If you have been following my recaps, you know that I am a big fan of the Tom Baldwin's wife, Alana, largely because I think she is gorgeous and love her accent. In the past few weeks, we have been learning a lot about Alana, and this week is we got a whole lot more.

After Isabelle started working through the NOVA group in search of Shawn, there is only one person left that NTAC needs to find: Gary Navarro. You all remember Gary because he was the baseball player that asked Tom and Diana for help. Since then he has been used as a spy for the NSA, felt bad, and then used his mindreading ability to go after enemies of the 4400, many of whom were the same type of people who were hiring him not too long ago. Tom and the rest of the crew are closing in on him, but right before they storm down the door, somebody tips of Gary and he is able to escape.

Shawn Farrell was really happy that Isabelle saved him, but among the things that can really change the dynamic of a relationship, a handful of murders have to be around the top of the list. The body says yes, and the mind says no. Isabelle doesn't know why Shawn is freaking out about Matthew (it was just a stroke) and the other people who died (they were terrorists), and if the ends justify the means, then Shawn's mental health can justify a lot. Shawn says that he just thinks that he and Isabelle got a little too intense, too fast, and that it might be time for a break.

Before Isabelle can decide whether that break should be Shawn's neck, another girl comes into visit. Seriously, doesn't anybody knock in this place? It has to be one of my pet peeves. I have a couple coworkers who are especially skilled at not knocking. It's not only rude, but makes it difficult to nap when I need a little refresher in the afternoon or am nursing a hangover. Anyway, Shawn's visitor is Nikki, his brother's ex-girlfriend who happened to break up with his brother because she was more in love with Shawn.

As soon as I saw this girl, I though she was dead meat. Just look at the way Isabelle is looking at her. She reminds me of my sister right before she stabbed me with a pencil when we were young, accidentally, I'm sure. Isabelle looks like she wants to accidentally rip Nikki's head off, even if the visit is quite innocent. Nikki's father has cancer, and although she doesn't mention it, you know what's coming next. Nikki wants a little help with her father, and we all know that Shawn will be happy to comply.

Alana's job at the center has been a success, and she really seems to enjoy helping 4400 children, that is until the NSA round her up and took her away. What was the charge? Alluring accent in the first degree? Actually, there is no charge. They can hold her for a couple of days without charging her because she is a "person of interest". They have evidence that she is a member of the NOVA group.

Wha? Alana? Really? Seems hard to believe, but as she is explaining it to Tom, she wrote a check to help out her old friend Ryan Freel pay some bills. Ryan Freel used it for some things that got him in trouble with government, and now Alana is paying the price. Tom tries to pull some strings with his boss Nina Jarvis, but her hands are tied. The investigation is officially sanctioned and the government has hired the Haspell Corporation to do the investigative work. A civilian company is doing the job of a government agency, including arrests, and there is little oversight from the government, and there is even less oversight of the government that is supposed to be running all of this.

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