"The 4400" (2004) TV series 2004-2007

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Creators:

René Echevarria
Scott Peters

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | unknown

Release Date:

11 July 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

This July, the missing return.

Plot:

As the reappearance of 4,400 missing persons on a single day confounds the global community, federal agents on the case slowly discover the ways in which the victims have been changed.

Plot Keywords:

Teen | Murder | UFO | Homelessness | Psychokinesis

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Jacqueline McKenzie	...	Diana Skouris / ... (43 episodes, 2004-2007)
Joel Gretsch	...	Tom Baldwin (42 episodes, 2004-2007)
Patrick Flueger	...	Shawn Farrell (42 episodes, 2004-2007)
Conchita Campbell	...	Maia Rutledge / ... (42 episodes, 2004-2007)
Chad Faust	...	Kyle Baldwin (33 episodes, 2004-2007)
Richard Kahan	...	Marco Pacella (32 episodes, 2004-2007)
Mahershalalhashbaz Ali	...	Richard Tyler (31 episodes, 2004-2007)
Bill Campbell	...	Jordan Collier (26 episodes, 2004-2007)
Megalyn Echikunwoke	...	Isabelle Tyler (25 episodes, 2006-2007)
Samantha Ferris	...	Nina Jarvis (23 episodes, 2005-2006)
Kavan Smith	...	Jed Garrity (21 episodes, 2005-2007)
Laura Allen	...	Lily Moore Tyler (18 episodes, 2004-2007)

Also Known As:

Les 4400 (France) (Switzerland: French title) [fr]
Los 4400 (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
4400 (Romania) [ro]
4400 (Finland) [fi]
4400 (Czech Republic) [cs]
4400 (Hungary) [hu]
4400 - Die Rückkehrer (Germany) [de]
Oi 4400 (Greece) [el]

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M (season 4) | Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | USA:TV-14 | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

99 Chairs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Renegade 83

Trivia:

When the producers were conceiving of the series, the secret of who had abducted the 4400 was supposed to be revealed in the fifth season. USA had picked the show up as a miniseries and wanted it to have some resolution, so the secret was revealed in the fifth episode.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: In the pilot episode, Lily and Richard talk in a coffee shop. At one point, a TransLink trolley bus passes by the window. TransLink is the public transit authority of Vancouver, where this was filmed.

Quotes:

Diana Skouris: [Marco hands Diana the fake version of Maia's diary of predictions] This is insane. It's also the nicest thing anybody's ever done for me.

Soundtrack:

A Place in Time

Great show that keeps getting better and better...

The 4400 pays homage to a number of different science fiction shows, but manages to consistently put its own unique and original spin on the story lines week after week.

The tone and the atmosphere of the show hit just the right notes. The acting is good all around with standouts Billy Campbell playing a totally different kind of character than in "Once and Again" and Conchita Campell convincingly playing equal measures of cute and creepy.

After seeing the first couple of shows in Season 2, I am looking forward to seeing where the 4400 is going to take us.