Tonight on FlashForward, the country continues to mourn Joe Biden. Nah, just kidding.
We open on a zoom-in from space to the earth, which makes me feel like I'm recapping America's Got Talent again, and then we hear creepy little kids chanting "Ring Around the Rosey," which makes me feel like I'm watching some scary movie, and then we finally see last week's little girl/vegetable on the playground, which reminds me I'm watching ABC's second most popular sci-fi show. Charlie is standing (what else?) silently while all the other kids are blacked out, except then it was just a lame game they were playing.
Charlie refuses to play (and come on, pretend that you blacked out and then make up some fantasy? It IS a dumb game) and this black kid rips her stuffed bear for her nonconformity. Charlie, still angry for essentially being a very expensive prop in Episode 1, suddenly lashes out and shoves the kid, then runs away.
She almost gets killed by like two cars, and then suddenly runs right into a military blockade! How exciting! The military is essentially there to fly their helicopters over downtown LA and look concerned, proving that even in completely fictional, sci-fi universes, the USA's disaster relief leaves something to be desired.
Scary FBI director goes all HR by gruffly complaining that six agents have resigned, for a grand total of eighteen. Is anyone else sort of hoping that the goddamn FBI has enough agents that EIGHTEEN isn't the majority? He then gives a little speech about the FBI's responsibility in this trying time and how the country is looking to them. Right after the police, fire department, national guard, and regularly standing army, I'm sure all public eyes are on you. We're STILL talking about the lack of FBI response after Hurricane Katrina.
Some bitchy lady comes in and claps. This is Anastasia from the Department of Homeland Security, and she'll be playing your human antagonist this evening.
Charlie's school principal is explaining to Mark and Dr. Olivia how Charlie refuses to share her vision and seems generally isolated. So her complete lack of personality is a new thing, then? The principal asks if everything is alright at home, and rather than bring up Dr. Olivia's prophetic vision of swabbing the decks with Admiral Norrington, they simply play along. The principal then urges them to stop with the sensitive bullshit and beat Charlie's vision out of her.
Dr. Olivia promises Mark that nothing is ever going to happen with this guy, and now we begin the time-travel brain teasers. Is it possible for her to just refuse to ever talk to this guy? Can they change the future? What if Mark destroys that friendship bracelet? Remember on Lost when Desmond found out that he told little Charlotte never to come to the island and then she did because of that and then she died and then DESMOND DID IT AGAIN ANYWAY? Didn't that piss you off?
Anyways, they decide to stay strong for the kid and then continue their weird "hate talk is love talk" routine. So it's all good in Mark/Olivia land. FOR NOW.
Bitchy Anastasia is freaking about about spending FBI money on a website (the Mosaic Project), but FBI skank is explaining that they've had over 600,000 people post accounts of their visions. This is a good time for some brooding shots of Demetri, he of the no vision, btw. They're getting a pretty good idea of everything that will happen on April 29 and using fancy computer stuff to scan for suspicious activity in the accounts. Anastasia reads off every internet theory about this show (aliens, rapture, they're all in purgatory, etc.) before they show her the tape of not-blacked-out guy and tell her that he's their lead.
Dr. Olivia pops into the hospital and performs surgery on the bear (which I'm SURE isn't covered by Charlie's insurance provider) and then meets Lloyd! The guy she's gonna sleep with! OMG!
Dr. Olivia is highly awkward around Lloyd, but claims that because of the high death toll she's been extremely busy and therefor a little out of it. Lloyd tells us that his son is autistic (AND HE'S SINGLE) and he's not sure how to tell his son about his wife's death or even how his son is doing (AND HE'S SINGLE). Dr. Olivia continues to freak out in a not-so-subtle way.
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Comments (5)
Charlie is really starting to freak me out. I don't like freaky kids.
Great recap.
BTW: It was Daniel who told Charlotte not to come back to the island, not Desmond ;)
1 of 5 | Posted by mvelis | Posted on October 7, 2009 6:48 AM
ppl kept telling demitri that there's this "theory" that if you didn't see anything in the flashforward, maybe you were just sleeping. But then wouldn't about a third of the population have not had flashforwards?
or maybe... what some people saw in their flashforwards was actually a dream they would be having in six months?? I mean, if everyone was really transported into the exact same moment in the future, whatever their time zone, a whole lot of them must have been sleeping, no?
2 of 5 | Posted by molo | Posted on October 7, 2009 7:59 AM
I don't this alternate universe is going to make it to April.
Not liking this show at all. Generally meh when viewing the show. Think this summer's Torchwood was much better played.
Besides, since suspect 0 was at a football game they should know that if they save the cheerleader - they'll save the world. . .
3 of 5 | Posted by gerritv | Posted on October 7, 2009 3:18 PM
I found it interesting that the cupcake lady was yelling to the phone caller to "contact Agent Noh." Noh is supposed to be dead, no?
Also, whose credit card company calls at 10pm? I think I'm going to have to work really hard to suspend reality if I want to get involved with this show. :D
4 of 5 | Posted by here4beer | Posted on October 8, 2009 9:33 AM
Not to nitpick, but it was Daniel that warned Charlotte. And the date that Demetri is supposed to die is in March.
h4b, she isn't exactly a FBI insider, so she might not be notified that Demetri dies. She might be using that name to the person on the phone because it is the one she remembers. I don't necessarily think it indicates Demetri's impending death is a red herring.
Great recap. I'm enjoying the show so far and am curious to see where they take it.
5 of 5 | Posted by Snootchy Bootches | Posted on October 9, 2009 4:05 AM