Well, the 4400 is back. It was a fascinating concept - 'kidnapping' specific individuals, providing them with some unique ability, holding them in stasis, them returning them all at the same time at the same place.
The goal of this operation was to prevent the downfall of mankind.
The members of the 4400 had some special role to play that would change the dynamic and insure the civilization would not fall.
It is an interesting, but appears to be a flawed concept.
If you have the capacity to go back in time, remove people, modifiy them and return them at some later point, it would seem you would have the power to intervene more directly. (In the Sunday night episode, a girl, paranoid/schizophrenic, part of the 4400 was in a mental institute. She 'motiviated' everyone to build a communications device to contact the future. As a result, one of the patients was restored and returned to normal life and became a part of the development process that led to the 4400's abilities)
Why go through all that?
It makes for a good story. Why not just change the patient directly? Why all the extra efforts?
The goal of this operation was to prevent the downfall of mankind.
The members of the 4400 had some special role to play that would change the dynamic and insure the civilization would not fall.
It is an interesting, but appears to be a flawed concept.
If you have the capacity to go back in time, remove people, modifiy them and return them at some later point, it would seem you would have the power to intervene more directly. (In the Sunday night episode, a girl, paranoid/schizophrenic, part of the 4400 was in a mental institute. She 'motiviated' everyone to build a communications device to contact the future. As a result, one of the patients was restored and returned to normal life and became a part of the development process that led to the 4400's abilities)
Why go through all that?
It makes for a good story. Why not just change the patient directly? Why all the extra efforts?