THE 4400
Episode 206
"LIFE INTERRUPTED"
By
Ira Steven Behr
DANNY
I'm not your little brother anymore.
SHAWN
Then stop acting like a two year old.
You're my brother, she's your girlfriend.
It's all good.
Danny and Shawn fight
DANNY
Goddamn freak!
SUSAN
Danny stop!
SHAWN
Don't blame me for Nikki!
Diana adopts Maia
JUDGE
Your adoption of Maia Rutledge is hereby
complete
Maia comes screaming to Diana
MAIA
He's gonna die! I saw it. He's gonna
die!
DIANA
Jordan Collier?
MAIA
Someone's gonna kill him.
Collier is shot
SHAWN
No, nooooo!!
His body disappears
LUCY
His body, it's not there.
Kyle returns home
KYLE
This is your new house?
TOM
It's yours too. I've been looking forward
to this moment for too long.
KYLE
There's only one thing missing. Mom.
TOM
I really tried to make it work.
Later
TOM
How was your first day at college?
KYLE
I didn't have one! Nobody paid my tuition.
TOM
I'm sorry Kyle, I must have forgot.
KYLE
We've been talking about this for months.
How could you forget?
Kyle has a blackout
TOM
You spent three years in a coma, you
have no business drinking anything!
You told me everything that happened
that night, right?
KYLE
Yeah.
Kyle throws a gun into the lake
Present time
Tom comes down into the kitchen to find Kyle sitting at the table.
Kyle's wearing a shirt and tie and his hair is different.
TOM
Any coffee left?
KYLE
On the shelf.
TOM
Couldn't find a clean T-Shirt?
KYLE
It's what I'm wearing to school.
TOM
I like it. It looks sharp.
Kyle seems to be a bit hyperactive
KYLE
So, how you doing, Dad?
TOM
Good. Fine. Why?
KYLE
No reason, you know, just uh, good luck.
I'll be thinking about ya.
He throws his arms around him
KYLE
I'll call you. See how it goes. Ok?
TOM
Yeah
Tom walks into NTAC to a round of applause
TOM
What's all this?
NINA
Welcome back. The prodigal son returns.
TOM
Returns from where?
AGENT
Hey, get your gear on, we gotta roll.
DIANA
I am so glad to see you
TOM
Yeah, you and everyone else.
DIANA
As soon as we take Dorrity down we're
gonna pop the champagne.
TOM
Dorian? Whose Dorrity. Diana, stop!
Fill me in here, who's Doritty? Does
he have something to do with Collier's
death?
DIANA
Governor Collier? What are you talking
about, he's not dead.
TOM
This is Garritty's idea, right? I gotta
admit, it's creative. But screw with
Tom Baldwin day is over.
DIANA
Hey listen, Tom, don't do this. The
Doctors gave you a clean bill of health.
TOM
Doctors? What Doctors? Where's everybody
headed? And what the hell's going on
around here everyday?
DIANA
I think you should probably just stay
here. We'll talk when I get back.
She rushes out.
TOM
Diana, just....
Tom follows her outside
TOM
So this guy Doritty, is he a 4400?
DIANA
What's a 4400?
TOM
Please stop this. I don't know, four
thousand four hundred people. The future
sent them back in a ball of light. Any
of this sound familiar?
She walks away to another car and he follows her
TOM
Diana, I'm not laughing, so whatever
game you're playing, stop it, stop it
right now.
DIANA
Tom, whatever you've been through these
past few months, I can't even imagine
it and everyone here is pulling for
your recovery, but you gotta listen
to yourself. You sound delusional. I
mean, the future? I never heard of the
4400 and I can promise you that nobody
ever came back in a ball of light.
They get into the car
Titles
Diana and Tom's car is heading along the road in a convoy
TOM
Tell me one thing. According to you,
what have we been doing for the last
year?
DIANA
Your serious?
TOM
Humour me.
DIANA
It's your case Tom. Dirty bombs, remember?
You went undercover and infiltrated
an Aum Shinrikyo terrorist cell. None
of this means anything to you, does
it?
TOM
Of course not, why should it?
DIANA
Your cover was compromised. They held
you for three weeks. Sleep deprivation,
torture. They'd have killed you if you
didn't escape.
TOM
So how does Doritty fit in?
DIANA
Aum Shinrikyo's been planning an attack
in the US. They've been sneaking radioactive
material into the country in museum
pouches. Doritty's the curator. He's
been in bed with them all along. Tom,
he sold you out. You spent three weeks
in hell because of this guy. You've
been on medical leave for two months
recovering and obviously it should have
been three.
The cars pull up outside the Jordan Collier museum of Contemporary
Art. Armed NTAC Agents rush in
TOM
Jordan Collier museum of Contemporary
Art?
DIANA
Tell me you recognise this place.
TOM
I recognise it alright
It's in the same location as the 4400 center
DIANA
Well that's a start.
They enter the building
TOM
This is the spot. This is where Collier
got shot.
DIANA
Ok, do me a favour. Don't let anyone
else hear you say that.
She runs up the stairs. Tom stay's where he is and Diana turns
and quietly calls to him
DIANA
Tom!
He follows her and as she goes one way he bursts through a door
into another corridor, checking out doors as he moves along.
Another Agent appears and a man runs out of one of the doorways.
Tom follows him and finds a door with a glass window. Diana appears.
DIANA
Tom! Is he in there?
The door turns into an ordinary wooden one with no window. Tom
is confused
TOM
Yeah, I think so
DIANA
Ok.
The door is opened and they head in. Tom pauses for a moment
and we see the man from earlier hiding in the room
DIANA
You wanna do the honours?
Tom heads over to the man who is sitting on the floor. He handcuffs
him
Back at NTAC
Tom is working on his laptop. He stands up in frustration
DIANA
Did you find anything?
TOM
Someone's been messing with my computer.
All my case files are gone. I typed
4400 into a search engine and nothing.
How could there not be a single mention
of them?
DIANA
Maybe, because none of it ever happened.
TOM
Something has obviously changed. This
is not the same world it was yesterday.
But I'm uh, I'm still Tom Baldwin and
you're still Diana Skouris, which means
that the people they took, they exist
too, right? Gary Navarro, we worked
with him last month. He could read thoughts.
DIANA
Read thoughts? Tom, come on.
He finds Gary's profile on the net. It say's that he's a baseball
hero of the 1970's
TOM
Played for Cincinnati? Lifetime 317.
1973-1984.
DIANA
Easy to hit 300 when they know what
the pitcher's hitting.
TOM
But he was never taken. Richard Tyler.
DIANA
What did he have? Heat vision?
TOM
No, some of them can do things. Some
of them can't.
Richards profile is found on the net. Tom is beginning to panic.
Tom reads the information
Captain Richard Tyler, 334th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. 5th
Fighter Interceptor Group was officially credited with destruction
of 3 enemy MIG-15 type aircraft in arial combat air patrol near
Sinarju Korea at 09412 on 18th October 1951. Captain Tyler led
his flight in an attack on tow MIG-15's. Captain Tyler fired
strikes into the fuselageg and observed the enemy canopy shatter.
An enemy aircraft engaged Captain Tyler firing into his fuselage
hitting Captain Tyler. Tyler's plane was observed hitting the
ground and exploding. He is presumed dead. December 8th, 1951.
TOM
He's dead His plane was shot down over
Sinarju, 1951.
DIANA
So that's two down. We going to go through
all 4,398 more? I'll take my boots off
if we are.
TOM
Diana, your daughter! Your daughter!
You're daughter, Maia Rutledge, right?
You adopted her. She's one of them.
DIANA
Who? Tom. don't include me in your fantasy
life. You know I don't have a daughter.
Tom is in a full panic
TOM
Yes, right here. It's a Seattle address
for Maia Rutledge. It's right here.
right here.
Tom goes to Maia's home. She answers the door and appears as
she is in reality and is still a child.
TOM
Oh, thank God! Maia, it's me.
He's almost crying as he get's to his knee's
TOM
It's me, it's me. Tom Baldwin.
ZELLA
I don't know you.
TOM
Don't say that, please. Don't say that.
ZELLA
My name is Zella. Maia's my grandmother.
MAIA
Zella? Who is it?
ZELLA
Oh, here she is. This is my Grandmother.
An elderly woman comes to the door. Tom get's to his feet and
has tears in his eyes
TOM
You're Maia Rutledge
MAIA
Can I help you?
He returns home to find Kyle in the kitchen. Kyle's getting some
beer from the fridge and Tom throws his arms around him
KYLE
Hey! I didn't expect you home so soon.
How did you do out there today? Glad
to see you too. Everything ok?
TOM
Just tell me one thing. You were in
a coma for three years, right?
Kyle grabs the beer
KYLE
If I have one more of these, I could
wind up in a coma right now. Come on,
I wanna show you something. Come on!
He pulls him out of the room and pulls back a door to reveal
Shawn, Danny and Nikki
SHAWN
Hey, Uncle Tommy. We can eat finally!
How you doing?
TOM
Shawn. What are you doing here?
SHAWN
Ah, well the band got delayed. We're
not going to start recording until Tuesday.
Besides, we couldn't miss your big day,
or Danny's! Tell him, go on and tell
him.
Danny grabs Tom by the shoulders
DANNY
Believe it or not, she actually said
yes! We're getting married.
Nikki show's him the ring
NIKKI
Look, he bought me this! Oh! I told
him I didn't even want one till he's
got a boss.
KYLE
I like that.
DANNY
You like that?
Tom is upset and walks away
NIKKI
Are you alright Mr Baldwin?
KYLE
Dad, do you need to sit?
TOM
It can't be a joke, there's too many
people in on it.
KYLE
Sit, sit down.
Kyle helps Tom to sit
TOM
So either I'm cracking up or the whole
world is.
KYLE
Dad. Doctor's say you're ok.
TOM
I don't wanna scare you, but something's
wrong. I don't recognise this place.
I mean, I sorta do, but everything's
been tweaked.
Tom is losing it
KYLE
Dad, Dad, look at me.
He takes his face in his hands and tries to get Tom to focus
on him
KYLE
You're not making any sense. You know
that, right?
Susan returns home
SUSAN
You guys started without us? That's
just as well. The airport traffic was
insane. Hi Kyle. Hi Nikki. Can you believe
my kid, my youngest kid, is getting
married? How did we get so old? So,
you're back in the saddle. How did it
go?
KYLE
I don't think it went too good.
SUSAN
Really? I was just telling your wife
that you were gonna be fine.
TOM
My wife? I'm still married to Linda?
SUSAN
I said wife, not ex-wife.
A woman with long dark hair walks into the room
SUSAN
Alana, you're here.
TOM
I've never seen this woman before.
ALANA
I think we need to be alone. Go upstairs?
Talk?
TOM
No, I don't know who you are!
KYLE
Dad! Alana's your wife. You've been
married to her for two years. She lives
here, Dad.
TOM
I don't know what you're talking about,
but it's over. It's over ok? It's over.
Over.
He leaves and makes his way to NTAC. Entering an unused room,
he lay's down to go to sleep. Diana arrives.
TOM
How'd you find me?
DIANA
The guy's downstairs called. They said
you've been here four hours.
TOM
Yeah, sad, isn't it? The only place
I feel normal, is hiding in a storage
closet. Guess this is what it must feel
like to be insane.
DIANA
You're not insane, Tom. You just need
a rest.
TOM
Maybe when Keith was telling me I was
tortured, maybe they, maybe they broke
my mind.
DIANA
You're gonna come back from this Tom.
It's just gonna take some time. And
I'm gonna help you. I promise.
She injects him with something, in the neck and he collapses.
Later, Tom is strapped down in a bed with a therapist sitting
on a chair
THERAPIST
So tell me again about this ball of
light. When did you first come to believe
it happened?
TOM
August 14th 2004. That's when they came
back. Maybe not in the world you know,
but it happened in mine.
Diana enters the room
TOM
Get her outta here!
DIANA
No-one's plotting against you Tom. I
did what I had to do, to get you better.
His wife's here. She's asking to see
him.
TOM
I am not married. I am not married.
Tom is taken to a small room to talk with Alana
TOM
Look lady, I don't know who you are
and I don't care what you have to say.
ALANA
You have to play along. I need you to
get out of here, so we can figure out
what's going on.
TOM
What are you talking about?
ALANA
None of this is real to me either. Look,
I know we're not married. I've never
seen you before yesterday. The things
you talk about. The ball of light? The
4400?
TOM
You know about the 4400?
ALANA
Know of them? I am a 4400.
Seventy-two hours later
Tom has obviously decided to play along and is back in his room,
sitting on the bed. Diana, the therapist and Nina Jarvis are
also in the room.
TOM
I know my behaviour is totally out of
line and I wanna apologise. I got fixated
on getting back to work, and obviously
the strain, the excitement, it was just
too much.
NINA
We're gonna extend your medical leave
by another six weeks and then we will
see about getting you back out into
the field.
TOM
I'll circle a date.
NINA
Ok.
TOM
So I can go now?
THERAPIST
Your psych hold is over.
Nina and the therapist leave as Tom begins to put on his shoes.
Diana pauses by the door
DIANA
I'm sorry for the ambush.
TOM
Desperate times. Desperate measures.
See you in six weeks.
He leaves the building and finds Alana waiting for him outside
in the rain. He walks over and shakes her hand
TOM
Tom Baldwin.
ALANA
Alana Mareva. So I guess we're married?
TOM
So I'm told.
ALANA
Let's go home.
She gives him the car keys
ALANA
See if we can figure out what the hell
is going on. Where do you think we are?
They arrive home
TOM
I don't know. Maybe we crossed into
some kind of alternate reality. A different
dimension. I know, it sounds insane.
ALANA
It sounds impossible.
TOM
Impossible isn't what it used to be
and..... you're a 4400.
ALANA
You think I'm doing this?
TOM
It's an explanation. A pretty simple
one, actually.
ALANA
Simple, but wrong! If I were making
this up, how would I put myself in the
middle of YOUR life.
TOM
I'm sorry. This can't be easy for you,
either.
ALANA
Yeah, easy. My friends, my family. Everything
I know is gone. Erased. I'm trapped
in the middle of your life. How do I
know it's not you making this up?
TOM
Erased? What do you mean, your life
has been erased?
Tom and Alana arrive at the Aion Art Gallery
ALANA
I used to own this place. I bought it
four years ago, a few months before
I was abducted.
TOM
And none of this looks familiar now?
ALANA
I was my own buyer. I flew all over
the world and bought mostly sculptures,
primitive art.
Tom see's a woman on a ladder
TOM
Excuse me! Can I talk to the owner?
FEMALE
He's not here today.
TOM
Any idea when he opened this place?
FEMALE
A long time ago. 15, maybe 20, years?
ALANA
It only get's worse.
They arrive in a park. Alana stands in front of a bench that
has a plaque saying 'For Angus. 1996 - 2005. A good walking companion
and a better dog'
TOM
You sure that's the right bench?
ALANA
I used to come here every week. Believe
me, I know which bench I dedicated to
my husband and son.
TOM
So back in the world we came from....
ALANA
They died. In a car accident.
She sit's on the bench
ALANA
Shortly before I was abducted.
TOM
There's a way back home and we're gonna
find it.
He holds his hand out to her and she takes it.
They arrive back home that night. Tom and Alana are in the bedroom.
He takes some bedding
TOM
If you need anything, I'll be right
down the hall.
ALANA
What, you're sleeping in the guestroom?
TOM
Under the circumstances? Yeah.
ALANA
I don't think that's a good idea. We
have to play along. We're supposed to
be happily married. You don't want your
son asking questions.
Tom hesitates for a moment in the doorway and re-enters the room
TOM
Um, I'll uh, find a spot on the floor.
ALANA
Are you sure you won't be more comfortable
in the bath tub?
He looks into the bathroom
ALANA
I'm kidding Thomas. It's a big bed.
I'm sure we can keep in our own sectors.
Later, they lie in bed. Both are as close to the edge as they
can get
ALANA
Do you think we're the only ones? Are
there other people out there like us?
Wondering how they got here?
TOM
If there are, well find them. We'll
take out classified ads in every single
major paper.
ALANA
Remember the 4400? Drop us a line.
TOM
Well, we'll check out every returnee
we can find. Tell me something about
yourself.
ALANA
What do you want to know? Favourite
records? Where I went to school?
TOM
About your husband and son. What were
they like?
ALANA
Paul was a radiologist. We met while
he was on vacation in Tahiti. That's
where I'm from.
TOM
Linda and I thought about going there
for a honeymoon. We uh, we picked Haiti
instead.
ALANA
Two years later, after we were married,
we had Billy. He was so quiet, sweet.
Two weeks later. Kyle and Alana chat in the kitchen
KYLE
This is unbelievable. I think this was
the interview where I said I wanted
to go into medicine because nurses are
sexy.
ALANA
You did not say that!
Tom arrives home
KYLE
I got into medical school! Stanford,
baby!
TOM
Congratulations.
Kyle leaves and goes to his room
TOM
The real Kyle used to talk about being
a Doctor all the time. Right up until
he went into a coma.
ALANA
The real Kyle? I know that's not exactly
your son, but he seems pretty real to
me. He get's happy when he hears good
news, cranky when he get's tired and
he forgets to put the toilet seat down.
TOM
He's a good kid.
ALANA
He was raised well.
TOM
I got a response from our ad in the
post.
ALANA
Phillip Kendrick. He wants to meet us.
The Collier Museum Of Contemporary Art
KENDRICK
Phillip Kendrick. Tom Baldwin.
TOM
What do you remember about the 4400?
KENDRICK
It was the best Sedan Citroen ever put
out. Hydraulic's came standard on every
model.
TOM
You're talking about a car?
KENDRICK
Yeah! Mine's parked outside. Where's
yours?
TOM
It's in the shop. I'll send you a picture.
Tom leaves
KENDRICK
Tom! I don't have your address.
ALANA
Well that was productive.
TOM
Yeah.
ALANA
Shall we check out the Blake exhibit
while we're here?
TOM
Uh, why don't you uh, why don't you
go ahead. I'll catch up with you in
a minute.
Alana heads off to look at the painting's while Tom heads to
another room. Walking in he looks around and the door slams behind
him. Something is in the center of the room and he walks towards
it. He reaches the object and pulls back the cover. As he does
so the glass roof explodes and shards of glass fall down. Alana's
voice can be heard
ALANA
Thomas. Thomas. Thomas? Thomas!
Alana shakes Tom by the shoulders and he snaps out of what seems
to have been a vision
TOM
It's gone.
ALANA
What's gone?
TOM
A door. It was back and I opened it
this time. It was some kind of operating
room, I think.
ALANA
I didn't see anything like that. You
were just standing there like a statue.
He grabs her head
TOM
That rooms the answer. It has to be.
It's the only thing that doesn't fit!
It's not part of this reality.
ALANA
If it even exists. You're the only one
who can see it.
TOM
I have to get back there. I have to
get back there.
One month later
DIANA
Hey partner. Black, two sugars.
Tom is sitting on the floor at Museum, staring at the door..
Diana tries to hand him the coffee, but he doesn't take it. She
places it on the floor
DIANA
So the guards tell me that you spent
five hours here yesterday. Three, the
day before that and one Saturday. You
logged up 12.
TOM
Yeah, so I like art.
DIANA
It's a nice functional door Tom, but
I wouldn't call it a work of art. Now
maybe if it were made of black obsidian.
I read your psych file.
DIANA
You planning on having me locked up
again, Diana?
Tom has tears in his eyes
DIANA
You know, this other reality that you're
anxious to get back to. I mean, even
if you could get back to it. It doesn't
sound that great, Tom. Back there, you're
divorced, here you have a beautiful
wife. Back there, your son, Kyle, spent
four years in a coma. Here, he's about
to spend four in medical school. Back
there, your sister's family is completely
dysfunctional. Your nephew is in a cult
and the future of the world is in jeopardy.
TOM
You make it sound so.....bleak. It's
just uh, just life.
He's crying
DIANA
This is life and it's a better life
for you and everyone you care about.
Just accept what you have. Cos if you
don't, well, you're gonna spend the
rest of your life just sitting in this
hallway.
Tom returns home to find Alana sitting on the sofa looking at
photographs
TOM
Alana? What's the matter?
ALANA
Have you seen these pictures? Look at
all the things we've done together.
You know, you would think if we're trapped
here, they would give us these memories.
Tom looks at photo's of their time together, which include visits
to various countries
ALANA
No? Look, we've been to China. I've
wanted to go my entire life to China.
She's crying
TOM
Look, look, Alana. I don't know how
long it's gonna take for us to get outta
here. I don't know.
ALANA
Who say's we will? You keep talking
about that door. It's been a month already.
What if it never comes back?
TOM
Then we're trapped, ok? Then we're trapped.
But if we are Alana, I promise you we
will make new memories just as good
as these. Better than those.
She takes his hand and they hug
ALANA
I believe we could, Thomas.
TOM
I like it when you call me that. Thomas.
They kiss
Later that night, we see them naked in bed
Eight years later
Tom is standing in front of a mirror wearing a tuxedo. He's having
difficulty with the tie.
TOM
And this goes up and then...uh, I can
never get these things right.
KYLE
Let me take a shot. Come here. Hold
still. Gotta remember to make big loops.
Leave yourself a little something to
work with.
Kyle helps him with the tie
TOM
Hands of a surgeon.
KYLE
Hands of a resident more like.
TOM
Nah, you'll get there. So how do you
like it over at St Pete's.
KYLE
The hours are a killer. Doctors treat
me like a glorified candy striper, a
good nights sleep is a distant memory,
I love it!
TOM
Well, I look like I belong on the top
of a wedding cake.
KYLE
Well you brought this on yourself. Some
people go to Fiji for their tenth anniversary.
You two wanted to renew your vows.
TOM
Yeah well, the first time just felt
like pictures in a book. This one, this
one is for me and Alana.
KYLE
Ready to go, champ?
The ceremony takes place. All their friends and family attend
PRIEST
And do you, Alana Baldwin, also renew
your commitments to honour, obey and
love your husband, Thomas. until death
do you part?
ALANA
I do. I do.
PRIEST
Then by the power vested in me, I now
pronounce you STILL man and wife. Go
ahead. You may kiss your beautiful bride!
They kiss and everyone claps
Kyle and Shawn hug Tom
SHAWN
Ah, I love you guys!
Later, Tom and Alana dance
TOM
So how do you feel, Mrs Baldwin?
ALANA
Married finally.
TOM
It feels real now, huh?
ALANA
Well it felt real for a long time. It's
hard to believe we resisted it.
TOM
Yeah.
ALANA
Do you miss it? Your old life?
TOM
Ah, I still think about it. After all
these years, that life, that world,
that feels like the de;usion.
ALANA
I now have to concentrate to even remember
a life without you.
TOM
See, I'm good now. A self owner tivo?
Once you've got me, you can't imagine
not having me?
ALANA
I love you Thomas
TOM
It still kills me when you call me that.
Come here. Hold me.
Back at NTAC
TOM
You're resigning.
NINA
I'm moving on, Tom. I've been here for
eleven years. The private sector beckons.
Dennis Ryland offered me a partnership
in his consulting firm.
TOM
Nice gig. So you're moving to Virginia?
NINA
Three weeks. Look, DC has asked me to
submit a list of names as potential
replacements. I'm giving them one. Yours.
Tom is surprised and Nina laughs
TOM
Um, I'm flattered, but you might need
a backup or two. I mean, somewhere in
my personnel file are measurements for
my straitjacket.
NINA
Nah! You were convalescing from injuries
received in the line of duty. Your service
in that case was heroic. I think you
can talk your way around the fallout.
That is if you want the job.
TOM
Oh, chance to sit in the big chair?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I want it alright.
NINA
Good. Then practise saying 'nice to
meet you too, Senator' Best way to prep
for your confirmation hearing.
TOM
I'll spring for a new suit.
NINA
Mmmm hmmm. My last act as head of this
division will be to make sure that this
happens. Congratulations Tom. You've
earned this.
TOM
Thankyou.
He returns to his office
TOM
Guess what?
DIANA
Don't tell me. You just spoke to Jarvis.
TOM
You knew!
DIANA
She might have mentioned something.
TOM
And you didn't tell me? I'm transferring
you to Greenland.
DIANA
Ah, look. He's not even confirmed yet
and he's mad with power.
The phone rings and Tom picks it up
TOM
Baldwin!
ALANA
You are not going to believe this. They've
just asked me to join the board of directors
at the Collier Museum.
TOM
Wow! That's quite an honour.
ALANA
You think I should take it?
TOM
Best museum on the West Coast. You gotta
take it.
ALANA
There's a benefit at the Seattle intercity
art's council on Friday night. They
wanna introduce me around.
TOM
I'm glad I didn't put my tux back into
storage. So it looks like we both got
a little surprise at the office today.
ALANA
What do you mean?
TOM
Are you sitting down?
ALANA
Just tell me Thomas.
TOM
Not here. I'll see you at home tonight.
The night of the benefit and Tom and Alana stand watching the
crowd of guests
ALANA
London Ritter. CEO of Stradovik pharmaceuticals
TOM
Isn't he President of the Art's Council?
Why don't you go say hello.
ALANA
Come with.
TOM
No, no, no. You go. I'm all out of small
talk. Go ahead.
Alana walks to Ritter and shakes his hand
ALANA
Mr Ritter. I'm so happy you could make
it.
Tom walks out to the room he has been watching over the years.
The door is once again black and as he looks through the glass
he see's men inside. He touches the glass
ALANA
Thomas?
TOM
Do you see it?
The door has changed back again
ALANA
No. Why, you do?
TOM
It's been gone for eight years. Why
now?
ALANA
Come back downstairs with me.
TOM
It's the way out. It has to be.
ALANA
And if it is and you walk through it,
what happens to all this? To us?
TOM
I don't know.
ALANA
Then I don't wanna find out. I want
to go to Washington next month and I
wanna watch you get promoted. I wanna
see who Kyle marries.
TOM
So do I. But this door is back for a
reason. It's like it wants me to walk
through it.
ALANA
But do you want to walk through it?
He shakes his head
ALANA
I don't want you to, either. Come on
Thomas. Let's go home.
They walk away from the door, with Alana leading Tom by the arm
It's night and Tom is walking towards his home. Police cars race
by with flashing lights. He runs towards the house and finds
Kyle being pushed up against a police car. His face is covered
in blood
TOM
Kyle! That's Kyle, he's my son!
The officers hold him back
TOM
Leave me alone! He's my son!
Kyle is in the back of the car, looking out at Tom
TOM
Kyle! Let go of me!
Tom suddenly wakes up in bed. He returns to the door in the museum
and looks inside. He see's the table in the middle of the room
which is covered. Opening the door, he walks towards the middle
of the room and removes the sheet. It's Alana. Her eyes are open.
ALANA
Congratulations. You made it.
Alana sit's up
TOM
Where are we?
ALANA
I think you know.
TOM
This is where they brought you and the
rest of the 4400.
ALANA
Yes this is where they altered us. Gave
me the ability to create the world we've
been living in for the last eight years.
TOM
So it is you. You've been doing this
the whole time.
ALANA
We've been living in my mind. But the
instructions for your reality, came
from them. They created a sanctuary
for you. An easier, less complicated
world.
TOM
But none of it's real.
ALANA
You are. I am. The feeling's we have
for each other are as real as anything
we have experienced.
TOM
Is that why they did this? Kept us here
for eight years because they wanted
us to fall in love?
ALANA
Moments. That's all that's passed. But
in those few seconds, we've accumulated
years of memories that will bond us
in the real world.
TOM
Thought they were worried about saving
the world, not playing matchmaker.
ALANA
They're worried about you. Your life
is about to plunge into crisis. Your
mission will be threatened. They can't
allow this to happen. They gave you
this relationship as a source of strength.
To sustain you in the trials that lay
ahead.
TOM
What crisis? What? What is it? Why can't
they just tell me what it is? I could
stop it from happening.
ALANA
It's already begun. But now you won't
have to face it alone.
TOM
No, if it's started, I have to get back
there.
ALANA
Only your wife can get you home.
TOM
You are my wife.
ALANA
No. I'm part of the program they placed
in her mind. She has no idea she's creating
this. If she did, it would interfere
with the bonding.
TOM
So what, I'm supposed to just fill her
in and tell her what?
ALANA
Whether she knows or not, she's willing
this world into existence. She can will
it out of existence.
TOM
And what if she doesn't want to?
ALANA
You'll have to convince her. That will
be the first test of your relationship.
TOM
They've created a damn near perfect
world for me. What if I don't want it
to end. Huh?
ALANA
Then the future picked the wrong man.
TOM
No, no.
The real Alana and Tom talk at home
ALANA
What about Kyle? He spent nine years
becoming a Doctor. What, I'm supposed
to get rid of him? Wish him away?
TOM
It's not really Kyle.
ALANA
Ah! I don't see that! If it's not Kyle,
who's moving downstairs in the kitchen?
TOM
Kyle, Shawn, Danny, none of them are
real. They're just projections.
ALANA
You've spent eight years with these
people. They're as real to you as they
are to me.
TOM
I love my family. I really do love them.
It's not that I wanna do this, it's
that we HAVE to do it.
ALANA
But they're my family, too. Back there,
I'm just a stranger to them.
Tom sits on the bed with her
ALANA
What about you and me? Our life? Is
that a projection, too?
TOM
No! What we have, our memories, they'll
carry over into the real world.
ALANA
It won't be the same. It can't be.
TOM
Maybe not! But whatever we have, it'll
be real.
Tom stands up and places a chair in the middle of the room
ALANA
What are you doing?
TOM
Make it go away.
ALANA
And what do I do? Stare at it until
it disappears?
TOM
No. Just believe it's not there.
Alana stares at the chair and it disappears
Tom hugs her
Later, Tom and Alana invite the family and Diana over. They stand
in the living room
TOM
Well, thanks for coming, everybody.
Alana and I just wanted to tell you
all that we're gonna be leaving. We're
taking a vacation. We'll be gone for
a while, and uh, I know it's sudden,
but we just decided this morning.
DIANA
Well how long's a while? I mean, you
just got the biggest promotion of your
career.
TOM
It'll have to wait.
ALANA
We want to see you all one last time,
before we go and tell you how much we
love you.
SUSAN
That's so sweet.
DANNY
Oh, careful Alana, she's gonna be crying
in a minute.
SHAWN
No, Mom.
TOM
It's something we have to do. It's uh,
it's a trip that we've been talking
about for a long time.
NIKKI
Where are you going?
TOM
Not far.
SHAWN
Well, send us a postcard. At least.
Tom proposes a toast
TOM
Uh, to the people we love.
Everyone raises their glasses.
TOM
You have no idea how much we will miss
you.
KYLE
We'll miss you too.
One by one the family disappears. Both Alana and Tom have tears
in their eyes. Kyle is last to go. He smiles at him and disappears.
Tom and Alana leave the house
TOM
No, don't look back.
The house disappears
Tom is back in his office
DIANA
Tom. Tom! Are you with me Tom?
Diana throws a pen in his face
DIANA
Can you e-mail me the Mareva file?
TOM
Alana Mareva?
DIANA
AKA returnee 2155? She was just here
doing her med eval. It's my week to
do reports, remember?
Tom rushes out of the room and rushes back in
TOM
Diana. The 4400 ball of light. It happened,
right?
DIANA
Should I be worried about you?
TOM
Just tell me it happened!
DIANA
Yes, yes! Of course it happened! What
else have we been doing here the last
year?
He leaves the room and comes back in
TOM
That's right!
He kisses her on the head
TOM
Thankyou. Thankyou.
Tom searches the building for Alana and see's her get into an
elevator. He chases her outside
TOM
Alana, wait!
She turns
ALANA
Thomas.
He takes her face in his hands and hugs her. Placing his arms
around her shoulder, he gently leads her away.
THE END
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