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White Light" is an episode of the
science fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction. It differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically-established or scientifically-postulated laws of nature...
television series
The 4400The 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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Tom and
DianaDiana 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...
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KyleKyle Baldwin is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Season One :Kyle 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 shown...
out of quarantine and head to
Highland BeachHighland 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.
KyleKyle Baldwin is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Season One :Kyle 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 shown...
is in the hospital.
DianaDiana 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
MaiaMaia 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.
"
White Light" is an episode of the
science fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction. It differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically-established or scientifically-postulated laws of nature...
television series
The 4400The 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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Synopsis
Tom and
DianaDiana 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...
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KyleKyle Baldwin is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Season One :Kyle 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 shown...
out of quarantine and head to
Highland BeachHighland 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 is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Season One :Kyle 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 shown...
is in the hospital.
DianaDiana 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
MaiaMaia 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.
ShawnShawn 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.
LilyLily 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 fluidAmniotic fluid or liquor amnii is the nourishing and protecting liquid contained by the amniotic sac of a pregnant woman. The amniotic sac grows and begins to fill, mainly with water, around two weeks after fertilization. After a further 10 weeks the liquid contains proteins, carbohydrates, lipids...
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
RichardRichard 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
CollierJordan 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 BeachHighland 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
wombIsabelle 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...
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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
humanityThe Human Race could be:* The Human species; see also World population* The Human Race , a comic book published by DC Comics* Human Race , a video game*The Human Race, 79th episode of YuYu Hakusho...
is dying out and that only those they took can prevent the catastrophe that will happen. The path to
oblivionThe word oblivion means the state of complete unawareness, unconsciousness, or forgetfulness; or the state of being completely forgotten .Oblivion may also refer to:...
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 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.
Cast
- Tom Baldwin — Joel Gretsch
Joel James Gretsch is an American actor. His recent roles include Tom Baldwin on the USA Network series The 4400 and Capt./Maj./Col. Owen Crawford in the Steven Spielberg produced 2002 sci-fi miniseries Taken.-Personal life:...
- 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 McKenzieJacqueline 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...
- 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....
— Mahershalalhashbaz AliMahershalalhashbaz Ali is an American actor. He is perhaps most well known for his portrayal of Richard Tyler in the USA Network program The 4400 and "Tizzy" in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.-Biography:...
- Lily Moore
Lily Tyler is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Background :...
— Laura Allen-Early life:Laura Allen was born at Portland, Oregon, and grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington as the middle child of three sisters: older Jennifer and younger Lindsay. She attended Wellesley College as a Sociology major and graduated in 1996...
- 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...
— Patrick FluegerPatrick Flueger is an American actor, known for his lead role in the television series The 4400.-Early Life:Patrick Flueger was born December 10, 1983 in Red Wing, Minnesota, the eldest of three siblings. He attended Red Wing High School...-Career:...
- Kyle Baldwin
Kyle Baldwin is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Season One :Kyle 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 shown...
— Chad FaustChad 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:...
- Danny Farrell
Danny Farrell is a song by The Dubliners. Sung by Luke Kelly in a gruff monotone it tells the story of an educationally challenged Irish male whose life goes from bad to worse...
— Kaj-Erik EriksenKaj-Erik Eriksen is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles as Danny Farrell in the television series The 4400, Jeremy Peters in the television series Boston Public and as the son of the main character in the 1990s show The Commish.-Films:-Television:-External links:* on MySpace...
- Nikki Hudson
Nicole Hudson is an Australian Women's Field Hockey player. She is the captain of the Hockeyroos, Australia's national female team. She made her debut for Australia in 1993 and won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics...
- Brooke NevinBrooke Candice Nevin is a Canadian actress known for her roles as Rachel in the television series Animorphs and as Nikki Hudson in The 4400. She has also worked on several other shows such as Smallville and Charmed...
- Dennis Ryland
Dennis Ryland is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction The 4400 portrayed by Peter Coyote.The original supervisor and director of NTAC during season one....
— Peter CoyotePeter Coyote is an American actor, author, director, screenwriter and narrator of films, theatre, television and audio books. His voice work includes narrating the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics...
Guest stars
- Marco Pacella
Marco Pacella is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction The 4400.- Character :Marco is in charge of NTAC's theory room, and is the one who initially proposed that each 4400 has caused a "ripple effect"...
— Richard KahanRichard Kahan is a Canadian television actor. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, he is best known to date for his role as Marco Pacella in the television series The 4400.- Filmography :...
- 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 :...
— Billy CampbellWilliam Oliver "Billy" Campbell is an American film and television actor.-Career:Campbell is probably most famous for his portrayal of Rick Sammler on the ABC series Once and Again for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series. Among his other well-known roles...
Featured music
- "It's Been a While" by Staind
Staind is an American rock band from Springfield, Massachusetts, including lead singer/guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist/vocalist Johnny April and drummer Jon Wysocki...
- "Talk Shows on Mute" by Incubus
Incubus is an American Grammy Award-nominated rock band, from Calabasas, California. Formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in high school. The band expanded to include bassist Alex Katunich , and Gavin Koppell...
External links
- "White Light" at the official 4400 website provided by USA Network
USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1977. The channel shows a variety of original and second-run programming, from syndicated TV series to edited movies...
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- "White Light" at The 4400 wiki.