The 4400 (TV Series) Lockdown (2005) User Reviews

Lockdown (#2.10)

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 17 June 2012]

Another great idea. I love how it starts in the most exciting moment when Diana is blocking the door of the Doctor's office and the one who storms in with the gun is Tom. Right away raises a lot of questions and brings excitement.

The episode is also both action full and also having a lot of comical moments. Having all the men in the building being all angry and aggressive was pretty amusing. I liked Marco and his team a lot in this episode as well. Seeing Diana smacking Tom across the face was pretty fun as well.

And something is happening to Shawn. He seems to have gotten the same flu as Maia and is losing his healing powers. Is there an epidemics among the 4400 now?

***SPOILER ALERT*** Odious depiction of male aggression.

[maxwellpollard · 1/10 · 25 June 2013]

I absolutely hated this episode.

It fed into every prejudice about male aggression. The hyper aggression affected only the men in the complex. The women were wholly unaffected. As in, well men are borderline psycho anyway, while women are totally non aggressive.

It was cartoon-like in its depiction of the two genders - the men overtly aggressive, the women cowering from the prowling male psychosis. It was insulting to men in its portrayal of them as, without exception (apart from the doctor who managed to subdue his natural male aggression with injection of sedatives), overtly aggressive. And equally so of women as cowering victims.

And yes, I'm very aware that it's only a TV show. Yet, if I can relish one show, I can hate another. This episode, of an otherwise fine show, was the latter for me.