THE 4400 {4th. Season} (DVD Review) - 5/5/08

This is the sort of thing that makes me want to grab hold of a TV Executive by the collar and firmly slap him back and forth across the head. If anything annoys me more it's when a loyal fan following and general audience for a series get's shafted like this - In this case the cancellation of "The 4400" in it's Fourth Season. With the recent Writer's Strike (And I don't blame them for going on strike) in the US it was a perfect excuse for the moronic TV Exec's and Money Suits to sit round a table and cancel a whole package of shows (Another casualty being Season Six of "The Dead Zone" it's Final Season) and say "Hey, let's screw the audience again!!". I know how expensive TV filming is - But it really pisses me off that you leave everything unresolved for story arcs, characters and plot-lines. At least with some shows you get a reckoning such as " Stargate SG1" which at least rounded off the series with 2 TV films and gave everyone some resolution to the plots. Why they have even managed a "Dead Like Me" TV film to tie up the first 2 Seasons and if it's enough of a hit they will possibly bring it back?

So enough of the ranting - Well just a little more then! With the cancellation of "The 4400" we get a show that's overall story arc is not sufficiently dealt with, plot points in the Fourth Season are not covered properly and raise more issues than answers and then we get a few (Which feels rushed) tacked on points in the last episode in a vain attempt to give a person"Hope" with the ending, which you can take several ways? Enough of a cliff hanger to carry on if they want to and enough supposed "resolution" if they don't! Various plot points fragment and send the cast off on different adventures and different trials. I enjoyed this Season immensely and want more - It isn't going to happen - So I'll spend my money with another TV Company instead - Your loss!

The Special Features on this 4-disc set cover a pile of Deleted Scenes and Audio Commentaries. A Season 4 Blooper Reel, 2 Featurettes and the Final Episode which has a Director's Cut Version - And so it end's with a whimper instead of a bang.......