On a Very Special Episode of FlashForward, you learn what YOU can do to fight diseases you learn about in your glimpses of the future.
We start by going back fourteen days, to what was presumably the day of the Black-out. There's a scenic park setting, and then of course everyone falls asleep. A bus drives into the pond in the middle of the park, and when the Black-out ends only one guy and one girl are left in an air-pocket. He's super chill about the whole ordeal (color me suspicious, TVgasm readers) and nonchalantly leads the woman out through a submerged window and to the surface. Skip ahead to present day, where he's being examined in the hospital by Dr. Olivia and Bryce.
His name is Edward Ned, but call him Ned, he insists in that really creepy friendly way that sci-fi super-villains usually have. So, Ned Ned. Finally, after two weeks, Ned is feeling some pain, so now he's here with Dr. Olivia and he's on morphine. Dr. Olivia is just as weirded out by him as I am and starts to go over medical treatment, but Bryce interrupts and wants to know what his flashforward was. Oh, these noisy doctors. Business address, number of drinks you consume in a week, what your vision of the future was. I guess maybe the insurance provider requires it. Ned says he saw himself wearing leather pants at a club, and also he was black. Dr. Olivia and Bryce just sort of wander away from the situation, which is also my plan as the recapper.
But one more thing about old Ned Ned: how exactly was he injured? He swam through a bus window, that's it. I feel we haven't heard the last of this.
Zoey and Demetri are working on wedding plans at a coffee shop, but Demetri is distracted. You've got til March 15 before you get gunned down, Demetri. Relax! But Zoey, having watched Aaron use the FBI as his personal playground last week, also wants in. Who's the blond babe that they've been "Gitmoing" downtown? Astute FlashForward viewers will recall that this is the terrorist that they apprehended right after the Black-out, and then forgot about until this episode.
Zoey calls her "Osama bin Laden in Prada," which I think could be a smash hit of the summer movie season. Bin Laden! Streep! In a romantic comedy that will make you laugh and cry and teach you the true meaning of love and infidels. Lawyer Zoey says that they shouldn't violate blondy's due process, but if she's got any info then a little waterboarding is fine. I love that she's making fun of Gitmo and Dick Cheney, but at the same time she is legitimately suggesting that a terrorist with information justifies torture.
After some domestic cuteness at Mark&Olivia's, Nicole is finally coming back! Cut to Nicole hanging out with Aaron, who hurriedly reveals that Tracey used to babysit Nicole, so there's that connection. Nicole still looks really freaked out as Aaron says that they should have faith in seeing what they saw for a reason, so I'm guessing her vision was really gnarly.
Over at the hospital, Bryce is still thinking about Ned. How does someone go from being Caucasian to African-American, he wonders. We just elected Obama and Tyra is TV's highest-paid woman, so it's just trendy right now, Bryce. Dr. Olivia is mad that Bryce isn't checking in with a psychiatrist after that whole "suicide" thing, but they're interrupted by Lloyd. He spills coffee all over himself and then suggestively strips off all of his dirty clothing for Olivia. Not really, but that's totally how I thought the show was going to play it.
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Comments (6)
Dr Olivia, come on DOWN! You're the next contestant on "THE BRYCE IS RIGHT!"
... I could not resist.
1 of 6 | Posted by WizeChiklet | Posted on October 16, 2009 7:14 PM
I went to the National Date Festival but left alone with Rosie Palms.
... I too, could not resist.
2 of 6 | Posted by gerritv | Posted on October 16, 2009 9:00 PM
OK, so here's my theory, which of course doesn't answer any of your questions (I don't come so cheap): the guy drowning Nicole looked to me a little like that wimpy priest. So she's being BAPTIZED, and when she's at peace at the end, she isn't really dead, but feeling instead all shiny and reborn and whatever the hell else all those people who get baptized that way feel! Ta-da! Huh? What? No applause?
It's weird about this show - while it's not leaving me exactly breathless with anticipation for each next episode, I'm still really intrigued by it. Especially since the end of the season is supposed to be the D-date and they won't leave us hanging until eventual cancellation to get to that.
And YAY CHARLIE/Merry (or was he Pippin?) Whatever! CHARLIE!
3 of 6 | Posted by sayhuh | Posted on October 17, 2009 11:13 AM
I thought the guy drowning the babysitter looked kinda like Charlie/Simon/Hobbit
4 of 6 | Posted by fawm316 | Posted on October 19, 2009 7:38 AM
Does anyone think that they will finally stop beating us over the head with the fact that Olivia DOES NOT WANT TO BELIEVE THE VISIONS ARE TRUE? Sheesh, we get it already.
So is Simcoe a baddie or a goodie? Hmmm, guess we will have to wait to see. I am not sure the blond chick in holding is really pertinent.
Everyone mentions Lost, but I think this show reminds me of The 4400 - including (if I saw this right) Peter Coyote, whom I adore. Especially the way that they intro a new character each week and focus time on their vision/problem - that is exactly how the first season of 4400 went.
5 of 6 | Posted by njgasmifan | Posted on October 19, 2009 1:43 PM
@sayhuh - I had the same thought of the babysitter being baptized and not drowned when I saw her flash forward.
And he was Merry. :)
6 of 6 | Posted by Wildheart | Posted on October 27, 2009 5:36 PM