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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 3 Episode 6 - Graduation Day
    7.0/10(385 votes)

    #1 - Graduation Day

    S3:E6

    Isabelle seeks revenge on the Nova Group after they attack Shawn. Alana confronts the man responsible for killing her husband and son in a car accident nine years ago.

    Director:Aaron Lipstadt
    Writer:Craig Sweeny

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  2. The 4400 Season 3 Episode 7 - The Home Front
    7.0/10(390 votes)

    #2 - The Home Front

    S3:E7

    With the help of Dennis Ryland, NTAC track down the remining members of the NOVA group. Nikki pays Shawn a visit.

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

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  3. The 4400 Season 2 Episode 4 - Weight of the World
    7.2/10(483 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. The 4400 Season 2 Episode 7 - Life Interrupted
    7.2/10(474 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. The 4400 Season 2 Episode 8 - Carrier
    7.2/10(445 votes)

    #5 - 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:Doug Petrie

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  6. The 4400 Season 2 Episode 2 - Wake Up Call (2)
    7.3/10(494 votes)

    #6 - Wake Up Call (2)

    S2:E2

    Richard must protect his family when he and Lily are discovered to be 4400s.

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

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  7. The 4400 Season 2 Episode 3 - Voices Carry
    7.3/10(497 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. The 4400 Season 2 Episode 9 - Rebirth
    7.3/10(440 votes)

    #8 - Rebirth

    S2:E9

    A 4400 with the ability to repair damaged chromosomes hides a shocking past. And while Richard seeks out a tormentor among his Korean War buddies, Shawn reconnects with his family and tries to help Kyle.

    Director:Milan Cheylov
    Writer:Lisa Melamed

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  9. The 4400 Season 3 Episode 5 - Gone (2)
    7.3/10(399 votes)

    #9 - Gone (2)

    S3:E5

    Tom and Diana continue to investigate the disappearance of the 4400 children. Isabelle and Shawn's relationship becomes public.

    Director:Scott Peters
    Writer:Darcy Meyers

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  10. The 4400 Season 4 Episode 2 - Fear Itself
    7.3/10(367 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. The 4400 Season 4 Episode 9 - Daddy's Little Girl
    7.3/10(390 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. The 4400 Season 4 Episode 11 - Ghost in the Machine
    7.3/10(359 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. The 4400 Season 1 Episode 3 - Becoming
    7.4/10(648 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. The 4400 Season 3 Episode 2 - The New World (2)
    7.4/10(425 votes)

    #14 - The New World (2)

    S3:E2

    Gary Navarro is arrested for the second attempt to assassinate Dennis Ryland. Knowing she is the key to her mother's survival, Isabelle attempts to kill herself by jumping off the 4400 center building only to survive without a scratch. Matthew Ross expresses his displeasure at her actions and tells her of the destiny she is to face. Isabelle is troubled about what Matthew told her, but after a discussion with Shawn she decides it's her choice with what she does with her life. Matthew gives Isabelle a substance that can kill her if it's injected.

    Director:Vincent Misiano
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Craig Sweeny, Frederick Rappaport

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  15. The 4400 Season 3 Episode 8 - Blink
    7.4/10(406 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. The 4400 Season 3 Episode 11 - The Gospel According to Collier
    7.4/10(384 votes)

    #16 - The Gospel According to Collier

    S3:E11

    NTAC and the 4400 Center work together to find Jordan Collier. Kyle Baldwin gets a surprising visitor at the state prison.

    Director:Frederick E. O. Toye
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Craig Sweeny

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

    #17 - 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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  18. The 4400 Season 1 Episode 2 - The New & Improved Carl Morrissey
    7.5/10(708 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. The 4400 Season 1 Episode 4 - Trial by Fire
    7.5/10(621 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. The 4400 Season 2 Episode 1 - Wake Up Call (1)
    7.5/10(557 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. The 4400 Season 2 Episode 13 - Mommy's Bosses
    7.5/10(47 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. The 4400 Season 3 Episode 9 - The Ballad of Kevin and Tess
    7.5/10(386 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. The 4400 Season 4 Episode 1 - The Wrath of Graham
    7.5/10(431 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. The 4400 Season 4 Episode 3 - Audrey Parker's Come and Gone
    7.5/10(367 votes)

    #24 - Audrey Parker's Come and Gone

    S4:E3

    Audrey Parker, an elderly woman, takes promicin and develops the ability to astral project. Meanwhile, Shawn decides to start publicly healing people again despite threats from the government to shut him down. And Ben and Maia return to Seattle to visit Diana.

    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:Nick Wauters

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  25. The 4400 Season 4 Episode 8 - No Exit
    7.5/10(378 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Graduation Day" is the worst rated episode of "The 4400". It scored 7/10 based on 385 votes. Directed by Aaron Lipstadt and written by Craig Sweeny, it aired on 7/9/2006. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Home Front".