I'm going to get something off my chest here, something that's bothered me for a long time now. I'm hoping that you, gentle readers, might be able to answer this question that's plagued me for a while now.Why does no one seem to talk about The 4400?
There. I've said it. Sure, the series is watched by a rather devoted coterie of followers but it never gets the mainstream press in a way that, say, Battlestar Galactica or Heroes does. What is it about this little series that the press--and the viewing public--don't seem to embrace?
For those of you not in the know, USA recently launched the fourth season of this superlative sci fi drama, which poses questions of morality each week as it tracks the fates of 4400 abductees who return to their lives blessed (or cursed) with extraordinary abilities, the NTAC agents assigned to protect and investigate these people, and the baseline humans who have begun injecting themselves with a substance called promicin, which grants them 4400 abilities (or kills them instantaneously).
So my question to you, my readers, is this: why do you like/dislike The 4400 and why do you think that it doesn't seem to get much mention in press, online or otherwise?
(And for the devoted viewers out there: just what ability will Diana's sister April manifest? And how could that be tied into the title for next week's episode of The 4400, "The Truth and Nothing But the Truth"? Hmmm...)
Comments
Will April be able to compel people to tell the truth? That could be interesting, very interesting.
I'm not a fan of Monk, but the other three shows I never miss.
As for The 4400, since I haven't been watching I won't say much, but I think it's just one of those shows which hang there under the radar with a good amount of viewers, but no real critical support. Also in a world where everything seems to be Sci-Fi these days it's just one of the many.
Maybe it's the lack of the sort of young hot woman in a prominent role? Geeks usually like those, and Heroes and BSG have them in spades, but the 4400 is not packed full of eye candy. Not to take anything away from Jacqueline McKenzie or Laura Allen, they're beautiful women, or to say I have a problem with eye candy, because I don't, but the 4400 just isn't going for that type of thing.
That said, I blame USA. If this were on Sci Fi, things could be different.
As for why I like The 4400: it is what I call the acceptance factor. We don't have to watch someone convincing others every week that this person or that has a power. People see the power, say "He must be on promicin" and then we can move on with the plot. One thing that drives me nuts about Medium (another favorite) is that Allison has to convince her husband over and over that her visions come true.