Episode:Being Tom Baldwin
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"Being Tom Baldwin"
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| Episode No. | Season 3 Episode 3 | |
| Writer(s) | Shintaro Shimosawa, James Morris | |
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| Director | Colin Bucksey | |
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| US airdate | June 18, 2006 | |
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| Previous Episode: | The New World | |
| Next Episode: | Gone (Part One) | |
Being Tom Baldwin was an episode of the 4400. It is named after a 4400 using his ability to impersonate Tom Baldwin
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[edit] Key Points
- Boyd Gelder, a teenage 4400, uses his ability to impersonate Tom Baldwin and kills TJ Kim.
- Tom, after taking half a day off from work, find Diana in his living room. She tells him that he killed TJ Kim. He jumps out the window and runs away, trying to figure out what happened.
- Shawn helps Isabelle live through several life experiences which she missed because she never had a childhood.
- Richard releases Lily's ashes over the grave of Lily Bonham, his girlfriend before his abduction.
- Kevin Burkhoff demonstrates that he has a 4400 ability after using promicin. He stabs himself with a scalple and heals instantly.
[edit] Synopsis
It's an ordinary day for Tom Baldwin; that is until Diana Skouris shows up at his house to arrest him for murder. It seems that earlier that morning Tom entered an NTAC interrogation room and shot TJ Kim. Several witnesses can even place him at the scene.
The problem is that Tom hasn't been in to work yet and has no recollection of anything Diana is talking about. To make matters worse, Tom has been alone all morning and no one can verify seeing him outside of the office. Unwilling to turn himself in, Tom goes on the run and becomes a fugitive in order to get to the truth.
It's eventually discovered that a teenage 4400 named Boyd Gelder, recruited by Nova, was sent to kill TJ Kim before she could compromise the organization. Gelder's ability allows him to make people perceive him to be any identity he chooses. In the end, Boyd Gelder is apprehended and Tom is able to clear his name.
At the 4400 Center, Shawn helps Isabelle catch up on some of the milestones she missed growing from an infant to a woman overnight: learning to drive, swim, etc. But Shawn soon learns that Isabelle's list includes losing her virginity to him. Shawn is hesitant since he promised Richard that he would be a friend and only a friend to his daughter. Shawn was correct to hold himself back from Isabelle's request; when she asked Richard about it he was indeed quite nervous about the question and told her that she wasn't ready. But in the end, Shawn gives in to temptation. In the closing scene we see Isabelle and Shawn kissing.
Meanwhile, Richard undertakes a journey to release Lily's ashes, and Diana discovers that Kevin Burkhoff, who has been injecting himself with doses of promicin, has developed a 4400 ability. Burkhoff can, sometimes, heal his body. He demonstrated this to Diane by putting a scalpel through his hand and then watched it heal itself.
[edit] Important developments
- Matthew tells Isabelle that she should get closer to Shawn and that they will stand on opposite sides of an ideological boundary in the future. It's unknown how Matthew knows so much about Isabelle and her future.
- Isabelle and Shawn develop what looks to be a romantic relationship.
- Nova Group member TJ Kim is murdered by fellow member Boyd Gelder to prevent her from giving information about the organization.
- Kevin Burkhoff begins to develop a 4400 power. He is able to rapidly heal from physical harm. He demonstrates this to Diane by putting a scalpel through his hand.
[edit] Quote
Isabelle : We could have sex.
Shawn : Isabelle uh no.
[edit] External Links
[edit] Episode Gallery
 Tom |
 Tom (Again) |
 Alana |
 Tom Baldwin |
 Tom & Alana |
 Isabelle prepares to drown herself |
 Isabelle and Shawn |
 More Isabelle with Shawn |
 Isabelle still with Shawn |
 Isabelle learns to drive |
 Shawn with Isabelle |
 Richard at Lily Bonham's grave |
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