The 4400 (2004–2007): Season 4, Episode 8 - No Exit - full transcript

The world will have to deal with us.

Previously on The 4400:

Promicin is out there.

People are gaining abilities
and nothing can be done about that.

Kyle, listen to me.
If you're involved in something...

Collier will lead the human race
to salvation.

- You will help him.
- What is this place?

Cassie just said we should come here.
You are on the wrong path here.

And you've always been rebellious.

But I think you're afraid of change,
Shawn.

Or is it just me?



You don't really know this girl at all,
do you?

Baby, get your hands off of me.

I share an office with two of the most
annoying guys on the planet.

I don't understand why
Collier would come back to Seattle.

It's like he's daring us to catch him.

This is a message of hope

for a better tomorrow.

And it begins here in Promise City.

I was gonna ask you if you're sure you
wanted to be a part of this operation.

I want Collier caught
as much as anyone.

It's not Collier I was thinking about.

He's my son.
I gotta believe I can still reach him.

Tom?

Diana. What the hell is going on?
Where is everyone?



I don't know.
You're the first I've seen.

I just woke up on the floor
of the break room.

Why were you sleeping
in the break room?

- I don't know.
- Why was I sleeping at my desk?

The last thing I remember
is going to bed at home.

Well, the last thing I remember I was
going over case files in my living room.

Tom. Skouris.

Why did I just wake up
underneath my office chair?

Please tell me you know
how we got here.

Possibility one: We're under attack.

Someone with a grudge
against NTAC

used a 4400 ability against us.

- Maybe more than one.
- That would explain the memory gaps.

But if a 4400 were coming after us,
why are we still alive?

Are we the only survivors
in the building?

Maybe. Or maybe the attackers
haven't gotten down to our level yet.

Let's not ignore possibility two:
The world at large is under attack

and the building's reacting to some
kind of security situation out there.

So, what,
we're the only survivors in the world?

Could we maybe come up
with a possibility

that doesn't involve an attack?

It's not responding. We're locked out
of the building's network.

I can't even access the system.

Maybe we can do it from Ops.
Try to get in through the mainframe,

establish some contact
with the outside world.

Yeah. Or maybe we could
just walk out the front door.

Do you hear that alarm?
That means the building's sealed.

And it's gonna stay sealed

until someone overrides
the security protocols.

We could be the only ones here
who know how to do that. All right.

Get yourself ready to go.

Okay, I don't care if this building

is crawling with every p-positive
in Seattle.

We're getting to Ops.

First, wake up P.J.

P.J., wake up, man.

No phones. No e-mail.

Even the emergency radio
doesn't work.

- Internal surveillance is down too.
- I can't find a side arm anywhere.

- Marco.
- Good to see we're not alone.

God, tell me you got some answers.

Well, you got into the network.
Good job, Brady.

That wasn't me. I'm still locked out.

- The alarm just went silent.
- The phones are still dead.

If the security system's down,
that could mean the exits aren't sealed.

- We could get out.
- It's worth checking out.

Tom, you and I will scout ahead,

make sure there's a safe path
to the exit.

Oh, and, Diana, make sure
you stick with these guys.

Watch their backs while they work
on establishing communications.

Wait. All right, let's go.
There's no one there.

There's no one anywhere. We haven't
seen a soul since we left Ops.

- Baldwin.
- Collier, what did you do to this place?

Dad?

Kyle? What's going on here?

- That's not...
- Kyle, run!

Hold it.

No. Kyle, wait. Wait, Kyle.
Open the door.

Open the door, Kyle.

Look, whatever you're doing here,
you have to stop.

You have to convince Collier to stop.
Open the door.

- What are you doing here?
- Shawn?

Where are we?
What did you do to me?

- What the hell is going on?
- It wasn't me. I didn't do anything.

This looks like NTAC.

Did we get arrested?

I was working late in my apartment.

I don't remember anything after that.

Maybe the government's
rounding up 44005.

They have soldiers with abilities.
Could've messed with our memories.

Why would they put
you and me together?

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Kyle.

But I don't understand.
Collier has just built a huge settlement

for himself in the middle of Seattle.
A huge win for him.

Why would he risk everything
and attack the building?

And stick around to explain himself.

Whatever he's planning,
we have to defend ourselves.

Guys, can we lower the blast doors
over the entrances to this room?

They're controlled by the computer.
We still can't access the system.

We could move the furniture,
build a barricade.

Great. We'll make a wall
made out of desks and chairs.

I'm sure that'll be really helpful.

Especially if they've got somebody
who can melt brains.

- Have a better idea?
- Wait, there's a weapons locker

a few floors down. That's where
we store all the assault rifles.

Maybe Collier hasn't gone to it yet.

I mean, believe me,
I don't wanna point a gun at Kyle,

but if Collier is leading
some kind of attack,

we need something more
than office supplies to fight back with.

Maia? Maia.

- Maia.
- Mom, what's happening?

I checked that room. It was empty.

You're okay. Now you're with me.
You're safe.

My dad and his boss seemed
just as surprised as we were.

They thought Jordan
brought us here.

- Did he?
- Jordan had nothing to do with this.

He doesn't always share his plans,
Kyle. Guess you haven't learned that.

My relationship with him is different.
He doesn't hide things from me.

He sure as hell wasn't planning
an assault on NTAC.

You guys, wait. We can't fight.

Not now.

We gotta find Jordan.
He's trapped in here.

I'm not going anywhere without him.

All right, do whatever you want.
I'm gonna find my way out of here.

- Shawn. Shawn.
- What, Isabelle? What?

Listen, whatever's going on here,

we have a better chance
of getting out if we stick together.

Now, stay with us. We'll find Jordan
and we'll leave as a group.

It's not responding.

These locks are supposed to run
on reserve power.

What good is a weapons locker if you
can't get into it during an emergency?

We can find a crowbar
and try to force the door.

Hcld on. If we can pry
this face pad off,

there's a chance I might be able
to short-circuit it.

Really?

You're gonna hot-wire
the door open?

Don't look so surprised.

I worked in a think tank for years.

You'd be amazed at the things
I picked up around the water cooler.

Try this.

- Where'd you get that?
- My desk drawer.

You said we might have to defend
ourselves with office supplies, so...

Right.

What?

Nothing. Nothing.
I'm just wondering how you do it.

We all wake up in the middle of NTAC
with no explanation.

We're in the basement,
trying to break into a weapons locker

so we can fight off an attack

by God knows how many people
with 4400 abilities.

It seems pretty hopeless, right?

But you, you just
keep moving forward.

If I stopped cold every time
a situation looked hopeless,

I wouldn't have lasted very long
in this job.

All I do is focus
on what's in front of me.

In a few years, you'll look back

and realise that you survived
by doing exactly the same thing.

A few years? I'm flattered
you think I'll last that long.

Here, come on. Give me a hand.

All right, now I'll twist and you pull.
All right?

Okay, good.

There.

All right, here we go.

There you go.

Jordan?

And none of you has any idea
how we got here?

- Everyone's all right? Nobody's hurt?
- Yeah.

- Shawn?
- I'm fine.

- What are you doing here?
- The exits are sealed,

so I looked for this place.

NTAC imprisons 44005 here
and those who have taken the shot.

I was looking for allies.

The Wing's empty,
so I guess you're out of luck.

No.

No, I'm not out of luck.
I found you three.

- That should be enough.
- Enough for what?

Their operations centre is
on the second level:

communications gear,
security controls.

We get there, we can contact
Promise City, send for help.

Where my dad's office is.
They'll all be there.

Likely.

There's no other way.
We need control of that room.

Now you're talking about overpowering
a bunch of government agents, Jordan.

What are we gonna do?
Take hostages?

Shawn, they brought us here
against our will.

They're the aggressors.

I'll walk out of here peacefully if I can,
but I will walk out of here.

Any of you not wanting
to spend the rest of your life

in one of these cells should join me.

- Are you all right?
- Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, it's fine. It's fine.

Prepare to be impressed.

I guess the shock was worth it.

I'm impressed.

There's nothing here.

It's empty-

Meghan. What happened?

- Are you all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

I don't know what happened.
I'll try and get the lock open again.

Okay.

Meghan. Meghan.

Meghan, are you there? Meghan.

Oh, my God. Meghan. Meghan.

Meghan, look at me. Look at me.

Meghan. Meghan.

I don't understand what happened.

It's like that door closed by itself.
We were only apart for a few seconds.

- Well, it was an accident, Tom.
- Yeah, maybe.

But we wouldn't be stuck in here
if it wasn't for Collier.

Meghan's death is on him.

We can add it to the list
of thousands he's responsible for.

This doesn't make any sense.

She shouldn't be dead.

We have to get the computers
back online.

Let's just focus on that.

What exactly are we supposed
to be looking for?

Anything we can use
to defend ourselves.

Kyle.

Yeah.

This is crazy. Are we actually
supposed to use these on someone?

I hope not.

This was all I could find.

A broom handle? So, what am I
supposed to do with this?

Use it. Or don't.

But I'm not inclined
to give up without a fight.

See, why do you think
that we need to fight?

Jordan, didn't you say that
when you ran into my uncle

that he thought
that you were behind this?

And you think that they are.

Does that not beg the question:
What if it was neither of us?

What if something else
is causing this?

First we control that room,

then we ask questions.

No, let's ask them now.

What you seem to be forgetting
is one of those NTAC agents

that you are so intent on battling
is my uncle.

Kyle's father.
There's gotta be some way

that we can communicate
with them.

I'll go. You three
can wait here for me.

What?

It's just the future
gave you the right ability.

You're always looking for the peaceful
solution for your... For healing.

I admire that. Even if it means
you can't be part of the movement.

What's going on?

Come on. We need to go.

Down!

Kyle.

Oh, no, my...!

Shawn.

- Shawn.
- Shawn.

- Shawn.
- Shawn.

Shawn.

You know, it doesn't have to be
so weird and quiet in here.

- You guys can talk to each other.
- What?

It's not weird and quiet.

Your mom and I talk to each other
all the time.

I guess.

But you used to come over
almost every night.

We'd play games. It was fun.

And you don't come over anymore.

It's like we're supposed to pretend
nothing ever happened.

It's complicated, sweetie.
But Marco and I, we are friends.

Aren't friends supposed
to see each other sometimes?

Everybody get out here.
They're coming.

Keep the door locked, stay down.
No matter what you hear.

Wait. Everyone stay back.
Just stay back.

Collier, whatever you're here to do,
whatever you want,

- it's not gonna happen.
- Dad, we're not doing this.

Please let me in.

We don't wanna fight.

Meghan Doyle is dead, Kyle.

Do you understand? She's dead.

- How could you do this?
- I told you, it's not us.

We just woke up here.
We don't know what happened.

- It's the truth.
- Kyle.

Oh, God.

You're hurt. What happened?

A window blew out. I got cut.

- And Shawn...
- Oh, God.

Shawn.

- Shawn.
- Oh, no.

This isn't right.
This isn't how it's supposed to happen.

He's dead. Because of you.

Two people lost their lives
because of you.

- I had nothing to do with it.
- The hell you didn't.

Stop!

He's telling the truth.

He didn't bring you here.

I did.

I made this happen.

I took the shot.

We're all here because of my ability.

I took the shot
about two months ago.

Once promicin got out there,

I knew it was gonna
change everything forever:

science, politics, religion.

I just wanted to be part of it.

I had to be part of it.

Then one night,
my fiancée and my mother

had this huge fight
about the guest list at our wedding.

I went to bed wishing
there was something I could do

to smooth things over between them.

When I woke up,

I was some place else.

Me, my mom, Sara.

We didn't know how we got there

but we were trapped
in this huge traffic jam

on the Spokane Street Bridge.

It was an hour away from when
we were supposed to get married.

We had to work together
to get across town.

And when I say work, I mean work.

There were earthquakes,
floods, a fire.

It was crazy.
But we survived together.

And we got to the church
just in time.

I kissed Sara
at the end of the ceremony.

And then we all woke up at home.

- The game was over.
- The game?

Yeah.

I figured out
how it works since then.

My ability, it's like a game.

P.J., stop using the word "game."

There are two people dead.

Oh, I'm not sure about that.

No one's ever died before.

I don't know what that means
for the real world.

Why NTAC?
Why did you pick this place?

I didn't pick it. You did.

We all did. But I have no control
over anything else.

We determine where we go.

All of our minds, together...

It's a subconscious thing.

NTAC means something different
to each of us

but it matters to everyone.

- That's how we got here?
- Exactly.

And there's always an obstacle.

Something all the players
have to work together to overcome.

I know this sounds weird,
but in this case,

I think the obstacle
is the building itself.

You're saying
NTAC is trying to kill us?

That makes sense.

The building electrocuted Meghan.

The building caused the wind burst

that shattered that window
and killed Shawn Farrell.

So, what are we supposed to do?

Just sit here and wait for it
to pick us all off?

No,

we're supposed to work together.
That's the whole point.

I sit in my office every day and I read
about how things are getting worse,

about how it's just a matter of time
before everything blows up.

A war between positives
and negatives.

That's why I brought people
from both sides here.

I wanted to help. I wanted to bring
the two camps together.

So we get to watch each other die
one by one?

- That's a hell of a valuable lesson.
- You haven't just put our lives at stake.

If I die, if Kyle dies here, that could
mean the end of the movement.

You've jeopardised
everything we've worked for.

Let's not make it easy
for this place to hurt us.

We should move the computers
out of here, anything electronic.

No. There might be
a way out of this.

The last couple of times I played,

I figured out that there's always
a back door.

If I find it, I can walk through it.

And if I do, the game ends.

We all wake up.

- Hopefully, Shawn and Meghan do too.
- Where is it?

It's usually at the far edge
of the playing field.

Wherever I woke up in the game,
it's as far away from there as possible.

- You came to in the Theory Room?
- Yeah.

Okay, Marco, find some maps
of the building.

Figure out where this back door
should be.

Everyone get to work.
And be careful.

Do you think Shawn is really gone?

I don't know. Let's hope not.

I know you think taking the shot
was wrong.

But I knew what I was doing.

I knew that following Collier meant
I had to get used to people dying.

Maybe even people I knew.

I kept saying, you know,

these deaths weren't meaningless.

They were sacrifices.

I still believe that.

I do.

But seeing Shawn lying there...

You might wanna remember
that feeling

the next time Collier
hands down orders.

Look, I don't wanna
lecture you, Kyle,

but I don't think you know
what it's like to worry the way I do.

Every time I hear something
about Collier on the news,

every time I pick up the paper
in the morning,

I'm afraid that I'm gonna learn
that you're in jail,

or that you're dead.

I don't see how it could end
any other way for you.

We could win.

Right? We could save the world.

I want a son,
not a martyr for Collier's cause.

Dad, that's enough gauze.

Sorry. I guess I never stop
being a dad.

I think Marco's got something.

That's it. The dead end
of this hallway on Sublevel 11.

That's the farthest point in the building
from our office.

If P.J.'s back door is anywhere,
that's the spot.

- I'll go.
- Not alone, you won't.

This whole building is one big trap.
We're not sending you out there.

He won't be alone.

As far as I know, I'm the only one
who can end this.

I have to be the one to walk
through that door.

All right, get yourself ready.

- We're leaving in two minutes.
- I'm going with you.

This is supposed to be an exercise
in cooperation.

I think it's fitting we divide the risk.

I'm thinking
we should take the stairs.

Yeah.

You really cared about Shawn,
didn't you?

Shawn was just a little kid
when his father left my sister.

I tried to take an interest in him,
do what I could to help raise him.

Well, you did a fine job.

He was an extraordinary...
He is an extraordinary young man.

He and I have grown apart.

It's difficult losing someone

you've invested so much time in.

You made that bed for yourself.

Shawn broke off from you because
he didn't agree with what you believe in

and you were too rigid to change.

Isn't that why Kyle
pulled away from you?

Hey, don't compare
the two situations.

For one thing, if it wasn't for you,

we wouldn't be here wondering
whether Shawn was alive or dead.

You put the shots out there.
Which is why he could take one.

And that's why two people I care about
might be dead.

The spread of premium is not to Name.
The fear of it is.

Your government prevents people
who've taken the shot

from learning
how to control their abilities.

- You've criminalized the gifts...
- So what?

We should just step aside
and let you run the world?

Hey. Can you two
ever stop arguing?

You are literally
going to get us all killed.

If you can't calm down,

you both might as well
go back to Ops right now.

I'll find the way out myself.

These are the stairs. Let's go.

Would you mind going first?

I got your back.

If this back-door thing doesn't wcrk out,
we're gonna need another plan.

We already know
we can't get to the generators, so...

Maia, what are you doing?

I'm just helping Kyle.

We don't know this place
as well as you guys

but we might as well pitch in.

I mean, who knows?
Maybe we'll come up with something.

Okay, that's great.
Maia, will you 90 stand with Marco?

- But, Mom, we're just trying to...
- Go now.

Hey.

You know, I wanna get out of here too,
just the same way you do.

I know you hate me.

To tell you the truth, I don't blame you.
But you do need to work with me.

That's the game.

You threatened my daughter's life.

I know.

- You shot me for it, remember?
- Yeah.

Six times.
More if I could have reloaded.

I really don't care what this
little exercise is supposed to be about.

You just stay the hell away
from Maia.

Maia, come over here.

Well, that's it.

If we can get through that door,
that should be the way out.

Let me try.

That's me. My bedroom.

Looks like we found our back door.

I know I'm going to jail
when we all wake up.

Just

make sure
everyone knows I'm sorry.

P.J.

He's dead.

It's gone. The way out, it's gone.

That won't work.

P.J. said he's the only one
who could end this early.

- Yeah, well, I'm not giving up.
- Neither am I.

The back door was just that: a way out,
one option. There is another.

We play out the game.
Try to survive. Win.

Win?

P.J. said there's a goal to every game,
an end point.

- We don't know what that is.
- Not yet.

But I doubt we'll find it down here.

We head back up
to the Operations Room.

We stick together,
figure out a way to live.

Wait a second.

Is it me or is it getting hotter
in here?

That air's gotta be
well over a hundred degrees.

So this place is gonna cook us all?
Great. I don't know about you guys,

but personally, I'd rather
be electrocuted than fricasseed.

Nobody's getting cooked.

The environmental controls
are just a few floors down.

We can change
the temperature manually.

It won't work.
The temperature control

runs through
the main computer network,

and we still can't access
the system.

We need to kill the building.

This place runs on power.

We take that away,
it can't hurt us anymore.

We shut the building down, we win.

Cut the power? You don't think
we've thought about that?

The emergency generators
are sealed off.

Well, it's actually
not that bad of an idea.

We can't shut the generators down,
because we can't get to them.

But if we could find a way
to create an electrical surge

big enough to overload
the emergency systems...

There'd be a power outage.
This place would go black.

There's two major power relays
that run throughout this building:

our everyday system
and the emergency line.

If we can find a place where
the two relays run close to each other...

Connect the two lines
and... short the building out.

There. We keep all
the computer sewers in that room.

Every power conduit
in the building runs through there.

Okay.

If P.J. hasn't gotten us out of here
in two minutes,

Marco, you and I
head into that room.

Isabelle,

will you find the longest power cord
you can

and strip the insulation off of it?
You're coming with us.

It's your idea.

You should have the chance
to see it through.

What is that?

The building.
I don't think it likes our plan.

What's happening?

It's not blowing air
into the room anymore.

It's sucking it out.

Okay, guys, we're not waiting
two minutes. We're all going now.

The blast doors are down.

- Hello.
- Stay there.

Hello.

- Dad.
- Kyle, what's happening?

The building's shut us off.
It's sucking all the air out of the room.

Tom, I don't think
we've got much time.

You have to try and short-circuit
the building's power supply.

This was all I could find.

We need to run that cord
between these two power relays.

If Marco's right,
that'll shut this place down.

- Well, this is not nearly long enough.
- Then find more.

These power lines, they're all...
They're all sealed to the wall.

If we could rip these
out of the ceiling...

No, they're dying in that room.
We don't have time.

There is one way to complete
the connection between these relays.

Us.

We complete the circuit ourselves.

You're talking about running

thousands of volts of electricity
through our bodies.

We'll die.

We will.

But if your colleagues are right,

we'll end this thing.

So how about it?

You don't strike me as a man
afraid of sacrifice.

I keep telling myself it's just a game.

But you know what?
I still don't feel like dying.

It's not an experience
I'm looking to revisit.

I guess it's like you're always saying:

You just have to have faith.

- On three?
- On three.

One.

Two.

Three.

Maia?

Mommy.

Honey.

Sweetheart, are you okay?

You're okay.

You're not hurt.

I'm fine.

- Is Jordan here?
- No.

Have you seen him?

Can I talk to Tom Baldwin, please?

Tom, hi.

We picked up P.J.

After he woke up, he tried to make
a run for Promise City, and we...

I'm fine. Really. It's okay.

I'm sorry, it's just...

I watched you die last night.

You have no idea how good it is
to see you right now.

I'm sorry that things
got so out of hand.

And I know I'm going to jail
for taking the shot.

So it's probably the wrong time
to say this,

but if everything you told me is true,

maybe it'll be worth it,
playing the game.

How could you say that?

It was scary,

but my ability worked.

Jordan Collier and Tom Baldwin
actually cooperated.

They sacrificed themselves
to save the other players.

That has to mean something, right?

Let's hope so. I'd hate to think
you gave up your freedom for nothing.

Someone will be here shortly
to take you downstairs.

- Are you okay?
- Yeah.

It's gonna be strange
not having P.J. in the office anymore.

Yeah, I know it's not PC, but I kind of
admire what he did, you know?

I know Jordan Collier a hell
of a lot better than I did a day ago.

And he knows us.
That's got to be a good thing.

Yeah, well, we'll see about that.

Marco, I...

Was Maia right?
Have things gotten weird between us?

Kind of hard to avoid, right?

You broke up with me and, you know,
I still have to see you every day.

Well, if you're up for it,
I really would like to be friends.

And I promised Maia that I would cook
a meat loaf tomorrow night.

And maybe you could come by.

I know that she would really like that.
So would I.

The infamous Skouris meat loaf.

It's gotten better, I promise.

Will I see you, then?

Okay.

- Baldwin.
- Your son's fine.

We all are.

Collier.

I wanted you to know.

I appreciate that.

I've been leaving him messages
all morning.

Talked to Shawn a while ago.

He's doing all right too.

I don't want any misunderstanding.

Nothing's changed between us.

I'm still gonna give promicin to anyone
who wants to make a difference.

And I will still build Promise City.

And you're gonna wind up
in handcuffs, Jordan.

I'm gonna be the one
putting them on you.

You called me "Jordan" just then.

Yeah.

I guess I did.

P.J. accomplished
that much, anyway.

50, Tom,

would you like to hang up?

Or shall I?