Casualties of War
I hope that everybody took my advice and watched the marathon of The 4400 this weekend as well as the finale on Sunday. Granted, taking that advice would have been dificult, since I didn't actually have a post reminding anybody, but if you did take that advice, you were treated to a great finale. Jordan Collier was determined to stick it to the government, and the government, led by Ryland and backed by Isabelle, was determined to stick it to Collier and the rest of the 4400. And luckily, there were plenty of lives of innocent bystanders hanging in the balance.
Only one more episode to go before the finale of The 4400 and while I thought the season started out kind of slowly, things have really picked up. My main complaint with this season is that it feels like nothing is happening, even though there is a lot going on. Now that Jordan Collier is back in the picture, I don't think I'l be complaining about that any more. If nothing else, Jordan is a man of action. Sure you have to listen to him talk about how great his action is going to be, but when he has his mind set on something, it's going to happen. We aren't positive what he has his sights set on at the moment, but whatever it is, it's going to happen soon.
As much as I complain about The 4400 for not moving quickly enough, I have to admit that this show is doing a much better job of answering all of those nagging questions that have accumulated in the two plus seasons on the air. It seems like the writers want to make sure that we all know what the focus of the show is going to be, just in case you had fallen asleep in the last, I don't know, three seasons. It's all about Isabelle folks; the one girl who can make the apparent resurrection of former 4400 leader Jordan Collier seem insignificant. I never thought I would say it, but it's kind of nice to have Jordan back.
So, here is the deal with The 4400. I really like the show, and I have liked most of the episodes, but for some reason, a number of parts this season have just seemed boring. They had been dealing with so many different plot points that some of the stories have been lost in the shuffle. You might find a story interesting, but right when you are ready for some resolution, the writers leave it a lone for a little while. By the stories you thought were interesting have come back, they don't interest you as much anymore. The only story that we get an update on each and every week is the love affair between Shawn and Isabelle. It's becoming more and more apparent that Isabelle will cause the end of the world, which seems like it sucks, but WE ALREADY KNOW HOW TO STOP HER. I know Tom and Diana are trying to stop a government conspiracy, but shouldn't preventing a global armageddon be higher on their list?
First of all, I would like to thank everybody last week who took the time out of their busy day to stroke my ego and leave a comment on the last post for The 4400. I'm also delighted to find that so many people like boobies, even the people who live with them every day! I also realized I probably got a lot of comments because I didn't wait six or seven days to post the recap, so here's to more speedy posts in the future. As I've said before, the show is good, but I always thought that they didn't do enough to update us on some of the story lines. Well, the writers and the network must have read my mind, because they addressed one of those gaping plot holes today. We still don't know what happened to Jordan Collier, but at least we're not worry about what happened to Dr. Berkhoff.