FlashForward: Playing Cards With Coyote

This one was a bit weaker. If Al could not find the woman he was going to kill, how did Demetri find her so quick?  Don't they have the same resources?  Al's death made front page news because it was the first instance of events not playing out in the way they should.  Is the Blue Hand group gone now? Replaced by the "hope" club that Nicole grabbed that flyer for?  If that's Al's legacy I wish he would have lived because I liked the Blue Hand angle.

Janis is trying to get pregnant to prove that Al's sacrifice was for nothing?

Simon and Lloyd playing cards to decide whether or not to go public with what they knew seemed very contrived.  According to Simon's logic, killing 20 million people makes him a god, Hitler, Stalin, and countless other historical monsters were gods.  Simon is not nearly as cool or interesting as Charlie.  Speaking of Charlie, when Simon was talking to Olivia did anyone else scream "NOT PENNY'S BOAT!" and scare both their spouse and dog?

On the lingering and annoying writing choices front this episode we still did not have anyone ask Charlie Benford about her vision and no FBI agents were sent to Somalia.  Though I guess I should at least be happy that Wedeck as least recognizes that the Somalia breakthrough is what almost got them all killed.  Is anyone else feeling odd about how often Stan touches Janis?  Could my wife have been right about him being the father of her child?

Aaron's daughter is back and running from Blackwater... I mean Jericho.  Did Aaron intentionally not mention that she looked completely beat up when he was talking her in that tent?  Aaron thought telling Mark would be a good idea because Mark is trustworthy?  The same Mark who admitted to him that he was drinking in his FlashForward.

Mark Benford is not only unlikeable, he's also an idiot.  Three stars on an arm is not exactly DNA evidence.  In fact, I'd venture a guess that it's a fairly common tattoo for someone with military/Jericho service.  Mark's best lead is sitting in his sponsors house but he's not going to put 2 and 2 together until it's too late.

The scene at the end with the Brando look a like quoting Oppenheimer was a little cool.  It would seem the rings keep you awake during the flash and our missing one must currently be in the possession of Suspect Zero.