The Wrath of Graham
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"The Wrath of Graham" is the first episode of season four of the science fiction
television series The 4400
. The episode aired June 17, 2007 on the USA Network
. The episode was written by Craig Sweeny
and Ira Steven Behr
and directed by Ernest Dickerson
.
. Jordan
, Tess
and Kevin
are still in hiding. Shawn
remains in a coma
following his encounter with Isabelle
. Diana
, Maia
and Ben are in Spain. Isabelle is in NTAC's custody. Promicin
is still getting to the public, despite laws forbidding its use. NTAC has a new director, Meghan Doyle
. In addition, Richard
, who was last seen walking away from the 4400 Center
, has gone missing, and Kyle
has returned home.
Jordan has been having strange dreams about the future, thinking he has stopped the catastrophe, but hating the fact that sacrifices had to be made. Tess has started to hallucinate about people dying, feeling guilt over the deaths that promicin has caused. Kevin informs Jordan that if he has to choose between helping him and helping Tess, Kevin will help Tess. He also tells Jordan that Tess will soon need more medical help and can not remain in hiding. Eventually, Tess leaves Jordan's hideaway.
Diana has decided to take a job as an adviser regarding the 4400 in Europe; Ben and Maia support her decision. But Marco calls her to inform her that her sister, April, may have taken some promicin. Diana, worried that she has not heard from April for several weeks, leaves for America. Maia and Ben remain in Spain, but Maia predicts that Diana will not be returning.
Kyle is ready to do anything to wake Shawn up, returning the favor, but the promicin Kyle took is having no effect on him. Kyle meets a girl in the park named Cassie, whom he befriends. She knows who he is because she has read a lot about the 4400. She suggests that a shot of promicin might "jump start" Shawn's system, because it is inside him already. Kyle tells her he already thought of it and that the doctors will not consider it, but that they also say that Shawn should be awake since his brain is working and his vitals are good.
Tom goes to see Isabelle, who asks if Shawn is all right. Tom tells her and asks if she knows where Alana is. Isabelle does not tell him what she knows because she does not want to ruin his hope, but she reminds him that the people from the future told him to kill Isabelle. Because he did not, they could be punishing Tom.
Meanwhile, a teenager named Graham Holt has started to develop 4400 powers from the promicin he took. Graham is seen as a messiah and people begin to do whatever he tells them. People start to dress, worship, and offer themselves to him. Soon Graham has taken over his entire high school
; the principal calls NTAC. Tom and his team get there, but Graham's followers prevent Graham from being taken back to NTAC. Tom calls in the army, but Graham has taken over a section of Seattle with his followers, who prevent the army from getting to him. Tom leaves after he offers Graham time to come out. Graham is able to take the army, police, and most people in Seattle under his control.
When Tom returns to his home he finds that all of television channels are either off the air or broadcasting Graham's image. When Tom arrives at the NTAC parking garage, he discovers the police (under orders of Graham) arresting everyone. Tom grabs Meghan and they both go back to Tom's house to think of a way to stop Graham.
Jordan sees the Graham broadcasts on television, hating that promicin was used for it. Kevin notices Tess is gone and goes looking for her as Jordan goes after Graham. Jordan allows himself to be captured and is taken to Graham. Graham tries to convert him, but to no avail. Jordan instead uses his ability to remove all the promicin from Graham, negating his control on the city.
Kyle injects Shawn with promicin and although he appears to go through a seizure, he soon regains consciousness. Relieved, Kyle searches for Cassie to tell her what happened. She is not enrolled at the college she claimed to attend, and he is unable to find her.
Back at NTAC, no promicin is discovered in Graham's blood. Meghan hands Tom a note from Isabelle, telling him to go to a museum and he will find what he is looking for. He finds a painting of Alana
hanging there; it was painted in 1885.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
television series The 4400
The 4400
The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with Sky Television, Renegade 83, and American Zoetrope for USA Network. The show was created and written by Scott Peters and René Echevarria, and it stars Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie...
. The episode aired June 17, 2007 on the USA Network
USA Network
USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...
. The episode was written by Craig Sweeny
Craig Sweeny
Craig Sweeny is an American television producer and screenwriter.Sweeny is known for his writing on and producing the science fiction television series The 4400. To date, he has written or co-written thirteen episodes and produced three. He has also written for television shows such as Medium and...
and Ira Steven Behr
Ira Steven Behr
Ira Steven Behr born 23 October 1953, in New York City, New York, USA is an American television producer and screenwriter, most known for his work on Star Trek, especially Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, on which he served as showrunner and executive producer...
and directed by Ernest Dickerson
Ernest Dickerson
Ernest Roscoe Dickerson A.S.C. is an American film and television director and cinematographer. He directed generally urban films sometimes with supernatural stories like Juice, Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight, Bones and Never Die Alone...
.
Synopsis
A new director takes over NTAC while a high-school student, who took promicin, develops an ability.Plot
Three months have passed since the events of "Fifty–Fifty". Tom is still searching for AlanaAlana Mareva
Alana Mareva is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Background :Alana was born October 17, 1969, in Tahiti, and disappeared September 5, 2001, from Seattle, Wash. Prior to her abduction, her husband and only son Billy had been killed by a drunk driver...
. Jordan
Jordan Collier
Jordan Collier is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400. He is portrayed by American actor Billy Campbell.-Character Profile:...
, Tess
Tess Doerner
Tess Doerner is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400, played by Summer Glau. She disappeared April 3, 1955.-Season Two:...
and Kevin
Kevin Burkhoff
Kevin Burkhoff is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction tv show, The 4400.-Season Two:Kevin first appeared in the season two premiere episode "Wake Up Call," in which he was a patient in a psychiatric hospital. Kevin suffered from paranoid personality disorder and had not...
are still in hiding. Shawn
Shawn Farrell
Shawn Farrell is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Season One:Shawn was born December 12, 1983, and disappeared April 22, 2001 from Highland Beach near Seattle, Washington, while with his cousin Kyle Baldwin...
remains in a coma
Coma
In medicine, a coma is a state of unconsciousness, lasting more than 6 hours in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light or sound, lacks a normal sleep-wake cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. A person in a state of coma is described as...
following his encounter with Isabelle
Isabelle Tyler
Isabelle Tyler is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.-Background:The daughter of Richard Tyler and Lily Moore, Isabelle is technically not a 4400; she was born after the 4400 were returned, after the first season of the show.- Season 1 :Lily...
. Diana
Diana Skouris
Diana Skouris is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.-Season One :Initially portrayed as somewhat cold and removed, Diana Skouris was partnered with Tom Baldwin in the pilot episode to investigate the 4400 returnees. She expresses displeasure at being...
, Maia
Maia Skouris
Maia Skouris is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction TV show The 4400.- Season One :...
and Ben are in Spain. Isabelle is in NTAC's custody. Promicin
Promicin
Promicin is a fictional neurotransmitter in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Background :The human body produces neurotransmitters that control and regulate bodily functions. In The 4400, every 4400 produces a fictitious neurotransmitter called promicin that enables him...
is still getting to the public, despite laws forbidding its use. NTAC has a new director, Meghan Doyle
Meghan Doyle
Meghan Doyle, played by Jenni Baird, is a major character in the fourth season of The 4400, and the new head of NTAC.- Before Season Four :Doyle graduated summa cum laude from Yale University with a joint degree in economics and sociology...
. In addition, Richard
Richard Tyler
Richard Tyler is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Character :One of the first 4400s to be shown, Richard is Lily Tyler's husband, and is the father of her second daughter, Isabelle Tyler....
, who was last seen walking away from the 4400 Center
4400 Center
The 4400 Center is a fictional building in the science fiction TV series The 4400. According to a postcard in the Season 3 episode "Gone", the fictional location of the center is 6265 Crescent Road, Seattle, WA...
, has gone missing, and Kyle
Kyle Baldwin
Kyle Baldwin is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Season One:Kyle Baldwin is Tom and Linda Baldwin's son and Shawn Farrell's cousin. The two were drinking beer at Highland beach in 2001 when Shawn was abducted. After Shawn's abduction, Kyle is...
has returned home.
Jordan has been having strange dreams about the future, thinking he has stopped the catastrophe, but hating the fact that sacrifices had to be made. Tess has started to hallucinate about people dying, feeling guilt over the deaths that promicin has caused. Kevin informs Jordan that if he has to choose between helping him and helping Tess, Kevin will help Tess. He also tells Jordan that Tess will soon need more medical help and can not remain in hiding. Eventually, Tess leaves Jordan's hideaway.
Diana has decided to take a job as an adviser regarding the 4400 in Europe; Ben and Maia support her decision. But Marco calls her to inform her that her sister, April, may have taken some promicin. Diana, worried that she has not heard from April for several weeks, leaves for America. Maia and Ben remain in Spain, but Maia predicts that Diana will not be returning.
Kyle is ready to do anything to wake Shawn up, returning the favor, but the promicin Kyle took is having no effect on him. Kyle meets a girl in the park named Cassie, whom he befriends. She knows who he is because she has read a lot about the 4400. She suggests that a shot of promicin might "jump start" Shawn's system, because it is inside him already. Kyle tells her he already thought of it and that the doctors will not consider it, but that they also say that Shawn should be awake since his brain is working and his vitals are good.
Tom goes to see Isabelle, who asks if Shawn is all right. Tom tells her and asks if she knows where Alana is. Isabelle does not tell him what she knows because she does not want to ruin his hope, but she reminds him that the people from the future told him to kill Isabelle. Because he did not, they could be punishing Tom.
Meanwhile, a teenager named Graham Holt has started to develop 4400 powers from the promicin he took. Graham is seen as a messiah and people begin to do whatever he tells them. People start to dress, worship, and offer themselves to him. Soon Graham has taken over his entire high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
; the principal calls NTAC. Tom and his team get there, but Graham's followers prevent Graham from being taken back to NTAC. Tom calls in the army, but Graham has taken over a section of Seattle with his followers, who prevent the army from getting to him. Tom leaves after he offers Graham time to come out. Graham is able to take the army, police, and most people in Seattle under his control.
When Tom returns to his home he finds that all of television channels are either off the air or broadcasting Graham's image. When Tom arrives at the NTAC parking garage, he discovers the police (under orders of Graham) arresting everyone. Tom grabs Meghan and they both go back to Tom's house to think of a way to stop Graham.
Jordan sees the Graham broadcasts on television, hating that promicin was used for it. Kevin notices Tess is gone and goes looking for her as Jordan goes after Graham. Jordan allows himself to be captured and is taken to Graham. Graham tries to convert him, but to no avail. Jordan instead uses his ability to remove all the promicin from Graham, negating his control on the city.
Kyle injects Shawn with promicin and although he appears to go through a seizure, he soon regains consciousness. Relieved, Kyle searches for Cassie to tell her what happened. She is not enrolled at the college she claimed to attend, and he is unable to find her.
Back at NTAC, no promicin is discovered in Graham's blood. Meghan hands Tom a note from Isabelle, telling him to go to a museum and he will find what he is looking for. He finds a painting of Alana
Alana Mareva
Alana Mareva is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Background :Alana was born October 17, 1969, in Tahiti, and disappeared September 5, 2001, from Seattle, Wash. Prior to her abduction, her husband and only son Billy had been killed by a drunk driver...
hanging there; it was painted in 1885.
Significance
The episodes shows that Jordan Collier possesses an ability: he can neutralize promicin. However, it is speculated in the theory room that he is only able to neutralize promicin in those who have taken the promicin shot and not the original 4400.External links
- "The Wrath of Graham" at the official 4400 website provided by USA NetworkUSA NetworkUSA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...
. - "The Wrath of Graham" at The 4400 wiki.