DVD Commentary for The Fifth Page

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• Max Hudson was originally brought on the show as a love interest for Diana
• Jacqueline McKenzie liked the idea to bring back Dennis Ryland
• In season 1 they felt that Ryland was under used
• Jacqueline McKenzie got the part of Diana partly because of how well she dealt with children during her audition. She was shooting a scene for an earlier version of the pilot.
• McKenzie has two neices and a nephew at home in Australia. She said that Conchita Campbell knows how far away her family is and works to help her with that.
• Joel Gretsch has two young children, however the character of Tom Baldwin has a 21 year old son. McKenzie joked that Tom must have been 12 when Kyle was born. Gretsch is currently 43 years old.
• The commons area at NTAC shrunk greatly from Season One to Season Two.
• Budget cuts often reduced the number of extras who would appear on the show. Sometimes they would have to shoot a scene from several angles with the same small group of extras.
• The writers wondered if everyone would understand that the people standing in the human chain outside the 4400 Center were not 4400s but instead non-4400 members of the 4400 Center. They thought that most people probably did understand this, especially after Matthew Ross said that there were no 4400s there.
• Garret Dillahunt was added to the cast after someone saw an episode of Deadwood and though he would be a good addition to the 4400.
• The character of Alana was brought in because they had already dealt with Tom's divorce and romance ususually doesn't turn out well on the 4400.
• The Future Room is a soundstage. When the creators first saw it they knew they would be using that room for something.

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DVD Commentary
DVD Commentary for As Fate Would Have It | DVD Commentary for The Fifth Page | DVD Commentary for Mommy's Bosses | Podcast for The Ballad of Kevin and Tess | DVD Commentary for Gone (Part 2) | DVD Commentary for Terrible Swift Sword | DVD Commentary for Fifty-Fifty
Special Features
Creating the Ball of Light | Return of the 4400 | A Stitch in Time | Unlocking the Secrets | The Architecture of Series Storytelling | Powers Grid