The 4400

Allusions to Judaeo-Christian Texts

The name of the show itself might be an allusion to the belief held by Jehovah's Witnesses that only 144,000 people will be allowed into heaven. The 4400 people who disappear don't do so in a rapture like fashion. The show's content has subtle Christian undertones, although not in a way that one would take it to be proselytizing. The baby Isabelle, believed by some to be the future savior of mankind, has no qualms about violently killing people who get in her way. While Isabelle might sometimes seem like a Christ-like figure, she is certainly not. In the same vein, Jordan Collier (note his initials JC), whose intentions and methods are also grey, is killed by a sniper, and after his funeral, his body miraculously disappears. He is then reborn (albeit in a currently unknown fashion).

Related Topics:
Rapture - Christian

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In the episode Life Interrupted, as the world is falling apart, Thomas says "Don't look back" to his fantasy world wife, an allusion to God telling Lot and his family not to look back as Sodom_and_Gomorrah is destroyed. This could also, however, be considered an allusion to the Orpheus myth.

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Sodom_and_Gomorrah - Orpheus

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