When a Man Loves a Woman - 
by J-Unit
First of all, I would like to thank everybody last week who took the time out of their busy day to stroke my ego and leave a comment on the last post for The 4400. I'm also delighted to find that so many people like boobies, even the people who live with them every day! I also realized I probably got a lot of comments because I didn't wait six or seven days to post the recap, so here's to more speedy posts in the future. As I've said before, the show is good, but I always thought that they didn't do enough to update us on some of the story lines. Well, the writers and the network must have read my mind, because they addressed one of those gaping plot holes today. We still don't know what happened to Jordan Collier, but at least we're not worry about what happened to Dr. Berkhoff.
When Dr. Berkhoff started experimenting on himself with promicin injections, he talked of a global arms race. The people from the future seemed to be able give their subjects specific abilities. Look how much damage the NOVA group did and multiply that by hundreds and thousands, and just imagine the kind of damage somebody with the secret of promicin could do. Somebody else must have realized this, because we open the episode with Dr. Berkhoff running from somebody in the woods.
The last time we say Berkhoff, he didn't exactly look great. Diana was helping him with the promicin injections, but even if he was going to get a 4400 ability, the side effects were devastating. Talk about the man without a face! Kevin Berkhoff would be the only person on the planet calling Seal for skin care advice. Luckily, another side effect of the promicin is that he doesn't like sunlight and would rather be indoors, which is great when you are trying to hide your hideous self from the public, but not so great when you have a bunch of people that want to kill you chasing after you.
Dr. Berkhoff barely had enough muscle function to inject himself with promicin, so it's not a surprise when the goons are able to chase him down. After being taken into some sort of interrogation room by some random guys in suits, somebody asks him if he has worked on any other subjects, which is kind of laughable, because where do you find the volunteers? I can see the commercial now:
First place in the Randy Johnson impersonation contest...
"Is your face smooth and soft? Are people always making fun of you because your skin doesn't have any lesions? Are you sick and tired of all the strange looks you get when you walk into a leper colony? Then come on down to Crazy Kevin's! We'll inject you with some promicin and your troubles will melt away! Just like your fingernails! As a bonus, several government agencies will follow you a no extra charge!"
When the suits realized that Kevin was telling the truth, they decided to shoot him and put him out of his misery. I don't know, I might have tried a facial peel first, but what do I know? Some people may have been shocked because how could Dr. Berkhoff die? He is the one who is supposed to create the 4400s. If he dies, then he won't create the 4400s, and the people from the future won't be able to send people back. These are the kinds of ripples in the space-time fabric that Doc Brown always warned Marty about.
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