Neue SciFi-Serie auf SAT1

[Nex]

damit können sie aber nur 3 Tage oder so füllen... das als Serie zu bezeichnen wäre wohl recht übertrieben.

[Serenity]

The 4400 hat als Mini-Serie angefangen

Zur Zeit läuft sie aber als reguläre 45-Minuten Serie. The Mini-Serie wird jetzt als erste Staffel bezeichnet

[Jean-Luc Picar]

worum geht es in "The 4400" ?

[Serenity]

Wird übrigens "The Fourty-Four Hundred" ausgesprochen

http://www.usanetwork.com/series/the4400/


Der letzte Absatz enthält die Auflösung am Ende der Mini-Serie über die Wahrheit um die Entführung. Das ist zum Verständnis der Handlung nicht unbedingt erforderlich:

When a passing comet abruptly changes course and hurtles towards Earth, there is widespread panic and distress as people prepare for Armageddon. However, the comet does not crash: instead, it slows down, hovers, and eventually touches down on a lake in the Pacific Northwest. Finally, 4400 people emerge from a blinding white light, people from all different ages and walks of life who have been presumed dead or missing - and none aged even a day from when they were last seen. It's as if a giant time capsule full of people has been opened up, unaltered and untouched by time. Although not immediately evident, it soon becomes apparent that The 4400 have each been returned with a special power as they unwittingly begin to exhibit abilities including superhuman strength, healing touch, and clairvoyance. Eager to revisit memories from their past and reunite with those they left behind, two worlds collide as 4400 people acclimated to living in the past are forced to deal with the new challenges of living in the present.

A new federal division agency of Homeland Security called NTAC (National Threat Assessment Command) is formed to follow The 4400, lead by Tom Baldwin, a crime investigator, and Diana Skouris, a bio medic. Tom's involvement is personal: his nephew Shawn was one of the 4400 people abducted - and, if not for Shawn, his son Kyle would have been abducted instead.

Building their investigation case by case, Tom and Diana slowly begin to shed light on the mystery of the 4400. Finally, on the very beach where Shawn was abducted, they learn the truth about what happened:

SPOILERThe 4400 were not abducted by aliens, but instead were taken by humans living hundreds of thousands of years in the future. Facing an end stage of human evolution and with a vested interest in the betterment of their predecessors, they have sent back The 4400 to play pivotal roles in upcoming events that will impact the future of mankind.

Die erste Staffel behandelt die Einzelschicksale der Hauptcharaktere

In der zweiten ist dann die Handlung geteilt zwischen den Hauptcharakteren und wöchentlichen Gastcharakteren (aus denen manchmal auch wiederkehrende Charaktere werden können).
Der Handlungsstrang um den Grund der Rückkehr der 4400 und den Sinn ihrer Kräfte wird auch die Standalone Plots vorangetrieben

[Zaius]

was heist das jetz genau?

[Nex]

was verstehst du nicht?