The key word here is potential. Overall it was a weak premier to what I hope will be an awesome series. All the ingredients were present for a stellar show and I was unfortunately underwhelmed.
This show is leading us to believe that the world blacks out and 2 hours later the FBI is talking about what they saw in their dreams. Where is the director that screams at the plucky field agents about how they are dumbasses that need to come up with a real lead? Or even, “get your asses out on the streets and save some people from the fraking apocalypse”. Instead we get, “you dreamed that you had the lead on the investigation so here it is”.
This might be a bit nit picky but the oil tanker explosion scene seemed to be trying so hard to mimic the scene from the “Lost” pilot where the guy got sucked into a jet engine that I found myself suppressing a chuckle… maybe I just have a macabre sense of humor.
Incidentally, any fan of mythology knows that the only way to guarantee a prophecy will come true is to actively fight against it. Are they trying to avoid the future by stepping in their prearranged footprints or attempting to make it come true? I guess that depends on each characters flash and that will lead to some interesting conflict over the course of the season I’m sure.
I like the caste of characters introduced so far and that says a lot considering how much I disliked many of their decisions in the face of catastrophe.
This show had one absolutely spectacular moment and two great promises for the future. Near the end of the episode when the two FBI agents located suspect zero I had a little case of the goose bumps. FF did such a great job selling the fact that everyone blacked out for 2 minutes 17 seconds that I really was shocked to see someone defy that rule (in Detroit no less). Additionally the “this season on FlashForward” montage at the end of the episode was pretty exciting. Finally, I am looking forward to the fact that the story of this “Flash” will be told by the end of the first season. There is no way this particular arch lasts beyond April 29, 2010. A quick check on my laptop’s calendar informed me that the 29th is a Thursday night; let’s just call that season one finale night.
Is this the new Lost? No. Might this be more interesting that 97% of what’s on television? More than likely!
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This being the first blog that I have actually read of yours, I was actually mildly amused. I watched the episode and enjoyed it, but I was also troubled by the oil tanker scene. Have you noticed all the bad hospital/medic shows premiering this fall? This will definitely be a good fall season. God blog Steve, keep it up!
Sean
I second the first blog I ever read of yours thing. Christina made me watch it and it was a one and done for me.
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