Discussion for Episode 3.10 "The Starzl Mutation" - Aired 8/7/06 (USA-US)

[Black Eye Guy]

Tom and Diana's investigation into a series of gruesome murders leads them to uncover another conspiracy within the government. At the 4400 Center, Shawn receives a gift from another returnee that allows him to see his future.
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Haven't seen it yet, but it looked pretty good in the preview, plus J. August Richards (Gunn from angel) is supposed to be in it.

[prydain]

I hated J. August Richards in Angel - Gunn was always my least favorite character and I was always hoping he'd die gruesomely - so I don't know if that's a good thing. ;)

I haven't completely caught up yet so I haven't seen this ep.

[Black Eye Guy]

I liked Gunn in Angel, and he was good in this, although it was a small role!

The episode was brilliant! Another huge clue revealed, about why the 4400 were sent back at that time and the place - I have to say I loved that explanation. The visions of the future were cool, even if it is looking bleak. But does this mean that of Shawn marries Issy, she goes good and her dad takes over the running of the 4400 centre and eventually leads them to war?? (I'm guessing against that new branch of the 4400 - Also brilliant idea)

The ending was cool, explains why JC (Oh look same initials as Jesus Christ) has not been on the show so far, he has amnesia. Looks like they will be playing up that Jesus type storyline, from the preview of next week, with that mural of Jordan on the wall!

[prydain]

I knew they would make him into a Jesus figure when I was wearing that stupid beard in the season 2 finale lol

[prydain]

Has anyone seen the Night Stalker episode "Into Night"? I think the writers must have seen that because the dead bodies looked exactly the same almost as they did on that show. I'm not complaining though, I thought it was a cool way for a gruesome corpse to look. Although it seemed almost out of place on this show for some reason.

Anyway, this was a good episode. I wonder if the writers had always intended for Dennis to become such a villain. And him creating the soldiers with powers was interesting.

I was a little unimpressed, though, with Shawn's visions of the future.

And I missed the explanation of why the 4400 were sent back...why was it?

[Black Eye Guy]

You mean the reason why they were sent back from season 1? They were sent back to play a part in changing the future, which has apparently become crap. and they were sent back to make it better?

[prydain]

Huh? I'm confused, lol. I knew in season one it was said that they were sent back because of some catostrophe or whatever. So is all this episode did was give us a glimpse of that catastrophe or did they say there was some other reason for the 4400 to be sent back?

[Black Eye Guy]

And we now know they were sent back to (Wherever they are) so they could "breed" with the people with the Starlz mutation so their children would have powers and effectivly evolve the human race on. If one of the 4400 breeds with someone with the Starlz Mutation they could have a promician positive child, so the child would be the carrier of both the Starlz mutation and the 4400 mutation, so if they have a child with someone who doesn't have the SM, the child could also be promicin positive and so on through the generations.

[prydain]

Ah ok then.