FlashForward: Season 1 Episode 11 & 12 - Revelation Zero Parts 1 and 2

Hello Future Dwellers and welcome back to FlashForward!  That was a crazy long hiatus wasn't it?   A lot has happened since it left the airwaves in December.  Lots of Executive Producer changes, retooling, negative press of how the show won't survive, oh right and LOST is airing it's final season!   I just threw that one in for good measure.  Anyway, FlashForward has had a lot to live up to with it's return.  And I think it came back with a solid outing!   Albeit, I probably didn't need a 2 hour episode of it right off of the bat.  The blogging Gods are trying to take me down in 2010 with my crazy schedule.  But, alas, I will try to make due.    For anyone familiar with my LOST Blogs, you know I can tend to be a bit wordy.   Well, for my sanity, I'm going to try and keep things brief with FlashForward for this season.   I hope no one minds too much!

So let's get right into it.  Let's call the first 10 episodes of the season "The Setup".   This 2 hour episode unleashed a lot of answers our way and set the show up for a whole new direction heading up to the April 29th date.  It feels like someone hit the fast forward button and we're off!  Big answers, big deaths (thank God on one of them!), big things can be expected!    The plot lines: The first hour was all about the rescue of Lloyd Simcoe who we last saw being carted away by fake paramedics.  Simon ends up getting captured with Lloyd as well.   Mark had turned in his gun and badge and was going to therapy to unleash his flash forward and become relevant again.  Then there was the whole Nicole/Bryce/Window Washer story and the Sanctuary.   Part 2 of the evening was a Simon-Centric episode where we got a whole bunch of information and it's laid on in LOSTian fashion with flashbacks and mirrors!    You'll have to excuse me with all of the Physics talk in this episode.  I'm no scientist so I'm just going to try my best!

REBOOT!

The show opened up and tried to reflect more of the global scale of the Global Blackout.  We revisited October 6, 2009 and showed cities around the world in peril.  And of course the Window Washer we come to know as Timothy was saved by what he calls "FATE".   He was falling and his safety cord latched into something on the skyscraper he was working on (the same building that the helicopter crashed into in the pilot episode "No More Good Days").    Many of the fans were complaining about how this show focused so much on a small scale in Los Angeles.  Why wouldn't the world be concerned about what happened.  We heard of these "millions" of people dying, but we were never shown anything on a massive scale to reflect that.  I thought this was a nice touch for the "winter/spring" premiere.  

FBI - MOSAIC

We continue right where we left off with Mark and Demetri returning from their revealing trip to Hong Kong.  Will Mark shoot Demetri?  That is to be determined in a future episode.  Olivia is also at FBI headquarters after Lloyd has been taken captive.  Here are some things to take note of in this storyline. 

• Mark is upset with the pace that they're moving.  He wants to go to Somalia, he wants to find D. Gibbons.  Wedeck is fed up with Mark and tells him he is working on this stuff.  He sends Mark to mandatory therapy to get back in working shape.  
• Mark and Olivia meet up.  He sees the video on Simon's computer of Lloyd hugging her but he doesn't flip out about it.  He is calm and collected.  Hmmm, did they do some retooling with his character in the mini "off season?"  Mark is just happy Olivia is okay.  
• Agent Vogel (the guy that was a nuisance to Mark and Demetri in Hong Kong) is now working on MOSAIC.   Demetri isn't too thrilled as they are now partners while Mark is out of the picture. 

• Lots of leads are followed to try and find Lloyd.  Simon wants to gain access to Lloyd's home to log onto his computer.  He and Janis head there.  I believe we start noticing some "flirtation" between Simon and Janis this early on in the episode.   I know she's into girls and everything, but could Simon be the one that impregnates her somehow?   That would be kind of crazy I guess!
• Anyway, long story short, the MASKED goons come to Lloyd's house and next thing we know we find Janis unconscious and Simon is gone.  Of course, having watched the 2nd hour, we know that Simon most likely wasn't "kidnapped" per say! 

• I missed why Demetri and Vogel ended up hanging at the train tracks but I guess they were following a lead.  Vogel beats it into Demetri's head for him to stop being so concerned about his death on March 15th.  The whole Blackout/Flash Forward conspiracy is so much bigger than a murder that might happen that day.  He taunts Demetri with saying someone else will be marrying Zoey on that beach if he doesn't get it together.   They have a little rumble but Vogel gets the upper hand and genuinely seems to be trying to help Demetri in his own crazy way.  

• They end up finding dead bodies in one of the trains.  Hmm, maybe these were the guys that were supposed to be driving the ambulance?   That makes sense (sorry guys, I could have just rewound the episode and watched but there's too much to cover!)  

• Anyway, the found a cell phone case which leads them to think the cell phone might still be in the ambulance that was hijacked.  They trace the number and follow the lead to an abandoned restaurant.  And once they get there they open the ambulance door and BOOM!   The ambulance goes bye bye! 

• Apparently, the bad guys are 10 steps ahead of the Feds.  The bomb was set to trigger based on their radio frequency.  They knew how to find them in D.C., in Pigeon Utah.   They have known that Mark and Demetri are involved based on Mark's Flash Forward.  Vogel says they have to think about how they are using that knowledge to their advantage.  Well that's a pretty generic statement!  Go ahead and crack that code Vogel!  Maybe we'll see more of this genius idea at work in future episodes!   In other words, the FBI hit a dead end.  It was one loner guy that ended up finding Lloyd and Simon in the end.  But we'll get to that. 

Sanctuary

So we get a little more story on Nicole in this episode as well.  We found out her mother is a bit on the looney side.  She even burned "the family bible" as she was reading passages from Genesis (yep, good ol' Adam and Eve.  Is this LOST again??)   Nicole apparently has a sister that watches Mom when Nicole is working at the hospital.  This window washer guy, Timothy comes into the picture as well.  And Bryce and Nicole's relationship seems to be growing at a steady pace.  Look out Keiko!   

• At work Nicole gets a glimpse of a man that may be strangling her in her flash forward.  She follows him but loses him.   But she gets paranoid about it.  Olivia recommends Nicole talking to the detective she reported it to last time.  But we don't see her going down that path.  Some nurse recommended SANCTUARY.   The signs are up everywhere. 

• So our episode's narrator, Timothy the Window Washer, has taken up into public speaking about God and Faith and how to embrace Free Will AND Fate at the same time.  Man, seriously, is this LOST or what?  (sorry, I know the non-LOSTIES are probably tired of me comparing!)   There are similar themes, so it's hard not to compare at times.  
• We find out that Timothy had a flash of him being a very successful EVANGELIST in his vision of the future.  It has inspired him to start down that path.  

• Nicole gets all preachy and asks about how God figures into all of this.  She doesn't understand how the blackout can be good when so much bad has happened from it.  He offers to talk over coffee.   Nicole brings Bryce to the coffee shop for some extra comfort.   And she asks him to get any change from his order in pennies.  

• Nicole and Timothy have a little chat.  Timothy tries to find the positives in Nicole's flash of being strangled and dying.  Maybe it was a baptism, maybe she only fainted.  REALLY?   Did she buy that?    
• But then he mentions that every day God puts something good in life and she should embrace it.  She looks over and sees Bryce putting pennies into a bag. awwww  She likes him.   Look out Keiko!  
• Later Nicole brings Bryce into her home and her mother seems to be enjoying the new company.  Apparently she is pasting a bunch of pennies on the wall.   And they are all 1989 pennies (the year that Nicole was born).  She seems a little less crazy this time around, but she's still wearing angel wings!   She says she was struck by lightning 6 times (anyone else think of that guy in the Great Outdoors?  Ahh good movie).   And she called Coincidence "God at Work".   Okay, sounds good to me!  I didn't get anything too insightful out of this scene but it was sweet watching Nicole, Mom, and Bryce bonding over pasting pennies on the wall! 

• Bryce later went to Timothy without Nicole and told him he wanted to make sure she wasn't getting involved with anything that will end up hurting her.  Timothy asked when getting more love in their life ever hurt anyone.   
• Well, did anyone else get the creepy vibe from Timothy in this whole episode?  Could he be involved in the eventual potential strangling of Nicole?  I'm sure we will find out!   I can see it now, Nicole is going to get very on board and involved with this Sanctuary group to the point where she is obsessive.  And Bryce is going to get concerned and he's going to have to make a choice between Nicole and Keiko.  But lots must happen before any of that happens! 

Hospital - Olivia and Dylan's Relationship Grows

So while Lloyd is missing, the suits are looking to take Dylan to foster care.  Olivia refuses to allow that to happen.  So she makes up a sickness to keep Dylan around.  We know from Dylan's flash forward that he seemed to be living at the Benford household.  And he and Charlie form a strong bond.  Olivia's actions here might be steps in that direction.  

• Dylan seems scared at first, but Olivia sings the "Squirrlio" theme song (the infamous cartoon that is featured in a lot of the episodes) and Dylan seems at ease.  
• Later on Dylan asks Olivia if his father will be okay, and she assures him that he will. 
• He saved her a cookie and gave that to her as well.   
• And per Dylan's request, Olivia does sing to him again.   
• Not much here in this storyline, but worth noting since we know where it could potentially be headed by April!

Interrogation of Lloyd

So, while the stakes were pretty high in this scene, we witnessed some of the worst acting to ever grace the TV screen (I know I exaggerate).   Basically, the interrogation was to ask Simon about the "experiment" on Blackout day.   They need to know the amount of collision energy that was created from the hydro accelerator.  

• We find out that Lloyd didn't cause the blackout, the experiment actually AMPLIFIED it.  And any information he would give up could lead to another blackout.  (we eventually learn that he is aware of Mark's additional FlashForward information)
• But the worst thing about this scene was THE VILLAIN.  Yes, it's the LORD of the RINGS from that other episode back in the day.   Every line that he delivered, you could tell, was meant to be chilling but he was totally the wrong actor to pull it off.   And the NAME they gave to him.  "I have emphysema.  All villains smoke.  You can call me FLOSSO and I'm a villain!"  Your bad guy is named FLOSSO?????   Yes, in all of my notes I called the guy Dental Flosso.  How could you not?   I just prayed and prayed the entire 2 hours that this was not the BIG BAD and that he was somehow going to perish.

• They go away for a bit and leave Lloyd and Simon to talk.  Simon talks about his Flash Forward again of strangling the man.   Which Lloyd didn't think made sense because he remembers getting a text from Simon at the same time.  Simon said maybe he sends the text earlier and he is just getting it.  (naturally, what we found out later totally enlightens this whole scene...including the choking of the man)   
• So, remember how after the FlashForward logo in the episode they may start dropping clues to future episodes?  In episode 10, they showed us a Cheesesteak Menu with the words "HELP US" written on them.  That came into play in a big way in this episode, as Lloyd writes it and puts it outside the window.   It blows away and right into the hands of DENTAL FLOSSO!!! 

• Did he really say "Let the Wild rumpus begin???"   Wow, this was rough stuff.   Anyway, there is more talk about electrons and Plasma Wakefield Acceleration.  He asked about detecting anything superluminal or of there was Cherenkov radiation?   Lloyd refuses to tell anything, so they start hurting Simon.   And yes, they use a cigar cutter and cut his finger off.  OUCH!!!   That was actually pretty tense, but it could have been better without DENTAL FLOSSO!

• Lloyd does eventually talk.  We find out they have been watching him since before the blackout.  They know all about his son.   And they're going to hurt him if he doesn't talk.  We find out that the experiment generated more than a Quadrillion Electron Volts (Petra??)  and they came close to finding dark matter but there was a breakdown in some kind of symmetry.   I told you, I'm no scientist.  All I can tell you is they did something massive with this experiment and it helped cause the GBO.  And DENTAL FLOSSO wants to be able to do it again!   
• Dental Flosso says to clean up the mess, they put hoods over Simon and Lloyd's heads and start walking them up.  We'll save the rest for Mark's story! 

Mark Goes Solo

Mark took pictures of his office on his way out and began building his Mosaic Board there.  As he says, he is no golfer and has nothing else to do!  He begins seeing a shrink which leads to us seeing more of his Flash Forward and it leads to him getting a lead on where to find Lloyd.  But we'll get there.

• Mark and Olivia finish their talk about Olivia saying goodbye, which she said was simply that.  She was glad for it to be over.   Mark was just glad she was okay.  Olivia isn't content.  Why don't they just run away away from LA since they know that's where all of this stuff happens.  Makes sense to me!  She said she would do anything to save their marriage.  And even referenced Al Gough jumping off the FBI building.   Mark, isn't ready to give up and run away from their problems. 
• Mark then goes to the Psychiatrist Dr. Callie Langer who loves her lattes.  He talks about his flash forward that he was off the wagon and guns were pointing at him.  She knows that there is more to his flash and wants to help him uncover it.  Or he won't be able to settle down his "God Complex."   There are drugs to help enhance his memories.  Mark is not sure he likes that solution.   Makes sense, it could lead to him being back off the wagon and making his flash come true.  

• BTW, it's 140 days until D'Day.  Any math nuts out there want to tell us what date that makes it?  My brain is really working slow right now!   April 29th minus 140 days equals?  4-5 months?  I guess we're still in like November/December right?   I'm sure they originally intended this week's episode to be a pretty significant week since March 15th just passed by.  But we'll be getting there a little later.  Oh well! 

• Mark does eventually agree to the treatment.  We see more of his flash.  We finally get a glimpse of RED PANDA.  We had heard clues (and there is even a website) that this organization was going to play into the show.  He also is on his phone with Lloyd Simcoe!   He talks about how he wished Lloyd was standing behind the 8 ball when he came crashing through.  We didn't know what he was talking about, but we find out!   So now we know who Lloyd was talking to in his flash forward.   We see this flash in pieces.   Eventually he's outside a bar and needs Aaron Stark to come and talk him off the ledge.  Then we hear Lloyd's end of the phone conversation.  He doesn't blame Mark for hating him.  Mark doesn't hate him.  But he does need to talk to Lloyd about QED.  We have heard this brought up before on the show.   It came up in the poker game between Simon and Lloyd.   We came up with various definitions for this in that episode, but perhaps it stands for Quantum Electro Dynamics  From wikipedia "QED mathematically describes allphenomena involving electrically charged particles interacting by means of exchange of photons. "  sounds good to me!     Mark also sees the CHEESE STEAK "HELP US" menu on his wall.    And of course he also tells Lloyd that if they don't stop something there is going to be another blackout!  That is the real kicker here.  So now, they are not just worried about their destinies coming true, they are worried about preventing another blackout.  That seems to be the bigger fish to fry right now doesn't it?  

• We also find out that Mark is trusting of D. Gibbons.  Lloyd tells him on the phone that the man "claiming" to be D. Gibbons is a liar.  Very interesting stuff.  I guess we'll see where that all goes! 
• Surely, we still haven't seen all of his flash.  Mark is probably going to want to be drugged again to see more.  Could he develop a dependency?   Maybe, I dunno.  Just a thought since Mark brought it up himself. 
• Mark brings all of this information to Wedeck.   Wedeck tells Mark to keep it on the down low and carry on investigations in private.  They don't want to alarm anyone of another blackout until they can be sure it's a possibility.  
• Mark also recalls a picture of some kind of crazy serpent from his flash.  He pulls it out of a drawer at home and puts it on the wall.   
• Charlie comes in with a picture of a flower and talks about how she solves puzzles with her grandmother.  Start with the corners!   I'm not sure Mark exactly took that advice, but it was a sweet moment! 
• Mark does take a swing by Red Panda Resources.  They claim to be involved in humanitarian aid since 1998 including the Middle East.  Mark asks about Somalia but that blackout event was in 1991.   Mark wanted to see if he could go on a trip but the person he was talking to said that most people working there have police records.   Huh??  I guess Mark went in there as a member of the FBI?   The scene didn't make much sense to me but whatever.  It's an introduction to the organization.  I'm sure we'll see a lot more! 

• And it just happened to take him to his next lead!  He found a cheesesteak menu that looks identical to the "HELP US" menu!  He goes to the address and doesn't find what he's looking for but found out they are in a new location.  The old place burned down in the blackout.  NICE!!  (by the way, a cheese steak place in LA?  Don't trust it!  Nothing outside of Philly and South Jersey is an actual cheesesteak!  Take the advice from a LOCAL!)  

• So Mark arrives at the other location and sure enough it is the place where Simon and Lloyd are being held captive.  The door is locked and he gives up.  REALLY?!   I thought that was a bit hard to swallow but whatever!  He is driving away and recalls his flash of talking to Lloyd and the "crashing through the 8 ball comment"   There was an 8 ball on the front door!  He swung the car around and crashed right into the building.   I did like how all of that came together pretty nicely.  Convenient that he just remembered the stuff at the right time, but whatever. It's a TV show! 

• There's a big shootout.   Mark kicks through his window and knocks a guy down and then beats him a little more.   Simon grabs a gun and runs after another guy and says "Next time, take the trigger finger!" and shoots the guy dead.  Woaaa....this dude was a born killer!  
• Lloyd wanted to know how Mark found him.  They laid out their Menus.   Mark said that they were on the phone together in their Flash Forwards.  And now he wants answers!  

Back in the FBI

• Mark gets his wish and is reinstated into the FBI for tracking down Lloyd Simcoe.  But now he wants answers.  
• Vogel isn't happy with the decision citing that Mark is a loose cannon. 
• Lloyd does not appreciate being interrogated.  Mark wants to know why Lloyd didn't come clean about the potential for another blackout.  Lloyd claims he wasn't sure he could trust the ramblings of a drunk.  So Lloyd called Mark in the flash forward and Mark wants to know why.  He wants more information and Lloyd isn't talking.  I guess we are saving that or a future episode because the rest of hour 2 belongs to Simon! 

Simon's Story

Simon and Dental Flosso!

So after the Cheese Steak Incident, Simon is put on board an ambulance to be treated for his finger.  And what do you know, it's Dental Flosso and goon in the ambulance waiting for him! 

• Looks like Simon has been in on this story a little more than was led on.  But he doesn't really want to be involved.  Losing a finger wasn't part of the plan but that's how Flosso improvises folks!   
• Simon wants out, but the bad guys aren't giving him much of a choice in the matter.  And then they give him a threat saying that they'll tell the authorities who was awake in the Detroit Stadium during the blackout.   But they don't waste any time revealing to us who Suspect Zero is!  
• Simon Campos, as we suspected is Suspect Zero!  The height requirements matched up and everything!  

Flashback Time

Whoosh..we are taken back to 10/6, the day of the blackout at 7:30am.   Was this in Toronto?  That would seem to make sense based on information we get later.  So then this is 7:30 East Coat time compared to 4:30am Pacific Coast time or maybe 5:30am I guess? (blackout happens at 10:00am Pacific)

• We are at the funeral of Simon's father.   We meet Simon's sister Annabelle (the one with the bracelet) and Simon's Mother and Brothers are also seen in the scene.  Flosso had informed us during the Lloyd interrogation that Simon wasn't even around for the experiment.  He was at his father's funeral.  It turns out that was true.  
• But what he didn't reveal was that some guy picked Simon up right after the funeral and told him that his services were requested.   It turns out that this man may have been in Toronto for another reason as well.  

• We find out Simon has been involved with this evil organization from a very young age (13) but hasn't been very active.   It seems like he has been involved against his will.   This driver gives him a ticket to the baseball game and tells him he will be airlifted to his final destination. 
• Next we see, Simon is in Oxide Super Stadium with black coat and black hat on.   He gets a call from D. Gibbons and he is telling Simon exactly what to do.   He tells him to go to his seat and start eating the popcorn in front of him.   The Magic Ring to rule them all is located in the popcorn.  He is told to put it on.   The Clock strikes 2:00pm and the whole crown blacks out.  All except Simon, and D. Gibbons.  We see a shot of Detroit, explosions occurring, a plane crashing.  We return to Simon, D. Gibbons calls and instructs him to get up and walk through the tunnel, just like we saw of Suspect Zero in the video. 

• And what do you know, who is on the other end of the tunnel?  It's Flosso asking for his ring back!  So, as suspected the rings did prevent these 7 or so people from blacking out.  And this group definitely planned for this all to happen.  All, except Simon, who appears to be a pawn in their game.  Overall, I thought this whole scene worked out pretty well.   Except for the fact that Simon was in Toronto and the flew him to a stadium just so he could witness the event.  Of course, it was probably so he would get caught too.  We do find out more about the funeral near the end of the episode.  Wasn't too hard to predict that these goons were involved in that as well! 

• It's probably worth noting that the last episode that we saw Flosso in, he was getting a ring returned to him.  We assumed this was Suspect Zero's ring.  Turns out that it isn't.  Was it D. Gibbons' ring?  Or someone else's that we haven't met yet.  I guess we'll find out! 

The adventures of Simon and Janis

• Back in the present day we see Simon looking in a mirror "reflecting" on what he has been through.  Yes, we have just learned much more about the mystery man.   (And I'm sorry I have to do it again, isn't it ironic with all of the mirror things going on in LOST this year?) 

• We have a brief scene with Olivia checking in on Simon at the hospital.  Simon is his usual flirtatious self.  He is given some medication for his pain and Janis escorts him out of the hospital. 
• The rest of the episode plays out like a game of cat and mouse between Janis and Simon.  
• Janis is under the advisement to not let Simon out of her sight.  Simon pretends to be allergic to the medication, Janis runs for help.  Simon flies to Toronto.  Janis finds him by tracking cell phone calls.  I love that this all happened in a matter of minutes!  A cross-country flight and all.    Simon convinces Janis that he needs 24 hours to tie up loose ends in Canada.  Janis, reluctant at first, wants to see how it plays out so she gets permission from the chief. 

• Simon gets an ankle bracelet with a GPS attached (because Janis just happens to have these on her at all times) and they go on to Simon's childhood home.  
• Again we meet Simon's British family residing in Canada.   The mother is under the assumption Simon joined the FBI (which I guess, technically, he did).   They are apparently not concerned about Simon coming forward about the blackouts with Lloyd.  They just are calling him a celebrity.  Pretty funny stuff.  They also seem to aid him getting away from Janis one more time!   The mother talks about a time where Simon would get made fun of as a child for having a different accent, which never went away.   He filled a lunchbox with rocks and beat the kids over the head with it.  Nice.  And while this story is going on, Simon was able to remove his bracelet and get away.   No fear, Janis has eyes like a "HAWK" (get it?  her last name?)  She'll find him! 

Meet Phil

• Simon flees to this guy Phil's place.  He talks about some rare record which lets him into the house.  Phil is apparently Simon's mentor that helped him develop the tower plans (the ones we saw in Somalia even though they weren't designed by Simon yet).    Simon needs Phil's help. 

• Phil has a war zone set up with model military men.  This inspires the 2 of them to start quoting Shakespeare.  Henry V to be specific.  The grand ol' St. Crispin's Day speech.  And naturally, Janis is right there to finish it up!  "What? I like Shakespeare!" 

• Simon wants to know if there is a way to develop some technology that would prevent a mass blackout from affecting the world's population.   He is convinced that it is possible, probably since he never was affected by wearing that ring.
• Phil doesn't seem to think there is a way.   But Simon clearly wants to help prevent it.  He can't do anything about the people that died on 10/6, but he can do something about it happening again.  And he wants to try.  Looks like Simon is turning into a good guy who will go through any mean's necessary to accomplish the greater good, even if it involves killing.  
• Back at Casa de Campos Janis is helping Simon's mother prepare dinner.  Janis likes it as as a nice change from her take-out regimen.   The mother says it's sad that she has no boyfriend or kids.  Seems like it resonated a bit with Janis.   
• I forgot to mention again the constant flirtation Simon is throwing Janis's way.  I know I mentioned it above the speculation that he might somehow get to be "DADDY" to Janis's mystery pregnancy, but I thought I'd throw it out there again.  There is always the chance that she'll "switch sides" just for a night or something! 
• Anyway, guess who we find out is coming to dinner? 

Uncle Dental Flosso!

• Ohhhhh so they're RELATED!  Or at least he "claims" to be related (distant cousins?).  More bad acting ensues with this guy pretending to be worried about the kidnapping, talking about a fine wine and how there are only 15 bottles on the planet.   Simon is clearly not happy this guy is in town.   And the family and Janis take notice. 
• Apparently Teddy convinced this family to move to Canada because of Simon.  His IQ was off the charts but failing all of his classes.  A bored Einstein it seems.  Dental guy wanted to make sure his "potential" didn't go to waste.  Sounds like they have been using him his whole life.  And he inserted himself into the family by going to school plays, hockey games and birthday parties and what not. 
• Flosso talks about not having kids of his own.  Queue Janis to ask if he regrets it (still wondering if she should follow her vision).  
• We find out that Simon is a child prodigy and was at the University of Toronto at 13 all the way to working for NLAP.  
• Simon has had enough of the charade and then Flosso brings up his father's attitude.  And Simon loses it.  

Cue another Flashback!

• Back at the stadium Flosso is talking about the experiment that will change humanity of all time.  Deep dude, very deep.   And they give Simon the credit for his help in creating this experiment.  Flosso mentions the NLAP experiment that happened 1 minute and 47 seconds ago.   They are aware they were going to kill millions of people and talks about the coincidence of Simon's father dying to act as an alibi for Simon's whereabouts.    Man, this scene would have been so much more meaningful if they got someone more sinister to play this role!  It's okay, we'll be done with him soon!  I mean, the guy can't even act to make a question sound like a question! "some kind of hunting accident wasn't it"  (question mark left off intentionall) 
• A private plane will take Simon back to Toronto and the FAA will have no record of the flight.  They sure went to a lot of trouble to have Simon be in those stands.  He then told Simon to lie when people ask him about the flash forward.  But stick to the story.   Ah ha! This is why his story didn't synch up with Lloyd! 
• But we find out how he got is inspiration for the story.  Ol Limo Driver guy was hanging out with Simon and Dental Floss as well.  It didn't take Simon long to realize this guy killed his father.   And then we see Simon act out is FlashForward but it appears to have happened in the past!  Yep, there was his story.   He strangles the guy exactly as he has described it before.  It seems that he has taken a bit of a liking to killing. 

Back to the Present with Flosso

• So then the phone rings and it's Annabelle.  While she is on the phone with the family, Flosso shows Simon a video feed of her reading a script with a gun to her head.  This is meant to keep Simon in check.   She says she's at New York at the Port Authority with a Bus Ticket.  She wants to come home.  

• Simon is beyond P.O.'d and asks what the deal is.  He has cooperated since he was at NLAP giving him data.   The kidnapping and the killings were never part of the deal.  Flosso pretty much implies that they make up the rules as they go.  They want his cooperation.    
• They go for a walk to the car.  Simon asks about the ring preventing the blackout.  He wants information.  The best thing we ever could have heard was that Flosso is the middle man.  Whew! Simon still wants to know why they caused the blackout in the first place.  Interesting, Simon!  So would we!   Then we have a dramatic unveiling that Simon's professor Phil was killed off too.  I'll withhold the picture on that one as his corpse in the trunk was a bit disturbing!  
• But this was meant to emphasize that they mean business and Flosso threatens to deliver Annabelle back piece by piece if he doesn't cooperate.    Simon calls his bluff. 
• He wacks Flosso to the ground and begins CPR compressions on him.  Flosso is suffering due to his emphysema.  Simon is getting ultimate delight as he slowly causes Flosso's demise (secretly, so are we!).  Simon knows that his cover would be his attempt at CPR.  His poor uncle simply went into Cardiac Arrest.   RIP Dental Floss! 

 

• Simon kicks him and yells "That's for my father you pathetic S.O.B.!  I always get even." 

TO BE CONTINUED!!! 

Well, like I said, a pretty solid 2 hour outing.  Hopefully, more people tuned into this episode and didn't abandon the show completely.  I think this strong episode shows potential that the show is going to start moving at a faster pace and get pretty nuts!  The character-centric episodes seem to be needed to flush these characters out.  It definitely seems like these were originally 2 episodes that were retooled in the editing room to work as 1.  They did a good job with it and I'm looking forward to more.  But please, for the sake of my sanity, stick to 1 hour a week from now on!  

What did everyone else think of the episode?  Feel free to comment below.  Hope you enjoyed my ramblings and I'll see you next week! 

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FlashForward: Season 1 Episode 10 - A561984

It is episodes like this that I wish I had come up a new word for my "one word" review of a FlashForward episode!  Because, the W - O - W word is reserved for the one and only LOST!  But that was one CRAZY GOOD episode of FlashForward wouldn't you agree?  It better be, because as we found out at the end of the episode, we're not getting any more episodes until March 4, 2010.   TV Guide explains that it was a strategic decision on ABC's part to wait out the Winter Olympics.  I'm sure we'll get promos during LOST once it returns in February to start driving some excitement for its return. 

But we can talk about the hiatus later, we have a great episode to dissect!

 This was a very special Christmas episode of FlashForward and its gift to us was some generous plot advancement.  Mark and Demetri head to Hong Kong in search of the Persian woman with information on Demetri's supposed murder.  Lloyd and Simon hold a press conference to assume the blame for the blackouts, but Simon still opposed.  The LA FBI dealt with the fallout trying to track down both Simon and Lloyd.  Zoey makes a startling discovery about her flash.  Janis pays a visit to the Hospital where she was saved and has separate run-ins with Bryce and Lloyd.   And the bond between Olivia and Lloyd takes a major leap forward.  (Notice, there was not one scene or phone call between Mark and Olivia in this episode.)    Here we go!

Hong Kong

We open up with the Persian woman we come to know as Nhadra Udaya watching A Christmas Carol on a TV in her office.  It is the pivotal scene with Jacob Marley telling Ebeneezer Scrooge that he will be visited by 3 ghosts.  This plays nicely into the theme of the show as we do get some information on the past, some revelations in the present and we are always battling a potential future that some want to "undo" just like Scrooge himself.

But we learn something new about Nhadra in this first scene.   She has a MOSAIC wall herself, and Demetri is on it with the episode's title A561984 on it.   We haven't seen her flashforward yet, but one can assume if she's putting so many facts together that she too was in her office in her flash as well.  Now, her memorizing a crazy number like that as well as other things?   I don't know, maybe she has a photographic memory or something.

Mark and Demetri begin their search
Mark and Demetri, going against Stan's orders land in Hong Kong.  They debate about how they're going to find their woman.  Mark thinks the woman's Persian accent should stand out in Hong Kong.  Sure, because the city is so small and there aren't a lot of people!  Stan is constantly trying to get a hold of Mark on his phone.  Then Marshall Vogel comes in claiming to be FBI.

• Vogel rambles off everything he knows about Mark and Demetri including birth dates, dates of potential deaths (3/15/2010 for Demetri) and that their searching for the woman.  
• Vogel instructs them to turn right around and go home.  They are in a Sovergn territory of Communist China whom they still believe is somehow responsible for the blackout.  (Remember the D.C. episode with all of the Chinese hints including the Asian hitmen?  And of course, the fact that most of them were sleeping during the blackout due to the time of night).   
• Mark finally picks up his phone and delivers one of his questionable comedic lines "HI CUPCAKE!"  I couldn't help but laugh anyway.  Stan is furious that they went to Hong Kong against his orders.  Mark goes on with the whole speech about changing the future like Al Gough did.  He also covers for Demetri saying he had nothing to do with disobeying orders.  
• I can't help thinking that Stan is being a little shady as of late.  Plus there is still the mystery TEXTER out there that texted Olivia about the drinking.  I would hate to think Stan is the mole, but it can't be ruled out right now.  And breaking his plasma TV?  Was it really worth getting THAT furious if something else isn't up?   I guess time will tell.   I still like the guy and will continue to believe he is the fearless and faithful FBI CHIEF! 
• Anyway Mark and Demetri decide to take their chances and head out on their search. 

The Press Conference

The remainder of the story lines seem to spawn from this point.  As everyone in the world were focused on 2 individuals taking blame for the Global Blackouts.  Simon was still very against coming out without proving 100% beyond a doubt that it is their fault (hmmm Simon seems to have changed is tune considering he was bragging before about being responsible for the deaths of 20 million people).   But Lloyd goes into details about exactly WHY he thinks it is their fault.

• I guess we should mention that we met Gordon Myhill, one of the people Lloyd sent that email to.   He looks like a familiar actor, but I can't place him right now.  Gordon is the Director of the National Linear Accelerator Program (Ahhh, so THAT is what NLAP means from the email addresses a couple episodes ago!).  He introduces Lloyd Simcoe and Simon Campos as Associate Directors of the Plasma Wakefield Program.   Due to the essence of time, I cannot fully go into Plasma Accelerator research right now, but I thank Wikipedia in cases like this and put a lot of hope in its accuracy!   When I searched on Plasma Wakefield, I also saw references to the infamous CERN European Particle Physics organization, which is where a lot of people have speculated this all going towards.  As Mark so bluntly puts - maybe it is...maybe it isn't!  

• Before Lloyd heads out to speak, Simon instructs him to stick to the talking points and to not start speaking out of guilt.  Simon feels that due to Lloyd losing his wife that he will try to explain too much and make things look worse.  
• Lloyd and Simon head out to the podium.  Lloyd begins to explain that they were experimenting with a proton driven plasma wakefield accelerator in attempts to reproduce the energy levels after the Big Bang, but on a more controlled scale.   The experiment was performed on October 6th at 1100 hours Pacific Time (the time of the Global blackout).
• A question comes from the crowd asking if they accept responsibility for the deaths and damage that resulted from the blackout.  When Simon sees Lloyd beginning to accept, he jumps in saying that the results were unforeseeable.    

• Things begin falling apart quickly.  Lloyd ends up back at the podium talking about his wife dying because of the blackout, screaming we are the cause as Myhill and Simon look furious.  Lloyd explains that coming forward and stating that the experiments are on hold indefinitely should put the world at ease that there won't be another blackout.  
• A woman in the audience grabs a security guard's gun and takes a shot at Lloyd crying that they killed her family.  She misses.  Pandemonium occurs.  
• Note that the whole world was watching this broadcast:  We see them watching in Los Angeles in the FBI Headquarters, in the Hospital where Olivia works, we see the only shot of Aaron tonight as he watches the news.  And Mark and Demetri are watching on the streets of Hong Kong.

• Backstage, Simon goes off on Lloyd saying that they need empirical evidence.  He refuses to give in and if Lloyd is going to then they are at war.  Hmmm, did the writers decide to take Simon's role a different route?  Or did we just not know enough about him yet?  Like I said above, he didn't seem to care about claiming responsibility before.  Of course, BEFORE it wasn't bragging in front of the whole world, it was just between him and Lloyd.  I guess I could see him changing his tone.  

Cut to FLASHFORWARD LOGO

I'm not sure if anyone read about this or noticed.  But the show has been putting a quick image at the end of the Opening Title screen.  Usually the image is for something that will show up later in an episode.  But they had hinted that they will be putting images that won't show up for several episodes later.  I managed to grab a shot of this one with my cell phone and thought I would share:

• Well, my first thought would be that some people in Philadelphia need help!  Because, being a local, I can say that cheese steaks anywhere else aren't worth a thing!  Of course, that could be why these people need help!  They need a nice Cheese Wit'out from Pat's!  
• Anyway, just wanted to share.  Feel free to speculate or mention your favorite Cheese steak eatery! 

Back to Hong Kong

Mark and Demetri Continue Search

• Demetri thinks maybe Lloyd and Simon coming out is a Game Over.   Mark says that nothing is certain at this time.   Gotta be crazy to think that this man's face is plastered all over the world and is the man that is supposed to have an affair with his wife! 
• So Demetri goes for some humor by referring to the mystery woman as Eartha Kitt (or Catwoman from the old Batman TV show with Adam West).   Mark agrees that her voice is very Eartha Kitt-like.  Ahhh good times.  The jokes are getting better, but I still want them to take it to another level!
• So then they figure out where Persian newspapers are sold, and then are looking for Iranian cigarettes because clearly she has a smoker's voice.  And then they stumble upon a Persian Restaurant that Mark identifies by the name.   The restaurant is closed so they decide to head in TOMORROW.   But not before Mark yells "YAHTZEE!"  Ugh, Mark, let Demetri crack the one-liners!

Tomorrow

• In the restaurant they question the owner who claims to not recognize the woman from the phone recording.  Mark tells Demetri to cover the door.
• Just when we think it's going to get violent, Mark uses some scare tactics on the owner to get him to spill the beans.  Flashed his badge, talked about a kidnapping of a man with information in Bangkok.  It worked!  
• They finally get the name of the woman Nhadra and where she frequently goes to eat.  In addition to this restaurant, there is a Dim Sum place.
• Demetri wondered why Mark didn't let him stay for the interrogation.  Mark said that Demetri shouldn't have to get his hands dirty like he did.   Alright, maybe I've watched too much Jack Bauer, but come on! That was getting his hands dirty?! 

The Meeting

• So we finally get to the meeting of Demetri, Mark and Nhadra.  And, we can't forget the several gunmen that also joined them at the table! 

• Nhadra tells them that they shouldn't have come.  Calling Demetri was a mistake.  She was trying to prevent a domino effect that started with Demetri's death from happening.  She fears that telling any more information may be the information that causes the future to play out as she saw it.  (ahh that seems to be the case in many other story lines)
• She reveals that she DOES know the killer and that he is sitting at the table.  And of course, as many speculated, the killer who shoots Demetri at close range 3 times on March 15, 2010 is none other than Mark Benford!  
• How does she prove it?  Remember the number she had on her MOSAIC board?  A561984 just happens to be the Serial Number on Mark's gun!   Mark pulls out the gun and confirms it. 

• "Over the next few months everything will present itself" - Nhadra says
• Demetri and Mark refuse to believe it.  Why would Mark shoot Demetri?  I guess we really can't guess it now.  But yes, this could cause Mark to hit the booze instead of Olivia's affair.  Or a combination of the 2.   Could it be accidental?  Forced by someone else?  Could Demetri be about to almost do something where Mark has no choice but to shoot?  Or I guess there is the scenario where Mark is just furious with him about something and kills him.   But that is way too easy!  Plus, I still don't think Demetri will die because THAT is too easy too! 
• Mark gets furious with Nhadra and decides to flip the table over and grab her as a hostage.  She's a material witness to a murder! 

• The gunmen follow into the streets where Agent Vogel shows up and forces Mark to give Nhadra up. 
• Vogel takes Mark and Demetri into custody.  It turns out that Vogel is working for the CIA and not the FBI.  He mentions that MOSAIC is bigger than Mark, the FBI and any country's intelligence agency.  Mark is just a tiny spec.  Well, they did create the WEBSITE!  But, even so, it makes more sense that more organizations around the world would be looking into the flashes as well.  But I don't understand how the CIA is now invested in MOSAIC since we saw that Washington was not supporting Los Angeles's investigation.  But who knows?  Maybe they're the ones that put the hit on them. Doubtful but maybe! 
• Wedeck calls Mark as he's watching security footage of Mark going bezerk in the restaurant (getting his "hands dirty").  Stan informs Mark that he successfully changed the future.  He doesn't even have to say the words since we know that Mark was in the FBI office on April 29th, 2010.  So if he's not working for the FBI, how would he be in there?   Well, maybe he's the one that broke in! 
• But for the time being, Mark hands his gun with the serial number to Demetri.  If he doesn't have the gun how can he shoot him?   He hands his badge to Vogel and then has one more one liner. "You and I have something in common now.  Neither of us work for the FBI".   I don't see how we'll go the rest of the season with a rogue Mark investigating the blackouts, but I guess it's possible! 

Nhadra's Office

• We see Nhadra looking at her board with someone in the room.  She is talking about how they have been following this man ever since he blew up the Doll factory.  The man, on his computer playing chess and holding what looks like Rosary beads says that he'll have to find someone else to protect him then.   And yes, we now have a face for D. Gibbons!

• So it doesn't look like Nhadra is so much performing her own MOSAIC investigation, but rather following Mark's investigation.  We saw the 137 Sekunden Man (Geyer), we saw the doll from the doll factory, a picture of Demetri.  We need to know what she saw in her flash forward!  Just by that picture and serial number alone wouldn't prove that Mark was going to kill Demetri.  
• And is she working WITH D.Gibbons?  Does that mean she is one of the bad gals behind the blackouts/flashes?  Was she one of the 7 Ring wearers and didn't even have a flash?   Is she putting ideas into Mark and Demetri's head to MAKE the future happen?  
• We'll have to wait until March to get some answers.  And I'm guessing it's only going to be January on the show for a couple episodes! 

Zoey's Flash Revelation

While Demetri was chillin' in Hong Kong, Zoey had some time for some introspection.  But she also was attempting to spend some quality time with "THE NOH'S!" (sounds like a brilliant sitcom in the making!)

• Zoey had called Demetri's parents to try and convince them to come to Hawaii for their "D-Day" wedding.  We learn that his parents have not been the biggest fans of Zoey.  But Zoey is relentless because she knows she saw them in her Flash. 
• A co-worker shows up and we find out that another one of their fellow co-workers, Joyce, died.  Zoey doesn't seem to have known her well but she said she wouldn't miss the memorial service. 
• Later, during this memorial service, Zoey sees a white rose and thinks back to her flash realizing that she also was carrying a white rose.  It is then that she realizes that she wasn't in Hawaii for her wedding to Demetri, but his funeral instead!

• Kudos to all that had already figured this out!  I knew those flashes weren't adding up when we never saw Demetri in them!  
• Zoey goes to visit "The Noh's" and has a discussion with Mrs. Noh.  She now realizes that even if the Noh's would never be at their wedding they certainly wouldn't miss Demetri's funeral.  Mrs. Noh said that she was trying not to talk to Zoey because they were hoping for the visions to not become real.  They saw real love in Future Zoey's eyes and realized how much she cared for Demetri.  Everything has changed and they would be proud to have Zoey as part of the family.  But they want to change the future.  

MOSAIC Investigation (Los Angeles)

Meanwhile, after the Press conference, Stan is on a rampage to find out anything they can about Lloyd Simcoe and Simon Campos.  Both have seemed to disappeared.

• Janis realizes she remembers the name Simcoe from when she was recovering in the hospital from her gunshot wound.  Olivia was tending to Dylan Simcoe.  She did some research and found out that Lloyd was his father.  Kind of convenient, but if it advances the plot, it's okay by me!   
• Stan sends Janis to the hospital to wait for Lloyd to check on his son.  (See hospital storyline below)
• Later on, Wedeck receives a phone call.  Apparently Simon had arrived on the premises.  It seemed a little shady, like they already knew each other for a second.  But if they do know each other, they played it off well afterwards that they didn't.   Stan asks if he is here to turn himself in.   He said he's here to prove that it wasn't NLAP's fault.  He said that it wasn't his idea to come forward.  
• Simon requests access to MOSAIC's resources and then he says he will be able to help them progress on the intel that they have.  Simon agrees to let him come back the next day and if he can provide valuable information, then they will discuss a future role with the MOSAIC investigation.   Simon accepts the deal, even though he doesn't appreciate Stan's unappreciative tone. 

The Next Day

• Janis was back at the FBI between hospital visits and pulls up the screens of the towers in Somalia. 
• Simon immediately realizes the location by the geographic layout, even though the FBI had tried to make it difficult to determine.  
• He also then recognizes the design of the tower. He called it a Specialized Pulsed Laser for a Plasma Afterburner that accelerates traditional radio frequency machines waves and it was something that he designed back in 1992.  He expects to win a Nobel prize in a couple years for the design.  He thought that this was a structural model of the design and not a real tower. 

• Once he finds out the towers are real, he refuses to believe it.  He doesn't believe anyone else could have designed this structure due to 2 facts.  The technology isn't even available yet.  When a scientist discovers something that will change the world, he/she would want to achieve immortality by claiming the design as their own.  
• The only contradicting fact is that Simon said he came up with the idea in 1992 and these towers were USED in 1991 let alone probably were built before.
• Janis and Stan then reveal Deacon Gibbon's name and show a sketch of what they believe he looks like.  They think that this might be a man who didn't want fame and didn't mind being anonymous.  They suspect he may somehow have stolen the design.  
• Simon vows to help find D. Gibbons if he is the indeed cause of the blackout.  He also wants some revenge if the man stole his plan.  
• So, Radio Frequency accelerators.  I did some Googling, and it would seem that Radio Frequencies are used in Cell Phone towers.  Physics talk is not my strong point, but the use of cell phone towers in the blackout is not dismissed by Simon's information, it seems to actually be supported by this concept.   Many cell phone towers were probably constructed in the 90's and 00's, could they have these accelerators built in somehow?  Or have they conspicuously built these towers all over the world over time?  Or are the towers in Somalia powerful enough to cause the blackouts for the entire globe?   How long would it take to develop a technology to be able to go from covering the radius of a town in Somlia to the blacking out the entire world?  Would 18 years do the trick?   
• I'm not going to pretend to try and solve it, but I will put the questions out there for more intelligent minds than mine to take a crack at it! 

Hospital

Janis and Bryce
Lots of talk between Bryce and Janis in this episode and it's all about making babies!

• Bryce feels like he's being watched by the FBI while Janis is waiting for Lloyd's arrival.  
• They eventually get into her whole flash of being pregnant and how the surgery has caused the possibility that she may never get pregnant.   Janis is thinking she's going to throw in the towel. 
• Bryce, still hopeful that his vision will come true tries to convince Janis to never give up.  And if she was 4 months pregnant in her flash, then she needs to get pregnant in January.  
• Janis says she still wants to get pregnant.  Bryce says to not give up.   
• Janis returns later and COMES OUT to Bryce saying that she is SUPER GAY so she doesn't know how she is supposed to get pregnant.  Bryce says that he knows a good sperm bank (I guess that means there are bad sperm banks out there?).  He is going to refer Janis to Dr. Jane Parker.  Perhaps she's the doctor giving the sonogram in Janis's flash?   We'll find out some time next year! 

Bryce and Nicole

Nicole gets Bryce a Christmas present.  A Maneki Neko or a Japanese Lucky Cat.  Depending on what arm is raised will tell the owner's fortune or something.   The cat's right paw is raised which signifies luck and love. She says that Bryce will find his girl Keiko.  But, it still looks like Nicole has a thing for Bryce.  Could conflict be on the way in 2010?  All sources point to yes!

Lloyd looking for safety

• Janis does not get very far with Lloyd when he arrives.  His sole objective is to get Dylan and find some place safe to go.  A threat has already been made against him and he probably fears more are on the way.  His request to Janis is to leave him and his son alone. 
• Lloyd then turns to someone in the hospital trying to get his son transferred to some place safe.  The man is very uncooperative because of the press conference.  
• Olivia comes to the rescue and says she will call Traverse.  "You need help.  I will help you."   Well, that's a big mood change from every day preceding since the blackout!   She must have been impressed with Lloyd taking responsibility for the blackouts. 
• Olivia works on the transfer papers.  Lloyd is thankful especially with the "inconvenience" he has caused the Benford family.  
• Olivia is convinced that Lloyd didn't personally do anything and that he was brave in coming forward.
  
• Then it happens, they find some things in common.  Lloyd went to Harvard in '98 for his doctorate.  Olivia was going to move in a building near there but didn't because Mark got a job in the FBI and decided to come to Los Angeles with him.  Lloyd says that he met his wife who lived in that same building.  
• Lloyd then goes into the Many Worlds theory that some physicists believe.  The belief is that for every possible decision that anyone could have made, in some other world/universe, the opposite decision was made.  In other words, Olivia did move into that building and Lloyd and her did meet and fall in love.  
• Interesting.  Now would they bring up this Many Worlds Theory just to get our heads spinning or do we think this is going somewhere?  Perhaps the flashes were not of THEIR universe but of some slightly skewed alternate universe where things COULD happen?   It seems plausible if you get beyond the alternate universe lingo.  Because, if people start making decisions that will LEAD to what they saw in the flash forward, then the alternate universe becomes THIS universe.  Right?    And that would also explain how Al was able to kill himself even though he was in the flash forward.  He made a decision different than what was shown in his flash.   So changing their future would all be able making the right decisions.  But how do you know what decision is the right one?  Yikes.   This is another one of those topics that can get my head spinning, but I like the concept! 
• Later on, Olivia and Lloyd bring Dylan out to an ambulance.   Things already seem shady when the paramedics introduce themselves.  John and Reed.  That didn't seem like information we needed to know!  
• Before we get to that, we must point out that Olivia and Lloyd have an emotional goodbye speech and embrace.  Lloyd tells Olivia that out of respect he will choose NOT to believe in the Many Worlds Theory even though many physicists do believe it.  Well, we all know that means he does believe it!  But that hug where he touches her hair and all?  It seems like these 2 are falling right into something they are trying to avoid.  Well, at least we thought Olivia was trying to avoid.   And with Mark in Hong Kong, it gave her enough time to form a bond with him and his son.   But it doesn't stop there!
• Dylan starts causing problems and doesn't want to leave.  John and Reed state that they don't have time for this.   They then pull guns out, shoot one of the hospital workers, slap Olivia and take Lloyd hostage in the ambulance.  

To Be Continued on March 4, 2010!!

Well, I guess we probably know how Dylan ends up living with the Benford's!  And I'm sure Mark will not be too thrilled about it.  Especially, when his wife will be concerned for Lloyd's safety.  And I'm sure Mark will somehow get roped into the search and rescue mission as well.   Everything in this episode has set up some juicy non-stop stories to start back up in March.  We have some bad guys now to go after, Mark is out of the FBI (for now), Janis is going to impregnate herself, Lloyd and Olivia have sparks flying, Demetri is getting less depressing, things are going places people!

March will be an exciting month with FlashForward and V returning to TV.   But come on, I think many of us are simply excited about a show premiering a month before then!  Be sure to check in with the Lost blog once that gets started. There will be much great discussion to be had!

But for now, let's continue discussing this fine episode of FlashForward.  What did everyone think?   Hope you all have enjoyed my ramblings.  Have a wonderful holiday and see you in the FUTURE!

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