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The 4400

TV·2004–2007·4 seasons, 44 episodes·USA Network·Drama, Science-Fiction, Mystery·1h 1m·7.6·Created by Scott Peters, René Echevarria

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The 4400 explores the travails of the 4400 people who all at once returned in a ball of light to Earth; though the returnees had not aged physically, many of them reappeared with dramatic abilities ranging from enhanced reflexes to precognition. NTAC (National Threat Assessment Command) is the government agency responsible for keeping track of the returnees and investigating all things related to the 4400.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01The 4400 S01E05White LightS01E05 · 7.4Tom's son Kyle is taken into custody by Lyttel, and Diana offers to help bust him out. Elsewhere, Danny tries to win back Nikki.
  2. 02The 4400 S01E01The ReturnS01E01 · 7.1Peter Coyote stars as an agent who investigates the simultaneous return of 4400 people who went missing over several decades. In the opener, none of those returned have any memory of what happened and none have aged.
  3. 03The 4400 S01E02The New & Improved Carl MorrisseyS01E02 · 7.1Tom and Diana investigate a supermarket employee who returned from his 18-month odyssey with enhanced strength and reflexes and is using his powers to combat crime in his neighborhood. Elsewhere, the pregnant Lily believes her baby can communicate with her; and Diana, concerned about 8-year-old clairvoyant Maia, invites the girl to live with her.

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Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode5Episodes2004Aired 7.1Season avg
  1. S01E01The 4400 S01E01The ReturnJuly 11, 2004 7.1Peter Coyote stars as an agent who investigates the simultaneous return of 4400 people who went missing over several decades. In the opener,
  2. S01E02The 4400 S01E02The New & Improved Carl MorrisseyJuly 18, 2004 7.1Tom and Diana investigate a supermarket employee who returned from his 18-month odyssey with enhanced strength and reflexes and is using his
  3. S01E03The 4400 S01E03BecomingJuly 25, 2004 6.9The public begins to turn on the 4400.
  4. S01E04The 4400 S01E04Trial by FireAugust 1, 2004 6.9Firebombings threaten the 4400 when their names and addresses are made public.
  5. S01E05The 4400 S01E05Season's bestWhite LightAugust 8, 2004 7.4Tom's son Kyle is taken into custody by Lyttel, and Diana offers to help bust him out. Elsewhere, Danny tries to win back Nikki.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2005Aired 6.6Season avg
  1. S02E01The 4400 S02E01Wake-Up Call: Part 1June 5, 2005 6.6Jordan cashes in on his abduction by opening a 4400 center; and Tom is restored to duty by the NTAC's skeptical new chief . Meanwhile, Diana
  2. S02E02The 4400 S02E02Wake-Up Call: Part 2June 5, 2005 6.5Lily and the baby are hunted by a shotgun-toting preacher; Tom and Diana try to isolate the cause of the strange behavior at the hospital; D
  3. S02E03The 4400 S02E03Voices CarryJune 12, 2005 6.3A baseball player unsettled by his ability to read the thoughts of others turns to NTAC for help and is instead used to spy on Jordan Collie
  4. S02E04The 4400 S02E04Weight of the WorldJune 19, 2005 6.6A 4400 with the ability to induce rapid weight loss attracts the attention of Tom and Diana; Richard, Lily and their child find refuge in th
  5. S02E05The 4400 S02E05Suffer the ChildrenJune 26, 2005 6.6A schoolteacher terrifies parents with her supernatural ability to inspire artistic students; Richard, Lily and their child are cornered by
  6. S02E06The 4400 S02E06As Fate Would Have ItJuly 10, 2005 6.7The hunt is on for a shadowy killer after Maia has a vision of Jordan Collier's impending demise; Tom's personal life is disrupted by Kyle's
  7. S02E07The 4400 S02E07Season's bestLife InterruptedJuly 17, 2005 7.1Tom is startled when he awakens in an alternate world in which he's married to a new wife and Kyle is a well-adjusted medical student. Most
  8. S02E08The 4400 S02E08CarrierJuly 24, 2005 6.9Tom and Diana pursue a 4400 who released a plague that eradicated a town's entire population and has powers that threaten to wipe out humani
  9. S02E09The 4400 S02E09RebirthJuly 31, 2005 6.7When atrocities are linked to a 4400 with the ability to heal damaged chromosomes in utero, NTAC finds itself in a troubling international p
  10. S02E10The 4400 S02E10HiddenAugust 7, 2005 6.0Tom is torn between duty and family when he discovers the identity of Jordan Collier's assassin; and Liv stirs up tensions between Danny and
  11. S02E11The 4400 S02E11LockdownAugust 14, 2005 6.4A 4400 terrorist marks the dead Jordan Collier's birthday by planting a device within NTAC that causes all the males to turn savage, forcing
  12. S02E12The 4400 S02E12The Fifth PageAugust 21, 2005 6.7In Nina's absence, Dennis Ryland oversees Tom and Diana's investigation of a deadly epidemic affecting the 4400. Meanwhile, Isabelle is exam
  13. S02E13The 4400 S02E13Mommy's BossesAugust 28, 2005 6.8Tom and Diana discover that the source of the disease that threatens the lives of the 4400 is linked to a conspiracy to inhibit their burgeo

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2006Aired 6.5Season avg
  1. S03E01The 4400 S03E01The New World: Part 1June 11, 2006 6.5Richard is forced to cope with his infant daughter's sudden transformation into a woman and a horrendous change in his wife, Lily. Meanwhile
  2. S03E02The 4400 S03E02The New World: Part 2June 11, 2006 6.5Tom and Diana continue to pursue the Nova Group; Maia starts school at the 4400 Center; Isabelle gains new insight into her role in the futu
  3. S03E03The 4400 S03E03Being Tom BaldwinJune 18, 2006 6.6Tom Baldwin is arrested by the NTAC for a crime he swears he doesn't remember committing; Shawn guides Isabelle through the things she misse
  4. S03E04The 4400 S03E04Gone: Part IJune 25, 2006 6.5Tom and Diana try to foil a kidnapper who's going after 4400 children. Meanwhile, Shawn's past comes back to haunt him.
  5. S03E05The 4400 S03E05Gone: Part IIJuly 2, 2006 6.5Tom and Diana continue their search for a mysterious kidnapper who is targeting 4400 children, while Shawn's relationship with Isabelle caus
  6. S03E06The 4400 S03E06Season's bestGraduation DayJuly 9, 2006 6.7When Shawn is attacked by the Nova Group, a shaken Isabelle decides to seek revenge. Meanwhile, a youthful 4400 offers Alana some informatio
  7. S03E07The 4400 S03E07The Home FrontJuly 16, 2006 6.5Tom and Diana are forced to cooperate with Dennis Ryland in order to find Gary Navarro of the Nova Group, and they soon discover that someon
  8. S03E08The 4400 S03E08BlinkJuly 23, 2006 6.5Tom and Diana are drugged with a hallucinogen, created by a 4400, that causes them to confront significant people from their pasts.
  9. S03E09The 4400 S03E09The Ballad of Kevin & TessJuly 30, 2006 6.3Kevin runs for his life when he becomes a marked man because of his promicin research; and as Tom and Diana search for him, they discover th
  10. S03E10The 4400 S03E10The Starzl MutationAugust 6, 2006 6.6Tom and Diana probe a series of gruesome murders. Meanwhile, Shawn receives a gift from a 4400 that lets him see his future.
  11. S03E11The 4400 S03E11The Gospel According to CollierAugust 13, 2006 6.4Tom hopes to clear his son Kyle of murder charges by looking for Jordan Collier, who might still be alive. Meanwhile, Diana receives a surpr
  12. S03E12The 4400 S03E12Terrible Swift SwordAugust 20, 2006 6.6Tom and Diana suspect Jordan's involvement in the breakout of Nova members from NTAC custody. Meanwhile, April's engagement is complicated b
  13. S03E13The 4400 S03E13Fifty-FiftyAugust 27, 2006 6.7Tom and Diana continue their pursuit of Jordan Collier, whose plan for mankind may have dire consequences. Meanwhile, Dennis Ryland heads ba

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2007Aired 6.4Season avg
  1. S04E01The 4400 S04E01The Wrath of GrahamJune 17, 2007 6.4The NTAC deals with a new director and a high-school student who developed a special ability after taking promicin. Meanwhile, Tom visits Is
  2. S04E02The 4400 S04E02Fear ItselfJune 24, 2007 6.3Tom and Diana look for a person who makes phobias all too real. Meanwhile, Kyle gets another lead from Cassie, this time to a book that cont
  3. S04E03The 4400 S04E03Audrey Parker's Come and GoneJuly 1, 2007 6.4An elderly woman develops the ability to astral project unseen by others, but she is stuck in limbo when her body is murdered, and she must
  4. S04E04The 4400 S04E04The Truth and Nothing But the TruthJuly 8, 2007 6.3Diana finds her sister, whose life is in danger due to promicin. Elsewhere, Shawn considers a run at public office.
  5. S04E05The 4400 S04E05Try the PieJuly 15, 2007 6.3Tom tracks down Collier, who is living in a small town with his followers. Meanwhile, Maia has a disturbing glimpse of the future.
  6. S04E06The 4400 S04E06The MarkedJuly 22, 2007 6.3Collier tries to persuade Shawn to join his movement. Meanwhile, a 4400 who knows the truth behind historic conspiracies goes missing, promp
  7. S04E07The 4400 S04E07Till We Have Built JerusalemJuly 29, 2007 6.3Assassins target Jordan Collier after his movement gains momentum. Meanwhile, Shawn encounters trouble in his run for public office.
  8. S04E08The 4400 S04E08Season's bestNo ExitAugust 5, 2007 6.7A lockdown at NTAC traps everyone, including Collier and his group, forcing an unlikely alliance.
  9. S04E09The 4400 S04E09Daddy's Little GirlAugust 12, 2007 6.6Richard kidnaps Isabelle from Promise City in hopes of starting over. Meanwhile, Shawn is asked to intervene after Tess takes over a diner.
  10. S04E10The 4400 S04E10One of UsAugust 19, 2007 6.5Tom and Diana look for Richard, but Tom is distracted by his dreams about the future. Meanwhile, Collier is threatened by Shawn's test that
  11. S04E11The 4400 S04E11Ghost in the MachineAugust 26, 2007 6.3A computer virus attacks a large software company owned by a suspected member of the Marked. Elsewhere, Maia visits Promise City and receive
  12. S04E12The 4400 S04E12Tiny MachinesSeptember 9, 2007 6.6Meghan and Diana learn how to remove the entity from Tom, but the procedure is dangerous. Meanwhile, Shawn finds help in his attempt to resc
  13. S04E13The 4400 S04E13The Great Leap ForwardSeptember 16, 2007 6.1Seattle is in chaos and NTAC asking Promise City for help. Meanwhile, Kyle's life is in danger and Jordan attempts to escape from the Marked

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