Polite Dissent

In the USA Network television series The 4400, a group of people who mysteriously disappeared over the past eight years, all return when a mysterious “comet” brings them to Earth. Most of these returnees (the “4400″ of the title) have developed strange powers.

One of the first to demonstrate his powers was Orson Bailey (played by Michael Moriarity), an insurance broker who disappeared in the 1970s. When upset, he exhibits destructive telekinetic powers that he is unable to control. The use of these powers is accompanied by a nosebleed (and later, ear and eye bleeding as well).

Also of note, the victims of his power also show bleeding from the eyes, ears, and nose — though in one scene, an x-ray of one of these victims demonstrates multiple skull fractures — so they at least show some anatomical justification of their bleeding.

These images are from the pilot episode (not-so-cleverly-named “Pilot“) of The 4400. The first image is from when Bailey is being interrogated by agents from the Department of Homeland Security about a mysterious death, and the second image is when these agents track him down and confront him after a public display of his powers at his wife’s nursing home.

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