Like any father, Tom is upset at the loss of his son, and we see him at the beginning of the episode rummaging through some of Kyle's things. Considering is doing the 4400 equivalent of selling bibles, I am not sure why Tom cares so much. And if he needs comfort, why doesn't he fall into the arms of his loving wife? She was gone a long time, so I am sure there is plenty of catching up that she wants to do. If your significant other had just come back after being gone a long time, wouldn't you be creative and find something better to do than smelling somebody else's old little league t-shirts? Sure he sort of joined a cult, but is it really worse than prison?

If there is anything that Tom should be afraid of, it's Jordan Collier with a warehouse of promicin. Collier's grand plan is to give this promicin away, but like any person wanting to sell a new drug, he has to think about a few important factors. No, I'm not talking about side effects and safety; I'm talking about marketing! Without marketing, your great idea could completely go to waste. Luckily, Collier is a master of marketing, and what better way to get your idea across than a viral video?

Collier's first volunteer, is our hottie head usher/tour guide Devon. Devon wants to be a 4400, always has, and she is more than happy to try out the promicin and be in Jordan's video. Although I should be well past the days where I would try something out just because I see a hot girl in an internet video saying it is OK, I admit that if Devon told me to jump off a bridge, I would probably do that too. Then again, I am not the only one. Only hours after the video was posted on the Internet, it had already been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. NTAC was doing their best to try and get it removed off of servers, it was already on YouTube and Bittorrent long enough that there was no chance in hell they could ever suppress it.

Although there is no proof Jordan Collier is involved, Devon was enough of a high profile figure at the 4400 center that Tom and Diana recognized her and decided to look for her. Devon wasn't at the center, and when they ask Collier, he denies that he has anything to do with it, even if he approves of everything that is happening. Diana and Tom then try and ask Shawn what is going on, but even Shawn isn't going to turn snitch this time. He is also in denial mode, and even gives his Uncle Tom the old "I thought we were on the same side" lecture.

And how is Ryland acting after all of this? You would think that he would be upset that all of that time and government money he invested would go to waste, but for some reason, he seemed like he had no problem whatsoever that Collier was giving away his promicin. Isabelle wanted to know how they could just stand there and let that happen, but Ryland insisted that by giving it out for free the 4400 will be "doing out job for us", which is kind of cryptic, but I'm guessing we'll figure out what he means before too long.

There was a lot going on in this episode, but the writers always seem to find the most annoying places to break it up with the uninteresting story lines. I am of course talking about the continuing love between Diana and Ben. If they were going to make a movie about it, it would be called "An Affair to Forget". Anyway, Diana took Maia out of school because she was worried about what might happen at the 4400 center. Maia, one of the youngest of the people snatched by the future-humans, had a very difficult time adjusting to regular school, and she didn't have that many friends. The school at the 4400 center was just what she needed, and after her mother removed her, Maia wasn't very happy. But just when mother and daughter are about to really get into it, there is a knock on the door.

Diana is actually surprised to see that it is Ben. I actually didn't mention this in the last recap, but Ben said that he was on his way to London, and he and Diana almost broke up. I don't want to be a callous, but seriously, nobody really cares if they break up or not. About the only thing that could disinterest me more would be listening to somebody describe how they make balsamic vinaigrette. Apparently Ben couldn't stand the thought of being without Diana and wants her and Maia to come with him to Spain for six months while he is on his next job. Ben says that Diana has given enough to the job, and it's time for more important things. However, it's way too early in the episode for her to make up her mind about anything, so I am guessing that it will all be resolved in the final five minutes, giving us a cliffhanger that nobody cares about for next season.

Posted by J-Unit on August 31, 2006 2:11 PM