Narrator

Previously on The 4400:

Tess

(Abendson Psychiatric Care Facility)  Kevin is a genius, you know.  But he doesn’t brag about it.  (when Tom and Diana take Tess from the facility, Kevin attacks Tom)

Clayton

(after the tower the patients built works)  Kevin, did you just speak to me?

Kevin

I haven’t said anything for a long time.

Clayton

Try six years.

Tom

You’re saying that Burkhoff is the father of the 4400 technology.

Kevin

I can think again, too.

Tom

Kyle never came home last night.

Danny

Kyle said he blacked out.

Tom

You could have come to me, Danny, told me what was going on.  He’s your cousin, your friend.

Danny

Kyle said he thinks he did something during one of his blackouts.  He seemed really freaked out about it.

Alana

This is insane!  Why would Kyle want to shoot Jordan Collier?

Tom

If it happened during one of his blackouts, he wouldn’t need a reason.  I don’t remember them telling me they turned my son into a murderer.  (after learning the truth)  I kept hoping I was wrong about this.

Alana

This is not Kyle’s doing.  You’ve got to hold on to that.

Tom

(finding Kyle in Linda’s home)  Kyle.  You weren’t in control of your actions, Kyle.  (flashback: Kyle shoots Collier from a rooftop)  You did not kill Jordan Collier.  (after a suspect for the murder has been apprehended; to Alana on the telephone)  Forget about the flight.  Bring Kyle home.  They just arrested a suspect in the Collier killing.

Diana

(in her home; to Maia)  They caught that man, the one who we were looking for.  It’s all over.

Maia

Not yet.

(opening scene: Thursday, July 28, 5:37 pm; NTAC; in a medical ward; patients hole up behind a barricaded door; Tom is trying to knock down the door)

Maia

Mommy, I’m scared.

Diana

I know, Baby.  I’m scared, too.  But it’s going to be okay, ‘cause Mommy’s here.  Okay?  (she readies her weapon)  Whatever is coming through that door, I’ll protect you.  (Tom finally bursts through the door; she and Tom level their weapons at each other’s faces)

(scene change: Tom’s home; ten hours before; Thursday, July 28, 7:22 am; Tom checks his E-mail on his laptop; a message reads: “Today is Jordan Collier’s Birthday”; when he opens the message, it reads: “He died on NTAC’s watch”)

Tom

What the hell does that mean?

Kyle

(entering)  What does what mean?

Tom

Nothing.  It’s just some crank—(he sighs)  It’s nothing.  Guess it’s Jordan Collier’s birthday.

Kyle

I see the Washington Review gave him a birthday present.  (he lays down a newspaper)  You read this?  They talk like it’s an open and shut case.

Tom

He made threats against Collier.  Two witnesses picked him out of line-up.

Kyle

But they’re wrong.  Roy Marsden didn’t kill Jordan Collier.

Tom

And neither did you, Kyle

Kyle

You told me he’d never see a courtroom.  They want to execute this guy.

Tom

It’s not gonna happen, Kyle.  No one can put him up on that roof.  Any—any public defender will have a motion to dismiss in front of a judge by this time next week.

Kyle

What if you’re wrong?  What if they find him guilty?  Am I supposed to do, nothing?

Tom

Marsden has been in and out of jail since he was fifteen: theft, assault, attempted rape.

Kyle

But he didn’t kill anyone.

Tom

And, he’s not gonna be convicted of it, Kyle.  I’m not gonna let it happen.

Kyle

Neither will I.

Tom

Kyle, it’s not going to be easy, but you’re gonna have to start putting all this behind you.  It’s your first day back at school, and I want you focused and fierce and thinking about “A’s.”  (he ruffles Kyle’s hair)

Kyle

Okay.  (he and Tom shake hands)  Okay.  (he exits)

Tom

All right.  (he closes his laptop)

(scene change: Diana’s home; Maia’s bedroom)

Diana

(entering)  Sweetie!  Mrs. Benke is gonna be here any minute.  It’s time to get up.  (she pulls back the covers and sits on the bed)  Hmm?

Maia

I don’t feel good.

Diana

You got a real fever, young lady.  (she looks at Maia’s elbow and finds a rash)  Hey!  How long have you had that?

(scene change: 4400 Center)

Shawn

(in an interview)  Dishonest?  No, no, no.  I don’t think we’re being dishonest at all.  Human beings use less than twenty percent of their brain capacity.  Everything else is just collecting cobwebs.  Here at the 4400 Center, we’re trying to tap into that unused potential.

Interviewer

So, your own ability: you believe it stems from increased brainpower.

Shawn

Show me another explanation.  Look.  Whether you believe we were taken into the future or not, somebody did change us, and they used technology to do it.  We’re just trying to figure out how and share it.

Interviewer

But first keys, second keys, unlocking the ability inside you: you have to admit the terminology is more religious than scientific.

Shawn

Well, the movement is part faith, part science.  It’s a potent combination.

(scene change: NTAC medical facility; four 4400s wait in the waiting room)

Roger

[disappeared March 6, 1987]  (to older woman)  So, what time was your appointment for?

Sara

[disappeared November 5, 1971]  They told me eleven-fifteen.  But, they are always telling me eleven-fifteen.  I never get in before twelve, twelve-thirty.

Laurel

[disappeared January 7, 1982]  Hey.  Free health care.  All right?  So what if they’re so slow.

Sara

(pointedly)  Compulsory free health care.  You don’t show up for a quarterly check up, you get the goon squad knocking at your door.

Kim

[disappeared February 2, 1992]  You don’t like it; don’t show.  Don’t think they’d slap the cuffs on someone’s grandma.

(scene change: in a doctor’s office)

Hudson

(to Maia)  Does it itch at all?  (Maia shakes her head; he removes the thermometer)  Well, a hundred-three-point-one.  No wonder you wanted to stay in bed.

Diana

Is it some kind of flu?

Hudson

Most likely.  Is it okay if we keep her here for a few hours?

Maia

(mumbling)  I want to go home.

Diana

I know you do, Honey.  But Doctor Hudson is gonna take very good care of you, and I’ll look in on you as often as I can.

Maia

I wish I had brought my Lemon.

Diana

(to Hudson)  That’s her stuffed dog.

Hudson

Let me guess: he’s yellow.

Diana

(laughs)  Yeah.  Well, I could go back and get him.

Hudson

(to Maia)  You have a very nice mommy.

Diana

I try.  You know, this rash, I worked at the CDC for seven years, and I never saw anything like it.

Hudson

It is kind of a weird shape, huh?

Diana

Huh-huh.

Hudson

Don’t read too much into it.  It could still be hives, allergic reaction—we’ll take care of it.  (he leaves)

Diana

(to Maia)  So, will you be okay here?  I’ll go get Lemon.  Good-bye, my Darling.  (she kisses Maia)  Bye-bye, Darling.

(scene change: 4400 Center; Richard’s apartment)

Richard

When Daddy’s away, he misses Isabelle so much.  The traveling round the country, talking also to people who call in about my life: it’s kind of fun.  Huh?

Lily

(entering)  Shawn’s amazing.  This woman comes in; CAT scan says she’s got a brain tumor the size of a walnut.  Twenty minutes later, she’s on her way, as good as new.

Richard

Hmm.

Lily

I’ll feed her.

Richard

She’s not hungry yet.

Lily

How you know?

Richard

(proudly)  She told me before you came in.

Lily

So, she’s—

Richard

Talking to me.  Communicating.  Same as she does with you.

Lily

(upset)  Since when?

Richard

This morning.  (sees Lily is not pleased)  Thought you’d be happy.  First time she’s ever said anything to me.

Lily

That’s great.  It’s just—uh—she doesn’t say anything to me for weeks.

Richard

I wouldn’t worry about it.  It’s just how you used to tell me.  Kids always alternate between parents.  It’s normal.  Just, Isabelle comes with a twist.

(scene change: NTAC)

Nina

(briefing her staff)  This is Major Charles Culp, the National Security Agency’s Field Enforcement Division.  DC has loaned us his services.  Effectively immediately, the Major and his team will be providing backup in any 4400 cases requiring armed intervention.

Culp

We know this office bears a heavy caseload, and we’re here to help when needed.

Tom

Welcome aboard.  I hope you guys are up to it, because I’m gonna have you on speed dial.

Culp

We’ll stay out of your way; let you do your jobs.  When the time comes, we hope you’ll return the favor.

Garrity

Well, the last lady we went up against released poison spores from her palms; so—uh—if you want to track her down instead of me—

Park

By all means.

Culp

My men and I are used to unique challenges.

Garrity

(later)  How long have we been asking for tactical support?

Tom

Eight months.

Diana

I guess someone up there likes us.

Tom

You guys check your E-mails this morning?

Garrity

“Happy birthday, Jordan Collier.”  Everyone in the building got that one.

Tom

Maybe Marco should have one of his guys try to backtrack it.

Diana

Well, they already did.  It came from a public terminal in an Internet Café.  It was a new E-mail account.

Park

Nice to know Collier’s still got his fans.

Diana

(seeing a bottle of pills in Tom’s hand)  What’s that?

Tom

It’s valerian root or something.  I don’t know.  Alana swears by it.  To calm me down a little.

Diana

My suggestion: double your dosage.  Baldwin’s trigger’s been a little hair lately.

Tom

Yeah.  My girlfriend agrees with you.

Diana

I need you to cover for me for an hour.  Maia’s got the flu or something, and Hudson wants her to spend the day here.

Tom

Is she okay?

Diana

I’m sure it’s nothing.  I mean, I was sure that it was the bubonic plague, but her doctor tells me that it’s nothing.  (she exits

(scene change: on the university campus; Kyle and Danny sit and talk on a bench)

Danny

So, you plowed into some guy, and you got away with it.

Kyle

Well, that’s kind of a weird way of putting it.

Danny

Well, it perks having a dad at NTAC.

Kyle

I guess.

Danny

This guy you hit: how messed up was he?

Kyle

I really can’t talk about it.  You know: it’s lawyer stuff.

Danny

Whom am I gonna tell?

Kyle

I broke both of his legs and his collarbone.

Danny

That’s it?

Kyle

He was in a car, Danny.  It’s not like I run over a pedestrian.

Danny

Yeah.  But you kept talking about this awful thing you did.  I thought you killed somebody.

Kyle

(laughs)  What?  Thanks a lot, man.

Danny

So did Shawn.

Kyle

(looking away)  Well, I’m sorry to disappoint you guys.

Danny

Well, look.  Do me a favor, okay?  If you get into trouble again, tell somebody.  There’s nothing you can’t tell me or Shawn that we can’t handle.

Kyle

Next time I black out and have a car accident, you’ll be the first to know.

Danny

As long as I’m not riding as your shotgun.  Oh, hey, listen.  You want to go see Arcade Five with me on Friday night?  Or—uh—you want to stay home and nurse your guilty conscience?

Kyle

No nurse.  I’ll go.

Danny

Yeah?

Kyle

I’ll go.

Danny

All right!

Kyle

Yeah.

Danny

It’s good to have you back.

Kyle

It’s good to be back.

Danny

(extending his hand)  I gotta go.

Kyle

All right.

Danny

See ya.  (he leaves)

(scene change: NTAC; Kim is listening to music; a high-pitched tone is heard; only Kim does not seem to be affected)

Roger

(to the other 4400s)  You hear that?  The buzz?  What is that?

Kim

What?

Roger

That coming from your gadget?

Kim

Is what coming from my “gadget”?

Roger

That noise!

Kim

I don’t hear anything.

Laurel

Neither do I.

Agent

(throughout NTAC, all of the men are affected by the noise)  I’m sorry.  I’m gonna have to call you back.

Park

(Tom seems not to be greatly affected)  What’s that noise?  You hear that?  What is going on?  Feels like a headache.  (while others complain, Tom receives a new E-mail: “Did you hear that?; a gift from me to you.  Have fun trying to survive the day.”)

Garrity

Why is my signature on this report?  (Tom begins to investigate the office)

Park

‘Cause I had to get it in!

Garrity

Do not sign my name on another report again.

Park

It sat on your desk for weeks!

Garrity

If there’s a space for my signature, it should be my—(he pushes Park)—signature.  (all of the men begin to brawl)

Nina

(approaching; to Tom)  Chester and McClenahan are tearing each other apart in the elevator.

Tom

Uh, that just started.  There was a noise.

Nina

What?  I didn’t hear anything.

Tom

Yeah, well, the rest of us did.  Maybe it was just some kind of high-pitched whine.  And, I got another one of those E-mails.  It said: “Have fun trying to survive the day.”

Nina

Show me.  (to the office staff)  Will everybody try to stay calm.  If this noise or signal did something to you, you got to fight it.  (the fighting resumes)  What did I just tell you?  (Park shoots her)

Tom

Nina!

Park

You saw it: she pulled her weapon first.  I was defending myself.  (Tom punches Park)

Agent

Leave him alone!

Tom

(to a female agent)  How is she?

Woman

Breathing.  She’s bleeding pretty bad.

Tom

Get her to Medical.  Park is under arrest.  (grabs an agent)  Folley, restrain him.  (he moves to a computer)

Garrity

Baldwin, what are you doing?

Tom

Doing?  I want to know what’s going on.  Nobody gets in, and nobody goes out.  (he locks down NTAC)

Agent

What’s going on?

Computer

Security procedure enabled.

(scene change: 4400 Center day care)

Ruth

Who is a very good girl?  Isabelle is!  Isabelle is a smarty!

Lily

(entering)  I’m glad to see you guys are having fun.

Ruth

Lily!  I didn’t expect to see you till five.

Lily

Well, I’m taking an early lunch.  I thought I’d take Isabelle to the garden.

Ruth

That sounds fun.  Doesn’t it, little girl?

Lily

(picking up some discarded flash cards from off the floor)  Oh, these flashcards were here all the time.  Let’s see if I can find an apple.  It’s her favorite.  (she finds Rorschach cards mixed in between)  What is this?

Ruth

Someone’s been mixing up our cards.  I’ve told them a million times.

Lily

What do you use these for?

Ruth

(evasive)  These don’t belong in the nursery.  I think they use them for the applicants, a part of their psych profile.  Sorry.  Okay, Isabelle.  (she releases Isabelle from her chair)  Gonna go with Mommy.  Okay.  (she hands Isabelle to Lily)  See you real soon.  (Lily leaves with a lot of concern)

(scene change: 4400 Center; Shawn and Matthew watch Shawn’s latest interview in his office)

Shawn

Well, the movement is part faith, part science.  It’s a potent combination.

Interviewer

The movement’s one hundred thousand members would certainly agree, but Kevin Burkhoff, a neuro-scientist at Western Washington University thinks otherwise.

Kevin

I don’t question anyone’s faith.  Why should I?  Faith is a good thing, right?  But what they are doing over there at the Center has nothing to do with science.  I mean, you tell me how fasting, meditation, and chanting can alter in any way your neuro chemistry.  It’s preposterous.  It’s a good scam, but still preposterous.

Interviewer

Scam?  That’s a strong word.

Kevin

It fits.  They are taking this kernel of truth about the brain’s potential and using it to bilk people out of their life’s savings.

Interviewer

A lot of people might be surprised by your stance.  After all, you suffered from paranoid personality disorder for years.  Wasn’t it a device engineered by a 4400 that cured you?

Kevin

Yes.  And, I’m grateful.  But you need to make the distinction between the 4400 and the 4400 Center.  4400s have remarkable abilities.  Everybody knows it.  But the Center is co-opting that phenomenon for profit.  Those machines that they are hooking everybody up to over there: they might as well not even be plugged in.

Matthew

(turning off the television)  If you ask me, Kevin is rather demented.

Shawn

He seemed pretty sane to me, Matthew, especially when he was ripping—

Matthew

Shawn, don’t overreact.  It’s just one interview.  (he pats Shawn on the shoulder)  You did good, though.

Shawn

(unconvinced)  Yeah.

(scene change: NTAC)

Tom

Garrity, give me the gun.  (Garrity complies; he strips the weapon and adds it to a pile of weapons on a table)

Garrity

Look.  This is crazy Baldwin.  How are we gonna defend ourselves?

Tom

Whoever is doing this wants us to attack each other.  We stay armed; we are dead by the end of the day.

Garrity

If we don’t, we’ll be slaughtered.  Look.  Everyone in the building is under the effects of this thing.  Okay?  The cafeteria staff could be forming an army right now.

Tom

That’s right.  Which is why I am going to find out who’s doing this and stop it.  They’re doing checkups in the medical lab today.  That means there are 4400s in the building,

Garrity

You think one of them’s behind it?

Tom

(trying to control himself)  I don’t know.  But right now it’s all I have to go on.

Garrity

(challenging)  You?  Who put you in command?

Culp

(entering)  He’s not.  I am.  This building is the target of a 4400 terrorist attack.  This is now a military situation.

Garrity

This is great, Baldwin.  Hmm?  Why don’t you explain to these guys why they should just lay down their arms, huh?

Tom

Major Culp, this signal—whatever it is—it’s like someone set off a rage-bomb.  It’s pumping up the aggression of everybody in the building.  The men, anyway.  We cannot be walking around with loaded firearms.

Culp

My team’s trained to resist psychological pressure tactics.

Tom

This is a 4400 ability.  You can’t resist it.

Park

There’s 4400s down in the med lab.  It’s probably one of them doing it.

Garrity

Baldwin was just heading down there right now.

Culp

Cartwright, watch them.  Everyone else with me.

Tom

Just wait!  What are you going to do?

Culp

I’m gonna find out which one of them is responsible for this.

Tom

And then what?

Culp

I’m gonna make sure that it stops.

Tom

Be careful.  There’s a little girl down there.

Culp

If it’s not her, then she has nothing to worry about.

(scene change: in the medical lab)

Roger

(Laurel has tied him up)  You have to let me out!  We have to get out!  We’re gonna get killed!

Kim

Will you just stop saying that already!  (she and Sara push a desk towards the door)  It’s not helping.

(scene change: on the university campus)

Kyle

(looking at a “A” on his paper jointly produced with Molly, Dwight, and Iris)  An “A”: that’s great!  What’s my name doing on here?

Molly

Well, we’re lab partners, right?  This is our presentation.

Kyle

But I haven’t met with you in almost three weeks.  I didn’t type a word of this.

Molly

It’s not like you didn’t do anything.  You said you wanted to do a paper on mitosis; you stained the slides.

Kyle

Well, one or two of them, maybe.

Molly

Look.  You were in trouble, right?  I just figured that whatever it was, you could do without an incomplete in Bio.

Kyle

I just don’t know if I deserve this, but thank you.

Molly

What can I say?  I have a soft spot for stray cats.

Kyle

I look that pathetic?

Molly

(laughs)  Hardly.

(scene change: in a hospital ward; Nina is lying in bed, bandaged; Hudson is shooting himself up)

Nina

(to Hudson)  You’re shooting up?  Doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence.

Hudson

It’s a sedative.  If I lose control—become like everyone else in this place—I can’t help you anymore.

Nina

What’s happening to my agents?  I don’t feel any different, but they are all going crazy.

Maia

Doctor Hudson, I feel worse.

Hudson

You shouldn’t be out of bed.

Nina

Sweetie, what’s that on your arm?  (Hudson examines Maia’s arm and notices that the rash has become worse)

(scene change: outside NTAC; Diana arrives)

Diana

(to a guard, showing her badge)  Skouris.  NTAC.  I need to get past.

Guard

Building’s locked down.

Diana

What’s going on?

Guard

Security breach from the inside.  That’s all we know.

Diana

I have to get through.

Guard

It’s not gonna happen.

Diana

You don’t understand.  My daughter is in there.

(scene change: NTAC, the main operation room; Thursday, July 28, 3:19 pm; all the male agents except Tom are tied up)

Tom

(to Cartwright)  Well, I can’t do myself.

Cartwright

(withdrawing his weapon and taking the plastic handcuffs from Tom)  Turn around.  (Tom turns around; he reholsters his weapon; Tom’s cell phone rings; Tom moves to answer it)  Hold still!  (Tom surrenders his cell phone to him; he drops it onto the floor and steps on it; Diana is frustrated at not being able to get through)

Brady

(in the Theory Room)  I can’t believe you broke my nose.

Paul

Yeah.  Well, you broke my knuckle when I hit you.

Brady

But I’m still right.  The signal is constant, and it doesn’t matter if you can hear it or not.  It’s like a dog whistle.

Paul

It’s one pulse, and it will wear off.  We just have to wait it out!

Marco

(throwing a glass beaker at him, which bounces off one of the large TV screens)  Both of you guys, shut up!  I’m trying to get work done.  (his cell phone rings)  Not a good time, Diana.

Diana

Marco, what’s going on in there?

Marco

It depends on who you ask!  Somebody has definitely set off a whammy in here.  Something’s pumping up our flight or fight instinct.

Brady

All the emphasis on the fight part.

Diana

Marco, I need to get inside, and I need your help.

Marco

Every male in this building has a gallon of adrenaline coursing through his veins right now.  And, most of them are armed.  If you’re on the outside, stay there.

Diana

Listen to me, Marco.  Maia is inside, and I need to get to her.  Do you have access to the building’s schematics?

Marco

(sighs)  Uh, yeah.  I can pull them up.

Diana

Then do it.

Marco

And, what do I get in return?

Diana

Well, we can talk about that later.

Marco

Good.  Good.  I’m gonna hold you to that.

Paul

You’re in my space!

Marco

Hold on.

Paul

You’re in my space!

Marco

(shouting)  Guys!  Settle it later!  We gotta get Skouris into the building.

(scene change: NTAC operations)

Cartwright

(holding his weapon on Tom)  I said get on your knees!

Tom

I just need to take these because they are keeping me calm.

Cartwright

Little late for that!

Tom

You sure you don’t want one?  They might help.  (Tom subdues Cartwright)

Garrity

Cut us loose; come on.

Agent

Cut me free.  Cut me free.

Tom

(uncuffing Garrity)  Get some cuffs.  Put them on commando-boy.  You can let everyone else go.

Garrity

Hey, hey!  Where are you going?

Tom

I’m going to the med labs.  Hopefully the Major met some resistance along the way.  (he takes Cartwright’s weapon and leaves)

(scene change: Richard’s apartment)

Richard

(to Lily)  What kind of tests?  You mean like an IQ thing?

Lily

I don’t know, Richard.  You know, those flashcards were kind of weird.  And, after we got back, I was changing her; she’s got these marks on her skin.

Richard

Marks?  Bruises?

Lily

No.  Like irritations.  I saw her hooked up to something.

Richard

Let me see.

Lily

They faded.  Richard, don’t look at me like that.  I’m not imagining things.  She’s not going back to that nursery.

Richard

Lily.  All you been talking about is how much you love Ruth, and—and—the nursery, and how much Isabelle seems to love it there.

Lily

I wish you had been there.  I mean, Ruth had this weird smile on her face.

Richard

Think about what you’re saying.  Nobody’s doing tests on Isabelle at the nursery.  I know you feel like she’s shutting you out and—no offense—but maybe this is an over-reaction.  Can I take her for a second?

Lily

No!  (she turns away)

Richard

Lily.  What are you doing?

Lily

I’m sorry.  It’s just this place: I feel it is changing everything.  It’s like it’s changing us.  (she hands Isabelle to Richard)

Richard

We’re okay.  Everything’s okay.  Hmm?

(scene change: outside the 4400 Center)

Matthew

The meditation courses, the synaptic potential readers, and our purification seminar: that’s half our curriculum you’re putting on the chopping block.

Shawn

We don’t need them, Matthew.

Matthew

Jordan seemed to think that we did.

Shawn

Jordan’s not here anymore, is he?  Besides, that Burkhoff guy’s right.  A bunch of chanting is not going to unlock the 4400 inside of anyone.

Matthew

Whether it will or won’t, the product is selling.

Shawn

(stutters)  The product?  This is not a pyramid scheme, Matthew.  People are coming here; they are looking to be changed.  They are looking for answers.

Matthew

And, we’ll find them.  But if we change, we look weak.  For now, all that matters is that people believe in what we are doing.

Shawn

I need to believe in it, too.  (he walks away, leaving a disconcerted Matthew)

(scene change: NTAC hallways; Culp and his men look for people to kill)^

Culp

(breaking into one of the medical lab rooms)  Nobody move!

Roger

(still tied to a chair)  They’re gone.  They all took off.

Culp

Who are you?

Roger

Roger Wolcott.  I’m just here for my checkup.

Culp

You’re a 4400?

Roger

Why else would I be here?  (shouting)  Now, cut me loose!  (Culp kills him)

(scene change: in another hallway; Thursday, July 28, 4:22 pm; Tom is cautiously making his way to the medical labs; he finds Roger; meanwhile, Diana is barricading her ward)

Nina

That’s not going to hold anybody.

Diana

Not for long.  Let’s hope no one finds us here.

Kim

What do you think our chances are?

Diana

The calmer we are, the longer we stay alive.  (to Maia)  How’re you doing, Sweetie.

Maia

I don’t feel well.  [garbled]  It’s getting hard to breathe.

Diana

Oh, Baby.  I have something for you.  (she hands her the stuffed dog)

Maia

Lemon.

Diana

As soon as this is over, I’m gonna get you to the hospital, okay?  (Maia nods)  All right.

Nina

I’m guessing you don’t have a stuffed animal for me.  Maybe a fifth of Jack Daniel’s?

Diana

Sorry.

Hudson

(looking at Nina’s wound)  Looks like it’s starting to clot.  Need another shot for pain?

Nina

No.  You need the sedatives more than I do.

Diana

How many shots have you taken?

Hudson

Three.

Diana

What?  You’re still on your feet?  Shouldn’t that have knocked you on your ass by now?

Hudson

Well, on a normal day I’d be off for the next twelve hours.  But today, it’s barely enough to keep me sane.

Diana

Well, thank you for keeping Maia safe.

Hudson

She’s a sweet kid.  (shots are heard)  Listen.  Uh, Diana.  Look.  I’ve only got three shots left.  They’re wearing off a little faster each time.  I don’t want to hurt anybody.  I don’t want to kill anybody.  So, if I start to go—

Diana

Oh, don’t worry.  I’ll take care of you.

Hudson

Do me a favor: back of the head.  Okay?

Diana

You’ll never see it coming.  Well, listen, Hudson.

Hudson

Look.  I just gave you permission to blow my head off.  Why don’t you call me Max?

Diana

All right, Max.  About this signal, which one of these bitches do you think is sending it?

(scene change: in the university pub)

Molly

(keeping her eyes closed)  I don’t see what this has to do with anything.

Kyle

Hey.  You want to know my story?  All right.  Now you’re living it.  Open your eyes.  Now, imagine three years went by while you had them shut.

Molly

Can’t do it.

Kyle

Neither could I.  But they were gone.  I’m missing a year of high school, which is supposedly the best year ever.  I got robbed; the rest of high school just sucked.

Molly

So, this blackout that you had behind the wheel: that was some sort of—uh—after effect of the coma?

Kyle

Yeah.

Molly

Well, guy, you have been through so much.

Kyle

You’re jealous?  What part sounds good?  The coma?  The hit-and-run?

Molly

I’m jealous because you have all this experience under your belt.  Makes you interesting.

(scene change: in a medical lab; Diana has tied up Sara and Kim)

Sara

But I didn’t do it.  It wasn’t me.

Kim

(as Hudson administers a sedative)  Great.  So now someone can kill me in my sleep?  How do you know it is one of us?

Diana

Well, I don’t.  But none of you are talking, and I have run out of options.

Kim

This isn’t going to make a damn bit of difference.

Hudson

Well, that’s it.  No more sedatives.

Diana

Can you still function as a doctor?

Hudson

For now.

(scene change: Theory Room; Marco has tied up his co-workers)

Marco

(answering his cell phone)  Kind of busy here, Diana!

Diana

We just put the 4400s under, but we’re not sure if that has killed the signal.  Do you still feel amped-up?

Marco

Yes, I do.  Okay?  I’m working it from my end.

Diana

(as Culp and his men approach)  What’s that noise?

Marco

I’m trying to counter the effects of the signal.  If you just shut up for a second, maybe I can find the right frequency.

Diana

Okay.  Calm down, Marco.  I need you to do this.

Marco

Hmm.  Always has to be me, doesn’t it?  Huh?  Ol’ reliable Marco: does whatever you want.

(scene change: outside the ward, Culp and another agent try to break in; Tom shoots Culp; out of bullets, Tom attacks and subdues the other agent; Culp gets up and fights Tom)

(scene change: in Dr. Burkhoff’s lab)

Shawn

(to Kevin)  I truly believe in what we are trying to do.  The 4400 are the template for the next stage in the human evolution.

Kevin

You mind backing up?  You’re standing a little close.  (Shawn backs up across the room)

Shawn

We can recreate the technology that was used to change us.

Kevin

Not by chanting “Oom” three times you can’t.

Shawn

Agreed.  But if you come to work with us, we could get somewhere.

Kevin

You know, the government has approached me a half a dozen times.  They seem to have this bizarre theory I’m the father of this new branch of science.  I turned them down.  I don’t like working with people with badges.

Shawn

Um, listen.  You can’t blame them for being curious.  You were in a mental hospital for six years.  The future busted its ass to get you working again.

Kevin

I haven’t forgotten my debt.

Shawn

And besides, the government cannot offer you what I can.

Kevin

Oh?  What’s that?  A signing bonus?  A fancy car?

Shawn

Me.  I’m the poster boy, right?  Healing hands.  Unlimited access.  (he moves closer and touches Kevin on the shoulders)  Can you really turn that down?

(scene change: Tom is breaking down the barrier to the medical lab)

Maia

Mommy, I’m really scared.

Diana

I know, Baby.  I’m scared, too.  But it’s gonna be okay, ‘cause Mommy’s here.  Okay?  (she readies her weapon)  Whatever is coming through that door, I’ll protect you.  (Tom finally bursts through the door; she and Tom level their weapons at each other’s faces)  Tom!  Tom, put the gun down.  It’s me.  It’s Diana.

Tom

No.  You’ll shoot me if I put it down.

Diana

No, Tom.  I don’t want to hurt you.

Tom

Well, I’m gonna hurt you, Diana.  (Hudson knocks him down)

Diana

Tom, I said calm down.  (she cold-cocks him with her pistol; to Hudson)  My Mom always wanted me to hit it off with a cute doctor, but you make another move, and I will pull this trigger.

Nina

(another sound is heard through the speakers)  What is that?

Diana

Maybe Marco earned his paycheck.  (Hudson visibly calms down; she lowers her weapon)

(scene change: 4400 Center; Lily and Richard walk Isabelle toward the Day Care Facility)

Lily

I feel like an idiot.  It’s just, Isabelle and I were so close for so long.

Richard

And, you still are.

Lily

And now it’s like you say: she is a baby; it isn’t personal.

Richard

You just have to remember that.  (to Ruth)  Hey, Ruth.  Look who’s back?

Ruth

Oh!  That was a long lunch.

Lily

Yeah.  I’m sorry.  Time got away from us.  (she picks up Isabelle)  Come on, you.  Here you are.  (to Ruth)  We’ll be back in an hour for her.

Ruth

We’ll be here.

Lily

Thank you.

Richard

Bye, Isabelle.

Lily

Bye.

Ruth

(to Isabelle)  Come on.  Yeah!

Lily

I’d still like to do a little house hunting.

Richard

We could take a look around.  See what’s out there.  (he turns and looks at Isabelle, concern on his face)

(scene change: outside NTAC; ambulances load up)

Nina

(to Tom)  You’re in charge until I am released.  For whatever manpower is still up walking, start picking up the pieces.

Tom

I’ll handle it.

Nina

All right.  And, you get that head looked at.  (she disappears into an ambulance)

Diana

(approaching)  How are you doing?

Tom

Well, for a slender lady, you pack a punch.

Diana

Well, I can’t take all the credit.  Culp softened you up a little bit.  (she hands him a sheet of paper)  This is the final tally.

Tom

Three agents dead, two NSA operatives, a 4400.  Concussions, broken bones, stab wounds.  Yikes!

Diana

It’s tough to swallow.  This was a major attack, and we weren’t ready.

Tom

Yeah.

Diana

(Maia is wheeled up, pushed by Dr. Hudson)  How are you, Baby?  You okay?

Maia

Not so good.

Hudson

I got her on glucose and erythromycin.  I’m gonna get her over to St. Michaels and see if we can bring that fever down.

Diana

(taking over the wheelchair)  For the rash?

Hudson

I’m gonna bring in a specialist.

Diana

Should I be worried?

Hudson

Brett Kellerman is one of the best dermatologists in the city.  I’m sure he’ll figure it out.

Maia

You’re coming with us, right?

Diana

Of course.  I’ll be right there in the ambulance with you.  (she kisses Maia on the forehead)

Hudson

All right.  I’ll get to the hospital as soon as I can.

Diana

Okay.  Oh, Max.

Hudson

Yeah.

Diana

Thank you for everything.

Hudson

Yeah.  Thank you for not putting one in the back of my head.

Marco

(to Tom)  As to those 4400 Diana was protecting, they’re not going to see any daylight until NTAC is sure they’re not responsible for this.

Tom

It’s going to be a marathon debriefing session.

Marco

Yeah.  I bet you they’re both gonna be up all night.

Tom

Both?  I thought Diana said there was three of them.  (he runs over to the ambulance where Laurel and Sara wait)

Marco

Tom?

Tom

She’s gone.  A 4400 nearly took down a fortified government and walked away without breaking a sweat.

Marco

Do they have a name for that?

Tom

Yeah.  Terrorism.

(scene change: Kim walks down a street and sends an E-mail message on her cell phone: “Payback is a bitch.”; she throws the phone away)

(scene change: 4400 Center; Kevin enters)

Receptionist

Welcome to the Center.  Would you like to sign up for a tour?

Kevin

No.  Tell Shawn Farrell that Kevin Burkhoff is here to see him.

Receptionist

I’m sorry.  Mr. Farrell is busy at the moment.  Is there a message I can pass along?

Kevin

Yes.  I want to get started immediately.

(scene change: in Molly’s bedroom; Kyle and Molly are in bed together)

Molly

You can stay over if you like.  Eat some dinner.  Do a little studying.  Kyle?  Are you okay?

Kyle

I don’t deserve you.

Molly

That’s so sweet.  (they kiss)  I’ll be right back.

Kyle

Okay.  (he watches her get out of bed)

(scene change: 4400 Center; Shawn’s office)

Lily

(escorting Olivia)  Shawn, this is Olivia Cohen.  (to Olivia)  Take a seat, hmmm.  That’s good.  Yeah.  (to Shawn)  She lost her eyesight to ocular degeneration ten years ago.  The foundation was very moved by her story.

Shawn

(takes off his jacket)  Hi, Mrs. Cohen.

Olivia

Hello.

Shawn

It’s nice to meet you.  So—uh—what we are going to do here is going to feel a little weird, but—um—when we are done, you’ll be able to see again.

Olivia

Well, I can’t wait.  I have to admit I’m a little nervous.

Shawn

You don’t have to be.  I’m gonna take your hands now.  Okay?

Olivia

Hmm-hmm.

Shawn

Okay.  (he takes her hands into his own)  There we go.  Here we go.  (he concentrates but nothing happens; he has lost the ability to heal)

Olivia

So, when is it supposed to start?

Shawn

Just give me a moment.  (he looks at Lily and falls down)

Lily

Shawn!  What’s wrong?

Shawn

(in pain)  I don’t know.  Is it warm in here?  (he rolls up his right sleeve and sees the same rash as Maia’s)

(to be continued)