The 4400: Til We Have Built Jerusalem
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- July
- 30
The 4400’s season is really picking up steam now.
Warning: Spoilers follow; don’t read if you didn’t watch.
Jordan Collier’s land grab in Seattle was a stroke of genius. No one without an ability can get in; and even if an enhanced soldier does, Jordan’s ability means he can take that ability away from him or her (in yesterday’s case, all hims).
This puts the 4400s and non-4400s in direct conflict, which in turn puts Shawn’s campaign for City Council on the ropes. I thought the way Shawn handled both the sex scandal and Jordan was masterful, though I fall more on Jordan’s side than Shawn’s.
Whether or not the ultimate goal is to bring heaven to earth; Jordan does seem to have the greater good of mankind at heart. He is still Jordan Collier, however, and it takes Maia’s lies about war to convince him not to retaliate by killing anyone.
That was one of the more interesting aspects of the episode, I thought. Maia is truly growing up. She’s learning when she needs to reveal her visions and how to truly use her power for what’s best. She believed her mother to be right about war and she used the credibility she had to convince Jordan to listen to Diana.
I’m glad she was such a big part of last night’s episode, too. Maia’s always been one of the more interesting characters and is even more so now, as she’s closing in on being a teenager.
Her exchange with Isabelle showed a great deal of maturity on both their behalfs. Isabelle recognized that she not only needed to apologize for her behavior, but also to accept that an apology was not enough. Maia expressed herself exceptionally well and didn’t let Isabelle off the hook at a simple “I’m sorry”:
Sometimes an apology just isn’t enough.
Kyle and Tom continue to be driven further and further apart. Tom really can’t accept the 4400’s place in society. He hates Jordan; doesn’t trust him. He’ll never willingly take promicin, at least not the way he feels now. The main problem is that he’s never decided who’s on the side of right  the 4400s and those who sent them back in time or the other future folk, who now number The Marked among them.
Meanwhile, Meghan got all touch-feely with Tom. Makes me even more convinced that Meghan is indeed one of the Marked, or at least highly caught up with them. She’s trying to get all close to Tom so that when they need to inject him with one of the future people (or whatever it actually is that they need to do), it’ll be easier.
Come to think of it, wasn’t it odd that someone with so little related experience got tapped to head NTAC in Seattle? That was touched on in the first ep of the season. And don’t forget that it was Meghan who was able to direct Tom to the gallery where he saw the painting of Alanna. If she’s not connected to the future folks, how did she know how he could find out Alanna’s fate?
All I know is that I don’t trust her at all.
Meanwhile, over at Comic-Con, cast members Jeffrey Combs (Kevin Burkhoff), Jenny Baird (Meghan Doyle), Megalyn Echikunwoke (Isabelle Tyler) and Conchita Campbell (Maia Skouris); supervising producer Craig Sweeny; and executive producer Ira Behr sat on a panel and discussed promicin and the show.
Basically, everyone was a little cautious about the thought of a 50/50 chance of dying by taking promicin; Megalyn was the only one who said she’d take it. (How ironic, considering her character is now permanently allergic to promicin.)
Combs suggested that the odds on dying if you take promicin might start declining soon. Behr said folks might cease to have a choice in whether or not to take promicin by the end of the season. Now, that could mean a purposeful contamination or some sort of massive spill at the promicin storage facility. Neither really makes sense. I guess we’ll find out.
Photos courtesy of NBC Universal.
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