The Second Season: DVD commentary tracks with actors Jacqueline McKenzie and Joel Gretsch, producer/writer Craig Sweeney and executive producer/writer Ira Steven Behr are contained on the following episodes: "As Fate Would Have It," "The Fifth Page," and "Mommy's Bosses."
These commentaries are very lighthearted and fun to listen to. McKenzie and Gretsch continually ask the writers why they wrote what they wrote, which spawns some very interesting answers.
Three featurettes are included:
"Creating the Ball of Light" is a short documentary that seems like it was made to make up for the fact that there are no special features included with the first season. It talks all about how The 4400 came to be a TV show.
"A Stitch in Time" is a collection of interviews with showrunners and scientists from different universities talking about theories of time travel, and other sci-fi fun. While The 4400 contains some science, it is basically based in a sci-fi world and is just for fun.
"Return of the 4400" talks in depth about how the show could continue running even though they had essentially figured out the “secret” at the end of the first season. A major spoiler alert with this featurette has to be announced. Do not watch this special feature until you are done watching the first and second seasons.
The Third Season: DVD commentary tracks are provided for the following episodes:
- "The New World" – this is a one man commentary by executive producer Ira Steven Behr
- "Gone (Part 2)" – this is a commentary by actors Jacqueline McKenzie and Joel Gretsch and co-creator/executive producer Scott Peters
- "The Ballad of Kevin and Tess" – same people as “Gone (Part 2)” return to provide commentary
- "Terrible Swift Sword" & "Fifty-Fifty" - both Behr commentaries
The actors have a tendency to veer off the subject matter of the episode and give thanks to everyone that worked on that particular episode. Behr’s comments are much more insightful about the show.
One interesting little feature that is included with these commentaries in this season is the ability to turn on subtitles for the commentary. This is a great feature, because a lot of the time I find myself straining to hear what the commentators are saying when they are all talking over each other.
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