The 4400 s04e01 Episode Script

The Wrath of Graham

Previously on The 4400 These shots are free.
Give them to anyone who wants them, but be careful to explain the risks.
Handing out promicin like candy changes everything, Shawn.
Nobody can predict what's going to happen once people everywhere start developing abilities.
How's it going, sibling? April Skouris, black sheep of the family.
You don't really know this girl, do you? While we were planning our wedding, you were working with Ryland, betraying me - Where's the promicin? - Get your hands off of me.
He's stable.
that's the good news.
But he hasn't regained consciousness.
They don't know when he will.
I have a job offer in spain.
If you come with me.
If Collier's right, if moving into this new world of his means more upheaval in the here and now, I'm going to find myself a place where I can live at peace with my daughter as long as I can.
Alana's picture's gone out to every hospital and law enforcement agency in the country.
Nobody's seen her, Tom.
I'm sorry.
Hey, Kyle! You ready? Come on, buddy.
It's starting soon.
You think i'd be late for this? I'm as psyched as you are, dad.
Good, let's do it, then.
I saved you some seats.
Sorry.
- Hey, Tom.
- Hey, Maia.
- You look nice.
- Thank you.
You said you'd be late, so I held things up for you.
Hey, guys.
- How are you doing? - How are you? Hi, Tess.
Hi, honey.
Good to see you.
- Kevin - How are you? I thought you'd never make it.
Well, I had a little help.
Thank you.
I appreciate the applause, even though I know who it's really for.
We're all here to give thanks to one man, a man who took a dark and dangerous world and healed it.
A man who eliminated disease and war and changed our ideas of what it is to be a human being.
He made 4400 abilities available to everyone, and all of our lives are better for it.
Some call him a savior, some call him a messiah.
He's all that and more.
Ladies and gentlemen, M.
Jordan Collier.
Today, this morning, here and everywhere, it is good to be alive! United, like humanity has never been united.
Through promicin, the gift I brought you, and that you accepted.
Together, we have created heaven on earth, a time of joy, endless joy, that we share as one.
And for that, I say let us bow our heads in thanks.
It's okay.
It was a dream.
You were dreaming again.
What was it about this time? I handed out the promicin.
I stopped the catastrophe.
It was the right thing to do.
We saved the future from I know what kind of world I prevented.
But is the world I created any better? More, please.
That is so disgusting.
You said you wouldn't do that in front of me anymore.
It's gross.
It's not disgusting.
It's love, and one day, you'll understand.
So, mommy, when are you going to tell us? Tell us what? Mommy got the job offer.
The job with the european union came through? She'll be advising them on all things 4400.
They said we could live anywhere in the E.
U.
The benefit package is unbelievable.
Is there anything the job doesn't come with? Yeah, a gun, which makes it just about perfect.
If I take this, it means that we're not just on vacation anymore.
We have to settle down somewhere.
So how about it? Is everyone ready to put down some roots? - Hey, dad.
- When did you get back into town? Why didn't you call me? Honestly? The way things left off, I wasn't sure you wanted to hear from me.
You said you wanted some distance.
I was trying to respect that, but you should know you You can talk to me any time.
I start this new job tomorrow.
It's a legal aid thing helping out the 4400.
I was going to get a hotel, you know, while I looked for an apartment, but it just seemed kind of stupid you being here all by yourself.
Still no word on Alana? I could use some company.
I'm sorry she's gone, dad.
I really liked her.
She loved you.
Yeah, Iknow.
I keep hoping that i'll come home some day, and she's just going to be here.
I'm going to go unpack.
OK? I want to go see Shawn later.
Welcome home.
Thanks.
The good news is I'm not dead.
I took the shot three days ago and i'm still here.
The bad news? I can't blow things up with my mind, or fly, or do anything differently at all.
I'm still just me.
Graham A.
K.
A.
No one.
OK, so I kind of want to go to the prom with Jeff.
Amber! Such a stupid geek.
All right, guys, get in here.
Time to pick teams.
Come on, move it.
Line up over here, guys.
Come on, Mike! You're always the last one.
Hurry up! I'll take Graham.
I want Graham.
Me? Wait a minute.
- I'm taking Graham.
- Guys come one, stop messing with me.
Everyone knows I suck at basketball.
Listen up.
If Graham doesn't want to shoot hoops, then hoops is off the menu.
So how about it, Graham? What do you want to play? You're serious? Absolutely.
We can play whatever you want.
Tell us what to do.
- Thumb wrestling? - All right thumb wrestling it is.
Pair up! You two over here, come on, come on, move it! You two guys, over here.
Mike, you and Billy over here.
What's going on? Say hello to the new head of NTAC.
I don't get it.
The woman doesn't have a single day of law enforcement experience.
She works in a think tank for a few years, so they give her a gun and a badge and tell her to go play sheriff? I heard she managed the flow of refugees after the hurricanes in texas, - and did a good job of it, too.
- She's a political appointment.
Probably smiled at the right person at some cocktail party, so they passed over all the qualified people.
Oh, and, Tom she said she wanted to see you as soon as you got in.
- Hi.
I'm - Tom Baldwin.
I know.
Meghan Doyle.
Does that look straight to you? Sure.
That It looks good.
Have you ever seen La Dolce Vita? Honestly? No.
I'm getting the distinct impression no one else around here has either, but that's okay.
You should check it out, though.
Okay, i'll do that.
Relax, Tom.
It's not homework.
Please, come and sit down.
There's something I want you to see.
Something to get us off on the right foot.
Open it.
It's interesting.
You do know i'm not cleared to read this? Of course, but i've read your file.
You don't seem like the kind of agent who'd let that bother you.
Go ahead.
I won't tell if you won't.
This is all about Isabelle Tyler.
- Why are you showing me this? - She can have visitors now.
I figured you might want to see her.
I know you've been looking for Alana Mareva for three months.
I also know that you're at a dead end.
You must have considered the possibility that she was abducted again.
Of course, people don't just fall off the edge of the planet.
Isabelle Tyler is the one person alive with a tangible connection to the future.
If they did take Alana, maybe Isabelle will be able to tell you something.
You sure this isn't going to blow back on you? You just started.
I don't want to get you in trouble.
If I succeed in this job, if I bring in Jordan Collier, no one's going to mind if a few rules are broken along the way, and if I don't, no amount of toeing the line will save me.
I appreciate this.
Thanks.
You know those posters.
You have a taste for foreign films, people think you're intellectual or a radical.
The truth is, I just like the movies.
Are you sure you don't like that they make people uncomfortable? Maybe that, too.
Hey, buddy.
Can you hear me? My dad says when I was in a coma, he used to talk to me all the time.
I don't remember any of it, but who knows? Maybe it helped.
I wish there was something I could do for you.
I tried.
Three months ago, I took the shot.
I was so scared, but I just did it anyway.
I was thinking maybe I could wake you up.
Same as you did for me.
Want to hear the punch line? Nothing happened.
Three months, no ability.
Nothing.
I mean, nothing.
Nothing's changed at all, really.
That's weird, huh? I tried.
I'm sorry.
Hello? Excuse me.
Are you lost? Help me.
Help me.
There are dead people everywhere I go.
They hate me.
I made them dead.
We made them dead.
Tess, we gave them a choice.
We didn't force the shots on anyone.
I want you to take your medication.
All right? It'll make you feel better.
Come on, come on.
She'll calm down once she's had her pills.
Is that your medical opinion? Tess is schizophrenic.
The strain of hiding out, the guilt over what we did, she can't handle it.
It's caused a break.
She needs medical care beyond what we can provide.
Till I find a doctor sympathetic to us, you'll have to administer her medications yourself.
Well, you just remember, Tess' ability is what keeps you safe.
If it wasn't for her, you'd have been arrested a long time ago.
And I promise you, I don't care if the fate of the world is at stake, I will not sacrifice Tess to you.
Or your cause.
Our cause, Kevin.
Ours.
Hey, guys.
- What's up? - All of us were talking, and we just want you to know we're with you.
All of us.
We believe.
- In what? - In you.
We're not the only ones.
We brought someone.
Oh, my god.
Amber? What are you doing here? I came to be with you.
What the hell is going Amber, wait a minute.
You know those shots you always hear about on the news? I took them.
I think maybe it's screwing you guys up.
No, Graham, it's you.
We want to be close to you.
We want to be close to the light.
- What light? - The one that shines out of you.
I didn't see it until today, but now I do.
It's beautiful.
You're beautiful.
Are you sure you want to do this? They told you to kill me.
You didn't do it.
Did you ever think maybe that's why your girlfriend's gone? It's your punishment.
Is that something you think, or is that something you know? How's Shawn? Any change? He's in a regular hospital now.
Long-term care.
What about my father? Has anybody heard from him? No, he's on our list, and we'll find him.
Now, Isabelle, if you know anything about Alana, please tell me.
Just tell me, please! You want to have hope, don't you? You want to believe she's coming back.
Of course.
Then you don't want to know what I know.
I'm sorry, Tom.
I really am, but they used you.
The same way they used me.
- Hola? - Hey, Diana.
It's me, Marco.
Are you having a good time in Spain? Yeah, hey, Marco! Yeah, no, everything's good.
Are you okay? Yeah.
Yeah, I'm good.
Uh, something came up, though.
A couple days ago, some agents raided an apartment.
There was a lot of promicin there.
One of the guys they brought in gave up a whole bunch of names.
People they'd given syringes to? Okay, so what is it you want to tell me, Marco? One of the names was April Skouris.
My sister took the shots? The guy didn't know if she actually injected them, but she definitely had them.
Have you heard from her? No, I haven't heard from her in months.
She didn't call me on my birthday, but I figured, April, you know? Yeah, I remember.
Look, I'm sorry, Di.
I just You know, I thought you should know.
I appreciate it.
Thanks.
Bye.
You're going back to Seattle, aren't you? That used to be a statue of our namesake.
Last night, a dozen students tore it down and put that thing up.
When we asked them why, they said it was a statue of Graham Holt.
Who's Graham Holt? He's a junior.
C student.
Basically unremarkable in every way.
So this kid pulls a prank, and you call NTAC? I called NTAC because I think maybe this kid took some of those shots.
I mean, what's going on around here isn't normal.
The posters, the statue.
Last night, our valedictorian revised her application essay to Stanford.
She read it to her guidance counselor this morning.
It's 500 words on how Graham Holt is the most important spiritual leader since the time of Christ.
I called him into my office earlier this morning.
He claims to have no idea about what's going on.
I think we need to meet this Graham Holt.
From now on, everyone's favorite band is TV on the Radio.
Got that? TV on the Radio.
They're the best band out there.
Excuse me.
Graham? These gentlemen'd like to have a word with you.
I'm agent Baldwin.
this is agent Garrity.
We work at NTAC.
We're gonna have to ask you to come with us.
We're gonna bring you in to NTAC and give you a test to see if you're promicin positive.
- Why? - Look around you, Graham.
I think you know why.
Do I have a choice? You have a choice whether or not you do it in handcuffs.
If you haven't taken the shot, you don't have anything to worry about.
Come on.
You're sitting in my spot.
I didn't realize these benches were assigned.
Well, they are.
Literally.
I'm in my first year at the institute.
Art and design? I'm supposed to do a charcoal sketch of a view from the park every day for seven days.
You're in my spot.
Okay.
I'll move.
- I'll move.
- Thanks, Kyle.
I appreciate that.
How do you know my name? Honestly? I recognized you as soon as I walked up.
I read a lot about the 4400.
Which means I read a lot about you.
I guess you know all about me and Jordan Collier? Yeah, I do.
Kind of hard to avoid.
You know it wasn't me who shot him right? Not really me.
I didn't really believe it was you.
You didn't look like a killer to me.
I guess that's a kind of compliment.
Thank you.
I have to get back to work, but good luck with your assignment.
Cassie Dunleavy.
Maybe I'll see you around.
I'll be here for the next seven days.
Seems to me there's a very simple explanation for what's going on at Stevenson High.
This kid, Graham, took the promicin shot, and now everyone who meets him thinks he's god.
Come on, come on.
I've heard you tend to move directly to the point, Marco, but really, god? Well, obviously, he's not the god.
At best, he's a god, a minor deity.
Whatever.
These kids are building effigies of him.
They're willing to fight us to protect him.
Sounds like worship to me.
You are lucky you weren't turned.
Seems like you only need a couple minutes around Graham before you find religion.
Maybe they're unlucky.
Absolute devotion is a rarity in the modern age.
It might bring a real sense of purpose to life.
- A clarity.
- Guys, what do we do with this kid? We go back with more people.
We isolate him.
- Hope the effects wear off.
- But I'd do it fast.
Sounds like Graham's pretty much focused on being king of the school.
Imagine what happens if he learns to think a little more ambitiously.
What the hell is that? Are you here to give yourselves body and soul to Graham Holt? Not exactly.
Then I suggest you leave.
These streets are his.
We'll defend them with our lives.
Just take your men around that way.
This is me, Graham.
- What do you want? - I want you to end this, Graham.
If you don't come out, these people are gonna get hurt.
- That what you want? - No, of course not.
These people are just trying to protect me.
You're forcing them to be here.
You've taken away their free will.
- Their lives are in your hands.
- I understand.
I don't want anything bad to happen to them either, but you just need to give me some time.
Like, a night to figure this out.
Okay? One night.
I just bought us some time.
We've got planning to do.
Try not to look so gloomy, okay? And who knows? She might not even be able to get into Seattle.
She'd be right back here in a couple hours.
She's never coming back here.
She said she is, Maia, and I really need to believe that.
So, Kyle, tell me, you ever go visit your cousin, Shawn? Hasn't been much in the paper about him lately.
- Is he getting any better? - No, he's not.
Which is weird cause the doctors say there's no reason why he shouldn't be awake.
His brain's active, his vital signs are okay.
That's so sad.
He seemed like a really good guy.
Everyone's just given up.
Settling in for the long haul.
Didn't I read something about the promicin in his system? The doctors think it's all out of whack? That's right.
They think that's why he His body shut down but I don't think that made it into the papers.
Well, it must have.
How else would I know about it? Okay, I know I'm not a doctor, but maybe someone should try injecting him with a big old dose of promicin.
It'd be like giving him a jump start, right? Shawn's a 4400.
- Probably wouldn't hurt him.
- I've thought about that.
The doctors won't even consider it.
Promicin is seriously illegal.
Too bad you can't get your hands on any.
You might be the only person in his life who cares enough to actually take a shot at waking him up.
They've just been standing here staring at us for hours.
Don't they ever have to use the bathroom? Head's up.
Don't shoot! My name's Graham Holt.
I want to surrender.
It's about time.
Hands up.
keep your hands up.
All right, on your knees.
Easy It's not him! It's not holt! Don't shoot! My name's Graham Holt.
On your knees! Now! On your knees! Don't shoot! I'm Graham Holt Don't fight me.
Join me.
Hey, everyone.
my name's Graham Holt.
I just wanted to say, you have nothing to be afraid of.
Believing in me doesn't make you a different person.
You'll still love your family.
You'll still wake up in the morning and go do whatever it is you do.
You'll just have more purpose, and everyone will believe exactly what you do, and you'll believe what they do.
It's all going to be very cool.
- I promise.
- She's gone.
She must have left in the middle of the night.
Did you hear me? She's gone.
What are you doing? We have to find her before someone picks her up.
You'll have to go without me.
What do you mean, "go without you"? This is Tess.
You owe her.
I did not give out promicin to the world to have it unite under a 16-year-old boy.
He has to be stopped.
It's all going to be very cool, I promise.
I see.
You're having messiah envy.
How are you going to stop him, Jordan? Anybody who gets near that kid winds up praying to him.
What makes you any different? And even if you could get close to him, what do you expect to happen? A miracle? I guess I need one, don't I? you'll just have more purpose, and everyone will believe exactly what you do, and you'll believe what they do.
It's all going to be very cool, I promise.
Are you guys nuts? I'm an NTAC agent! We're on the same side! Hey, come on, come on! Guys, guys They're arresting everybody at NTAC.
What are you talking about? Why? Our orders are to bring you all downtown, sir.
Graham wants to bring NTAC into the fold.
Fine.
Fine.
Sounds good.
What choice do we have, huh? - Are you okay? - Yeah.
Graham converted a couple of police stations.
The cops are arresting people, bringing them to him by the hundreds.
I'm the king of Seattle! Why aren't you picking up the phone? I told you it's dangerous outside right now.
Now, call me back.
Still no word from your son? - No.
What did D.
C.
say? - Nothing good.
They're already talking acceptable losses, air strikes, sending an army division into the city.
They're gonna invade an american city? Sounds a lot like civil war to me.
I know.
Best I could do was buy us a couple hours.
- To do what? - We have to gather everyone from NTAC that hasn't been converted, make our way downtown, fight our way downtown if we have to.
We'll try to get close to Graham.
We'll see if we can get to him before he gets to us.
Oh, my god.
Shawn! What happened? I don't know.
He was just lying there and he started convulsing.
Oh, my god Hey, come on.
Hey, Shawn.
Hey Hey, it's us.
It's Kyle.
Say something if you're okay.
Come on.
Mom? How did I get here? Mr.
Collier You did the right thing coming to me.
It would've been a shame if I had to track you down.
Seems the world is falling at your feet.
I wanted to see why.
Don't worry.
Soon, it's all going to make perfect sense to you.
I gave you promicin.
I can take it away.
What did you do to me? I made you ordinary.
Shoot him! Shoot him now! The world doesn't need you anymore.
It has me.
Get on with your lives.
Graham shouldn't have converted so many cops.
One of his former followers arrested him right there, on the steps of the courthouse.
And there's no trace of promicin in his system? Nothing? No, he's just a high school kid with a lot to answer for.
I guess we can all stop wondering if Collier has an ability.
He can neutralize promicin.
I don't get it.
Shawn never said anything about Collier doing that to one of the original 4400.
Maybe it doesn't work on them.
Maybe he can only do it to the extra crispies.
Extra crispies, you know, like, not the original recipe 4400? People who took the promicin shot and then got an ability.
So Collier walked into what was essentially an occupied Seattle, laid hands on this kid, and solved a problem that had the entire U.
S.
government in a panic.
If I was sitting at home watching this story on the 6:00 news, you want to know what I'd be thinking? People were praying to the wrong guy.
Collier just posted a message on the Internet.
We all had a scare today.
We'll have others before we're done.
We We're walking a difficult and a dangerous path, but we're walking it together.
Whether you've chosen to join me or not, we're all, every one of us, making history now.
I got a call from the warden at kurland prison.
There's a message for you from Isabelle Tyler.
That's it? The Powell museum? She said your answer's there, and you'll know it when you see it.
The time for sitting on the fence is over.
The time for greatness is now.
Each of you has a role to play.
Your only choice is whether you accept it or have it thrust upon you.
Promicin is out there.
People are gaining abilities, and nothing can be done about that I'm sorry, sir.
There's no student named Cassie Dunleavy - registered at this school - She said she's a student here.
I really need to talk to her.
Can't find in the phonebook can't find her anywhere.
Maybe she didn't give you her real name.
Have you thought of that? The genie will not go back into the bottle.
I know it's tempting to think that we can hold on to the past, to everything that's safe and easy, but we cannot, and safe and easy, are what set us on the path to catastrophe in the first place.
The chains of comfort are what keep us from reaching for a better world.
This new era, it's not coming, it's not on the way, it's here, and we are now separated from our old lives by a gulf that can never again be bridged.
So all of you, out there, need to ask yourself one thing, are you ready?
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