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''The 4400'' is a Science Fiction Television Program produced by CBS Paramount Network Television 1 The show was produced by Viacom Productions during season one and by Paramount Network Television during season two, after the former was absorbed by the latter in 2005. PNT changed its name again in 2006 with the CBS/Viacom split. in association with Sky Television , Renegade 83 and American Zoetrope for USA Network .2 The show was created and written by Scott Peters and René Echevarria , and stars Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie . In the Pilot Episode , what is originally thought to be a Comet deposits a group of exactly 4400 people at Highland Beach , in the Cascade Range foothills near Mount Rainier , Washington . All of the 4400 disappeared at various times starting in 19463 in a beam of white light. After their return, none have aged, all are disoriented, and remember nothing between the time of their disappearance and their return. CAST
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SYNOPSIS The National Threat Assessment Command (NTAC), a division of the Department Of Homeland Security , is in charge of dealing with the return of the 4400. There are a multitude of agents assigned to the cases of investigating the 4400. The series primarily follows two of them, Tom Baldwin and Diana Skouris , as well as their immediate superior, Dennis Ryland in season one and Nina Jarvis in seasons two and three and theory room consultant Marco Pacella . Many of the returnees have trouble trying to get their lives back on track after being separated from their world for years. More significantly, a small number of the returnees begin to manifest paranormal abilities, such as Telekinesis , Telepathy , Precognition , as well as other "gifts", for example in the pilot episode Shawn Farrell manifests an ability to bring a dead bird back to life. In addition, one of the 4400 ( Lily Moore ) has become pregnant between her disappearance and return. The first season finale, " White Light " reveals that the 4400 were Abducted , not by Aliens , but by Human s from the Earth's future, that Kyle Baldwin was to be their "messenger", and that they were returned to avert a Catastrophe . By the second season, it is revealed that all 4400 have a Neurotransmitter called Promicin in their brains which gives them their powers. The government, afraid of what this large group would do with such power, secretly doses all 4400 with a Promicin-inhibitor which works on most of the 4400, but not those who were later seen with powers. The inhibitor causes a potentially fatal immune deficiency as a side effect in the returnees. It is ultimately removed from the 4400 by a dose of promiscin extracted by Kevin Burkhoff from the blood of the infant Isabelle , who was never given the inhibitor. At the beginning of the third season, the Nova Group, a terrorist faction made up of 4400s, has made itself known. Originally formed as a "defensive" group in the aftermath of the promicin-inhibitor scandal, the Nova Group eventually goes rogue and carries out numerous terrorist attacks against the government and NTAC. The group is responsible for many Terrorist attacks including the Assassination of the men involved with the promicin-inhibitor Conspiracy , the attempted assassination of Ryland, framing Tom Baldwin for Murder , and making Shawn go temporarily Insane . During the third and fourth season, it is revealed that only a certain faction from the future wants to see history changed. Another faction, that prefers the Status Quo , opposes the 4400, and has sent their own operatives, including Isabelle Tyler and "The Marked" into the past. What the exact motives of both factions are has not yet been revealed. Eventually, Jordan Collier, who declares himself the savior of humanity, makes Promicin shots available to the general public. However, only half of the human population can actually tolerate Promicin, and thus develop superhuman abilities, while the other half would die upon taking the shot. Although the government outlawed Promicin use, thousands of previously ordinary people have developed abilities, severely complicating NTAC's task. Collier later annexed a part of Seattle and transformed it into "Promise City", a self-proclaimed paradise open to all people with abilities. Attempts to reclaim Promise City by the US government have met with little success, and considering the damage certain 4400's loyal to Collier could do, NTAC has advised caution in attempting to do so by force. Ripple effect Early in the first season, the "masterminds" at NTAC suspect that the 4400s have been placed in the timeline with their enhanced abilities for a purpose, to effect some change that could propagate and change the course of history.5 An example of this effect at work came during the third season episode " Gone, Part II ", in which five 4400 children are once again abducted by the future and "seeded" back into history at different time periods. Some of the "advances" accomplished by this feat included the development of artificial Petroleum and Composite Materials used in the first Lunar Colonies , according to background conversations "overheard" at NTAC. These advances are negated (restoring the original Timeline ) in exchange for Tom Baldwin agreeing to do whatever the future asks of him, to help prevent the "disaster" to come — which he learns is an order to kill Isabelle Tyler.6 Tom Baldwin initially reneges on his agreement with the future humans, but the seemingly indestructible Isabelle forces his hand in the season three finale and is stripped of her 4400 abilities. EPISODES See Also: List of The 4400 episodes
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