The 4400: Mini-Series Finalé Episode

[LeapingShark]

The 4400: Mini-Series Finalé Episode

An unusual end to an unusual miniseries, nice little plot-twist in the last 10 minutes.

It wasn't a very satisfying conclusion though, considering that we really didn't get much resolution from the series. Instead, "a whole new can of worms" has been opened.

When will the weekly SciFi series version begin? Those cliffhangers need to be resolved: Like, what kind of baby will be born (the moving trees was freaky). And, what kind of "oblivion" will the 4400 be preventing, and how?

I like the creativity involved in the screenwriting/directing. There is an enhanced sense of mystery that most shows don't capture (except Twin Peaks of course), mostly because the story thusfar has been unpredictable.

Did anybody else watch the finale? What did you think?

 

[Umbran]

I caught the finale. It ended pretty much exactly as I expected. My fiancee and I had guessed what was up by the second episode.

The miniseries is basically a six-episode pilot, and as such I expected it to set up more issues than it resolves. Mind you, I think that by revealing the Big Secret, they've lost a lot of the mystery and punch, and any subsequent episodes would be lacking thereby.

I wasn't watching the news closely, but I've not heard anything on followup episodes.

 

[Acid_crash]

I caught the finale, my wife was a bit dissapointed (she thought it was aliens that had done it)...but I really liked it, and I hope they do a follow up show. I think that public demand will demand them to do just that, they can't leave a show in such a cliffhanger and not show the repercussions of it.

 

[TDRandall]

They called it a finale. It wasn't. "Finale" to me implies some type of significant resolution or conclusion, and I felt very little of either. As far as I can see, all that changed in that last hour was "we know who did it and (VERY roughly) why" and "Kyle is better". EVERYTHING else is still a huge dangling loose end.

I'd love to see this become a regular series. I figured even if they had a true "finale" for the particular threads we'd followed all the way through (the baby and its family and by implication the rich guy, the nephew, the prophetic girl - sorry I'm bad at names) the only way they could stop a series is if they just all up and disappeared again. THAT would have given conclusion, if not resolution.

Then the matter is one of tastes of what form the series should take. I'd like to see a set of multiple overlapping stories like the miniseries was. Perhaps a different group per season? I'd like them to deliberately and significantly intersect at times too, with a progression of the greater arc.

But a "this week the story is about this member of the 4400s" would be ok too - it would definitely allow more X-file/Twilight Zone uniqueness to each episode.

 

[jasper]

I hope it does not become a series. It start well and some of episodes fit well. And the last show end well. But if it becomes a series. It has a easy chance of another alien of week show. Gee this show Jasper can affect dice rolls, he gets greedy, and is shot by the bad guy who jasper ripped off. But the ripple effect is they find the body donor card in his wallet and he save 6 people when his organs are harvested.
This diaglo can edit words on a page and make people like new version. He erases all version of D&d except his own. The ripple is all the geeks quit arguing over which edition is best and with new spare time go get a date , breed, and start being usefull to society.
Umbran number 7 of the 4400. Starts reimaging my mother the car series starring David Hasselhoff Jr (Love child of Halle Berry and david). In it the car runs on solar power with just a silver blanet on the roof of the car. The series has lame writing, lame special effect low budget etc. It becomes a doctor who type cult show. However Umbran is ran over by suv. Ripple two umber geeks PirateCat and Merric get together and build a real working version of the car.