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The Worst Episodes of The 4400

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4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing, reappear on Earth. Though they have not aged physically, some of them seem to have deeper alterations ranging from superhuman

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The 4400 Season 2 Episode 13 - Mommy's Bosses
    6.6/10(8 votes)

    #1 - Mommy's Bosses

    S2:E13

    Discovering that NTAC is behind the disease plaguing the 4400s, Tom and Diana try to get to the bottom of NTAC's cover-up, while Kyle considers turning himself in.

    Director:John Behring
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Craig Sweeny

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  2. The 4400 Season 4 Episode 6 - The Marked
    7.1/10(8 votes)

    #2 - The Marked

    S4:E6

    Jordan wants Shawn to rejoin the movement. Meanwhile, a 4400 with an amazing ability disappears.

    Director:Leslie Libman
    Writer:Craig Sweeny

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  3. The 4400 Season 4 Episode 12 - Tiny Machines
    7.2/10(7 votes)

    #3 - Tiny Machines

    S4:E12

    Meghan and Diana learn how to remove the entity from Tom, but the procedure is dangerous. Meanwhile, Shawn finds help in his attempt to rescue Kevin from Promise City; and Jordan is betrayed by someone close.

    Director:Allison Liddi-Brown
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Craig Sweeny

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  4. The 4400 Season 1 Episode 2 - The New & Improved Carl Morrissey
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    #4 - The New & Improved Carl Morrissey

    S1:E2

    Tom and Diana investigate a 4400 who has used his ability of enhanced reflexes to become a vigilante.

    Director:Helen Shaver
    Writer:Ira Steven Behr

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  5. The 4400 Season 2 Episode 3 - Voices Carry
    7.3/10(8 votes)

    #5 - Voices Carry

    S2:E3

    A returnee exhibiting telepathic abilities seeks help from NTAC, but is instead used as a mole to infiltrate Jordan Collier's 4400 Center.

    Director:Vincent Misiano
    Writer:Lisa Melamed

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  6. The 4400 Season 2 Episode 8 - Carrier
    7.3/10(7 votes)

    #6 - Carrier

    S2:E8

    After living for 8 years in an alternate world that only Tom and Alana remember the world with the 4400 has returned as it was at the second the 8 years started. A 30 year old 4400 woman wakes up and finds everybody else in her local community dead. Maia puts April's love for her to a test.

    Director:Leslie Libman
    Writer:Douglas Petrie

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  7. The 4400 Season 4 Episode 8 - No Exit
    7.3/10(7 votes)

    #7 - No Exit

    S4:E8

    Tom, Diana, Jordan, Shawn, Kyle, Isabelle, Maia, Meghan, Marco, PJ and Brady all wake up inside NTAC without any memory of how they got there.

    Director:Tony Westman
    Writer:Adam Levy

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  8. The 4400 Season 4 Episode 10 - One of Us
    7.3/10(7 votes)

    #8 - One of Us

    S4:E10

    Tom has trouble focusing on the hunt for Richard Tyler because of dreams he's having about the future.

    Director:Scott Peters
    Writers:Craig Sweeny, Michael Narducci

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  9. The 4400 Season 1 Episode 3 - Becoming
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    #9 - Becoming

    S1:E3

    Tom and Diana investigate Oliver Knox, a 4400 suspected of being a serial murderer.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writer:Craig Sweeny

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  10. The 4400 Season 3 Episode 13 - Fifty–Fifty
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    #10 - Fifty–Fifty

    S3:E13

    Tom and Diana continue their investigation on Jordan Collier's plan for mankind. Dennis Ryland rejoins NTAC. Isabelle prepares for battle.

    Director:Nick Copus
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Craig Sweeny

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  11. The 4400 Season 4 Episode 1 - The Wrath of Graham
    7.4/10(9 votes)

    #11 - The Wrath of Graham

    S4:E1

    A high school student develops an ability after injecting promicin. Tom visits Isabelle in jail, while Diana searches for her missing sister. Following the advice of a young woman, named Cassie, Kyle is able to wake Shawn from his coma. Jordan Collier's conscience gets to him. Meanwhile, NTAC gets a new director.

    Director:Ernest R. Dickerson
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Craig Sweeny

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  12. The 4400 Season 4 Episode 2 - Fear Itself
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Fear Itself

    S4:E2

    Tom and Diana search for someone who has the ability to make people's worst fears come true. Danny seeks Shawn's help to find a promicin shot. Meanwhile, Cassie leads Kyle to a book that contains a prophecy about Jordan Collier.

    Director:Nick Copus
    Writers:Amy Berg, Andrew Colville

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  13. The 4400 Season 4 Episode 7 - Till We Have Built Jerusalem
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Till We Have Built Jerusalem

    S4:E7

    Jordan Collier's movement takes a huge step forward when his followers settle in the heart of Seattle.

    Director:Scott Peters
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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  14. The 4400 Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #14 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    4400 people, assumed to be dead or missing over the past fifty years, reappear in a ball of light. None have any memory of where they've been, and some are manifesting paranormal abilities.

    Director:Yves Simoneau
    Writers:René Echevarria, Scott Peters

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  15. The 4400 Season 2 Episode 1 - Wake Up Call (1)
    7.5/10(10 votes)

    #15 - Wake Up Call (1)

    S2:E1

    Tom and Diana investigate a mysterious structure being built at a psychiatric hospital, based on the drawings of one of their patients who's a 4400.

    Director:Leslie Libman
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Craig Sweeny

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  16. The 4400 Season 2 Episode 5 - Suffer the Children
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #16 - Suffer the Children

    S2:E5

    Tom and Diana investigate a 4400 junior high school teacher accused of child abuse.

    Director:Vincent Misiano
    Writer:Frederick Rappaport

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  17. The 4400 Season 2 Episode 6 - As Fate Would Have It
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #17 - As Fate Would Have It

    S2:E6

    A morbid premonition from Maia threatens the future of the 4400 Center.

    Director:Nick Gomez
    Writer:Craig Sweeny

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  18. The 4400 Season 2 Episode 7 - Life Interrupted
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #18 - Life Interrupted

    S2:E7

    Tom finds himself in a world where the 4400 never happened.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
    Writer:Ira Steven Behr

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  19. The 4400 Season 4 Episode 9 - Daddy's Little Girl
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #19 - Daddy's Little Girl

    S4:E9

    Richard surprises Isabelle when he shows up in Promise City but the happy reunion takes a turn when Richard kidnaps her in hopes to start a new life with his daughter.

    Director:Nick Copus
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Amy Berg

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  20. The 4400 Season 4 Episode 11 - Ghost in the Machine
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #20 - Ghost in the Machine

    S4:E11

    Tom and Diana must race to find the source of a computer virus that could bring down Ubient software, one of the world's largest software companies that is run by suspected member of the marked, Drew Imroth. Meanwhile, Maia visits Promise City where she receives an unexpected birthday surprise: a visit from her birth parents.

    Director:Morgan Beggs
    Writer:Frederick Rappaport

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  21. The 4400 Season 1 Episode 4 - Trial by Fire
    7.7/10(10 votes)

    #21 - Trial by Fire

    S1:E4

    NTAC races against the clock to stop a group of fanatics targeting 4400s.

    Director:Nick Gomez
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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  22. The 4400 Season 2 Episode 4 - Weight of the World
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #22 - Weight of the World

    S2:E4

    Tom and Diana investigate a 4400 whose ability to increase the human bodies' metabolism just may be this weight-conscious world's answer to the ultimate fat-burner.

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writer:Scott Peters

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  23. The 4400 Season 3 Episode 8 - Blink
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #23 - Blink

    S3:E8

    Tom and Diana are drugged with a hallucinogen, that was created from oil that was secreted from the hands of a 4400.

    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writers:Amy Berg, Andrew Colville

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  24. The 4400 Season 4 Episode 13 - The Great Leap Forward
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #24 - The Great Leap Forward

    S4:E13

    Paramedics try to resuscitate Susan Farrell. They believe that she took promicin and lost the 50/50 lotto that comes with it. Danny is certain that she did not take the shot. After arriving at the hospital with the paramedics, things get complicated as everyone around Danny start to die. Garrity and another NTAC agent are sent to the hospital to assess the situation.

    Director:Scott Peters
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Craig Sweeny

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  25. The 4400 Season 3 Episode 9 - The Ballad of Kevin and Tess
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #25 - The Ballad of Kevin and Tess

    S3:E9

    Kevin is on the run after horribly mutating due to the promicin experiments. Tom and Diana go to Tess for help. Diana gets what she believes is the flu and discovers something startling.

    Director:Scott Peters
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Craig Sweeny

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Mommy's Bosses" is the worst rated episode of "The 4400". It scored 6.6/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by John Behring and written by Ira Steven Behr, Craig Sweeny, it aired on 8/28/2005. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Marked".