White Light (The 4400 episode)
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"White Light" is the first season finale of the science fiction
television series The 4400
. It first aired on August 8, 2004. Tom Baldwin (Joel Gretsch
) and Diana Skouris
(Jacqueline McKenzie
) break Kyle Baldwin
(Chad Faust
) out of quarantine and head to Highland Beach
, where all is revealed.
is in the hospital. Diana
takes Maia
out for the day and Maia questions what’s normal; Diana replies that “normal people just wish they were special like you.”
Tom offers to help Kyle look for whatever he is looking for, but Agent Lytell takes Kyle into custody of the government. Kyle reveals to his mother he knows where he has to go.
Tom points a gun to Lytell's throat trying to find out where his son is. Shawn
and Nikki contemplate revealing their relationship and telling Danny. Lily
goes for a check-up and has to have some amniotic fluid
taken, discovering that Lily’s baby carries the cell for sickle cell anaemia. Since the carrier gene of the disease is most commonly found in people of African origin, it's likely that one or both of the baby's parents are black. However, Lily concluded that the baby's father is black.
Tom and Linda plan Kyle’s escape and where they will take him. Lytell questions Maia while Richard
goes to talk to Collier
, requesting he back off. Maia reveals to Tom that Kyle is the answer to everything. Diana and Tom break in and get Kyle who reveals he needs to go to Highland Beach
, the place where Shawn disappeared.
Collier reveals something shocking to Lily about Richard's past. Richard reveals the truth about what happened to Lily.
Shawn almost kills Danny when Danny attacks him. Shawn leaves a distraught Nikki, and asks Collier if he can stay at the complex. Richard and Lily try to leave, but Jordan tries to stop them and in the process is put through excruciating pain when he touches Lily's womb
.
Kyle returns to Highland Beach and remarks that he belongs there. Ryland and Lytell join Tom, Diana and Kyle at Highland beach, but he arrives there too late: Kyle begins some sort of ritual and light breaks out of his body. Tom jumps in and they are both brought together at the place where the 4400 were returned.
“Kyle” reveals to Tom that Kyle was supposed to be a channel, a way to communicate, to guide in the dealings of the returnees, but something went wrong. Shawn interrupted the process and that was why Kyle was put in a coma. “Kyle” reveals that they are human and that they come from a different time, the future. “Kyle” reveals that in his time humanity
is dying out and that only those they took can prevent the catastrophe that will happen. The path to oblivion will begin in the present.
Kyle is then shot by Lytell and Tom's vision ends. Kyle bursts into a flash of light and is healed, returned to normal.
Six months later, Lily is about to give birth.
") a cult that has foreseen prophecies about Jordan Collier, Shawn, and Kyle is revealed as White Light.
Also this episode gives a foreshadowing to Kyle's ability which he gets later on in Season 4, since "Kyle" says that Kyle was supposed to be a guide it means that if he was taken instead of Shawn then Cassie, his ability, would have been around a lot earlier and his influence would have been totally different.
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...
. It first aired on August 8, 2004. Tom Baldwin (Joel Gretsch
Joel Gretsch
Joel James Gretsch is an American actor. His roles include Tom Baldwin on the USA Network series The 4400, the monstruous Capt./Maj./Col. Owen Crawford in the Steven Spielberg produced 2002 sci-fi miniseries Taken and Father Jack Landry on V.-Early life:Gretsch was born in St...
) and Diana Skouris
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...
(Jacqueline McKenzie
Jacqueline McKenzie
Jacqueline Susan McKenzie is an Australian actress.McKenzie made her film debut in the 1987 film Wordplay and on stage in Child Dancing for Griffin Theatre Company. She made a strong impression in Romper Stomper , and over the next couple of years came to be regarded as one of Australia's most...
) break Kyle Baldwin
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...
(Chad Faust
Chad Faust
Chad Faust is a Canadian actor, singer, film producer, film director and screenwriter, best known for his role as Kyle Baldwin in The 4400. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.-Biography:...
) out of quarantine and head to Highland Beach
Highland Beach (The 4400)
Highland Beach is a fictional lake shore in the science fiction television series The 4400.The show revolves around the plot-line that over the last 58 years, 4400 people have been taken by people from the future. On April 22, 2001, the future accidentally took Shawn Farrell from Highland Beach...
, where all is revealed.
Plot
KyleKyle 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...
is in the hospital. 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...
takes Maia
Maia Skouris
Maia Skouris is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction TV show The 4400.- Season One :...
out for the day and Maia questions what’s normal; Diana replies that “normal people just wish they were special like you.”
Tom offers to help Kyle look for whatever he is looking for, but Agent Lytell takes Kyle into custody of the government. Kyle reveals to his mother he knows where he has to go.
Tom points a gun to Lytell's throat trying to find out where his son is. 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...
and Nikki contemplate revealing their relationship and telling Danny. Lily
Lily Tyler
Lily Tyler is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Background :...
goes for a check-up and has to have some amniotic fluid
Amniotic fluid
Amniotic fluid or liquor amnii is the nourishing and protecting liquid contained by the amniotic sac of a pregnant woman.- Development of amniotic fluid :...
taken, discovering that Lily’s baby carries the cell for sickle cell anaemia. Since the carrier gene of the disease is most commonly found in people of African origin, it's likely that one or both of the baby's parents are black. However, Lily concluded that the baby's father is black.
Tom and Linda plan Kyle’s escape and where they will take him. Lytell questions Maia while Richard
Richard 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....
goes to talk to 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:...
, requesting he back off. Maia reveals to Tom that Kyle is the answer to everything. Diana and Tom break in and get Kyle who reveals he needs to go to Highland Beach
Highland Beach (The 4400)
Highland Beach is a fictional lake shore in the science fiction television series The 4400.The show revolves around the plot-line that over the last 58 years, 4400 people have been taken by people from the future. On April 22, 2001, the future accidentally took Shawn Farrell from Highland Beach...
, the place where Shawn disappeared.
Collier reveals something shocking to Lily about Richard's past. Richard reveals the truth about what happened to Lily.
Shawn almost kills Danny when Danny attacks him. Shawn leaves a distraught Nikki, and asks Collier if he can stay at the complex. Richard and Lily try to leave, but Jordan tries to stop them and in the process is put through excruciating pain when he touches Lily's womb
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...
.
Kyle returns to Highland Beach and remarks that he belongs there. Ryland and Lytell join Tom, Diana and Kyle at Highland beach, but he arrives there too late: Kyle begins some sort of ritual and light breaks out of his body. Tom jumps in and they are both brought together at the place where the 4400 were returned.
“Kyle” reveals to Tom that Kyle was supposed to be a channel, a way to communicate, to guide in the dealings of the returnees, but something went wrong. Shawn interrupted the process and that was why Kyle was put in a coma. “Kyle” reveals that they are human and that they come from a different time, the future. “Kyle” reveals that in his time humanity
Human Race
Human Race refers to the Human species.Human race may also refer to:*The Human Race, 79th episode of YuYu Hakusho* Human Race Theatre Company of Dayton Ohio* Human Race Machine, a computer graphics device...
is dying out and that only those they took can prevent the catastrophe that will happen. The path to oblivion will begin in the present.
Kyle is then shot by Lytell and Tom's vision ends. Kyle bursts into a flash of light and is healed, returned to normal.
Six months later, Lily is about to give birth.
Significance
In Season 4, Episode 2 ("Fear ItselfFear Itself (The 4400 episode)
"Fear Itself" is the second episode of season four of the science fiction television series The 4400. The episode aired June 24, 2007 on the USA Network.-Synopsis:...
") a cult that has foreseen prophecies about Jordan Collier, Shawn, and Kyle is revealed as White Light.
Also this episode gives a foreshadowing to Kyle's ability which he gets later on in Season 4, since "Kyle" says that Kyle was supposed to be a guide it means that if he was taken instead of Shawn then Cassie, his ability, would have been around a lot earlier and his influence would have been totally different.
Featured music
- "It's Been a While" by StaindStaindStaind is an American rock band that was formed in 1995 in Springfield, Massachusetts. For 16 years, the band consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist Johnny April, and drummer Jon Wysocki...
- "Talk Shows on Mute" by IncubusIncubus (band)Incubus is an American rock band from Calabasas, California. The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in high school and later expanded to include bassist Alex "Dirk Lance" Katunich, and Gavin "DJ Lyfe" Koppell;...
External links
- "White Light" 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...
. - "White Light" at The 4400 wiki.