So, by now most of the TVgasm readers should have an idea about the background of The 4400. Abducted by future humans, changed somehow, and brought back in order to save mankind. Why so many? Well, if you've seen a movie like 12 Monkeys, you really know the danger of leaving the fate of the world in the hands of one anonymous time traveler. Why does the mission have to be secret? Why can't other people know why you're around? For every person out there who would want to lock you up, there is sure to be a Madeleine Stowe or two around that will want to help. As it turns out, the future humans took a good gamble, and even the government is trying to help them out.
Not all of the 4400 realize that they have powers right away. Some are just beginning to learn that they have some sort of gift. One of those people is Gary Navarro (played by Sharif Atkins of er fame), a baseball player who was taken in 1973. He made it back to the minors, and after a little bit of a hot streak, he has the attention of some scouts, some of them who may want him to join the big leagues. The only problem is that Navarro has a lot of people telling him what to do and he can't block them out of his head, which is understandable, because now he can read minds.
I know what you're saying, mind reading would be cool. You could find out what your coworkers are thinking about you, determine if your friends really like your jokes or are just laughing to be polite, and my personal favorite, to find out if that girl likes you for your personality, your gorgeous looks, or your modesty. And in the beginning, it was OK for Navarro as well. He could hear what the catcher or pitcher was thinking before anything happened, and was always prepared for the next pitch. Unfortunately, sometimes things go too far, and you can't block out what anybody is saying, like Mel Gibson in "What Women Want." Everything you hear is driving you crazy.
After going crazy on a baseball scout, Gary decides to seek some help from NTAC. Diana and Tom are assigned to the case, of course, and although they don't really believe him at first, they see he is telling the truth. Case closed, get the kid some help, right? If for nothing else than the fact that Sharif Atkins is really over-acting during the times when he is supposed to be going crazy, they should do something. He is taking some anti-psychosis medicine that seems to help him concentrate on only one voice, so with a little work, maybe he can learn to control what is happening to him.
Straightforward, right? Well, not so much. Remember Jordan Collier, billionaire turned 4400, turned megalomaniac, turned prophet, turned author? If people thought Tess Doerner was a little paranoid with all of the talk of scientists in submarines, you would really start to wonder about Jordan Collier. He seemingly has his place swept hourly to find listening devices. NTAC has sent in plenty of people to bug his offices in search of more information on what he is trying to do (which I guess makes Collier less paranoid if people really are trying to get him), especially since they noticed a crazy South African hanging around who specializes in arming mercenaries and funding guerillas. What better way to find out information about him than to send in a person who can only function with regular doses of drugs to calm his nerves? I guess Tom Cruise wasn't around to personally take Navarro off of drugs and save him from psychiatrists. Nothing is going to go wrong with that plan.
But before we go on with that, how about a little update on Richard, Lily, and Isabel? Richard made it to the emergency room, and they bought a truck (bonus, you won't get run off the road, anti-bonus, have you seen the gas prices on the west coast?!). Things are pretty decent, but Richard will have to eventually find a job because they burned through most of their money. Now, I am not being misogynistic by saying that Richard needs to be the bread winner, but they do have a baby that can apparently control nature and convince men to blow their own heads off with shotguns. Isabel only talks to Lily, so she kind of needs to stay home with her.
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Comments (5)
Kyle is a whiny bitch. If you are so upset that dad didnt send in the tuition check on time, why dont you pay for it yourself dickweed.
But dads the asshole because he didnt fork over a shitload of moeny to you FAST ENOUGH.
1 of 5 | Posted by Eddiebosox | Posted on June 15, 2005 4:04 AM
Agreed about Kyle--shut your pie hole about the tuition!
Does anyone else sense a mis-direction on Jordo Collier? Methinks that they are trying too hard to convince us of his sinisterness. Could it be that Diana and Tom should be helping Jordo rather than harrassing him? I envision a season-long struggle between our Homeland Security good guys and Jordo, with the good guys finally realizing at season's end that they are on the wrong side (remember, Tom is supposed to be HELPING the 4400). Just a theory....
2 of 5 | Posted by Brian | Posted on June 15, 2005 9:32 AM
About the Isabell/Collier showdown, two words: diaper fling
3 of 5 | Posted by GNARKILL | Posted on June 15, 2005 10:42 AM
the kid looks eerily like a young version of the singer from Fine Young Cannibals.
So you know its gotta be evil.
4 of 5 | Posted by Eddiebosox | Posted on June 15, 2005 11:31 AM
Damn, Super Baby is gettig eviler by the second. Whoa...love that Super Baby!
Also, the Kyle/teacher thing is lame, and it best get better, as in she a plant by either Jordan or Homeland Security to get to Kyle/Tom/Sean/whatever.
I was wondering if the Richard/Super Baby thing at the end was her messing with him, or finally communicating with him directly..very weird. OK, as long as Richard is left unharmed, as he is my uber fave.
5 of 5 | Posted by zatanna | Posted on June 15, 2005 11:26 PM