

So now we wait.

Well, that's it.

October 19th.

Looks like the
world's still here.

For the moment, anyway.

Oh, my God!

- What? What happened?
- It's the Nova Group.

Certainly, "miracle"
is an imprecise term,

but I'm not sure how
else to describe it.

To repeat:

I'm broadcasting live from the
Nubian Desert, north of Khartoum,

where overnight, a thousand-acre
patch of barren sand

has somehow been transformed
into fertile wheat fields.

Scientists are at a loss
to explain the conversion,

but tests confirm that the
wheat is real and edible.

There hasn't been food growing
in that part of the world

since before the
birth of Christ.

They make us all terrified,

and then rather than attacking
us, they give us a gift.

Our station has just
received a statement

from the radical 4400 organization
known as the Nova Group,

claiming responsibility for
this morning's transformation.

You are witnesses to the
beginning of a new era.

What happens next is up to you.

The 4400 can be mankind's
greatest ally,

or its most dangerous adversary.

Don't kid yourself. It's an attack.
An act of aggression, anyway.

They just showed everyone that
they can change the world,

and there's not a damn
thing we can do about it.

- Hello?
- I'm very disappointed in you, Shawn.

- Daniel.
- I realise you're still a young man.

But I'm afraid I
can't forgive you.

Keith, I'm broadcasting live
from the Nubian Desert...

It's okay, Kyle. Daddy's...

Daddy's here. I'm right here.

I'm right here.

Just go to sleep.

Hey, I'm Tyler.

Maia.

Lily.

We are here.

- Hasn't changed much, has it?
- No.

We were so happy here.

Just you and me, and the baby.

It was so much simpler.

- Would you like to head on inside?
- No, not just yet.

No, let's stay out
here for a while.

It's so peaceful.

Remember when you
went into labour?

I could hardly get
the car into gear.

But you gave me directions
to the hospital.

How did you stay so calm?

Lily?