Explores how society reacts to the sudden return of "disposable" people and the slow realization that many returnees have developed superhuman abilities [3, 17].
Season 1 was originally a five-part miniseries that was so successful it launched a four-season run [20, 25]. Critics praised its "highly original" storyline [17]. The 2021 Reboot
Focuses on the NTAC (National Threat Assessment Command) agents, Tom Baldwin and Diana Skouris, as they investigate the returnees [3, 14].
The original series is a staple of mid-2000s sci-fi, often compared to a mix of The X-Files and X-Men [3].
