Al is dead, Janice is barren, Tracy is alive. THE GAME HAS BEEN CHANGED.
We open with Celia receiving the letter that Al left for her right before he took the plunge last week. There's a montage of all the characters contemplating the new developments in their lives, and Celia joyously showing the letter to newspersons. Which is kind of cold, when you consider he was essentially saying that he was going to end it all for her benefit. Olivia and Mark are making out in an ocean-side hotel room, JANIS is returning to work, etc. etc. We're three minutes in and I already feel an extreme sense of closure. Why wasn't this the END of last week's episode?
Television reporters are debating the implication's of Al's suicide while Lloyd sends an email to several people titled "WE HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY." Quick jump to FBI Director's office, where Janis is attempting to resign. He doesn't want to let her do it, but because of Al and the "getting shot at" thing she feels like she needs time off. FBI Director reminds her that if Al proved anything it was that choices matter, so get back to work. Also, notice she waited until AFTER the bitching "Welcome Back" party to resign.
Lloyd is doing more magic with his son when Simon enters and makes fun of him. For spending time with his son. What a (lovable) jerk. Simon says that the email was dumb and a death sentence for them, but Lloyd says that they NEED to publicly acknowledge blame. My God, how many scenes are these two going to have where they dramatically take credit but refuse to give specifics? You got me, FlashForward, I'm already hooked!
Olivia and Mark are still in their hotel room, talking about how great it is that they don't need to end up like F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Demetri calls Mark and shows him a video of a homicide, in which the killers have the same ninja star tattoos that Mark saw in his flashforward. Sorry Olivia, the vay-cay is over. Though theoretically a changed future means that Mark is no better prepared to investigate the Black-Out than anyone else, right?
Janis gives flowers to Mark to give to Olivia (and how great would a Mark/Olivia/Janis love triangle be?) and then hands over photos from the homicide video. They're...exactly what we already saw, but Mark takes this moment to give a dramatic speech about changing the future and putting this guy away. Meanwhile, Dr. Olivia opens her present to find lingerie, the same lingerie that she's wearing in her flashforward with Lloyd. Or I guess it's the same. Being a boy-person, I really couldn't have told you what color clothing anyone has been wearing in any given scene. But a replay of her flashforward with a not-so-subtle zoom in on her underwear tells me that yes, they are the same.
Bryce pops his head into the office (and episode). Thanks for dropping by, Bryce!
Over at Aaron's house, Tracy is having nightmares about her time in Afghanistan. She wakes up and complains about how much she hates her prosthetic leg, and then Aaron is all like, uh, maybe we could talk about how alive you are.
Tracy starts to cry again and refuses to answer, but Aaron pushes her. He reminds her that they have the same flashforward, so start talking because they're together for another four months, at least.
Back at the hospital, Bryce fills Olivia in on the new reasons that the writers have decided Dylan can't leave yet. Olivia reacts with understandable levels of annoyance and Bryce asks why she cares so much. It's called a storyline, Bryce, you just wouldn't understand.
Lloyd, recalling his vow to leave Olivia alone forever, approaches her to ask some mundane medical questions. Simon also pops in, asking if it would be safe for Lloyd to bring Dylan home because of his stable condition. Olivia, who basically founded the Keep Lloyd Away club (KLA), gives it a big hell yes. Simon again tells Lloyd that his plan is idiotic, and will stop him. But Lloyd says nothing will stop him from going public and accepting the blame. Simon says there's only ONE way to settle this.
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Comments (3)
Moorels this was a great recap to what is becoming an ever-increasingly confusing show. I loved it for the first 2 or 3 eps but now every week I'm finding myself unable to stop falling out of the story because of ridiculous goings on. The various plot lines are starting to make no sense.
1 of 3 | Posted by Memememe | Posted on November 15, 2009 8:34 PM
Thanks Moorels - this is a tough show to follow, must be hell to recap.
I thought that Mark was the one who killed the suspect in the warehouse? Can't recall his exact comment, but something he said made me think that he fired the shot.
Like your theory about Dem. I'm not sure I believe he is a turncoat yet, but maybe that explains why he is killed in March?
The poker game seemed stupid to me, what an idiotic way to decide whether to go public. If he hadn't had a flash foward, I would think that Lloyd's wining and decision to go public would mean he would "disappear".
I'm sticking with this show, I enjoy all it's twists and turns.
Oh, and enough of Icemayer. Is there no way to remove their ability to post on this site?
2 of 3 | Posted by njgasmifan | Posted on November 16, 2009 8:13 AM
I'm still with this show 100%. I expect twists and turns. I enjoy them and the sense of being slightly confused. After all, if I could figure everything out right away, why watch? I have hung in with every season of Lost too. Just because you don't know all of the answers it doesn't mean that the show doesn't make sense. It's called patience people. :p
The Demetri thing occurred to me too. Not sure I am completely on board with it, but it would explain a few things. Of course, those things could equally be explained by other stuff. So... I've got nothing, basically.
With regards to the poker game, I got the feeling that they chose that because they had done something in the past that was decided on a poker game. Something I would bet money we will learn about later.
Lastly, my husband and I find these shows amusing when they talk about the NSA, FBI etc. They really have no clue how they really work. And btw, the NSA does not do imaging. ;)
Thanks for a great recap.
3 of 3 | Posted by Snootchy Bootches | Posted on November 18, 2009 5:45 AM