"The 4400" (2004)TV series 2004-????

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 | Supernatural Powers | Product Placement | Serum | Seattle Washington

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)

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M (season 4) | 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:

Because of it being the first major science-fiction miniseries since ‘Steven Spielberg’ 's "Taken" (2002), and because of its nearly opposite premise, it is jokingly renamed by sci-fans as "Put Back".

Goofs:

Factual errors: The object heading toward Earth is projected to land at a location described in degrees "north longitude" and "west latitude".

Quotes:

Shawn Farrell: Me and 4,399 of my closest friends popped out of a ball of light right about here.

Soundtrack:

A Place in Time

Excellent

This is an extremely ambitious but well-written and well-acted sci-fi story. The key is that it is not just about weird goings-on but rather, what people might do under weird circumstances. The answers are touching and thought-provoking. There are drawbacks and potential drawbacks. The show is not over yet; we don't know what it will look like when it is over, but so far, very good. I wish they had a larger budget so they did not have to skimp on special effects. But then, like early X-Files episodes--which this most closely resembles, the show relies more on the viewers imagination than on special effects.