It was a semi-satisfactory ending to an underwhelming season. The show really has lost direction - we'll see what happens if they bring Bryan Fuller back to producing/writing (since his Pushing Daises got canceled - this was a real shame.. I liked Pushing Daises!). Having never watched the 4400, I don't have the same feelings as Xie although I can understand the frustration of seeing a premise being copied/ripped off..
As for Lost, seasons 2 and 3 were pretty much a wash as the show lost direction and spun its wheels in the sand of the story as the writers had no idea how long the series would/could go. Hard to write good things when you don't really know where the story will go.
Once they and the networks agreed and committed to a definitive end date for the series, the writers found their story arc since they knew there would be an end and the story picked up again in Season 4 which, I hope, continues onto Season 5, 6, and 7.
edit: Apparently, I'm a little behind in my Heroes news. Bryan Fuller has indeed rejoined the show as a consultant and gave an interview a couple weeks back on where he thought the show went wrong
As for Lost, seasons 2 and 3 were pretty much a wash as the show lost direction and spun its wheels in the sand of the story as the writers had no idea how long the series would/could go. Hard to write good things when you don't really know where the story will go.
Once they and the networks agreed and committed to a definitive end date for the series, the writers found their story arc since they knew there would be an end and the story picked up again in Season 4 which, I hope, continues onto Season 5, 6, and 7.
edit: Apparently, I'm a little behind in my Heroes news. Bryan Fuller has indeed rejoined the show as a consultant and gave an interview a couple weeks back on where he thought the show went wrong