The 4400 s03e03 Episode Script

We're not a threat.
We're salvation.
The world will have to deal with us.
Previously on The 4400: Lily, are you all right? - Where's my wife? - What are you talking about? 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? Are you my mother? Richard, I'm dying.
I understand there was an incident this morning.
You attempted to harm yourself.
You had no right to do that! Don't you understand who you are? What you're here to do? I'm injecting myself with a modified version of the promicin serum.
I will have taught my body how to produce promicin.
And then I will be the first non-returnee to develop 4400 abilities.
That was T.
J.
Kim running from the courthouse.
When she hit, T.
J.
Drove every man in the building into a homicidal rage.
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.
You saved my life.
I owe you.
You sold us out.
I don't guess we'll be seeing her in court anytime soon.
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 new era dawns.
Hi.
I'll need your auxiliary rounds as well, Agent Baldwin.
Oh, yeah.
Of course.
I forgot again.
- Thanks.
You can go in.
- Great.
Hi, T.
J.
What do you want? Dr.
Burkhoff? I have your prescriptions.
Hello? Say something if you're here.
No, don't.
Please.
I've been having migraines.
How severe? Bad enough.
Don't worry.
They're just headaches.
I've been getting them for years.
Seven forty-five.
You're just in time for my wake-up call.
These promicin shots, how many a day are you up to now? Six.
You've doubled your dosage? I thought you weren't gonna do that without talking to me.
We're talking now.
Look, I'm training my body to produce a new neurotransmitter.
And I guarantee you, I'm not the only one trying.
The moment the first 4400 manifested an ability, an arms race began.
Someone is going to produce a promicin serum that will cause non-4400s to develop extraordinary abilities.
It will happen.
And the only questions are: Who's going to do it? And who's going to control it? Hopefully, someone with a highly developed sense of responsibility.
And some judgment.
Let me ask you, do you meet many people like that in your day-to-day affairs? Do a lot of them hold high-ranking government posts or sit on the board of giant pharmaceutical companies? Dr.
Burkhoff, I knew that you had some personality quirks, but I never pegged you for a cynic.
I can't afford to have a charitable view of human nature.
There's too much at stake here.
If these experiments cost me some headaches, some sores, I'd say that's a price worth paying.
Wouldn't you? I'm here, right? Holy mother! Why are we doing this? Everything I'm telling you, it's all in my file.
You know it already.
Relax, T.
J.
I just think it's important we review everything you told the government so far.
- Have we? - Yes.
I keep telling you, yes.
That's everything I know.
Okay.
Thanks for your cooperation.
We're just trying to consolidate information.
You'd be amazed how hard that can be in a bureaucracy.
Yeah, well, I hope you don't expect me to say, "You're welcome.
" What are you doing? What, this? It's nothing.
I'm just wrapping up the interview.
Get geared up.
We're leaving in two minutes.
What for? What's going on? Your partner registered to see T.
J.
Kim this morning.
When Tom left the interview room, T.
J.
Was dead.
- What? - Two gunshot wounds to the head.
Apparently, Tom snuck a small firearm into the interrogation room.
By the time the guard went in and found T.
J.
's body, Tom had already left the building.
- I'm going to pick him up now.
- Oh, wait, wait.
This is Tom we're talking about, here.
There's gotta be some explanation.
Now, maybe T.
J.
Used her ability on him.
No, she had concentrated promicin inhibitor pumping through her veins.
We tried to contact Tom, but he hasn't been picking up.
We need to get him in and figure out what happened.
Okay, well just let me talk to him first.
He trusts me.
Look, this is Tom.
Come on, we owe him that much.
Yeah, okay.
I wasn't trying to drown myself.
I don't even know if I could.
Okay.
Isabelle, I just thought that after everything that happened with Lily Shawn, this has nothing to do with my mother.
I was teaching myself to swim.
In your clothes? I never wore a bathing suit before.
I didn't know what to get.
And I'm too old to ask for help.
It's embarrassing not knowing how to swim.
Everybody's got to learn sometime, Isabelle.
I learned when I was a kid.
But I never was a kid.
That's why I never learned how to swim or how to drive.
Or ever went out on a date.
I keep reading about all these rites of passage.
Like stuff everyone goes through before they grow up, yeah? Yeah, but I am grown up.
And I missed out on all of it.
It's not fair.
- I've got to catch up, so I made a list.
- A list? That's pretty organized.
Well, Isabelle, there is a pool at the Center.
I could probably teach you the basics.
Really? Thanks, Shawn.
Dad? How old were you when you learned how to swim? Oh, about 11, I guess.
Why? You want me to teach you? That's okay.
Shawn said he'd do it.
Oh, he did, did he? Well, make sure he doesn't throw you in the deep end right away.
That's what my grandmother did to me.
Look, Isabelle.
I'm gonna be gone overnight.
- If you need anything, go see Shawn.
- Where are you going? I'm gonna take your mother home.
I'm putting her to rest.
Well, can I come with you? I don't think so.
I'm flying and to tell you the truth, I don't think you're ready to be away from the Center yet.
You want to be alone with her when you say goodbye, don't you? Yeah.
I guess I do.
- Tom.
- Oh, God! You scared the hell out of me, Diana.
What are you doing here? Why is your gun out? What the hell is going on? Jarvis is on her way over, she's got everyone with her.
You need to come in.
- Why? What are you talking about? - You shot T.
J.
Kim this morning.
- What? - You don't remember? Don't remember? I didn't shoot anybody.
- I've been here all morning.
- Can someone confirm that? No, no, I was supposed to have a conference call with Kyle's attorneys.
They cancelled, though.
Look, I took a half a personal day, Diana.
I went jogging.
I wasn't at work.
You gotta stop saying that because two dozen people saw you there.
Look, I don't know what's going on.
L Maybe you're blacking out like Kyle did.
Maybe it's something else.
Maybe it's like some 4400 ability.
I mean, I don't know, but you gotta come in.
And what happens if I do? - I get arrested for murder? - You know, we'll figure it out, okay? Everyone wants to help you.
You just have to come in.
- You mind if I get dressed first? - Oh, sure.
Are you sure you remember everything you did this morning? Like there's no time gaps or anything? You didn't take a nap? Because, Tom Tom? Damn it! Yeah, hi, it's me.
He got away.
I don't know how.
They only sent one agent after him.
Look, sorry.
He got away.
What? No way.
He's an NTAC agent.
He'll be expecting that.
Okay.
You're right.
This has to happen.
I'll do it.
I was letting him get dressed.
I didn't think he would jump from a second story window.
Well, obviously you underestimated your partner's resolve.
- Does he still seem blameless to you? - I don't know.
Look, it was a really bad call and I take full responsibility.
I've alerted local law enforcement, the FBI.
I've told them that Tom is wanted for questioning in connection with a murder.
He's a fugitive now.
Oh, don't give me that look, Diana.
I had no choice.
Sorry.
- It's Tom.
- Yeah.
Tom.
I'm sorry I ran out on you.
- Where are you? - I didn't kill T.
J.
I didn't kill anyone.
I believe you.
But you have to come in, we can figure out what's going on.
- No, I'm not going to jail.
- No one's gonna put you in prison.
They did it to my son, Diana.
Was it really him that pulled the trigger the day Jordan Collier died? No, it wasn't, was it? It was that thing inside of him.
- And where's Kyle? He's incarcerated.
- You're a fugitive.
Every police department in Washington is looking for you.
Now, some local cop wants to be a hero, spots you, you know how these things can end.
No, it's gonna end with me proving I didn't do this.
Look, dig around, Diana.
There's got to be some evidence that'll clear me.
Just help me find it.
Did he give you a location? Marco, help me out here.
If you were trying to prove that your partner didn't commit a crime that the whole world thinks he did, where would you start? Well, I guess I'd start by pretending that my partner wasn't involved.
Okay, just think of it like any other case.
What's the first thing you do when you start? Well, look at the evidence.
I mean, there's a dead body.
There's the gun that Tom left behind.
And there's a bunch of people that saw him here.
Well, they've got security cameras down in the detention ward, right? You're serious? You're really asking me for all that footage? Of course I'm serious.
Is that a problem? Well, it's just I gave all the tapes to him, like, an hour ago.
What are you talking about? I haven't been up here all day.
What is this, a joke? Marco, come on.
You were just here.
You signed for all the footage from the detention ward.
- This isn't so hard.
- That's because I haven't let go yet.
All right, I'm gonna move my hands.
Are you ready? No, not yet.
I'm kind of comfortable.
You're kind of comfortable? I'm freezing.
I don't know what's going on.
- This pool is supposed to be heated.
- Want me to make it warmer? - Oh, you can do that? - I think so.
Hold on.
How do you do that? I don't know.
How do you heal? It's not the same, Isabelle.
Healing's one thing.
That's what we can all do, one thing.
Not me.
I guess I'm different.
Shawn? I'm sorry to barge in.
We're scheduled to brief the board of directors.
- That's starting now? - Five minutes ago.
They're on hold.
Alana.
Thomas.
What are you doing here? I'm in trouble.
My bosses at NTAC, they think I did something.
- I need you to come.
- What are you talking about? - I don't have time to explain.
Just - Thomas! - Hello? - Alana.
I'm right down the street.
I need you to come meet me.
Honey, I'm in trouble.
Everyone thinks I killed somebody.
- Who is this? I know it's not Thomas.
- What are you talking about? I'm looking at Thomas right now.
Honey, listen.
That's not me.
The man you're looking at, he can impersonate me somehow.
I don't believe you.
He walked into NTAC and he shot someone this morning.
Alana, he's dangerous, get away from him.
Alana, listen to me.
Your mother's middle name is Madeleine.
You wanted a dog when you were a kid, your parents gave you a bird.
A parakeet named Charlie.
Listen, we made love last night.
There were two candles burning.
Just hold on.
I'll be right there.
- Did I have a dog? - I don't have time for this.
- What are you doing? Let me go! - What's going on, Tom? - Are you all right? - Yes.
- Where is he? - He just ran through the back.
Hey! Did you see a guy come down this alley? He looked exactly like me.
- I didn't see anybody.
- You sure? He's gone.
He's gone.
What do you mean? He just ran out a few seconds ago.
There was no one here.
Just some kid It was him.
It had to be.
I had him.
I had him.
Had who? What kid are you talking about? The one who's impersonating me.
The guy who's framing me for murder.
He looked like you, he sounded like you.
He was standing as close as you are to me right now.
And he had me completely fooled.
Don't feel bad.
He fooled everyone at NTAC too.
At least we know what's going on now.
- He's a 4400, isn't he? - Yeah.
Somehow he can pass himself off as you.
Yeah, I'm not sure how.
I mean, maybe he's got some kind of optical camouflage.
He convinces your brain you're talking to whoever he wants you to see.
He's a boy.
Why would he want to kill anyone? Not just anybody.
T.
J.
Kim.
The one member of the Nova Group we had in custody.
I mean, think about it.
It's a good plan.
You get rid of the one member of your cell who could testify against you.
You compromise a government agent.
And NTAC, the one agency that's trying to hunt you down, is wasting their time chasing one of their own.
Alana.
You might want to get in here.
There's all kind of people flashing badges everywhere.
They say they're NTAC agents.
Look, stall them.
I want you to go home.
I want you to lock the doors and don't open it until this is all cleared up.
If I need to get ahold of you, I'll use a password.
How about Death in Venice? Your favorite book.
It's a good choice.
Listen, Shawn, thanks for letting me come in here.
I know it puts you at risk.
I just didn't know where else to go.
Look, you guys must have a database of 4400s here, right? - Yeah.
- I need to get a look and find out who this kid is.
Here, I can pull it up on my laptop for you.
This might take a while, you mind if I let myself out? No, that's fine.
There you go.
You know, Uncle Tommy, you can stay here if you want.
- I might take you up on it.
- All right.
But, hey, you get the couch.
Okay.
Kidneys, huh? That explains the blood in the urine.
Kevin, we had a deal.
I was gonna help you through this as long as it wasn't compromising your health.
Well, guess what? I'm calling the hospital.
But they won't let me take my shots.
Oh, no.
You're done with your shots.
I know we had an agreement.
And I'll honor it.
Just let me show you something before you call.
What happened to your fingernails? They fell off.
Dissolved, I guess you'd say.
God, if you're trying to change my mind, you're not doing a very good job.
Kevin, what the hell did you just do? Your tissue is healing itself from trauma that quickly? Kevin, you've developed a 4400 ability.
It's getting there.
It doesn't always work.
Doesn't always work? You just put a scalpel - through the back of your hand.
- I know.
I was nervous about that.
- These are fun to drive fast.
- Yeah.
You know, all that information about compression rates and gear ratios just seems completely irrelevant.
Well, you're not driving home.
Get out of there.
You're lucky you didn't wrap my car around a pole.
Is there anything on this list of yours that involves, you know, a little less risk of bodily harm? We could have sex.
Come on, you have a big bed.
Isabelle.
Hey, hey.
- No.
- Why? It's on my list.
It's an important rite of passage into adulthood.
It'll be fun.
I was good at driving.
I'm sure you'd catch on real quick.
I don't know.
For one thing, your dad would kill me.
Why? I'm an adult.
Well, you are and you aren't, Isabelle.
Let's just say he has a right to have an opinion on the matter.
I don't know, Isabelle.
I feel like I'd be taking advantage of you.
But I want to.
I'm flattered.
I really am.
But I just don't think you're ready to make that decision.
We barely know each other.
I know you better than I know anyone else in the world.
That may be true.
It's still not gonna happen.
Lessons with Isabelle going well? Not lessons and it's completely innocent.
Do me a favor and don't ask about them again.
- This is Skouris.
- His name is Boyd Gelder, Diana.
He's a 4400.
I know where he lives.
Where who lives? Who's Boyd Gelder? The kid who's doing this.
He can imitate me somehow.
And not just imitate.
He can be me.
At least make you think he's me.
He lives with his mom.
I'm in Schenley Park.
It's right by his house.
Well, can you wait for me? I'll be 15 minutes.
I'll wait.
But, Diana, just you.
Just me.
We just got here.
Where are you going? Schenley Park.
I think we caught a break on Tom's case.
Tom! Tom! I didn't tell anyone, Tom.
Just Marco.
At least I thought it was Marco.
I looked across the park, you were standing there.
It was you.
- But it wasn't.
- Listen, tell me about it.
You weren't the one actually chasing yourself across the park.
I mean, I don't really run like that, do I? It's an amazing ability.
Marco's gonna have a field day over this.
Good.
Get him working on it.
We'll need a way to handle this guy when we get him into custody.
Well, wait, wait, wait.
No, you don't need to skulk around anymore.
You can come in with me now.
I'm still on the hook for murder, Diana.
No, you're not.
Boyd posed as you.
He shot T.
J.
Kim.
You're not responsible.
Listen, I just saw his abilities with my own eyes.
That's proof of something, right there.
I will back you up on everything you say.
Which means exactly nothing.
Thank you, Diana, but you're my partner.
Everyone expects you to stand up for me.
There's only one way to prove I didn't kill T.
J.
Kim.
- I have to get Boyd Gelder.
- Okay, let's go.
Are you sure you want to come? I'm your partner.
Everyone expects that I'll stand up for you.
I should be back by tonight.
I've been taking my time, stopping off at all the places your mother liked.
Everything okay? You been going to your doctor's appointments? - Most of them.
- Isabelle.
- We'll need to keep monitoring you.
- I'm fine.
Shawn's been taking good care of me just like you asked.
He's doing a really good job.
- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.
He taught me the back stroke.
He let me drive his car.
And then I asked him to have sex with me, but he said no.
He said you'd be angry if we did.
Is that true? Isabelle, you're too young to be thinking about - that.
- I am? But I thought I was almost 20.
What? How old were you when you lost your virginity? It was Things were a bit different in my day.
It's not the same.
It's not? Why? You know what, Isabelle? I'm not having this conversation with you over the phone.
So, Shawn was right.
You are mad.
I don't understand.
What does NTAC wanna talk to my son for, anyway? Look, he's in some trouble we can't discuss.
We just needed to talk to him.
Well, he's not here.
He went away on a ski-trip with some friends and won't be back till tomorrow.
Ma'am, your son is not on a ski-trip and this is serious.
Is there any way you can contact him? First, tell me what's going on.
I mean, what is it you think my son did? Mrs.
Gelder, there are a lot of agents looking for Boyd.
Situations like this can get very chaotic.
People get hurt.
The sooner we get to your son, the safer he'll be.
So why don't you call him and convince him you need to see him.
Boyd's late.
I wonder if he'll even show.
Let's just give him another few minutes.
Nice mom.
Nice house.
It makes you wonder.
If the Nova Group can turn this kid, who else have they gotten to? Everyone keeps telling the 4400 they're here to save the world.
- Whatever that means.
- Exactly.
I mean, say what you like about Nova, they do seem to have a game plan.
I'm sure that helps their recruiting pitch.
Well, I'm just guessing, but I don't think that's Boyd.
How the hell did NTAC get here? Maybe Boyd figured out it was a trap and tipped them off.
- Thomas.
- Alana, open up.
What are you doing here? NTAC agents are watching the house.
They just drove away.
They must be changing shifts or something.
Come on, let me in.
Death in Venice, okay? Open up.
I don't want anyone to see me standing out here.
Come on.
What did you do with your key? I lost it.
I must have lost it while I was running around.
Come on, it's me, Tom, Alana.
I gave you the password.
Please don't make me.
I don't have anything against you.
Tom, it says it's your house.
- Alana? - I wrote a letter on your computer.
You need to come sign it.
- Boyd? - It's a confession.
It says you cracked under the strain of the murder charges against your son.
You shot T.
J.
And now you can't live with it.
- So you decided to kill yourself.
- Where is Alana? What did you do? It's my get-out-of-jail-free card.
See, you're the only one who can identify me.
Everyone else, they've just been seeing double.
- They'll sound crazy.
- I'm not signing a suicide note, Boyd.
- Put Alana on the phone.
- Oh, you'll sign.
Because either I shoot you or I shoot her.
It's a trade.
Your life for hers.
You know what? I don't think I can let you do this, Tom.
We need to call Jarvis.
We need to block off the street.
We need to surround your house.
- He has Alana.
- Tom, he wants to kill you.
The least we can do is make it a little bit difficult for him.
If it was Maia in there, would you call Jarvis? Do you like it? Why did you bring this to me? You're a young woman.
A young woman should have a nice dress.
This is gonna look good on you.
See for yourself.
Thank you.
I see you've been spending a lot of time with Shawn.
So? Well, I think it's wonderful.
Shawn's a very isolated young man.
He doesn't get to spend much time around people his own age.
I think you should get as close to him as you can.
Matthew? Shawn's nice.
And what I'm doing with him is not for you and it's not because I'm trying to use him.
Of course not.
But eventually, Isabelle, you and Shawn are gonna be on opposite sides of a very large ideological divide.
So enjoy your friendship.
But don't let your emotions run too deep.
If you do, it'll make things more difficult later.
- What things? - You'll know.
It doesn't match your eyes.
You should take care of that.
You were a beautiful woman.
Both of you.
You looked exactly alike.
I never could figure out why.
But one way or the other, I've had a Lily in my life for over 50 years.
That's all gone now.
And I don't know what I'm gonna do.
But it makes me feel better knowing the two of you are together.
Forever.
This is it for you, you know.
I don't know what kind of fairy tale the Nova Group sold you, but it doesn't matter what happens to me or Tom.
Your life is over.
They sent you on a suicide mission.
I volunteered.
And I don't think you're in any spot to be giving me advice.
You're a 4400.
You're special.
You're supposed to be changing things.
Instead you live with an NTAC agent.
And what are you going to change, Boyd? You killed a girl.
How does that make the world better? T.
J.
Kim was a soldier.
She would rather have me put a bullet in her head than betray us.
Everyone talks about saving the world.
Meanwhile, for the past 50 years, everything's been turning bad.
One disaster after another.
But we're gonna show the world a new way.
We're gonna take them down a new path.
By force if we have to.
I mean, can't you see? The real catastrophe is to sit back and do nothing.
Did you hear that? Stop it.
- Stop it, both of you.
Stop or I'll shoot.
- Nice work, Alana.
We got him.
Shut up! - Alana, Death in Venice.
- Yeah, that's the password.
Come on, Alana.
Give me the gun.
We'll call NTAC.
It's over.
Alana, it's me, Tom.
Ask me a question.
Anything Wait, don't fall for it.
He's probably read my file.
He knows everything about us.
Don't listen to him.
Ask me something about us.
Something only I would know.
Anything about us.
Shut up, both of you.
Baby, I am so proud of you.
Billy would have been proud.
- You know about Billy? - Yeah.
That was your son.
He died in a car accident.
Alana, he did research.
Anyone could find that out.
Give me the gun.
Just give me the gun.
Alana, give me the gun.
- No.
- Alana, give me the gun.
- Come on.
- Get down on the ground.
What? No, no.
You've got the wrong one.
- Think about this.
- I said get down.
Hold still, Boyd.
Don't move.
You're just a boy.
I'm a soldier.
- And there are more of us every day.
- Let's go, soldier.
Hey, welcome back.
- Yeah, thanks.
- Did everything go okay? Yeah, thank you.
And thank you for keeping an eye on Isabelle.
Oh, well.
It's not a problem.
I didn't really do much.
Yeah, well, thank you, anyway.
I worry about her.
Well, you don't really need to.
She seems to be getting along really well.
I'm her father.
It's my job.
And it's harder with Isabelle.
People see her, they see a woman.
A beautiful woman.
And they might forget that inside she's just a little girl.
Still, I'm glad she has you around, to be a friend.
Shawn.
- How'd you get in here? - I can do stuff, remember? Yeah.
So, what's up? What do you need? Just one thing.
It's on my list.
First kiss.
This isn't smart, Isabelle.
Okay.