FlashForward Archive
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Flashback to FlashForward (finale recap)
Posted on May 31, 2010 | No CommentsDespite all the hype as a potential successor to ABC’s cult science fiction drama LOST, the infant FlashForward ended up airing its series finale just days after LOST’s own. Irony’s a bitch. Like LOST, FlashForward presented viewers with a Byzantine plot, philosophical puzzles, and Dominic Monaghan. Unlike LOST—and the reason why, I’m convinced, FlashForward didn’t... -
God’s Little Finger (FlashForward 1.11, 1.12)
Posted on March 21, 2010 | No CommentsYes it’s true that, at least while ABC’s cult hit finishes up its final 8 hours, FlashFoward will remain LOST’s less cool, less popular little sister who didn’t get asked to prom because no one on FlashForward has a contract with L’Oreal yet. Still, last week’s double episode (“Revelation... -
Top Ten Most Annoying Characters On TV
Posted on December 10, 2009 | No CommentsWe love TV. We love TV shows. We love TV characters. Well, for the most part. Unfortunately there are some characters on TV—on shows we like, on shows we hate—that are just so freaking annoying. Characters who make us groan every time they show up,... -
Making Science Cool Again (FlashForward 1.10)
Posted on December 4, 2009 | No CommentsScience, we’re taught, can both improve and destroy our lives. Â Today, we hear a lot more about the destruction. But science and its products, astronomer and popularizer of science Carl Sagan comments, aren’t inherently anything, good or bad: they’re morally neutral, ethically ambiguous, and, ultimately,... -
The Birds (FlashForward 1.03)
Posted on October 10, 2009 | No CommentsFlight — with airplanes criss-crossing the Atlantic and birds dropping out of the sky — features as the dominant motif in this latest episode of FlashForward. Or maybe it’s disruption of flight that’s the central theme.  After all, worldviews all over the world are crashing... -
White to Play (FlashForward 1.02)
Posted on October 9, 2009 | No CommentsA sinister man in black sets fire to an abandoned doll factory, leaving behind as evidence a charred cell phone and a chess piece—a white queen. And while the title “White to Play,” is itself a play on this chess reference, not much else is...