Episode Discussion 3.04 "Gone (1)" - Aired 6/25/06 (USA - US)

[Black Eye Guy]

Someone is targeting young 4400's and Maia gets kidnapped. A mistake from Shawn's past comes back to haunt him. Richard is given a position of authority at the 4400 Center.
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I loved this episode, It was so much better then last weeks. It was nice to see some more of Maia. I also liked that we got to see the kids trying to escape using their powers, that was cool. And the brother and sister using their ability to control water to mess with the water in the human body was really smart, I really liked that.

Shawn and Isabelle felt more comfortable in this episode, but the bit where Isabelle finally displayed some major power over Matthew was deadly, good to se their gonna start exploring that some more. I also like how confident she was when talking to him!

The whole Maia being erased from history bit at the very end was so good I'm really looking forward to next week's episode, I really hope they don't get rid of her off the show!

[prydain]

Urgh I was on a date when this episode was on. Dammit.

I have to get it.

[prydain]

This episode was so awesome! I'm glad I decided to wait until today to watch it, because waiting seven days would have been pretty much unbearable. This was by far the best episode of the series since the first season. The show has finally definitely found itself, I think.

At first I didn't like Isabelle in this episode, I thought she was gonna just be plain evil now, and slutty on top of that. While I still find it gross she and Shawn are having sex, with her only being one year old or so, at least she's on Shawn's side - for now. I agree with BEG, the way she talked to Matthew was cool, and now she's a much more interesting character.

I guess now I don't like the future people at all. They're just playing God, and totally ruining everyone's life. I don't care what their intentions are, what they're doing just isn't right. I felt so bad for Maia towards the end.

The end, with all traces of Maia vanishing, was just plain cool. I don't see how the writers are gonna fix this thing but I'm dying to find out. I can't wait until tomorrow!

[Black Eye Guy]

Yeah I agree that I think it was one of the best eps since the first season! It was so good, and it was a awesome cliff-hanger ending.

Shawn and Isabelle I keep changing my mind on, like they are really good together, but the fact that she is young, and she is you can see it in how her character is acting. And how her dad specifically asked Shawn not to do anything with her, has me going "Hmm".

I really hope they don't get rid of Maia, that would be kinda crappy. I also don't wan her to be put into the timeline earlier and then be in the show as an older person, it would be too similar to Isabelle, which also has me wondering about this thing, It does appear that she is the most powerful 4400(I know she isn't really one, but she's close enough), yet they leave her where she is??

And yeah this episode really made me think about the future people, I never really thought of them as having done something horrible, but how they showed it with Maia made it more personal for the viewer. Made them look like the bad guys rather then the good guys!

[prydain]

I think Isabelle and Jordan will end up being the most influential 4400s. I think Jordan is gonna be like some Anti-Christ like figure who leads a faction of the 4400s and I think he'll try to use Isabelle. Isabelle is obviously central to the show's mythology because she has virtually unlimited powers. So I think Shawn will end up being a leader of one faction and Jordan another, and Isabelle will have to decide who she's gonna side with.

Yeah you have a good point about the way she acts. Even though she acts all sexual and stuff she's also very immature and naive. So maybe she's neither good nor evil. She's not old enough to really know anything about right or wrong, she just has power and is using it while trying to figure herself out. I think we'll probably see her mature a lot over the season.

[Black Eye Guy]

Yeah I could totally see it going like that, splitting up into two groups. Where do you think Matthew would fit into it, cuz he wants Isabelle, and wanted Shawn kinda out of power, or lessen his power(over the 4400 centre) but he also wanted Jordan's resurrection(?) kept a secret.

I could also see it going kind of like Point Pleasant, two people in love destined to be on opposite sides, good and evil.

[prydain]

I totally don't GET Matthew at all. He obviously has a purpose but I don't know what he's really after. I wish we'd find out soon because he bugs the crap outta me.

I think he wants Richard to take over Shawn's position because I thinks he can influence Richard more easily than Shawn. Shawn is maturing and becoming more independent and his own man, and resisting Matthew so I think Matthew sees that as a serious issue.

[Black Eye Guy]

Yeah actually that’s an excellent point, especially with the death of Lilly Richard seems more timid, ok that’s not really the right word, but he hasn't seemed the same. Like I don't think he would have taken that job in season 1, He would have let Shawn have another chance.