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The 4400: Pilot

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A comet is due to pass by Earth, but its trajectory changes to a collision course, causing widespread panic. When the comet appears to come in for a landing, it deposits 4400 people in an explosion. They have all been missing from anywhere between a few months to 60 years. They haven't aged at all, and have no memory of what happened.

"The 4400", as they come to call them, are put in quarantine and eventually released. Some of the returnees begin to exhibit strange and uncontrollable new abilities. Tom Baldwin and Diana Skouris, two Homeland Security agents, are appointed to find out what happened to the 4400. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Ren� Echevarria Scott Peters

Director:: Yves Simoneau

Stars:: Laura Allen (Lily Moore); Joel Gretsch (Tom Baldwin); Brooke Nevin (Nikki Hudson); Kaj-Erik Eriksen (Danny Farrell); Jacqueline McKenzie (Diana Skouris); Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (Richard Tyler); Patrick Flueger (Shawn Farrell); Chad Faust (Kyle Baldwin); Peter Coyote (Dennis Ryland)

Recurring Role:: Andrew Airlie (Brian Moore); Chilton Crane (Susan Farrell); Lori Ann Triolo (Linda Baldwin); Conchita Campbell (Maia Rutledge)

Guest Star:: Manami Hara (Newscaster/Japan); Sheila Paterson (Elizabeth Bailey); Eric Breker (Kenneth Griffin); Eileen Pedde (Patty Griffin); Genevieve Buechner (Heidi Moore); Adrian Holmes (Lt. Payton); Roger Haskett (Maia's Father); Carrie Fleming (Maia's Mother); Keith Martin Gordey (Alan Kushner); Ross Douglas (Gregory Kensington); Jesse Hutch (Brad Rossi); Michael Moriarty (Orson Bailey); Craig March (Security Guard); Jason Low (Sid Stradner); Terry Chen (Colin Chen); Pamela Hart (ACLU Lawyer); Patti Allan (Barbara Yates); Layla Alizada (Young Woman); Calvin Lee (Newscaster/China); Nimet Kanji (Newscaster/Africa); Parm Soor (Newscaster/India); Nicola Crosbie (Announcer #2); Chris Kalhoon (Reporter); Garwin Sanford (Adam Kensington); Christina Jastrzembska (Older Woman); Julius Chapple (Young Man); Link Baker (Air Force Officer); Karin Konoval (Dr. Emily Sanford); John Destry (Homeless Man); Cam Cronin (Process Server); Jan Bos (Quarantine Official); Daryl Shuttleworth (Announcer #1); Nicolas Von Zill (Middle-Aged Man); Gabriel Patrich (Older Man); Jocelyne Loewen (Morgue Attendant)

Featured 4400s

* Maia Rutledge, disappeared 3 March 1946 from Crescent City, California. She has the second sight ability of precognition.
* Richard Tyler, an Air Force pilot, disappeared 11 May 1951 during the Korean War.
* Orson Bailey, disappeared 11 June 1979 from Tacoma, Washington. He has the ability to exert extreme telekinesis.
* Shawn Farrell, disappeared 22 April 2001 from Highland Beach near Seattle, Washington. He has the ability to heal others. edit »
Goof: Titan II missiles have not been used by the US since 1987. edit »
Goof: Diana gives the projected location of the comet as "47 north longitude, 122, maybe 123 west latitude". This is not possible: latitude coordinates are north or south and longitude coordinates are east or west. The proper location would be 47 north latitude, 122 west longitude. edit »
Goof: As the comet heads towards Earth, the Chinese and US launch missiles at it, and a near real time countdown is presented. This would mean intercepting the object at least near the atmosphere, as the missiles were not designed to target things in space, but when it is revealed that the missiles failed to destroy it, the comet is now passing by the moon, which even if the missiles were designed for outer space, would have taken much, much longer to intercept. edit »

Featured Music

"Cheek to Cheek" by Billie Holiday
"Worry About You" by Ivy
"A Place In Time" by Amanda Abizaid. edit »

Tom: Shawn, uh... do you remember anything? Anything at all about what happened that night?
Shawn: Nothing. Nothing. One minute I'm sitting there with Kyle on the beach, the next, it's three years later and I'm standing next to some mountain with a couple thousand strangers around me. Listen, Uncle Tommy, some people are saying that we were abducted by aliens.
Tom: We can't rule anything out yet. edit »
Diana: So the red dots mark the spots where the American members of the 4400 originally lived.
Tom: You mean the returnees.
Diana: Not according to the press. It's the 4400. You know, you have to admit, it's a bit strange, a nice round number like that. I wonder if it has any significance.
Tom: Oh, so you're saying that if 3,781 people had suddenly showed up that night, it wouldn't have been as strange?
Diana: I'd say...slightly less strange. edit »
Diana: Well, it was more of an attempt at bonding, via a shared similar experience. Can you open the door?
Tom: How long did you go out with this guy?
Diana: Nine months.
Tom: Nine months. So you're equating your nine months of dating, with my nineteen years of marriage?
Diana: You're right, ok, forget it. You want me to drive?
Tom: What for?
Diana: I don't know. So you can brood? edit »
Diana: You know, I had a boyfriend once. Every time...
Tom: Boyfriend?
Diana: Well, don't look so surprised. God! edit »
Diana: Is this all that's left when you're done, a box of trinkets?
Tom: They're not trinkets, they're memories, the kind you leave behind, you know, for family and friends.
Diana: Hmm, I should get to work on that.
Tom: I'm not going there.
Diana: Well, believe it or not, some of us are happier alone.
Tom: No one's happy alone, if they are they're kidding themselves.
Diana: I thought you weren't going there. edit »

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