Mahershala Ali’s 'Blade' Is Dead, But His Forgotten 4-Part Sci-Fi Masterpiece Is Free on Streaming
You can still watch the actor play a superhero in his breakout role..
You can still watch the actor play a superhero in his breakout role.
The short version
- Ali’s breakout role was on The 4400 , which premiered on CBS in 2004.
- Air Force fighter pilot who disappeared while serving in the Korean War.
- Richard then reappears in a ball of light in present-day Washington along with 4,399 missing people who haven’t aged a day.
What happened
Most shows would have kept that mystery going for longer, but The 4400 provides a decisive answer at the end of its five-episode first season. Turns out, a group of people from the future abducted the 4400 from around the world — with the first person taken in 1946 — and dosed them with a neurotransmitter called promicin to give them special abilities.
Why it matters
They then sent them all back to 2004 to help prevent an upcoming catastrophe using their newfound powers.
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