Is it possible that the promise land could actually be the desolate part of Seattle that Jordan (Billy Campbell) has moved to with his followers? Promise City - as they have named their new sanctuary – is a Heaven on Earth for anybody with a 4400 ability, original recipe or not. However, those without an ability are not welcome. Hmm, that sounds like a bit of reverse discrimination to me. In order to keep non-conformers out, the group has installed perimeter markers that give those Promicin-free freaks nasty headaches if they try to approach. Sounds like somebody needs to give the fair housing commission a call. But, that call won’t come from Maia (Conchita Campbell), who has come to believe that Jordan may not be as far off his rocker as we all once believed.

In what came as a bit of a shock to me, Shawn (Patrick Flueger) began using his growing power in the community for some personal nooky. Is this yet another example of how power corrupts, or is Shawn being set up and used? Could I have been wrong the whole time? Does Jordan really have pure motives? I couldn’t tell you after tonight’s episode of THE 4400, which served mainly to set up the second half of the season where – hopefully – those questions will be answered. I’ll tell you this much though, Jordan is making his cause harder to accept by throwing down the gauntlet. His – you’re either with us or against us – attitude makes it difficult for people to sympathize with him.

Making the situation even murkier is the fact that Tom (Joel Gretch) and Diana (Jacquilin Mckenzie) have a personal stake in keeping Promicin-positive people safe, I mean, they both have family-members and loved ones who have either illegally taken Promicin or are one of the original 4400. This leaves their jobs with the anti-4400 government tenuous at best. And, remember, Tom has been given “the mark” so he may end up in the position of having to switch sides. Of course, the government has a way of justifying the use of these abilities when it suites their needs, so maybe this has been part of the future’s plan all along.

I have to admit that Jordan’s plea to the public was enthralling. Who wouldn’t want to see peace, harmony and beauty rise from the ashes of death and destruction? Still, Kyle’s (Chad Faust) assurance that GOD will appear once everybody falls in line was a tad to reminiscent of Heaven’s Gate for me. And, poor Tom, what’s a father to do with a son who believes he is the messiah’s right-hand-man? Well, he can always take comfort in the arms of his new boss, who seems to have a bit of a crush on our resident hero. Alana (Karina Lombard) might have something to say about that. That is, if she ever comes back from the future, or past, or wherever it was that she went. But, I’m more interested in what will happen to Shawn, now that it looks like his political career is dead in the water.

With the Promicin-enhanced super-soldiers – who were the brainchild of the original head of the National Threat Assessment Command (NTAC) – coming back into the picture, Shawn may have his hands full healing anybody that gets in their way. Like I said, the government is very experienced in explaining how the ends justify the means when it comes to their own agenda. Of course, this type of action only serves to enhance Jordan’s mythological stature. And, it begs the question of who the bad guys really are. With Jordan’s ability to squeeze Promicin abilities out of people, can he really be stopped anyway?

Perhaps Diana said it best at the end of the episode. “If Jordan is one of the good guys, what does that make me?” The battle lines have been drawn, but now we are all left to ask which side should prevail. After tonight, my bet is on Jordan’s camp. In a show of defiance, the citizens of Promise City have moved their parameter markers to up by 200%. The message here is clear; The more they are attacked, the more land they will take over. And, with the way things are going now, I’m not so sure that is a bad thing.