Wake Up Call (The 4400 episode)
Encyclopedia
"Wake Up Call" is an episode of the science fiction
television series The 4400
.
investigate a 4400 who is influencing the creation of a super-structure.
and Lily
have had their baby and named her Isabelle
, Richard has been having nightmares which he doesn’t understand. Someone has discovered they are 4400s and they must now leave once they’ve collected Richards’s money.
Jordan Collier
’s 4400 Center
is due to open the next day and visitors arrive with a child that Shawn
must heal.
Maia
and Diana
visit a local family court so that Diana can adopt
Maia legally, the judge remarks “that you two had to look clear across time to find each other” and he introduces them to each other in their new roles, mother and daughter. Tom is no longer assigned to any 4400 cases due to the events of the last episode.
Kyle
begins to get sick of all the tests that are being run on him to determine if he is really alone in there.
In a psychiatric hospital
a 4400 (Tess Doerner
) and a man talk. She tells him that she will be leaving soon, very soon. Several of the residents are building something, something the orderlies want them to stop building.
Shawn is having a massage when Jordan interrupts. A book Jordan has written will be released the next day entitled Forty-Four Hundred and Counting. In the past 6 months Nina Jarvis
has replaced Dennis Ryland
as head of NTAC.
Richard tries to persuade Lily to stay where they are as they hadn’t been singled out. Maia and Diana have a party and Maia calls Diana "mommy" for the first time. Tom is reassigned to begin investigating the 4400s again, and his first job is to investigate Tess Doerner.
Kyle is allowed home, but misses his mother and decides to take up golf. Tom and Diana visit Tess to question her about her super-structure; she tells them it is to be used to contact the future.
Jordan Collier has a seizure which Shawn must stop. Shawn remarks that they are becoming more frequent. Jordan’s book is released to the public containing classified information which was leaked from someone in NTAC. Collier claims that he can unlock the 4400 in everybody.
Kyle goes to the 4400 Center to see his cousin, Shawn. When he arrives one of the staff refuses to notify Shawn of Kyle’s arrival or even to tell him if Shawn is there. Policy prohibits it.
Diana and Tom return to the psychiatric hospital with Marco
in tow and discover the staff has begun building the super-structure as well. Tom and Diana place the hospital
under NTAC control and prohibit the staff from entering the courtyard to work on the structure. Diana and Tom decide the best way is to get Tess away, however Kevin attacks them, trying to protect her.
Shawn is angry at Collier after Kyle was chucked out and is distraught that Collier wants him to cut ties.
Lily and Isabelle
are at a store when a local preacher
demands all copies of Jordan’s book be removed. When the man discovers that Lily has a copy she intends to purchase he begins insulting her and Isabelle. However, Isabelle sends the store into chaos when windows begin smashing and items start flying around. Lily, Richard and Isabelle leave in a hurry with the preacher and his sons following.
Tom, Diana, Marco and Nina discuss the structure and what to do with it; Marco believes it really is a communication device. Nina notifies Tom and Diana that they are not to go near the hospital.
Maia returns home early from her sleepover when she is teased because she admits to having a crush on Frank Sinatra
.
The preacher catches up with Richard, Lily and Isabelle. Richard speeds up but then a tire blows out, knocking them off the road and forcing them to walk in the forest.
Diana discovers that Maia has been keeping a diary, Marco
and Diana speculate on the nature and contents of the diary
. Richard, Lily and Isabelle have paused in the forest as Richard has hurt his leg. Tom decides to return to the hospital with Tess, and Diana decides to follow. Shawn and Kyle meet up for a chat.
Tom and Tess
break the residents out of the hospital, Tess remarks that Kevin is a genius. While looking for food, Lily finds some unripe berries which mysteriously ripen when Lily tells Richard about them.
Richard decides to procure one of the hunters' guns to defend his family, and although he manages to get one, he is knocked out by the preacher.
Nina goes to the hospital with a squadron of armed men. Just as they manage to break the door down and cease any more activity at the structure Diana pushes up the power leaver. The structure then powers up and begins emitting sounds on a sonic level and then knocks everyone in the vicinity over.
Richard hears a gunshot and a scream from Lily. He disables his “guard” and runs to the scene. The preacher has killed his son under Isabelle's "devilish" influence. He then has a heart attack and dies. His son catches up and points his gun at the trio, however, when Isabelle looks at him, he points the gun at his throat and shoots himself.
Tess is still at the hospital after having started the device; the future did not take her. The only change is Kevin
; he has begun speaking again after six years and can also think again. He feels better.
Marco reveals to Tom, Diana and Nina that Kevin is quite possibly the father of 4400 technology. The episode ends with Shawn about to heal, Kyle learning golf, Richard and Lily hitchhiking, and Diana reading Maia’s diary.
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Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
television series The 4400
The 4400
The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with Sky Television, Renegade 83, and American Zoetrope for USA Network. The show was created and written by Scott Peters and René Echevarria, and it stars Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie...
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Synopsis
Tom and DianaDiana Skouris
Diana Skouris is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.-Season One :Initially portrayed as somewhat cold and removed, Diana Skouris was partnered with Tom Baldwin in the pilot episode to investigate the 4400 returnees. She expresses displeasure at being...
investigate a 4400 who is influencing the creation of a super-structure.
Part 1
RichardRichard Tyler
Richard Tyler is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Character :One of the first 4400s to be shown, Richard is Lily Tyler's husband, and is the father of her second daughter, Isabelle Tyler....
and Lily
Lily Tyler
Lily Tyler is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Background :...
have had their baby and named her Isabelle
Isabelle Tyler
Isabelle Tyler is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.-Background:The daughter of Richard Tyler and Lily Moore, Isabelle is technically not a 4400; she was born after the 4400 were returned, after the first season of the show.- Season 1 :Lily...
, Richard has been having nightmares which he doesn’t understand. Someone has discovered they are 4400s and they must now leave once they’ve collected Richards’s money.
Jordan Collier
Jordan Collier
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:...
’s 4400 Center
4400 Center
The 4400 Center is a fictional building in the science fiction TV series The 4400. According to a postcard in the Season 3 episode "Gone", the fictional location of the center is 6265 Crescent Road, Seattle, WA...
is due to open the next day and visitors arrive with a child that Shawn
Shawn Farrell
Shawn Farrell is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Season One:Shawn was born December 12, 1983, and disappeared April 22, 2001 from Highland Beach near Seattle, Washington, while with his cousin Kyle Baldwin...
must heal.
Maia
Maia Skouris
Maia Skouris is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction TV show The 4400.- Season One :...
and Diana
Diana Skouris
Diana Skouris is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.-Season One :Initially portrayed as somewhat cold and removed, Diana Skouris was partnered with Tom Baldwin in the pilot episode to investigate the 4400 returnees. She expresses displeasure at being...
visit a local family court so that Diana can adopt
Adoption
Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting for another and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities from the original parent or parents...
Maia legally, the judge remarks “that you two had to look clear across time to find each other” and he introduces them to each other in their new roles, mother and daughter. Tom is no longer assigned to any 4400 cases due to the events of the last episode.
Kyle
Kyle Baldwin
Kyle Baldwin is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Season One:Kyle Baldwin is Tom and Linda Baldwin's son and Shawn Farrell's cousin. The two were drinking beer at Highland beach in 2001 when Shawn was abducted. After Shawn's abduction, Kyle is...
begins to get sick of all the tests that are being run on him to determine if he is really alone in there.
In a psychiatric hospital
Psychiatric hospital
Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental hospitals, are hospitals specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders. Psychiatric hospitals vary widely in their size and grading. Some hospitals may specialise only in short-term or outpatient therapy for low-risk patients...
a 4400 (Tess Doerner
Tess Doerner
Tess Doerner is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400, played by Summer Glau. She disappeared April 3, 1955.-Season Two:...
) and a man talk. She tells him that she will be leaving soon, very soon. Several of the residents are building something, something the orderlies want them to stop building.
Shawn is having a massage when Jordan interrupts. A book Jordan has written will be released the next day entitled Forty-Four Hundred and Counting. In the past 6 months Nina Jarvis
Nina Jarvis
Nina Jarvis is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.Nina became the director of NTAC in season two after succeeding Dennis Ryland; Ryland took his role back temporarily while Nina recovered from a gunshot wound...
has replaced Dennis Ryland
Dennis Ryland
Dennis Ryland is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction The 4400 portrayed by Peter Coyote. He was the original supervisor and director of NTAC during season one....
as head of NTAC.
Richard tries to persuade Lily to stay where they are as they hadn’t been singled out. Maia and Diana have a party and Maia calls Diana "mommy" for the first time. Tom is reassigned to begin investigating the 4400s again, and his first job is to investigate Tess Doerner.
Kyle is allowed home, but misses his mother and decides to take up golf. Tom and Diana visit Tess to question her about her super-structure; she tells them it is to be used to contact the future.
Jordan Collier has a seizure which Shawn must stop. Shawn remarks that they are becoming more frequent. Jordan’s book is released to the public containing classified information which was leaked from someone in NTAC. Collier claims that he can unlock the 4400 in everybody.
Kyle goes to the 4400 Center to see his cousin, Shawn. When he arrives one of the staff refuses to notify Shawn of Kyle’s arrival or even to tell him if Shawn is there. Policy prohibits it.
Diana and Tom return to the psychiatric hospital with Marco
Marco Pacella
Marco Pacella is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction The 4400.-Character:Marco is in charge of NTAC's theory room, and is the one who initially proposed that each 4400 has caused a "ripple effect"...
in tow and discover the staff has begun building the super-structure as well. Tom and Diana place the hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
under NTAC control and prohibit the staff from entering the courtyard to work on the structure. Diana and Tom decide the best way is to get Tess away, however Kevin attacks them, trying to protect her.
Shawn is angry at Collier after Kyle was chucked out and is distraught that Collier wants him to cut ties.
Part 2
Diana discovers that NTAC Agent Garrity has begun with his co-workers to build the super-structure at the hospital.Lily and Isabelle
Isabelle Tyler
Isabelle Tyler is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.-Background:The daughter of Richard Tyler and Lily Moore, Isabelle is technically not a 4400; she was born after the 4400 were returned, after the first season of the show.- Season 1 :Lily...
are at a store when a local preacher
Preacher
Preacher is a term for someone who preaches sermons or gives homilies. A preacher is distinct from a theologian by focusing on the communication rather than the development of doctrine. Others see preaching and theology as being intertwined...
demands all copies of Jordan’s book be removed. When the man discovers that Lily has a copy she intends to purchase he begins insulting her and Isabelle. However, Isabelle sends the store into chaos when windows begin smashing and items start flying around. Lily, Richard and Isabelle leave in a hurry with the preacher and his sons following.
Tom, Diana, Marco and Nina discuss the structure and what to do with it; Marco believes it really is a communication device. Nina notifies Tom and Diana that they are not to go near the hospital.
Maia returns home early from her sleepover when she is teased because she admits to having a crush on Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
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The preacher catches up with Richard, Lily and Isabelle. Richard speeds up but then a tire blows out, knocking them off the road and forcing them to walk in the forest.
Diana discovers that Maia has been keeping a diary, Marco
Marco Pacella
Marco Pacella is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction The 4400.-Character:Marco is in charge of NTAC's theory room, and is the one who initially proposed that each 4400 has caused a "ripple effect"...
and Diana speculate on the nature and contents of the diary
Diary
A diary is a record with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. A personal diary may include a person's experiences, and/or thoughts or feelings, including comment on current events outside the writer's direct experience. Someone...
. Richard, Lily and Isabelle have paused in the forest as Richard has hurt his leg. Tom decides to return to the hospital with Tess, and Diana decides to follow. Shawn and Kyle meet up for a chat.
Tom and Tess
Tess Doerner
Tess Doerner is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400, played by Summer Glau. She disappeared April 3, 1955.-Season Two:...
break the residents out of the hospital, Tess remarks that Kevin is a genius. While looking for food, Lily finds some unripe berries which mysteriously ripen when Lily tells Richard about them.
Richard decides to procure one of the hunters' guns to defend his family, and although he manages to get one, he is knocked out by the preacher.
Nina goes to the hospital with a squadron of armed men. Just as they manage to break the door down and cease any more activity at the structure Diana pushes up the power leaver. The structure then powers up and begins emitting sounds on a sonic level and then knocks everyone in the vicinity over.
Richard hears a gunshot and a scream from Lily. He disables his “guard” and runs to the scene. The preacher has killed his son under Isabelle's "devilish" influence. He then has a heart attack and dies. His son catches up and points his gun at the trio, however, when Isabelle looks at him, he points the gun at his throat and shoots himself.
Tess is still at the hospital after having started the device; the future did not take her. The only change is Kevin
Kevin Burkhoff
Kevin Burkhoff is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction tv show, The 4400.-Season Two:Kevin first appeared in the season two premiere episode "Wake Up Call," in which he was a patient in a psychiatric hospital. Kevin suffered from paranoid personality disorder and had not...
; he has begun speaking again after six years and can also think again. He feels better.
Marco reveals to Tom, Diana and Nina that Kevin is quite possibly the father of 4400 technology. The episode ends with Shawn about to heal, Kyle learning golf, Richard and Lily hitchhiking, and Diana reading Maia’s diary.
Significance
This episode contains many references to the works of H. P. LovecraftH. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
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- Kevin Burkhoff is played by Jeffrey CombsJeffrey CombsJeffrey Alan Combs is an American actor known for his horror film roles and his appearances playing a number of characters in the Star Trek franchise.-Early life:...
, who played Lovecraft in NecronomiconNecronomicon (film)H.P. Lovecraft's: Necronomicon, original title Necronomicon, also called Necronomicon: Book of the Dead or Necronomicon: To Hell and Back is an American anthology horror film released in 1993. It was directed by Brian Yuzna, Christophe Gans and Shusuke Kaneko and was written by Brent V...
and Lovecraft's character Herbert WestHerbert WestHerbert West is a fictional character created by H. P. Lovecraft for his short story "Herbert West—Reanimator", first published in 1922. There have been several adaptations of the story including Herbert West as played by Jeffrey Combs in the 1985 Re-Animator movie and its two sequels, Bride...
in the Re-AnimatorRe-AnimatorRe-Animator is a 1985 American science fiction horror film based on the H. P. Lovecraft story "Herbert West–Reanimator." Directed by Stuart Gordon, it was the first film in the Re-Animator series. The film has since become a cult film, driven by fans of Jeffrey Combs and H. P...
films (based on Lovecraft's story "Herbert West–Reanimator"). - Burkhoff gives Tess a copy of At the Mountains of MadnessAt the Mountains of MadnessAt the Mountains of Madness is a novella by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931 and rejected that year by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length. It was originally serialized in the February, March and April 1936 issues of Astounding Stories...
. - Tess's description of the future is based on the city of the Great RaceGreat Race of YithThe Great Race of Yith are aliens in the Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft. They first appeared in Lovecraft's short story "The Shadow Out of Time" . They are called the Great Race because they are the only beings to have mastered time travel...
from "The Shadow Out of TimeThe Shadow Out of TimeThe Shadow Out of Time is a novella by Americanhorror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between November 1934 and February 1935, it was first published in the June 1936 issue of Astounding Stories.-Plot summary:...
." - In "The Shadow Out of Time," the Great Race explores the past and future using a form of time travel; this episode dealt with the discovery that the 4400 were sent from the future by time-travelers.
- Also in "The Shadow Out of Time," the bodies of those possessed by the exploring minds of the Great Race are freed by building a strange machine, the designs of which are subconsciously sent into the person's head. This is the same way that Tess cures Burkhoff.
Featured music
- "True" by Ryan CabreraRyan CabreraRyan Frank Cabrera is an American pop rock musician. In 2004, Cabrera debuted with his single "On the Way Down", a top ten hit in the U.S., and album Take It All Away...
- "Do the Buildings and Cops Make You Smile?" by Bedroom Walls
External links
- "Wake Up Call" at the official 4400 website provided by USA NetworkUSA NetworkUSA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...
. - "Wake Up Call" at The 4400 wiki.