Which US state gets 4400 humans returned to Earth from a large sphere on the first TV episode of "The 4400"?

The US state of Washington gets 4400 humans returned to Earth from a large sphere on the first TV episode of the 2004 – 2007 series "The 4400". This sci-fi series tells the stories of 4400 people, abducted by aliens over a period of one half-century, who are suddenly returned to Earth.

On the show, 4400 overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized people had vanished without a trace. Then for no apparent reason, the people are all returned in an instant to the Cascade Range foothills near Mount Rainier, Washington, USA. None of the people have aged a day; they have no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to analyze the potential threat and contain the story, the 4400 themselves must grapple with the fact that they’ve been returned. They have a few…personal upgrades, and the big likelihood is that they were all brought back now for a specific reason.

"The 4400" was created by Scott Peters and René Echevarria and was part of the first batch of TV shows ordered by USA Network under a direct push for original programming in the early 2000s. It followed the successful launches of "The Dead Zone" (2002–2007) and "Monk" (2002–2009) as the network was exploring different genres, including sci-fi. "The 4400" starred Joel Gretsch, Jacqueline McKenzie, Mahershala Ali, and Patrick Flueger. It quickly developed a fan following.