The 4400
Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 8/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jacqueline McKenzieJoel GretschPatrick John FluegerConchita CampbellChad FaustMahershala Ali
Written by
René EchevarriaScott Peters
Starring
Jacqueline McKenzieJoel GretschPatrick John FluegerConchita CampbellChad FaustMahershala Ali
Written by
René EchevarriaScott Peters
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The 4400 Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.8 | |||||||||
| S2 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.7 | |
| S3 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8.1 | ||
| S4 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
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About
"Quiet sci-fi mystery about return, memory, and change"
Over sixty years, 4400 ordinary people vanished without a trace. Then, all at once, they reappear together, unaged and with no memory of where they went. Some come back with strange new abilities. A federal agency scrambles to figure out why, while the returnees try to rebuild lives and families that moved on without them. The show mixes case-of-the-week investigation with a slow-building mythology, favoring character drama and moral ambiguity over spectacle, though it has real momentum once the bigger picture starts to take shape.
Watch it for
the slow-burn mystery of why the returnees came back changed, and what it means.
Maybe skip if
you need slick effects or fast plotting rather than character-driven mystery.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
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Season 12004
7.64K64h 14m
During the past century, thousands of people have gone missing. When 4400 of them return all at once unharmed and looking the same as when they disappeared, the government investigates, unsure of how this can be possible. What the government does not know is that the presence of these 4400 will change the human race in many unexpected ways.
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Season 22005
7.56K138h 53m
Over one year ago, thousands of missing people returned. Slowly, they begin to manifest strange powers - to heal and to destroy, to alter the present and to perceive the future. As it becomes clear that their gifts could reshape the world, the struggle for control begins. Who will decide the fate of humanity?
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Season 32006
7.55K139h 13m
The third season continues exploring the travails of the 4400 people who all at once returned in a ball of light to Earth; though the returnees had not aged physically, many of them reappeared with dramatic abilities ranging from enhanced reflexes to precognition.
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Season 42007
7.65K139h 6m
Season four continues the incredible story of the 4400. Old adversaries become new allies, and family ties are strained to the breaking point in the battle over promicin. Can the 4400 lead mankind into a new world, or will the forces working against them spell the end for their kind?
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Jacqueline McKenzie Diana Skouris, Narrator
Joel Gretsch Tom Baldwin
Patrick John Flueger Shawn Farrell
Conchita Campbell Maia Rutledge, Maia Skouris, Maia Rutledge Skouris
Chad Faust Kyle Baldwin
Mahershala Ali Richard Tyler
Richard Kahan Marco Pacella
Billy Campbell Jordan Collier
Megalyn Echikunwoke Isabelle Tyler
Samantha Ferris Nina Jarvis
Crew
René Echevarria
Scott Peters
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