The 4400 - Season Two

With a longer season than the previous one, we're allowed to get deeper into things, although the season one finale explained quite a bit. Now that we more or less know the reasons behind the whole 4400 situation, we can sit back and watch their destinies fall into place. Luckily that keeps it interesting, because this show could've taken a nosedive after revealing their biggest mystery so soon.

I have to admit there were a couple of laughable moments that took me out of the experience (one was acceptable because it turned out to be a hallucination, and the other was baby Isabelle's killing powers, which was funny more for the way it was shot than the concept itself), but overall I am still enjoying this show. Some of the episodes have that X-Files/Fringe feel because they focus on individual 4400's struggling with their abilities on a case-by-case basis, but they always include the continuing plotlines with our series regulars in every episode as well. I appreciate that balance, although there are two episodes this season (one of them being my favourite, which I will discuss more below) that sort of throw the formula out the window and do something different, which I appreciate even more.

Danny and Collier are douchebags, but Kyle, who we didn't get to know very well last season anyway, became more likable and Shawn a little less so because of his obsession with Collier and wanting to follow in his footsteps. It was also cool to see some familiar faces as guest stars, including Summer Glau and that weird guy from The Frighteners who I really have never seen in anything else. Knowing very little about the series as I watch each episode, these appearances come as pleasant surprises to me because I am a man who enjoys cameos and guest appearances. And finally, I just want to say that the end of the season finale felt a little rushed because they threw about five different plot twist cliffhangers at us, as if they didn't have the time to build up to them while writing the season. But it will at least make the season three premiere more interesting, so I suppose I can't complain.

Best episode: "Life Interrupted", a cool little self-contained mystery where Tom awakes in an alternate world in which the 4400 don't exist and a random stranger is supposed to be his wife. As I said, that episode took a wild left turn from the general story, and it was an awesome and unique way to introduce a romance and phase in a new character without being too intrusive.