Alana Mareva
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Alana Mareva is a fictional character in the USA Network
science fiction
television series The 4400
.
, and disappeared September 5, 2001, from Seattle, Wash. Prior to her abduction, her husband and only son Billy had been killed by a drunk driver. She was an artist who owned an art gallery and travelled the world to purchase pieces for display there.
She has the ability to create subjective alternate realities
that only she and an individual whom she touches can perceive. She first used the ability to create a reality without the 4400 in which she met and fell in love with Tom Baldwin over an eight-year span. Subtle flaws in the reality eventually unravelled it and Baldwin encountered some sort of subconscious mental subroutine left by those who took the 4400. This subroutine (appearing to him in Alana's form) told Baldwin that he was destined for hard times and that she had been sent back as a "rock" for him to fall back on.
When NTAC sought Gary Navarro for questioning in connection with the Nova terrorist group, Alana fed him information that enabled him to escape. She fled with him to Canada when the government responded by issuing an arrest warrant for her.
She returned by special arrangement to help Jordan Collier
regain his memories. At the time, Tom Baldwin, still in love with her, suggested that a deal might be negotiated that would permit her to remain in the United States without being arrested.
In the third season finale
, she was taken in a flash of light, as the original 4400 were shown to be taken by the future. Maia had previously predicted Alana would not be in Seattle when she returned.
In the fourth season premiere, Isabelle tells Tom to go to a museum to find out what happened to Alana. A painting, Alana in Repose, is on display, and was painted in 1885. Isabelle Tyler
suggests that Alana was abducted because Tom Baldwin did not kill Tyler and is being punished by losing Alana.
create a completely realistic subjective alternate reality that she and a person with whom she is in physical contact can perceive. The reality can incorporate ideas from Alana or from her subject and is normally indistinguishable from objective reality. A great deal of time can pass in such realities while very little objective time passes. There is evidence that subjective realities of long duration accumulate subtle errors that permit the subconscious of the subject to recognize them for what they are. Tom Baldwin eventually realized that he was in subjective reality because of such errors. Alana was at that time subjected to the effects of the promicin-inhibitor. Most 4400s developed their abilities or refined their control when no longer dosed with the inhibitor. In season three, Diana Skouris
was able to remain in the alternate reality without Alana. It was revealed by that incident that a participant in the alternate reality must be consciously willing to leave it.
USA Network
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science fiction
Science fiction
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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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Background
Alana was born October 17, 1969, in TahitiTahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...
, and disappeared September 5, 2001, from Seattle, Wash. Prior to her abduction, her husband and only son Billy had been killed by a drunk driver. She was an artist who owned an art gallery and travelled the world to purchase pieces for display there.
She has the ability to create subjective alternate realities
Parallel universe (fiction)
A parallel universe or alternative reality is a hypothetical self-contained separate reality coexisting with one's own. A specific group of parallel universes is called a "multiverse", although this term can also be used to describe the possible parallel universes that constitute reality...
that only she and an individual whom she touches can perceive. She first used the ability to create a reality without the 4400 in which she met and fell in love with Tom Baldwin over an eight-year span. Subtle flaws in the reality eventually unravelled it and Baldwin encountered some sort of subconscious mental subroutine left by those who took the 4400. This subroutine (appearing to him in Alana's form) told Baldwin that he was destined for hard times and that she had been sent back as a "rock" for him to fall back on.
When NTAC sought Gary Navarro for questioning in connection with the Nova terrorist group, Alana fed him information that enabled him to escape. She fled with him to Canada when the government responded by issuing an arrest warrant for her.
She returned by special arrangement to help 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:...
regain his memories. At the time, Tom Baldwin, still in love with her, suggested that a deal might be negotiated that would permit her to remain in the United States without being arrested.
In the third season finale
Fifty-Fifty (The 4400 episode)
"Fifty–Fifty" is an episode of the science fiction television series The 4400.-Synopsis:Diana pulls Maia out of the 4400 Center school. Collier's Promicin distribution begins. Isabelle and Haspel Corporation part ways. Shawn and Isabelle are seriously injured. Alana is abducted again.-Plot:Jordan...
, she was taken in a flash of light, as the original 4400 were shown to be taken by the future. Maia had previously predicted Alana would not be in Seattle when she returned.
In the fourth season premiere, Isabelle tells Tom to go to a museum to find out what happened to Alana. A painting, Alana in Repose, is on display, and was painted in 1885. Isabelle Tyler
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...
suggests that Alana was abducted because Tom Baldwin did not kill Tyler and is being punished by losing Alana.
Paranormal abilities
Alana can telepathicallyTelepathy
Telepathy , is the induction of mental states from one mind to another. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and has remained more popular than the more-correct expression thought-transference...
create a completely realistic subjective alternate reality that she and a person with whom she is in physical contact can perceive. The reality can incorporate ideas from Alana or from her subject and is normally indistinguishable from objective reality. A great deal of time can pass in such realities while very little objective time passes. There is evidence that subjective realities of long duration accumulate subtle errors that permit the subconscious of the subject to recognize them for what they are. Tom Baldwin eventually realized that he was in subjective reality because of such errors. Alana was at that time subjected to the effects of the promicin-inhibitor. Most 4400s developed their abilities or refined their control when no longer dosed with the inhibitor. In season three, 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...
was able to remain in the alternate reality without Alana. It was revealed by that incident that a participant in the alternate reality must be consciously willing to leave it.
External links
- Alana Mareva's profile 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...
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