Do you remember the end of Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Time, when the space ship opens and hundreds of people appear out of the blue glowing light? The 4400 in a sense is about what happened to those people after they were brought into custody. In present time, what is thought to be a comet on a collision course for Earth instead brings a group of 4400 people that have disappeared through the years to a remote part of the Cascade Range foothills near Mount Rainier, Washington. The returnees include an 8 year old girl that disappeared from her family back in 1946, a black military pilot dealing with racism in the Korean War and Shawn a high school student who is taken in 2001 while hanging out with his cousin Kyle. All of the 4400 have not aged since the day they disappeared and all appear to not remember anything pass the moment they were taken.
The National Threat Assessment Command (NTAC), a division of the Department of Homeland Security, is assigned to investigate the returnees. DHS agents Tom Baldwin (Joel Gretsch) and Diana Skouris (Jacqueline McKenzie) are assigned to investigate the returnees that are now being referred to by the press as the 4400. After a period of the time with the 4400 being quarantined and with no legal means to keep them, they are released back into the world. Although they initially seem to be normal and unchanged, event soon start occurring that reveals they are in fact changed. One by one all of the 4400 start to reveal they have extraordinaire powers.
The 4400 continued for 4 season where like many great shows, were cancelled before it’s time. If you were a fan of the show or missed some episodes, the complete series is now available for you in one complete set. Along with the series, we have some great bonus features to enjoy as well.
Most of the bonus features reside on disc five. Here you’ll find a new video commentary by series creator Scott Peters, commentary for the Pilot episodes, deleted scenes and featurettes. There’s plenty here for the casual and even for the more militant fan.
Much like the 1990 series Twin Peaks, The 4400 was cancelled before it could come to a final and satisfying conclusion. The 4400 is one of those high innovated shows that should have found a bigger audience and a network that should of had the guts to let the fans have one more season. None the less, The 4400 is here in it’s entirety and the four seasons are still worth the time.
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