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It’s April 29th, the day everyone saw in their flash forward. The world is about to catch up to its future.

Lucas Hellinger used the flash forwards to do some future-casting. He invested money on sure things and got out just before trends in the real estate market and dot.com companies went south. The bad guys could also use the flash forward technology to manipulate geopolitics. More information is needed from Hellinger, but the only person he’ll talk to is Mark Benford. The only thing Mark wants to know is the date of the next blackout.

Hellinger claims to have seen many different versions of the future that all started with his current conversation with Mark. In every scenario, Mark will lose control. Then he’ll lose everything. Hellinger wants to be released from custody. If that doesn’t happen, Mark will most certainly die. Mark gives Demetri a CD containing 15 different covers of “Islands in the Stream.” He wants Dem to pick a version to dance with his bride in Hawaii. Zoey is thrilled when Demetri actually shows up at the airport, but not so jazzed to learn that her fiancé slept with Janis in Somalia to get her pregnant. Zoey is still going to Hawaii, but no longer wants Demetri to join her. Their future together is suddenly most uncertain.

Bryce and Nicole have plans to spend Flash Forward Day together. Things change when Nicole finally reveals that Keiko is being held in an immigration detention center in Los Angeles. She didn’t mention it before because she thought Bryce would choose Keiko over her. Judging by his reaction, she may have been right. Later, Keiko learns that her mother has come to take her home. They have an 11 o’clock flight back to Japan. That’s an hour after the time she envisioned meeting Bryce in a local Japanese restaurant.

In Afghanistan, Khamir struggles to save Tracy’s life. Aaron is confident his daughter will pull through, as that’s what he saw in his vision. One of the captured contractors tells Aaron that Jericho wasn’t killing people. They were doing experiments for the global blackout. They kidnapped Tracy because they needed to know why she was awake. Tracy takes a turn for the worse. Khamir does his best, but cannot save her. Aaron is devastated. This is not how things were supposed to play out.

Simon wants Janis to get him access to the mainframe of the linear accelerator. When Demetri shows up at her front door, Janis wants him to pretend that he never came by. That’s not gonna happen. At first he wants to take the fugitive scientist in, but then Dem realizes it may be best to help Janis and Simon complete their mission. Lloyd thinks he may be on the verge of a breakthrough in his research. He desperately wants to be with Olivia. He believes certain conditions must be met today. Olivia needs to be at her house with him at 10 p.m., but she is driving somewhere else with Charlie. As Lloyd and Dylan stand outside the Benford home, Olivia tells him via cell phone that she will not be with him in that house tonight.

The tachyon constant is a theoretical number/particle that appears in something Hellinger drew as well as the blueprints left by Dyson Frost. There’s a company called Tachyon Offsite Information Systems that warehouses data. Mark wants to storm the building, but Wedeck and Vogel worry it’s a trap. They’re right. Mark demands answers from Hellinger, who knows exactly how to push his buttons. Hellinger says over and over that Mark is going to die today and that Charlie will be better off without him. As predicted, Mark loses it and attacks Hellinger.

Wedeck tosses him out of the building leaving Mark to wander the streets aimlessly where others are busy partying on Flash Forward Day. A man who gave up drinking in his vision hands Mark his old flask. The temptation is too much. Mark tasks a swig. He’s drinking again, just like he was in his flash forward. Mark is downing drinks at a local pub when he gets into a bar fight with the pushy guy seated next to him. The clock on the wall reads 6:48. A short time later, an anguished Mark is tossed into a jail cell. With the time of the flash forward just hours away, Mark Benford is nowhere near where he’s supposed to be. At least, not yet.

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Ceramicat

Welcome to this weeks review and recap of Flash Forward.

As you may know FlashForward has not been renewed for a second season. Next week may be the final FlashForward airing date. Please let ABC/Disney know how much you want a second season of Flashforward. Thank you.

I’ve been enjoying James Calis’ guest appearances for the past few weeks, as I’m sure all BSG fans have as well!  Enjoy the review!  All photos are courtesy of ABC/Disney.

The Negotiation:

“Tomorrow is D-Day. The day we catch up to the flash forwards.” These are the words of Stanford Wedeck as he assures everyone in his charge that come April 29th the FBI will, indeed, be open for business.

Simon Campos has gone underground. Someone has leaked surveillance footage of Simon, aka Suspect Zero, from the stadium in Detroit. The video didn’t come from the FBI, as it was shot from a different angle. Now the world wants to know the identity of this man who was awake during the global blackout. The FBI knows who he is. They just don’t know where he’s hiding.

Even though the feds can’t find Simon, a woman named Lita has no trouble tracking him down. Lita is the same person who recruited Janis Hawk to be an FBI mole. She convinces Simon to join her in a motel room for a little fun. Afterwards, she introduces him to her boss, Lucas Hellinger. If you remember, Hellinger is the man who had Simon and Lloyd Simcoe kidnapped. He’s also the person who recruited the now-deceased Dyson Frost.

Hellinger wants Simon to work with him, but the fugitive scientist prefers to go it alone. He knows that Hellinger needs him to calibrate the accelerator in their experiments. He’s the only one who can do it and that’s why they haven’t killed him. Hellinger doesn’t deny this, though he does assure Simon that there will come a time when they’ll cut their losses. It won’t be today, as Simon is left to walk away.

Zoey hands Demetri a plane ticket to Hawaii. She says, “I’m going to be on this plane tomorrow. I’m hoping you will be, too.” Demetri doesn’t want to abandon his friends or the job. He also struggles with the fact that Janis doesn’t want him involved with the baby he fathered for her. Toss in the fact that he wasn’t supposed to live to see April 29th and you have one conflicted FBI agent.

Aaron has found the location of where Jericho is holding Tracy. It’s known as a Joshua Base, and it won’t be found on any map. Aaron shoots photos of the base and sends them to Wedeck, who promptly calls President Segovia to ask about the secret bases. The President knew this call was coming. He just didn’t know it would be from his old friend. Segovia hangs up on Wedeck, who then makes another call. This time he ask for Vice President Joyce Clemente.

Jericho is moving Tracy. Aaron has no choice but to launch the rescue effort immediately. Khamir thinks it’s too dangerous, but Aaron assures them they’ll be all right. Aaron and Khamir’s team are able to take down Tracy’s captures. She’s hurt and needs to be taken to a safe place to heal. They arrive at just such a location, the place Aaron saw in his flash forward. They made it.

Gabriel has been in Mark’s office in his flash forward. He wants to rearrange the Mosaic board to fit the drawing he created in his book. Gabriel is shown a photo of Nhadra, the woman from Hong Kong who warned that Demetri would die. She was involved in the Raven River experiments. When Mark asks about another blackout, Gabriel says the man he drew in his book would know. The sketch is a picture of Lucas Hellinger.

With orders to kill Mark from her impatient handlers, Janis tells Vogel she wants out of the double agent game. But there is no way out. She must finish what she started. To appease her handlers’ need for info, Janis reveals the details of Gabriel’s transfer to a safe house. The van transporting Gabriel is ambushed by gunmen. As the bad guys move in on their target, they are taken down by Mark, Demetri and Vreede. The FBI was ready for the attack. Now they want the gunmen to take them to the big boss.

With orders to kill Mark from her impatient handlers, Janis tells Vogel she wants out of the double agent game. But there is no way out. She must finish what she started. To appease her handlers’ need for info, Janis reveals the details of Gabriel’s transfer to a safe house. The van transporting Gabriel is ambushed by gunmen. As the bad guys move in on their target, they are taken down by Mark, Demetri and Vreede. The FBI was ready for the attack. Now they want the gunmen to take them to the big boss.

The sting to nab Hellinger wasn’t the only trap that was set. During the planning stages of the transfer, Mark realized that Janis was the mole. When he confronts her, Janis admits working for the CIA. She blew her cover because they wanted her to kill her friend, and that’s something she just couldn’t do. Mark says, “You’re on the outside now, Janis. If you sacrifice everything, be prepared to walk alone.”

After Janis breaks the news of her double agent status to Demetri, she returns home. Waiting for her in the shadows is Simon Campos, gun drawn. First he tells her to relax. Then Simon says, “I need your help.” The question is…with what?

Thanks for tuning into my recap review of “The Negotiation”.  I hope you enjoy it and if you the fan like FlashForward, perhaps we may be able to get another distribution series to pick it up.  Next week is the final episode of the series.

Ceramicat

Hey there Flashforward fans!

Here this weeks recap of Flashforward in case you missed it. As always I appreciate your feedback here or on twitter. All photos are courtesy of ABC/Disney.

Course Correction:

It’s one week until April 29th, the day in everyone’s flash forward. Lloyd Simcoe goes on national TV to say the forces of the universe may be pushing people toward the futures they’ve seen. Those who were supposed to die before the 29th but lived past the fatal event may still perish if the universe course corrects.One of those who may be in danger is Celia, the woman who had her destiny changed by Al Gough’s actions in The Gift. She joins Lloyd during the interview to say the universe seems to have a different plan for her. Lloyd also tells the TV viewers that there will not be another blackout, even though he knows that may not be true.

Demetri and MI-6 Agent Fiona Banks investigate the murder of a man who survived his initial date of the death as it was predicted in his flash forward. The victim was part of the Blue Hand death club. Four other Blue Hand members have been killed recently. A professor named Jeff Slingerland was part of the initial Blue Hand investigation. He believes the universe must balance itself. Slingerland is trying to help that happen. Having seen Celia on TV, he makes her his next target. Slingerland speeds his car toward Celia until…CRASH! Demetri plows his car into the killer’s vehicle giving him fatal injuries. Fiona speeds to the scene and accidently hits a fleeing Celia. She’s in bad shape and may not make it. Fiona believes Celia will die on the 29th. The doctor tries to convince Fiona that what happened was an accident. She says, “There are no accidents anymore.”

Bryce gets word that his cancer is in remission. He can’t wait to share the news with Nicole, who has news of her own. She was asked to help give flu shots to immigration detainees. One of those being held is Keiko, the woman Bryce has been seeking from his flash forward. When Bryce finally catches up with Nicole, he gives her his good news and kisses her passionately. He wants to live in the now, a concept that makes Nicole think twice about mentioning Keiko.

Lloyd has been spending more and more time with Olivia. Their feelings for each other are growing stronger. Gabriel is happy to see them together, as that’s what he envisioned in his flash forwards. Vreede questions Gabriel about some diagrams in a notebook he created. It looks to be a picture of Mark’s Mosaic board, as Gabriel claims he saw it in the office during one of his flash forwards.

Simon sees his sister standing on a bridge as laser beams from long-range rifle scopes dance about her body. She’s being held hostage and will be killed in 12 hours unless Simon comes in with the QED ring currently being examined at FBI headquarters. Mark sees surveillance footage of the bridge scene and knows Simon has been lying to them. Mark promises to get his sister back and then Simon will tell him everything.

During a sweep of the area where the van that held Simon’s sister was last seen, Mark tracks her down to an abandoned warehouse. Annabelle is safe. But the QED ring is gone, as is Simon. When Mark stops by to talk to Lloyd, he catches Olivia at his place. It’s a total punch in the gut. Mark pushes the pain he’s obviously feeling aside long enough to ask about Simon. Lloyd remembers that Simon warned him there could be no delays the day of their experiment. Mark asks, “Is Simon Campos capable of engineering a global blackout?” Lloyd’s response is, “He’s capable of anything. And he always has a plan.”

Back at FBI headquarters, Mark and Wedeck revisit the video footage from the Detroit stadium the day of the blackout. They finally realize that the one person who remained awake, the man they dubbed Suspect Zero, is Simon Campos. When Mark asks Annabelle if she knows why her abductors want Simon, her response is chilling. She says, “They said he’s gonna cause another blackout.”

Ceramicat

Hi There Flashforward fans!

As promised here is the recap of the latest episode which aired on Thursday April 29th. Images are courtesy of ABC-Disney.

GOOD BYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

Two years before the blackout, rookie FBI agent Janis Hawk is approached by people who want her to keep tabs on her new federal friends. Her handler is a woman named Carline who works out of a fish store. She’ll be her only contact with those who recruited her. This marks the start of Janis Hawk’s career as an FBI mole.

In present day, Mark and the team try to analyze the blueprints and photos that belonged to Dyson Frost. Chemical analysis of the photos reveals traces of soil from Afghanistan. That happens to be where Aaron is currently searching for Tracy. He meets with Malik, a man Wedeck sent to help him bypass hostile factions.

Unfortunately, Malik is unaware of one roadblock. Gunmen open fire on their car. Malik is killed and Aaron is pinned down. As the gunmen close in, another force of soldiers swarms from behind. All attackers are quickly neutralized. Aaron has no idea what’s happening until a familiar face approaches him. It’s Khamir, the medic who helped Tracy in his flash forward. At the moment, he’s here to help Aaron.

Regarding the blueprints, Janis brings them to a Professor Corey, who sees similarities to a device used calculate dates of solar eclipses. But the professor needs time to determine what the device in the blueprints calculates. Janis’s handler at the fish store wants all copies of the blueprints. So, Janis breaks into the professor’s building, swipes the blueprints and wipes out all Corey’s computer hard drives.

Another set of blueprints are on the Mosaic board. Janis attempts to steal them after hours, but Mark is working late. He wants answers. Janis says she needs the blueprints to make a copy for Professor Corey, who lost his set. Mark buys it, but the blueprints stay with him. Professor Corey presents his findings to Mark and Janis. It’s some kind of mechanical, astronomical clock designed to calculate a series of dates, with the first one being October 6th – the day of the blackout.

Dyson Frost’s last words were that Mark would be saved by the lady he sees every day. In chess, “lady” refers to the Queen piece. Mark just happens to have one hanging on his board. He smashes it open to find a ring inside, the same ring worn by those who remained conscious during the blackout. Lloyd and Simon realize the ring is a QED, or Quantum Entanglement Device. It’s what Lloyd and Mark were discussing in their flash forwards. Mark believes that the assassins who were after him on April 29th may have been after the ring.

Gabriel, the strange man who talked about the Raven River Experiments, startles Olivia in her house. He says Olivia made a mistake. She should be with Lloyd. Gabriel continues to rattle off past events where he was present. He tells Olivia not to buy coffee today from a bald man before fleeing the house. When she arrives at work, Olivia sees that a car has plowed into the beverage truck outside. One of those seriously hurt is the bald man who sells the coffee.

Olivia thumbs through old photo albums to see Gabriel present at the events he mentioned. Vreede asks Olivia to join him on visit a defunct Raven River psychiatric hospital in Arizona. It was the first place in the country to deal with autism, and perhaps savants. When they arrive at the Arizona hospital, Gabriel is waiting for them. He knew Olivia would be there. She always is.

Again, Gabriel says Olivia is supposed to be with Lloyd. He saw it. He leads them to a room where experiments were done. People were put to sleep. They would go on trips. Some were long, others short. Gabriel never knew where he’d end up. The doctor would always watch them. His name was Dyson Frost.

[Frost told Gabriel and the others they were special because they could remember things. When they woke up, they had to write down all that they saw. Vreede says, “You’re talking about flash forwards.” Olivia realizes that Frost used savants as human recorders. When he was finished with them, they were to be killed so others wouldn’t find out. Gabriel tells Olivia that, according the futures he saw, she’s always with Lloyd. She’s going the wrong way. He says, “You’re a piece of the puzzle. They can’t solve it without you.”

Two years before the blackout, rookie FBI agent Janis Hawk is approached by some people. This is before the folks who recruited her to be an FBI mole came into the picture. She meets with Marshall Vogel of the CIA. He informs Janis that a hostile organization may contact her for recruitment. When they do, Vogel wants Janis to say yes. She’ll be a double agent. We knew that about her already. What we didn’t know is that she is actually one of the good guys. We also don’t know how she’ll deal with her handler’s next directive: Get back the ring and kill Mark Benford.

I hope you enjoy this recap. As always please leave your comments or ideas to make this column better. Leave a post here on WHR or contact me on twitter.

Ceramicat