4400
Their return was only the beginning.
Created by Ariana Jackson, Anna Fricke
On The CW
A high-concept sci-fi mystery about displaced people returned with unexplained powers, balancing government conspiracy thriller with personal displacement and existential uncertainty.
4400 overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the last hundred years are all returned in an instant, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to analyze the potential threat and contain the story, the 4400 themselves must grapple with the fact that they've been returned with a few "upgrades", and the increasing likelihood that they were all brought back now for a specific reason.
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Questions people ask
Is 4400 scary? Yes. More frightening than 79% of series.
Is 4400 sad? Somewhat. More sad than 66% of series.
Is 4400 easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 66% of series.
Does 4400 leave you hopeful? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is 4400 violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
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Cinnamon Score
How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Familiar shape, done well.
How unlike any other series this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Everything like 4400, and what each one shares →
Like 4400
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as 4400
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like 4400, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like 4400, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like 4400, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
