Though the bonus footage of The 4400's fourth season DVD set, through behind-the-scenes interviews with its cast and creators, leads us to believe there are great things to come, unfortunately the network did not seem to agree, and before this box set was released, it was announced that the show had been cancelled. Therefore, these four discs of USA's The 4400 (released on DVD May 6 2008) will be its last, in addition to being its most suspenseful.***

Created by Rene Echevarria and Scott Peters, The 4400 started out as a slightly supernatural procedural, following two NTAC agents, Tom Baldwin and Diana Skouris (Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie, respectively), as they tracked the progress and abilities of the strangers who arrived in a ball of light: 4400 individuals, each one whom had disappeared from different places and points in time, but who all resurfaced at once, untouched by time but for individual and unique abilities. The show reinvented itself each season, though, always answering viewers' questions while presenting new mysteries and cliffhangers to keep them coming back. The thirteen episodes of the fourth season is no different in that sense, propelling us into the near future and bringing us the return of Diana from Spain, Shawn Farrell (Patrick Flueger) from the hospital, Isabelle Tyler (Megalyn Echikunwoke)'s powers, and Jordan Collier (Billy Campbell) as the leader of the movement. Most importantly, though, the fourth season kicks up the stakes a notch by introducing not only extraordinarily abilities among the "common" folk but also the question of free will: suddenly Promicin is available to everyone at a fifty-fifty risk (you either get an ability or you die), and for some that proves to be too tempting. Furthermore, in season four, The 4400 delves deeper into the conspiracy theories that peppered the show in its beginning, setting beloved characters against each other in a paranoia that is eerily reminiscent of the turmoil within our own current government.***

Disc 1 features "The Wrath of Graham," "Fear Itself," "Audrey Parker's Come and Gone," and "The Truth and Nothing but the Truth." Disc 2 features "Try The Pie," "The Marked," "Till We Have Built Jerusalem," and "No Exit." Disc 3 features "Daddy's Little Girl," "One Of Us," "Ghost in the Machine," and "Tiny Machines." Disc 4 features the finale and also includes all bonus footage.***

The 4400 is a four-disc box set that includes all thirteen original episodes as aired on USA, as well as audio commentary on two episodes, some deleted scenes, a director's cut of the season finale ("The Great Leap Forward"), two featurettes (a behind-the-scenes look at shooting and a character study of Jordan Collier, and a blooper reel. All episodes and features are presented in widescreen format with optional subtitles.***

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