FlashForward on ABC

[RainMaker]

Did anyone catch this last night? I thought it was interesting and has some great potential. Was a little slow and out there, but the ending brought up a lot of potential storylines. Seems to be taking the same approach Lost has and should be a nice replacement for the show when it goes off the air.

For those who missed it, they have an encore tonight.

[Thomkal]

LOL, just posted my own thread on this after not seeing one.

[bhlloy]

I thought it had a lot of potential, but I also thought they gave way too much away in the preview at the end.

[DanGarion]

Pretty good. A little over dramatic at times and cheesy, but I'll give them that since it was the pilot.

[DataKing]

I enjoyed it. It definitely addresses a good theme right off the bat: fate vs. free will. It has definitely caught my interest, so I'll be watching (unless it starts to suck).

[PLD3009]

don't give the storyline away,

it starts in the UK on Monday evening :-)

[RainMaker]

The book is good although the timeframe is much longer than 6 months (believe it's like 23 years).

The one thing that annoyed me was how cavalier they were all about essentially millions of people across the world dying. I mean 800 planes down in the country? The guy just went home and slept in his bed like nothing happened. The hospital wasn't filled with tons of people who hurt themselves in car crashes, falls, etc.

[ISiddiqui]

don't give the storyline away,

it starts in the UK on Monday evening :-)

May I suggest to not open this thread until you see it then? ;)

[bhlloy]

I agree, the hospital was very calm and orderly considering all the dead and injured people we saw in the preceding scenes :)

And would we really lose 800 planes? Unless they were just about to land or take off, wouldn't autopilot just kick in?

[RainMaker]

I agree, the hospital was very calm and orderly considering all the dead and injured people we saw in the preceding scenes :)

And would we really lose 800 planes? Unless they were just about to land or take off, wouldn't autopilot just kick in?
I was thinking the same thing with the auto-pilot thing. I also thought most planes kicked into auto-pilot if the pilot was unresponsive or dropped below a certain level.

[DaddyTorgo]

where's PilotMan when you need him for a discussion of autopilot features?

[rowech]

I liked it but if it goes with the plot from the book, I'll feel like I'm wasting my time. I don't remember every detail from the book but I remember the why.

[BishopMVP]

Did anyone catch this last night? I thought it was interesting and has some great potential. Was a little slow and out there, but the ending brought up a lot of potential storylines. Seems to be taking the same approach Lost has and should be a nice replacement for the show when it goes off the air.I agree the first episode showed potential and I'll be tuning in. Here's the problem though... Lost was throwing everything against the wall and packing the early episodes with action to ensure they were picked up, then had that fall off in S2 until they confirmed a series end date/episode run and were able to make the show great again. So I'm worried that this show will either end before they finish the story if the ratings aren't there, or have a long lull/holding pattern where they aren't sure how much to stretch things out.

Plus the logistics of the "one man walking" scene annoyed me :) - why would Detroit be playing a baseball game at 12:00pm CST? Even if they scheduled it to be a 1pm EST start, they're still doing 1st pitch/national anthem/lineups at the hour and only starting the game around 7 minutes past.

[samifan24]

I thought the premiere was ok. I didn't think the writing was very strong and thought the show spelled out too much (like the possibly reason why the main character starts drinking again). All that being said I will give the show a few more weeks because a pilot typically is written only to help the show get on the air. The next four episodes or so should be especially strong or at least I hope that will be the case. It felt like the first episode was already moving too fast as though the characters were putting things together too quickly given the timeframe with relation to the actual blackout itself. Also I wish TV execs would stop casting drop dead gorgeous models as terrorists or potential terrorists. It isn't the least bit realistic and just looks ridiculously out of place.

[Chief Rum]

I agree the first episode showed potential and I'll be tuning in. Here's the problem though... Lost was throwing everything against the wall and packing the early episodes with action to ensure they were picked up, then had that fall off in S2 until they confirmed a series end date/episode run and were able to make the show great again. So I'm worried that this show will either end before they finish the story if the ratings aren't there, or have a long lull/holding pattern where they aren't sure how much to stretch things out.

Plus the logistics of the "one man walking" scene annoyed me :) - why would Detroit be playing a baseball game at 12:00pm CST? Even if they scheduled it to be a 1pm EST start, they're still doing 1st pitch/national anthem/lineups at the hour and only starting the game around 7 minutes past.

Pretty sure Detroit is EST, and I have seen plenty of games this year start in the 12'o'clock hour in different venues (although they tended to be Sundays).

[Chief Rum]

Also I wish TV execs would stop casting drop dead gorgeous models as terrorists or potential terrorists.

You can take your classical, ugly, gap tooth terrorists and shove it. I want me some models! :D

[samifan24]

Did you guys see what was on the billboard?
Why was there a kangaroo in the city?

Oceanic Airlines was on the billboard. I also saw several mentions of Red Panda, which also appears on a viral website for the show. Seems like they want to make this show a companion to/replacement for Lost.

[DaddyTorgo]

the kangroo thing was odd

[DanGarion]

Did you guys see what was on the billboard?
Why was there a kangaroo in the city?

Not sure what was up with kangaroo. The LA Zoo isn't close enough to where he was supposed to be for there to be a kangaroo from the zoo already there...

[flere-imsaho]

And would we really lose 800 planes? Unless they were just about to land or take off, wouldn't autopilot just kick in?

I haven't seen the show, but wasn't the "outage" a couple of minutes or so? I wouldn't be surprised if across the U.S. alone 800 planes would be taking off or into their descent in that time period, depending on the time of day.

[RainMaker]

I agree the first episode showed potential and I'll be tuning in. Here's the problem though... Lost was throwing everything against the wall and packing the early episodes with action to ensure they were picked up, then had that fall off in S2 until they confirmed a series end date/episode run and were able to make the show great again. So I'm worried that this show will either end before they finish the story if the ratings aren't there, or have a long lull/holding pattern where they aren't sure how much to stretch things out.

Plus the logistics of the "one man walking" scene annoyed me :) - why would Detroit be playing a baseball game at 12:00pm CST? Even if they scheduled it to be a 1pm EST start, they're still doing 1st pitch/national anthem/lineups at the hour and only starting the game around 7 minutes past.

This show has been primed to be the replacement for Lost at the end of the year. They ran the premier two nights in a row and have been on a massive advertising push. I think they've made the investment into this show to give the writers enough confidence to feel they can write it how they want.

But I agree with your point in regards to most shows. It's sad that writers have to essentially make the show worse for the first two weeks to draw the dumber audiences. A show like Mad Men which is widely labeled as the best show on TV would never make it on network television.

I made the case in another thread that it would be nice if shows were given 2-3 year contracts. Perhaps a contingency plan could be put up if the show fails so that it would switch to a cable network. For instance you sign Friday Night Lights to a 3 year deal. If the show bombs in the ratings, you put the next two seasons on USA. It probably makes no financial sense, but I do think it would create much better TV. It's kind of obvious these days to see writers enter storylines too carefully and feel rushed to hit a moment that should otherwise take a season or two of buildup.

House has done so well in the ratings that they can take their time building up to something such as the Cuddy-House romance. I wonder if the show was on the bubble during the first year if we would have seen their romance in episode 8.

[Racer]

Watched it online. Thought it was pretty good. Definitely has a lot of potential.

Agree with others here that they showed us to much to quickly. I really think the surveillance tape of the man seen walking at Tigers Stadium should have been revealed a few episodes down the line. Also would have liked to see more normal joes then a cast mostly of doctors and FBI agents.

[RainMaker]

I hope his marriage ends not because of his drinking but because he starts boning the babysitter.

[Radii]

The 800 planes thing is weird to me because there would be so much death anyway that there seems no need at all to exaggerate. Everyone in cars/busses, etc, many people in any kind of water(pool/ocean/bathtub for some??).

It seems morbidly entertaining to me to ponder what other situations could potentially lead to death if everyone just blacked out where they were all at once. Falling down a flight of stairs is the first thing that comes to mind, followed by all kinds of random kitchen injuries.


I enjoyed the first episode and will definitely be watching.

[DeToxRox]

Charley creeps me out. Felt that needed to come first.

Secondly, the warehouse scene was great. Had a nice creepiness factor to it that I didn't really expect with this show.

We'll see where all the clues head to but so far it's a manageable amount of stuff to keep track of.

Anyway, good second episode. Not ready to anoint this an amazing show but it's intriguing and I will for sure be watching every week.

[samifan24]

I still think the writers are giving away too much too soon. I also noticed Demetri's "death" date is March 15, the Ides of March. Foreshadowing betrayal much?

[Galaril]

Charley creeps me out. Felt that needed to come first.

Secondly, the warehouse scene was great. Had a nice creepiness factor to it that I didn't really expect with this show.

We'll see where all the clues head to but so far it's a manageable amount of stuff to keep track of.

Anyway, good second episode. Not ready to anoint this an amazing show but it's intriguing and I will for sure be watching every week.

Yeah I agree not as good as the first ep. but alright. It is either the next Lost or the next Jericho could go either way.

[RainMaker]

I like the storylines and the writing of the show. The production is also great. For some reason though, I just don't like any of the characters.

I kind of need that one character that I can really enjoy watching every week. Fringe has it with Walter, House has it with House, but there isn't any character that draws me in yet with this show. I was thinking the Asian guy would be it since I think he has the most unique storyline, but he's been kind of blah for the first two episodes. Hopefully that changes as the season keeps going on.

[rowech]

The only character that will pull me in is the guy from Harold and Kumar. I think this show made a BIG mistake by giving away way too much in the pilot. They took away all kinds of drama so that as events unfold, they're blah.

[AlexB]

And they keep shoehorning in reminders as to previous key points just in case you missed them the first ten times.

Definitely writing for the lowest common denominator, but the premise is good. If they smarten up the dialogue and add a bit of depth, and just let people watch and pick up the keys instead of ramming them repeatedly down our throats, it could be good.

[Draft Dodger]

The only character that will pull me in is the guy from Harold and Kumar. I think this show made a BIG mistake by giving away way too much in the pilot. They took away all kinds of drama so that as events unfold, they're blah.

I haven't seen the 2nd episode yet, but for me when they showed the date for the big mystery event in the first one, I turned to my wife and said "imagine that: sweeps week." took away a lot of my enthusiasm for the show.

and yeah, the way the entire world gets back to normal within hours of a global disaster was extremely off-putting.

[DeToxRox]

Good episode last night. I thought the ending with the crows was a cool use of effects and of course, the fact it happened before on a smaller scale was pretty cool.

Three episodes in and I am a fan but I am still skeptical it won't turn into Season 3 of Lost eventually which would be a bummer.

[Logan]

I liked it although everything with the Nazi was a huge fucking waste. And really...they had to make the brother a Nazi?! No everyday serial killer that could've been used?

No idea what that was supposed to be at the end.

[Alan T]

I think my wife has already mentally checked out on this show. She's not really interested in watching it with me on the DVR when I get home on Thursday nights any more.

I'm still enjoying it though, but I wonder how they plan on keeping the show going long term if the "flash forward" was to next April. I wonder if once we get to that point, the next season will be following up on whoever caused it, or if some other event will occur or what.

[Mustang]

No idea what that was supposed to be at the end.

Looked like a transmitter tower.

[samifan24]

Looked like a transmitter tower.

I think he means the cloud formation.

[Mustang]

I think he means the cloud formation.

Ah..

transmitter clouds then.


:p :D

[Lathum]

It is either the next Lost or the next Jericho could go either way.

I agree, I hope it goes the way of Jericho

[Brownkeg8]

I like the storylines and the writing of the show. The production is also great. For some reason though, I just don't like any of the characters.

I kind of need that one character that I can really enjoy watching every week. Fringe has it with Walter, House has it with House, but there isn't any character that draws me in yet with this show. I was thinking the Asian guy would be it since I think he has the most unique storyline, but he's been kind of blah for the first two episodes. Hopefully that changes as the season keeps going on.

Feel the same way, much of the acting just seems forced. Will give this show a fair chance as I did Lost just hope it doesn't end up being a big let down.

[Mustang]

Show is still holding my interest although me and the wife had alot of teeth gnashing over the Benford's little spat.

Seemed like sloppy writing where it went from them having a normal conversation about not condemning each other because of something that hasn't happened to him bringing up his drinking in the flash forward and she went for the 'oh, you are a liar, guess nothing has changed we can't stay together'. Sheesh.. seemed a little to convenient and just poorly written to me.

[RainMaker]

Show is still holding my interest although me and the wife had alot of teeth gnashing over the Benford's little spat.

Seemed like sloppy writing where it went from them having a normal conversation about not condemning each other because of something that hasn't happened to him bringing up his drinking in the flash forward and she went for the 'oh, you are a liar, guess nothing has changed we can't stay together'. Sheesh.. seemed a little to convenient and just poorly written to me.


I really hated that storyline. One extreme to the other so quickly. Can't fathom any relationship like that. I'm hoping he fucks the babysitter.

[PackerFanatic]

Haven't seen the last two episodes (still on the DVR) but it is starting to lose my interest. My wife and I liked the first few episodes, but now it just seems like they are trying way too hard and it's just going way too slowly, and like Brownkeg said, the acting just seems to forced. Might try out the last two episodes, but I don't think it will keep me around for much longer...

[DeToxRox]

Show is still holding my interest although me and the wife had alot of teeth gnashing over the Benford's little spat.

Seemed like sloppy writing where it went from them having a normal conversation about not condemning each other because of something that hasn't happened to him bringing up his drinking in the flash forward and she went for the 'oh, you are a liar, guess nothing has changed we can't stay together'. Sheesh.. seemed a little to convenient and just poorly written to me.



Yeah I agree that it has some sloppy writing at times but I find myself eager to watch it come Thursday's. I think finally some of the characters are becoming a little more interesting which has made the show better.

The biggest strength though are the action scenes which are very well done.

[samifan24]

Haven't seen the last two episodes (still on the DVR) but it is starting to lose my interest. My wife and I liked the first few episodes, but now it just seems like they are trying way too hard and it's just going way too slowly, and like Brownkeg said, the acting just seems to forced. Might try out the last two episodes, but I don't think it will keep me around for much longer...

I'm in the same boat. I really want to like this show and see it turn into another "Lost" but the writing just isn't that good and I don't particularly care about any of the characters. Also, it really bothers me that John Cho's character's name is Dmitri.

[RainMaker]

It feels like one of those really shitty sci-fi movies you find on TV but with better production value. I'll keep watching it just because I want to know where it goes, but I don't consider it a great show.

Hoping that V is as good as it looks.

[Scoobz0202]

I find myself disagreeing with this forum a lot when it comes to TV shows. I really hated Dollhouse with a passion, and think Southland is nothing special. But I think this show is very good, even though I agree with the scene mentioned a few posts ago.

I think it has actually gotten better as it progresses. I went from thinking John Cho was cast badly to now really enjoying his character.

Next you guys will tell me Modern Family isn't funny...

[rowech]

I continue to become less and less interested in this show. The acting is really pretty bad in my opinion. Like others have mentioned, the writing is also not stellar. I have a feeling this one is going to be a great premise that just goes by the wayside as a "woulda, coulda, shoulda"

[bhlloy]

Agree with everybody else pretty much, the acting is terrible and the writing is pretty bad but it just has enough potential that I still look forward to it every week. If it starts to go round and round in circles and never provide any answers like Lost did, forget it, but right now I'm still watching.

[Toddzilla]

Agreed - this show has probably the worst acting of any show on the networks right now.

[Alan T]

This show has gone from a must watch for me, to a DVR and watch when I get home to now being a DVR and oh yeah I haven't watched that show yet.

It had so much promise, but it just is not keeping me. I'm still watching it though, hoping for it to pick up.

[AlexB]

It is frightening how good an idea this was, and yet how bad the acting and writing are.

It's testament to how strong the idea is that despite the cringeworthy dialogue and delivery, the show is still one I want to watch!

[AlexB]

OK - they got rid of a lot of the sentimental BS and the last episode was a lot better - in fact it was quality. A bit random, but I really liked it, and it has reinvigorated my view of the series.

[bhlloy]

Yeah I thought the last episode (assuming we are on the same schedule as the UK and we're talking about the same episode) was pretty solid, right up until the last scene. We'll see what they do with it but it just seemed like a cheap plot twist to me and a "don't stop watching, look what we did for next weeks episode"

[AlexB]

Yep - same episode: we get our showing Mondays so we're a few days back, but within the same week. That was the 'a bit random' comment!

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

I liked it; it establishes for everyone that the future is malleable, though realistically speaking (ha!) I imagine that others would have done similar things soon after the flashforward and everyone would know that destiny is not written in stone.

[BishopMVP]

This show has gone from a must watch for me, to a DVR and watch when I get home to now being a DVR and oh yeah I haven't watched that show yet.

It had so much promise, but it just is not keeping me. I'm still watching it though, hoping for it to pick up.Now that I'm working Thursdays I was forced to choose between recording this and Community (housemates have Bones or House or something recording then), and went with the latter.Agreed - this show has probably the worst acting of any show on the networks right now.Worse than Heroes? Looks like I made the right choice!

[Alan T]

I finally got around to watching last night's episode this morning and it actually was my favorite in a while for me. The way they started the episode felt kind of like some of the old Lost episodes that I really enjoyed, and it held my attention far better than the past few weeks.

If we have more episodes like this week's, I'll likely get back into this show a ton more. If we don't, then I can myself fully losing interest by the end of the season.

[BreizhManu]

Agreed - this show has probably the worst acting of any show on the networks right now.

Don't forget Heroes is still on ;)

But I agree with most of what was said, I watch it, enjoy it somehow, but mainly for the plot, writing is poor, acting too, and many stupid stuff (I mean more than the usual cause yeah sure, they're going to release a nazi criminal who is in jail in germany because the fbi requests it...)

[BreizhManu]

Just watched the comeback episode, the acting still sucks.

Bad acting really makes bad shows (except for Burn Notice that I find quite entertaining).

[AlexB]

Just watched the comeback episode, the acting still sucks.

Bad acting really makes bad shows (except for Burn Notice that I find quite entertaining).

I'm sticking with it too, just because the premise is really interesting, and they haven't bored me senseless yet. It feels really hard work at times though...

[Draft Dodger]

the acting is poor, the main characters are unlikeable and the depiction of the inner workings of the FBI is about as unrealistic as I can imagine.

not really sure why I'm sticking with it, but I am

[RainMaker]

Pretty much everything about this show sucks except for the story. I'm still watching but as you guys mentioned, it's almost a chore.

[Easy Mac]

I'm still watching, but I'll pretty much watch anything.

Question:
at the end of the 2-parter last week, Simon killed his "uncle". He said he was making it look like a heart attack or something... whatever. However, there was still the dead body in the back of the SUV. and the FBI girl was still at his house. Yet, this week they were both back in FBI-ville like nothing happened. Did I miss a scene, or did people just not notice that Simon's professor friend was dead in the trunk?

[BreizhManu]

I don't think you missed anything, this is just extremely bad writing...

Currently watching this week's episode but so far it took me 4 hours to watch half of it...I keep on stopping it to do something more interesting.

[BreizhManu]

oh yeah and like you good thing I watch pretty much anything...

Good thing I play FM while watching too.

[RainMaker]

I'm still watching, but I'll pretty much watch anything.

Question:
at the end of the 2-parter last week, Simon killed his "uncle". He said he was making it look like a heart attack or something... whatever. However, there was still the dead body in the back of the SUV. and the FBI girl was still at his house. Yet, this week they were both back in FBI-ville like nothing happened. Did I miss a scene, or did people just not notice that Simon's professor friend was dead in the trunk?
:D

[Radii]

Finally caught up on this today, my favorite part about the show these days is how there are like 4 "OMG WHAT A TWIST!!!" reveals every single episode. The whole thing is just ridiculous, but I'm still watching!

[BreizhManu]

wondering what weed the writers smoke to come up with such incoherencies, me wants some, looks good.

[DanGarion]

wondering what weed the writers smoke to come up with such incoherencies, me wants some, looks good.

Completely agree. So much crazy shit in this show it's making my head hurt. It's like they think of something and then they say, "let's see home much we can fuck with the audience!".

But I must watch it and see what happens!

[BishopMVP]

Bad acting really makes bad shows (except for Burn Notice that I find quite entertaining).Wait, are you saying a show with Bruce Campbell on it has "bad acting? :confused:

[Mac Howard]

wondering what weed the writers smoke to come up with such incoherencies

I get the impression that inside the heads of these writers it must be like an anthill - without the cooperation.

It's just such a great idea for a drama but the implementation is awful. I'm almost ashamed that I'm still watching but there's something "too bad to miss" about it. I think I begin watching each episode in the hope that something will occur which will make sense of the whole mess. I can't stand myself sometimes :(

[BreizhManu]

must admit my favorite scene so far was in episode 16, the father of the soldier girl and the fbi boss meet for the first time, a couple hours later he receive weapons and is working on an undercover mission in afganistan for the fbi...

great stuff :D

[OldGiants]

must admit my favorite scene so far was in episode 16, the father of the soldier girl and the fbi boss meet for the first time, a couple hours later he receive weapons and is working on an undercover mission in afganistan for the fbi...

great stuff :D

My favorite scene was Dmitri and the lesbian not-babe in Africa

Dimitri: "Well I'm gonna die on 3/15, you are supposed get to pregnant from in vitro this week end, we're being held by Somali lunatics. I don't think my fiance will mind, so you want to do it on the dirt floor? There is a rug.

Lesbian. "Okay."

[BreizhManu]

"you're gonna turn right on an unmarked dirt road" and he turns on his left (our right) :D

for those who don't watch, trust me guys, this show is pure gold.

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Well, the ride had to end sometime. FlashForward was cancelled.

ABC Cancels ‘Flash Forward’ and Renews ‘V’ | Real TV Addict (http://www.realtvaddict.com/2010/05/14/abc-cancels-flash-forward-and-renews-v/)

[Draft Dodger]

Well, the ride had to end sometime. FlashForward was cancelled.

ABC Cancels ‘Flash Forward’ and Renews ‘V’ | Real TV Addict (http://www.realtvaddict.com/2010/05/14/abc-cancels-flash-forward-and-renews-v/)

and it deserved it.

very mad at Flash Forward. I'm a few episodes behind, and discovered that a few episodes didn't record due to conflicts. I'd love to just cut bait now, but feel I should at least finish the ride. So now I have to go and download the missing ones - not that it's a ton of work, but still, any extra work to watch a show that's become a chore to watch is annoying. as an added bonus, when looking for the download, I stumbled on a spoiler. yay for me.

[Alan T]

I wonder now if there will be a closure ending for Flash Forward or it will be a waste of time watching this whole season.


I haven't watched this week's episode yet and kind of am thinking I might just stop here either way. Isn't there only like 2 episodes left anyways and I assume they were already shot and put in prior to the cancellation decision.

[stevew]

Shouldn't the characters in this show have been able to see the demise of it?

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Maybe they didn't heed Gaius Baltar's warnings?

I did really enjoy the one where Harold was kidnapped and Shakespeare had to save him. It was prepostertastic.

[Easy Mac]

I wonder now if there will be a closure ending for Flash Forward or it will be a waste of time watching this whole season.

will be?

[Solecismic]

It had a 1.2/4 in the demo leading into Grey's, which is huge with the demo. Less than five million are now watching. Nothing to hang a renewal on.

The strategy of a three-month hiatus in the middle of a season didn't work. Maybe with a more established show.

I'm a sucker for these sci-fi shows, so I'll watch just about anything. I still miss Journeyman, which I thought became pretty good after a weak start.

But this one, while it had a good premise, became very bad. I'll finish the season, but I'm not surprised or unhappy it was canceled.

[Radii]

I'll finish the season, but I'm not surprised or unhappy it was canceled.

This is pretty much where I'm at. I kind of appreciate them canceling it, as I have been unable to stop watching despite recognizing that its crap every week.

[BreizhManu]

Still have the last 2 episodes to watch.

This show was my guilty pleasure, it sucked but i liked watching it because of it's flaws.

Yet it got the cancellation it deserved.

[Alan T]

It had a 1.2/4 in the demo leading into Grey's, which is huge with the demo. Less than five million are now watching. Nothing to hang a renewal on.

The strategy of a three-month hiatus in the middle of a season didn't work. Maybe with a more established show.

I'm a sucker for these sci-fi shows, so I'll watch just about anything. I still miss Journeyman, which I thought became pretty good after a weak start.

But this one, while it had a good premise, became very bad. I'll finish the season, but I'm not surprised or unhappy it was canceled.


yes, Journeyman is a show that I really wish wasn't canceled.

[PackerFanatic]

Not entirely surprised. Like Jim said, not sure why they thought a 3-month layoff was a good idea. Just couldn't keep my interest.

[RainMaker]

Totally deserved to be canceled and I'm really disappointed. Love sci-fi stuff and thought this would really be a great show. They screwed up so much stuff though that I just kind of watched it to see what would happen, not because I enjoyed it.

The 3-month hiatus was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen. I almost forgot about the show when I saw it one day on my DVR. I had forgotten the details of most of the storylines too.

Does anyone know if it will be given a proper finale? Or will it just end with a cliffhanger?

[Scoobz0202]

The three months ruined it for me. I haven't watched it since. The show wasn't good enough for me to take that long off and still remained interested. Had that break not been in there I would have kept watching it. I saw on my DVR when it came back but I just fucking deleted. I didn't give a shit by that time.

[Mantle2600]

Three episodes in and I couldn't take anymore

[Radii]

Well, I made it to the end. Its hard to fault them for the finale itself since they just recently got canceled and apparently had to turn a season finale into a series finale I guess.

Is this show really worth spoiler tags? Oh well just in case.


The highlight of the episode for me was the godawful slow motion run that Mark made towards... a non ground floor window??? as the bomb was seconds from going off. I literally LOL'd at that.

The chick that thought she was being drowned in her flashforward but was actually being rescued I thought was a pretty neat resolution. The rest of it was just goofy as hell heh.

[OldGiants]

The resolution of everyone's FlashForward was fun and inventive a few times. Perhaps if they had come up with this level of inspiration earlier, they would still have an ongoing series.

All in all, an okay ending.

I did recently finish the FlashForward book by Robert J. Sawyer, on which the TV show is very loosely based. Other than having a scientist named Lloyd Simcoe, there is not much that is the same or even similar. I won't give away any more, but I do consider the ending/resolution of the novel FlashForward to be wonderful. If LOST had come up with an ending as clever and profound as Sawyer did (notice the name similarity, but do not get excited) the position of LOST as an all-time great series would not be questioned.

So read the book. It will give you much to ponder about the nature of the universe.

[Easy Mac]

Crap, people are stupid

Is 'FlashForward' Heading to Starz? (http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/07/23/is-flashforward-heading-to-starz/)

[AlexB]

From the article -

To prove their dedication to the series, 'FlashForward' fans have staged
blackouts in front of ABC offices.

:D