The 4400 s03e09 Episode Script

We're not a threat.
We're salvation.
The world will have to deal with us.
Previously on The 4400: You're so sweet.
I wish I could take you with me when I go, but I can't.
So yesterday, a few patients were compelled to work on this thing.
And today, it's the entire hospital.
If we get Tess out of here, do you think this compulsion will fade? 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.
Enough running, Dr.
Burkhoff.
You need to come with us now.
No.
Stay back.
I don't wanna hurt anyone.
That's very reassuring.
We'll keep that in mind.
No! No! No! Mr.
Tyler.
Come in.
What can I do for you? I wanted to ask you about your work with the students here.
Sure.
I teach three classes.
- History, arts and - I'm not talking about your teaching.
I was talking about the counseling that you do.
I understand you use your ability with the kids.
That's right.
My ability is to help them focus their abilities.
It's pretty much what I've been doing ever since I came back.
If a student has a talent, like all of our kids here do, I help them learn how to use it.
Gain control of it.
Build their confidence.
Does it work with adults? It didn't use to, but I haven't tried it since I've been off the inhibitor.
Why? I developed this ability a few months ago.
Telekinesis.
What a word.
I can't even say it with a straight face.
- Oh, that's fantastic.
- I've just been pretending it isn't there.
I mean, I know a little bit about it.
So far, it only works with inanimate objects.
Little stuff.
And when I'm mad or excited, I can do a lot more with it.
And you're looking to control it when you're calm? Yeah.
That's why I'm here, I guess.
How many times do I have to go over this with you people? I have not been injecting promicin into anyone but myself.
You're certain of that? You're a world-class scientist.
I find it difficult to believe you wouldn't build a redundancy plan into your experiment.
This isn't your basic sleep study.
I mean, look at me.
Do you think I'd have an easy time finding volunteers? No, I do not.
You look like you're in quite a bit of discomfort to me.
Yes.
- As a matter of fact, I am.
- Well, you can relax now.
The experiment's over.
This will only hurt a minute.
Bag him.
We'll take him back for the autopsy.
Get Dr.
Burkhoff up there quickly.
We promised results by the morning.
Mommy? Mommy? Mom? Are you okay? Of course, sweetie.
I'm fine.
Why wouldn't I be? I had a bad dream.
You were in it.
Well, why don't you get in and tell me about it? You turned into a monster.
It was horrible.
It seemed so real.
It was you, but you were different.
What kind of a monster? Nice.
Something for the refrigerator door? You don't think there's anything to this? It's not a prediction, right? Just a bad dream.
Well, I hope so.
But when your daughter is a precog, you don't want her giving you a picture like this.
Hello, this is Skouris.
Well, thank you for calling me back.
- Let me know if you see him, all right? - Everything okay? Maybe.
I'm not sure.
I mean, that was the 4400 Center.
I was hoping maybe they'd seen Dr.
Burkhoff.
I stopped by his apartment yesterday, and he wasn't home.
Diana, why would you be stopping by Dr.
Burkhoff's apartment? You actually saw the wound in Kevin's hand heal over? Yes.
He pulled the scalpel out, and it was gone within seconds.
He's developing an ability.
I mean, he's close to it anyway.
He says it comes and goes.
What? Anyone else developing a 4400 ability I should know about? - I should have told you earlier.
- You're damn right you should have.
Gotta hand it to you, Diana.
Some people play racquetball in their spare time, maybe collect old records, but you, you play Igor to the one man who Well, if he has developed an ability like you say, maybe he really is the father of 4400 technology.
Just like the future predicted.
Are you two the only ones who know about this experiment? I thought we were.
And now I'm not so sure.
And that's what I'm worried about.
Tom, what if someone else finds out what he's up to? Well, if he succeeds, we could be talking about the mass marketing of 4400 abilities.
I'm sure a lot of people would like to keep that genie in the bottle.
Make our jobs even easier.
Are you? Are you okay? Yeah, it's just my allergies.
They're acting up.
I've already spoken to his family.
They haven't heard from him in months.
Okay, so who else is he close to? "'I didn't know that Cheshire cats always grinned.
In fact, I didn't know cats could grin," said Alice very politely.
"'Y ou don't know much," said the duchess.
"And that's a fact.
" We'll finish this chapter tomorrow.
I hope you all can make it.
I've been living in a halfway house for about three months.
And I got this job here two weeks ago.
Well, that's great, Tess.
So they found a medication that works for you? Well, so far, so good.
I still have my disease.
Schizophrenia never goes away.
But I haven't had any symptoms for a while.
Hopefully, I won't.
So these kids you're reading to, they're not going to try and build a tower to contact the future, are they? I don't think so.
I can barely remember all that now.
I'm still not sure how I could compel people to work or why they put those blueprints in my head.
I'm glad it made Kevin better.
But it was still so weird.
That's actually why we're here.
Have you been in touch with Kevin lately? No.
I called him when I first got out of the institution, but We met for coffee I haven't seen him in months.
Is he okay? Well, we're not sure, but we'd like to talk to him.
So if he contacts you, would you let us know? Of course.
When you find him, will you have him call me? Sure.
It's nice to see you again, Tess.
- Bye.
- Bye.
I just spoke with the program coordinator.
She says the first segment will be interviews with some of the people you've healed.
And then they'll bring you out after the break.
She says the emotional stuff also plays well with her audience, so feel free to cry or We'll see about that.
They're also kind of curious about the wedding.
She'd love it if you answered some questions.
Let's keep the private life private, okay? Nick! Nick, please wake up! Nick! Nick, please wake up! Jesus, that's Nick Crowley.
Oh, my God.
You're that 4400.
The one with the hands.
Help him, please! Nick! Nick, wake up, please.
- Is he all right? - If you're okay, say something.
Well, Jim Morrison says hello.
Easy, easy, boys, easy.
Coming up You just saved Nick Crowley.
On behalf of millions of rock 'n' roll burnouts all over the world, allow me to thank you.
Any time you wanna lay these on me, you just let me know.
It was a little bit big, so I just had it resized.
It's perfect now.
I think Mom would be really happy, don't you? Lily gave you that ring.
I guess you can do what you want with it.
I think it's perfect.
So have you thought about what you're going to say at the wedding? Usually, the father of the bride gives a toast.
Well, it's all been so sudden.
I haven't had much time to really plan it yet.
That's okay.
I have a few thoughts.
There's an article in this magazine on toasts.
Read it.
I think I can handle that on my own.
Dad, I want you to read it.
Tonight.
Hi.
I bought some food.
Let me help you with that.
Thank you.
My joints are a little stiff.
Kevin, why did you put your hood up when I came in? You shouldn't have to look at me like this.
Like what? Diana Skouris and Tom Baldwin came by the bookstore today.
They were asking about you.
I figured Diana would be worried.
How did she look? Okay, I guess.
A little sick.
Kevin, I felt bad seeing her.
I don't like what we're doing to her.
- What I'm doing to her.
- I don't like it much either.
But we are on the cusp of changing the world for the better.
We have to keep going, even if it gets ugly.
Kevin, it's already ugly.
Someone shot you yesterday.
I know.
But the experiment is worth the risk.
They woke me up to do this.
You woke me up to do this.
I have to move forward.
And to do that, I need Diana.
And I need you.
Is Shawn Farrell around? I have something for him.
I played that when we were recording my first album.
I've been holding on to it for years.
You're really giving this to me? You saved my life.
Seems like a fair trade to me.
So this ability of yours.
It works every time out of the gate? Yeah, pretty much.
Oh, my God.
I wish they'd brought you back Career in rock 'n' roll Sometimes it feels like you're living in a war zone.
You lose a lot of people along the way.
One day you look up, and you're the last man standing.
You should take better care of yourself.
I'm not always around.
I feel like I owe you more than a guitar.
We're playing tomorrow night, and I wanted to invite you backstage.
You can hang out, watch the show from the wings.
- Really? - Sure.
I figure it'll be handy having you around.
If I keel over, you can always come out and do your hands of God thing for an encore.
It's cold.
You should bring your jacket.
She didn't say anything on the way over? Of course not, Kevin.
She hardly ever does.
You're so brave.
I always wanted to give it to you first.
I thought you deserved an ability.
I'm sorry it has to happen without your permission.
Can we get this started? Give Dr.
Burkhoff your hand.
Mommy, I'm gonna be late for school if we don't leave soon.
I'm sorry, baby.
I slept through my alarm.
I'll be ready in a few Mommy, are you okay? I'm fine.
I just broke a nail is all.
Hi.
Hey, Marco.
What are you doing down here? Tom asked me to check out Dr.
Burkhoff's computers.
Are you okay? - I heard you had the flu.
- No.
Hey, I thought you were taking a sick day.
Everyone, please, stop treating me like a plague patient.
I'm fine.
Have we learned anything here? Dr.
Burkhoff's computers are clean.
Like, completely clean.
I mean, there's no saved files, no records of anything.
It's like someone took out his hard drives and swapped them for new ones.
- So either he took them somewhere - Or someone else has them.
Diana look at this.
Is that Kevin? Yeah.
My God, these are the side effects of the injections? I haven't seen him in a couple of weeks.
I had no idea he'd gotten so bad.
So who drew this? You think it's a self-portrait? No way.
Kevin's hands weren't steady enough to make coffee.
Didn't Tess like to draw? I feel like I'm in a staring contest.
It's okay.
I know it can be a little awkward at first.
So sometimes when I'm having trouble getting started with a student, I'll take their hand.
It helps everything get rolling.
You up for it? Yeah.
I guess.
Just relax, okay? I'm sorry, I To be honest, I felt a little awkward.
I haven't had someone touch me like that since my wife passed.
It's okay.
Sometimes it takes more than one session to make headway.
Diana? Diana? Should I just call you a cab? I can handle this if you want.
No, I'm okay.
Any sign of Tess? No, she hasn't come out yet.
Look, Tom, I made an appointment with the doctor tomorrow morning.
But for now, I'd just like to stick with it, okay? I have to say, this does not feel like the flu.
It's like I'm dragging myself around.
Here she is.
Come in.
Hey.
What? Different look for you.
New look? I dressed like this for ten years.
Hey, you're not here to ask about the wedding, are you? I am officially taking the night off from all planning.
This has nothing to do with the wedding, unless Nick Crowley's invited.
He's downstairs.
Really? I'm getting ready for his show.
Maybe he wants to give me a ride or something.
I don't think that's it.
Well, what? I never get enough refills.
I mean, look at me.
- Where is he staying? - What's he saying? Nick has a prescription for Antabuse.
They're these pills that are supposed to help him cut back on his drinking.
He finally tried some.
I guess he overdid it, huh? It's the same thing he does with everything.
He insisted on coming here instead of the hospital.
Continue medicine for me.
Do your worst.
Please? Come to my arms, my beamish boy.
Lay down.
Lay down.
You're my little lifeline.
Kevin.
Dr.
Burkhoff, I've been worried about you.
What are you doing hiding up here? My God, look at you.
Dr.
Burkhoff, you need to come with us.
We're gonna get you some help.
I can't do that.
People are trying to kill me.
What people? Who's trying to kill you? I think they work for the government.
No, they don't work for NTAC.
Are you sure about that? Because I'm not.
Listen, Kevin, you know us.
If you come in, we'll protect you.
Besides, I'm not taking no for an answer.
Come on.
Actually, I think you're going to have to.
- Diana, what the hell are you doing? - I don't know, Tom.
I'm sorry.
Diana is not quite herself right now.
She'll do whatever Tess tells her to.
Tess, would you get his gun, please? Please.
I am so close to finishing.
Stop trying to find me.
I have no desire to hurt you.
Diana.
Are you okay? You all right? I don't know.
What happened? You pulled your gun on me.
- Tess.
- Yeah.
- Oh, God.
- What? Something's wrong.
I feel weird.
Oh, my God.
What are those? They're lesions.
They're just like the ones Kevin had when he started taking promicin.
We need to get you to NTAC medical.
We want him brought in unharmed.
If there's anything at all to these experiments Dr.
Burkhoff has been conducting, a lot of people in D.
C.
Are gonna want to look over his notes.
These pictures have already been circulated to local law enforcement.
We're gonna distribute them around the neighborhood near Dr.
Burkhoff's apartment and the vacation home where he was hiding.
- Maybe we'll get lucky.
- So, what? We tell people there's some kind of monster on the loose? No, if anyone asks, we tell them Dr.
Burkhoff has Werner's syndrome.
- It's a rare wasting disease.
- Okay.
You think we're gonna be able to bring this guy in safe and sound? I mean, some cowboy cop sees this stumbling towards him, you don't think he might shoot first and ask questions later? That's why we have to get to him first.
Whatever Dr.
Burkhoff is guilty of, he saved thousands of lives during the inhibitor scandal.
Look, the good thing about his condition is it shouldn't make him too hard to spot.
I don't know.
They're nice hands, but they don't look magical or anything.
Making friends already? - Hey.
- Oh, you've chosen wisely.
I speak from experience.
The show was amazing.
- Thank you so much for having me.
- What are you thanking me for? The show would have been canceled if not for you.
Listen, I just had the best idea during the encore.
Why don't you come out on the road with us? And do what? Well, you could start with Mischa, and work your way onward from there.
Okay, yeah, it's tempting, but I kind of have a lot on my plate here in Seattle, you know? I'm supposed to be getting married soon.
Well, in that case, you have to come with us.
It'll be like an extended bachelor party.
He'll take good care of you.
Promise.
And a promise from Mischa is money in the bank.
Besides, I like having you along with us.
You keep me limber.
- You mean upright.
- Oh, yeah, that too.
I don't I'm not your personal physician, you know? Of course you're not.
You're a hell of a lot better than any doctor I've ever met.
Think about it, but not too long.
What's to think about? Who could say no to all of this? So, what can I get you this morning? Could I have the steak and eggs? Could you make the steak extremely rare? Thanks.
Dr.
Burkhoff was spotted at a diner in Beacon Hill.
He's there right now.
Bring him in quietly if you can, but bring him in.
Diana, wake up.
Dr.
Anapurn.
I thought I was supposed to sleep.
You gave me drugs.
You're being discharged.
You need to come with me.
I don't know.
I guess he left about 15 minutes ago.
Did he say where he was headed? No.
I mean, he didn't even touch the food he ordered, right? He just left in a hurry.
He left a good tip though.
Where are we going? Thank you.
You can go back to your office now.
- Tess, don't do this.
- I'm sorry.
I wish it didn't have to be you, but there's no one else.
We better go.
He'll be waiting for us.
How could I have done that? I don't remember any of it.
Diana doesn't remember going to Kevin's apartment at night either.
If Dr.
Burkhoff's willing to break her out of here, he must be getting desperate.
Feels like he's running out of time.
He has to complete the experiment.
He's gonna up her dosage.
If we don't find Diana soon, she's gonna wind up in the same shape as Kevin.
I think it's the silence that's messing us up.
It's too awkward.
So instead of us just staring at each other, I thought we'll talk.
Okay.
Something specific you want to talk about? No.
You pick.
Well, I've been thinking about my parents a lot lately.
What they'd think of all this.
This place.
Me.
Sitting here trying to figure out how to use my Telekinetic ability? You know, you can say it out loud.
It's nothing to be embarrassed about.
Yeah, you can say that, but when I first got back, I was a 4400, but I didn't have an ability.
I felt normal.
It was something I could hold onto.
Now you have to get used to the idea that you're special.
Is that what my parents would think if they were here? Or would they just think that their son had become a freak? Richard, when you got taken, you were one of the first black pilots in all of the military.
You were at the vanguard.
Now you're part of a different vanguard.
There's a reason they picked you.
I think your parents would be proud.
Yeah? Maybe that's true.
Richard? Well, I guess that worked, huh? This will be fine.
We can work here for a while.
Tell him he can go home.
Please, you gotta help me.
Say something.
Don't bother.
He's not going to remember any of this.
Thank you.
You can go home now.
Kevin, can I get you some water? No.
- I'm fine.
- Kevin, you're dying.
You're killing yourself, and now you're gonna kill me too.
No.
You will not die.
My work is valid.
Are you sure? Look at yourself.
If it isn't working in me, the fault isn't with the experiment.
It's with me.
All those years of shock treatments, the fistfuls of medications.
They must have changed me.
I'm not a good subject.
There is no good subject.
Kevin, you're brilliant, but you're wrong.
You failed, and you're not thinking clearly enough to see that.
My mind is not compromised.
We are at a point, Diana, where it would be easy for the timid to turn back.
We have to be braver than that.
And if necessary I'm prepared to be brave enough for both of us.
Working on a song? The end of one.
Can't nail it though.
Inspiration.
What? Are you shocked I'm drinking my lunch? - I didn't say anything.
- Good.
- Because - Listen This here is called maintaining a base level.
It's kind of scary, actually.
Shawn, don't worry.
I've made a solemn vow not to overindulge, unless, of course, you're around.
Yeah, that's kind of the thing.
You're not going to be around, is that it? You're not coming on the road? I wanted to.
It's just I mean, even if it was for a little while.
This gift I have, though, it's kind of a responsibility, you know? And I don't mean to be harsh, man, but I don't think it was meant to be used as a rock star's personal safety net.
You don't know that.
Maybe they sent you back to keep me alive so I could finish my album.
Nick, if you go down again I can't be there for you.
There's still time, you know.
We can save him.
I think maybe you don't have enough faith in Kevin.
He can do this.
He's special, that's why they had me wake him up.
Tess, I packed an adrenaline shot when we left the cabin.
- Have you seen it? - No.
I need it.
It has to be here in case I slip under.
Kevin? I think I got stung by a bee.
What is this? Don't move, Dr.
Burkhoff! - Tess.
- There's nowhere to go.
We've got this place surrounded.
Nobody fires.
He's not going anywhere.
Hey, Diana.
Are you all right? Tom.
Hold still, Burkhoff.
Put your hands up.
Burkhoff!! They won't be able to hide for long.
Tess will run out of meds.
Dr.
Burkhoff's not exactly inconspicuous.
They'll show themselves, we'll find them.
You mean we'll find Tess.
Doesn't sound like Dr.
Burkhoff's gonna live out the week.
I don't get it.
He was supposed to be the father of 4400 technology.
That's why they woke him up.
Well, that's just our theory.
Maybe you're putting too much faith in the future.
Diana's okay? Yeah, she'll get there.
She's down in NTAC medical.
You got us a ride.
Someone let me borrow them.
Mr.
Ryland wants a status report on the promicin.
We're good.
Great, actually.
We have enough of a stockpile to last us for almost two years.