The 4400

We 're not a threat. We 're salvation.

The world will have to deal with us.

Previously on the 4400:

What? So navarro was really some kind of mind reader?

I believe “telepath” is the word you're looking for.

Just concentrate on what you wanna ask me,

and I'll hear you.

He definitely knew what we were thinking.

I can think of a few practical applications for it.

You should've come to me first.

I'd have treated you better than they ever will.

We 're at war here. Don't pick the losing side.

They call it promicin inhibitor.

Ntac's been studying the 4400 since they got back.

- They should've known. - They do know.

I was ordered to work on a drug to suppress the production of promicin.

Once I synthesized the inhibitor, we gave it to every 4400.

But if it comes down to a choice

between the safety of the American people

and the welfare of the 4400, Tom, that's no choice at all.

Because if you're holding on to any hope of keeping this covered up,

you're gonna have to start by putting me in the ground right here, right now.

Every male in this building has got a gallon of adrenaline

coursing through his veins right now, and most of them are armed.

A 4400 nearly took down a fortified government facility,

and walked away without breaking a sweat.

I wasn't pregnant when I was abducted,

but I was when I got back.

You've seen what she's capable of,

what she can do when she feels threatened.

You know Isabelle has connections

between the right and left hemispheres of her brain

- that have never been seen before. - You are the stewards of the future.

Your daughter is the rosetta stone

for understanding what happened to the 4400.

Isabehe?

Isabelle!

Hello, Shawn. I'm Isabelle.

The world has changed.

Everything is different now.

The promicin inhibitor programme was an international effort.

Its goal was to prevent the coming of a world

dominated by a tiny fraction of the population.

In short, we were doing everything we could

to prevent the 4400 from developing extra-human capabilities.

We believe that without the inhibitor programme,

these abilities would show up in virtually every one of the 4400.

I don't think I need to explain to this committee

why that would be something less than the best-case scenario.

Overnight, normal human beings like you and I,

and all the institutions we've come to rely on

would be obsolete.

The programme wasn't perfect. People got sick. Some died.

That was not our intent.

But now it's gone.

And the future that we were trying to prevent is here,

and we are not ready.

I believe it comes down to a question of power.

Who is going to hold it? Us or them?

Because, believe me, it's going to come down to us against them.

Shawn, you're not making any sense. Just tell me what's wrong with Isabelle.

I told you, I can't explain.

Is she sick? Is she hurt?

You gotta see for yourself.

Dad.

Who the hell is this? Where's Isabelle?

I am your daughter. I'm Isabelle.

- I don't get it. - It's not a joke.

Something happened. I changed. I don't know how.

She just walked in here.

She knew my name. She seems to know about you and Lily...

Stop.

I don't know what game you're playing here, and I don't care.

Richard. Richard...

Lily.

Lily.

Lily?

Is Isabelle with you?

Lily? Lil...

Lily, are you all right?

0h, Richard. I must've fainted.

Is Isabelle with you?

Who are you? Where's my wife?

Richard, what are you talking about?

I'm Lily, your wife.

Why are you looking at me like...?

- Oh, my god. - Ma'am, I don't know who you are.

Oh, my god.

Your blood pressure is elevated.

But I suppose that's to be expected.

Heart, lungs, reflexes, all within the normal range.

Doctor, you call this normal?

Richard, I wanna see Isabelle. Where is my daughter?

She's right outside. I'll bring her in in a minute.

I realise how alarming this must be.

But at least you can take some solace in the fact

that your wife is a perfectly healthy older woman.

If I had to guess, I'd say she's about 75.

I'm 29, and I don't understand.

Please, help me understand. How could this happen?

Maybe it's a reaction to being taken off the promicin inhibitor.

But truthfully, I don't know.

There is a condition called progeria. It's associated with rapid aging.

So this kind of thing has happened before?

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.

I can guarantee you, this is a first.

Excuse me.

- Are you okay, Dr. Burkhoff? - I'm fine. Not enough sleep, that's all.

Research.

Well, what do we do now? Is there any way to reverse this?

I wish I knew. I need to do some thinking.

Are you my mother?

Isabehe?

Every day, the 4400 are changing and getting stronger.

Instead of mobilizing to meet this challenge,

we're wringing our hands and trying to determine who knew what when.

I will save this committee the trouble and expense of a long investigation.

The inhibitor programme was my idea.

I was proud to lead it.

The men on this board were simply following my orders.

If there's blame to be assigned, it's mine.

Mine alone.

Yeah, I know Kyle doesn't wanna see me.

Is there some way we can force him to?

I'm his father. I wanna know how he's doing.

Look, I realise you're trying,

but it'll be months before he goes to trial, I'm not gonna wait that long.

Do you really think people are gonna let Ryland position himself

as some kind of patriotic martyr?

The man headed a conspiracy that caused 28 deaths.

He says it was accidental.

A significant percentage of this country believes him.

Try overwhelming. You guys listen to talk radio lately?

I mean, the calls are, like, 90 percent in his favour.

You can buy a "free Dennis Ryland" t-shirt within a block of here.

Maybe they should put him up for the Nobel peace prize.

Just tell him I need to see him. We don't have to talk about the case.

I just have to see my son.

Just ask him one more time, okay?

And tell him we love him.

Give him some time, Thomas.

Kyle needs to live with his choice for a while.

We're back.

Tom, break's over.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to call the proceedings to order.

Everyone, just take your seats so we can get started.

Members of the press, I was including you

in that "ladies and gentlemen" designation, thank you.

Mr. Ryland, I'd like to pick up the questioning where we left off.

You insist that you alone gave the go-ahead

for the promicin inhibitor programme, is that right, sir?

Yes, sir. It was my programme all the way.

So this committee is to understand that your department

was able to plan and implement an international conspiracy

without some cabinet-level approval?

That's correct. I was given a broad mandate

in my duties as head of ntac.

I felt that the project fell within that mandate.

So there was no need to seek outside approval...

- Excuse us, everybody. - Did you hear that?

Well, yeah, the microphones went haywire.

No, not that. Something else.

Just set that approval issue to the side for the moment.

Did you ever discuss the project with anyone outside of ntac?

I mean, someone, somewhere, must have taken an interest

in what your people were doing over there.

- Listen to me. - What? What's wrong?

- A simple question, Mr. Ryland. - What do you mean, "what's wrong"?

Surely, it can't be that difficult to answer.

If I could have your attention up here, Mr. Ryland.

You need to relax, miles.

Security! Stop that man!

Get some protection on Ryland. Stay here. I'll be right back.

We need an ambulance! Someone call an ambulance!

Stand back, please. Back. Back.

Stop! T.J.!

I don't understand what I did.

Would somebody please tell me what I just did?

Hang on, Dennis. The ambulance is coming.

Yeah, it was her.

The blood we picked up at the scene matches the DNA in our records.

That was t.J. Kim running from the courthouse.

When she hit this place, t.J. Drove every man in the building

into a homicidal rage.

She's learning to control what she can do. They all are.

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. I guess Ryland was right.

I'll be sure to mention that to my daughter.

Okay, save the point-counterpoint.

At the moment, we've been tasked with two jobs.

We track down t.J. Kim. What's the second job?

We are to protect Ryland's co-conspirators

from any further reprisals.

So we arrest them, and now we're their bodyguards?

Well, the entire country just saw a 4400 turn a government hearing