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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 Jordan Collier quickly becomes one of the central figures of the 4400. Intelligent, persuasive and ruthless, he has consistently viewed the 4400 and their situation as being on a war footing with the rest of society. Although his motives and means change during the course of the series- from greed to altruism- he is always seen to believe that co-existence with non-4400's / people without abilities is not possible. Season One Jordan Collier first appears in the episode "Becoming" . A Real Estate mogul, he disappeared April 10 , 2002 , from the Seattle, Washington area. After Barbera Yates begins demonising the returnees, he publicly reveals himself as a 4400 and begins to speak on their behalf. Meeting many of the returnees at their gatherings on Highland Beach, he announces his plans to build a complex where they can live in safety. Collier shows keen interest in Lily Tyler and her unborn child, Isabelle Tyler . He gives Lily and Richard Tyler a house on the estate and employs Richard as a member of his security force. It soon becomes evident, however, that his main focus is on Lily's child; after Richard discovers that Collier wants to destroy his and Lily's relationship, he and Lily prepare to leave. Collier attempts to stop them, claiming that the baby represents the future and he is the best man to raise her. Lily and Richard escape, leaving Collier severely injured by a pyschic attack from the unborn Isabelle. Season Two Collier starts the 4400 Center , a place where 4400s can live and supposedly where non-4400s can "unlock their own ability". He mentors Shawn Farrell , who sought shelter after a turbulent homecoming. Shawn's healing ability is very useful to Collier as it brings in a large revenue, a fact that Shawn despises. Collier is still determined to track down Lily and her family; he claims to Shawn that his former arrogance and greed have been destroyed by Isabelle's attack . He eventually locates Richard, held in police custody, and offers him and Lily sanctuary in the 4400 Centre. He appears to become accepted by Isabelle, and she fully heals him of the damage her earlier attack inflicted on him; however, the baby still senses how dangerous he could be. Shawn comes to realize that Jordan's own motives and methods are less than ideal, when he sees Collier sleeping with one of his students, a famous actress. Collier responds that she will spread the word of the centre and benefit them all; heartbroken by revelations of Collier's promiscuity, an employee he was having an affair with, Devon, attempts suicide. These actions gradually allow Shawn to see his mentor in a less flattering light. Collier's relationship with NTAC is mostly antagonistic during this period. NTAC suspects him of being nothing less than a revolutionary, but attempts to monitor his activities are met with limited success. Collier is noted to have dealt with suspicious or criminal characters; it isduring this time that Collier's motives become apparent, as he tells Gary Nevarro "We're in a war here. Don't pick the losing side." He also tells the baby Isabelle "Welcome to the revolution." When Collier's life is predicted to end by Maia Skouris , Collier asks the infant Isabelle if he is safe. She offers him a vision of what he really wants- power and recognition. Reassured, he goes through with plans for a 4400 reunion. He is shot and killed at the event, his last words being "She lies.." After being assassinated by Kyle Baldwin , his body disappears, but he reappears alive in a dazed condition at Highland Beach, at the conclusion of the Second Season Finale . Season Three Jordan, in a state of amnesia, visits Kyle in prison, asking "Did you kill me?" Questioned by NTAC, Collier claims to have wandered the Earth "forever", and describes scenes of devastation. With Alana Mareva 's help, he regains his memories fully. After helping to effect Kyle's release from prison, he returns to and resumes control of the 4400 Center, casting Isabelle out. It transpires that Collier has been much affected by his post-death experiences. He appears to have either visited or witnessed the future of mankind, in which a powerful, brutal elite rule in the last city, with the rest of the world a ruined wasteland. Whilst amnesiac, he had been spreading news of his visions as a gospel in homeless people's camps across the country. Once his full memory returns, he becomes determined at almost any cost to prevent that future from coming to pass. After regaining his leadership of the 4400 Center, Collier revives the Nova Group and steals Haspel Corporation's stores of Promicin , with the intent of distributing it to the people. He succeeds in having his followers spread around the world and distribute promicin to all those who are willing to take the risks to gain an ability. He hides out in a cabin in the country to elude law enforcement in the season three finale, " Fifty-Fifty ". Season Four Collier initially feels the guilt of the deaths suffered by the people whose bodies could not tolerate promicin. When Graham Holt begins to convert Seattle into his own private city, using his newfound ability to inspire worship, Collier neutralizes the threat (with his previously unknown ability) and informs the world that although there will be scares, the end result is worth it. Jordan is later joined by Kyle Baldwin and Isabelle Tyler. Kyle had taken promicin and gained the ability to see a "guide" who calls herself Cassie. Cassie guided Kyle to Isabelle Tyler when she escaped from custody, and to a book that appears to be prophecies about Jordan Collier and his movement. Although Kyle is now convinced that Jordan is a messiah, Jordan flatly denies this and cautions Kyle about the danger of taking the book literally. Collier also agrees to give Isabelle Tyler a chance to prove herself, but warns her not to make him "nervous". Collier and his movement settle a small deserted town, Evanstone, using it as a model for a better future. After being forced to leave due to NTAC locating the town, the movement returns to Seattle. Collier attempts to convince Shawn to rejoin him, but Shawn refuses, on the grounds that distributing the 50-50 promicin was a grave error. Shawn's resolve to oppose Collier is later strengthened by the mysterious stroke suffered by the anti-4400 Gabriel Hewitt, which Collier may have been responsible for ordering. Collier's next step is to annexe part of Seattle, calling it "Promise City", with a perimeter that causes pain to any who approach. Using terrorist tactics, he threatens reprisal if attacked, and demonstrates the power of his movement by causing earthquakes and tsunamis (initially only destroying property). The government send in a squad of its enhanced soldiers to assassinate him, but due to Maia Skouris, they are discovered and stripped of their abilities by Collier. Warned by Maia that killing in retaliation will lead to a full-scale war, Collier moves the perimeter of "Promise City" to double its size. When Shawn later visits Promise City to ask Collier to delay giving out promicin, Collier's true agenda is now revealed: he wants ''every single'' person to take promicin, leaving the surviving half of the planet to have abilities. His justification for this is that "positives" and "negatives" could never live side-by-side. Collier is pleased when fellow 4400 Richard Tyler reappears, having entered Promise City to see Isabelle. He asks Richard to join him, but instead Richard kidnaps Isabelle and leaves. Furious, Collier helps NTAC locate Richard by passing on the name of Richard's confidante. He warns Kyle against attempting to rescue Isabelle, saying her place in the movement is still unclear and that the risk of losing Kyle far outweighs the benefits of retrieving Isabelle. ABILITIES Jordan Collier's ability to neutralize promicin is discovered in The Wrath Of Graham when he strips Graham Holt of his ability. It is theorized that this ability only works on promicin-positive non-4400s. As Collier was shown to strip the enhanced soldiers of their abilities in Till We Have Built Jerusalem , it is possible that he can also induce a fatal intolerance to further attempted promicin use, the same as the syringe that stripped Isabelle Tyler of her powers. However this is currently pure conjecture. DEPARTURE AND RETURN Campbell took most of season three off to sail around the world.MSNBC: ''The 4400's'' power-hungry tycoon returns Billy returned in season four as a series regular, differing from being a guest star in previous seasons.1 REFERENCES |
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